I know when most people here the phrase TGIF, they think the speaker is very happy that it’s the weekend has arrived. Not me. I am automatically taken back to about 18yrs ago, to the family friendly Friday night line-up Thank Goodness It’s Funny! I know, I was a loser (keep in mind I was like 8yrs old) but I still remember getting excited when the theme song to Full House started playing, followed by Step By Step. These 2 shows contained three of my biggest boyhood crushes: Stephanie Tanner, DJ Tanner, and Sam Lambert (in that order.) But, my favorite show in the whole reign of TGIF was Perfect Strangers. Balki always made me laugh and I remember every time I got my hands on an atlas, I tried to find his homeland, the island of Mypos.
Ok, sorry for the childhood flashback. That was not planned, but I decided to go with it. If you haven’t been able to tell by now, I don’t really have an overall theme for today’s post. It’s going to be a hodgepodge, but it’s Friday night and the mood is right, gonna have some fun, show you how it's done, TGIF! (The TGIF theme for those who did not waste their Friday nights on the couch like me.)
First, I’d like to apologize for the very similar back-to-back posts about the beginning rumblings between my new nemesis and me. I had planned on doing the posts one right after the other, but I should have warned you on Wednesday that it was gong to be somewhat of a 2-episode mini-series. I hope I didn’t bore you with the repetition, but even still, I’m guessing we haven’t heard the last of Boss Hornet.
Speaking of nemesis, have you seen this yet? It cracked me up.
I’m pretty sure anyone reading my blog, probably reads LB’s too and she has already made this announcement. We have begun the path to financial freedom riding shotgun with Dave Ramsey. We have a budget already in place, but neither one of us are very detail oriented, so it’s easy to stray every once and a while. It’s really going to help having someone give us step-by-step instructions to building enough wealth to purchase our own television station. I promise you would love it. So, if you want to see the inception of a television channel that rocks like no other and includes the hilariousness of Balki Bartokomous, the awesomeness of Bear Grylls, but with the daintiness of the Gilmore Girls, you should send us money to go towards Baby Step 1 – a $1000 emergency fund. All donations are welcome, small or large, and whatever you give, I will personally match dollar for dollar.
To celebrate us embarking on our path to filthy stinking richness, I’m going to see the new Batman movie this weekend. Dave Ramsey would be proud, I’m going to see it for free. A while back, I bought the first move in the current series for $10 at Wal-Mart and it came with a free voucher to see the second one. So, I’ll be headed into the theater with millions of other fellow American’s this weekend watching Heath Ledger’s last performance. I am pretty excited about catching a movie, especially one of this magnitude, on opening weekend. I usually wait about a month after a movie has come out and leave work early to catch a matinee. For the most part, I’m the only one in the theater when I go to see a move. I’m looking forward to reacting with the crowd for a change.
A few guys from church are planning on getting together Saturday for a little male bonding. The UFC is having an event, so we thought it would be good to get together for some Christian fellowship, eat some pizza, and watch guys superman punch each other in the throats. Good times. Thinking back, the last time I got together with the guys from church it was for a UFC fight night. I’m starting to notice a trend here, but then, even Tyler Durden needs Jesus. The first rule of South Point PCA is you don’t talk about South Point PCA.
Ok, I guess that wraps things up for today. Everyone have a good weekend. If you catch The Dark Night this weekend, let me know what you thought. TGIF.
T.G.I.F
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Up until about fifth grade, I lived for TGIF. My friends and I would get together, maybe order pizza, and watch TGIF. However, Boy Meets World is what immediately comes to mind, and I don't even remember the one you say is your favorite.
I also saw the Dark Knight. While I loved Batman Begins, the second one was just way too dark for me. Heath Ledger was amazing, but almost too good. Probably knowing what went on to happen with him had an affect on my reaction to the movie. Sorry to be a downer, but maybe you can handle it better than me and enjoy it, because it was very well made and had very good acting.
I think Perfect Strangers ended their run around '92, so I think you may have just missed them.
As far as the Dark Knight, I can totally see what you are talking about by saying it was too dark. It was very grim. I really enjoyed it though. I think it may be up there as one of the best sequels I have ever seen. Don’t get me wrong when I say I enjoyed it, it was a very depressing movie. Depressing on just about every level imaginable, going past the realm of the movie and being reminded about Heath Ledger. But, like you said it was very well put together, great plot, great acting, and just great all around. It actually lived up to the hype, especially Ledger. He nailed it.
I’ve said this to a few people that have asked me what I thought about the movie, I am glad that Christian Bale is resurrecting what Val Kilmer and George Clooney destroyed. The first Batman with Keaton and Nicholson was good, but they progressively went downhill from there. I might consider this one the best movie based on a comic book hero that I have ever seen. It’s definitely the best comic book movie series. I hope they come out with a third one (and a fourth and fifth…)
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