As I've
previously mentioned, kids today just really aren't that creative. Still, I have trouble believing they're
this wholesome either.
I guess the person who did this wanted to show what a hardcore rebel he/she was, hence the two exclamation points.
On Friday, the weather was gorgeous. We hit 75 degrees here at the Dirtee Jerzee shore. Since J. was off work, we decided we'd take a nice, long walk on the Boardwalk before the Summer tourists start swarming. You can click read more to see a ton more photos, and click on the images for the larger size.
Bennies R Welcome at EJ's. But only because it's the scuzziest bar here. And Bennies are scuzzy.
The arcades, rides and buildings suffer graffiti and weather damage every Winter while the Boardwalk is shut down. So, at this time of the year, the owners of each spot begin re-painting.
What's that? Take a biiiiiig whiff! What do you smell? Want to know what I smell?
A SEQUEL!
Well, by now I'm sure you know who Susan Boyle is and if you don't, please come out from under that rock. Susan Boyle is a 47-year old frumpy, uni-browed, Scottish woman, who told the world as she auditioned for Britain's Got Talent that she has never been kissed. Simon Cowell looked at her like she was all crazy and shit - and then he, along with the audience, was rendered speechless when she opened her mouth to sing. It sounded like nothing less than angels singing all us sinners up to the Pearly Gates.
What annoys me is this: why is it so hard to believe that something [or someone] not attractive can produce something beautiful? Why was there shock? I don't get it. So what if she sort of looks like she could be
Corky's older sister?
And now there is talk all over the place about how she needs a makeover. Tabloid "news" shows [term used loosely] want to doll her up, dye her
toupee hair, pluck her unibrow, mow off her 'stache and make her completely into something she isn't.
Why can't she just be Susan Boyle: Scottish frump who has never been kissed- who has TALENT?
In the picture below, we see Kate Bosworth walking, holding up 5 fingers. She is...
a) waving
b) showing us how many times she has purged today
c) showing us how many times she has eaten in the past 6 years
d) showing us how many of her internal organs have shut down from lack of nutrients
e) how many assistants it takes to help her get dressed because she is too weak to do it herself
f) how many times the wind has knocked her over today
g) all of the above
While watching an Episode of
Facts Of Life earlier [thank you, Tube Time On Demand!], I told J. that I would have had more respect for Jo Polniaczek had she actually acted on her threats, which were mostly against Blair. That brought up the discussion about Fonzie, who like Jo, was also cast in a role in which he was supposed to be intimidating and scary. Let's face it, a leather jacket [both characters had those] and a motorcycle [both characters had those, too] does not a "tough guy" make.
Jo also had her surly expression. Had I been her roommate at Eastland [and later at Langley College where they all shared a room above Mrs. Garrett's shop, Edna's Edibles] I'm pretty sure I would have smacked that nasty expression off her face within 5 minutes of her first threat to "break my face".
The Fonz didn't have much but a bunch of [what seems like] urban legend backing him up. "Did you hear about The Fonz??? He took on 8 guys at the demolition derby!" All that misogynist did was occasionally punch the jukebox to get it to either play, or stop playing. So what if he jumped a shark on water skis? You don't necessarily need to be tough to that- just stupid.
Why didn't the writers allow these "tough guys" to actually act on their threats? It would have made for better TV.
Then there's good ol' Joey Tribbiani from Friends and Jesse "Uncle Jesse" Katsopolis from Full House. In the first season of each of these shows, both characters were "tough guys" - again, demonstrated by a leather jacket. [and motorcycle in Uncle Jesse's case] Somewhere between seasons 1 & 2, Joey lost about 75 IQ points. He went from the good-looking tough guy, to the dimwitted neighbor whose follies always had us thinking, "How could one guy be this stupid and how come none of his FRIENDS have bashed his skull in with a mallet for his annoying 'How YOU doin'?' tagline?"
Uncle Jesse was tough at first, too. Well, as tough as a guy with a mullet can be. Then, he softened up. They tried to keep him semi-tough: he played in a rock n' roll band, Jesse & The Rippers. Shit, that was a pretty tough name for only a semi-tough dude. Still, they softened him by having him sing one of those Olsen trolls to sleep in doo-wap style with those other two 'tards. [seriously, they let Joey run that fucking Woodchuck voice INTO. THE. GROUND.]
I'm not sure what sitcom writers were so afraid of back then, but "tough guys" were really lame. And we bought it.
