Friday, July 20, 2007

Tasty Dish


So as you might have guessed, I've been slacking on my posting lately (or maybe as you haven't even noticed. Who gives a fuck, really? I don't do this for you anyway). The reason for this is an immense amount of traveling (if you remember it was Vegas a couple weeks ago, and Italy last week, in case you fuckers didn't get the picture at the top of this blog).

Apparently, during my travels I missed a lot. I missed Lord Farceface jerking off to pictures of Garcelle Beauvais in Playboy (thanks for killing my MILF sleeper, jackass ... I have others though, don't you worry), while having a three-way phone conversation with The Minority Reporter and The Brooklyn Boy about pools of bare, unattached tits. I also missed a bunch of articles I didn't read, nor will I because I was jacked.

Gimme that post, fool, this a full time jack move.*
(Sorry Brooklyn Boy, Minority Reporter said take it back dude! Haha ... no. That was the most viewed post in the history of this page, and it was aaall me.--ed.)

I suppose I could tell stories about attempting to get with Italian chicks and failing (they don't like it, apparently, when you speak to them in English in their country). I could also tell you about pulling a cute little Bama bitty at a cafe in Venice (my life is a movie, I know). I could put up pictures of the amazing looking women I came across (but they're not famous, so you can't draft them).

I'm not gonna do any of that.

Instead, I'll tell you about the movie I was forced into watching on the plane since my iPod died and I had to stay awake the entire 8 hour flight back from Paris to get my timing back. This was the third time in the last four flights I've taken that The Astronaut Farmer was shown. At first glance, it seemed like the dumbest movie alive: Man builds a rocket in his barn, actually launches said rocket, orbits the Earth, and lands safely (by parachute, no less).

Well, upon second glance, it was just as dumb as I thought. However, as an actual movie, it wasn't as bad as I expected. They made the ludicrous plot halfway decent, and there were actually several moving moments, many of which lined up with the book I've recently been reading (The Alchemist - not well written, in my opinion, but has great points), as well as my personal mantras of never giving up. I actually thought the movie wasn't half bad by the end, and even the stupid ending didn't seem so stupid. Of course, it helped that I got to sit through two hours of the MILFiest woman on this side of MILFdom:

Virginia Madsen
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While this isn't a great picture of the 45-year-old Madsen, I chose it because it illustrated my two points best: her left breast and her right breast. This bombshell first caught my eyes with her sweater cows in Sideways, but the absurd boringness of the movie promptly made me forget about them (though it's interesting to note that the very titless, assless, large-horse-faceness of Sandra Oh became famous because of that movie, and Madsen barely made any splash at all. Best Supporting Actress nominations "barely make a splash" these days? Tough crowd.)

I suppose it's rare that you grab a 45-year-old with a 20-year history in the business and call her a Visionary Thinking candidate, but Madsen would be it. (Except she's not. I can't condone that. Status revoked.) With four big releases in the last three years (Sideways, Astronaut, Number 23 and Firewall), a seven-episode guest appearance on Smith, and three more movies in the works for the next year, Madsen looks to make a splash.

Or two.

*Anyone who doesn't listen to Joe Budden won't get that reference, but then again, if you don't listen to Joe Budden, I don't give a shit what you get, 'cause you're an idiot.




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Curing Yellow Fever

(Warning: Irrational thoughts of a completely irrational Detroit Tigers fan to follow)

So I am at a cafe on my lunch hour the other day, thinking up excuses once again for not going the gay orgy The Minority Reporter likes to disguise as a poker game, when I overhear the following conversation between two greasy Guido punks:

Fat bald Guido (with total sincerity): I saw that Vladimir Guerrero the other day, and man is he good. Why haven't the Yankees bought him!?
I think to myself: "Jesus H. - I have to listen to this arrogant fuck Yankees fan on my lunch break?"
Skinny spiky-haired Guido: I know, brah! We should have got his ass years ago, what the fuck?
Fat baldie: Eh, it's okay though, the Angels don't really scare me ... now the Tigers, that's a ball club that scares me.

