A bad case of the randoms

[slipjig3]

1) I got to hang out with the young'uns for a while this morning before work, since they're spending the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa. They don't have cable at the new place, so the preferred activity du jour was "sitting on our collective heinies and watch Pokemon reruns." Whee. All in all, though, aside from an unfortunate nose-biting incident, it was a good visit.

2) Did I mention that Abbey's taking violin now? Kristi says it's my fault. Can't imagine why. (Oh, and yes, I'm jealous as hell.)

3) Nik is loving the new school, and by all reports is doing reallyreallyreallyreally well. This makes me smile.

4) I'm pretty sure Mr. Drunken Asshat didn't hear me when I told him to drop dead. At least I was polite: "Drop dead, sir." Yeah, it was a Saturday work shift.

5) I am torn between the hey-that's-pretty-cool response and the what-the-fnord-were-they-thinking? response on this one: To advertise the month-long return of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps to the airwaves, Nickelodeon has prepared a series of grindhouse trailers for casual broadcast. Seriously, right down to the color saturation, film scratches and That Guy With the Voice. Well done, but I also need to say, "Thanks, Nickelidiots. My kids are already losing sleep over this. Nice job." (As a sophisticated adult, though, I can honestly say that this isn't too...well, okay, it scares the living pudding out of me. Sue me.)

Comments

[yendi]

Except it's not Nick. It's Cartoon Fucking Network. Showing yet another fucking non-cartoon show.

But otherwise, yeah, the trailers are better than the show ever was.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

D'oh! Yep, you're absolutely right, and yes, my brain automatically went straight to Nick because, well, not a cartoon. And you can see why I'm torn on the whole thing: agreed that the trailers are really well-done, but the kids for whom this whole thing is intended aren't likely to get the joke (and if they do, they're WAY too sophisticated for frickin' Goosebumps). The main thing that's happening with these (this is related to a conversation in curt_holman's journal) is that they're scarring my kids for life, just like the commercials for Scanners and Screamers used to scar me back when they (a) didn't bother editing out the nasty stuff, and (b) thought they were okay to air duing the 5 o'clock news.

[yendi]

(Also, huge "Yay" on #3).

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

*grin* I'm with you on "yay." I can't get a word in edgewise when I call anymore, because he's got so much to tell me.

[domani.livejournal.com]

Jeeze! That trailer is freakin scary... yep, I'm a chicken too.