Crazy Month: Office, VPILF, Fantasy and, oh yeah, Love

This has been a crazy month.
The gallon challenge video has been put on hold indefinitely but there will be photos posted here before too long.
Third, my fantasy football team (1-1) is terrible and I'm losing interest fast. Of course if I'm 5-2 through 7 weeks my tune will change. Oddly, I have arguably the best running back in the game and I'm still disappointed. Go figure.
I have decided to watch all of the Marx Brothers movies in chronological order (I own 12 of the 13) and this was a fantastic decision. As I shared a few posts back, the Marx Brothers, particularly Groucho, are unbelivably brilliant and hilarious.
The Red Sox are probably, knock on wood, going to the playoffs. We have a 6 1/2 game lead in the wild card and are only a 1 1/2 games out of the division lead. We were tied for the division lead the other day before losing twice. I really, really, really hope we win the division. In other news, the Yankees' elimination number is 3, meaning they're almost gone.
I just finished up my DVDs of The Office Season 4, which is wonderful, and the new season is less than a week away. I'll probably be blogging on that when it gets rolling. I bought a book called "The Office And Philosophy" by the people who do the "Pop Culture and Philosophy" series which I enjoy. It's basically a collection of philosophical essays with an Office touch. I'm dying to tear into it but I spend way too much time online working on mix CDs and talking to Patricia.
Sarah Palin: VPILF. It's nice to be able to vote with my junk. It was the only decision in life I wasn't already making with my junk.
So yeah, there will be a lot more to talk about now. I won't have such a hiatus again, I hope. Post some comments, fools, and feel free to ask questions or make suggestions for lists. I never get list suggestions. I'm thinking about posting mix CD tracklists. Hmm.

A Child Of Five Would Understand This. Someone Fetch A Child Of Five.

Well, I did it. I attempted the Gallon Challenge. It was an interesting experience. Of course I did not succeed in the typical sense. I did exceed some expectations. I took down a ton of milk. I didn't instantly throw up (I had to force myself to throw up). Theres are a lot of glorious details to come when we finish editing the video. Right near the end I was disappointed in my performance then I took down a huge glass of milk and it didn't make vomit (as time expired). I couldve handled a little more before my body started its evacuation plan. A few things to whet your appetite: the video won't be too gross (we didn't record most of the grosser parts, but believe me you'll get the idea), the video will be pretty funny, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and could possibly be talked into trying it again. Get excited. No, I don't currently know exactly when it'll be posted.
In other news, after attempting the gallon challenge, we went to see Pineapple Express. This movie was very, very interesting. While walking out of the theater I called it "the best bad movie I've ever seen" and I stand by this statement. It was completely and utterly hilarious. The script was fantastic and there weren't any gaping plot holes. The direction and/or editing were beyond bad, though. I feel like the movie was supposed to exist in a different world than it did. The director went through great lengths to show the world in which these events took place was our own and then constantly had things happen that defied logic. If we're playing by the rules of our world, you can't have events that would make a normal person scratch their head in disbelief passed along as no big deal. This happened the entire movie, whether it was Seth Rogan's relationship with the high school chick, the high school chick's parents' weird attitudes about everything that happens, or everyone in the entire movie never questioning the legality of having weed (including the non-corrupt cops), crazy things happen throughout the entire movie and not too many people acknowledge these things are crazy. Also, the casting director clearly had a better sense of humor than the director. Rosie Perez? Seriously? It would be funny to put Rosie Perez in a movie like this if they wanted to make it funny, but they just had her playing it straight and it took away from things for me. She was awful, as was just about everyone except the two stars. So, in lieu of a solid movie, we have the jokes. The jokes do not disappoint. They pour them on at a great pace that doesn't really let up no matter what bizarre event is going on. This is why everyone and their mother will tell you to go see this movie. It's completely hilarious and most of the jokes are original. Maybe the audience enjoyed the stupid action/falls humor more than the clever humor, but the movie didn't lack in the clever department. All in all, I wasn't disappointed I went to see it. I didn't leave the theater all moist like my friends did, but I'd still recommend it.
It will probably end up being the best movie on the year I wouldn't buy. But who knows, maybe I'll be talked into it. It's certainly a good conversation-piece movie. Oh, and if you like Simon Pegg movies, I recommend this one for you especially.
Updated list of 2008 movies:

12. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
11. Charlie Bartlett
10. Definitely, Maybe
9. Incredible Hulk, The
8. Semi-Pro
7. Horton Hears A Who
6. Pineapple Express
5. Get Smart
4. Iron Man
3. My Blueberry Nights
2. Dark Knight, The
1. WALL-E

I Have A Mind To Join A Club And Beat You Over The Head With It

It should be a crazy busy day today. At work alone I have the following things to do:

• At least one interview for the Fulton paper
• Transcribe quotes for the Douglas and Fulton papers
• Call all four coaches in Douglas to finish up my football preview stories
• Transcribe the quotes from these conversations
• Write the football preview stories (4)
• Write features on one player from each team per aforementioned transcribed quotes (4)
• Write a blog entry for our new website
• Possibly write stories for Fulton
• Collapse

Tonight should be fun. It could be GALLON CHALLENGE day. It hasn't officially been decided that it's today, but personally I don't care anymore, haha, I'm not even going to prepare myself all that much except I'll probably avoid eating foods that will be grosser coming up than going down.

