Certificate of appreciation

Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed last night. The movie Wall-E was very hyped to me by several friends and co-workers. I guess I just missed something. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad movie but I guess I would recommend waiting for rental. The visual effects were incredible and at times I forgot that it was Pixar computer animation and not a “real” movie. What brings it back is when humans are brought into the movie. Also, I couldn’t believe the blatant attacks on Americana. The basic plot is that Americans become so fat and lazy that we destroy our own planet and we have to go into space to escape death. Maybe I was expecting a comedy like the other Pixar movies Shrek and Toy Story while this movie is deeper, but less humorous. All in all, I would give it a B-/B. Good enough to rent, but not enough to pay $10 on a Friday night to go see.

1. It’s interesting following the different candidate’s fund-raising. For the month of June, Obama raised 55 million dollars and John McCain raised about 22 million. Both of those are absolutely astounding numbers. Despite that, the McCain campaign has more money in the bank then the Obama campaign. The reason being obvious enough, that Obama spent so much money in the primaries, while at the same time McCain was not spending money and raising money. Obama’s 50 state approach actually appears to be gaining ground. Not only is Obama doing well in battle ground states like Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, et cetera. He is basically in a statistical tie (+/- four percentage points) in states that nobody thought would be battle ground states (Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, and Virginia.) The only state that John Kerry won that McCain might win is Michigan. McCain also has a big lead in Florida so that state looks out of reach. The good news is that John Kerry did not get crushed by Bush, and Obama doesn’t have to win all of those states. If he could win half of those states that are a statistical tie, he will easily cruise to the white house. However, we are still four months away from the election so obviously a lot can happen.

2. As a fan of college basketball, I have found the story of Brandon Jennings really interesting. There is a rule in the NBA that says a player must be one year removed from high school before he enters the NBA draft. This has created the one and done effect as a lot of the star players that would have gone right to the NBA, are now doing one year of college, and then going to the NBA. Brandon Jennings, the top high school point guard in the country, who committed to Arizona, has said that he really has no interest in going to school so he signed a one year deal making almost a million dollars year to play in Europe. However, that’s not where he is going to make his big money. Because he is not in college, he has a right to do endorsement deals and while the other top high school players will be doing Calculus in Durham or Sociology in Chapel Hill, Brandon Jennings will be inking a deal to make millions of dollars a year. Obviously, this story will be heavily watched by many people. University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson is furious and he says he is done with the one and dones. Another one of his top players, Jerryd Bayless left this past year after only playing one year to be a top pick in the draft. He would like to have basketball do what college baseball does. If a player wants to play in the NBA, they have to either commit right out of high school, of if they sign of letter of intent, they cannot leave for the NBA for two years (or three for Major League Baseball). I agree. I think everybody wins in this scenario.

3. My goodness does Andy Dick need some professional help. Two nights ago he was arrested at 2:00 am completely drunk in the parking lot of a Buffalo Wild Wings. He also was found with Xanax and Marijuana and was arrested for not only public urination, but also for misdemeanor sexual battery for pulling up the shirt of a 17 year old patron. This has been a nice few years for Andy Dick. Besides the latest arrest, he has been arrested for Cocaine, driving while intoxicated after crashing his car into a telephone pole, more public urination, exposing himself on two different occasions while doing his stand-up routine, and groping patrons at comedy clubs. Let’s not forget the infamous Jimmy Kimmel incident where he had to be removed from the set by security after he kept groping Ivanka Trump. It’s sad because clearly Andy Dick is wasting his talent and that in his case, I do not think that prison is the best option. What he needs is to check himself into a good rehabilitation center.

4. Damnit VH1. I used to enjoy watching your quirky shows and music videos ten years ago but now you are destroying America with your filth you put out. Your stupid reality shows are terrible for America. Thank goodness you are bringing back Bret Michael to make Rock of Love III. You f’ing idiots.