With A Passion

“He’s got a counter top of eggs that never did hatch
So he calls ‘em chickens for the shits and the laughs”
- notebook scrawl from this afternoon

Does anybody know how to un-caffeinate, aside from water?

Further, on the Iron Man tip, SEE IT ALREADY. I can’t get into much detail, because the endings are really what seal the deal for me on this movie giving the Comic Book Franchise movie industry way more life than I thought it had left; but you really need to see it.

Follow That Horse

I’ve looked around town and the news is that the weather will be shit tomorrow (Sunday, April 20), if it is, I have a great suggestion on how to spend the day: see “The First Saturday In May,” a pretty damn good documentary about the culture of horse racing, which culminates on the first Saturday in May at the Kentucky Derby. See it Sunday for it to stay alive in the indie theaters. Here’s a link to see where it’s playing near you.

It’s told quite close in connection to the lives of the trainers, the owners, the grooms, the jockeys, all of their kids, and of course, the horses themselves.

I know you might be saying “A Horse Racing Documentary, Henry? Are you high?” I’m kind of tipsy, but that’s not even connected. I wasn’t sure of what I was going to see going in as I knew nothing, really. I once rode a horse when I was at Bard, during Spring Fling, shouts to the Bard Equestrian Club. But this novice came out a fan of the sport. Now that I can follow UFC (and a lot of others are as well), I think it’s safe to agree with the film’s director that this is the best sport you’re not watching.

Thanks to Ben of FeinDining for getting me and Jared to see the movie.

So Lil Wayne is “unique.” Even Sasha Frere-Jones already knew that. But … ^^this^^? Thoughts?

Is this what he’s meant all along when he’s said Weezey F. Baby?

Does he love to photoshop Emmanuel Lewis’ baby photos?

Seriously, Wayne, if this is what you want, then do it.

But, Wayne, if you’re reading this (and I know you’re not) put down the syrup. This is not the album cover of a man who sticks to normal drugs, you know, like weed. Did you just wake up and think today was April Fool’s Day or something?

Honestly, I’m pretty sure the point of this is that Wayne wants to prove that he can sell a billion and a half records even if they all have the single silliest cover in at least a decade.

I’m working on a post about technology, and to preface it, I’d like to thank my RSS reader for finding this for me right before I’m going to go to bed, guaranteeing me at least one nightmare, two if Chucky is involved. C3, You, Carter 3, sometime soon.

LINKS: Amazon Item Listing

Stuff White People Like might be the most beloved website of the moment in the buzzings of you and your friends. Or maybe it was a couple weeks ago when you found it. With even Mr. I Rarely Link, Sasha Frere-Jones, giving them the sausage (links), and at one point, he’s since edited the post, saying that this is a sign that the internet is complete. I wanted to put another discussion question out there, what do you all think of SWPL? Too easy? Not harsh enough on Whitey?

The editor of this blog is a couple shades more tan than white White but not Larry Bird White, is more partial to rap than to indie rock, loves The Wire and hates reality television shows based around smarmy white kids, agrees with a little under half of what the aformentioned blog has to say, and works in a mostly white office.

Also, not sure if White People in general like The Boondocks, but I do, so here’s NahRight showing two of the “unreleased episodes.” First and second episodes.

And in things that mock white people of power news: http://areyouinsignificant.blogspot.com/

See the look on his face? I’ve been somewhat similar over the last 12 hours. Oh, and he’s going all Album 2.0 on us.

New Cube, Same As The Last.

That was me today. A big day. We broke 300 hits at HenryCasey.WordPress.Com, but a lot of bad things happened, too.

Hope all is well in your lives. Mine is better than I’m letting on at the moment. I just don’t feel like it.

Lovely Play On Words, Lost.

If you hadn’t believed that Lost had gotten it’s mojo back after last week’s “The Constant,” I’m pretty sure that this week’s episode should have gotten you. Unless you’re a hater.

Spoilers abundant about this episode in question, but you should know that from the title.

I have to say that Jack saying “He knows where to find me,” and then kissing fellow doc Juliet Burke was not just a turning point for his likability, but one of my favorite moments of this season so far. The former thought has to come with an asterisk, though, which would be if we do not know all there is to know about Juliet, and there’s some evil twist lurking in the shadow of the smoke monster. This was only the second episode focusing on the fertility specialist, so who knows what we’re to find out about her in the future. Part of me hopes that there’s nothing more to learn.

Her affair with Goodwin was not what I’d say I saw coming (maybe because I’m not that up on Goodwin’s history known thus far), but Ben’s thoughts regarding Juliet were absolutely brilliant to watch. “You’re mine,” became one of the signature moments of Ben Linus, as we’ve never seen him emote on that level of desperation and downright devilishness. It makes Juliet as empathetic as Sun (note to self: note the similarities in their backstories, re-watch the scene where they go to check on Sun’s pregnancy, and figure out how long they’ve planned Juliet’s backstory), who might be the most well developed and well liked of the Oceanic 815 survivors. Am I saying Kate is disliked? I thought that was a given at this point. Counterpoints?

Finally, the Red Sox tape was thankfully taped over. Really thankfully. If I had to see that again, I’d support the writer’s going back on strike. So we saw Charles Widmore, and we wondered, or at least I did, does he care more about the island than Des and Penny? I’ve got a feeling he’s got more to him than we’re going to know until season five. Also, if we trust Ben’s words to Locke, then Widmore is employing Abbadon, which could make Widmore the Off-Island Big Bad, which would kind of disappoint me. With The Wire ending on Sunday, I’m hoping we see as much of Lance Reddick on Lost as possible, and he survives past the end of this season.

Then again, nobody’s truly gone as we saw tonight when M. C. Gainey reprised the role of Tom (Mr. Friendly), I’m pretty sure we’ve got a lot more to see from him. Also to be seen again, I’m guessing, (this is only theory, not “spoiler” material) is Michael, played by Harrold Perrineau, who I’m guessing is Ben’s “man on the boat.” That’s just a guess, and next week, it seems as if we’ll find that out as well as who the other two members of America’s Favorite Lying Survivors, the Oceanic Six, are.