Stardate 060705.9

Captain's Log:

I forgot to mention the shuttle launch yesterday. That was a great day to launch the space shuttle Discovery; our Independence Day. I watched the take-off on NASA HD, then stepped outside to watch it rise, and then went back to watch it drop the fuel tanks and enter space. It was great.

France won today which means that I am 38-12-12 overall. Not bad. I can potentially hit 40 wins, but I will need to get both games right this weekend. I will put the predictions up sometime soon, but not tonight.

I am down to my last three Top of the Pods episodes. I finished another five today. I should be done by Friday and then I will be caught up and ready when they put a new one out. I am sending in another list, probably tonight.

I have neglected mentioning to much about the new Superman Returns movie in this weblog to avoid the taint of gayness, but it is time to expose the movie for the atrocity it really is. A couple of years ago, when I heard that they were doing a new Superman movie, I was very excited, because I do not like Christopher Reeves as Superman. I know a lot of people do and right now they are saying evil things about me while reading this, but I do not really care. I do not like him. When they announced the cast for the new movie, I immediately realized it was going to be so sub-par that seeing it in theaters would not only be a waste of money, but also a severe waste of my time. If I ever watch it I will rent it from Blockbuster with one of my free coupons, so that I am not actually paying to view the trash. The three main parts--Clark, Lex, and Lois--were the most horribly cast parts I have ever seen. They could only have done worse if they had cast Mr. Bean as Superman, Larry the Cable Guy as Lex, and Gretchen Wilson as Lois. It was terrible. They should have used the Clark, Lex, and Lois from Smallville for three very good reasons. 1) These three people have been playing the parts for five years on the Smallville show, and so they are good at it; 2) They look and act so much more like the characters they would be playing than the people that actually starred in the movie; 3) They are so popular in the eyes of young men and women around the nation (the young men and women they were targeting for this film). The storyline could have been written for a time ten years after the fifth season of Smallville. This would enable Smallville to continue for quite some time without conflicting with the movie. Another thing is the writer. I read many critics say that the storyline was not great, and then I read another article about Kevin Smith, and how he was in the running for writing the movie. That would have been good. If it were up to me to remake this movie so that it would actually make money on opening weekend, I would have those three stars specifically and I would have Kevin Smith write the story and script. This movie made less than half what Spiderman 2 made on its opening weekend...that is ridiculous. Some Superhero movie. I am so angry that this movie was actually made the way it was. Maybe they will wise up next time. One can only hope.

On a much better note, Pirates of the Caribbean comes out Friday. I will be seeing that movie, because it promises to be 1,000 times better than the lame-o Superman movie. Cannot wait for Johnny Depp's performance.

Yesterday was the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest. The winner was a small Japanese man who ate 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes! That is outrageous. For "training", the contestants eat about 40 hot dogs a sitting, twice a week...how sick is that? I was nasty to watch those people stuff their faces with hot dog...(sounds of regurgitation).

That was a really long blog...and yesterday's was my 50th blog. I forgot to mention it...mainly because it is not a big deal...well ok then.

Later,

Lorimer