fuckwit is my new favorite word. it's fun to say, and i think it's appropriate that the first person i get to call 'a fuckwit' is myself. i had the opportunity today to speak to my brother. i haven't talked to him in four years, because he lives with my father, and my father doesn't want his only remaining son talking to the faggots.

anyway, today, at my nephew's soccer game, as i'm saying goodbye to my nephews, my father and brother are standing there, just a few feet away. my sisters tell me that our father has really mellowed out during that last couple of years, and i guess he has a little, considering that his only reaction was to take a step away and turn his back to me, both ignoring me (which is really the same way he interacted with me when he was still talking to me) and appearing to give silent assent allowing me to talk to my brother.

so, i turn to my brother, who, at one time, followed me everywhere because he thought his big brother was the coolest thing in the world, the little boy who begged for years for my old Transformers toys, the boy who, when i left for college, would sleep with my hand-puppet green dragon named Spike because he missed me, this little boy who is now fifteen and resembles me far more than i'd like (shattering the hopes i had that his father is not my father), i turned to him today, took a deep breath, and said "Hi." that was all. i stood there, with years and years of things to say, and i couldn't pick out just one thing to talk about. so we stood quietly for a moment, before my father (er- his father) decided it was time for them to go, and i watched him leave while thinking 'fuckwit!Terrence' and hoping that, by the next opportunity, i'll have improved my conversational skills beyond the salutation.

because the truck was dripping ectoplasmic ooze while Sigourney Weaver, clad only in plastic wrap and a toothbrush, writhed lewdly on the big extendo-ladder and sung the love theme from "Ice Castles".

heh. inebriation-thought is strange.

TVGuide Online interview with Gonzo the Great.

Landover Baptist Church's report on Enterprise.

Mikey brought over a large bottle of rum last night. i was worried about coming to work with a hangover. i should have been worried about coming to work with no sleep and without being completely sober. ugh.

i watched Son of the Beach for the first time last night (what? i was watching FX for the Buffy commercials). fucking hilarious! until i watched the second episode. it bit. i'm leaning toward a belief that the first episode i saw was a fluke.

today will be a long day.

excitement is building. the next few weeks are going to be very good for television viewing (all times are Central Daylight Time):

Monday 9/24
syndicated Buffy premieres on FX at 6pm (each episode will replay the following weekday at 3pm). check out the FX Buffy site. not bad.
Angel premieres on WB at 8pm. on it's new night. following 7th Heaven.

Wednesday 9/26
Enterprise premieres on UPN at 7pm with a two hour debut.

Tuesday 10/02
do i even need to say it? if you don't know, you're a worthless monkeyfuck. season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer premieres on UPN at 7pm with a two hour debut. in case you missed the first hundred times i said it: WATCH IT.

Wednesday 10/03
Special Unit 2 premieres it's second season on UPN at 8pm, following Enterprise. i don't know why, but i have a soft spot for this show. i'm looking forward to the new season.

Tuesday 10/09
Roswell premieres on UPN at 8pm, following Buffy. i had trouble getting into this show last season, but now i know i just caught a couple of the less-than-great episodes. i'm ready to give it another try.

Tuesday 10/16
Smallville premieres on WB at 8pm. this is where i run into a little trouble. it's opposite Roswell. i can watch one and tape the other if i'm home, but what happens when i can't be home? may need another VCR.

if you don't like the idea for "Thirteen Days, Seven Nights, 15 Minutes," maybe you'd prefer "Erin Brockovich Must Die" in which a spunky and scantily clad law clerk faces off against ex-cop Jet Li in the courtroom but when outside it, romances him secretly, much to the disappointment of her three children and boss who battle nightly against the kung fu forces of Jet Li's law firm. it ends badly when all must undergo hysterectomies because they were unaware of the hexavalent chromium used in the ink of their legal briefs.

or maybe "Crouching What's Up, Tiger Lily, Hidden Dragon?" Woody Allen and Michelle Yeoh battle to the death in a film in which the soundtrack has been replaced entirely with a dying Chow Yun-Fat eulogizing himself. subtitles by Jade Fox. (hey, a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story" would have waaaay too much kung fu. make your teeth hurt).

bless Max for mentioning that the last issue of the Oz miniseries is out. i was in the comic/gaming store yesterday (buying Kithbook: Eshu) but forgot to check the comics (and hey, if you love me, you'll buy me this).

also, it's time for me to get excited about upcoming BTVS comic books because of the one-shot upcoming Lost and Found "in which we check up on the kids immediately after Buffy's death," Tales of the Slayer (which i've described before), should be released just after my birthday, and Fray will be back next month (speaking of TOTS, i'd like to see some Tales of Kendra or something. i like her).

coolness is Buffy comics online.

this is kinda cute. this is just funny.

from Sci Fi Wire: Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays little sister Dawn on UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, told TV Guide Online that creator Joss Whedon has approached her about starring in another Buffy spinoff series.

keep reading. not quite what they make it out to be.

"I've been asked if a spinoff or a continuation [of the show] would be of interest to me, and pretty much it is," she reveals.

here's the TVGuide Online report.

and have some fun with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer matchmaker game.

would anyone see a film called "Thirteen Days, Seven Nights, 15 Minutes" in which David Schwimmer is President John Kennedy and Anne Heche is planewrecked on the tropical island Cuba with Robert De Niro during one of the tensest photographer murder sprees in US history?

no?

heh. Oxycontin turns users gay. it's *exactly* how it happened to me.
[linked swiped from Comatose]

although this didn't originate there, i'm linking to the post on Where is my mind? because it's where i found it, and i'm feeling too lazy to attempt looking for the original. i'm also a little unsure about the suitability title, but, eh, i didn't write it, so i don't get to name it.

