Simpsons Movie
Mike, 7/25/2007 02:36:45 AM
The Simpsons Movie finally comes out on Friday. Somewhere, back in 1995, I'm very very excited. So far this thing looks craptastic. If only they had taken a note from Southpark and Beavis and Butthead and released a movie at the height of the frenzy. But I hate to fanboy this thing to death and call it 'worst episode ever' ... so I make a promise to the fives of WWSG readers out there, if Frank Grimes appears or is mentioned, I'll give this movie at least a 3 rating.
Add Comment PermalinkTop Ten Movie Training Montages!!!!!!!!!!!
Justin, 7/17/2007 04:45:20 PM
While watching the South Park episode where Randy Marsh trains to fight other dads in the stands of little league baseball games, I was inspired to create this list of the greatest movie training montages ever but on celluloid...I had to shovel through a lot of inspirational music to get to the cream of the crop...but here you have it readers. The list of lists.
10.Movie:X-Men 3:The Last Stand
Training:For battle against evil Mutants and humans who fear and hate them.
Key Moment:Colossus and Wolverine team up for a Fastball special, then a giant severed Sentinel head comes flying by...end Danger Room Sequence.
9.Movie:The Karate Kid
Training:To fight the Cobra Kai and win the heart of Elisabeth Shue.
Key Moment:Mr. Miyagi tells Daniel-san to wax on, wax off. Plus this movie has the song "You're The Best"!
8.Movie:Talladega Nights, The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Training:To face his racecar driving fears after a horrific accident in NASCAR competition.
Key Moment:Ricky Bobby's trainer, his drunk father Reese Bobby places a Cougar in Ricky's car, prompting the great line "I can't control my heart rate, I've got a cougar on me!"
7.Movie:Little Giants
Training:To battle Coach Ed O'Neil's Little Cowboys in a Pee-Wee Football game.
Key Moment:John Madden makes a cameo appearance and gives his approval on the Little Giants secret play...The Annexation Of Puerto Rico.
6.Movie:Major League
Training:To play some unsucky Baseball for the basement dwelling Cleveland Indians.
Key Moment:The arrival of the one and only Willie Mays Hayes.
5.Movie:Kill Bill Vol.2
Training:To be an assassin.
Key Moment:Beatrix Kiddo is told by Pai Mei that if shes going to eat like an animal, then she had best get on the floor and eat. Or pick up the chopsticks.
4.Movie:Robin Hood:Men In Tights
Training:To go to battle with the evil Sheriff of Rottingham and Richard Lewis.
Key Moment:The men receive their tights in giant plastic eggs of course!
3.Movie:Wayne's World 2
Training:To put on a Rock Festival called Waynestock in Aurora, Illinois.
Key Moment:I'll let the trainer, Del Preston do the talking on this one. " Alright, ladies and gentlemen. It takes two people to run a concert: one back stage, and one out front. One man alone cannot do this. Wayne, you will run the backstage team. Milton, you are my liaison between Wayne's backstage team and Garth's front-stage team which includes myself in the booth. To the left and right of the stage are machine-gun pillboxes, M-60 Browning. Now these babies tend to heat up so shoot in 3 second bursts. In the event of capture I will personally distribute these cyanide capsules to be placed under the tongue like so."
2.Movie:Batman Begins
Training:To become a member of the League Of Shadows.
Key Moment:Ras Al Guhl knocks Bruce Wayne through some ice and into frozen water, then teaches him that rubbing his chest will make him warm, and his arms will take care of themselves.
1.Movie:Rocky IV
Training:To defeat roided up Russian Ivan Drago and avenge Apollo Creed in an international boxing showdown, end the cold war, save the world, and unite two peoples...all on Christmas Day.
Key Moment:The WHOLE FUCKING THING! Its the greatest movie training montage ever! Its possibly the greatest movie ever! If he dies, he dies.
And now as a bonus check out the Song Of The Day! For some more special Movie Training Montage coverage!
10.Movie:X-Men 3:The Last Stand
Training:For battle against evil Mutants and humans who fear and hate them.
Key Moment:Colossus and Wolverine team up for a Fastball special, then a giant severed Sentinel head comes flying by...end Danger Room Sequence.
9.Movie:The Karate Kid
Training:To fight the Cobra Kai and win the heart of Elisabeth Shue.
Key Moment:Mr. Miyagi tells Daniel-san to wax on, wax off. Plus this movie has the song "You're The Best"!
8.Movie:Talladega Nights, The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Training:To face his racecar driving fears after a horrific accident in NASCAR competition.
