Quick Question

What if I told you that the past couple episodes of “Entourage” sucked balls? Does that sound like something you might be interested in?

Absolutely f#cking not!

While I still have yet to catch the season finale, I can unequivocally declare that episodes 9, 10, and 11 flat out blew. Has this show jumped the shark? I hate Martin Landau, but he's not the only reason why the third season of "Entourage" has spiraled downward (approaching "The OC" season 3 status).

It seems like nowadays, after two great seasons, writers are anxious to get away from what made their show successful in the first place (this does not include "Arrested Development" and hopefully, it will not include "House" or "The Office"). In the case of "Entourage", audiences love seeing the guys being guys in Tinseltown: cracking on each other, mingling with celebs, checking out the occasional boobies, dealing with the limelight (and Ari)… essentially opening doors that are closed to us regular folks. But the most important ingredient to their lightning-in-a-bottle creation was the fact that the guys were doing all of these things as a group. I understand the need for the characters to grow as individuals (Turtle with his rap mogul career, Drama with his eccentricities, and E with his fizzled out ménage a tois), but none of their endeavors led to anything and we were forced to sit through sub-par episodes that featured very little group interaction. Did they even have a story arc for this season? What’s more, Vince’s career has completely stalled, hit a road block, reached the point where Shauna should be enacting martial law and sending Vinnie on goodwill missions to every talk show and prominent studio in an attempt to quell the damage. Paul Haggis was endlessly entertaining during the episode in which he appeared and “Medellin” would have been a fun project to track. It’s such a shame that “Queen’s Boulevard” (the focus of the second half of season 1, and the first half of season 2) turned out to be a big nothing. They just dismissed the film in a whimsical, disjointed episode. Great, Vince has artistic integrity… but wait, he won’t even read his own scripts? I really hope that they have an over-arching plan that will make sense of all this madness. But I digress and return to the focus of this blog post: the past few episodes and where it all could have been corrected.

Leading up to Vegas, I think the writing staff probably realized that they had to bring all the boys back together. Sin City must have seemed like the perfect setting for a high-stakes, booze-riddled, stripper-laden, testosterone romp. It held so much promise. And in theory, everything should have worked out. That should have been the episode that made them tight again. We should have seen the guys and Ari congregated around the black-jack table, happy, light-hearted, making jokes with the dealer, sucking down Red Bull and Vodkas, tipping the waitress with $100 chips, searching for Drama at 6 AM the next morning, only to find him playing penny slots at the “Aladdin.” They should have been walking down the strip, slamming $30 margaritas that come in two-foot tall souvenir bottles (and knock you on your ass). They should have been chilling with A-list celebrities, drunkenly discussing future projects, placing bets on the fights, the horses, the strippers they ordered. And on that note, they should have gone to Spearmint Rhinos and we should have seen boobs. They should have been banging cocktail waitresses… two at a time (see: Fredo in “The Godfather Part II”) or at least made a reference to it (see: Vince Vaughn in “Swingers”). They should have ended the episode the way they used to end episodes back in season 1: with the guys on a balcony, staring out at The Strip from their unreal suite at Caesar's Palace (they should've stayed at Caesar's Palace... it would have given Drama the opportunity to dress up in his "Viking Quest" costume and pretend to be a casino employee). This should have been a refreshing episode, a great start to a new period in Vince's career and (subsequently) their lives. But that's not what happened.


Instead, the only gambling action we got to witness were Vinnie and Ari's stressful, and might I add depressing, blackjack games. Why would they let Vince sit alone by himself at a table? What fun is that? What's with the schmuck splitting tens when Vince has $300,000 riding on the hand, and then oh, magically it all works out? What's with E, Turtle, and Drama never making one bet whatsoever… not even at the $1 Wheel of Fortune slot machine that you find in every casino. Drama didn’t set up camp at the “Aladdin”, feverishly rip into a roll of pennies and go on an all-night binge (which would have been hilarious). Nope, he spent the entire time flirting with some dude, rendering himself useless for nearly the entire episode. All in all, their gambling exploits were severely lacking. Did they even head to any other casinos? They never did the walk down the Strip. And which celebrities did they run into? How convenient, Seth Green and his worthless pack of hooligans showed up… and by the way, his posse might be the worst set of actors to have been featured on any television show, this side of Public Access. The cocktail waitresses were never highlighted or even spoken to. Turtle dealt with a lot of strippers, but no lap dances, private shows, or even pole dances made their way onto the screen. Nope, the episode ended with a brawl between two guys who probably aren’t even tall enough to ride the rollercoaster at “New York, New York.”