My Red Sox are close to getting Brian Giles for injury insurance. It's nice. It's also nice to see Jason Bay doing well while Manny could face a lifetime ban from baseball if they find out he mailed it in (see: collusion). Jason Bay getting love from his teammates makes me very, very happy.
I'm still unpacking at the new apartment. It's been extremely time consuming and tedious. Everything got jumbled by being in 2 different places and putting it all back together in nice new order is exhausting. I've been sorting through records, DVDs, books, magazines, newspapers and tons of random trinket-y things I've amassed over the years. The living room (home of the records, DVDs and lots of cool posters) looks great now. It took a long time but it finally came together. Now I'm working on my room. I have tons of shelf space which is something I've wanted for awhile. I think it's going to look chaotic, even when it's finished, but at this point the volume of crap I have makes it impossible for me to have a simple, sleek looking room.

Since the week's almost over and I haven't done one yet, here's the list of the week. This week it's "best looking female celebrities." They are in alphabetical order. I love them all (especially when no one's around).

• Ingrid Bergman
• Kate Bosworth
• Tina Fey
• Anne Hathaway
• Audrey Hepburn
• Norah Jones
• Grace Kelly
• Keira Knightley
• Rachel McAdams
• Dagmar Midcap
• Joanna Newsom
• Natalie Portman

25 Favorite (Critically Acclaimed) Movies Of All Time

It's list of the week time, and here we have my 25 favorite movies of all time. I made this list as the Paul version of a film critic's list. In reality The Sandlot and Undercover Brother make my list, but this list is a little more official. There are definitely movies on this list that wouldn't be on others' lists, but they all have a certain degree of social significance greater than a baseball movie about a pwning some kids all summer over an autographed baseball, etc. Anyways, the order is alphabetical and this list took a very, very long time to compile. Thoughts and comments welcomed. Feel free to bitch about movies being left out, etc.

• Adventures Of Robin Hood, The
• American Beauty
• Brazil
• Breathless
• Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The
• Casablanca
• Charade
• Citizen Kane
• Double Indemnity
• Duck Soup
• For A Few Dollars More
• Godfather, The (and The Godfather II)
• Kind Hearts And Coronets
• M
• Metropolis
• Modern Times
• Monty Python's Life Of Brian
• Night Of The Hunter
• Nights Of Cabiria
• Notorious
• Raging Bull
• Third Man, The
• Two-Lane Blacktop
• Virgin Spring, The
• Yellow Submarine

In other news, the Gallon Challenge has been pushed back one week due to poor attendance and difficulty of finding a venue to do it. It turns out you can't have someone vomitting all over your living room. Who knew? The good news is we are having an open invitation to anyone who wants to come and because of the change we might get a few more people than we would've gotten tomorrow. Oddly enough, I was the only one pushing for it to be this Friday. Everyone else voted for it to be pushed back. Oh, well.

Last but not least, check out this hilarious site one of my coworkers sent me. Its authentic look makes it even better.

Announcing: The Gallon Challenge

Finally, a post worth a damn.

On Friday, August 1st, 2008 after years, yes YEARS of speculation and broken promises, I, Paul Rehm, will be attemting the gallon challenge. I have chosen Tyler Stinson as the event's administrator and commissioner. He will also be video taping it for your pleasure and the results will be posted here and here alone.

If you're not familiar, the gallon challenge is where one idiot takes a gallon of milk and consumes it in whole in one hour's time. After the final sip, the person has to last one extra hour without vomiting. If they vomit at any point, they fail. When I don't vomit, I will succeed and eternal glory will be thrust upon me. Supposedly it's almost impossible to do. I couldn't care less.

As for my particular endeavor, I will drink 1% milk. I will also have NesQuik powders around should I feel the need to mix it up a bit. On a sidenote, I have already chosen the song that will play in the background of the video. Don't judge me.

If you would like to attend this event in person, let me know and I'll see what I can do. It will be held somewhere in Atlanta on the aforementioned date and it will be spectacular. Eternal glory thrust away.