Pop Culture Confessional
August 09, 2006
The first time I saw Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, I did not realize Mike Myers also played Dr. Evil. I possibly did not realize this the second time either.
In conclusion, I am dumb.
Also weird, since the movie is on Encore Wam (which..Wam? Like, "Hot Wam, We've Got Sanitized Versions of Some Really Bad Movies?") right now and I finally confessed this particular display of dumbness to Jason (eight years and a baby! he's officially stuck with me now! ha!), and then I thought, "Hey! I bet the Internet would enjoy the chance to mock me over this as well!"
In further conclusion, I am not drunk, but have in fact given up wine since yesterday, and also, here are more photos of my shoes.
(Hey! Look! A baby!)
Anyway. That's all I've got, and now it's time for Project Runway. Guaranteed to make me way more smartier.
Baby's got good taste in shoes. Must be inhertited.
I totally didn't know for many many years that Mike Myers played both parts. Oh - he also played Fat Bastard. REALLY. I am dumb too.
Nah, you're not dumb, but GIVE UP WINE?! Girl, you're crazy!
Yayyy, Project Runway!
Also, Fat Bastard is so sexay!
You're such a moron. Why is it that we're friends again? I mean, while I *can* be friends with someone who owns pink Prada sandals, I so can NOT be friends with someone who didn't know which roles were played by Mike Myers.
Hahahaha, poor Amalah! I can't say anything though - while watching Apollo 13 where they kept saying, "Houston this" and "Houston that" I finally asked, "who is Houston?"
(they were talking to a different person every time!) lol
My poor boyfriend just kept watching the movie. LOL
My step-father, who did not give up his wine yesterday or anyday, saw "No Way Out" at least 4 times in my presence and was genuinely surprised everytime at the end when Kevin Costner was the spy. Now that is dumb. But in a sweet way.
So to convince the internet you are not pregnant, you tell us you have given up wine?
Ok.
So all I saw was the first 10 minutes of the 1st movie before I realized that I had much better things to be doing with my life.
But still.
Not only did I *not know* that the same actor played Powers and Dr. Evil (and Fat Bastard! Huh...) I didn't believe it until I had gone to www.imdb.com and looked it up.
Ya know, even being such a nerd, I'm pretty stupid.
I just finished watching Project Runway, and for once I totally picked both the winner and the loser. Yes! I feel so brilliant (even if I just used dictionary.com to check my spelling of brilliant).
And whats up with no more wine? The timing (just returning from a frolic in the vineyards) makes it confusing. So we, the readers, need more explanation. We demand it in the nicest possible not-accusing-you-of-secretly-being-pregnant way. :)
as one of our "fellowship activites" my youth group had to make outfits out of tinfoil. i swear one of them looked like bradley's tonight. i have a crush on kayne, i don't think he would be interested.
I don't think people will believe that I am not pregnant unless I post photos of negative pee sticks on a daily basis, but we've given up alcohol temporarily as we've just started the two hardcore first weeks of the South Beach Diet. Yawwwn.
Also, I have drank enough wine the past couple weeks to destroy a dozen livers, so I think a break is a good thing right now.
Good luck with that. My south beach experience was horrible.
I've never seen Austin Powers. Not a single one of them! I've been told that makes me dumb, but truth be told, I have zero interest. Zeero!
Crikey, Noah has a mouthful of teeth.
What would possess you to give up wine?
Why in the hell are everyone ELSE'S wood floors so goddamn shiny, what are you CLEANING them with, JESUS.
It must be Noah and his Xtreme Cuteness. Please to be borrowing your child so I may wipe him on my floors, thank you.
Oh my god, that's totally OK. Because I didn't realize that all those episodes of "Living Single" featured Tootie from the facts of life. MANY MANY EPISODES. So i'm maybe not dumb but rather just a loser for watching those shows.
Mike Myers? You mean the stalker/killer in Halloween? I love that movie.
I'm off to indulge in some White chocolate cheesecake, guaranteed to make me fattier.
Sundry, if it makes you feel better, I'm sitting here looking at my hardwood floors which are currently
1) polished with a nice film of dry milk
2) sticky from...???
3) not shiny. no, no, no.
Have I mentioned that we've lived here since late June? And I clean them, honest?? Hee.
I love that first picture: Oh my gosh. I totally hope Mom doesn't see me checking out her fabulous shoes. Must do something boyish and masculine in near future. Aaaw, screw it. These shoes rock. Can't help myself.
I was in near tears today because I have been eating 1300-1500 calories a day and working out 6 days a week and haven't lost a freaking pound. Instead of excersizing today I took a nap. Please tell us how this "south beach" thing pans out. That way you will either offer me hope or rule out an option (of course, YOU are fabulous, gorgeous skinny and had a child for griefs sake)
Also, I laughed at the wine thing because OF COURSE teh internets are going to start up on the pee stick thing again.
You know Mike Meyers was also Wayne, in Wayne's world, right...?
Project Runway BEST LINE EVER from (who knew) hilarious and chivalric Michael:
"I'm not trying to play Captain Save-A-Ho."
