Once upon a time, Kyle, Sarah and myself (more the first two) started a little site called Cinecrap. It was a place to celebrate the actual filth of film and those movies that are so bad that they're actually good.

The doors have reopened and hopefully we'll all find time to write. I started the party with a little New York Minute action.

Nice.

I'm interviewing The Killers tomorrow night before they play a sold out show at the famous house of rock, the Troubadour.

What are you going to be doing?

More O.C. interviews on Yahoo! This time is Alan Dale.

I've been recently accused of abusing my cameraphone and no longer posting anything of substance.

This is my defense.

I bitch about everything, big and small. Of all people, Connie knows how painfully true this is. Very rarely am I able to go even ten minutes without complaining about how some idiot did this or about how something insignificant in the grand scheme of life is getting under my skin (this is directly related to the reason why I hate Seinfeld, but that's for another day).

Now, I used to write long posts about how the world was basically falling apart because I wasn't in charge, and then they just turned into smaller posts. I mean, read last month's archives, 90% of the posts complain about something.

So I see it like this. The cameraphone pics are a sign that I'm currently not complaining about anything that this sad world is dishing out. I'm currently in a state of Zen and sharing bits and pieces of my clouded condition via photos.

There. Now shut your mouth.

P.S. - It's not my fault you chose the crappy phone.

Part Buckle, part usless technology. EXTREME SEGWAY!

She looks dead, but she's actually sleeping...again.

I'm on Yahoo! TV!

Click "Exclusive Interview" when you get there.

There's a little asterisk next to the Garfield title that notes, "Rounded up to the nearest ten million."

Dear Kyle,

This picture you took today is SO four months ago.

Sincerely,

- This Guy

So I finally got around to publishing my own iTunes mix. I think it's pretty good and sums up what I listen to.

Enjoy.

More images at Alison's.

More images at Alison's.

WHO: Jamie Lee Curtis
LOCATION: Intersection of Santa Monica and Brockton
CELEB GRADE: F+

While turning out onto Santa Monica, I saw JLC turning north on Brockton in her Mercedes. What's JLC doing in my hood? I'm sure Sarah would have wanted to have this moment...

Previous Celeb Sightings: Luke Perry, The Hilfigers

I went to the DMV this morning to get my Cali driver's license. Let's go over the quick summary:

LOW POINT: When I walked up to take my written exam, this kid was there with his dad. The kid proceeded to miss eleven questions (you're allowed to miss six) and he was dumbfounded because he said he studied. This in turn pushed my anxiety level through the roof because I didn't study. I ended up missing six, it didn't help that I left one blank.

HIGH POINT: Discussing the brest region of the 23 year-old DMV employee while she entered my information. "I'm only 23, and my doctor says they're going to keep growing. I'm probably going to need a reduction!" I didn't know how to respond to that except giggle and smile. Teeheehee!

Elliot Rose Carter was born Tuesday morning. She has ten fingers and ten toes. And she already wants to wail like her daddy.

In just over a week, I'll be turning the big twenty six. If you're still thinking about what you wanted to give me for my birthday, I've made a list of practical and inexpensive ideas.

• The Cubs to win the World Series
  
• To be 25 forever
  
• A REAL White Castle in Los Angeles
  
• BMW 645Ci Convertible
  
• A great script idea
  
• A home in Malibu
  
• 20GB iPod
  
• My Trans-Am tattoo to become more than a dream
  
• Sony 61" XBR® Plasma WEGA™ High Definition Television
  
• A speaking role on The O.C.
  
• Canon EOS-1Ds Digital camera

I'll be adding to this list and scratching off what I know people have bought me. I'm pretty sure my parents have already sent that BMW in the mail...

...with the loudest helicopters EVER. I love you LAPD! Especially at 3:15am when I'm one of the nosiest people ever! Hey, you know what would be sweet? Come land on my roof! That would be 2kewl! Or maybe you could just send a couple of beat cops to stand outside my window and bang some pots together, because that's equally as effective and doesn't cost me as much.

WHO: Luke Perry
LOCATION: Front doors of my office building.
CELEB GRADE: B

I was walking out to lunch and pressing through the front doors when I was confronted by Mr. Perry. I gave him a smile, held the door and went on about my day. Just me and Dylan in a vestibule. Sweet.

Previous Celeb Sighting: The Hilfigers

DAVE: So I'm thinking Sea Change is in my top five best ever.
KYLE: Oh yeah?
KYLE: I like it a lot, not sure I'd go that far.
KYLE: It's def great though
DAVE: Every time I listen, I'm completely blown away and entranced.
KYLE: Nice
KYLE: That's how I am with Wiggly Safari.

I had one CD in my car's CD player this weekend. Can you name it?

Connie, you are not allowed to answer.

When I first saw the trailer for Garden State, I didn't know what the film was about but I wanted to see it. I've been a snobbish sucker for small films with Sundance accreditations for quite sometime. I'll admit it. Garden State would turn out to be a film that fit me like a new sock.

Being that it was written by, directed by, and starred Zach Braff of NBC's Scrubs fame, also made me curious. I wanted to see how a guy who I only knew from a TV sitcom would show his other sides. Braff did a great job wearing all three hats.

The overall story is pretty obvious and I think the simplicity in the writing is actually one of the films strengths. Braff lays his characters and plot out there and doesn't do anything to distract you from them. Braff's character, Andrew Largeman (or "Large") is a 26 year-old, struggling actor (whose only fame is playing a retarded quaterback on TV) who left his small town nine years ago and has returned because his mother died. The character arch is laid out in front of us and we can't get mad about it because Braff does a great job of getting us to love Large as well as everyone else around him.

I had long lost faith in Natalie Portman. She made my Top 5 Hottie list a while back, but really hadn't been a thought since. Somewhere between any number of movies she did with the word "where" (see here and here) at the beginning, and the acting train wrecks that are the Star Wars prequels, I had just filed her away under, "Smart Kid Just Acting To Pay The Bills." I fully expected Portman to play some semi-robot toned character in Garden State, but from the moment she appears on the screen, I was completely blown away. Portman does an incredible job playing Sam, a girl who doesn't so much see the world with fresh eyes, but help pull Largeman out from his protective house. At one point in the movie, Sam is spewing realizations about her relationship with Largeman, and I was so smitten by Portman's acting that I giggled like a little girl.

The side characters of Garden State are amazing too. From the grave-digging high school buddies Largeman hooks up with at his mother's funeral, to his emotionally detached father, to Sam's adopted African brother Titembay, every character holds a moment of amazing.

If you're okay with a story that doesn't try to hide anything from you, you won't be disappointed. Garden State is a great film all around.

...we also watched You Got Served. It didn't exceed my expectations. It was about as good as watching an orphanage burn down.