Key Moment:Ricky Bobby's trainer, his drunk father Reese Bobby places a Cougar in Ricky's car, prompting the great line "I can't control my heart rate, I've got a cougar on me!"
7.Movie:Little Giants
Training:To battle Coach Ed O'Neil's Little Cowboys in a Pee-Wee Football game.
Key Moment:John Madden makes a cameo appearance and gives his approval on the Little Giants secret play...The Annexation Of Puerto Rico.
6.Movie:Major League
Training:To play some unsucky Baseball for the basement dwelling Cleveland Indians.
Key Moment:The arrival of the one and only Willie Mays Hayes.
5.Movie:Kill Bill Vol.2
Training:To be an assassin.
Key Moment:Beatrix Kiddo is told by Pai Mei that if shes going to eat like an animal, then she had best get on the floor and eat. Or pick up the chopsticks.
4.Movie:Robin Hood:Men In Tights
Training:To go to battle with the evil Sheriff of Rottingham and Richard Lewis.
Key Moment:The men receive their tights in giant plastic eggs of course!
3.Movie:Wayne's World 2
Training:To put on a Rock Festival called Waynestock in Aurora, Illinois.
Key Moment:I'll let the trainer, Del Preston do the talking on this one. " Alright, ladies and gentlemen. It takes two people to run a concert: one back stage, and one out front. One man alone cannot do this. Wayne, you will run the backstage team. Milton, you are my liaison between Wayne's backstage team and Garth's front-stage team which includes myself in the booth. To the left and right of the stage are machine-gun pillboxes, M-60 Browning. Now these babies tend to heat up so shoot in 3 second bursts. In the event of capture I will personally distribute these cyanide capsules to be placed under the tongue like so."
2.Movie:Batman Begins
Training:To become a member of the League Of Shadows.
Key Moment:Ras Al Guhl knocks Bruce Wayne through some ice and into frozen water, then teaches him that rubbing his chest will make him warm, and his arms will take care of themselves.
1.Movie:Rocky IV
Training:To defeat roided up Russian Ivan Drago and avenge Apollo Creed in an international boxing showdown, end the cold war, save the world, and unite two peoples...all on Christmas Day.
Key Moment:The WHOLE FUCKING THING! Its the greatest movie training montage ever! Its possibly the greatest movie ever! If he dies, he dies.
And now as a bonus check out the Song Of The Day! For some more special Movie Training Montage coverage!
I believe you forgot about The Mask of Zorro, of which about 75% of the movie consisted of training. Also, along a similar Spanish-influenced vein, The Count of Monte Cristo had a decent training sequence in the Chateau D'If!
Also some hilarious ski training in the John Cusack classic, Better Off Dead.
Oh snap! Totally forgot Count Of Monte Cristo, one of our most referenced training sequences of all-time! Economics...Mathematics... Great scenes all around on those. There are just too many movie training sequences to choose from. The Replacements anyone?
Starship Troopers! Come on you apes, you wanna live forever!?!?!?
Add Comment PermalinkScrubs
Justin, 7/12/2007 10:57:03 PM
I love Scrubs...its probably my favorite show ever. Or at the very least Top 5. That is all.
Yeah, I tend to agree. I became a Scrubs fanatic in season 3 and never looked back. Except when I later watched the first two seasons. I guess I was looking back then. In a sense. Even so, they should shake things up a bit. Write-off Keith Dudemeister! It's obvious everyone hates him! Is that what the season finale was trying to do? Didn't feel like it.
Of course the supposed last season of the show and its impending storyline still concerns me... How would they even get rid of Keith Dudemeister and Dr. Kim Briggs in any manner that would 1.)Make sense. or 2.)Not make JD and Elliot look like complete assholes? I mean I don't mind the latter option, but its kind of a risk for such a comedy. I still wish to see JD and Elliot get back together to end the show...but after the way they ended their relationship in Season 3 its still a tough situation. So I anxiously await to see Bill Lawerence script his way out of that.
And furthermore I love the show because I love Zach Braff. I mean the guys just a regular emo dude from New Jersey and look at all the hottys he gets! Lets look at the ones from the show:
Top Ten Chicks JD Has Hooked Up With On Scrubs (in no particular order)
1.Elizabeth Banks
2.Amy Smart
3.Heather Graham
4.Tara Reid
5.Mandy Moore
6.Julianna Marguiles
7.Keri Russell
8.Christa Miller
9.Sarah Chalke (of course!)
