I know, I know Oscar Night is over and everybody at work at the water cooler has talked about it to death and its now a dead issue. But I might as well add my two cents before midnight hits and then its no longer topical anymore.
I thought the show was good but somethings need to be cleaned up for next year's show. First, the Academy may want to find a host that wants to be there. James Franco looked high and that he wanted to do algebra problems rather than host the Oscars. Dude, you get paid an exorbitant amount of money to act and host and you seemed to be indifferent hosting the show. My shrubs outside of my house showed more excitement than you. Please do us a favor, don't host again, Ever!!!
This morning I heard that Franco snubbed his own Oscar Party to go back to New York. I don't understand the logic, was it that painful to host? Are they torturing you backstage? I know you didn't do a good job hosting but if you screw up, do the manly thing and get piss drunk! People in Hollywood would expect it, appreciate it, and most likely understand it. Plus, you are throwing an Oscar party, people showed up at your party (Kevin Spacey), enjoy, mingle, network, work the room, Live the Sheen! (pun intended to Charlie, who is a quote machine, right now.) You are coming off an Academy Award Nomination, you could get more roles, better roles other than General Hospital.
Anne Hathaway was excellent and she is pretty easy on the eyes, and she also showed something Franco did not, enthusiasm. I loved her outfits and how she did make fun of herself, talking about her nude scene in Love and Other Drugs, and not receiving a nomination. (Note to self: go see Love and Other Drugs, leave after nude scene). Hopefully they will bring Anne Hathaway back (solo).
I know I am going to catch some crap for this next observation, but let me say that I love Kirk Douglas' movies. (Spartacus, Champion, Seven Days in May, The Vikings). He is a legend and I don't like to see legends tarnish their image. Mr. Douglas has gone through a lot suffering a stroke, learning how to talk again, and I respect him as a person and an actor, but does the Academy need to tarnish him like they did. He had trouble speaking and the audience had trouble understanding him. Like most people who are elderly, he kept on rambling, and rambling and it got uncomfortable while waiting for him to say who the Best Supporting Actress was. The Academy should have done what they have done in years past and had Christoph Waltz (the Best Supporting Actor from 2010) introduce the Best Supporting Actress category. It would have been less painful and more appropriate and would have followed Oscar tradition. Academy please don't do that to Mr. Douglas again, he is a legend, and should be treated like one!
To the Academy, please fix these items, if you want me to watch your telecast next year, thanks for your cooperation in advance!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Double Standard
First of all I would like to start out by saying I am not a big political idealist, but lately what I am seeing with the union busting in this country is incomprehensible. Yesterday, my family and I were traveling back home and were in Houston International Airport waiting for our flight.
On the big screen TV, CNN was on and the story was how Providence, Rhode Island fired a bunch of teachers. This was the second state in many days (Wisconsin being the first), that wants to cut public employees, now I know there are bad teachers out there. Just like in any job in the world, you have good and bad at pretty much any position, and I know politicians are annoyed with tenure and that you have a job, no matter what within reason (obviously you can't hit a student and use the tenure card and expect to have a job let alone keep your teaching license). But bad teachers didn't become bad over time, they were probably bad to begin with, if their specific district granted them tenure than that is on the district.
Am I saying that bad teachers should not be accountable, absolutely not. If they are a bad teacher, then freeze their pay for the following year, get them better training, meet with them twice a month, go over their lessonplans and ask them what are you trying to do to reach your students, how about helping the bad teachers out and coaching them, show them what you want, don't judge them by test scores, which has now become the norm apparently for judging what a good teacher is and what isn't.
My problem isn't trying to remove the bad teacher, my problem is with the politicians who like to compare their public employees to weathermen (Governor Christie from NJ). I find it hard to believe that you need to cut the salaries if teachers, cops, and firemen who are averaging $50,000-$60,000, when the governor, of some of these states are making $175,000-$200,000. Now I am not a math genius, but if you are making three times as much as your state employees and are saying we need to cut government employees salaries because benefits are too high and costing the state too much money to cover them, than something is very wrong with you.
