Renaissance Hick

“Full blown nihilism seems kind of emo. Nihilism paired with sadism or pyromania would be a better combination.”

And so begins the blog.

That quote is from a friend of mine, when he and I were talking about nihilism and just how feasible/not feasible it really is. But, like all of my other conversations in 2009, it veered off into talking about the Joker in The Dark Knight. And no, he’s not a nihilist. Don’t even go there; this friend and I debated bitterly about this for hours, because it totally matters.

This being the first blog, I’ll introduce myself. I’m Uncle Jesse, and I’m a bitter, cynical old man of the ripe old age of 18. I go to college, I read a lot, and I’m a smartass. Also, I overuse comas.

That pretty much covers the basics. We’ll come to know each other over time.

I listen to a variety of music. As long as it’s emotionally intense, I’ll listen to it. Right now, I’m on a movie soundtrack kick. I’m listening to The Dark Knight soundtrack at the moment, and I’m getting seriously stressed-out. The slow build-up on the first track, where that screeching violin-sound backed by trumpets does nothing but put you on edge. Thank God I don’t have turrets or else I’d be blurting out vile thoughts about Tela Techila right now (Oh, did I forget to mention I’m insensitive too? Yeah. Well… Japs, towel-heads, hymie!!)

As a general rule, I hate movies due to the fact that most elementary school kids can (and do) write far more interesting and original stories than Quentin Tarantino would on crack. I mean really, how many dirty cops and revenge-seeking widows and horny teens do I really need to see? It gets old.

The Dark Knight was a rare exception for me. I’m not going to launch into a review here, because there isn’t anything new I can add to the millions of other “reviews” out there. But I loved the movie, thought the Joker was a crazy-ass psycho, and I wanna meet the dude if he really existed. Emo Batman needs to go, but the Joker was pretty cool.

***REAL TIME ALERT TO A SIGNIFICANT EVENT


I just found out that Stone Cold Steve Austin is guest-hosting WWE Raw next Monday! As any pro wrestling fan knows, WWE died the day Stone Cold quit his nightly appearances and “retired”, sort of, even though wrestlers never really retire. They just die of an enlarged heart or go crazy (I didn’t mention and names… C.B…. calm down wrestling purists).

But next Monday he’ll be back on! Oh yeah! This is cause for celebration… well not really. It’s cause to finally record an episode of Raw, and then fast-forward through 80% of it the next day… but hey, it’s something!

On that bombshell, I’m ending this post. AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE, BECAUSE STONE COLD SAYS SO!