Plus for posterity sake, Braff's movie conquests include:Jacinda Barrett, Amanda Peet, NATALIE PORTMAN, AND RACHEL BILSON (schwing!)
Zach Braff is an inspiration.
Add Comment PermalinkAnd furthermore I love the show because I love Zach Braff. I mean the guys just a regular emo dude from New Jersey and look at all the hottys he gets! Lets look at the ones from the show:
Top Ten Chicks JD Has Hooked Up With On Scrubs (in no particular order)
1.Elizabeth Banks
2.Amy Smart
3.Heather Graham
4.Tara Reid
5.Mandy Moore
6.Julianna Marguiles
7.Keri Russell
8.Christa Miller
9.Sarah Chalke (of course!)
Plus for posterity sake, Braff's movie conquests include:Jacinda Barrett, Amanda Peet, NATALIE PORTMAN, AND RACHEL BILSON (schwing!)
Zach Braff is an inspiration.
Whining In The House
Justin, 7/11/2007 06:21:50 PM
That Amy Winehouse song "Rehab" that everyone is crazy about this summer...it sucks. It makes me want to puke. As does she with her horrifying hairdo.
What else is up this summer in the world of me complaining? Lets see...
When did Hollywood stop coming up with original ideas?
Heres a list of summer SEQUELS.
1.Spider-Man 3
2.Shrek 3
3.Pirates Of The Caribbean 3
4.Ocean's 13
5.Fantastic Four 2
6.Die Hard 4
7.Harry Potter 5
8.The Bourne Ultimatium (3)
9.Rush Hour 3
10.Mr. Bean 2
11.Evan Almighty
12.Halloween ...(128? I don't even know what number this makes.)
Now thats just the sequels. Throw in with that all the adaptations (Bratz, Simpsons Movie, Transformers, Nancy Drew, Underdog) and remakes (Hairspray, I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (apparently based on an Australian film starring Crocdile Dundee himself according to Joe)), and thats a shitload of unoriginal shit.
But thats all neither here nor there. Transformers still ruled. But Stardust probably looks like the coolest movie of the summer, check it out in August.
Also I hate Wal-Mart, and am hereby stating my intent not to shop there anymore.
Anything cool this Summer you ask?
Cool...cool...Check out Burn Notice, the new action comedy on USA...Bruce FREAKIN Campbell is in it! What more do you need?
And also the return of The Smashing Pumpkins...thats been pretty awesome too. Maybe I'll think of something else later. I'll be sure to let you know if I do.
What else is up this summer in the world of me complaining? Lets see...
When did Hollywood stop coming up with original ideas?
Heres a list of summer SEQUELS.
1.Spider-Man 3
2.Shrek 3
3.Pirates Of The Caribbean 3
4.Ocean's 13
5.Fantastic Four 2
6.Die Hard 4
7.Harry Potter 5
8.The Bourne Ultimatium (3)
9.Rush Hour 3
10.Mr. Bean 2
11.Evan Almighty
12.Halloween ...(128? I don't even know what number this makes.)
Now thats just the sequels. Throw in with that all the adaptations (Bratz, Simpsons Movie, Transformers, Nancy Drew, Underdog) and remakes (Hairspray, I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (apparently based on an Australian film starring Crocdile Dundee himself according to Joe)), and thats a shitload of unoriginal shit.
But thats all neither here nor there. Transformers still ruled. But Stardust probably looks like the coolest movie of the summer, check it out in August.
Also I hate Wal-Mart, and am hereby stating my intent not to shop there anymore.
Anything cool this Summer you ask?
Cool...cool...Check out Burn Notice, the new action comedy on USA...Bruce FREAKIN Campbell is in it! What more do you need?
And also the return of The Smashing Pumpkins...thats been pretty awesome too. Maybe I'll think of something else later. I'll be sure to let you know if I do.
This is the coolest ad of the summer...For fans of Jennifer Love Hewitt. Or breasts. Or Jennifer Love Hewitt's breasts. She may not have any summer films this year, but hey, I'll take what I can get. http://photoshoot.hanes.com/index.asp
Jennifer Love Hewitt is not only beautiful but a talented actress. But what's up with her recent string of braindead projects? The Ghost Whisperer tv show? Have some respect for yourself, you were in Can't Hardly Wait!
Halloween is a remake, not a sequel. And it is a solid fact about Chuck & Larry.
Add Comment PermalinkMy Day At Live Earth
Justin, 7/8/2007 11:59:19 AM
So this will be my recap of my experiene at Live Earth NJ/NYC.