As far as “Entourage” jumping the shark: I think the last great episode I saw was the premiere of “Aquaman” when they got stuck in the Valley and it was hot as hell… (I probably like it so much because I can empathize). It didn’t even bother me that they blatantly stole from a Cameron Crowe film for the second time (i.e. Vince with his “Almost Famous” moment… the first theft occurred towards the end of season 2 when Ari transformed into “Jerry Maguire”). The Valley episode was fantastic. Since then, I think the comedy level and cool factor has dropped dramatically.

I loved season 1 and 2, and so I’m hoping that they can right the ship in season 4… but as of right now, it looks like everyone should stand back and keep their distance… because “Entourage” is goaltending like Topanga Lawrence after the “Freshman 50” took its toll… (It should be noted that I never stopped loving Topanga and I’ll never stop watching “Entourage”… but I also won’t stop critiquing and criticizing if the quality remains this low).

Fantasy Draft Tonight

Hey Guys,

We're drafting tonight at 10 pm EST... For some reason, Sam and Dre are still holding out. Whatever contract disputes that are taking place need to be resolved... We need those two on the field ASAP. Somebody should contact their agents and explain to them that this sort of behavior will only hurt their overall value as a player, and make it more difficult to negotiate contracts later on down the road. Sign up already...

Fantasy Football Update

I set the Live Draft for Wednesday, August 30th at 10 pm EST... let me know if that time doesn't work for you.

We're still waiting on Jared, Sam, and Dre to sign up. I sent invites to your Ithaca accounts (let me know if you are unable to access them, in which case I could send them to whatever account you use now).

Are we betting 613 dollars on this competition? If so, I'll make sure to bring my A-game. I know that 613 dollars aren't recognized anywhere in the world, but if I accumulate enough, I figure I might be able to get Sam to grill me a steak and make some of that special sauce he wrote about (I know you were sad that you didn't get any replies on the post, but the sauce is getting a mention in this entry).

Your 2006 Fall TV Encloypedia

I found this great website. It's a complete grid for all the broadcast networks prime time lineup. It's color coded by new and old shows and it tells you the premiere date of each show, it' pretty solid. Here it is:

Fall TV Grid

Although I didn't see "The Black Donnely's" on there, the new show created by Paul Haggis and our man Bobby Moresco. Does anyone know what's going on with that show? Will it be starting in January? I read the first act of the script while we were in LA for spring break and it was pretty damn good, I enjoyed it, so I hope something happens with it.

Snakes

I sat in the theater, looking at my $30 receipt, and thought...I'm making a huge mistake. Sure, Lukas bought the popcorn and soda. Sure, Samuel Jackson just made a hilarious appearance on the Daily Show (available on Youtube). And, sure, I've wanted to see this movie since we first watched the trailer in Chris' room last fall. We decided to stay.

As soon as the previews ended we knew we'd made the right decision.

The crowd cheered, repeadtedly. When New Line's logo flashed on the screen. When it faded to black then came up on the film's opening shot. When "Snakes" popped up, followed shortly "...On a Plane." When the opening credits rolled and Sam Jackson's name passed across the screen the theatre erupted, it was so raucous I thought I was in Park Auditorium before Suits/Countersuits, or in the 613 living room for the final minute of MPH 1. And it was almost that drunk. (I saw multiple Nalgenes, not filled with water.)

The movie itself is pure, unadulterated rawdogging entertaintment. Each scene strives to top the last in a downward spiral of absurdity. I awarded at least three deaths and one line honorary '613 Worthy' gross out awards for originality, hilarity, and raunch. I won't describe them here.

