Good Friday, to my Christian people. This is day when the Romans crucified Jesus, which is why Christians call it Good Friday. You know, like calling a bald guy "Curly" or a giant guy "Tiny." It's ironic fun.
That was today's religious lesson from a guy who's been to about eight Christian services in his lifetime.
One of those religious services was an Episcopalian Sunday in West-by-God Virginia, circa 1994. And my hosts to that service was a Republican family -- mom was running for Congress, while daughter (my college buddy) had been proudly flying the GOP flag on a sick-in-the-head campus that made Berkeley look like BYU. In some sense, I didn't blame this family for its Republicanism. In W.V., after all, the Democratic party is dominated by reformed KKKers, carpetbaggers, and corrupt mining barons. Hell, I'd be a Republican there.
But I raise this story, not just because the aforementioned college buddy has recently had the good taste to relocate to the Bay Area, but because she has decided to swallow the Bay experience whole and endorse Barack Obama, much to her own disbelief. Go, Rox, go.
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If you get BBC America, thou shalt Tivo the Season 2 premiere of That Mitchell & Webb Look tonight. America's best TV critic profiled the show this morning, and I couldn't agree more. It's the cleverest sketch program since Mr. Show.
Por ejemplo:
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While not as brilliant an observation as, say, AdamRiff's official font of shitty comedies, you gotta love the Hollywood protocol of listing actors' names in contractual order, no matter how the promos or posters are designed.
Por ejemplo:
Who knew Ellen Page could grow such an impressive mustache at her age?
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Speaking of Ellen Page, people keep asking me what I thought of Juno. Well, I haven't wanted to see it. Because I saw Hard Candy. When you're grinding up a guy's nuts in the garbage disposal one minute, you don't just leap to heart-warming hipster ha-has the next.
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The Assimilated Negro vs. Stuff White People Like
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And a happy Easter to everyone! This is the day when Christians commemorate Jesus coming back from the dead by... shit, something with a bunny and pink eggs and yellow marshmallows. I don't know. Hey, March Madness!
Dude, thanks for the shout-out! It's amazing that you escaped WV neither a Republican nor a Hari Krishna.
In any event, you wouldn't believe the heat I'm taking over my support for Obama, more from my Hillary-supporting parents than from my McCain (would be Romney) supporting in-laws and extended family. Clearly, California is where I belong instead of among these fools (wink)! Up to their challenge, I'll be doing a post this week about why, specifically, Obama should (and will) be our next President.
Now, I'm off to hide plastic eggs filled with jellybeans. Yo, Jesus is Risen, Alleluia!
Posted by: Rox | March 22, 2008 at 02:46 PM