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Next Saturday, I head back up to SLO.

I have one week to do everything I need to do: visit Hissy and War again, pay my phone bill, arrange a time to pick up Voodoo, see Leah, mount the newb's cage on the wall, and have a moderately-sized panic attack about Animal Nutrition next quarter. The last really does need to get done before I go back. I don't think random_redshirt wants me doing that in our room.

We took Jeeves out for a drive. It was fun. Well, "fun" in the same way that an earthquake is fun, I suppose. I was in the back seat (that has no seatbelts), my dad was driving, and that in itself should tell you all you need to know. It's amazing how much you slide around on those seats when you're not strapped in. When I sat in Voodoo's jumpseat, I usually sprawled, bracing myself between the sides of the car. Jeeves is a little too big to do that. And the cops might give me odd looks if I tried.

We WERE gonna have a little party for Voodoo on New Year's Day, but she'll be spending her 40th birthday in the hospital. I guess we wait 'til I come back to pick her up to make a cake.

In other news, the owner came by and installed new insulation around the water heater*. He also got fiberglass all over our kitchen and didn't bother to clean it up. We had to throw away an entire pot of macaroni and cheese for fear of contamination. It was so delicious. ;_;

Nothing else new. Will try and get some pictures of Voodoo's owwies from the insurance company so I can post them.


*The seal at the top of the water heater broke a week or so ago, flooding our kitchen. The timeframe from break-to-discovery was two hours in the very early morning. When the owners finally showed up, Lady Owner said, "Well, you should have called us yesterday. This has obviously been going on for days!" My dad was very close to shoving her into the water heater closet.

TV Guide.com, WTF R U on?

From TV Guide.com:

[two stars]

"Neither particularly entertaining nor historically accurate, this is a musical attempt at reconstructing the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. The founding fathers are depicted as a less than exemplary lot, given to weakness and vices but nonetheless committed to liberty. At least, most of them are, and none more than John Adams (William Daniels), the Second Continental Congress' prime advocate of independence from England. Adams' abrasive personality works against his cause, however, and his colleague Benjamin Franklin (Howard Da Silva) suggests that the more popular Richard Henry Lee (Ronald Holgate) do the talking. Ultimately, though, Thomas Jefferson (Ken Howard) is given the task of drafting the document detailing the sovereign aims of the Congress. When his work is impeded because he misses his missus (Blythe Danner), Franklin arranges for her to be brought to Philadelphia, and Jefferson gets back on track. Debate over the abolition of slavery and other issues divides the delegates, but eventually the Declaration is signed and the rest is history (well, sort of). Toilet humor, anachronistic gags, and 1970s slang garner more than a few laughs, but in the final analysis they work against the material. Ken Howard's performance was singled out by a number of critics at the time, but most of the other actors' work is undistinguished. Sherman Edwards' weak music is the element working most strongly against the film. Cinematographer Stradling earned an Oscar nomination for his work here."

I... wait. What?

Considering how bad some movies get, they decide to pick on 1776 for being historically inaccurate? Really, now. And "toilet humor"? Were we even watching the same movie?

There was tons of sexual innuendo, to be sure. And lord knows just having Franklin in the scene raises the film's rating, but I can't recall any "toilet humor". Perhaps the all-fart musical number as the delegates are called to sign was left out of the Director's Cut. I should look up the laser disc edition.

I'd also love to pick at "...most of the other actors' work is undistinguished", but just can't think of a way to phrase it without delving into one, long censored bleep.

And let's not get me started on "Sherman Edwards' weak music is the element working most strongly against the film." Did this guy fall asleep after John came down from the bell tower? There's no way one could classify the music as weak, saving that you'd missed the entire film. If you dislike the music, fine. But the songs are each unique and powerful, and that can be said without even liking them.

I get it. It's a musical about the Declaration. It's silly and it's corny and there is a can-can line and a man in tights dancing on top of a table (HEL-LO, MISTER RUTLEDGE), but what's with the hate? ;_;

Best Comment Evar

"Did I just watch David Hasselhoff kill a hooker?"

From some vid on YouTube.

*snicker*

...oh man, I'm bored. :/