Sunday, October 10, 2004

America, Fuck Yeah!!!

Yesterday was special in so many ways.

There was fire, flood, feast, marionette sex, transexual transylvanians...

It's just too damn hard to pick the best moment.

So starting with the fire... The yahoos living behind me across the urban creek set fire to its bank. The county mowed about two weeks ago, and the dried grass quickly whipped the little conflagration up beyond their ability to control with their garden hose. Sparks, flying ash, a wall of flame about four feet high and ten feet wide marching along. High drama at its best. After calling 911, I took station to watch the spectacle hoping to see hot firemen with hoses.

Of interest -- the first responder was a chick. She did the majority of the work and although I was disappointed at missing out on beefcake, it rocked to see her competence.

(Her wetting down the forty by forty burn path was the flood. )

The feast was a trip out for cocktails and snackage in between a sneak viewing of Team America: World Police (America, Fuck Yeah!!!) and catching Rocky Horror on stage at the Woodlawn.

The snarf was good to great. We ordered one of every hot tapas offered at Cohiba. For me, the pick of the litter was Champiñones Salteados al Ajillo -- aka: mushrooms of fire. D preferred the Calabacinos Rellenos con hongos which were good, but I am now and forever will be a spice queen. So that bias was in force.

Beverage choices were a bottle of Alamo Golden Ale for me and one of Unibroue's Ephemere fruity ale series for D.... the one brewed with apple juice, coriander, and Curacao. Since she is a wimp when it comes to beer, I ended up with most the Ephemere as well... just one of those wingwoman burdens I bear.

Regarding the entertainment... Team America: World Police (America, Fuck Yeah!!!) was wonderful.

Hands down it is the must see movie of 2004. You may quote me.

I will be catching it again when it comes to the Drafthouse -- which is totally unprecedented. I've never bothered to see a movie twice in a theatre venue. Yes, I found it that amusing.

Think riffs stolen from Jim Henson movies, Star Wars, Conan the Destroyer, Blade, Predator, James Bond, the Matrix, Rent, and every bit of cheesy action ever made a la Bruckheimer and then add the considerable talents of the South Park Team focused on offending EVERYONE, their MOTHER and their DOG.

Five silly frumps actually got up and walked out of the theatre -- the rest of us stayed and laughed our asses off.

The homages are just a tiny part of the fun. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but my absolute favorite scene involved regurgitation. You'll know it when you see it. The marionette kama sutra was also hysterical. I can't wait to get my hands on the DVD so I can see the golden shower scene that was cut to get a "R" -- which I am sure the MPAA rating board is going to regret giving. (snicker)

Remember, "You're either a dick, a pussy or an asshole."

posted by Bohica at 9:50 AM