who loves ya?

is it me? do i love ya? do i? is it you? do you love me? hard to say. you know what i do love though? throw backs.

not throwback jerseys.

not throwback shoes...though those should get their credit.

i love throwin it back to the way it was. all the way back to 1999-2000 when i was a freshman in college and at 11:23 every weeknight, Mo's door would get knocked on really fast and every time he thought UPD was there to finally bust him...but in reality, Mo was just really paranoid because me and brody were coming over to get ready for the 11:30 simpsons by hanging out in the bathroom...and by hanging out, i don't mean bonin in the bathroom (though a certain person did lose his v-card in a thurston bathroom...possibly flushed down the toilet? now don't be ignant) but i meaning hanging out like haaaaaaaaaaaaaaning out...ya know?

so brody and i decided to go to see the simpsons movie last night. in order to do it right though, i felt it only appropriate to haaaaaaaaaaang out for the first time in 1.5 years. i was happy to do it because it was for the right cause.

i stopped haaaaaning out over a year ago at first because i thought that i might be a good thing to have going for me in case i applied to new jobs. additionally, i would get really paranoid, so i felt it good to stop. it just wasn't fun anymore.

so me and otis get to haaaaning out and then we get our walk on to the movie. it likely couldn't have been more obvious. tell tale signs:

1. brody was wearing sunglasses i think are made for 80 year old women with cataracts to hide his eyes.
2. i bought the tickets at the self service place but was really confused why i had 1 piece of paper. i thought about ripping it in half, but it says "void if detached". so then i got confused....then i found 2 more pieces of paper in the machine and was really confused because that's an odd number and i still had no second ticket. then i looked again and there was the ticket.
3. we each got our own popcorn and went overboard with the butter.
4. i was laughing on the way up the stairs before any previews were even on.

anyway, it was dark and i was pretty comfortable and it was great to be at the movie. all in all, it was pretty entertaining. when i watch a tv episode of the simpsons, i traditionally have a smile on my face the entire time, even if i don't laugh. why?

real simple. the simpsons, for anyone from my "era" is not just a tv show. it's a friend. a communal friend that all of us have in common and that, while we may have lost touch with this good friend from the past, we hold a soft spot in our hearts for it. don't agree with me? i think you do. when the simpsons make a gesture like coming out with a movie after all this time, it's the equivalent of hearing from your one of your high school friends getting the entire crew back together...only in this case, the crew is anyone 14-48 years old.

so on to the movie. it's an hour and a half and it was the perfect length for it. some movies i like to be around 2 hours, but not this one. there are some laughs, there are a few dull moments, but it keeps to the soul of the simpsons. homer being homer, marge pretending not to notice until the breaking point, bart getting in trouble, lisa being a fucking hippie and the suspicions about otto coming true.

so it's funny because it is a movie and they actually go family guy from time to time with the "i can't believe they just did that" moment, only it wasn't something ridiculous. it's pretty funny because you are sitting there expecting the scene to cut away but then someone gets flicked off, etc.

i don't want to say too much more on the subject because i don't want to spoil the good parts. the previews don't take away the best parts of the movie because the spider pig song is really funny in the theatre too.

so, see the movie. it is what it is, but it's worth it to spend full price and definitely worth getting all fucked up to go and see it. i wish we had brownies though so that nothing wore off.

in other news, today is a sad day for me as a yankees fans. today the yankees traded away scott proctor. he was a relief pitcher who has been struggling of late. why? because he has worked more than any other relief pitcher in baseball for the last 2 years and his arm is about to fall out. i'm sad because this guy was a true warrior. i liked his attitude too. he had been on the big league club in 4 different seasons. 2 of those years, he was up late in the season and the last 2 he was a big part of their success. last year after the yankees won the division, he was quoted as saying that this one felt different because he played a role in bringing it home. it made me feel like he truly cared about being a baseball player and about being a yankee. it didn't see to be all about money because he doesn't make that much.

so thank you scott proctor for you effort, you work and your heart.

i value loyalty in the people i associate with, with my teammates, with the teams i root for and in people in general. i valued kevin garnett's loyalty to the t-wolves who just traded him today. seeing examples in the pro athletes reminds me of the loyalty that guys who i played ultimate with have shown me to this day. be it players that play with me encouraging me as i attempt to be the athlete i used to be on the ultimate field, be it sticking by my side when we're at a bar or a party or be it in just letting me know that i am supported doing the nonsense that i do. it reminds me about people like you who read this and tell me they like hearing it and i just want to say thank you for being by my side.

no homo of course.

unless....

no. no homo.