Hola Otters (for the record Otters is a bad phonetic spelling of Blog O' Doomers). Anyway, sorry for the last posting this lovely afternoon but I actually was at the doc's getting some fancy info about my brain-parts, after concerns and questions about my ability to work properly finally came to a head. I got some answers, and a Monkey the size of Yokozuna has been lifted off my shoulders.
On that subject, here's today's question:
What's something you've done in life, that, despite tepid reaction from friends and family, you followed through with and are proud of?
Mine are obviously gaming and writing and wrestling, with maybe a dash of recent Baseball fandom. I can elaborate in the comments, but I actually need to go watch a "Cutco" demo my mom set up with my sister's ex-boyfriend. Why? Because I'm not allowed a Friday to myself, that's why.
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Blog Otter Award: OfficerFarva for probably reading one-too-many Tucker Max stories growing up, and making the most of it by pulling a reverse Clooney, by way of going to a fancy casino and doing everything exactly the opposite of how George Clooney would for the delight of wrestling fans on the internet. Thank you sir.
It's like a Solid Snake / Liquid snake kind of thing.
1. Poker Night of Champions updates: 4 sign ups plus myself. So we have a four person game. Feel free to signup at MeekinOnMovies@gmail.com to sign up. I'll send a round-up to all the e-mails by noon est on Saturday.
On that subject, here's today's question:
What's something you've done in life, that, despite tepid reaction from friends and family, you followed through with and are proud of?
Mine are obviously gaming and writing and wrestling, with maybe a dash of recent Baseball fandom. I can elaborate in the comments, but I actually need to go watch a "Cutco" demo my mom set up with my sister's ex-boyfriend. Why? Because I'm not allowed a Friday to myself, that's why.
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Blog Otter Award: OfficerFarva for probably reading one-too-many Tucker Max stories growing up, and making the most of it by pulling a reverse Clooney, by way of going to a fancy casino and doing everything exactly the opposite of how George Clooney would for the delight of wrestling fans on the internet. Thank you sir.
It's like a Solid Snake / Liquid snake kind of thing.
1. Poker Night of Champions updates: 4 sign ups plus myself. So we have a four person game. Feel free to signup at MeekinOnMovies@gmail.com to sign up. I'll send a round-up to all the e-mails by noon est on Saturday.
I still watch pro wrestling. I have gotten my girlfriend interested in it. Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteI touched on this on a previous QOTD, but I've always been a big fan of the US of A. They brought me my favorite TV shows...my favorite music...my favorite movies. What's not to love? My Canadian friends and family could care less. They didn't care for Americans, tossing around words like "arrogant" and "classless". I was always pretty sure that it was jealousy. I met my future wife online, and she was from Texas. After about 3 years of long distance phone sex and back and forth visits to each homeland, which basically resulted in a lot of real sex and sleeping, I decided to make the move south of the border. My family thought it wouldn't work out, my friends thought I was crazy living amongst a bunch of savages. All of them thought that I would get homesick and come crawling back home in a few months. Welp...11 years later and *excuse me*....*picks up a piece of lumber* USA! USA! USA!
ReplyDeleteAre you related to this man...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wwe.com/inside/news/grinches/grinch4
Becoming the greatest tiger woods player on the west coast.
ReplyDeleteI cant think of anything for this really.
ReplyDeleteIm off for two weeks and have been watching shitty movies all day...has anyone see that Johnny Knoxville movie where he pretends to be handicapable to get into the special olymics? Holy fuck, how does this get made?
The Ringer! Why did he even need to go to the Special Olympics? I don't remember.
ReplyDelete"The Ringer". Made by the very same people who appear in it. Think about it....
ReplyDeleteThe only variant would be...I always get my WOman.
ReplyDeleteHe was in debt and was gonna try and "fix" the special olympics. Kinda funny seeing that in print
ReplyDeleteInterested in your story (it sounds sweet). If it's not too personal, how'd you meet online? Did things like match.com or plenty of fish even exist back then or did you just meet in a random chat room?
ReplyDeletePeople didn't like my matches with Big Kev at the time, but they'll grow to love them in retrospect.
ReplyDeleteHe said it was a chat room titles "oldmen4preteens."
