These are things that frustrate me about life this week:
1. The new Firefox spell checks "wouldn't couldn't and shouldn't" and does not know about conjunctions. Now clearly I see that the computer age is rendering us completely inept regarding the subtleties of grammar.
2. I was all excited about Entourage coming back to my life but I am so intoxicated by TRUE BLOOD that I now clearly see how cheesy the show has become. It started out last week with Vince having sex for the ninth billion time in reverse cowgirl style so that we could see his face some girl's ass and then they had some silly speech where, desperate for affirmation, Eric convinces him to come back to LA so that he won't have to think he ruined his buddy's career. That could lead to a whole diatribe of why that makes no sense since E told them from day one the movie sucked but hey- who's needs to go in to that. But this week - Tony Bennett sang a duet with Leighton Meister from Gossip Girl who correct me if I am wrong is like 12 yrs old and argue with me if you like is so not HOT! They had her dressed up like an old fashion cigarette girl alluding to a Cristina Aguilara's video- REALLY??? Xtina = Leighton???? Yikes. It was so stupid I had to finally admit this show has too many men who are no longer hungry writing for it. Ari dialog is still sharp as a knife- but that's because only Doug Ellin writes Ari. Quatable quote of the night: "Loyd whatsa matter did you snort a little extra fairy dust this morning- go be a man in let him in."
3. Why oh why am I at the same place I as in 00 and 04? Why am I terrified again? Why are the McCains on People Magazine hoisted in their dynasty pose, ready to cover the white house blood red all over again. Why people why?
4. Why can't the Internet be free? I know this is not that profound- but why do I have to pay the cable company for something that coffee shops give away for free. You don't have to pay for radio- that's bandwidth as well!!!! Internet should be like radio and public networks (which I have to pay cable for because I can't get reception.) Why is everything commodified. Again not that profound but shouldn't the Internet be the radio? Shouldn't the Internet be the wonderful beautiful information resource that Al Gore said he created?
5. Why can't there be taxis in LA- roving and screeching all over the city like Chicago and NYC and Paris and London and EVERY OTHER G-D DAMN METROPOLIS ON THE PLANET. Seriously- it seems so simple! OK so the metro can't really be that much better because it was built on an old track to save money and therefore does not have the speed capacity or the space to mirror other metros in other cities. The buses are dirty, dangerous and stuck in traffic and no one wants to ride them in their heels and pretty outfits and - lets face it- famous people won't use PT. California has the second highest rate of fatalities due to drunk driving. This city needs roving taxis more than any place else- Please Mayor Antonio Villaraigossa- make this city work!!! I get that people love their cars- so drive them during the day assholes and put your asses in a cab at night so that I can cross the street without fear.
6. Why oh Why can't the good people of LA learn to use turning signals. WHY WHY WHY?
7. Why is it that I have already turned into the kind of car person that feels annoyed by the little scratch on the side of my car and am burning to drop money down the hole to fix it just for vanity reasons. I drive a Prius not a BMW- what is up with me?
8. Is anyone else freaked out that Lehman Bros is filing for Bankruptcy? I am not a financial in the know gal but uhm seriously are we all going to die? Merryl Lynch was also taken over due to financial woes. Who is next? Citicorp? The problem is so bad that they stopped talking about Palin's failure to know what the hell the Bush doctrine was to discuss actual financial issues in the campaign debate. Little farmers in Idaho are going to hear about Wall street in their local news.
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