Finally, I agree with the Washington Post's recent review which says, in so many words: Get drunk, get some friends, and get your ass to the theater and see this movie.

What's your Fantasy Football

I'm gonna set up the fantasy football tomorrow or Thursday and I need to know what time would be best for our live draft. Keep in mind the 3 hour difference for Rand and Shotty so I was thinking about doing it on a week day at 9 pm here on the east coast. I can do it whenever, but i just need to know about the rest of you guys. I will create another post telling you all the information and what not. Also I would like to know whose gonna do it and whose not gonna do it, that would be helpful too. Later

Brasil: Warning this a long one, but there is a few pictures

I apologize for taking so long to create this post, I've been some what busy and I've just been lazy.

So now I am going to tell you all about my experience in Brasil (In Brasil they use a s instead of a z, don't know why though). I was there for 17 days and for those of you who don't know, my brother is currently living in Rio with his wife.

Getting to Rio was a complete mess and that probably had something to do with the fact that I bought my flight ticket from an airline that just went bankrupt and was in the process of being bought by another company. So to start things off, my original flight was cancelled, it was on a Tuesday, so then they told me to come back on Wednesday for a different flight. Wanting to make sure the flight was on time for Weds night I called the airport and they told me that the flight has been delayed until 11:30 at night; originally it was suppose to leave at 7:30 pm. However, there was another flight that I could catch, which was leaving at 8:30, so I decided to hop on that. But then I didn't board that flight until 11 at night, which forced me to spend about 2 1/2 hours at the airport bar. Once we boarded the plane, the weather started to get really bad and we had to wait that out, so at about 1 in the morning on Weds my flight finally took off. The flight sucked, I didn't really sleep and my buzz that I had going, wore off pretty quickly. Just about every flight that goes into Brasil stops at Sao Paulo to re-fuel and what not. Sao Paulo is only like a 45 minute flight away from Rio, but I had about a 3 1/2 hour layover there. So finally at 4 pm on Thursday I arrived in Rio. And let me tell you arriving there was a thing of beauty. Besides the fact that I was off the plane, it just felt great to be there. When I got to my brother's apt (it's about 45 minutes away from the airport), his maid had this gourmet meal all ready for us and damn did this food taste good. It wasn't anything too exotic, it was a chicken and onion dish, with carrots and beans and rice for the sides, it was a solid home-made hearty meal and that was exactly what I needed.

Since Brasil is south of the equator, it was their winter time when I was over there, but you couldn't have guessed that from the weather. It was 85 and sunny just about every day I was there. It only rained for 2 days and those were my last two days I was there. So I definitely spent a lot of time at the beach. The beach was only about a 3 minute walk from my brother's apt. The beach was great. You would go there, set up shop and then just soak up the sun all day long. On the beaches you can practically buy anything that you want, if you want it, they are probably selling it. All throughout the beaches are these stands where you can rent chairs, buy water, beer, etc... Buying beer was great though, first of all it was only $1 (when converted to American dollars) and you never had to get up out of your chair because the workers at these stands would always be ready to bring you another one. Majority of the beers were light beers because nobody wants to be drinking a thick, heavy beer in that type of weather. Also you always had something to look at on the beach because there were women all over the place and let me tell you, their bikinis didn't consist of much clothing. Needless to say I spent a lot of time at the beach; you had to because that is what the locals were doing too.

