Pajiba

"Supernatural" will absolutely not be cancelled by next year. You take that back Dustin! Take it back right now!

PS: Thanks for choosing such a sexy photo of my J Pad.

Stacey only has three grey hairs? Lucky girl.

We've been watching John Adams, and it's been pretty good. I have to say that Laura Linney is stealing every scene she's in - even from Paul Giamatti. She's marvelous.

Pajiba Candy. Hmmmmmm. I think Pajiba Candy would taste a bit like strawberries dipped in chocolate and then rolled in toasted coconut. With a metallic aftertaste. You know, from all the blood.

Ok, I just wanna see Beth get killed with a ski pole for dumping on Lane. Bitch. However, I will not sully my memory of the fine cinematic adventure of Jason and company with this dicktastic remake. As for The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, the original was a pretty damn good movie. Featured, as I remember, a pretty good shot of a guy buying it by hitting the third rail. Impressed the hell out of me as a kid.

I am not a big Paul Giamatti fan (he will always be Pig Vomit to me, and his dad will always be the guy who banned Pete Rose) although watching him hurl last week on JA was pretty fun (its.....ok....bout all I can say for it...Tom Wilkinson is obviously having a ball as Ben Franklin--everybody else looks like they need a laxative) I will do damn near ANYTHING to see Clive Owen. So, I am so there for Duplicity.

And, finally, thank YOU for clips of KFM. I just spit tea on my monitor. Thank Godtopus I am alone at work this week!!!!

...damn...now i wish I knew how to make candy.

A TOY ROBOT!!!! Man, KFM is my youth and it is rapidly disappearing in history's mists.

"Student Bodies" is the one with the running body count, right?

You haven't heard of "Pelham"? Denzel was Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw was the gang leader. Martin Balsam's in the gang too. It's grand. It's Matthau at his wry hangdoggiest! Since you don't want to know more I won't keep spouting, but I *do* recommend it strongly, if you're into 70s New York cops 'n shit anyway.

I would be so psyched to see Duplicity were it not for the Julia Roberts factor. I don't hate her, but she bores. She actually seems to radiate some kind of boredom field. I hope Owen doesn't have to stand too close to her.

The original Pelham 1-2-3 was quite a fine little thriller with some compelling performances (Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau, many others). However, adapting a 70s train-heist movie to 21st-Century tech is likely to be a serious problem--not that it matters, since John Travolta will ruin it anyway. He's taking the Robert Shaw role, which is blasphemy.

Pajiba candy would have a subtle, adult sweetness with an underyling musky note, very similar to passionfruit.

No Pelham love? It's where Tarantino and Avery took their Mr Pink, Mr Blue, Mr Brown etc from.

The Beasties referenced it in Sure Shot

Agree with Jay, highly recommandable.

(just that major goof 123 that keeps bugging me)

At first glance I had trouble understanding what the fuss was about. So the annoying kid from Jerry Maguire grew up and is gonna get killed in a bad horror film. So what? He's 18 now. He deserves to die halfway through the film in a bloody and ultimately boring way because horror films aren't scary no more. Then that's when I realized y'all were talking about Jared Padalecki and not Jonathan Lipnicki.

Never saw Supernatural. It's no Buffy, is it?

Never saw Supernatural. It's no Buffy, is it?

Not. Even. Close.

Not to undercut the panty-melting hotness of the primary actors, but the writing is fixed firmly in 'meh'.

Student Bodies. Ahhh, sweet, sweet memories; like the janitor Malvert who pees red, the principal who has always been secretly naked under his clothes and wears cheese in his shorts to attract mice ...

I enjoyed the free HBO and watched the first 3 eps of John Adams... and I really like it. I'll have to wait until it's released on disc to finish it up though. I do agree with Kolby that Laura Linney is stealing every scene she's in - and I don't know what they've done, but with that dark hair and pale skin, her eyes just pop and send my heart a twitter...

If Jewno is a hasidic spoof of Juno, than I'm Menachem Mendel Schneerson, ya'll. I don't know which one of you meshugena yidden made such a balagan out this, but there shall be hell to pay.

