RedGage

when i was a kid--not that i don't still have the same tendencies--i remember the childish fear about jumping into a cold pool.  i guess it wasn't so much a fear as it was decision impaired.  i never could decide if i wanted to jump right in or get my feet wet, as they say.  i think the top analogy used when i couldn't make this decision was, "think about it if you were going to die, would you want to die a slow painful death, or would you rather just get it over with?"  really?  that's the analogy that my friends and family thought was the best way to get me in the pool.  my shock would be more if this method didn't actually work.  i guess this is how i'll blog tonight.  i'm jumping right into the deep end.  but don't kill me when i come up for air.  you can splash water in my face though...you jerk.i'm listening to "gagging order" (radiohead), and next up will probably be "careless whisper" (rufus wainwright cover), then maybe follow that up with "couches in alleys" (ben gibbard w. styrofoam.)  this is the music you would be hearing if you were in my room--watching die hard no less--and i think you would be jamming out. as much as you would like for me to finish my version of pretty woman, substituting peanut butter for all the pretty woman's, i am going to actually going to keep this short.  as shocking as this may be for you to handle, i have never watched pretty woman.  i guess i shouldn't say never because i've actually seen bits and pieces of the movie.  but the whole movie itself i have not watched.  my mom, who says, "i could watch this movie a thousand times" has to bear witness to what i grab from the movie.  i have provided the following conversation/events:ME:  i look at my dog and wonder why he has ripped up yet another tennis ball.  this dog is crazy, i say to my mom. 
MOM: that dog IS crazy.  
ME: you want a peanut butter sandwich, mom? 
MOM:  you can't have peanut butter all the time, mark.  
ME:  if that were true...well it's a good thing that's not true. 

okay so i'm making my sandwich and there is this part where, i think it's richard gere, is talking with julia roberts.  i just happen to look up from my peanut butter masterpiece and notice the vest richard gere is wearing in this particular scene.  this is the rest of the conversation and a prime example of why you should not watch pretty woman with me:ME: oh! see that's the kind of vest is what i want to wear.
MOM:  but that's part of a suit.
ME:  nooo, i don't think so
MOM: i'm pretty sure it is.  
ME:  well i think it would look even without a suit.apparently i have this idea that vests look good without a suit.  and apparently my mom thinks you can't have peanut butter all the time.  obviously the world is misaligned.  my thanks go out to vest makers and JIF.  by the by, what a great name for a peanut butter company.  have you ever heard a better name for peanut butter? besides the suspicious looking jars that simply read "peanut butter."  i am thinking you haven't.  and peter pan peanut butter is just a lame name for peanut butter; might as well have called it "peter salmonella."alright i'm done with my peanut butter rant.  i feel like i may have shorted you somehow in this blog, and so to make up for it i've provided another website for you to check out: http://www.openfilm.com/(hey, if i could introduce you to redgage over and over again, i would!  but since i can't, i offer up some other websites that at least try and be as carrot as redgage.)i can't remember how i came across the website but i thought this is something you might enjoy.  coincidentally this website is also in their beta phase.  i'm gonna stop looking at those other non-beta sites from now on.  redgage-beta.  openfilm-beta.  markrulz-badass.  anyway, from what i can gather, this website is a place for you to upload videos you've made and watch other users videos.  this isn't your average youtube video either, there is some pretty good content in some of these videos.  i think one of them was how to make a baby.  never know when you forget how to do that.  do me a favor, though.  check out the video "picture this" by MIU.  the whole bit about pepe is pretty funny.  the first part where he is picking up trash and just says, "que" is surprisingly hilarious.  enjoy! see ya soon redgage.