(Really? You didn't know Dr. Evil was Mike Myers? That's pretty funny.)
(Ok, just read some other comments, and MY GOD YES what do you use on your floors to bring out the sine of a thousand suns?)
Honey, you are not dumb. You are rilly blonde though and very pretty. Here's me and my roommate, a long time ago, during Diehard 2 (Dieharder? Jeezus). Him: "You saw Diehard, remember?" Me: "No, I did not." Him: (proceeds to describe entire plot of Diehard, start to finish, with info on all actors involved, much to chagrin of other moviegoers.) Me: "No, I did not see it, I told you!" Me (halfway through Dieharder, yelling in theater): "I DID see Diehard, I just remembered!"
note to amalah: don't ever rent any of the sequels to back to the future (even though they are all fucking awesome).
I can empathise...It has taken me 20 years to find out that the song "Bat out of hell" by Meatloaf is not about a motorbike accident......LOL
1. I find myself watching a movie and it'll take me five viewings before I'll catch something so totally obvious.
2. When Noah gets older and starts getting interested in girls, the first thing he's gonna look for is what kind of shoes she wears! :)
Awww! That first pic is funny because it's like he was totally caught doing something bad.
Are you teaching Noah how to appreciate great shoes? ;-)
And look at his mouth full of teeth. Too cute.
Good luck with the South Beach diet.
Hello there. Welcome to the wonderful world of the Internet. Amusing tail of this morning's browsing I thought I'd share with you.
Someone (on a discussion group that I'm on) posted a link of a cat flushing a toilet. Someone else complained that they were waiting for the cat to fall down the toilet and it didn't happen.
So I googled "cat falling down toilet" and came to this link;
http://www.amalah.com/amalah/2005/03/down_the_toilet.html
And the "Jason" link on that page brought me here:
http://www.amalah.com/amalah/2005/03/well_fuck.html
which is about checking for your babies heartbeat.
And here WE are after one miscarriage and a year of infertility and we have an appointment today to see if our baby has a heartbeat yet because it didn't last week.
I reckon this string of coincidences is a good sign! All the best.
J.
want those shoes. neeeeed those shoes. will you give me a brand name hint? i live in ireland so i promise i won't show up to a party or gathering that you happen to be at wearing the same shoes as you.
droooool.
FYI- Darth Vader is Luke's Father.
Project Runway is so awesome that it's even hooked my husband, who usually doesn't like reality television. And such a great episode last night, too!
Damn those are some cute shoes. I've been looking for sandals just like those. Only in black.
I'm trying to think of something dumb I've thought regarding movies so that I can relate, but I'm too dumb to even remember anything.
My husband was in his 20s before he realized Han Solo and Indiana Jones were the same guy.
first photo: "hey! get away from me with that flashy thing!"
hmmm - giving up wine = no South Beach Diet for me!
How is it Noah looks so much like Jason in the top left photo but just like you in the bottom one? He's yummy!
Also FYI: Bruce Willis is DEAD in The Sixth Sense.
And how come Ceiba hasn't ruined THOSE shoes yet?
A few things:
1) Luke and Leia are twins.Shocking I know.
2) Sometimes I want eat your baby. He's just so damn delicious.
3) It would be awesome if you would tivo project runway.
b) even awesomer if it didn't it didn't induce seizures this time.
Loving both the mouth full of teeth and the legs free of pants!
Taking off from what Heather B said, my husband didn't know that Anikan grows up to be Darth Vader.
I guess we all have our little secrets.
(and then we must share them with the internet)
Amy was just posting pictures of Noah just so she could show off her pretty, super-shiny floor. Heh.
You gave up wine?! Any particular reason why??
"Hot Wam." Heh.
The very first time I watched AP I was so pissed that I had just wasted 90 minutes of my life. I thought it was that bad. Now, it's one of my favs.
Do you know Eddie Murphy plays Prof. Klump, Buddy Love, Lance Perkins, Cletus, Mama, Granny, and Ernie Sr. in The Nutty Professor?
Do you know Divine plays Edna Turnblad and Arvin Hodgepile in Hairspray?
i didn't get the end of sixth sense - my sister had to explain it to me.
So...is that what Encore WAM is? I've always kind of thought of it as the bastard stepchild of Encore because it wasn't even allowed to sit at the same lunch table of channels. At least not inside my television...
Are you kidding me, south beach? You are sooooo thin! I'd pay money to look like you. I work out 5 days a week and am probaby 20 pounds heavier than you.
I do not know why my floors look so shiny. I'm guessing it's the radioactive flash. Because: not clean. Not mopped, polished or even Swiffered.
In fact, they are currently covered in a fine powdered coating of deadly sawdust from when we finally attached handles to our kitchen cabinet doors.
(Also, the shoes are Banana Republic, and Noah is seen here modeling the latest style of Pamper's Cruisers.)
What?! You had a baby? What else have I missed?
Do you still have the cat? She was 'cute', and I haven't seen much of her lately.