Cultural Dissonance (6 comments)
Behind me in line at Papa John's was an aging man with graying, wavy black hair and a large nose. He was wearing a pristine sweatsuit with one leg pulled up above his calf. The other leg was pulled down to the top of his impressively clean and expensive-looking sneakers. I'm pretty sure I saw a middle-aged Jewish wigger, but my world view is much more attractive without the existence of such things, so I might try to forget.
Word on the street is that Hayden Christensen wants to be an architect and doesn't seem to think much of Orlando Bloom:
"A film is a product and as an actor you can only sell it if you sell yourself. You don't get to sit at the table before you're ready to give away your integrity. Maybe it works for Orlando Bloom. It doesn't for me."
About everyone on the planet is jealous that they're not as pretty as Orlando Bloom, but this is an odd way to voice that frustration. Given that it's a well-accepted fact that it's hard to be impressive with George Lucas' direction of George Lucas' dialogue ("Liam Neeson is not a bad actor"), I'd given him the benefit of the doubt. It's kind of sad to see him resign at this point having made no attempt to redeem his image. I find it ironic given his character's epic final act.
Today's lunch took place at the newly-opened Potbelly on Green and Fifth. The sandwiches weren't particularly remarkable, but the view out to Fifth Street was. See, Fifth slopes upward a bit as it goes south from Green street, so at one point during our meal, I looked out the window next to our table to see a lovely pair of knees right at eye level that led up to a short white skirt.
Since DirecTV started giving me Showtime for free, I've been watching Penn & Teller's Bullshit. The show features Penn yelling about hot button issues calling bullshit on the side he disagrees with. Since Penn's agreed with me on everything so far, I find myself enjoying the show. It's weird, however, to watch something so one-sided. Penn makes it obvious that he doesn't respect the opposing viewpoint, sometimes taking their quotes out of context, and often falling back to name-calling. I'd imagine it's just like being a conservative and watching FOX news, but being an elitist liberal, I fear that the other side isn't as aware that their TV can't be trusted at face value.