Friday, February 09, 2007

this is how I feel sometimes...

I was going through my video collection and the disc for Office Space caught my eye. This movie was released back in 1999 and in my opinion, I have to say that it is one of my favorite movies of all time. Ben Livingston's character in the movie, Peter Gibbons, was the ultimate example of a "slacker" that made it straight to senior management. My hero! What a great work ethic he had. Take a look at this conversation with the waitress he's dating, Joanna (played by Jennifer Aniston):

Joanna: So, where do you work, Peter?
Peter Gibbons: Initech.
Joanna: In... yeah, what do you do there?
Peter Gibbons: I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch.
Joanna: What's that?
Peter Gibbons: Well see, they wrote all this bank software, and, uh, to save space, they used two digits for the date instead of four. So, like, 98 instead of 1998? Uh, so I go through these thousands of lines of code and, uh... it doesn't really matter. I uh, I don't like my job, and, uh, I don't think I'm gonna go anymore.
Joanna: You're just not gonna go?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Joanna: Won't you get fired?
Peter Gibbons: I don't know, but I really don't like it, and, uh, I'm not gonna go.
Joanna: So you're gonna quit?
Peter Gibbons: Nuh-uh. Not really. Uh... I'm just gonna stop going.
Joanna: When did you decide all that?
Peter Gibbons: About an hour ago.
Joanna: Oh, really? About an hour ago... so you're gonna get another job?
Peter Gibbons: I don't think I'd like another job.
Joanna: Well, what are you going to do about money and bills and...
Peter Gibbons: You know, I've never really liked paying bills. I don't think I'm gonna do that, either.
Joanna: Well, so what do you wanna do?
Peter Gibbons: I wanna take you out to dinner, and then I wanna go back to my apartment and watch 'Kung Fu'. Do you ever watch 'Kung Fu'?
Joanna: I love 'Kung Fu'.
Peter Gibbons: Channel 39.
Joanna: Totally.
Peter Gibbons: You should come over and watch 'Kung Fu' tonight.
Joanna: Ok. Ok. Can we order lunch first? Ok.

And the best scene from the movie has to be when the guys went about smashing the office machine....set to gangsta rap even!....priceless! Hmmm, where is that photocopier that always jams my paper....

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Funny Ads during Superbowl XLI

We all know that Superbowl commercials are just as entertaining (if not more entertaining) as the game itself. Two of my favorites this year are from Blockbuster and Bud Light. Now if only commercials from this part of the world would have the same humor quotient...

Bud Light's Rock Paper Scissors...


Blockbuster's Mouse...