high strung
when i was a kid, back in cochin, there was this video library which had the vaguest of films, stuff that had no chance in hell of ever becoming famous. and if they did, they’d be cult films. that’s how i got to see stuff like freaked, stay tuned, brain donors, jerky boys, and other arbit stuff…
and another one, high strung. i took it because the cover said “jim carrey in his funniest role ever.” that wasn’t quite the case, as carrey’s in the film for just a lttle over two minutes. but steve oedekerk made up for that quite well, thank you. it’s a movie about one pissed off guy’s life, and how he wishes he’d rather be dead. it’s 90 minutes of ranting and raving, a guy sitting at home and talking into the camera. not quite the movie for an impressionable 12 year old to see. i finally managed to get a copy of it (aye aye, bittorrent). fifteen years later, it’s still funny. and scarily, i see a bit of myself in him. (or is it the other way around?)
not the perfect movie for everyone, but if anyon’e interested in getting a copy of it, drop by. i’m not getting out of the house. now downloading: kung pow.
the true village people
came across this hilarious video… i even downloaded the mp3. it’s a cover of the village people’s ymca. but this one’s done by a nigerian scammer… the type that keeps sending you those “i’m in desperate need of money/i have a lot of hidden money/i’m dying/my father was kidnapped/i got hit by sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads… you know the drill.
so this particular moron sent out a whole lot of mails (with all the addresses in the to: field), and even sent one to president@whitehouse.gov. and someone decided to turn the tables on him… the full story here…