Last time I checked, most teachers, cops, and firemen do not live in mansions, unlike most governors in this country. The governors were elected by the people, and are supposed to be helping the people especially the families who have a two income household, or a single parent family, not the wealthy. If you are a governor and you are reading this, why not lead by example and you take a pay cut. Mayor Bloomburg of New York City, his salary is $1. The moment you do that, then I will listen to your idea of how to cut jobs and benefits and so on...Till then stop bashing our public employees, they work hard, and they do their best everyday. The police and the firemen put their lives on the line every day. The teachers work with all types of students, motivated and unmotivated and get them to learn. They don't have the luxury to fire them, or not teach them that day. They may only work for 10 months of the year, but they only get paid for 10 months of the year, most of them have to find a second job, like tutoring, and coaching, and a summer job, so they can survive. Most of the firemen, I know all have a second job so they can make ends meet.
The problem as I see it isn't the government employees its the guys at the top of the food chain who want to use the rule of "Do as I say, not as I do." Do me a favor, the next time you walk into your huge office, remember that some public employee, (teacher, policemen, firemen) either taught you or protected you so you could rise to this office that you now hold. I would much rather you say "Thank you," than attacking the people who thought you weren't a waste of their precious time!
On the big screen TV, CNN was on and the story was how Providence, Rhode Island fired a bunch of teachers. This was the second state in many days (Wisconsin being the first), that wants to cut public employees, now I know there are bad teachers out there. Just like in any job in the world, you have good and bad at pretty much any position, and I know politicians are annoyed with tenure and that you have a job, no matter what within reason (obviously you can't hit a student and use the tenure card and expect to have a job let alone keep your teaching license). But bad teachers didn't become bad over time, they were probably bad to begin with, if their specific district granted them tenure than that is on the district.
Am I saying that bad teachers should not be accountable, absolutely not. If they are a bad teacher, then freeze their pay for the following year, get them better training, meet with them twice a month, go over their lessonplans and ask them what are you trying to do to reach your students, how about helping the bad teachers out and coaching them, show them what you want, don't judge them by test scores, which has now become the norm apparently for judging what a good teacher is and what isn't.
My problem isn't trying to remove the bad teacher, my problem is with the politicians who like to compare their public employees to weathermen (Governor Christie from NJ). I find it hard to believe that you need to cut the salaries if teachers, cops, and firemen who are averaging $50,000-$60,000, when the governor, of some of these states are making $175,000-$200,000. Now I am not a math genius, but if you are making three times as much as your state employees and are saying we need to cut government employees salaries because benefits are too high and costing the state too much money to cover them, than something is very wrong with you.
Last time I checked, most teachers, cops, and firemen do not live in mansions, unlike most governors in this country. The governors were elected by the people, and are supposed to be helping the people especially the families who have a two income household, or a single parent family, not the wealthy. If you are a governor and you are reading this, why not lead by example and you take a pay cut. Mayor Bloomburg of New York City, his salary is $1. The moment you do that, then I will listen to your idea of how to cut jobs and benefits and so on...Till then stop bashing our public employees, they work hard, and they do their best everyday. The police and the firemen put their lives on the line every day. The teachers work with all types of students, motivated and unmotivated and get them to learn. They don't have the luxury to fire them, or not teach them that day. They may only work for 10 months of the year, but they only get paid for 10 months of the year, most of them have to find a second job, like tutoring, and coaching, and a summer job, so they can survive. Most of the firemen, I know all have a second job so they can make ends meet.
The problem as I see it isn't the government employees its the guys at the top of the food chain who want to use the rule of "Do as I say, not as I do." Do me a favor, the next time you walk into your huge office, remember that some public employee, (teacher, policemen, firemen) either taught you or protected you so you could rise to this office that you now hold. I would much rather you say "Thank you," than attacking the people who thought you weren't a waste of their precious time!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Exercise
My sister-in-law has a friend who is in her early 30's, let's call her Veronica (the names have been changed to protect the guilty) she is helping a male friend let's call him Ray, who is in his early 20's, lose his virginity. Personally its been over 20 years since I lost mine and I found this story interesting so I figured I'd share it. (Where were these women when I was desperately trying to lose my virginity).
