Okay I signed up for Facebook again. Now everyone can stop asking me why am I not on Facebook. I already sold out and got a twitter so this isn't that big of a step down from my high horse. Be ready for me to be on Facebook as much as I am on Cheggit. With that out of the way let's talk about the things I have been building up for the past 3 weeks. I am so sorry I neglected you blog, but I needed some me time. Now that I am sick of myself I want to rant on 4 topics:
1) Fox News is the most brilliantly run network on television. There are websites created for the sole purpose of talking shit about it. There is another cable news station devoted to only talking about Fox News. It's easy to see why it is the number one cable "news" network. Way back after 9/11 Fox rightly (not a pun) put all of its eggs in the George W. Bush basket. It became THE network for the GOP. With conservatism and patriotism at an all time high Fox News was the network of the people. Bill O'Reilly started beating Larry King in the ratings and that Italian judge who was briefly on The People Court was on TV a lot for some reason. Even after patriotism died and everyone started to hate W. Fox stood behind him. When the Bush backlash led to the election of Barack Obama Fox News made the choice to become the official voice of the people. Fuck Obama became the new slogan. Liberals would have you believe that Fox has an agenda to in-doctrine the people agaianst Obama, but I see through this. Fox News really doesn't give a shit about being conservative. Its all about ratings. Fox is number one because mostly liberals watch it to scoff and guffaw. "Oh my Glenn Beck called Obama a racist! I'm gonna have to watch and see what bullshit he says tomorrow!" It's brilliant. Yes, there are people who drink the Fox Kool-Aid. By being so for one side of the aisle they can get both sides to watch it. The more insane the commentators at Fox get the more liberals will watch. It's the same reason I watch Heroes, I want to see how stupid it will get. Fox News will continue to get crazier and we will all continue to watch. This isn't news its fucking TV! You want news go read a newspaper. Kudos, Rupert.
2) I love TV. I love watching a great TV show more than watching a good movie (this topic will be covered in a later blog). It's the end of the decade and so a lot of "Best Of" lists are on the way. So here's my list: The best TV Drama of the decade is The Wire (and best ever ever) and the best comedy is The Soup. Yup, The Soup is the funniest show made this decade. People have been calling this the Golden Age of television due to fantastic shows like The Wire, The Sopranos, The Shield, Lost, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Big Love, and Deadwood to name a few. After watching one episode of the Soup you will see this is the furthest thing from the truth. Yes, there are some amazing TV shows right now, but there are 20 times as much crap. For every Lost there are twenty reality shows in prime time. From anything on E! that isn't The Soup to VH1. Television is only about ratings and shock value. This decade is has given us a grown woman taking a shit on the stairs and not being embarrassed. Some things should be left in John Waters films. Thank you Joel Mchale and the staff of The Soup for producing the funniest 30 minutes on TV every week and my choice for the funniest show of the decade. (Sorry Arrested Development...)
3) Microsoft got away with murder. I love video games. I would rather play a great video game than watch a good TV show. Last gaming generation (We are currently in the 7th gaming generation, Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Last generation was Playstation 3, Xbox, Gamecube and Dreamcast) I blogged about how much I hated my Xbox. The thing died on me after only a year and a half of me owning it. It was a piece of shit. This generation I bought an Xbox 360 only this time in died in less than a year. This generation Microsoft got away with the biggest crime I think you can ever commit in the gaming industry. They released a new console that was not ready for the market a mere 4 years after the Original Xbox came out. The Xbox 360 was a turd when first released. Everyone I know who had an early model had to send it in for repairs. There wasn't just one issue, there were multiple. Three Red Lights was like saying Voldomort's name aloud. In a rush to beat the competition to the market for this generation Microsoft fucked over everyone who took the risk and bought an Xbox 360 when it came out. The unwritten rule that had been established was that each video game generation would last 5 years. The release of the Xbox 360 started a new gaming generation while developers were still developing games for the then current generation. The move made sense for Microsoft because the Original Xbox had already lost its generation with no hope of winning. (Playstation 2, the most popular console of all time had won. It still outsells some of the new consoles. Shit, I bought two.) So they released the 360 thus killing the selling potential of the Original Xbox and making its two competitors upcoming games look dated. Everyone knows its the end of the cycle when the really good games come out. Developers have had 4-5 years working on games for the system. The 360 was a shitty console with pretty graphics and not many quality games and it was a must own because it was out first. They fucking got away with it and they may do it again. This generation Microsoft and Sony said the development cycle would be 10 years. Double the old days. As consoles get more sophisticated it makes since to let them generate money for a longer time. They spend a lot of money to develop them. This generation started November 22, 2004. We are about to start the 5th year of this generation and there have been rumors of a new Xbox. Please don't do this again Microsoft, give me 4 more years. While it started rough the 360 is now a great console with hardware quality to back it up. Xbox live is still the best and you charge me for that. Please no new console for a while. I'm fucking broke!
In other news....
I had another surgery on my left hand. I really wish I had never been in that car accident. The less I can use my left hand the more I think about things I won't be able to do with it. I'll never swing a bat properly again. I'll never play golf. I'll never be able to give myself the stranger. I'll never get to pretend I can play the guitar right-handed. It sucks. The only thing that I have that can comfort me is that I am still fucking amazing at Tekken. Instead of thinking about the bad shit I need to enjoy the things I enjoy more. (I enjoyed writing that) I needed a pep talk. Go Joe! With that said here's Picture of the Week...
Picture of the Week
Next week: TV PART TONIGHT!! TV PARTY TONIGHT!!!
