Paging Dr. Rosenrosen
Thursday, July 16th, 2009A month or so ago, we were driving through the LSU campus, and there were two university club teams playing that fake sport from Harry Potter with the broomsticks. I only saw what I could glimpse as I passed from a moving car, but they definitely had a few spectators and two teams running around on their sticks.
Nerds.
I won’t be seeing the new Harry Potter movie this weekend. I read the first of the books and determined that they aren’t really my cup of tea. I think I would prefer the movies, but having seen none of them, I won’t be in line this weekend for the next.
Truth be told, I’m entering the phase of old manhood where I’d pretty much prefer rewatching movies that I’ve seen a hundred times than going to the theater. Mrs. theskinnyonbenny is leaving town this weekend, and I’m so looking forward to putting Vanya to bed, turning out the lights, getting butt naked, opening a pint of ice cream, and watching Fletch on the couch late at night. I’m almost giddy at the thought.
Streaming movies of your choice on demand should be a technology that’s farther along than it is. Netflix offers what I’m looking for, but their selection of movies that are available for streaming is frustratingly poor. Amazon has more movies, but you have to pay per stream, and then you only have 24 hours to watch once you’ve started the movie. A couple of months ago, I had to race through Casino Royale to get to the closing credits before my 24 hour deadline expired.
The technology is there to set you up with an account where you pay a monthly fee and are allowed to watch whatever you want, as much as you want. And everyone would sign up for such a service. I’m even willing to wait until after the DVD run and after the HBO/Starz exclusive run to have them show up. But after that, every movie ever made should be there. The money the studios bank from this would certainly outweigh the fee they get from USA Network to show an edited, bleeped version.
July 16th, 2009 at 10:16 am
are you sure they weren’t playing LaCrosse
July 16th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Shelly is awesome. I hope they WERE playing LaCrosse and you called them nerds instead of what they really are, which is “Rich.”
I would buy in to that technology, too. And I HAVE read all of the HP books and thought they were good, and I have seen all of the movies, but I usually wait for them to be on HBO.
July 16th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
I think I’m missing the inferred definition of “Rich”. Is that slang for a total tool or do rich kids do this for kicks.
By the way, I know that you are a split-tale, but it is kinda creepy that you read and watch Hairy Twatter.. I mean Harry Potter. Please tell me that you don’t allow or otherwise encourage my padnuh Sam to get into that crap. Now that I think about it, I shall send him my well worn DVD of Hairy Twatter so that he may begin the filthy journey into all that is manhood.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
They were indeed playing Quiddich (sp?) according to the shoe polish spirit chants written on the cars from Texas A&M.
That’s right, College Station has a traveling Quiddich team.
And they were not in an actual sports field, or even the parade grounds. They were on a grassy knoll by the ag center.
Nerds
July 17th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Holy crap! I had no idea what she was talking about so I googled “quiddich” and this is what I found: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Quiddich .Hillarious!
Then I found this steaming pile of shit and was floored by the fact that there really are poeple that are THAT GAY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jew6EyNvBfI
Can someone please tell me what the eff a “muggle sport” is?
July 17th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Oh dear God, Jesus and Baby Jesus!
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/quidditch/quidditch.html
July 17th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
They were indeed playing Quiddich. I actually know a couple of people who are weird enough to play. Sorry Shelly… BUT for LSU’s sake, this Harry Potter sport has taken over several colleges, not just here! lol
July 28th, 2009 at 11:06 am
WARNING< WHAT FOLLOWS IS AN OLD GUY RANT< THE PERSON ISSUING IT IS UNFAMILIAR WITH TWITTERING, FACEBOOK AND ALL YOUR FANCYPANTS GIZMOS< HE IS SUSPICIOUS OF TEENAGERS AND ENJOYS MOWING THE LAWN<
What the hell!?! Since when has pretending to play some imaginary game from some damn kid movie replaced puking, vandalism, and drunken sex as acceptable college behavior? Don’t get me wrong, in my day we had nerds, geeks, propellerheads… whatever you want to call ‘em. Hell, I may have even been accused of being one myself. But I sure as shit knew better than to sit exposed in the great outdoors with my Battlestar Galactica luchbox whilst reading Xmen comics in my homemade suit of armor. Damn, we need to reinstate the draft and nip this crap in the bud while there is still time (but who the hell knows, there’s probably an Army “quidditch” team in the works. I’m sure the Navy’s got one already.)