Really though, why is it that the best we jews can do now is identify ourselves with lox, bagels, and ueber demanding parental figures? We've actually got a bit more than that going on.

Buon Giorno from Roma! John Adams has been solid and enjoyable through two installments. It's not knocking my socks off, but Giamatti and Linney have been very strong.

Guh, the women here are incredibly hot. Off to Castel Sant'Angelo.

Withnail - I also thought it was Jonathan Lipnicki, which in hindsight, would've been a better choice. Imagine a fight scene in the camp's Mess Hall (with boobs somehow involved, natch) that ends with him gettin' his noggin lopped off whereupon it lands on a food scale and the last words that are breathed through blood encrusted lips are "...eight...(cough)...pounds...(gurgle)..."

THAT"D BE FRIGGIN' AWESOME!

Pajiba candy? We don't need no candy 'round here, what with the sweetness that oozes out the alchohol-soaked pores of the commenters... But twist my arm and I'd say it would be a dark, bitter chocolate Michael Bay that you'd bite the head off and drink the thick, red, high-octane liqueur inside... It'd be a prerequisite snack for our talented reviewers to indulge in prior to seeing a guaranteed shitheap of a film...

"Pajiba candy would have a subtle, adult sweetness".....

nothin' subtle about this place.

I actually watched the first part of John Adams today, courtesy of the good folks on a certain bit torrent site (I figure 99% of Aussies don't know who Mr Adams was, so I took the initiative in assuming it wouldn't play on TV down here and downloaded it. So far, I'm suitably impressed. Linney & Giamatti are both great and I always love me some Danny Huston. I'll watch parts II & III tomorrow if I have a chance (in between watching The Wire and Friday Night Lights. Ay, I'm so behind)

Oh, and shame on you Dustin for never having seen the original Pelham film.

Can't we just have a good candy? Like Red Vines or something? I don't really believe in most chocolate stuff. Maybe something fruit flavoured? Not cherry. I don't believe in cherry flavoured things, either. I would actually prefer a salty Pajiba snack.

That sounded much dirtier than I intended.

when I think Pajiba-candy, I think of those rum-filled chocolate bottles we used to get at fasching when I lived in Germany. Now that's some candy.

I would actually prefer a salty Pajiba snack.

Pajiba brittle. Sticks in the teeth.

Hey gang! Michael Bay here!

I've got a dynamite idea for a snack - my sweaty scrote!

Hey, hey, I'm just kidding, guys. I'm really excited about this Friday the 13th reimagining... Why does Jason always have to be some lumbering, disfigured, lug? Jared Padalecki is gonna breathe some fresh life into this role, let me tell ya. And, what's that I smell? Is that... yes, I do believe that smells like a dance scene. Huh?! Yeah, It's time we brought....

[...swishing sound, followed by several wet "thwacks"...]

Aaah... Ah jesus... (cough)... looks like... (cough)... somebo... OHMYGOD THAT HURTS... ninja, ninja... stars... with so MUCH BLOOD... ninja stars with "PBT08" stamped on...(cough)... 'em... everything, going. daark... Michael...Bay, signing... off...

I always thought Pajiba Candy would be like watermelon Jolly Ranchers dissolved in vodka and then reduced and remolded in the shape of a big middle finger lollipop.

Brittle as in peanut brittle? That's not salty, that's like syrupy sweet. And yeah, it sticks in the teeth like crazy. I can't handle stuff that sticks in my teeth. It kinda makes me flip out and look like I have a nervous condition because I have a minor breakdown until I locate some dental floss. So...yeah. I'm insane, but that's totally not the point. When I said salty snack, I meant something along the lines of, like, Pajiba Pretzels.

I think I've tasted the Official Candy of Pajiba. It was a chili-flavored chocolate bar. Sweet delicious chocolate, but hot enough to singe your nosehairs.

...I don't really believe in most chocolate stuff. Maybe something fruit flavoured? Not cherry. I don't believe in cherry flavoured things, either...Brittle as in peanut brittle?...it sticks in the teeth like crazy. I can't handle stuff that sticks in my teeth. It kinda makes me flip out and look like I have a nervous condition because I have a minor breakdown until I locate some dental floss...