Me and Michelle got to Giants Stadium around 12:30 to find a large crowd of moron tailgaters. We then headed in to the State Fair that had taken up residence in the parking lot and was free to all concert goers for the day.
We ate some high cholesterol carny food (Deep Fried Oreo Cookies w/powdered sugar on top...the most amazing dessert known to man, and one I haven't had in about 4 years, and some Lemonade), and checked out some of the various Live Earth info booths.
I will say everyone seemed pretty committed to the cause here, and this was really one of the cleaner concerts I've ever seen. The stadium wasn't trashed at all and the parking lot was relatively clean. Pepsi was stationed all over and giving away prizes to anyone who brought them bottles, cans, or glass to recycle, so just about everyone was bringing their beer bottles from the parking lot.
Once we lost a raffle for a 42 inch plasma screen TV, we headed into our seats at about 1:30.
So heres the skinny on the show itself...The show followed the format of Introduction by a celebrity who goes on for a minute about the Live Earth manifestos or something, then the musical act...Heres how it went down:
1.Kenna (kicked off the show with a 3 song set)
2.Kevin Bacon (he at no point cut Footloose)
3.KT Tunstall (not bad for 3 songs)
4.Dahani Jones (accompanied by an old dude and a kid)
5.Taking Back Sunday (I was in no position to knock down anyone in the pit on the second level of the Stadium, but they rocked 4 songs to my enjoyment)
6.Leonardo Dicaprio
7.Al Gore (As a plane flies by with a message that says something along the lines of "Don't Believe Gore)
8.Keith Urban (Alicia Keys joined him on stage for a kick ass rendition of the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter". Then he became uninteresting for the rest of the set.)
9.Some rambling lady with an accent who I think could have possibly been Petra Nemcova
10.Ludacris (best hip hop act of the day)
11.AFI (and the crowd was all like...who? But they did cover a David Bowie tune)
12.Fall Out Boy (Pete seemed pretty anxious to get the guys off stage. Strange dude.)
13.Akon (his music gave me a headache, but the guy can work a crowd)
14.ZACH BRAFF! (I was in the same building as Dr. John Dorian!)
15.John Mayer (the dude can SHRED. One of the most underrated guitarists around today. Too bad he wastes his time with sappy music used to land chicks.)
16.Kevin Bacon (again)
17.Melissa Etheridge (Her set consisted of one song, her oscar winning song "Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth...that went on for 20+ minutes, interspersed with her political commentary. I felt like jumping off the second level just to end the torture.)
18.Al Gore (again)
19.Randy Jackson
20.Alicia Keys (Shes pretty hot. And her set was pretty darn good to boot.)
21.Rachel Weisz (missed most of her in line getting overpriced Hot Dogs)
22.Jane Goodall (Complete with Orangutang calls!)
23.Dave Matthews Band (Finally woke the crowd up, you could tell a majority of the Green Hippies were there for him. Too bad the 20 minute set format led to him only being able to play 3 songs.)
24.Abigail Breslin (Missed her in line getting overpriced bottle of Water)
25.Kelly Clarkson (Oh my adorable little Kelly. It appears that shes pretty short in real life...just like me. Sigh.)
26.Rosario Dawson
27.Kanye West (I just don't understand why people like this guy.)
28.Robert Kennedy Jr. (He went off on the government)
29.Cameron Diaz (She seemed pretty aloof)
30.Al Gore (3)
31.Bon Jovi (Best act of the day, the crowd went nuts, and "Living On A Prayer" was one giant karaoke party. But this was there house after all.)
32.Alec Baldwin (!)
33.Smashing Pumpkins (By far the loudest act of the day, "Today" was AMAZING. Billy Corgan was probably the only guy all day to pimp his new album instead of the Live Earth cause as well.)
After the Pumpkins we departed because I don't really care about Roger Waters or The Police. The Police were joined on stage by Kanye and John Mayer for a show closing rendition of "Message In A Bottle". Oh well.
When we got to my car it was covered in beer some hippy mofo had thrown on it.
Other than that I'd have to rate Live Earth as a pretty positive experience. I did learn some stuff, like something as simple as using new compact fluorescent light bulbs can save literally tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Heres a link to info on that:
http://www.philips.com/about/sustainability/section-15218
and here is a link to the website Cameron Diaz rambled on about that has lots more info:
http://www.protecttheplanet.org/
So thats about it. Take some time and think about things like how if you just unplug your Cell Phone chargers when you aren't using them you will save a shitload of power for future generations. I know I will.
