Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Parmistan 2007

Wow, I just watched Gymkata, and all I can say is...well, I can't really say anything. It's that amazing.

I was sorely disappointed at the special features on the DVD though. Just a trailer and the trailer for the straight-to-DVD The Dukes of Hazard: The Beginning?!?!? My main question remains unanswered: What is Parmistan like now 20 years after the Americans came with their missile defense station? Can you drive there now? Does the new generation, the 21s, rebel against their 20s parents who sold out after the revolution? Or have al-Qaeda inspired fundamentalists driven the infidels out of Parmistan? Do they still play The Game? After it was won for the first time in 900 years, did they feel it was getting too easy and make it more difficult? Is it now The Game presented by Pepsi?

It seems to me that with Parmistan's strategic location at the crossroads of our ever-changing world, competing in The Game presented by Pepsi is more important than ever. Sasha Baron Cohen should "re-imagine" Gymkata as a reality show in which the new Khan of Parmistan, in the style of Chairman Kaga, introduces us to his land and also hosts a special edition of The Game presented by Pepsi with Lance Armstrong, David Beckam, Ian Thorpe, Ronaldinho, Zinedine Zidane, Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Ichiro, Anna Kournikova, and German biathlete Kati Wilhelm all competing for their countries to win the right to send an oil pipeline through Parmistan.

Happy Valentine's Day

This year for Valentine's Day, I suggest checking out Maria Full of Grace to see just where that bouquet of flowers comes from.

And honestly folks, is the symbolism of giving something that's essentially dead already a good thing for a relationship? Sure, it's the prettiest part of the plant--usually the prettiest parts of a few different plants, I suppose--but I guess that's what we want for Valentine's Day. It's not about stems or leaves or roots, who wants anything like that?