You are a neurotic little picky person, aren't you, sweetie?

Your special Pajiba candy shall contain Ritalin.

How about one of those boxes of chocolate that you get at the holidays that has the handy road map that shows you what kinds of candy lies where in the box.....here is the chocolate covered Vicodin, over there, in the round space, is the chocolate filled with Kahlua, the crispy one on the end has little chunks of broken glass for Uwe Boll and Michael Bay and such, and the ones with green spots on the top have Jamesons in them for...TK, was it? And, my favorite is chocolate coated Midol to give to SJP and her ilk who bitch about everything.

Also, the more liquor flavored candy, the better. Why did I get Bailey's flavored candy for Valentine's Day that contains NO ALCOHOL???? What is the point?????

I'm liking John Adams well enough. It's certainly better than The Tudors. I must say, though, that I think it would be a bit better with unknown actors. The people portrayed are so much larger than life that when they're portrayed by actors (no matter how talented) who are also pretty big it gets kind of jarring. Like, watching it I'm not thinking "George Washington", I'm thinking "David Morse with a prosthetic nose".

Still worth watching, though.

Pajiba candy...licorice whips and blow pops. So many jokes, so little time.

I have never seen Kentucky Fried Movie, which is sinful since I worship at the altar of Airplane.

I think Dustin needs to post the trailer of a Thai movie coming to the Philly film fest in two weeks...it's called Sperm. The glorious description:

"Sutin, a teenage rock musician, masturbates gleefully, and often. Way too often. One night, flying sperm escape and impregnate local women. The babies grow into an army of little creatures with the teen's head -- and libido. Not only do the nasty little monsters think only of chicks and jerking off, they also have a distressing tendency to die at the moment of ejaculation. The city really starts to panic when aliens accidentally turn one of the spawn into a giant."

If I don't get drunk and see this, I will be so disappointed in my friends.

You are a neurotic little picky person, aren't you, sweetie?

Your special Pajiba candy shall contain Ritalin.

Posted by: Jerce at March 25, 2008 11:15 AM

Hee. Actually, when it comes to real food, I'm not a picky eater at all. I do have some texture issues, which is why I hate stuff like oatmeal and mushy (as in overcooked) vegetables, but generally speaking I'll eat just about anything. I am, however, super duper picky about sweet foods. I don't like a lot of sweet stuff, or overly rich or creamy foods. I hate almost all chocolate things. Oh, and the thing about stuff in my teeth, yeah, I'm totally neurotic and crazy about that. I'm one of those borderline obsessive teeth people. I brush my teeth 3 or 4 times a day and I carry dental floss around with me. I'm a freak.

Student Bodies!!!!! Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt!!!!! Kentucky Fried Movie!!!! Pajiba Candy!?!?!?!
This is the happiest round up ever. I like my sugar in liquid form preferably, so maybe a sour mango slushy with rum?

I don't like a lot of sweet stuff, or overly rich or creamy foods. I hate almost all chocolate things.

Sometimes I wish I was like that; I would weigh less.

However, since I'm not, I like people like you because the chocolate you don't eat leaves more chocolate in the world for me.

You pour that mango slushy with rum over the nekkid body of Deschanel and I would explode...

Kay, no more perv - MUST. WORK. NOW!

I hate almost all chocolate things.

Oh Sarina. That makes the chocolate-dipped Jesus in a waffle cone with sprinkles cry :(

Socalled, I'm so jealous! Well, not that you get to look at sexy Italian ladies (though presumably the menfolk ain't bad either, given that they come from the same stock), but I'd just really like to be in another continent right now.

Or better yet, I'd love to sample from dammitjanet's box.

I MEAN HER PAJIBA CANDY, PEOPLE! Holy fuzzy baby bunnies, you're a bunch of perverts.

Even though they're sweet, I do like slushies. Maybe I just like sugar better when it's in liquid form. Preferably with crushed ice and alcohol.