I don't think anybody knew this, I just found out like a week before I was going there, that my brother was going to get married. It wasn't an actual wedding ceremony; they will be having one of those in April next years so more of my family can attend. All it was was me, my brother, his wife (Renetta) and Renetta's mom and dad and basically just stood there and watched as a judge married the two. It was all in Portuguese so I had no idea what was going on. Plus I was hung over like a mother fucker. The night before was the bachelor party, but it wasn't really a bachelor party it just consisted of me, my brother and Renetta's three brothers. One brother is 28, the other is 24 and the other is 17. All three of them were very nice and cool kids. The 28 year old is wild and crazy; he's a lot of fun. The 24 year old is dating a soap opera actress, she's quite popular because soap operas are huge down there, they are the money makers. The 17 year left me a joint on my dresser when I woke up one morning, which was awesome, so that tells you a little bit about her 3 brothers. Anyways like I was saying about the bachelor party, it didn't consist of much, but it did consist of a lot of alcohol. My brother and I first started out with lunch and we both had 3 beers there and then we figured there was no need to stop drinking so it only got worse from there. Then we went back to his apt and he taught me how to make these killer vodka drinks, they are called capivodka. All they are is some fruit (we used strawberries, you can also use pineapple, lime, lemon, whatever), sugar, ice cubes and vodka. Basically you cut up the fruit, put in some sugar and mash the fruit and sugar together. Then you add some ice, pour in the vodka and shake it up and there you go. Ours were definitely a little strong, but they were delicious and needless to say my brother and I killed a bottle of vodka making those drinks. They're really popular in Brasil because it's a nice drink to have on the beach and there are chunks of fruit in it so after the drink is gone, you eat the fruit, which has absorbed a lot of the vodka. Then we ripped about 3 shots of tequila and had about 4 beers in between the shots. After that it was time to go out and as we were walking to the beer we stop at a grocery store and picked up a couple of beers for the walk because like our favorite place in the world, vegas baby, vegas, there is no open container law, which I think is probably the coolest thing ever. Then the bars consisted of much more drinking and I don't remember a whole lot. Eventually, we meet up with Renetta and the girls she was out with too. One thing I do remember is buying the entire party a shot of tequila, I tried to order it myself, but first of all I can't speak Portuguese and secondly I was absolutely bombed and probably was speaking gibberish, but it was great when we got the shots and I said a little toast (probably like the one I said on the bus at the black and white formal) and then we all took the shots. Didn’t go to sleep until like 6 in the morning. I just remember waking up at noon with probably the worst hangover I have ever had. I ended up sleeping till 5 pm then I had to shower and shave and get ready for my brother to get married.

Not being able to speak Portuguese was a little bit of a problem, but much of Renetta’s family speaks and understands a little English so I was able to get by. It was fun to be at the beach and just yell out, “cock, shit, balls, fuck, ass” and not have to worry about little kids hearing me swear because they had no idea what I was saying so I always got a kick out of that and would just swear for the heck of it at times.

One famous tourist attraction in Brasil is the statue of Christ that’s up on a mountain and overlooks the entire city of Rio. In order to get there you have to take a train and it takes you along the mountain and up to the top, it was probably like a 10 minute ride. The view is absolutely fabulous once your at the top I have some pictures to show you. The view was just breathtaking it’s like being at the Grand Canyon except your looking at beautiful blue water. Then after that we went to the local horse track to do a little gambling. You can see the horse track on these pictures, it’s the big dirt ring and then behind that to the left there is a soccer stadiuem and in front of that there is a row of 4 apts and the one all the way to the right in my brother’s apt. From his apt you are able to see the statue of Christ off in the distance, the view from his apt is really nice too. We only stayed for two races because we were hungry, but I won on the first race, won 18 but then I lost on the second race, but it was a solid time. It's best to save the picture and then you can see it bigger and get a better idea of what I'm talking about with my brother's apt.

The food was really good, they like to use a lot of salt on everything and I don’t mind because I love salt too. Went to a few all you can eat sushi restaurants, which were damn good, I’m a big fan of sushi and so is my brother and his wife. Went to an all you can eat meat place, which is I know would be paradise for Dana. All the meat was on poles and they would come over to your table and cut off a couple slices of meat and then you used your set of tongs to grab the meat and put it on your plate. They had beef, pork, chicken, fish, anything. One thing they had was chicken hearts, which is very popular in Brasil, Renetta loves them, I tried one and it creep me out, wouldn’t try another one after that. Their breakfast was whack though. They don’t have breakfast like we do here in the States. Their breakfast consisted of fruit, an assortment of breads with butter and cheese spreads and then cold cuts (ham, turkey) with some cheese, wasn’t a big fan. It’s not that it was bad; it’s just not what I wanted for breakfast. Also since the coffee is very strong, they serve the coffee in this small ass mug, like two sips and it’s finished. It was impossible to get like a large mug full of coffee.

