I have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve actually been to work. I had the week between Christmas and New Year’s scheduled for vacation, but then we had the Hanukkah Blizzard of 2006 so things got started off really early for me. I guess two weeks ago today was the last time I was in the office.
Take a guess at my motivation level… 
Thanks to the Hanukkah and Kwanzaa blizzard combination, we ended up spending the holidays doing a lot of sitting around and staring at each other. We did get out to the tattoo shop to get the Mother-in-Law a new piece (of which I should really get a better picture) and for The Wife and I to get some touch up done.
Other than that, not a lot to report. We did watch some DVDs:
- Nacho Libre (B) — Jack Black, yo. Plus I love me some Lucha Libre.
- Talladega Nights (A-) — Best Will Ferrell joint ever. Period. John C. Riley is a king.
- Aeon Flux (B+) — I was a big fan of the animated shorts on MTV’s Liquid Television, but I kind of like this better. There was actually a storyline available without creative interpretation. Plus Charlize is badass.
- Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man’s Chest (B-) — Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow was weird in this one. Not nearly as good as the first one.
One quick link, while I’m at it: I like this guy’s style.
Charlize was cute in Aeon Flux, but the movie was altogether too stylized and over-produced for my tastes. When it first aired, I liked the strange confusion of the Liquid Television version, but it suffers from what I call “The Night Court Effect”, wherein something that was awesome a decade or two ago is shit upon re-viewing today. Other NCE victims are Thundercats, Gummi Bears (the TV show), and pretty much any 1980s science fiction movie except Bladerunner.
Don’t you be talking bad about Markie Post, da Kine. Her awesome 80s Mane and sensible yet hip suits still make her the cat’s ass. And Harry Anderson was never awesome. Not even back then.
Dan Dan Fielding is still a pimp, but when I tried to watch the show again, I didn’t laugh once.
I agree about Aeon Flux and Night Court. Have you seen “Enemy Mine” lately? I was going to re-watch it on cable recently, but was called away. I’m wondering if that old gem still shines.