Whoa, Julie, are you serious about this movie? That....sounds....so bad...yet, SO awesome....

MO, you may sample from my box at will. Either.

tee hee...this is gonna be a fun day at the jesus factory....

Dude MO, it is coming to Philly. The film fest described it as "Comical mayhem ensues when the citizens of Bangkok are invaded by mutated sperm, masturbating clone babies, busty alien babes and a 50-foot rock star in this crazy mash-up of sci-fi, fantasy and cheeky teen sex comedies."

Seriously. I will probably die from laughing from the suckage, but it will be so worth it.

I think I subconsciously fucked up my tags because that's how stupidly AWESOME the plot sounds.

And I love slushees as well. Preferably ones filled with rum and that turn my tongue blue.

Julie, I have to see that movie. That sounds even more awesomely awful than ..... damn near anything I can think of. I live in the BFE, but if I can find it, I am going!!!! Right after I buy my copy of Black Sheep!!!

Hee...is Black Sheep funny? The trailer alone put me and my brother into a fit of hysterics.

Oh Sarina. That makes the chocolate-dipped Jesus in a waffle cone with sprinkles cry :(

Julie, I said almost all. There are chocolate things I like. I'm just crazy picky about them. Chocolate can be a little overwhelming sometimes, you know? For example, I like small hollow chocolate Easter bunnies, but solid ones make me throw up in my mouth a little. I really like Cadbury's, but I prefer stuff like Buttons because they're small and thin, or something like Moro because it has those crunchy doodads stuffed in it. You can't get those here, though. My favourite sweet in the whole world is fruit pastilles, but you can't get those here, either.

I'm kind of excited that the slushy idea seems to be a hit! Good thing they make tons of different flavours so EVERYONE can be satisfied. The best ones are from Mac's, but I think that may be Canadian, other than that 711 ones are decent too. The only way it could potentially be better is to incorporate chocolate in there, but then Sarina would not be pleased.
Also, Julie, that movies sounds incredible.

I always hated the hollow chocolate bunnies as a kid, I felt that I was being gyped out of more chocolate :) I don't crave it that often either-I rarely order desserts at restaurants, I'd rather spend more money on a fun cocktail.

If I'm craving sweets I'll go for some nice dark chocolate...and a glass or two of red wine. Oh yes...that sounds so good right now.

Ah, that's like Easter baskets. I was still getting them a few years ago. In college I'd just take them back to school and give away all the chocolate to my girl friends. After that I just had a pile of chocolate that would sit there for weeks and weeks until one day I'd say "fuck it" and gobble up a bunch to put an end to it. Don't dislike the taste but there's just no sweet compulsion. Like Sarina it is salt I crave, though I'll occasionally go on a Chunky Monkey jag for a little bit. But yeah, I retain water and gain starch weight, not sugar. Eatin Colonel's chicken, drinkin Heineken brew.

I do like peanut brittle and fruitcake though! You can unload the Pajiba office fruitcake on me.

Does a mango margarita count as a slushy? If it does, count me in!!!

Mmm, damnitjanet, I had (several) slushy blood orange margaritas recently that were the tastiest drinks ever. I love deliciousness that also kicks my ass.

mmm hugh jackman and ewan mcgregor in the same movie? delightful.

i think pajiba candy would be a really rich, almost bitter dark chocolate. no sugary, syrupy sweetness whatsoever.

oh, i scrolled up for a minute before posting and saw that skittimus suggested "it would be a dark, bitter chocolate Michael Bay that you'd bite the head off and drink the thick, red, high-octane liqueur inside..."

that's kinda perfect.

Wasn't Pelham just remade for TV a few years ago, with Vince Donofrio & Donnie Wahlberg, among others?

I do like peanut brittle and fruitcake though!

Wow, there's a flavor combination.

"Nuts and Gum, together at last!"

Yay for random Simpsons quotes!

"Mmmm...free goo."

Oh definitely not at the same time. Besides, peanut brittle takes work and concentration. There's no biting right down on it, that'd be crazily dangerous after all, and the shards are usually unmanageably big, so it's gotta melt in your mouth a while until you can do anything with it.

