Deep Thoughts Friday — Should I? Dare I?
May 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Could it be? Time for another Quadrant? Why yes:
1. The movie: The English Patient. Do you side with the Academy or Elaine? Jesus, people. I guess NO ONE has seen this movie but me, so I have to change the question to something everyone has seen/done:
Revised #1: When you PARK YOUR CAR at a mall or large parking lot, do you typically troll around the parking lot until you find the best spot or do you just take what you find first and then hoof it?
2. Kevin Bacon, looks only– please consider his early work (Footloose) and his recent “work” (Hanes commercials). Would you kick off your Sunday shoes for the boy (if ya know what I mean) or would ya rather flatline? Didja get it? Ok good.
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Holy SHIT did ya’ll see Shear Genius? With six stylists left, and paired in teams of two, the two that I thought would be in the finals together got ousted last night, in large part due to Tabatha’s shitty attitude. Seriously. I don’t know who is going to win. Now it’s anyone’s game. Welll that’s not entirely true– Ben and Boogie cannot make it to the finals, right? Right? Please momma make Boogie go home. And yes, you can email me directly to discuss. gmail.
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Finally, can I just tell you how weird it was to talk to my dad last night and have him ask me what I thought of Wednesday evenings American Idol results? Funny, he blames ME for them watching it, since the last time they visited, we watched it together– but that was only because I refuse to watch the Golf Channel, and nothing else was on (not that there’s anything wrong with Idol…I just don’t have it in my line-up).
For the record, he loved Melinda and thought she should win. He also really liked Phil (scary looking bald dude). As for the finals, he admires Jordin’s stage presence and appreciates Blake’s risk-taking; but in the end, Jordin is his idol. He also proposed a conspiracy theory that Simon’s love for Melinda spurred Simon-haters to vote for the 2 others instead of Melinda. His addiction is getting serious, people.
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May 18th, 2007 at 12:58 pm, Isabel Says:
Dude, the quandrants freak me out. I’m afraid I’ll fail. But also, I LOVE THE QUADRANTS!
Okay…I haven’t seen The English Patient. And I don’t imagine I’ll see it any time soon. (Wait, I think I rented it once and fell asleep.)
And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Kevin Bacon. For his hair alone. And Footloose. He’s attractive in the “not really attractive, but super do-able” way. You know? So yeah, I’d kick off my Sunday shoes for him. Any day of the week. Hee-heee.
May 18th, 2007 at 1:29 pm, Rachel Says:
I haven’t seen The English Patient and to be honest, I have zero desire to see it.
On to Kevin Bacon now. I heart Footloose and watch it every time it comes on tv! I’d kick off my shoes and a few other things for him!
May 18th, 2007 at 1:32 pm, Hilary Says:
I only have knowledge on one subject in this post and that is Kevin Bacon. With that said…..FLAT-effing-LINE. Like, I find him so unattractive that I might not even make the “unattractive” side of the quadrant.
May 18th, 2007 at 1:36 pm, Julie Says:
“I heart Kevin”, she said while kicking off her shoes.
Your dad is a smart man – I totally agree with his conspiracy theory. I do think Blake got more votes b/c all the judges seemed against him in the finals.
I have a quadrant topic suggestion for you – because nobody does a quadrant like you. Which magician would you rather disappear with? Criss Angel or David Blaine?
May 18th, 2007 at 1:52 pm, Hilary Says:
I hoof it baby. I used to drive around but that would always end up pissing me off for some reason. I figure it’s easier to just park and walk my fat arse to the door than sit on my fat arse and wait for someone in the second spot to pull out only to attempt to have a victorious bumper cars session (filled with plenty of middle fingers).
May 18th, 2007 at 2:06 pm, Isabel Says:
It depends. I like to find “rockstar parking” up front. But let’s be honest…I also like to walk. It’s exercise, right?
And let’s be even more honest…I walk everywhere. I rarely have a car.
May 18th, 2007 at 2:09 pm, Rachel Says:
I do both. It depends on the day for me and whether or not I have my kids with me. Also, I’m lazy.
