For some reason this morning I found myself thinking that it takes me the same amount of time to get to Ashburn as it does to get to Reston, so I headed out for my dentist appointment a half an hour before I needed to be there, which meant that I arrived about twenty minutes early.
To pass some of the time I stopped at the nearby Giant to get some cash out of the ATM. While I was there I stopped by the magazine rack to kill a little time.
I was pleased to discover that one of the bozos at the various men’s magazines – FHM, in this case – finally borrowed a brain and set up a photo shoot featuring Erica Durance, who plays Lois Lane on Smallville.
This is something that should have happened two years ago and should have been a no-brainer.
Ah well, better late than never, I guess. As I haven’t noticed anyone posting the scans online, I opted to pick up a copy for myself for scanning, and I’m sure you’ll see at least one of my renderings of her one of these days.
I would say without hesitation – and have done so on many occasions – that Durance (It’s pronounced “Duransee,” with a hard “e.” …okay, I can’t not say it: I’ve got a “hard e” for her.), is the best Lois Lane ever. It’s possible that Kate Bosworth will do a better job this summer, I suppose, but as I won’t be going to see that travesty of a movie, I guess I’ll never know.
(Speaking of LL, I am still thinking about the whole Ideal Queen of Perfection thing)
I was pleased to see that in addition to featuring her inside the magazine proper, Durance was included in the “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006” supplement at Number 38 (which is a full eight places ahead of Kristin Kreuk, who plays Lana Lang).
Considering that it was her first appearance on the list, I’d say that’s a respectable placement.
Once I got to the dentist I learned that the hygienist, an Iranian woman, is looking for a new therapist (her current therapist is a woman who is a size 0 who makes her feel that much more self-conscious about her struggles with her weight), Iranians celebrate the New Year, which on their calendar begins on the first day of Spring, for 13 days, and that I’ve been wearing my partials too much, as they make my gums, which, she said, are “usually beautiful,” red and swollen.
She’s a nice lady (I can’t help but like a woman who frequently calls me “my dear” and compliments me on my gums), but she’s extremely chatty.
From the dentist I went to McDonald’s for lunch, then hit Wal-Mart to pick up a new home phone, as the battery in the one I have now lasts less than a half an hour. I suppose I could have just gotten a new battery for it, but that seemed silly given that I only paid like nine bucks for the thing in the first place.
I’d grabbed it because it was 900 MHz and wouldn’t interfere with my router.
This time I decided to go with a 5.8 GHz phone, and further that I’d get one with dual handsets.
From there I went to the theater, where I was meeting Brian to see Slither.
Great movie. Extremely gory, but also extremely funny.
Imagine a Troma style movie made with a real budget, decent actors, and a good script (I do realize that the notion of a good Troma movie is a contradiction in terms), and you’ll have an idea of what the movie was like.
(Troma Studios co-founder Lloyd Kaufman actually has a cameo role in the movie, and in one scene a character is watching The Toxic Avenger on TV)
As I said, it’s gross, but if you can take the gore, and if you like to be made to squirm just as much as you like to be made to jump, go see this movie.
Elizabeth Banks, whom I’ve liked since I first saw her bringing Betty Brant to life in Spider-Man, was great, as was Nathan Fillion, whom I know was the lead in Firefly and Serenity, though I still haven’t gotten around to seeing them.
My one complaint about the movie is that Jenna Fischer of The Office was under-utilized, but the scenes she was in were very entertaining.
Oh yeah, I have one other complaint: no boobs.
No movie is perfect, I guess, but it wouldn’t have bothered me as much if it weren’t for the number of times there were almost boobs.
Ah well.
In any case, that will do it for now. I’m sure I’ll be back with more later, but if not, there’s always tomorrow.
2 comments:
Speaking of Kate Bosworth, here's an update on the travesty that will be Superman Whatever:
In the IMAX format theaters, viewers will be prompted to put on their 3D glasses for certain portions of the film. Here's E!Online's article.
ARGH! Could they make it any more lame?
Oh, and no boobings on Slither? Dang, that makes it so much closer to viewable for me. It is too bad that over-the-top gore still rates an R. Still, I feel for you with the lack of boobings.
Because there were so many scenes of almost boobs, I'm willing to bet that some nerd will manage to find some in frame-by-frame grabs of the DVD.
That nerd won't be me, though, simply because I'm too lazy to engage in the kind of meticulous frame-grabbing such an endeavor would require.
As for the "Superman Blows" article...*sigh*
That there will be "visual cues" letting you know that it's time to put on the glasses is possibly the cheesiest part.
One thing that I find interesting, though, is that Brandon Routh is actually younger than Tom Welling, just as Kate Bosworth is younger than Erica Durance.
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