Comic for Wednesday, Jan 19, 2005

Posted: 9:00 am, Wednesday, January 19th, 2005

Yeah, so Pete and Ron didn't move too much. Big deal.

So, as I mentioned last week, a dude who asked 2.0 to the prom back in high school is on the Bachelorette, so we're watching it. I'm sure 2.0 would say otherwise, but I think I'm being quite the trooper on this one. It will come to no one's surprise to hear that the dudes on this show redefine lame. One of these dudes is pseudo-stalking the bachelorette girl, one is the most annoying Frenchman I've ever seen (honestly, since the whole Axis of Weasels shit went down two years ago, I've loved the French - I think ABC put this guy on the show to destroy that goodwill), and one gave the chick - on the equivalent of a second date, I guess - a pendant that is one of three. One, he wears. The second, his mother was wearing when she got buried (presumably, she was dead at the time). The third, the bachelorette will be hiding underneath a big stack of newspapers in her garage, because that is fucking creepy. Anyway, I guess I feel the need to vent against the show. One nice thing - seeing these lame-os run around, I feel much better about myself. A) At my suckiest, I don't think I could approach these toolbags. B) I don't discuss reality television in the show's message boards.

I'm going to follow that paragraph up saying that I'm very happy that Jonathon and Victoria finally got kicked off the Amazing Race last night.

I'm tremendously out of it today - I got the sniffles over the weekend and took a Benadryl before work to clear my breathing up. I have spent much of the last five hours starying at the ceiling. A lesson learned!

It is finally ass-cold here in NYC. Still no snow, though.

This is about the craziest Goddamn thing I've ever heard - some Ukrainian dude hasn't slept in 20 years.

Check out the second item - Mel Gibson is ten minutes away, at any point in time, of being able to film the Hulk 2 without any CGI. I like how he went from 'praising God to cursing someone out in a few seconds time.' Sounds like a day in my life. Praise God, curse. Order a hot dog, curse. Brush teeth, curse. I have sensitive gums, what can I say?

I've been alternatingly incredibly busy and incredibly Benadrylled at work today, so I haven't gotten much of a chance to keep an eye on protest stuff for tomorrow's coronation. Wonkette's been a little help, but really, I'm just hoping to be able to get to DC and wave an angry fist in the air without being beaten by a secret serviceman. There's a lot of talk of the Not One Damn Dime protest tomorrow - of not spending any money because Bush is an asshole - but it's going to be hard for me to partake in that, what with being in a town I don't live in. To make a more long-lasting statement, 2.0 says this is a pretty good resource - it lists big-ass ol' companies and how much of their political contributions go toward Democrats or Republicans. I was pretty surprised Wal-Mart gave anything to the Dems, and, no real shock here, most of the places that ply their trade largely in selling books donate more money to the Democrats.

Anyway, more in tomorrow's post. Which will go up later today. And, again, I apologize for being tremendously out of it. My head was floating two feet above my body all day.

bullfrog