Add Comment PermalinkMe and Michelle got to Giants Stadium around 12:30 to find a large crowd of moron tailgaters. We then headed in to the State Fair that had taken up residence in the parking lot and was free to all concert goers for the day.
We ate some high cholesterol carny food (Deep Fried Oreo Cookies w/powdered sugar on top...the most amazing dessert known to man, and one I haven't had in about 4 years, and some Lemonade), and checked out some of the various Live Earth info booths.
I will say everyone seemed pretty committed to the cause here, and this was really one of the cleaner concerts I've ever seen. The stadium wasn't trashed at all and the parking lot was relatively clean. Pepsi was stationed all over and giving away prizes to anyone who brought them bottles, cans, or glass to recycle, so just about everyone was bringing their beer bottles from the parking lot.
Once we lost a raffle for a 42 inch plasma screen TV, we headed into our seats at about 1:30.
So heres the skinny on the show itself...The show followed the format of Introduction by a celebrity who goes on for a minute about the Live Earth manifestos or something, then the musical act...Heres how it went down:
1.Kenna (kicked off the show with a 3 song set)
2.Kevin Bacon (he at no point cut Footloose)
3.KT Tunstall (not bad for 3 songs)
4.Dahani Jones (accompanied by an old dude and a kid)
5.Taking Back Sunday (I was in no position to knock down anyone in the pit on the second level of the Stadium, but they rocked 4 songs to my enjoyment)
6.Leonardo Dicaprio
7.Al Gore (As a plane flies by with a message that says something along the lines of "Don't Believe Gore)
8.Keith Urban (Alicia Keys joined him on stage for a kick ass rendition of the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter". Then he became uninteresting for the rest of the set.)
9.Some rambling lady with an accent who I think could have possibly been Petra Nemcova
10.Ludacris (best hip hop act of the day)
11.AFI (and the crowd was all like...who? But they did cover a David Bowie tune)
12.Fall Out Boy (Pete seemed pretty anxious to get the guys off stage. Strange dude.)
13.Akon (his music gave me a headache, but the guy can work a crowd)
14.ZACH BRAFF! (I was in the same building as Dr. John Dorian!)
15.John Mayer (the dude can SHRED. One of the most underrated guitarists around today. Too bad he wastes his time with sappy music used to land chicks.)
16.Kevin Bacon (again)
17.Melissa Etheridge (Her set consisted of one song, her oscar winning song "Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth...that went on for 20+ minutes, interspersed with her political commentary. I felt like jumping off the second level just to end the torture.)
18.Al Gore (again)
19.Randy Jackson
20.Alicia Keys (Shes pretty hot. And her set was pretty darn good to boot.)
21.Rachel Weisz (missed most of her in line getting overpriced Hot Dogs)
22.Jane Goodall (Complete with Orangutang calls!)
23.Dave Matthews Band (Finally woke the crowd up, you could tell a majority of the Green Hippies were there for him. Too bad the 20 minute set format led to him only being able to play 3 songs.)
24.Abigail Breslin (Missed her in line getting overpriced bottle of Water)
25.Kelly Clarkson (Oh my adorable little Kelly. It appears that shes pretty short in real life...just like me. Sigh.)
26.Rosario Dawson
27.Kanye West (I just don't understand why people like this guy.)
28.Robert Kennedy Jr. (He went off on the government)
29.Cameron Diaz (She seemed pretty aloof)
30.Al Gore (3)
31.Bon Jovi (Best act of the day, the crowd went nuts, and "Living On A Prayer" was one giant karaoke party. But this was there house after all.)
32.Alec Baldwin (!)
33.Smashing Pumpkins (By far the loudest act of the day, "Today" was AMAZING. Billy Corgan was probably the only guy all day to pimp his new album instead of the Live Earth cause as well.)
After the Pumpkins we departed because I don't really care about Roger Waters or The Police. The Police were joined on stage by Kanye and John Mayer for a show closing rendition of "Message In A Bottle". Oh well.
When we got to my car it was covered in beer some hippy mofo had thrown on it.
Other than that I'd have to rate Live Earth as a pretty positive experience. I did learn some stuff, like something as simple as using new compact fluorescent light bulbs can save literally tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Heres a link to info on that:
http://www.philips.com/about/sustainability/section-15218
and here is a link to the website Cameron Diaz rambled on about that has lots more info:
http://www.protecttheplanet.org/
So thats about it. Take some time and think about things like how if you just unplug your Cell Phone chargers when you aren't using them you will save a shitload of power for future generations. I know I will.
