Paul

Ben and I went to see Paul last night. 

No, not that one. 

Is he throwing a gang sign? 

No, not that one either. 

Yes, that one! It was good!  Rated R, so leave the kids at home, but totally worth a watch.  I love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost of Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fame- they're a great duo, and Seth Rogen as the voice of Paul is great!

Take me to your leader or the closest approximation thereof.

It follows those two Brits from ComicCom in San Diego to a road trip in a mobile home along famous alien spots, like Area 51.  They meet Paul on the way and try to help him get home.  They meet up with Kristen Wigg along the way, who is hysterical, and of course they have the government on their tail to get Paul back to the lab.  Don't worry, nobody gets probed.  ;-)



Close encounters of an extinct species. 

Get off my $#*#^#$#@ planet.

I bet dinosaurs would have totally ignored aliens.  And then the aliens got all offended, and they're like, "We're SO never coming back here without a formal invitation."  And the the dinosaurs are all like, "Rawr, grumble, rawr, screech, growl."  And then the aliens are all, "Fine.  Be that way.  We were going to tell you how to divert this huge meteor headed directly for you, but fine.  It's cool.  Hope you all don't die out and miss us.  We're out."  And then they flew away.  True story. 

Give a Hoot

Who doesn't love owls.  Not only are they scientifically proven to be made out of awesome, but they are cute, eat rodents, and deliver mail when trained properly.  So clearly, this being a blog of awesome things, I had to include owls up in here.  Here was my first attempt:

Hoot?

Have you ever seen a more pathetic looking owl?  I didn't do the poor guy justice.  He just looks so sad!  I got to thinking of Mr. Sad Owl- why would he be so upset?  Then I came up with this! 

I thought this would be a good use of Sad Owl's time. 


But how could I make this even more heart wrenching? 

Oh no!  That styrofoam cup you threw out your window made Sad Owl cry!!  You're a terrible human being!!!  Also, if you're the type of person to throw a styrofoam cup out of your car window, I'm officially banning your ass from my "blog".  Please leave now so the awesomeness doesn't make your eyes melt and brain explode. 





But then I got to thinking, if Sad Owl really was a creation of mine, would I really leave it like that? 


No, I wouldn't.