crocodiles vs. elephants pay-per-view extravaganza!!!

ok, back to more real things than gay shit about me today. i'm sure i've got more i could spout off on, but we all know how boring that is. plus, talking about movie making is me talking about work, and i find talking about work to be the worst, most goddman boring thing anyone can do. so on to more funner things!

let's start off w/ my absolute favorite story of the day/week. see, over in zimbabwe, day to day life can be a little tougher than what you'd find over here. for instance, over here, you can go get a drink of water and say, not die. over in zimbabwe, eh, not so much. which is where this little piece of news come in. in what can only be described as a banner year for crocodiles, crocodiles have passed elephants as the most dangerous animal in zimbabwe for the 2k5 year. yes, for years elephants have dominated the rankings, killing more people than any other animal out in zimbabwe. but in a perfect storm of a season, it all came together this year for the crocs. so congratulations crocodiles, you earned it.

equally entertaining news today comes out of iran, where iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad (that took like two minutes to type correctly) went out and was all, holocaust, what holocaust? it's another hilarious read, and you know, accurate. the holocaust truly is a myth. just like bigfoot and nessie. good times iran, good times.

shit, what else is happening out there? i do not know. also over at cnn.com is a link for story titled "girl has surgery to remove 16 pound tumor." as gross as that is, the link isn't to a text story, no, the link says "watch." i'm pretty sure that's not gonna happen, but feel free to knock yourselves out. i understand cnn's desire to push video on it's website, and move more info to it's website visitors, but jesus christ, i am pretty sure streaming video was not intended for this purpose. gross...

i'm getting this post out earlier today, which will allow me to go ahead and direct your attention this evening to a special showing of the grinch. 8 pm, the wb. the christmas movies seem to be slowing down, as we get closer to christmas, so don't miss your chance to catch one of the best tonight. i know i love it.

well, i'm about to (hopefully) put the wraps on my christmas shopping by the end of the weekend. i've got very little left to grab, and i'm pretty sure i know what it is that i'm getting, so barring any bullshit it should be nice and simple and easy. and i'm also sitting here, patiently waiting for my lovely tv to come in, which it has not, but it looks like it's gonna spare me the pain of having to stare at the box until christmas.

before i go, i wanted to make a quick comment about rent, the movie. so i'm sitting here, listening to the soundtrack again today, and just really loving it in that super gay way that should probably be cause for concern. but anyway, i'm loving it, and it's making me think the movie wasn't so bad. i know this isn't true, but like i said before, check out the soundtrack. it's really great, not overly different than the play, but newer and different enough. it's a strong goddamn piece of work, but it also reminded me of what was hands down the best part of the movie. and for those of you yet to see it, be prepared to be angry at having to see the entire movie. because the best part is the opening scene, "seasons of love." it sets the movie up so fucking perfectly that you just cannot even begin to figure out what the fuck ended up happening. you sit down, get sucked into what you think is gonna possibly be a better, film version of the play. the vocals are outstanding, the whole feel of it is just perfect and should be what the entire film feels like. but no, chris fucking columbus, who i refuse to even link to anymore. enough press for you cockbag. i would not mind getting the dvd solely for that opening scene. it's a truly fantastic scene, that sadly only serves to set you up so high, so that you can come crashing down throughout the rest of the film.

and that's that. for today even. but before i go, a sincere and heartfelt offical goodbye to bill mueller. the things he did for the sox cannot be measured in stats, but we all know that there is no world series title in boston w/o bill mueller. and not just because of his hit off of mariano. the guy was a fucking killer and the dodgers are lucky to get such a great fucking player, and a great guy. good luck to you billy, you will definitely be missed.

so that's that, for real this time. enjoy the grinch, stay nice and toasty inside, and chat w/ y'all later.

stahl