TV. the colbert report

ive been a fan of the daily show for quite a while now. jon stewart had cracked me up since before he had a late night show on fox. i remember when the daily show was hosted by craig kilborn and it wasnt really that fun. but jon stepped in and over the years has become great. i watch it everyday and really enjoy his humor and observations even though i have very different political views than him.
i remember a particular sketch they had from time to time called stephen vs steven where stephen colbert would argue with steven correl. each time they would devolve into childish name calling and yelling. it was so funny.
as much as i like the daily show, i think i actually like the colbert report better! the humor is amped up to 11. colbert totally makes fun of his opinions and makes himself into a parody of all the stupid talking heads on the other news shows. its really great stuff. i love his "the word" each day. one of the funniest things is when he goes over to the table to talk with his guest, he does like a victory cheer with fists pumped in the air. sort of a 'im awesome and the guest is no where near as cool as me!' dance. priceless. another great part is the "get to know your representative" feature where he highlights one representative a week (there are 435 in all). i think the best episode so far was the one with jeff daniels. stephen kept asking him questions about his hometown, even asking him which local paper he read, and what he felt of the local resolution to raise funds for a local group. it was really funny.
the daily show and the colbert report are two really great shows, and a perfect hour of televison for those who want to pretend to be current with the days events.

BOOKS. state of fear

i just picked up this new one from michael crichton. ive always loved his stuff. i first got into his writing through jurassic park. actually, i was ahead of the game and read the book a few months before the movie first came out. i really loved the book (the movie too, even though they were so different.) i got hooked on his style of writing- he has an amazing way of writing a page-turning adventure, and including tons of interesting research and science. it never feels tacked on, he is able to blend the story and science perfectly. after jurassic park i checked out some of his other books. i really loved most of them (disclosure really sucked) and still look to his book sphere as one of my favorite books ive ever read. granted, his older books are a lot better than is more recent efforts, but almost anything he writes is fun to read.
i picked up the new one earlier this week (i wait till paperback, as most smart people do- its like 20 bucks cheaper) and was checking out the list of books he has written, an di realized ive actually read all of this other fiction books! shoot! anyway, i look forward to starting this new one. i dont really know anything about it, and i think i prefer that. a new adventure begins...

WORDS. tetris head

tetris head (tet' ris hed): noun, a medical condition brought on by playing a puzzle game for too long. manifested in altered thinking. after you turn off the game, your mind still sees everything through the rules of the puzzle. eg: after playing tetris too long you start to look around and see how you could better stack cars on the road so as to get a four line tetris. for the most part harmess, unless affected late in the evening because it will destroy any chance of a normal restful dream.

GAMES. bomberman

ive come to a bit of a conclusion. ive decided that old video games are the best. now, i know this reaks of nastalgia, but i think its true. as stated before, im a nintendo fan boy, so that should give you an indication of the kind of games i like. im not a fan of the first person shooters, in not a fan of role playing games, war games, or most sports games. i like it fairly simple. to me a video game is alot of fun... for a half hour. i usually get sick of it after much more than that. i prefer games that i can pick up, play for a little while, then go about the rest of my day. based on this, you can probably understand why i prefer nintendo.
anyway, ive recently bought a new game which cemented this conclusion of mine. i recently bought super bomberman for the nintendo ds. its a really old game, nice and simple. its been updated in the graphics department and modified so as to take advantage of the touch screen, but other than that, its about a fifteen year old game. and i cant get enough of it! i actually have to set limits on myself. i cant play it within two hours of bedtime, or else i get tetris head and my sleep is ruined!
ill put this new conclusion to the test in a couple weeks when the ds mario kart game comes out.