Yeah, fun!

Still, I do like it. But a little can go a long way, and time.

The original Pelham 123 was a brilliant and gritty 70s thriller. Aside from the fine perfomances from leads, Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, it also had lots of unknowns who even in the smallest roles got good lines:

1st Patrolman: I always wanted to do this. Look, we're scaring the shit out of everybody.
2nd Patrolman: Yeah, including me!

Aside from the fact that it definitely doesn't need a remake (nothing new there!) the fact that Scott and Travolta are involved has already pre-destined it to be complete and utter pants.

Incidentally, it is also well known for the fact that its bad guys are called Mr Blue, Mr Green, Mr Grey and Mr Brown.

Hmmm....perhaps I should read ALL the comments before posting, as Adere has clearly already enlightened you about the colour-coded villians.

Sorry!

Oh man. I don't know if I'd spend the whole Zooey Deschanel/Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie squeeing or yelling "hands off, he's mine! (Unless you want a threesome....we could do that....)" anyway....
My vote for Pajiba candy would be whiskey-flavored caramels (actually, I might see if I can't figure out a recipe for that....yum).

Catholic High school Girls in Trouble. Jesus Blueberry Christ, I love that movie.

I'd like sangria flavored candy, something about the name Pajiba makes me think of Spain. And the logo is reminiscent of the Spanish flag.

I didn't even smile at the first KFM clip and bearly at the second.

Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor seem wasted in Deception. Sex clubs and prostitutes, not what I like to see them doing. Ewan was great in that last Woody Allen movie and Tom Wilkinson was as brilliant in it as in Michael Clayton so I'm happy he is doing something new.

Ah Rome - no other men on earth carry uniforms as the Italian carabineri. *sigh*

I thought I was the only woman who didn't care for chocolate. My ex used to go crazy for it and he would try to feed it to me but I would get all grossed out and he would get offended. Good to see I'm not alone.

Although, I am a sucker for a well mixed, ice cold, chocolate martini. Ohhh damn those things get me in trouble.

Chocolate martinis sound disgusting. I also hate chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup, chocolate mousse, chocolate truffles, chocolate milk, chocolate graham crackers and most chocolate cookies. Blech. I don't even like chocolate sprinkles. I do like chocolate shavings, though. You know, like the curlicue thingies they put on top of French silk pie? Of course, French silk pie is one of the nastiest supposedly edible substances in the world, but I really like those curly chocolate shavings.

Chocolate martini's aren't all that bad. They don't really taste like chocolate and they usually come with the curly chocolate shavings on top.

they're actually mostly Vodka....

Can I just make one, gentle, easygoing point?

CHOCOLATE MARTINIS ARE NOT FUCKING MARTINIS!!!

Sorry, pet peeve of mine. I am willing to accept it's status as a cocktail... but it is not a Martini. An Appletini? ALSO NOT A MARTINI.

[/fuming rant]

Also, Pajibacandy tastes like cinnamon-flavored sin. I thought everyone knew that.

Hee hee. I love chocolate milk, Sarina. I bought a gallon of skim milk and a bottle of Hershey's syrup last week at the corner store because I was craving something sweet, and the damned West Philly hipsters that were standing behind me gave me the most scornful looks. Which made me laugh because milk does a body good, bitches.

TK, is that sweet cinnamon or hot cinnamon? Cuz I don't like sweet cinnamon (not even those Cinnabon thingers) but I effing love hot cinnamon. I could eat cinnamon imperials until I barf.

"I could eat cinnamon imperials until I barf."

I love it when you talk pretty like that. Since we share a disdain for all things chocolaty (I make an exception for Reese's cups)... whatever cinnamon is your preference, I suppose.

All this chocolate talk has given me a sudden craving for irish car bombs...

I think Pajiba candy would be something like sour patch kids, where you know that if you eat too many your tongue is gonna peel.

Woooaaaahhhh TK. I would hate to see what you do to the "Martini" list at Earls....

I *used to like hot cinnamon hearts until I drank a 26 of Hot 100 when I was 16.... never did get the taste of cinnamon induced puke out of my system

... whatever cinnamon is your preference, I suppose.

