"Robocop" (1987) gets me all pumped up! I have it playing right next to me as I am typing this; for those who have seen it, I only started watching it a few minutes ago because the 209 just blew someone's insides out. :) It's also funny to see Kurtwood Smith from 1987; I guess in the 70's he was the lovable hardass Red Forman on "That 70's Show," and obviously went crazy in the 80's, got younger, and became a bank-robbing criminal. :) It just really blows my mind to know an actor from a late 90's sitcom taking place in the 70's, and then to watch a futuristic film from 1986 in which he is the villain. :) Earth-shattering. I feel like I am in a TIME WARP! (Go ahead, start singing.) ;)
Today was kind of an odd day. I didn't go to sleep last night because I was up reading comic books and watching movies. I watched David Cronenberg's "The Fly" (1986) which is brilliant. Never seen the original from the 50's but I can't imagine it is anywhere near that epic. Oh shit, hang on! Red Forman is about to shoot Peter Weller like a million* times!........
(*when I say a million, I obviously mean 100,000) ;)
"Cops don't like me....so I don't like cops." BOOSH! BOOSH! BOOSH!
"Hey Clarence! He's still alive!..."
"Okay...fun's over." BOOOOOOOSH!!
Okay, so Murphy's dead. Bet he won't be for long! ;) RRRROOOOOBBBBOOOOCCCOOOP!
Diversion. So anyways, I went to Spyro's today and had a pretty awesome omelette that was the size of a freaking football. Then I went to Books, Comics & Things to pick up the first issue of my new favorite comic book series, Marvel's "The Sentry." No Aquaman today, but a couple more "Robocop" comics. I then went to Neat ^3, and to my disappointment, he no longer had the Pearl Jam album. Lucky for me and my diverse interests, it didn't take me too long to find something I couldn't live without. He had just gotten the triple-LP release of The Dear Hunter's (not to be confused with the indie rock band Deerhunter, who are also great) first two albums: "Act 1: The Lake South, The River North" (2006) and "Act II: The Meaning Of & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading" (2007). For those who don't know, the frontman and brainchild of The Dear Hunter is Casey Crescenzo, formerly guitarist and one of the vocalists of The Receiving End of Sirens, a very underrated experimental rock band from 2005ish.
"Madam you have experienced emotional shock. I will notify a rape crisis center."
I am really being distracted by the genius of Robocop. Hard to think that the director of this film and "Total Recall" (1990), Paul Verhoeven, went on to direct "Showgirls" (1995). :( Disappointment. But if you think I don't own it on DVD, you would be wrong. On the contrary, I purchased it when I was 18 just because I was old enough to buy an NC-17 movie at Best Buy. It's not a good movie. At all. But nobody watches "Showgirls" for the plot, right? ;)
Last Robocop quote: "I'd buy THAT for a dollar."
At this point I am really hoping that someone who is reading this (I know there aren't many yet) has seen "Robocop" enough to know the shit I'm referencing.
So my big news for the day: I bought a snazzy suit at Salvation Army today and the jacket, pants, shirt and tie collectively cost $9 dollars. :) I am thinking about instituting "Classyass Tuesday," in which I wear a suit to class. Also I bought a much needed shelf for my 200-vinyl collection, and my dad and I discovered a Hammond organ for $25.00. I couldn't pass that up. I may end up being broke as hell when I am older, but at least I'll have cool stuff to keep my poor ass entertained. :) I am picking it up on Tuesday. It will be epic. After all my running around this morning and my lack of sleep last night, I ended up crashing out on my bed around noon, while listening to my favorite Tori Amos CD ("To Venus and Back", 1999). Ended up sleeping until 8 o'clock. Yikes. So this day feels kind of backwards. Definitely need to get back on a regular normal-people's sleep schedule. Well, peace out friends! I will post again tomorrow :) Until then...
"I'd buy THAT for a dollar!!!" :D
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