Thursday, February 24, 2005

Spinning Hubcap

Alright, so I was driving uphill with my window slightly cracked open, when I heard a clanging sound, followed by the vision of the hubcap from my front-left wheel rolling in front of me. Don't ask me how it managed to out-run my car uphill. It just did. And then it hopped over the island in the middle of the street, and stopped on the opposite side of the road. Needless to say, I was pretty damn impressed. However, I was also a little upset, because now I had to park my car on the bottom of the hill, run along the island in the middle of the road, and retrieve the damn thing. Earlier, I went to go see Constantine, which was surprisingly good. Ronnie gets free movie tickets for being a theatre employee (despite him being on hiatus for weeks, now), so I got the hook-up. I showed up about 10 minutes late (damn Colored People's Time™), so I only saw two trailers before the movie started... after showing up 10 minutes late. Anyway, the movie was good. I'm not too familiar with the original Hellblazer comic books (which the movie is based off of), so I can't account for accuracy. So if you're looking for comic-to-movie translations, don't come to me. As someone barely familiar with the character of John Constantine, I'd say it was a pretty good movie. One of the best I've seen in a while. Not that I go to the movies more than twice a year, anyway... I recently bought the DVD boxset of Cedric the Entertainer Presents, a short-lived sketch comedy show that aired on FOX from 2002-03. It was sort of a throw-back to the sketch/variety shows of days long past, where the host was usually introduced by a band or emsemble of beautiful dancers. In Cedric's case, it was the Cedsation Dancers. It was an all-around funny show, and I'm a little upset that FOX cancelled it before it had the chance to take off. Then again, FOX cancels a lot of stuff before its time. Point is, it was a good show. Very funny sketches and recurring characters. There was the Cafeteria Lady (played by Cedric), who made of hobby of exposing all of the teachers' dirty secrets ("Out there you might be a math teacher, but here you're a substance abuser who can count to ten"); Raj Binder (played by Shaun Majumder) was a golf commentator and news reporter who had a habit of standing in the sun too long ("That's two strokes, if you count the one I'm about to have, 'cause-- I tell you, I'm cooking!"); and my favorite is the "Que Hora Es" Spanish soap opera, where all of the dialogue is basic Spanish the average person learns within a few weeks in junior high. Let me just finish this off by saying you can expect a new Cartoon Chronicle in my next entry (finally!) Much Love

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