Excellent. I love it when the answer to a question is whatever I want. That's always the right answer.

But, TK, do you, as I do, refuse to call anything a martini that does not have gin in it? At the least I insist on a qualifier, you must say "vodka martini" as Bond did, if you just say "martini" and you're talking about vodka and vermouth I am disgruntled.

Not that anyone, you know, is living in fear of breaking my rules. But Winston Smith taught me I can be a minority of one, so dammit I am!

Vodka martinis are disgusting. This may or may not be related to my distaste for vodka. Gin, on the other hand, is delicious.

Yes! Acknowledgment of The Kentucky Fried Movie! I love that film. Zinc Oxide, "Scott Free," hehehe. I've tried to spread the love, but no one else seems to understand. Screw em, they're missing out on genius.

I agree with Jay. While I sometimes enjoy a Vodka Martini... it should be ordered as a Vodka Martini. I suppose it is the only acceptable sub-class of Martini that I will tolerate, since it sticks to the basic idea of a martini (vermouth, gin or vodka, some sort of garnish, be it olives or a twist).

Oh, man... a Hendricks Martini... that is a drink I want to spoon with. Perhaps brush it's hair lovingly and coo into it's ear.

Where the fuck is Ted Boynton when you need him?!

Also, my one of my all-time favorite movie moments is the "BIG JIM SLADE!" moment from Kentucky Fried Movie.

THANK YOU TK & JAY!

Just because it's in a martini glass, doesn't make it a martini... Fucksake... By that rationale, I could take an oregano-rimmed martini glass, dump in room-temperature milk, a dash of prune juice, float a cat turd in the whole mess and call it the AICNewstini... (no offense to AICNewsers).

And a mojito don't come in a goddamed can...

And Crazy Ed's Chili Beer tastes like burning crap...

While the women in Italy are extremely hot, with thick brown hair, giant boobs, and small waists, Italian men are decidedly un-hot. This observation was backed up by a European magazine poll that was published when I was in Italy, where readers said the hottest women were in Malta (close to Italy) and the hottest men were in England. Also true to this, I found Holland to have way better looking men than Italy. Sure, the carabiniery consists of decent looking men, but their arrogant swagger got in the way of however good looking they were. The only solace this big-boned woman of Germanic descent got out of watching my husband ogle the women was seeing the other end of the spectrum. In Italy there are two types of women, the younger, beautiful ones, and the older ones who resign themselves to thick ankles, muumuus, and flip flops. At least this is what I told myself.

I didn't know that was a Jewish traditional song for years and years, it was simply Big Jim Slade's theme.

Just don't let your four year old brother in the room when you're watching it, as he will start pointing and shouting "boobieeeees! boobieeeees!". But that's better than when I was watching "Amazon Women on the Moon" a couple of years later with my then girlfriend, which I'd chosen for a rental, and had completely forgotten about the "day in the life of a Playmate" segment. She wasn't amused. On the whole it's not the greatest movie anyway, though I still get the urge to shout "ain't no fuckin Thelma here!" but I must suffer its obscurity alone.

I loathe myself for this, but I have never had a martini. It would have to be gin, the smell of concentrated vodka conjures up what little images I have of my first time being drunk in college: Absolute Vodka. 12 shots. Dizziness. Vomit. Nudity. The throwing of flannel pants. Vomit. Pretzels. Aaaaaaan vomit.

Julie, I'll be honest - Martini's are difficult drink... for years I thought I didn't like them, until I realized that it was simply that I'd never had a well-made one. It's the easiest drink in the world to fuck up, and if you fuck it up, it's AWFUL.

But when made properly? Sweet Merciful Godtopus is it good.

I'll have to try one at a restaurant whose bartenders I trust...I adore Hendricks Gin, so maybe that with an olive? I just learned to like olives. Martinis look so fancy and refined, I always wanted to order one.

Me drinking a refined, classy drink...what a contradiction that would be. :p

Kentucky Fried Movie is the SHIT (I'm still waiting for Big Jim Slade to come break down my door and carry me off to ecstasy).