Me to myself: "Damn right."
Skinny spikes: Yeah, they got all them young stud pitchers there.
To myself: "Wow, these Guidos are actually intelligent baseball fans, maybe I misjudged them.")
Fat baldie: Seriously bra, now Granderson and Verlander ... those are dudes we need to jump on ASAP, brah! Right, brah? Brah?"
... Hold. The. Phone.

At this point I was visibly upset, and my eavesdropping uncovered. Seriously?! Who do these bastards think they are that they can treat the rest of MLB as their personal farm system!? That's when I realized what their problem is, aside from baby-oil-leaking faces, orange skin and a surplus of tight v-neck t-shirts: THEY ARE MOTHERFUCKING YANKEES FANS!

I will not get into that shit about the Yankees not playing fair by buying up all the good players, because that is a load of bunk (and there's enough profanity on this blog, don't you think?). Well mew mew mew ... I hate that kind of crybaby bullcrap. Who can fault an owner for actually doing everything in his power to make sure his team wins? More power to Steinbrenner. However, in New York, jackoff Yankee fans, who know dick about baseball, go around actually, honestly wondering why their gay-fag team has not bought Vlad, Grandy and Verlander. This creates problems because, had I been at a bar, I might well have engaged these two scumbags and ended the night getting clubbed by the Louisville they had waiting in the trunk of their 1989 Buick.

And do you know who the Yankees employ? Nope, got nothing against A-Rod (from what I hear he could be a Tiger this time next year ... get on that, Illitch) or Jeter (he's from Michigan, bitches) or Damon (even though - as the t-shirt says - he looks like Jesus, acts like Judas, and throws like Mary).

The Yankees employ, and depend upon, motherfucking Asians - a whole bunch of them (gosh, the clean language didn't last long). One of them is even named Wang ... hehe, Wang. No wonder TMR gets a boner every time he sees pinstripes; on a suit, jersey, zebra, whatever.

Go ahead and try to find one Asian wearing a Tigers uniform in Lakeland, Oneonta (Wooord!--ed.), Erie, Toledo, or Detroit ... It's okay, I'll wait... no luck? Oh, well maybe that's because the Tigers are FUCKING AMERICAN! That's right, Chevy truck-driving, Levi-wearing, show-shoveling, baseball-playing, 103 mph-throwing Americans! None of this Asian-of-the-week, "Hi-my-name-is-Wang" (hehe) bullshit. And do you know who cheers for the Tigers? Certainly not 12-year-old, Hello Kitty cuntbags. However, I guarantee this chick does:

I don't know who you are, lady, but I love you. That's all folks...

One other thing... Google "America's High Five" and look at the third entry down. That's right bitches. I'm kind of a big deal. High Five, out.




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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Slay by Slay

For the past two weeks I've been trying to organize a regular poker game. You figure, "Hey, guys love to drink and guys love to gamble. We especially love to combine the two, add in some raunchy stories and competitive smack talk, and sprinkle in a few hilarious episodes of horrid flatulence. Therefore organizing a poker game shouldn't be hard right?"

Wrong. This is a giant pain in the ass. Everyone at first says the same thing:

"Poker? Fuck yeah! I haven't played in forever! Why don't we have a regular game? I mean, guys love to gamble and drink! And when you combine the two?!? Did I mention how much I want to play?!"

So after hearing this enthusiasm from multiple people, I go ahead and free up a day in the week (which, as you can tell by my lack of participation in recent drafts, is kind of a big deal ::brushes shoulder off::) and take the time to organize a game.