Needless to say, Ray one day said to Veronica that he was a virgin and would like to lose his virginity to her. Veronica who is very attractive and is not dating anyone right now, agreed and said she would show him the ropes to the ins and outs of love making (no pun intended). They agreed to do the deed on Saturday night at 8:00pm.
To say Ray was like a kid the night before Christmas would be the understatement of the year, before he came to Veronica's house, she texted Ray to "Bring a Hat." Ray being a novice at sex had no clue that "a hat" meant condom. So before going to Veronica's he went to the pharmacy, where he encountered his next problem, which condoms to buy and what size.
This is how I got involved in the story, my sister-in-law receives a text from Veronica around 7:00pm telling her about "the hat" comment and then asking her what condoms and what size Ray should buy. My sister-in-law turns to me and asks me what condoms should Ray buy?
Considering I have never met Ray or know what size he is down there, I suggested lifestyles lubricated, its what I use and you can't go wrong with what works. I told my sister-in law to relay back to Veronica that he should buy the 12 pack because he probably is going to get off a bit too quickly because its his first time.
Ray shows up at Veronica's apartment and when she opens the door is expecting to have sex right then and there. Who could blame him, if I was in his shoes, I would think that too. Veronica calms him down and says let me finish my drink, at the conclusion of her drink she invites Ray to the bedroom. Veronica is now on the bed and Ray is standing in the door way, waiting for the okay to come closer. Veronica tells him that he needs to get on the bed to make this happen. Veronica and Ray proceed to have mad, passionate sex for an hour and a half. Ray never climaxes during this trist and gives Veronica the exercise of her life.
Veronica obviously orgasmed a couple of times from what I hear and immediately wanted to become f***buddies with Ray immediately if not sooner. Ray went from novice virgin to instant stud in an hour and a half. I tip my cap to Ray because not only did he knock it out of the park but now has Veronica pining for him.
Needless to say, Ray one day said to Veronica that he was a virgin and would like to lose his virginity to her. Veronica who is very attractive and is not dating anyone right now, agreed and said she would show him the ropes to the ins and outs of love making (no pun intended). They agreed to do the deed on Saturday night at 8:00pm.
To say Ray was like a kid the night before Christmas would be the understatement of the year, before he came to Veronica's house, she texted Ray to "Bring a Hat." Ray being a novice at sex had no clue that "a hat" meant condom. So before going to Veronica's he went to the pharmacy, where he encountered his next problem, which condoms to buy and what size.
This is how I got involved in the story, my sister-in-law receives a text from Veronica around 7:00pm telling her about "the hat" comment and then asking her what condoms and what size Ray should buy. My sister-in-law turns to me and asks me what condoms should Ray buy?
Considering I have never met Ray or know what size he is down there, I suggested lifestyles lubricated, its what I use and you can't go wrong with what works. I told my sister-in law to relay back to Veronica that he should buy the 12 pack because he probably is going to get off a bit too quickly because its his first time.
Ray shows up at Veronica's apartment and when she opens the door is expecting to have sex right then and there. Who could blame him, if I was in his shoes, I would think that too. Veronica calms him down and says let me finish my drink, at the conclusion of her drink she invites Ray to the bedroom. Veronica is now on the bed and Ray is standing in the door way, waiting for the okay to come closer. Veronica tells him that he needs to get on the bed to make this happen. Veronica and Ray proceed to have mad, passionate sex for an hour and a half. Ray never climaxes during this trist and gives Veronica the exercise of her life.
Veronica obviously orgasmed a couple of times from what I hear and immediately wanted to become f***buddies with Ray immediately if not sooner. Ray went from novice virgin to instant stud in an hour and a half. I tip my cap to Ray because not only did he knock it out of the park but now has Veronica pining for him.
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