Cracked Ah-nuld!
So I am pissed because Pumping iron was sent to me via Blockbuster’s new mail-movie service and it was cracked…So I couldn’t watch it. I am having it re-sent to me because this film is not to be missed by true fans of Ah-nuld. I am second in command when it comes to the love of this crazy Austrian Brute…Tom is my superior.

I love the smell of oranges being peeled…and tangerines…basically I love the general smell of Citrus

The Obligatory Encore
This is a phenomenon that is not new, after a concert the audience stands and claps, and after about 40 seconds the band, who has been standing right off stage in the dark comes back as though they were convinced to return. I have been to concerts where the audience has given a half-assed attempt at applause and the band still comes out. I felt as though we as an audience didn’t deserve it. I still feel like a dork for clapping before an encore as if my applause has anything to do with the outcome. The image of the all-powerful band or artist just standing a fe feet off stage in the dark looking at his watch waiting for just the right amount of time to pass before it is ok to come back out is a little wierd. I guess these fake encores really eliminate or cheapen a genuine encore. How do we let artists know that we really thought they were great and that we as an audience need more music when even the crappiest artists and crappiest concerts get encore applause. The major problem here is that without this obligatory encore, we as an audience feel cheated, as though a God-given right has been denied to us. I am pushing for a movement to stop this rediculous display that both we as an audience and the artists participate in. I am saying if the concert didn’t kick butt, dont clap for 10 minutes after the show. and I am saying to the artists, if the applause isn’t as loud as all get-out don’t come back. If you can’t hear the cheers in the green room, then you don’t have to come out. If the people won’t go home until security pushes them out and the only way to calm them down is with more music…then YES DO THE ENCORE! but let’s not kid ourselves…don’t wait in the wings staring at your watches, and let’s not clap if we don’t care if we get more…End the obligatory encore.