Charlie’s Blog

This blog entry is coming to you from the disabled-priority mac at the SDSU lab! I have so much space! The added excitement is that at any moment I may have to end this post unedited should a disabled person come limping over. I can say that because I broke my toe once and had to limp around on crutches for over a month! On a side note, since "Stick It" is coming out this weekend, and everyone has gymnastics fever, I’m convinced that my Olympic dream was shattered the moment my big toe made contact with and broke my uncle’s chair. I was never the same.

Someone broke into the restaurant I work at the other night. She (I assume it’s a woman) didn’t get much money, but she did steal a bottle of Asian vodka…or so she thought. There was a display bottle of the vodka on the bar, but, a few months ago we ran out of vodka so we used up the display bottle. Then we refilled the bottle with water and put it back on the bar. Can you just imagine the bandit meeting up with her posse and pouring a round of screwdrivers made with 3-month-old tap water. Hah! Or what if she wanted to be all fancy and put the bottle in the freezer to chill. That shit was filled to the top and would freeze and explode all over the other, probably stolen, contents of her freezer. In either case, she will learn her lesson. Oh, and even though there are hundreds of bums in downtown SD, we know that the culprit was not a bum because none of the cakes, pastries, quiches, or other goodies were touched.

It’s everyone’s God-given right, to follow their dreamz. American Dreamz, dreamz with a z. (Ooh, someone just gave me a coupon for a free burrito!) That movie was pretty damn good. For my taste it was a little too much political satire and a not enough of Mandy Moore singing and lip-acting. I swear to God, one reviewer makes a comment about her lip-acting (in "Chasing Liberty"), and she gives it up completely. A little lip goes a long way, Mandy! Bring it back! Check out this contest and pick your favorite amateur chanteuse of the AD theme song.

I think I’ll pass on the burrito. The coupon says "must participate in student promotion, it only takes 2 minutes." What the hell is that? A survey? I guess I’ll find out if I go over there, but I may never k n o w.

"No Daddy" by Teairra Mari is the most bomb-ass song ever. Check it out ASAP because you don’t want to spend another minute of your life without it. Even though I had a daddy around when I was growing up, and the hard times I’ve dealt with in my life might not measure up to what she sings about, I relate to the song on many levels and believe others will, too. You can watch the video at youtube, but I unfortunately can’t link directly to the video because SDSU blocks youtube. What’s up with that!?!

In other news, Ace is finally off of "Idol." Let me just comment that it’s no crime to not be cute. Not everyone can be cute. BUT it is downright disrespectful to the humanity to be cute and then alter your appearance in such a way that renders you butt-ugly. I refer to Ace’s hair. Looking closely, he had a cute face and a pretty smile, but his straight-up (as Paula would say) nasty ‘do just flushed all of his cuteness down the toilet. I am so happy to be relieved of the chore of looking at that mess. Also, I doubt anyone, except maybe Twiggy, will be missing pouty, whiny Brooke from Top Model. Hooray, Joanie has perfect teeth now!

Shout out to Alex who sent me a picture from the chorus retreat last October. It’s my new primary photo!

I saw three movies last weekend. Here they are in the order of best to worst: "She’s The Man," "Guys and Balls," and "Dirty Love." STM was hella funny. GAB, a German gay movie also about soccer, was pretty funny. DL, aka the worst movie of 2005, starred Jenny McCarthy and was full of not-so-funny jokes about STD’s and other nastiness. It wasn’t all that bad, actually.

Have a great EarthDay this weekend! Remember the three R’s!

Alright…I updated this blog yesterday, but it didn’t save. ‘Twas a shame, too, because I wrote a lot of shit, but I guess it just wasn’t meant for the world to read.

Let me take a moment to publicly announce my favorites on "Top Model" and "Idol." For TM, I’m rooting for Joanie. I loved Mollie Sue and Leslie, but, fair or not, they are no longer in the game. Please join me in wishing Joanie a speedy recovery from her snaggletooth extraction. Hopefully she’ll emerge even more beautiful than before! Tyra has never picked a blonde, though, and I wonder if UPN would even allow it. Joanie’s got soul, though, so she might break all the rules! As for "Idol," I’m Kellie all the way. Maybe I have a thing for blondes. Anyway, she sang "Fancy," and my other two faves (Melissa and Lisa) are long gone, so what else can I do. I’m still immune to McPheever. Am I the only one who can’t stand her fakeness?? Now, I am all for fakeness if it obviously tries to cover up bitchiness or some sort of evil (a la Kimberly Caldwell of season 2), but in Katherine’s case, there is nothing beyond the fake.

Oh, this week Brian and I celebrated six months of togetherness! Who could have guessed what was waiting for me at dollar drink night on the eve of Yom Kippur? In honor of this, I added a photo of us to my profile.

Last night, I saw "She’s The Man." It was good!! I’ll even say it was hella funny! If you don’t get a chance to see it in the theater, it is definitely worth renting! There’s this one really bitchy girl who is a Lindsay Lohan look-alike. I’d dare say she was even better than Lindsay! I used to hate on Amanda Bynes for her crappy TV shows, for acting like she’s better than Hilary and Lindsay because she doesn’t go out, and for "What a Girl Wants" which is shitty, but I won’t hate on her anymore.