John Adams is pretty damn good.

Whatever Pajiba candy is, I'm scarffing it down by the barrelful like the gluttonous beast I am.

That is all.

FINALLY a trailer for the Hugh Jackman/my one true love Ewan McGreogr movie that's not in Russian!

Wasn't Pelham just remade for TV a few years ago, with Vince Donofrio & Donnie Wahlberg, among others?

I think that was a "Homicide" episode (one of the last few) where D'Onofrio gets pushed between a subway car and the platform and it rolls him up so that if they unroll him he will die immediately. Powerful episode, but I don't remember any Donnie Wahlberg. He would fit right in though. He's about fifty times the actor Marky-Mark is (see, e.g., "Band of Brothers"), but lesser known, so he should have been a regular.

katy, here's how it breaks down: Young Roman women -- uber hot, except the weird, greasy ones, which are rare; middle aged Roman -- still pretty hot + attainable, except the ones trying to run over me in their little cars; older Roman women -- still reasonably hot but always threatening to poke me with their umbrellas.

Roman men of all ages: I have to say, they're a bit short and scrawny, and they could use a shampoo, frankly. I'm on the substantial side myself, early brawn combined with 20 years of whiskey, and every time they look at Mrs. socalled cross-eyed, which is about every five minutes, I swell up on those little guinea bastards, and they scatter like pigeons. "Hooting like ferrets at passing women" + "I weigh as much as a ten-year-old" = "Oh shit, this Bavarian dude is whaling on my ass". Kevin McKidd would be ashamed.

Speaking of Roman women, we had a female sommelier tonight at Il San Lorenzo on via Chavaria, about 40 yrs old, very self-possessed, Mary McDonnell-ish, in high boots and a black pencil dress. Oy. When the missus is there, I can't really ogle effectively.

"Squee cherry."

I love it.

I liked Jared Padalecki as Dean in "Gilmore Girls" until he started running around on his wife with Rory. Rory was best with Jess, though. I have never seen "Supernatural." Am I missing anything?

I remember reading Pelham 1-2-3 when it first came out. It was a pretty good thriller. I'll have to check out the original movie. I'll pass on the remake, though.

Re martinis:

It is true that "martini" means gin + vermouth in a splashed or non-existent amount, shaken hard over ice and served up with a twist or an olive or two. That whole "shaken-not-stirred" thing? True as rain -- makes it colder. Best case: Whisper "vermouth" over the shaker and move on.

"Vodka martini" is fine, designating and recognizing the (lesser) substitution. Any other "-tini" is fucking nonsense, and the lying bartender who agrees to give you this thing can be legally tarred and feathered. (Note: This is not actually legal anywhere except Texas.) I don't blame you -- Western culture bastardizes everything else, why not the noblest of cocktails?

Example: The noble Vesper has more of a claim to some kind of bastard -tini status than any other drink, yet it has its own name. That's because it's not a martini. It's a different drink. Three parts gin, one part vodka, splash of Lillet with a twist of lemon, if you must know. (Note: You must.)

Rome fucking rocks!

ya know, my first reaction when I saw the photo with this article was "oh, wow, they are finally doing that Chris Gaines movie..."

Who the heck is Chris Gaines?

Well, in this case you didn't really miss much except a very strange story.

In short, he is Garth Brooks.

Chris Gaines is Garth Brooks' alter ego from that weird album he made a few years back. Google it. It'll make you feel good.

I'll wait.

Worth it, wasn't it? Hee!

Loving John Adams. Adoring Laura Linney. She could do anything at this point. Cannot..resist..girl..crush.

I would rather watch a sixth Dirty Harry movie than a remake of Friday the 13th.

Oh. I don't believe in country music. It makes the baby Godtopus ink.

Supernatural is one of the best, underrated television shows today! Just because it's on a horrible network (the CW), with a poor timeslot (9pm Thursdays, while everyone is watching Grey's, or Lost) doesn't mean it should be looked over! The show is amazing. With an excellent script and outstanding actors (Jensen and Jared), you gotta watch this show!! C'mon Dustin, give it a chance...please???