ReplyDeleteA bunch of extremely stupid people thought it would be a good idea to steal a subplot from a 22 minute episode of South Park (where Jimmy's on the juice) and make a full-length feature film of it.
ReplyDeleteJK man. Watched a To Catch a Predator episode this morning.
ReplyDeleteYea. Im disguisted with myself for still watching but have gotta see it through now.
ReplyDeleteThose shows are addictive. I have not seen the Rob Feinstein segment, however.
ReplyDeleteGodspeed.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, that's right. He cut off his friends fingers or something along those lines. Looked it up and I completely forgot Katherine Heigl was in it.
ReplyDeleteIt was an old website called partyhouse.com filled with different themed chat rooms. It had x-rated ads, and people soliciting for cybersex (we met in a cleaner room). We told her parents it was a Christian chat site. This was in '99 or so, and online hookups were still kept hush hush for the most part. Just before the eharmony's and match.com's of the world took off.
ReplyDeleteIronically enough.. does anyone remember the old wwf.com when it had a chat room? I remember that being filled with "Filipino preteen girls" looking for older men. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
ReplyDeleteThis is the FIRST ive ever heard of it. I bet AJ got her start there
ReplyDeleteThe fact that WWE had a chat room geared for pedophiles just made me very happy though
ReplyDeleteOtters=Blog of Doomers? How? Explain.
ReplyDeleteBlogODer=ODer=otter?
ReplyDeleteThe Farrelly brothers forgot how to make funny movies.
ReplyDeleteThat chat room was probably the main reason Jerry Lawler got his first computer in the late 90's.
ReplyDeleteThat Mountie photo looks like an internet meme just waiting to happen...
ReplyDeletewhy dont you sit down for a minute?
ReplyDeleteThreadjack: Man, no wonder Jericho has problems with people in the WWE. I mean, there's a way to come across in these things but...
ReplyDelete"It’s actually a feather in my cap. Not to be a jerk, but he was working with Chris Jericho in his first match ever on the show at WrestleMania. If that doesn’t put you on a different level, then nothing will. I knew that he’d have to come back down to earth at some point, because the fans aren’t gonna believe in him working with other people, because there’s not a lot of Chris Jerichos out there, and I say that with all due respect. What I mean by that is a guy who’s been around for as long as I have, with the fanbase that I have, the reputation that I have. People know that it’s going to be good, and something special, no matter what it is. Even if it’s a guy they’ve never seen. I put a lot of input into what we did with him to build that.
Everything that we did, I meticulously thought of. “What should we do to get this guy over?” Well, rule number one - I want to try and get this leg drop over. Rule number two - I want him to be a kick-ass heel when he’s getting his heat, because the gimmick is so ridiculous that if he doesn’t show that viciousness during the match, no one’s going to buy it. Little tricks like that that I’ve learned over the years that other people don’t know, and Fandango doesn’t know because he’s inexperienced. It was, like I said, a real feather in my cap. Fandango, the night after WrestleMania, was the most over performer in the company."
http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/33098-chris-jericho-talks-the-rise-and-fall-of-fandango-and-the-non-rise-nor-fall-of-tna
The Ringer was not stolen from the South Park episode.
ReplyDeleteI saw 397 2012 movies in the theatre.
ReplyDeleteI think they used the Farley Brother's credibility of working with differently abled individuals to handle a tactless topic with tact.
ReplyDeleteHow'd it turn out?
We should play golf star Jobber!
ReplyDeleteYikes, I recently had a similar situation where my next door neighbor asked me very specific advice about her son, namely what in the world he could do for a living.
ReplyDelete"What's he know?"
"He knows sports, like, any player he can tell you what team they're on, where they played in college.."
"So does he want to go into broadcasting?"
"No I don't know! He just knows sports"
I spent the next...10 minutes going through every known avenue that would let this guy use his "Sports" as a possible career, including referring him to a semi-pro football team, volunteering to broadcast semi-pro baseball games and college basketball here in the town we work in, and after ALLLL of that, I get
"I think he should join the service, cause he doesn't WANT to do anything"
I was like, oh, okay, thank you for not listening to a single thing I say.
