Hihowareya?

Great piece in the New York Times the other day. Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry starts saying "you're so good looking" instead of God bless you when people sneeze. I know I've often wondered myself why I always automatically answer "fine, thank you" even when I'm not, but does anyone ever want to know the real answer? I mean maybe close friends do, but I doubt if the neighbor I pass on the sidewalk wants to here that I'm exhausted, haven't showered in three days and all I can think about is when I'm finally going to get to watch the Lost finale.

Don't Mess With Flipper

Why dolphins are officially the freakin scariest mofos on the planet.

Who Still Cares About Carrie?!

Yesterday I caught a snippet of the Today Show where they were discussing the upcoming Sex and the City sequel and I almost choked on my coffee. First of all I really loved this series, while it wasn't my favorite HBO show by a long shot I really enjoyed it and especially admired the uniqueness of such a powerful female driven show, which has since spawned a million lousy imitations. One of the lousiest of these imitations being the Sex and the City film itself. It is very rare that a movie is so bad that I feel compelled to stop watching halfway through, especially if I've paid to see it, the SATC film was one of these precious gems. Of course I wasn't surprised that it did well in spite of being so bad, this series has a massive cult following after all, but when I heard they were going to make a second film I think I may have thrown up a little in my mouth.

But that ill feeling was nothing compared to how my stomach turned yesterday when they reported that they had actually filmed entire, elaborate decoy scenes that were never intended for the film. Excuse me, what?! What the hell do they think this is, a freaking Star Wars movie?! I didn't realize Lucas was directing couture-clad ladies now. Of all the unecessary ways to ballon an, I'm sure already astronomical, film budget. Sheesh. And we wonder why the film industry is not profitable these days.