I’ve toyed around a couple times with the idea of doing a video podcast. I don’t know why. I’m as un-photogenic as all get out. But anyway, I have these visions of me being incredible on cam. Of course, in my head, I’m way funnier than I actually am.
I stay up late most nights. The kids go to bed at 7:30pm and that’s the first time I can sit down and start getting stuff done, looking up bills and student loans online, paying stuff, catching up on Facebook games. Inevitably, I fall asleep most nights in front of the computer.
So, while driving the other day thinking, I’m like, ‘hey, I should totally do a vodcast of me at the computer’. We could call it ‘Is Patrick Up Or Down?’ and you could just tune in to see if I fell asleep and maybe watch the drool fall from my mouth. Sounds awesome, right? Right? Guys! Come back!
While barcode scanners will be going crazy this Friday, I will not be shopping. I make it a regular annual event to not participate in these things. Fortunately, early in the summer, Dell was stupid enough to offer me financing. So when the Wii took that price drop, I hopped on and ordered one. The boys have been good. When we go to stores, there’s no ‘I WANT!’. They deserve something cool.
And because it’s me and I have no willpower, Jen was told as soon as it arrived to hide it and not tell me where it is. And she did. I have no idea where the thing is. I would have already had it out and hooked up, so that’s why I had her hide it. It will actually be a Christmas gift that way.
I was driving to work the other day listening to my mp3 player when the John Williams masterpiece, ‘Theme From Superman’ comes on. It’s an amazing piece of work and immediately conjures the Christopher Reeve films. As human actors go, he nailed it. But then I started thinking about all the superhero movies I’ve seen. If you know me, you know I geek out over anything superhero-related. I see a cardboard display in the theatre and I’m psyched. I love that superhero movies had this huge resurgence in the early 00s.
So mentally, in my head, I’m listing the top five superhero movie moments. Not whole movies. That’s an important distinction. A horrible superhero movie could have a spectacular scene in it and make this list. You’ll see what I mean. Also, YouTube yanks these videos down as fast as it can, so don’t be surprised if the video doesn’t play anymore or if there isn’t even any video.
#5 – The team is born. ‘Mystery Men’ is seriously underrated as a superhero flick. It’s a great film. The superhero tryouts are a great moment. Every crackpot and their brother shows up to join the group. ‘PMS Avenger. I only work four days a month. Is there a problem with that?’
#4 – ‘I’m Batman.’ Micheal Keaton was a great pick for Batman. A lot of people thought he couldn’t pull it off, but he did it well. Early in Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’, Keaton hangs a crook over the edge and instructs him to tell all his friends about the new vigilante. When the crook asks, ‘who are you?’, Keaton delivers THE line: ‘I’m Batman!’ Yes, you are.
#3 – Stop that train. In ‘Spider-Man 2′, Doc Ock destroys the controls of a train. Spider-Man works desperately to stop and ultimately succeeds. As he’s falling unconscious after, the people of New York catch him and bring him in. Good stuff.
#2 – Leaving these cards. When Warner Bros relaunched the Batman franchise after Clooney and Schumacher destroyed it, I was hopeful. They delivered. ‘Batman Begins’ REDEFINED the superhero film and put it right up there with boring-ass dramas as real theatrical fare. This scene is from the end. Lt. Gordon shows Batman a card from a new villain on the scene. He flips it and it’s a joker. My wife will vouch for me; I literally jumped in my seat with glee.
#1 – Lois Lane rescued. Let’s make this clear. The ending of ‘Superman’ is RIDICULOUS and STUPID. This scene, however, is awesome. I get teared up watching it. I don’t even care that you know that.
Wow, did 2009 suck for you as much as it did for me?
It was…just…awful. I can’t wait for it to be over. There were points (and still are) where I feel like I just didn’t want to keep pushing. Give me an electric blanket and a bathtub full of water. But I got these two little people counting on me to not screw it up.
So, yes, 2009 was awful. I realize we aren’t at the end yet, but we’re close. I’m moderately comfortable that I will accomplish all three of my New Years Resolutions. Of course, we do still have December, so maybe I’m a idiot for saying anything this early.
Whatever. What happens, happens.
You know what I need. I need you to give me a shout-out. Right here, right now. Leave a comment. It can be as little as four words, ‘I feel ya, dude’ or three paragraphs (Becca). Just give me a push. If you ever planned on commenting here on this blog, make it this post.
So, I think I mentioned this before, but Facebook is like crack. And lately, I’ve been worried that it may spill over into work. And I can’t afford to be Facebook fired. But I figured out a way to nip it in the bud.
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The biggest timesucks, in general, for me, are Facebook, GMail and Twitter. So I went to those three services and changed the passwords to severe random sequences of numbers, letters and punctuation. Then I wrote the passwords on a folder that stays at home. Now, there is no way I can log in from work. Adding the GMail to the group is the real genius. Otherwise, I could simply reset my password. But now, I can’t even get to GMail at work.
This should work great. I’m actually proud of myself.
Simple, like catching rain in rain barrels.