May 18th, 2007 at 2:15 pm, Frema Says:
1. I like to drive around to find a good spot. I’ll circle the damn lot for a good five minutes before I give up.
2. Kevin Bacon has never turned me on. Though I did enjoy He Said, She Said. And I will kick off my shoes for the “Footloose” song by Kenny Loggins. Does that count for anything?
May 18th, 2007 at 2:17 pm, Jennifer Says:
I haven’t seen the English Patient.
2. Jennifer Jacobsen-Wood-Bacon has a ring to it! OH, yeah, no it doesn’t. I heart Kevin Bacon. He isn’t classically attractive but there’s definitely something cool about him, and I think he’s actually cuter now than when he was young.
May 18th, 2007 at 3:16 pm, Desiree Says:
1. Elaine
1.1/2 I try to find shade, even if it is miles away. Besides, a little walk never hurt me.
2. Never, no. I never liked his nose. I always equated it as bacon meaning pig, because really, his nose is a bit piggish. Sorry Kevin, you just don’t do it for me. Even though I am all about dancing out my frustrations in an abandonded steel mill on the outskirts of town.
Holy shit I did not see shear genius because I don’t have cable. I am POOR.
My dad watches those horrible blind date humiliation shows sometimes when he turns on TV. He is facinated by the horror. He does not watch AI, and neither do I.
Desmond.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:50 pm, Maya Says:
Do not watch Shear Genius or (sacriledge! American Idol). Would kick off Sunday shoes for K. Bacon….but for the fact that he reminds me a bit too much of….my dad with an upturned nose. Seriously. MY DAD = Kevin Bacon with a different nose. Would kick off shoes based purely on his She’s Having a Baby and The River Wild performances, were it not for point A.
Do not drive, but I DESPISE trolling around the parking lot for a spot. Park, dammit, park!
English Patient: Yes, I have seen it. Once, these many moons ago. I loved it.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:49 pm, Alyndabear Says:
I love quadrants!
1. I park wherever the heck I see a spot first. Namely because I’m lazy, but also because carparks are deathtraps. OH OH and because I’d rather NOT have my pretty new car have its doors dented by other cars if I can help it. (That lasted a whole week after I bought the car home… grr..)
2. I would go for Bacon. I have a strange fascination with weird looking men. (Read: I think Nicolas Cage is pretty effing hot.) But I wouldn’t have a baby with him. Where does that place me?
May 18th, 2007 at 6:55 pm, barnmouse Says:
I definitely hoof it. Once I found a great spot up front and was so very happy because the parking lot was stuffed, but when I was walking in I realized that there was a little old man who definitely could have used that spot better than me. So, as long as I’m young-ish and healthy-ish, I’ll be happy to park fairly far away.
Also, definitely heart Kevin Bacon. I wish my hair was that pretty! (love his wife Kyra too…although in a totally different way! LOL)
May 18th, 2007 at 9:26 pm, alison Says:
I l-o-v-e-d the English Patient. Wow, can we still be friends? As for parking at a mall, it kind of depends on the weather. But normally I’m a park & go kind of girl. Kevin Bacon? In a minute. I love him, significantly more than I love The English Patient and Ralph Feinnes amazingly smoking character in that movie. Crooked grin? Burgundy velvet tux? Spiky hair? Sign me up. Wait til I put my Hanes on you.
May 18th, 2007 at 10:11 pm, Bethany Says:
Saw the English Patient. Loved it.
Flatline on Kevin Bacon but I’ll thumb wrestle Alyndabear for Nic Cage!
I park wherever there’s a spot because I get too aggravated driving around looking for a good one.
May 18th, 2007 at 10:37 pm, Jezer Says:
I park it and walk. And I love to park further out than the asshats who rushed to get the closer spot, then walk at a normal (ok, a little peppy) rate and get into the store BEFORE the close-parkers. I’ve been tempted to say “SEE? I still BEAT YOU!” But I haven’t ever actually said that. Yet.
I’d kick off the Sunday shoes for KB. Let’s hear it for the boy. ‘Cause I need a hero. (OK, please make me stop.)
