You were using me in a different way than I was using you

TV Commentary:

Lost-

Lost Characters by Surname- Infinitely easier than the IGN's Ultimate Lost Quiz in my opinion, but I've always had a knack for TV character names.

"Why Isn't There More Effing on This Island", by Garfunkel and Oates (i.e. Ted's gf on Scrubs and that blond chick who's in a bunch of stuff)

Burning questions from the Finale- The majority of them are legitimate questions, though, "How much did the Widmores have to pay Driveshaft to do a concert with their weirdo son?" I'm not so sure about. I mean, in the sideways, wasn't Driveshaft still in a slump? But even then, if the guy who sold shoddy body armor to the US military can get Aerosmith and P. Diddy to play at his daughter's sweet 16 in real life, I would think rich people can easily get famous bands for private events. And wasn't it some sort of weird charity benefit anyways, so its even less frivolous!

Alternate endings to Lost that I mentioned in a previous post, in case you live under a rock and didn't see this on the post-Lost Kimmel show.

24- Another long running and acclaimed series that has just came to an end. But first, my last ever 24 weapons complaint. So, the second half of the penultimate hour, Jack sets up his sniper position across the way from the UN. Anyways, his weapon of choice? An FN SCAR. Which would be fine if he wasn't using the L-version chambered in 5.56mm (you can tell by the magazine) rather than the more sniping appropriate H model in 7.62mm. 5.56mm does have a place in sniping, mainly law enforcement applications at ranges between 100-200 yards. But at the distance Jack was, trying to shoot through glass?! That 5.56mm would fail to have his desired effect (which I assume is to kill someone)!

Anyways, while it is a pretty looking gun, it is kinda curious why he picked it. I mean, when he went into vengeance mode, the weapons he got from Mr Blond to supplement his usual HK USP Compact were a couple of MP7s, a Taurus Judge, a Mossberg pump action, a Colt M933, a M26 shotgun converted for standalone use, and the SCAR-L. As I said in my last 24 post, it was weird that he didn't mount the M26 under the assault rifle so he didn't have to carry 2 separate weapons, but choosing a 933 and the SCAR-L doesn't make much sense either. I mean, the 933 would serve as a very compact assault weapon, why would he need a full sized assault rifle in addition? I mean, he was using the SCAR as a sniping weapon, and with the longer barrel and bipod, obviously its a more accurate weapon, but like I said, there are better tools for the job. I mean, he could've just gone with the SCAR-L in lieu of the 933, since its got the interchangeable barrels, and with the folding stock, a short barreled SCAR would be comparable in compactness. Then when he switched to using it as a sniper weapon, he just needed to change out the barrels. That's less weapons for him to carry, which would be important considering HE'S BEEN ON THE RUN FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS! hmm, I wonder if the M26 can mount under the SCAR? I would think it could, since the SCAR also has Picatinny rails under the barrel.

So all in all, if he used a SCAR-H, and mounted the m26 under that, that's even less weapons he needed to carry. I mean, for the limo ambush, the SCAR-H in CQB mode would have been way handier, since the 7.62 rounds would be much more effective against vehicles and armor. Then when he wanted to use it for sniping, the 7.62mm round would once again be a superior caliber choice.

But I digress. ( spoiler cut )

Chuck- ( spoiler cut )

I have to go, I just won a contest for being hot!

3500th post!

Wow, and to think one of my first entries (almost a decade ago!) I was remarking how I'd post a few things here, get bored and forget about it.

TV Commentary:

Lost- Anyways, I forgot to mention one of the most hilarious parts of the Lost finale, Jack's flying death punch:



Seriously, what was up with that? I can't decide if its totally ridiculous or totally awesome. I know, poll time:

[Poll #1569554]

So if Jack had busted out some Island mojo enhanced moves against Smokey (perhaps with The Glow playing in the background), would people have checked out right then and there instead of waiting until the end to be pissed off? (even though I still say the ending was satisfying!)

HIMYM- You know, if I actually cared about that Don guy, maybe the whole thing with him choosing his career over Robin after she made the exact opposite choice and actually opened up the position he was offered would have some sort of impact. As it was, for me it was "finally, he's gone!" As I've said before, if you want me to care about some coupling show me why they're a good couple, don't just have everyone say, "Hey, they're a great couple!" and make me take them at their word.

Anyways, as much as I enjoy Rock Band, obviously my favorite part to do is the vocals. Even though I can never fully rock out like you're meant to- the parts of the vocals where you're not being scored and just have to shout "Yeah!" or "Ow!" or what have you, I can't not feel self-conscious and ridiculous. At least if its a part with a bar, then its a part of the game. But when you're just free-forming it? I'm just way too uptight to do that!

But I digress. While Rock Band was the obvious step forward for Harmonix as it is a cooler party game than their "Karaoke Revolution" series, it doesn't lend itself to all music. Like they do have a Lady Gaga DLC track pack, but I don't think you could really do something as equally awesome like ABBA or Madonna. I'd love to be able to do something like "Mamma Mia" or "Papa Don't Preach". prv('You know how I know you're gay? You want to sing "Mamma Mia" or "Papa Don't Preach" on Rock Band') But yeah, I think it'd be fun for the vocalist, but what does the rest of the band get to do?

Oh, even though I still suck at the instruments, I'm learning to do it more aurally than visually. Obviously there's an audio and video component to it, but once you think of it in terms of the sound rather than hitting the red button when it shows up, it becomes way easier to do. Of course, I still think people who play the instrument on expert are some kinda crazy magicians.

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Oh Em Glee! You know how there's been a surge in the pr0n parodies of famous TV shows and movies as of late (everything from Star Trek to the Big Lebowski and the Office to the Big Bang Theory)? I cannot believe they're doing one for freakin' Glee! Here's the trailer (nsfw mostly for language):

( under the cut )

Wait, so when they cast this, did they have to find pr0n folks who could carry a tune?

Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin'

TV Commentary:

Glee- The Lady Gaga (and KISS) episode! Sure, Puck and Finn's rendition of "Beth" was sweet, but the girls (and Kurt)'s "Bad Romance" easily blew away "Shout It Out Loud" (although its hilarious that the first time Matt gets an actual line, he's in KISS makeup, so you don't even know its him!) I only wish they did the full song. And that the show woulda shown the cool Quinn punching from the tour performance during the version done on the show (you could still see it in the corner, but she wasn't nearly as fervent about it). But holy frick Santana was so hott in this. I'm glad she's getting showcased more, she definitely rocked her part there at the end.

Anyways, the whole thing with the two football players threatening to beat up Kurt and shoving him and Tina infuriated me. You don't physically assault someone because of their sexual orientation, and if you're a guy, you certainly don't shove a girl into a locker. And going with my belief had I gone to high school post-Columbine I would totally be flagged as a psycho, if some jocko mcletterman did that to a gay and female friend of mine, and threatened to kick the crap out of them unless they stopped acting all gay, I would've been crippling their football careers in a heartbeat. I dunno why gay-bashing pisses me off that much, but to me assaulting someone for that is absolutely one of the things you DO NOT DO. The heart wants what the heart wants, and I can't believe that's deviant or deserving of such hatred.

( more ep discussion, cut for spoilers )