Almost Famous

First off casting director Gail Levin deserves a cookie. Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs? Genius! I want to see a movie just with guys with three names now. But back to this movie. I have no idea how accurate this is to young Crowe. I mean was he a kid genius? Don't know. I do know that Patrick Fugit adds a sincerity and earnestness that brings the role to life. And Crudup and Lee manage to make a pair of self-centered musicians likeable. Also the rooftop scene was pretty awesome. Plus have I mentioned Hoffman? I want to see a Lester Bangs biopic just with him...

Benoit and wrestling

I've been looking back over some of the things I've written about wrestling. And seeing how often my "fantasy booking" involved Benoit. About how one of my favorite things to hear from Taz as an announcer was "Wolverines gonna fly!" That my favorite three recent title wins were (in order) Rey Mysterio Jr, Benoit and Eddie. How much my dislike of MVP came from the fact that Benoit had to put over another guy, rather than getting a push he deserved. The goofy feud with Orlando Jordan, where Benoit kept making him tap out in ridiculously short amounts of time. And now its all tainted. Because this performer. This guy. A wrestler's wrestler. He did something monstrous. Just fucking monstrous. And thinking about wrestling and its all I can think about...

I'm thinking of altering my interests, taking down any wrestling ones. Retiring this avatar. Because I can't seperate my love for this entertainment (even when I'm yelling at it for being fucking stupid) from this...

Fuck. Here, demiurgent puts this better than me...

Thursday Night Thinking

Helen remembers something...

Because Diamondrock demands thoughts