May 19th, 2007 at 3:35 am, stevo Says:
1. Somewhere kind of in the middle. If there aren’t any good spots within 5 seconds I hoof it.
2. Flatline me! Like Keifer Sutherland, he has gotten better with age. I haven’t seen the ads though. Maybe he’s gone downhill since I’ve last seen him.
May 19th, 2007 at 6:32 am, Wade Says:
Elaine. Elaine. Elaine, Elaine, Elaine. The English Patient is painful. White hot needles slow piercing my eyeballs for 160 minutes painful. I wished I had walked out of the theater, but the reviews were so good, I kept thinking, “It’s got to get better any second now.” I wish I could get those 9,600 seconds of my life back. When I come to die, I will curse with my last breath, “Damn you English Patient!!!”
Commenter’s Note: The English Patient is almost as bad as Farewell My Concunbine and the Golden Bowl. But not quite.
May 19th, 2007 at 6:52 am, Bunny Says:
Ok, so I park where I can find it and hoof it, and I’m only eh on Kevin Bacon, so I guess I’m a flatliner.
May 19th, 2007 at 9:36 am, angela Says:
1. I take the first spot I see and walk. I figure it’s probably a lot quicker than trolling, plus I could use the extra steps.
2. Blech. No, thankyouverymuch.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:49 pm, Lizzy Says:
1. Elaine. All the way.
2. Kevin in the NOW, please. Wren? Not so much for me. A few years ago, I was offered tickets to an off-Broadway one-man-show starring Kevin Bacon. I was really surprised by how wee he was–the play was great, but for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the play (nor can I find it via Google. Hrm.).
May 19th, 2007 at 6:39 pm, Sweets Says:
1. I troll around and look for a good spot unless, of course, it is near the holiday season and I’m at one of the local “dales” (i.e. malls) then I just take whatever I can get.
2. I vote NO on Kevin Bacon. He’s got a wiry and cagey look about him and his hair is far too styled for my liking.
May 19th, 2007 at 9:07 pm, motherofbun Says:
I’m sorry to say this cause I’m scared you won’t like me and then you’ll try to hide from me at Blogher. But… (deep breath) here goes… Side with Elaine on English Patient.
I like to hoof it, so I will often, on purpose, park in bfe to get some exercise — unless its rainy or icy. And Kevin Bacon. He’s cute but doesn’t do anything for me.
(So…. if I fail, but buy you drinks at Blogher do I still get to be your friend? heehee.)
May 20th, 2007 at 8:29 pm, Lizarita Says:
1st space I come to. No time for all that circling.
Kevin Bacon: then, now, and forever. He’s hot.
May 21st, 2007 at 8:45 am, jen r. Says:
i’ll drive down an aisle or two but quickly get completely ENRAGED by the ass hats that completely forget how to drive while they are trolling for a space that i then pull into the first one i see no matter where it is.
kevin bacon is a no. he’s a little corpse-like. and kind of a tool in those commercials. shrug.
May 21st, 2007 at 9:12 am, Julie Says:
I most definately troll around. With two kids I try to park as close to the door as possible. Less time for someone to bolt away while in the parking lot.
May 21st, 2007 at 12:28 pm, Jeannette Says:
I’m so sad I don’t have time to read your posts and comment on it these days.
But I’ll comment on this one coz I love the quadrants!
1. I usually look around to find the best spot, not especially closest to the entrance of a store but also easiest to the exit etc.
2. I’ve always had a thing for Bacon (breakfast and actor), but since I don’t see the commercials and I don’t think he ages very well, I’ll go with the Get Loose, Footloose.
Was that the quadrant question or did I not get it at all??
That’s all I can do for now, I’ll try to catch it later! Take care.
May 21st, 2007 at 2:21 pm, Lizzy Says:
sorry–i failed to answer the WHOLE question. i park where i find parking–which, through the luck of the mistah’s dead grandmother is usually near the front door of wherever i may be going. which generally isn’t the mall, but that’s neither here nor there.
May 21st, 2007 at 4:58 pm, Sallyacious Says:
Parking lot – Half and half. I drive around to see whether there’s anything near, and if there isn’t, I park in the first space I come to and then I walk. Lately, though, unless I’m going to have a lot to carry, I just walk. From home. What? I live in a small town.
