Super Scouts!

From 6th thru 12th grade I your humble blogger was a Boy Scout.  I even made it to Eagle.  In order to get Eagle you are required to earn a certain amount of merit badges.  Most of these come from a set list (First Aid, Citizenship in the Nation, etc.) but once you have earned all of the "required" badges you are then free to pick from a litany of other badges to fill the quota.

You can get a badge in beekeeping.  You can also get one (I shit you not) in Nuclear Science.  These Misc badges are there so that kids with far flung interests can get badges in things that they dig. Unfortunately for me there were only four badges to cover my interests: Film, Theatre, Photography & Art.

Oh how I envy the female youth of today.

The Girl Scouts of the Virginia Skyline Council have a Comics Badge!

What the fuck man?  For years people have pigeonholed comics as a medium for emotionally stunted males, yet it's the ladyfolk who stepped up to the plate and made a badge for this legitimate American art form!  The BSA needs to get their shit together and make one of these for all the (how do we put this?) "indoor kids".

Rock on Girl Scouts!

Comrade Queen

For the second day in a row fate has seen fit to present me with an absolutely insane left of field story about a public figure. This one might out-do yesterdays.

Putin denies mystery ABBA concert!!!

Come on Vlady. Don't be shy. I know you like to maintain this macho image (what with all the shirtless fishing shots and such) but come on. Everyone loves ABBA. Maybe you're just ashamed that you could only get the cover band Bjorn Again and not the real deal. It's cool.

My only fear is that the band members who blabbed to the press are gonna turn up dead from radiation poisoning.

Go here for the full details.

Billionaire Gone Wild!

OK. This story is simply to weird/funny to not pass on. While addressing a crowd at a technology confrence about the dangers of Malaria -

BILL GATES UNLEASHED A SWARM OF MOSQUITOS!!!

Of course the bugs in question didn't have the deadly virus. SHUCKS! Anyhow, this still totally wins Bill Gates a special place in my heart and absolutely made my day. Even thought it's only 8:30 AM I don't see how anything short of The Smiths reuniting for a private concert in my house will be able to top this.

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Behold!

Look what the Academy has deprived themselves of by denying The Boss another nomination. This all could have been yours...



Sure his snubbed song "The Wrestler" isn't really conducive to power sliding. But that's beside the point. Let's just hope M.I.A. has recovered enough from having her kid to at least show up and liven the place up.

Things Are Tough All Over

Over the past few weeks this whole recession mentality has really started to kick in. I've tried to write something profound on it but it all comes out so depressing when I want it to come out recessing. Since the election we've been sitting in this holding pattern. Shit seems futile. This picture really sums up how I'm feeling inside:

Times like this call for the world's greatest, "getting out of a funk song". I hope this helps.

Bad News & Bragging

People have been waiting around for a film adaptation of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons' The Watchmen since the mid 80s. The film is now shot, edited and ready to roll. But it seems we might have to wait a little bit longer.

Just before Christmas a judge ruled that Fox had some legal claim on the property. Today Fox officially asked to stop the film's March release. Man I fucking hate Fox almost as much as they seem to hate fan boys.

First they make shitty movies like The Day The Earth Stood Still and Dragonball Evolution that condescend to one of the most educated and literate audiences out there. Now they top it off by blocking the release of geekdom's most anticipated film. And all of it is done for the all mighty dollar. They just want to see how much they can wring out of Warner Brothers. What a bunch of pig anuses.

In other news....I got one of these bad boys for Christmas -

I am absolutely in love with the images I'm getting out of it. I feel like a big boy now. For anyone who is interested you can check out my portfolio over at:

www.myspace.com/pinkcowphotography

Feel free to comment and if you have any photographing needs you think I might be able to fill just let me know.

My other prized acquisition?

God I love Stanley Kubrick. I just spent the past year watching each of his films one at a time and each one is breathtaking in its' own way. This book is absolutely a must own for anyone who loves film. It is filled with high resolution photos from all the films, behind the scenes shots, script pages, costume designs, etc. It even has a section on his un-filmed projects (Napoleon, Aryan Papers and A.I.).

Some time soon I hope to post something on here about Kubrickian structure (as pretentious as that sounds). I've also got lots of other ideas for this here blog percolating. 2009 should be fun.

Mahalo.

Centenial Stocking

Well here we are at blog #100 and Christmas is just a few days away. I'd like to take this moment to thank everyone who has ever taken a few minutes out of their day to read my ramblings (especially if you read the real loopy pinko stuff). Hopefully you found whatever you read to be at least a little bit enjoyable. I try very hard to make this blog the best that it can possibly be and it's so fulfilling to know that there are actually people out there who read it. I wish each and every one of you a very happy holiday (whatever that holiday might be) and hope that the new year brings you nothing but awesomeness.

I now leave you with my favorite holiday odd couple of all time. Take it away Bing...

Let's Have Relations!