That said I DO think Millitary service can be great for certain kinds of folks, and it will absolutely teach you discipline, drive, and how to pound beers like nobodies business.
Fuj is in the military right? an old recruiter friend of a buddy of mine once said "The Military is like cold water, once you get in, you don't want to get out".
Are you a critic? That's the only way I could see you seeing all those flicks.
ReplyDeleteNo, just someone who loves movies, and has an addictive personality.
ReplyDeletedo you mean no wonder peeps have problems with jericho? cause the way you have it makes it sound like jericho gets shit on, rather than jericho is pissing peeps off
ReplyDelete... and FOUR GRAND
ReplyDeleteHe's right though.
ReplyDeleteActually there's a cool season pass thing you can get that sort of rips off AMC theaters. I have to google it.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.moviepass.com/spd
Yes, I was a regular in there way back in '97 or so. We used to go on and just troll...
ReplyDelete... not much has changed.
I will say, that $360/year for all the movies you can watch is a great deal... but I probably haven't spent $360 at the movies, including dates and food, in five years combined.
ReplyDeleteYou think Fandango was the most over guy in the company the next night b/c of Jericho? I don't know man, I don't see it quite the same way.
ReplyDeleteThat pass screams scam. Also, I did a lot of sneaking in. Did not cost even close to 4K
ReplyDeleteI thought you were being facetious at first. Thats 1.09 movies per day! How do you have the time?
ReplyDeleteI had Mondays off, where I could bang out three to four, and Saturdays I would often see five.
ReplyDeleteI don't really have a problem with anything he's saying here except for essentially taking credit for Fandango's overness the night after Mania. That was 100% cause of the gimmick, its goofiness and Curtis' brilliant execution of it (totally playing it straight, no winking to the camera). Curtis could've worked with anyone, and even lost, and that reaction was still gonna happen.
ReplyDeleteThat's mostly what I was getting at. I totally agree with you.
ReplyDeleteYea. Same here. Last movie I saw in the theaters was Argo. Something about movie theaters make me fall asleep so I stopped going.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much only go to the movies to take my girlfriend to something she'd like to see, in hope it'll put her more in the mood when it's over....
ReplyDelete... which is pretty much the reason I do anything.
I'm saying without someone the caliber of Jericho to put him over, Fandango doesn't make it nearly as far as he did. If it wasn't for the concussion he was on his way to the IC Championship (which I know seems to be a de-push nowadays, but would at least get him on the show weekly).
ReplyDeleteNot going to agree with the last part. Put Fandango in a program with Miz for Mania and he dies an instant death.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a bad boy or anything is just that the line of job i'm looking is very tough,and I despise how the military acts in Brazil(they are mostly idiots who cannot hold a gun,and i'm a pacifist),a old teacher of mine regrets joining the military,its to much bullshit he said,you can't think for your self in there.Look at the protests in all of Brazil in the recent months,they just go like dogs attacking citizens who only want better conditions to live.I don't hate the dude just because he's in the army,i don't like the ideology behind and even the police here acts like facists.
ReplyDeleteIs Chris Jericho talking about Chris Jericho in the third person? Cause dwaters thinks that is lame.
ReplyDelete"Otters" is getting over about as well as "CLB" did for Christian.
ReplyDeleteIt was manufactured Drama, which I hate. WE KNOW how the story ends, people, so stop putting the characters in danger we'll know they'll get out of. I care about the process, not the result.
ReplyDeleteI have a list of movies that dates back to 2011 that I want to see. My OCD self wants to watch them in order that I have them listed. I use Netflix, my own DVD collection (yes, I have DVDs that I have not even opened yet), Amazon on Demand, HBO on the DVR, and our little friend that goes unmentioned. I'm still on the 2011 list. I just saw the most recent remake of Jane Eyre. Up next, some gay ass French film with Kevin Kline.
ReplyDeleteYou can call me, The Big Nasty!
ReplyDeleteOh man. I loved it. Knew the ending obviously going in but I thought it was one of the better movies ive seen in awhile
ReplyDeleteBest score at St. Andrews?
ReplyDeleteI've topped out at a 55.
It was terrible. Wouldnt suggest it to anyone.