Game night comes and this is what I get (these are actual excuses):

"It's my girlfriend's birthday week, can't make it..."
"At work late." (4 guys all said this back to back, including High Five and Intell)
"Got a date with a lady friend."
"Got another poker game I'm attending."
"My ex girlfriend is coming into town."
"I forgot my roommate's band is playing tonight. I'm a little girl and I wear dresses and play tea party with my dolls." (also High Five.)
"It's raining. I don't want to get my hair wet and just had a manicure."
"Today is a heavy flow day. Cramps are really bad. Midol not working."
So the frustration continues. Tonight is another attempt to get a regular game going, and luckily we have 6 confirmed, with a handful of maybes. Let's hope they freakin' man up so I can get my poker on, but if these ladies decide to show up - that's cool too...

Jennifer Tilly

Erin Ness

Evelyn Ng

The obvious problem with them showing up is they'll take all my money on account of being really fucking good at poker ... and hot. Sure, Evelyn Ng isn't that hot (after much research I determined that was her best picture), but would you really start complaining if you had a LEGIT reason to stare at her? I mean, I gotta get a read on my opponents if I'm thinking about calling a big raise on the turn when I'm holding top-two pair. Is she going for a draw? Bluffing? Betting aggressive with trips? Who knows!

Here's a insider poker tip, when women poker players bluff - their boobs appear to get bigger. So keep those eyes open fellas!




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Sexy Dead People

The article that follows is the debut of the Laminated List Fantasy Draft's newest contributor - and first female writer - The Queen E. She'll be producing content on male and female celebs, as well as occasionally serve as ombudsman for our testosterone-fueled diatribes on the female forms we each find attractive. America's High Five better step his selection game up. Consider this notice ...

Yeah, so this might seem fucked up. Deal. We spend a lot of time talking about these hot celebrities we see in the media on a semi-daily basis. We don’t, however, give too much credit to those we’ve lost either to the The Grim Reaper, age, or some other phenomenon. Well we do if they’ve recently fallen off the wagon like Ms. O’Conner ... I mean Spears. Let’s take some time to remember those we’ve lost:

LITERALLY


Marlon Brando


“I’m going to make you an offer you can’t refuse.” No, really: the late, great Marlon Brando. This man has been immortalized as Don Corleone, and with good reason. He was the villain everyone wants to be (sans cotton balls in the mouth). This is the image that stuck with me whenever I thought about this legend. That is, until I got cultured - thank goodness I have a wacky movie rental habit!

Perusing through the classics, I stop … and then cream myself. Why haven’t I ever seen A Streetcar named Desire? No, I mean it. WHY??? We all know the line “STELLAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!” but did you know the line - straight from my brain/vagina - “Holy shit. This man is an Adonis!”? Well, I rented it. It was weird because he has such a distinct voice and I kept thinking "The Don" while watching this incredibly sexy man be abusive. It was good. It was pioneering. But who cares? He will give you a female boner. Trust.

Thank you Marlon Brando. RIP.

Side note: Marlon Brando co-starred in Don Juan Demarco with the sexiest man alive. A Cheesy yet Wonderful movie. See it. Own it. Masturbate to it.

FIGURATIVELY

O.K. So I was never a fan of any of the Batmans that weren’t Michael Keaton, but I’m still a sucker for comic book movies so I tolerated them. It wasn’t too hard when George Clooney and Val Kilmer were the replacements. Christian Bale - unacceptable. His mouth makes me want to punch him. It’s as if he is actually asking me to do it. (Hey - no talking bad about the Cowboy on this blog. You take that back. You take that back right now!--ed.)

ANYWAY ...

Val Kilmer has done some good films. Top Gun, Heat, The Doors, Tombstone, etc. But we’re not really here to discuss acting abilities. At least not today. Val Kilmer was a sexy man. WAS! Let’s check out the before:


And now the after:


Really?! What the fuck happened? I mean he got older. Fine. Older men gain weight. Fine. But this man isn’t even appealing anymore. Not even in the face. Ugh. Damn it.

Thank you for the good years, Val. RIP.