Why I will not rally around the president.

i shared the email mentioned in the last post because i thought it could be a humorous thing, but really, i can't tell you how much my head aches to think that the company has hired, as our PR manager, the guy who was responsible for promoting the XFL. i know it's unfair to judge him on that when he actually has much more experience (with MLB, MLS, and the NFL, along with "Soccer Digest Magazine") and because the XFL did have a big media blitz (i don't know how good the ads were since i instinctively ignore anything football related). i'm too pessimistic, and the recent lack of job security is influencing the horrible sinking feeling i have about this company.

from an email from a Senior VP:

"Please join me in welcoming Ben ... to the team as PR Manager..." "Ben comes to TV Guide from the XFL where he served as Director of Corporate Communications."

if it'd been me, i don't think i'd have listed XFL on my resume, unless i could think of some way to phrase it that'd put a positive spin on it... like this:

"Having the experience of growing a new brand as well as handling fallout from a downturn in business has made Ben an agile communications professional."

sounds much better than 'i was in charge of promoting the XFL. didn't really do well at that.' i'd like to think that he's here to help us turn things around, but with circulation falling and a round of lay offs every month, i'm worried they're more interested in his experience with a failing enterprise than his ability to get things going.

a discussion of Buffy vs. Dark Angel.

in a really good mood this morning for some reason. i'm singing. singing at work. singing "Broadway Baby" at work. singing "Broadway Baby" at work and not caring that co-workers can hear me. singing "Broadway Baby" at work and not caring that co-workers can hear me and are asking me to stop. bite me, co-workers.

an old friend from my Hell-Mart days was in town last night. haven't seen him in a couple of years. it was nice. sometimes, when you haven't seen someone in a long time, you forget how important they are to you. now i'm reminded.

had dinner with Old Friend and Video Store Guy. VSG seemed a little nervous, and didn't talk much. not until his second margarita. the lush.

am i the only one who's been getting an email like this every friggin' day?

10:30 EASTERN TIME.... 9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific

I just heard on the radio that the U.S. has asked that everyone step out on their lawns tonight at 10:30 Eastern time (9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific) and light a candle. They will be taking a satellite picture of the U.S. and posting it on the news tomorrow morning. Please pass this on to as many people as possible.

how many of these stupid sat photos do people think they want? "I guess the one they took yesterday didn't turn out so good, so we have to do it again." geez, every single day this goes round and round.

Experts warn of 'black wave' that could sweep universe and end life.

can't do anything about it, so why worry?

can anyone confirm that Victor Wong (Egg Shen in "Big Trouble in Little China") has died?

this is not a holy crusade. we are not the forces of good. they are not the forces of evil. why are we talking about this in terms of who is right (or righteous) and who's not instead of talking about it solely as 'you hurt us, so now we'll hurt you (and those around you)(oh yeah, and anyone who gets in the way too),' which is all it is.

what he said.

ok, people are dissing the theme to Angel. i like the theme. none should dare disagree with me on this.

in case you haven't been paying attention to my obsessions, we now have one week until syndicated Buffy premieres on FX, beginning, appropriately, at the beginning of season one with "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (and just before that, the film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with Kristy Swanson, Dylon McKay, Pee-wee Herman and Deputy Dewey will be shown. you don't need to see the movie version to get into the series. the series makes a couple of brief references to a couple of things from the movie, mainly to explain why Buffy is now in Sunnydale, but otherwise, no previous experience required).

if you're like me, and you missed the first few seasons of BTVS, here's your chance to make it up. if you've never watched before, you can start at the beginning (but, whatever you do, DON'T miss the season 6 premiere on UPN on October 2).

yesterday, i saw Pat Robertson standing on a street corner holding a sign. ok, maybe it's possible it was someone who looks a lot like him, but wasn't. anyway, Pat Robertson was holding a sign, and i drove by slowly expecting to read something like "You're Going To Hell" or maybe "Jesus Loves You." instead it said "Free Car Wash."

i'm not certain what to make of that.

Dark Horizons reports:

Shows being pulled or delayed is one thing, but now certain pro-censorship advocate groups are sensing the frenzy and pushing their own agendas past the point of good reason. Requests are apparently being sent in to video stores to pull films like "Die Hard", "Deep Impact", "Independence Day", "Armageddon" and the "Earthquake in New York" mini-series from their shelves and getting cable/regular TV networks to never show them again. There's also two films still out in theatres with a continuity flaw - both "Final Fantasy" and "AI" features scenes and shots with the towers in them - as both films are set in the future this seems out of context.

Vanity Fair has some good photos of the characters of the Harry Potter movie. if you get a chance, thumb through it and take a look (but for sod's sake, don't buy it).

also, there's an article concerning the Pope's rush to canonize Mother Teresa, who apparently wasn't the nice little old lady everyone seems to think. as a non-Catholic (and non-Christian), i really don't care one way or the other if people start invoking her name when they want something, or if they celebrate a Feast Day in her honor. it was an interesting read for someone who's planning on being canonized one day.

Eleni has something to say about the recent spate of harassment and attacks on Muslim and Arab people.