Monumental Stuff and Things!

What a big day for monumental things! As you can see from below, we went to the Washington Wizards open house last night at the Verizon Center. While it was nice to meet some players and see a shiny thing, I was hoping for more free stuff. Since I'm cheap.

The new uniforms look great though. While I came of age with all things basketball only a few months ago, I sort of grew up with the now old Wizards logo and color scheme. I didn't really think much of it, although I never really understood the connection between wizards, Washington, DC and basketball. I just figured those things were above my pay grade.



I even have a hat, sweatshirt and a couple of t-shirts with the old logo. Since I'm cheap, I'm not really in a position to go out and buy new toys. I mean clothing items.

So I'm happy to take new, unused items to add to my collection. Thank you.

What a monumental day!

Speaking of which, what do you think of this: Washington Monuments? No, it's not my idea! I don't know about that. (Side note: I'm not really in the "make them the Bullets again" camp. It was silly to change the name to begin with but, like I said, I never really had that connection to them as "the Bullets." I dunno. It requires a deep, deep conversation.)

The Wizards aside for the moment, I just read on i09.com that "A Trip to the Moon" has undergone a massive restoration. The Hollywood Reporter reports "Before CGI and 3D, there was French film pioneer Georges Melies, the forerunner of modern-day movie magic." So, it's monumental! For those of you who were raised in a cave, here is an online version with some kid telling you what's going on:



I think he's French so it has to be good!

The authoritative voice, Wikipedia, states:

The film was written and directed by Georges Méliès, assisted by his brother Gaston. The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second, which was the standard frame rate at the time the film was produced. It was extremely popular at the time of its release and is the best-known of the hundreds of fantasy films made by Méliès. A Trip to the Moon is the first science fiction film, and uses innovative animation and special effects, including the well-known image of the spaceship landing in the moon's eye.

Many movies back in the day were hand-colored, so this isn't like some crappy remake you might see today.

Here is something completely unrelated:

Star Wars Uncut "The Escape" from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

However, the most important thing—the most monumental thing of the day!—is that Bristol Palin received her medically necessary face-lift. We were all concerned.

She stated:

"Yes," she admits, "It improved the way I look, but this surgery was necessary for medical reasons... so my jaw and teeth could properly realign.... I don't obsess over my face." Still, "I am absolutely thrilled with the results," she gushes. "I look older, more mature, and don’t have as much of a chubby little baby face!"

Right. And I'm not cheap.

PS: They didn't kill G-Man and G-Wiz, so there is still some good in this cruel, cruel world.