My flight back was no problem. I bought some sleepig pills in Brasil that my brother recommend and I popped two of those in on the flight and I was out for like 4 hours it was great.

Those were some of the highlights from my trip, I’m sure a left a couple things out, but if I remember anything else I’ll be sure to let you guys know. Sorry for it being so long and for taking so long, but here it is so enjoy. Chow,

-Limmer

I love Manny Ramirez

If you are watching Fox right now you know why.

What will be the highlight of Limmer's trip to Brazil

Selection		Votes
Drinking 15 bottles of Brahma and puking on his older brother	26%	5
Watching Must Love Dogs in portuguese	47%	9
Having sex with a brazilian stripper	11%	2
Receiving his first brazilian wax	16%	3
19 votes total
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Random Notes

I don't plan on having any sort of rhyme or reason to this post so if you are adverse to my A.D.D. rambles, please skip over this post and proceed to Rand's exhilarating dissertation on Volleyball in Los Angeles.

I got up early this morning and watched Arsenal draw against Astin Villa at the Phoenix Landing in central square. I enjoyed a few guinnesses with my breakfast but my morning was slightly tainted by this annoying nerdy Arsenal fan who wouldn't stop talking.

Is there a better fast-food commercial out right now than Bk's "What if I want to be a french fry?"

I was kind of hired this week by the Fenway Sports Group. They didn't have any open positions so they had to create one to keep me on. Unfortunately, I am still an hourly employee with no health insurance, but my hourly rate is solid and there is time and a half for my overtime hours. I am the assistant to the executive vice-president of new business development.


How great is the song on the prison break commercial for the season premiere? Does anyone know what it is?

Needless to say, I am not happy right now about the current Red Sox situation. Although watching the sox play every night is an enjoyable routine, their bull-pen, reminiscent of our quick-ball performances, make me want to break things.

Three highlights from work yesterday: I watched both games from the monster seats, saw Larry David, and met a playboy playmate.

Are we doing a fantasy football league? I'm down as long as I get brady in round one. Shot not taking care of setting it up.

Lim got me a porn in Brazil and its amazing. Much better than the vivid password. A little too much anal for my liking but the ladies have great bodies and really get at it.



Can I get an amen from the bobble-heads?

Volleyball

This past Sunday, Dan and I headed down to the Pro Volleyball tournament in Manhattan Beach. Attending one of these events was a goal of ours... we have about 35 other goals that can be viewed and searched for on our website (coming soon... we'll also be asking for write-ins and suggestions).

If you are ever going to truly embrace the Southern California way of life, you need to gain an appreciation and love for beach volleyball, and we have. Often we get sucked into the endless re-runs of past matches on the FSN Pacific channel. Karch Kiraly is now one of our favorite athletes... he's the only guy to ever win an Olympic gold in both indoor and beach volleyball, and in 2004, at the age of 44, his pairing still held the #1 ranking on the tour. Every Saturday we look for (and usually find) some great pick-up games of 2-on-2 down in Venice. Sometimes we'll even sneak into the expensive apartment complex right next to us, which has a volleyball court, and run basic drills to practice our bump-set-spike. Basically, we love the sport and we're trying to get to a point where we might actually be "pretty good." In the men's final on Sunday (which featured the current top two teams on tour: Todd Rogers, Phil Daulhauser, Mike Lambert, and Stein Metzger), we got to watch four guys that are "amazing." I think that volleyball and hockey are similar, in that both are exponentially more exciting to watch live... which isn't to say that I don't like watching volleyball on TV (because I do), but it's incredible to see up close... the only hockey I'll watch on TV are playoff games (from before the strike). So if you have the chance to check out a tournament, I would recommend you do so. You're bound to have a great time. The AVP crew keeps you entertained even when you're just sitting around waiting for the next match to be played. While waiting for the finals to start, we were treated to a women's exhibition game featuring Gabby Reese and other stars, and we cheered wildly during an all-female "Jose Cuervo" game of inflatable musical chairs (which quickly turned into mud-wrestling bouts/cat fights between girls in bikinis... it was sweet). And if you need one more reason to sway you: The AVP requires all female competitors to wear bikinis... it's mandatory. I'm not sure how much admission costs in other states, but in California all the beaches are public so they actually can't charge you for general admission (although sadly, this very fact might lead the AVP to stop hosting tourneys in Cali).

