Ghost of TWOP Past

DIE BURGER KING DIE HIRE SOMEONE WHO CAN SING ENOUGH ALREADY FUCK FUCK FUCK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was feeling blah the other night and needed to just put moving colors on my screen while I sat in front of my tv, so I tried Comcast streaming the first installment of Shogun. The first half hour was okay, but then the breaks started coming more and more often. They'd cut in before a scene was fully finished and it was very jarring. And they were very repetitive. They played the same 2 spots for Disney merchandise, back-to-back as a pair, SIX TIMES. Among the other adverts were 4 faily lengthy ones for Shogun. Yes, they were interrupting the show I was trying to watch to run commercials for the show I was trying to watch. It's been years since I tried the cable service's own streaming and I think I'm done with it. Besides, the show wasn't thrilling me even when it was on.

"What's my Safelight story?" No one asked. Shut up and stop being so chipper. (I've got the cold that's going around and am even grumpier than usual.)

As another librarian I can tell you that it's quite likely your library bought full sets but the disks were rapidly rendered unusable and had to be discarded. People are shockingly hard on our DVDs. We get things back that look like they've been dragged across asphalt.

Only one way to find out. Got a knife? A volunteer?

'Want to know a secret?' No. 'Other parts of me stink besides my armpits.' Thanks for sharing. Now go take a shower, you slob.

"The beach has always been there for us." Did it have a choice?

Okay, about 40 years ago (not an exaggeration) there was this really annoying song that inexplicably became a hit. Something Something Quackadero or Trucadero or some damned thing. It was played all the time and annoyed the hell out of me. Now all of a sudden I've heard it in not one but two unrelated commercials in recent weeks. What is going on?

My reaction to the obnoxious Burger King non-singer has gone beyond humorous irritation to actual anger. I only watch tv for about 2 hours a day, during lunch and to clear my mind before bed, and I am STILL subjected to this fucking thing several times per day. I flick away from it as soon as it comes on but then sometimes just run into it on the next channel. It's abrasive to the ear and there's no getting away from it.

Not only are they smoking, but when finished they pitch the butts just wherever.

I've been curious about how many versions there are of that one, but not curious enough to actually seek them out and count. Anyway, the thing that bugs me about all of them is that the guys are talking about boner pills with all the deadly earnestness of a surgeon giving you your chances of surviving the operation.

If you want me to see your movie, how about you leave the images on the screen long enough for me to figure out what/who I'm looking at? Why do these commercials go flick-flick-flick nowadays? There was one the other day which stars someone who might be an actress I like, might be someone who just looks like her, or might be someone who looks nothing like her, but it went by so fast I couldn't even identify who she reminded me of.

Yes, I've been scratching my head as to why they're aiming for that furry/plushy demographic.

It was also recently revealed that she helped with the funding to get Buffy the Vampire Slayer started on tv.

Saw my first Christmas-themed commercials and movies yesterday. If there is a war on Christmas, Christmas is winning.