Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Spring Break

Switched to a new song: "Anxiety" by Black Eyed Peas and Papa Roach. You might recognize this song from TV, as they seem to have licensed it to promos of the new season of The Shield. My brother has been eerily buddy-like since he got back. It's almost like he wants to spend time with me... which I'm really not used to. See, he's 5 years & 11 months (6 years) older than me. By the time I was in elementary school, he was in middle school. When I got to middle school, he was in high school/continuation school. Just before he got sent to prison, I was 15 and he was 21. He wouldn't have anything to do with a teenager. Now we're both pretty much in our 20s (ok, so I'm only 19. My point still stands). I find myself coming home from work, and my older brother wanting to go hang out. It's creepy. And with that said, my step-brother has gone missing. He took my neice, found a place in San Jose, got his cell phone cut off, and nobody has heard from him in weeks. Heaven forbid I should get along with both of my brothers... That sounded a tad self-centered, didn't it? Allow me to rephrase: Heaven forbid he should call his mother. Ok, now that just sounded very Jewish. I give up. Next topic. I'm on spring break (a little late, isn't it?). On top of that, business is slow at my job, and I might not have to come in for work all week! As much as I want the money, I need this break. It'll give me time for some good ol' fashioned escapism by driving all day without a destination. May God have mercey on escalating gasoline prices. Because I'm such an animation nut, I just have to give this little bit of Simpsons news. It turns out none of the actors for the show have shown up to record new episodes for the upcoming 16th season. Why aren't they coming to work? They want more money! Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Hank Azaria (Moe, Apu, and others), Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns and others), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Julie Kavner (Marge) and Nancy Cartwright (Bart) are currently earning $125,000 per episode EACH. That's a lot of money, considering they make roughly 22 episodes per year. Their contracts just ended, and they're all demanding upwards of $360,000 per episode. That's roughly $8million a year. While this may sound very steep, keep in mind that these people are the stars of FOX's longest-running and most successful TV show. The Simpsons have been around for just as long as the FOX network itself (although they originally started off of cartoon shorts during The Tracy Ulman Show, they were still here from day one). This cast is not going out like Seinfeld. Much Love.

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