5 things from the wiec? junk drawer.

Since I've been gone it's been hard to get back into the blogging swing of things. That said the easiest way to get my groove back I figured would be to give y'all a junk drawer post. Here's a collection of 5 random things discussed in a bite size portions. Enjoy.

1. power couple.

I like this picture a lot. There's Debbie and Andre just standing there (i guess) backstage at some wrestling event or maybe waiting on line to use the bathroom. Both of them look pretty much like they'd rather both be on Mars without spacesuits on but oh well. The early 80's lime green border is a really nice touch also.

2. just pawns in the game of Life.

No wonder Villains in comic books and movies get their asses handed to them all the time. A bit too much playing with dolls and not enough murder and mayhem. Do you think Captain America or Han Solo had time to play with dolls? Probably not. Get with it boys. Sheesh.


That said when Colonel Sanders catches Dark Helmet playing with his dolls, that is some pretty funny shit.

3. long and winding.

The Road is about the only movie that's coming out in the next month or so I'm even remotely interested in seeing. The book was fantastic and I read it cover to cover in about 5 hours. I highly recommend giving it a read.

4. shouldn't look but I will anyway.

Thanks to a lot of unused and accumulated vacation time I have been off from work most of this month. I went on vacation, came back and instead of going back to work it was decided I could take the rest of the month off. The time away from work has been good. I've made a few repairs around the house. Started a couple of new paintings. Got some xmas shopping done. Walked around Manhattan. Went to an art gallery or two. Knocked back several pints with a couple of friends I haven't seen in awhile. Read about 6 books. Fixed my closets. The usual stuff I'm usually too busy to do because I'm always working.

Most mornings though I've been watching Maury Povich. I'm usually at work when it's on and while aware of it I never really had the chance to watch it. It's sadly fascinating. Every morning a woman is introduced and a picture of baby is shown on a big TV screen behind her. Paternity tests are waved in the air and some fella is interviewed and at the end of the segment it is announced whether the guy is the baby's father or not. It's strangely fascinating and highly quotable. It's also a bit of a time suck. I want to not watch it (because more than once I've been a bit disgusted) but 9 times out of 10 I can't stop. It's like staring into the face of a Medusa. I know I shouldn't look at it but I can't make myself look away.

5. Diff'rent name.

I didn't watch a lot of TV while on the trip to Brazil. We stayed in 3 diff'rent hotels over the course of the trip and the place we stayed at the longest didn't even have a TV. However the day we got to Brazil, jet lagged and weary from the flight the first thing I did before catching a catnap was flip on the TV. An episode of Diff'rent Strokes was on. It was the one where Kareem Abdul Jabar was playing the substitute teacher. It was in Portuguese and while the story was easy enough to follow it was still pretty surreal. Funny thing was when the commercials came on it said the show called "Arnold" and not Diff'rent Strokes. I wonder if Gary Coleman still gets residual checks from Brazil. I hope he hasn't let the fame go to his head either.

busy doing nothing.

Sorry I've been so neglectful these last few days up in these here parts. Been getting side tracked like a mofo ever since I got back from vacation and I promise to get my act in gear (blog wise) as soon as I can. The daunting task of going through my Google Reader (+1,000 posts) has been looming large as well and I promise to start getting caught up with all that reading as soon as I can too.

I see the light at the end of the distraction tunnel and I'm jogging my way to it. Should be there in a couple of days.

Exactly a week ago I took a photo of this monkey at the Bahia Zoo in Brazil. He wasn't in a cage or anything either. He was just roaming around free and screeching at everyone as he climbed around the roof of a small snack bar. In some places around Brazil monkeys like this are everywhere much like squirrels are everywhere here at home. It's not considered a big deal if you see one now again but I couldn't help but geek out every time I saw one.

Bon Tarjes everyone.

Well, I'm back from my trip to Brazil. It was a hell of good time but after a loooooooong flight and despite feeling the chill of the bitter winds of this cold New York night it's good to be back home. My mosquito bites seem to be healing nicely but my jet lag has really wiped me out. So I'll keep this post short. Here are just a few (of the many) pictures we took over the course of the trip. The pics in this small batch today are the ones on the card in my camera but there are tons more and I'll show them off after i go through them and show you some of the high points of the trip in a few posts over the next few weeks.

In Rio there is a huge statue of Jesus on the top of this mountain and everyone told us we had to see it. The day we went it was pretty cloudy and he looks sort of ghostly here. Oh well. I'm not religious but it was still pretty impressive. The next day we took a couple of cable cars to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain and those pics are pretty amazing (and it was a lot less cloudy). Those pics are on another camera card (that's buried deep in my luggage somewhere) and when I dig them out I'll show them off. Rio was pretty awesome by the way.

The food in Brazil was pretty awesome too. We went to a small island off the coast of Bahia and after a ferry ride and a long drive up the coast we found a beach and realized we were famished. A really nice guy and his wife owned a tiny little restaurant right on the beach and they gave us many beers and this fine fish stew. We ate a lot of great meals on the trip and some were better than others but this simple stew was one of the best.

Speaking of beer Brazilian beer is one of the best. Ice cold, refreshing and smooth and best of all everywhere. Brazil has no Bud, Coors, Corona, or any of that other stuff down there. This is fine because Brazilian beer is great. People say Antarctica beer is the best tasting of the bunch but Brahma was my favorite. Skoll and Sol were good too but a Brahma Choppe did the trick for me personally. I lost count on how many of these i put away during the course of the trip but they were incredibly cheap. They cost about 2 Brazilian Reais a piece usually (about a buck apiece) and next to jumping into the ocean was my favorite way to cool off. By the way it was between 80 to 90 degrees outside everyday we were there.

We saw a lot of really old buildings and met some nice people and saw a bunch of cool stuff including lots of monkeys, boats and sites of all stripes these past few weeks and got some really nice shots of some of some wild life at a small zoo we visited in Salvador. As I dig up more pics I'll continue to bore you with my little travelogue in some posts upcoming.

I've been in a sort of no news/ no entertainment bubble these last few weeks. I couldn't read the papers down there too well and had no Internet access and little to no use for the TV. Needless to say I have a lot of catching up to do and my Google Reader is bursting. As I shake this jet lag hangover off and get my house in order things around here will be back to running on all cylinders shortly. Stay Tuned.

did you vote yet?

Really quick reminder. There's only a few days left to place your votes in this month's poll. The question a simple one:

Who's movie career do you admire more?

A) Sylvester Stallone.

or

B) Kurt Russell.

The poll closes in a few days so if you haven't voted yet then please do so. The poll is located in the upper right hand corner (right under Greedo) and is open to anyone who wants to vote. Yeaa democracy!

This poll reminder was brought to you by the When Is Evil Cool? auto-pilot. wiec? is still on vacation. The auto-pilot would like to thank everyone for participating in this month's poll.

random announcement.

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wiec? is still on vacation. Today's random announcement was brought to you by the when is evil cool? auto-pilot. the wiec?

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random picture day.

Let the good times roll.

Let them knock you around.

Let the good times roll.

Let them make you a clown.

Let them leave you up in the air.

Let them brush your rock and roll hair.

Let the good times roll.

Let the good times roll.

Gonna let ...

... the good times ...

... roll.

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wiec? is in Brazil enjoying a loooong vacation. He will be back Friday November 13th. This batch of random pictures was brought to you by the When Is Evil Cool? auto-pilot.

Happy Halloween!!!!!!