Side note: Have you ever noticed how much Val Kilmer and Jonathan Taylor Thomas look alike? Discuss:



Maybe JTT can teach VK about a little home improvement. OH SNAP!





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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Color Commentary


Warning: The following music video is incredibly addicting, and does contain a few minor spoilers for Die Hard 3, but doesn't give anything away about Live Free or Die Hard that you haven't already seen in the awesome trailers.

And to be honest, if you haven't seen Die Hard 3, click the X button on your browser and shoot yourself in the face. You had a chance at redemption for 12
years, so don't give me that look. (Yes I'm looking at you AH5 - attempting to get you set up and busted for being a pot mule last week totally fucked up.)



... has the line "When we first met John McClane ..." stuck in your head yet? Well guess what, it's never going to stop. Tears of joy should be coming down your face right about now.

A week ago my boy Lake and I caught the completely freaking badass Live Free or Die Hard in theaters. The Die Hards have always been on my Top Lists (sans the weak second one); I believe Die Hard (the original) is so close to a PERFECT action movie it's scary. John McClane is honestly the only person I have ever considered a personal hero, but I feared No. 4 was going to suck. It's been a long time since the last one, and that's never good.

The first 10 minutes is a lot of talking. Then McClane kills like four dudes. Then it doesn't stop for two freakin' hours! I had to pee the entire time I was in the theater, but luckily the ass kicking going on in front of my face helped me completely ignore my bladder pains. I could have had stomach cancer and been stabbed in the ear without noticing even the slightest discomfort. That's how awesome this movie is. Five days later I saw it AGAIN.

This movie also features a favorite (and VT pick) of mine:

Maggie Q.

I'm saying this now, for the record: Maggie Q is the new Lucy Liu.

With MI:3, Die Hard, and a new movie, Balls of Fury coming out, I don't see this Hong Kong beauty going away any time soon. My friends, if that time comes, you'll find me in the corner crying with a gun in my mouth, but at least I'm more of a man than High Five.

Side note on the video: This is a real band and they originally had written the song to only contain the first three Die Hards. The video got viral and Fox took notice, then did the ultimate bitch move by sending them a "cease and desist" letter. I can only assume the song got stuck in their heads like it did mine - Fox soon contacted the producers to write a fourth verse for a nice phat check of $15,000. I love it when stories have happy endings - and have something to do with John McClane. I'm seeing these guys in August; they're from Brooklyn. Hell yeah.




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Laminated List EXCLUSIVE


This lovely lady is the newly crowned Miss New York, Elisabeth Baldanza. The 23-year-old Mercyhurst College student is an aspiring motivational speaker who performed a dance routine to a song from Ragtime during the talent competition. Also, she's from Oneonta.

Wait, what?!

Yup, that's right, folks - the town Just Left of Nowhere produced New York's entry to the Miss America field. And since I'm a townie and have townie friends, I have an inside source (read: bus buddy) who revealed the following about Ms. Baldanza's childhood:
  • She was a brown-nosing workaholic who never did anything besides schoolwork and dance (ballet).
  • She was hot even then. "Oh yeah," said my source, giving a reverse head nod to indicate that there was no questioning this.
Well, I suppose that's not much news, but hey - it gave me reason to post pictures of her, and I got to be proud of living in the O for a hot second. Allow me that much. Or at least the chance to drink away more of my 20s. I can settle for that.

UPDATE: Fine. Fine. Here's the faraway shot:






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Monday, July 16, 2007

Tasting the Wet Bar


As of noon today, I officially gave up on catching up on the last three weeks' worth of celebrity blog posts, "Marking all as read" in my Google Reader. I'll be keeping track from here on out, but to tide you 'til next week, here's more Julie Donaldson. (Good look by The Big Lead.)

Oh, and we're doing our "Keeper" draft this week. In theory, anyway.


Also, the kid in the headband cracks me up. He clearly knows how lucky he is. Clearly. The Bastard.

Fuck a rugrat.





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