Sorry children, it's been awhile since I posted but (ugh) things have gotten really busy at work. Actually I could have done it at work but I didn't want to admit to myself that I had nothing to do and that really wasn't my fault because the work I was doing was contingent on another person and that person in another office decided not to be very helpful giving me nothing to do...

*sigh*

So Wednesday was me and F2's one year anniversary...I know bananas. So we decided to go out on a "date" of sorts where I picked a nice restaurant and was going to surprise it with the rest of the evening.

So we went to this Korean vegetarian spot midtown that had a Zen vibe to it that was really cool.

You're probably thinking "Mel, I thought you were a carnivore"

I am but to quote Jules from Pulp Fiction: "... my girlfriend's a vegetarian. Which more or less makes me a vegetarian, but I sure love the taste of a good burger."

But anyway it was cool, I have grown to like heavily flavored tofu...emphasis on flavor. Flavorless tofu is like chewing air. It's like there is something in your mouth but you can't taste it.

Anyway, after dinner and spending like 25 minutes trying to catch a cab (Yeah, "New" New York my ass)...I took her to see...



Yes, Topdog/Underdog, the critically-acclaimed Broadway play starring Jeffery Wright and Mos Def. It won a Pulitzer Prize apparently.

Must have been a slow year for competition.

Don't get me wrong. It had it's moments. Best when the focus was humor but the drama was lacking...mostly because Mos Def Wasn't good at emoting. I would have liked to have seen it when Don Cheadle was playing Mos' role. Anyway, needless to say, we were disappointed.

What should I expect from a play from the women who wrote Girl 6...

-Spider-Man made $200 million dollars in 9 days. Jesus (pronounced "Hey Zeus"). I don't know. Even Lucas knows that it is not going to beat that record. But, after next week, we will have a better idea as to who will be the winner in the end. Star Wars still has the bigger incentive to watch 2-3 times (although I only saw The Phantom Menace once in the theaters and that surprised even me...not really...it sucked).

I think I am gonna hold out on Episode II. I'd rather catch About A Boy stress-free. I'm going to Cali next weekend so I think I am gonna try and see it at Mann's Theater which would be cool...even if it sucked.

I don't think it is going to suck. I think it will be satisfying on some levels. Seeing Sam Jackson whip ass as a Jedi (or Yoda for that matter), seeing all the Jedis fight, seeing Ewan McGregor finally get a handle on being Obi-Wan, seeing the future unfold....

But two things scare me...

Written by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales
Directed by George Lucas

Yeah, he got help writing but from the guy who wrote The Scorpion King.

Imagine me the skeptic...

He needs to just admit there isn't some great story he thought of 25 years ago (first it was a nine part sags then he backtracked and said it was only a six part saga) but something he is making up as he goes along.

He needs to admit that there is an obvious reason why The Empire Strikes Back was the best. Look at the credits, buddy.

He is a great visual artist. But anyone who can't get a good performance out of Liam Nesson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman, all great actors, is just a bad director.

We shall see soon enough...

The box office have begun.