Kevin Bacon – MMMMMM. Just MMMMMMMM. So yummy. Both at the time of Footloose and now. MmmmmMMMMM.
May 21st, 2007 at 7:13 pm, Poodle Says:
1) Park where I can and walk
2) Hell NO on Kevin Bacon. The 6th grade Me would totally disagree with present-day Me but YUCK. He looks like the Crypt Keeper. And don’t get me started on his wife. Boo.
May 21st, 2007 at 9:11 pm, CPA Mom and Soccer Mom Angela Says:
Quadrant
1) One sweep around the front, then park in back and hoof it. After all, I’m SUPPOSED to be trying to lose weight and all…exercise is supposed to help that. Who knew?
2) FLATLINE IT. And that was a completely lame movie BTW. Even Julia couldn’t save it. LAME-OH.
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:45 am, Jennifer Says:
Jennifer here again. Just saw the revised quadrant 1… I usually do cruise around for a spot. But I’m not obsessive and I NEVER EVER sit behind someone waiting for them to load up their car and cause a line of at least 4 cars stuck behind them in the Walmart parking lot, holding up someone who only needs tampons, strawberries and cherry coke zero (There, Mrs. Blue Sedan, May 21, 2007, Peoria, IL Walmart Parking lot).
2. Love the older, somehow cuter, Kevin Bacon. I’d even share my tampons, strawberries and cherry coke zero with him.
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:32 am, Operation Pink Herring Says:
Dude, the other Jennifer is freaking me out. You’d think I’d be used to it, with such a common name, but every time I see a comment by another Jennifer, I get all confused and think, “Huh? did I write that? I dont’ remember writing that. Strange. I think I’m losing my mind.”
Parking depends on the weather. If it’s cold or raining, I’ll stalk for spots. If it’s nice out, I’ll just do one lap and then take the first spot I see… try plotting THAT non-commital responnse.
Kevin bacon still does and always will creep me out. The River Wild ruined him for me. He’s scary, no matter how hott his body is. If his face is attached, I’m running off into the canyon and never looking back.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:06 pm, Audrey Says:
I’m catching up on my blog reading, so I sure hope I’m not too late for the quadrant!
1. I’m with Elaine. I never saw the movie because I was thoroughly sick of all the hype and thought “there’s no way it’s THAT good.” Oh. Wait. Wrong question.
1 again. I tend to look for the closest spot, but I dont’ put that much effort into it. I maybe try two aisles (lanes?) and just take what’s there. I HATE circling parking lots. My mom always used to circle until she found a shady spot, and it drove me crazy even though I totally understood why you wouln’t want to come back to a sweltering car. Anyway, I don’t circle. I figure if the lot’s that full, i’d better just take the first spot available before someone else snags it. I think it’s a frame of mind leftover from attending a university with 25,000 students and 4,000 parking spots. I was forced to be a vulture then — you know, following someone who has their keys out and then turning your blinker on immediately so everyone knows that spot is yours as soon as it’s available? — but I wasn’t proud of it. (I did, however, try to be nice when I was walking back to my car and not do that thing where you’re walking up one aisle and then you quick dart over to another even though that guy in that car TOTALLY wanted your spot but now by the time he drives around someone else will already be there with their blinker on.) Wow. Sorry for the long answer. Apparently i’m in a rambly mood today.
2. Kevin Bacon? Not so much. I used to think he was kinda cute, but he’s never been anywhere near the top of my list. He’s not at the bottom either, though. Probably right there in the middle.
May 25th, 2007 at 6:30 pm, La Turista Says:
I HATED English Patient and LOVED the Seinfeld episode where Elaine hated it, too. “Would you just DIE already? DIE!” Awesome.
On the parking, I usually give it a quick swoop through the first couple of rows, just in case, and then I just park in the first open spot. I hate the mall, but I’m an American, so apparently, I HAVE to go there once every couple of months or so and buy something.
As to Sir Bacon, can’t. get. past. the. BEAK. Plus, he’s made some really shitty movies. But I loved She’s Having a Baby, and I did a KICK ASS dance team routine to Footloose in high school, which I can be persuaded to perform after many drinks.
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