looking forward to something

it's thursday...and therefore time for the official rundown of what beer cannes supports doing with your free time over the next week.

kicking off the list is the opening of stepbrothers, the new will ferrell, john c. reilly joint(not directed by spike lee) will ferrell is one of the rare actors that always manages to drag me to the screen. i've seen all his "dumb" comedies in the theater(not stranger than fiction, which sucks) and stepbrothers will be no exception as it looks quite a bit better than semi pro, which despite being dogged out by just about everybody, actually went down smooth with this watcher.

and then there is saturday. personally i have been waiting for a while for saturday as it is the day i take my burgeoning love of nascar to the next level by attending my first race. the nationwide series race at o'reilly raceway park is going to be huge and i am expecting big big things from my man clint bowyer is currently leading the series but is only 200 points up on that cool dude/cheater carl edwards. i will be rooting big time for clint and i hope that all the bc faithful will keep their fingers crossed as well as clint rocks the wild mile at orp.

another thing that is getting me hyped is the fact that the landmark megaplex...urm...arts theater is opening two films that are actually in limited release as opposed to the recent run of blockbusters it had been booking. and while i personally don't care about hunter thompson(outside of the ben fong torres joke in almost famous) or about chinese orphans, i am happy that these films are being booked as i think it is a step in the right direction to getting the art film train back on the tracks.

but sadly, all this hype pales in comparison to the image i just saw flash across the screen on one of those celebrity trash shows. today, a man chose not to sport his trademark daisy dukes, and while speking to congress about an initiative to incorporate physichal fitness more fully into the lives of (fat) american children, friend of beer cannes richard simmons wore a power suit. and i knew immediately that that is the best shit i am going to see all week. i will post a picture as soon as i can find one, but i urge you to see this for yourselves.

happy viewing.