Alternative Thinking?
Yeah I've been wondering that myself. Here I am touting a blog that's supposed to be a guide to Alternate thinking and so far all I've done is basically talking to myself and make fun of Justin Timberfake (again with the originality)
Well here's something ... well gross. The skin at the base of my thumbnail is dead. Seriously it's dead and I can't feel it and I'm wondering if I should have gone to the doctor and not think that painting the nail purplish green -- to compliment the discoloration underneath -- would be a good idea.
Anyway here's some alternative thinking.
1. I think the US version of The Office is better than the original UK version. (GASP!!!) Whatever. It is. The characters are more appealing and the episodes are funnier.
I didn't think the original version was that funny. Yes no doubt it's more painful to watch because most of the cast with the exception of Tim and Dawn were basically asshats, who shouldn't be allowed outside much less in a work place and on camera to boot.
Don't get me wrong I get British humor, I do. I grew up watching 'Allo 'Allo for Christ' sake and that's head and shoulders above The Office ... either version. I watched Are You Being Served, Men Behaving Badly, Yes Minister, Father Ted, Home To Roost, Keeping Up Appearances, Mr. Bean ... etc. I love British comedies, so when I tell you the US version is better, it just plain is.
2. I don't think Cameron Diaz is very pretty. In fact I think she's rather fug. She kinda reminds me of a troll doll.
Well here's something ... well gross. The skin at the base of my thumbnail is dead. Seriously it's dead and I can't feel it and I'm wondering if I should have gone to the doctor and not think that painting the nail purplish green -- to compliment the discoloration underneath -- would be a good idea.
Anyway here's some alternative thinking.
1. I think the US version of The Office is better than the original UK version. (GASP!!!) Whatever. It is. The characters are more appealing and the episodes are funnier.
I didn't think the original version was that funny. Yes no doubt it's more painful to watch because most of the cast with the exception of Tim and Dawn were basically asshats, who shouldn't be allowed outside much less in a work place and on camera to boot.
Don't get me wrong I get British humor, I do. I grew up watching 'Allo 'Allo for Christ' sake and that's head and shoulders above The Office ... either version. I watched Are You Being Served, Men Behaving Badly, Yes Minister, Father Ted, Home To Roost, Keeping Up Appearances, Mr. Bean ... etc. I love British comedies, so when I tell you the US version is better, it just plain is.
2. I don't think Cameron Diaz is very pretty. In fact I think she's rather fug. She kinda reminds me of a troll doll.
Cameron?
I don't find her that talented either. I'm actually surprised at her level of celebrity and to take a page from the guys over at FameTracker, I think her level of celebrity is way too high. She's up there with Julia Roberts, but I think realistically she should be just a notch above Paris Hilton.
To me her appeal was greatest when she was that sexy curvy girl in The Mask with Jim Carrey. She looked exotic and sultry. Not that I mind her being the goofy girl she's played in her better known roles since then, but I just don't think she's as appealing as she and the fame mongers would like you to think.
3. While I'm no Paris fan, I'd pick her over Hillary Duff anyday. I don't get 'sweet, former Tween Queen' when I look at her. I see bitchface all day long and it makes me want to punch her every single time.
4. I don't get the appeal of Teri Hatcher. I loved her in Lois and Clarke but let's face it, she's the weakest link in Desperate Housewives. As a person Teri's pretty meh, in my opinion as a character, Susan is an awful, selfserving, delusional character and I find that she takes away too much screen time from the other four far better characters.
Her storyline never makes any sense and it jumps around like it's as retarded as Susan is. It's too bad really that Karl won't be around much longer, because I'm quite ready for him to get custody of Julie and let Susan ride off into the sunset in her mobile home with Mike, who is as bland and boring as she is.
5. My cousin is thinking of buying a house that was a former plantation. She calls me today and tells me about the 'pantry' or whatever, that was apparently the former slave quarters. It's not really an alternative thought, but I just thought I'd throw it in there as a big 'what the fuck' statement.
6. I find it amusing that so many Americans are up in arms about immigration and the fact that the newer set of immigrants are proud of their former cultures and homelands inspite of having left them to seek a better life in this country. They complain that the immigrants are being unAmerican in not learning the language, in carrying their respective countries' flags in protests and that they don't feel the need to assimilate themselves into the 'American culture.'
As an immigrant myself, I wonder if any of these so very patriotic Americans have considered the fact that when the settlers first came to America, rather than assimilate into the culture that they found here, they chose instead to stamp it out. They didn't bother learning the language and other than refusing to drink bloody tea or have a monarchy, they were pretty much as European as the Europe they'd fled.
Funny how now two hundred plus years later, their descendants are up in arms that anyone would dare come to this country and do to them what they did to the Native Americans.
To me her appeal was greatest when she was that sexy curvy girl in The Mask with Jim Carrey. She looked exotic and sultry. Not that I mind her being the goofy girl she's played in her better known roles since then, but I just don't think she's as appealing as she and the fame mongers would like you to think.
3. While I'm no Paris fan, I'd pick her over Hillary Duff anyday. I don't get 'sweet, former Tween Queen' when I look at her. I see bitchface all day long and it makes me want to punch her every single time.
4. I don't get the appeal of Teri Hatcher. I loved her in Lois and Clarke but let's face it, she's the weakest link in Desperate Housewives. As a person Teri's pretty meh, in my opinion as a character, Susan is an awful, selfserving, delusional character and I find that she takes away too much screen time from the other four far better characters.
Her storyline never makes any sense and it jumps around like it's as retarded as Susan is. It's too bad really that Karl won't be around much longer, because I'm quite ready for him to get custody of Julie and let Susan ride off into the sunset in her mobile home with Mike, who is as bland and boring as she is.
5. My cousin is thinking of buying a house that was a former plantation. She calls me today and tells me about the 'pantry' or whatever, that was apparently the former slave quarters. It's not really an alternative thought, but I just thought I'd throw it in there as a big 'what the fuck' statement.
6. I find it amusing that so many Americans are up in arms about immigration and the fact that the newer set of immigrants are proud of their former cultures and homelands inspite of having left them to seek a better life in this country. They complain that the immigrants are being unAmerican in not learning the language, in carrying their respective countries' flags in protests and that they don't feel the need to assimilate themselves into the 'American culture.'
As an immigrant myself, I wonder if any of these so very patriotic Americans have considered the fact that when the settlers first came to America, rather than assimilate into the culture that they found here, they chose instead to stamp it out. They didn't bother learning the language and other than refusing to drink bloody tea or have a monarchy, they were pretty much as European as the Europe they'd fled.
Funny how now two hundred plus years later, their descendants are up in arms that anyone would dare come to this country and do to them what they did to the Native Americans.
posted by Luci D'Ablo at 1:25 PM
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