Also, I read this article the other day on ESPN.com that relates to everything I just mentioned: Life, Volleyball, and California. The journalist suggests that, as an East-coaster, everything she's learned about Southern California, she learned from beach volleyball and the AVP tour. I disagree with her on quite a few points (for instance, she promotes valet parking and goes on to claim that people out here will show up to the tournament and spend $200 on sunglasses and bottled water... I bought a nice pair of sunglasses there for $10 and picked up a gallon of water at the supermarket, before hitting the beach, for 99 cents). Nonetheless, I think the article does have some truth to it (people love free stuff and beautiful, famous people are everywhere).

a little old meets never gets old

Re-done brokeback promos may have been a little played out earlier this year, however, we've given them a significant break so i feel like it's an appropriate time for a new one. this one in particular, too, as it uses a joke which will never get old.
enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQepTdyRKk&mode=related&search=

Fantasy Football... Beware

Where did we land on this one? I'd be down. Based on previous fantasy leagues, I'm guessing these are the seven others that would also be interested: Dre, Jared, Limmer, Shotty, Tony, Sam, and Mark. And by the way, I hope we register in that exact order. I predict that sequence will yield the highest quality of profane team names.

Here's my reasoning: You need someone to really set the bar high, right out of the gate, and I think Dre would do that. I'm guessing he combines some form of a taboo sex act with a long-forgotten scatological synonym ("The Skull F#cking Bootycakes"... for example). Jared is great hitting at the number two spot. He definitely raises his game when he sees the type of intensity the person right before him is bringing. Plus he'll be choosing a name, knowing that Mark is still out there crafting a gem. This will serve as added incentive for him to perfect his selection. If history is any indicator, Jared will look to add a bit of realism into the fold by attaching a familiar "hottie" to whatever dirty phrase he introduces, which makes the sickening name even more unsettling (i.e. "Trollsey's Dingleberries Taste Great With Urine")... although I'm not sure if they would allow him to use that many letters. We're on to the number three position, and Limmer would fill that slot very well. We've just seen two names that have absolutely no relation to football, and it would be very much like the "Quintiple Shot of Whiskey" Wonder to bring it all back to the game. He could show support for his team with a name like ("Eagles Own The East"), but I'm guessing that the angry drunk in Limmer will prevail and we'll end up being treated to something along the lines of ("Strahan Shockers Shockey" or "TO Smokes Pole"). Dan is the wild-card at the clean-up spot. I figure he's got a good one up his sleeve and will be inspired by Lim to show some team pride: ("Your Mom Says Andy Reid’s Mustache Tickles Her V"). At this point, no one has used their team name to bust anyone else’s balls, but it’s a safe bet that Tony would break that trend. He’s bound to make fun of someone, and he may even include himself. For instance, he could be self-deprecating (“I Have Vinny Testaverde Saved In My Phone As ‘Week 5’”), but I think it's more likely that he would go after Chris and Bry for not joining the league ("They'll Make Lasagna With Each Other But They Won't Play Fantasy Football? Weird")... in reality it will be a lot less wordy. Now we get to Sam. It's been a while since we had a truly gross-out team name and Sam will exude unwavering confidence in his ability to toss out a twisted gut-buster. However, he will inevitably overthink the name. And what a surprise, he has been aided by a rubric! He feels that four words would be the perfect amount and decides to choose each word individually, disregarding how they will sound when strung together. He wants one word that is offensive (but that the computer won’t pick up on), another that he thinks is funny, a third that references some inside joke amongst us 613ers, and a forth word that he hopes will become cool. The end result: "DukeLacrosse Squishy Schmegma Chillaxing"… (I think I would have a fun time writing an entire blog post based on Sam's decision-making process when presented with just one of the 2,000-plus choices he makes everyday). Finally, we give Mark the honor of presenting us with the final disgusting name. After the phrase he introduced to us recently (“wank-tastic swank source”), along with his proven track record, I can honestly say that I have no idea what he might come up with for a name. He’s been doing this for a while now, and dirty team names are his specialty. I look forward to reading what he settles on.