Live Earth
Mike, 7/7/2007 02:38:55 PM
So, as Justin joins the million other people rocking out to Live Earth today, I'm forced to ask: What good is this concert doing anyway? I think everybody is already aware of two things:
1) Global warming is a reality
2) Al Gore knows how to party
Meanwhile, the gas burned and CO2 sent into the atmosphere from the cars of the New Jersey crowd alone should be enough to kill off 50 species of rare butterfly in the Amazon. I can only imagine the number of plastic water bottles that won't be recycled as concert goers quench their thirst and chuck their trash on the ground (or at the stage).
Finally, the money it raises? What good is this cash going to do when the world's most pollutingest country is still run by President Oil Baron and his forest-chopping-down lobby?
But I'll let our man on the ground let us know how green this show really is. Justin, looking forward to your pit report. Remember, for every kid you incapacitate during TBS's set, that's one less future teenage driver burning fossil fuels to impress their emo girlfriend.
Add Comment Permalink1) Global warming is a reality
2) Al Gore knows how to party
Meanwhile, the gas burned and CO2 sent into the atmosphere from the cars of the New Jersey crowd alone should be enough to kill off 50 species of rare butterfly in the Amazon. I can only imagine the number of plastic water bottles that won't be recycled as concert goers quench their thirst and chuck their trash on the ground (or at the stage).
Finally, the money it raises? What good is this cash going to do when the world's most pollutingest country is still run by President Oil Baron and his forest-chopping-down lobby?
But I'll let our man on the ground let us know how green this show really is. Justin, looking forward to your pit report. Remember, for every kid you incapacitate during TBS's set, that's one less future teenage driver burning fossil fuels to impress their emo girlfriend.
Yes, I remember I have a website...
Mike, 7/1/2007 05:49:33 PM
Alright, so I've been living in California for the summer for about a month now, I think I can create this list...
Things that are cool about Silicon Valley
1. The Weather - Every day is exactly the same. Beautiful weather. Sunny, no rain (ever). Warm during the day, 60 degrees by nighttime. Anybody who grew up here and moved to the northeast would probably think they moved to hell on earth.
2. Food - Tacos, tacos, tacos. Great Mexican food everywhere. Lots of other cool west coast chains... In-n-out burger, Carl's Jr, the list is hardly endless, but it's still inspiring. Also, plenty of interesting local establishments despite the area's suburban veneer.
3. Stuff - San Francisco, Napa Valley, Santa Cruz all within an hour or two trek. Hey, it's new to me.
4. Work - It's going pretty good so far. Also, it's amazing how many companies are out here.
5. Public Transportation - Just kidding. This part sucks. Although my company does give me an unlimited transportation pass which I use to go to and fro work every day on the not-too-horrible light rail. It's impressive to see a trolley system that runs on time down to the minute. On the long distance side of things, I hear that Caltrain (connects SJ and SF) is adding free wifi to their trains soon. So, it's not a totally lost cause.
6. Three hour time difference - I love waking up and knowing my friends back home are already at work. Suckers.
Stay tuned for my list of things that suck about California (although #5 is a sneak preview).
Add Comment PermalinkThings that are cool about Silicon Valley
1. The Weather - Every day is exactly the same. Beautiful weather. Sunny, no rain (ever). Warm during the day, 60 degrees by nighttime. Anybody who grew up here and moved to the northeast would probably think they moved to hell on earth.
2. Food - Tacos, tacos, tacos. Great Mexican food everywhere. Lots of other cool west coast chains... In-n-out burger, Carl's Jr, the list is hardly endless, but it's still inspiring. Also, plenty of interesting local establishments despite the area's suburban veneer.
3. Stuff - San Francisco, Napa Valley, Santa Cruz all within an hour or two trek. Hey, it's new to me.
4. Work - It's going pretty good so far. Also, it's amazing how many companies are out here.
5. Public Transportation - Just kidding. This part sucks. Although my company does give me an unlimited transportation pass which I use to go to and fro work every day on the not-too-horrible light rail. It's impressive to see a trolley system that runs on time down to the minute. On the long distance side of things, I hear that Caltrain (connects SJ and SF) is adding free wifi to their trains soon. So, it's not a totally lost cause.
6. Three hour time difference - I love waking up and knowing my friends back home are already at work. Suckers.
Stay tuned for my list of things that suck about California (although #5 is a sneak preview).