Kevin McKidd would be ashamed.

I was gonna quote the best part of that post, socalledted, but the entire thing cracks my shit up.

What are you doing checking Pajiba?! You're in fucking Rome! Step away from the goddamned computer and go have fun! We promise we'll still be here when you get back, probably still babbling about imaginary candy.

Oh, rats. So Italian men aren't so hot, eh? Guess I'll try England if I need some eye candy; thanks for the tip, Katy!

Wait a sec, it's 10:30 at night and I'm still doing work...stupid government clients needing stupid environmental reports by stupid end of month. *mutter, mutter* I don't care what the menfolk look like, I still wish I'd snuck in Socalled's luggage. (Or hey, dammitjanet, does your offer still stand? Wink wink?)

Not to be a creepy fangirl, but Jared is kinda lumbering. Boy is 6'5" (swoon).
But he's not starring as Jason anyways, he's going to be an investigator or somesuch.

"I have nothing else for you, but come on: Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel? That's, like, Pajiba candy ... hmmm, there's an interesting notion"

Already kind of been made...The film is called Manic...2001...IMDB it...IFC has been playing it recently too.

John Adams, the second part, was fantastic. I am not too keen on the trip to Europe. I will also add that for an actress who usually overacts her scenes, I am liking Linney quite a bit. I think she has found her era. David Morse as Washington, the guy playing Samuel Adams, Tom Wilkinson as Franklin, and Paul Giamatti are really making the show. I look forward to seeing how it ends.

These are lost drunken men who don't know where they are, but do care! And these are men who know where they are and care, but don't drink.

I might be late to the party here, but The Whitest Kids You Know has also been agreeable to my palate.

And why exactly is it perfectly okay for socalled to refer to Italian men as guineas?

"I have never seen "Supernatural." Am I missing anything?"
rlr260

Yep - as Twig called it earlier, "the panty-melting hotness of the primary actors"!
Cheesy horror show + hot guys = turn-your-brain-off-for-the-duration fun. For me, anyway.
Though I'm more of a Dean girl - Sam is too emo (and Padalecki is too freaking tall for me..) Whereas I'd be happy to lick chocolate sauce off Jensen Ackles all night, and damn the Weightwatchers points.

Since Pajibans are speaking of martinis - TK, Julie, I found a bottle of Hendricks!

It's half-empty already. I think it is, anyway - damn black opaque bottle, I can't tell how much is left. I forsee disappointment in my future, as I attempt to make one more martini and only two scant drops of sweet sweet gin fall out.... *le sob*

I am shamed.

Not only for calling a cocktail a martini but for never having drank Hendricks before.

Please I'm only 21, have mercy...

While I very much understand that it's your job to be snarky, some simple research would help you come across as less of an ass. :D Supernatural has been picked up for the 2008-2009 season.

I can't tell from your blog if you've seen the show or not. To be, um, well researched on the subject, you really should just give it a little try. :)

Oh, and I gave my "squee cherry" to Paddywhack months ago. And I am very okay with that. :D

jared can do what ever movie he likes and i support whatever he does and good luck to him he deserves all his success one of the most talented geniune people out there and so is jensen but i am not a fan so really not bothered but sweetie stacey is it a little respect ok there are jensen fans out there who dont need an excuse to pull jared down dont give them ammunition!!

Wow. Tina, sweetie, look at your keyboard. Yes, to the right of the letters. It's called punctuation. Learn it. Love it.

Also, capitalizing helps.

Supernatural will not be cancelled by 09, so what the hell are you talking about. Where do you get your intel DUDE, cause it sucks.
And for those who had not yet seen the show I beg you to please check it out before listening to the opinions of someone who has not even have the right intel to begin with.

The thing I love best about the internet is that it demonstrates that there are people who have a sense of humour, and people who don't, and no-one in between...

I don't care if Supernatural is cancelled. I will just keep watching "Hell House" on freeze frame. Stacey will know what I'm talking about... ;)

"Hell House" really? What about "Heart" in slo-mo?