You don't have to eat every big mac to know its a delicious hamburger sandwich

So what defines a geek? Saw this article on The 10 most badass geeks from film and TV. As an aside, I saw this article off Gorilla Mask, and while the icon is supposed to be of Dexter Morgan, I actually thought it was of Mclovin. Which in turn reminds me of two things I heard/saw today. One, my sources tell me that Dexter is dating Deb in real life? People who play siblings on TV dating in real life. cliffv('What's up with that?!') Emily Van Camp did it twice, once with Bright (Che to those who watched the OC and not Everwood) and then with one of her half-brothers on "Brothers and Sisters".

And two, there's that Give to the Mclovin' Fund off Funny or Die. Link goes to filmdrunk's link to it, as they mention the things about the clip that demonstrate that Kristen Bell is probably tiny. I mean, I know she's short but recently I've been seeing articles that point to her being just a smidge over being a midget. (I would also qualify another Kristen, Kristen Chenoweth, as right there on the border of midgets and normal people) Like here, where she's with her Forgetting Sarah Marshall costar, Mila Kunis. Now, Mila Kunis is short herself, but that pic she makes Kristen Bell look small comparatively! And speaking of short chicks having vids off Funny or Die, there was that Hayden Panettiere sexual harassment PSA, both it and the Mclovin' fun were only mildly amusing, not exactly funny. So does that mean they have to die?

But I digress, getting to the 10 baddest ass geeks thing, while I would agree some of those people have geeky interests, I wouldn't exactly refer to all of them as geeks. Hiro, Beast, Peter Parker, Gil Grisom, I can see. But while Clarence Worley from True Romance was all into comics and old kung fu movies, I didn't think he was that geeky. Then again, he did work at a comic book store and was so pathetic his boss hired a hooker for him. But I don't see Neo or Dexter Morgan as all that geeky. And then the comments to the article had some people arguing for the inclusion of the Mcmanus brothers from the Boondock Saints. See, I don't neccesarily equate being really smart with being geeky. The list included Anakin Skywalker just because he built C-3PO and was a genius at starcraft design. Now I would definitely call him a whiny little bitch, but not a geek!

And how can one not like shooting a gun? Its the most awesome thing evar. I mean, not even squeezing off a few rounds in a safe and controlled environment? Hippie pussies.

Tuesday TV commentary:

( The Riches )

Oh, and a few comments I forgot to make on Monday's Samantha Who. I had a big crush on Christina Applegate back in the day, and then kinda cooled on her. But I think she's looking pretty cute again on Samatha Who, especially in the short, curly bob she sports as present-day good Sam, which is infinitely superior to the long, straight hair of pre-amnesia Bad sam. ( A few more comments, under the cut )

Oh, and what's up with all the pervs being all egg-cited about Hermoine turning 18 today (or rather yesterday, you know what I mean)?

I know the scientific names of beings animalculous

More lists: So I saw P-Boi has a 50 Greatest Villains in Film History list going on, though they don't have all the results up yet. Some fair choices there. Though is Tyler Durden really a villain?

Speaking of villains, there's this one deleted scene from last week's office:

Where Michael and Dwight list their ideal dinner party guests. Dwight's answer is hilarious, if only to showcase what a complete psychopathic weirdo he is. Speaking of, I'm not sure how I'd feel if I had a co-worker who was just like him. On the one hand, Dwight is an annoying prick and an insane weirdo. But he does have good taste in television.

How long an hour can take when you're staring into open space

Hit Ruby Tuesday's for dinner with the roomie. Never been before, but at least now I can say I've been to all of those kinda chains, Friday's, Applebee's, Chili's, Houlihan's, Bennigan's, Houston's, etc.

Tonight's ep of South Park was hilarious, particularly because of all the "its funny because its true moments". I think the funniest one was when Stan's dad was all, "no more mindlessly surfing the web while watching TV", because the roomie was doing exactly that while watching the ep.

Honestly, I don't know what I'd do if I could access the internet for 8 days! I don't think I've never not accessed the internet for 8 hours! Okay, its not that bad. But I can say I haven't gone one day without checking the internet. Well, there might've been a day or two on my trip to Europe, but I'd usually hit the internet cafes or the hotel's internet access pretty much every day (as evidenced by the somewhat daily LJ posts while I was over there). Though I guess I was without access when I visited my dad's hometown in the Philippines, which was out in the boonies. And it was frustrating to be cut off like that. But I did hit the internet cafes in Manila, so I did have access for some portion of that trip. I guess I could say I haven't gone a whole day without accessing the internet in the continental US?

But yeah, one of the major parts of my job is ensuring that the internet is up, so I'm pretty much on the web for the eight hours I'm at work every day. (Actually, whenever we lose connectivity, the behavior of everyone isn't far from how they reacted on the show, the phone rings off the frickin' hook!) And with the hiptop, I technically have a link to the internet 24/7. So it would be very weird to not have access for an extended period of time.

Watched Criminal Minds on the picture in picture while playing SW2. So the case was about some high school kid going nuts and offing a bunch of people with an assault rifle. And one of the profilers felt a sorta kinship with the guy, understanding why the kid did what he did because the kid's life was so crappy. But the kid also had a blond snowflake cutie gf totally in love with him, so things weren't totally bad! Its like Chris Rock's Columbine comment from one of his stand up routines, "They had a picture of that club they were in, and there were at least five of them that hung out together! I didn't even have five friends in high school!" (heh, I guess if Everybody Hates Chris is to be believed, that's actually true!)

Then again, I guess the thing that finally set the kid off was his gf's father trying to stop her from seeing him. Still, I was a little apalled by the profiler folks' idea for stopping him- they felt the reason he hadn't offed himself after killing all the people he did was because he still had her to live for. So they had the girl's friend text her on her blackberry and show her the mpeg he made of him executing some guys who bullied him so she would leave him in the hopes that he would just kill himself after she left! WTF?! I mean, they thought this was the only way to get her back safely, because if they tried to go after them, they were worried he'd kill her or she'd get killed in the crossfire. Ida know, most scenarios would prolly end with the kid dying, but there's a difference shooting him defending other people, and trying to get him to off himself in some dark corner somewhere! Sure, the latter would be less risky to innocents and the police, but its still kinda messed up.

And I have to call shinnanegans on them thinking that was their best and only tactic. They didn't know the situation she was in. How did they know she could check her blackberry without him knowing? (again, how bad could his life be if he could easily afford to get her a blackberry AND be able to pay for the access?!) Or that she could easily get away, or that she would try to get away instead of confronting him? I think there were too many variables to make it an effective course of action to get her back safe. And again, turning him suicidal? How do they know he wouldn't then choose to go out in a blaze of glory rather than eating his gun?!