ReplyDelete..or "Booger Red" for The Undertaker.
ReplyDeleteDang Jethro
ReplyDeletelets not forget mr ziggles!
ReplyDeleteWhat? I could see that smarky post-Mania crowd cheering him even MORE if he was feuding with Miz, who gets booed in any remotely "smart" city.
ReplyDeleteRead what Jericho said, he's taking credit for Fandango's overness the night after Mania. You seem to be talking about Fandango's entire run, we're just talking about that specific Raw.
I dunno, I always compare movies like that to Apollo 13, which told the story of those astronauts, but ALSO focused on how no one really cared about them going to the moon until something went wrong, the various happenings of the time, AND a lot of cool technical stuff about how the space capsules worked.
ReplyDeleteQueen to Play?
ReplyDeleteI have a list of every movie I've seen in theatres since 2004. It's a long list
I think you and I are talking about two different things. Jericho was talking about him being the most over guy in the company the next night, which I think would've happened regardless of who he wrestled at WM.
ReplyDeleteThe other stuff, sure, I can get behind that.
That movie was actually co-produced by the Special Olympic committee and is still heavily promoted on their End The R-Word campaign stuff. It looked pretty stupid, and ripped off a South Park episode, but I guess they are generally accepted for handling the subject matter well. Like I guess part of the shuck was that once Knoxville scams onto the team, they all see through him and kind of get the one up on him so he looks like the butt of the jokes rather than them. Idk though, I never saw it.
ReplyDeleteMini TJ: Mourn (or celebrate) the impending death of NASCAR, which is now more worked/"fake" than pro wrestling. It was close for a while, but Brian France and Buddies pulled it out in the end.
ReplyDeleteFor some GOOD racing history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j0KBm4x6ME (1992 Hooters 500. Last race of the season, and SIX drivers still in the championship hunt. Three of them with very realistic chances. Along with a pair of small milestones: Richard Petty's final race, and Jeff Gordon's first.)
Did you ever walk out of one?
ReplyDeleteDelovely?
ReplyDeleteI used to write a column about what movies are best to take girls too for various reasons. it got...0 responses. :)
ReplyDeleteODer pronounced Odder = otters.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, sir. Not sure WHY I'm going to watch it, except maybe to say that I've seen it.
ReplyDeleteGive In and Out a go. It's a fun little SUPER 90s comedy.
ReplyDeleteHad to look it up. Just for the record--the South Park episode's release date with Cartman at the special olympics? March 2004. Knoxville's The Ringer? DECEMBER 2005. I know turnaround time can be long in Hollywood, but it's either like Caliber "stealing" from Cracked or Caliber stealing from Cracked.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.today.com/id/10385246#.UjOf-MaTjNs
ReplyDeleteAccording to this article the movie took 7 years to happen.
I remember that column, it was cute.
ReplyDeleteThis is the reason I saw all but one Twilight movies in the theatre. It's like that South Park Broadway episode.
ReplyDeleteDuly noted. However, this means that someone fought for that movie to be made (on and off) for 7 years. smh
ReplyDeleteI think most of us have been down that path... all but the last one for me.
ReplyDeleteQueen to Play is a dry little French film. I ranked it 240th for 2011
ReplyDeleteIn and Out is awesome. IS EVERYBODY GAY?
ReplyDeleteYea, the movie had been in development hell for years. It was just the timing of it all. Nothing Caliber like about it.
ReplyDeleteNo. Never. There were several movies I really wanted to walk out of.
ReplyDeleteWent to school for project management and my parents (under the influence from my grandfather) wanted me to teach. I stuck to my guns and have been working in the field ever since.
ReplyDeleteOn a smaller scale, most of my family and ex girlfriends don't understand why I like wrestling.
As an Army brat I can say it's great when you're in until you retire.
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly is project management?
ReplyDeleteThats EXACTLY what I was thinking watching it. How could you pitch this to investors, studio heads, producers etc with a straight face?
ReplyDeletePaid for that hooker in Luxembourg
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I make sure that material on a job gets fabricated and shipped on time.
ReplyDeleteThe last date I went on before meeting my current girlfriend was to see the first Twilight movie at her request. She apologized to me afterward.
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