I’m no good at coming up with team names, so I’ll probably just call my unit “Entry #8”.

Rocky IV

I received a call last night from Bry. It sounded like he was in a bar. It also sounded like one of his friends hadn't scene "Rocky IV" in about ten years because he was convinced that "The Final Countdown" appeared in the film and was also on the soundtrack. In light of this, I feel obliged to share some recent insights into the film that I gleened from a viewing with the man who edited the movie.

These past couple of weeks have been pretty relaxed. Last Wednesday, we took 91 minutes out of our day to watch “Rocky IV.” It was awesome. Our editor, Don, kept telling me all sorts of insider information about the film and the actors. He still has the cut-outs of Apollo and Drago (seen before the fight at the MGM Grand) at his house in Bel-Air. Rocky’s house in the fourth installment was actually the real-life home of Muhammad Ali at the time. The training scenes in Russia really took place in Montana. Pauley’s robot kept dying during the shoots. Burt Young (the actor who played Pauley) used to be a boxer, and he was reportedly very tough. Everyone remembers the scene from Rocky III when Apollo and Rock race along the beach in Santa Monica and then give each other a Mark & Tony-like embrace in the ocean… well apparently Carl Weathers is a whole lot faster than Sylvester Stallone and they were having a hard time making it look as if the race were even close (it would look weird if they just asked Weathers to slow down a whole lot). On a similar note, Carl Weathers could positively whoop Stallone in a real boxing match, but to his credit, Sly does excel at the speed bag. Eight cameras were used to film each fight scene.

I even got to hear about my favorite montage ever: The one with the song “There’s No Easy Way Out,” where Rocky races off in his sports car after Apollo’s death, while remembering all the great scenes from the previous movies. The song was picked ahead of time and then Don was given free license to grab whatever clips he wanted from 1, 2, 3, and 4… the result is pure genius and that’s why it anchors the third minute of MPH.

BK

Ridding on the coat tails of the "Big buckin chicken" the team over that Burger King has clearly out done themselves.

I think I like it so much because the voice remind me of "did the fool let you in yet" and how we like to make up voices for things and then just drag them to death...

Enjoy all.... I know I did

Here

Show me the money, I love black people!!

I just want everyone to know that when I was in Ithaca about a month ago I picked up the final nyseg bill for downstairs. The damage was $190.50, so I don't know the best way to collect the money, but I'm not in dying needd of it right now, so no worries. If you want to mail a check to me you can at:

780 West First Street
Fulton, NY 13069

But you don't have to do that. You can just wait till the next time you see me and hit me up with the money. Let me know what you guys think.

-On a side note, I'm working on a blog post about my trip to Brazil so keep an eye out for that.

Later

Taco Bell

Check out this great video on Taco Bell.com

It reminded me of the glory that is the crunch wrap supreme.

http://www.tacobell.com/?v=32


On another note, I just found a tick in my side that I got from Jareds house and will likely have to go on antibiotics. I'm glad I finally visited him.

Katie Sherwin

One night in boston:

SC: Why are you so drunk????
KS: Because I deep throated five scorpion bowls........



Katie Sherwin new nickname=== Deep throat

Come One, Come All to Katie Sherwin's Last Boston Extravaganza! THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!

Dear 613 Bloggers and Blogettes,

I miss you all! And I want to see you! SOOO you should all come to Boston this friday night (Aug. 4th) and party your pjs off at Samo's house! Just think of it as a pre-gaming pit-stop on your way to Jared's party!

Call samo for details! See you soonish!

-katie "hopes she gets to see the 613 blog clubbers one more time before she leaves the country" sherwin

p.s. there's a rumor floating around that samo's offering to pay for your travel expenses...

p.s.s. there's also a rumor that samo's gonna make me do a keg stand if you all show up asking him for reimbursement.... either way its a show worth seeing.

In need of a sweat fetish site?

Since the vivid password is no more I thought I'd let you all in on my new wank-tastic swank source.

www.sexysweat.com


Good Lord!