The Bad

 
It's yesterday, and some (female) friends and I are sitting around having a drink... getting hungry... trying to figure out the best way to celebrate the last day of school. And we decided we wanted a family-type restaurant. And somehow it came up that none of us had ever been to a Hooters. Long story short, that's where we ended up. First of all, I didn't find the "hooters" distracting as much as the short shorts the waitresses were wearing. So why a rant? I've heard great things about the chicken wings at hooters and I was very disappointed. The poutine sucked too.
posted by Dave Tompkins at 1:52 PM

 
I got in my inbox today a message from acrushonyou.com. Now, I've been the recipient and sender of an eCrush before (blush), and I anticipated a similar experience. Not so lucky. This new website is actually terrible. It has 1/10th the features and some really annoying policies. All & All... just stay away from it.
posted by Dave Tompkins at 10:26 PM

 
I picked up Much Dance 2002. What a piece of crap. I've been a staunch supporter of the series since the original Dance Mix '92 (don't get me started about how they skipped the year 1998) but the last couple have been just terrible. WAY too much hip hop. I suppose that they're just reflecting the music a lot of the clubs are playing... but I really don't like the trend. The frustrating part for me is that there is plenty of good new high energy feel-good dance music out there -- but invariably, at a club, more people seem to like dancing to Eminem which just doesn't make sense to me.
posted by Dave Tompkins at 6:10 PM

 
So I'm on the Ferry, coming back from Victoria, and I find myself in the video arcade. And what do I see? It's the 20th anniversary edition of Ms. Pac Man. So why would this be in the rant section? Well, first of all -- the game starts off way too slow and it's hard to get in the rhythm. But what really pissed me off is that the game now has a continue option. A continue option on its' own would be fairly harmless, but when you continue, your score doesn't reset. Hello? so you can keep pumping in quarters until you get the high score. Stupid.
posted by Dave Tompkins at 11:13 AM

 
So I think that Disney is getting a little out of hand with their direct-to-video sequals... Lion's King II, Lady & The Tramp II, Little Mermaid II, and many more.
The newest? Cinderella II. How stupid is that?
(Funny enough -- it's also the name of a virus)
posted by Dave Tompkins at 4:48 PM

 
okay -- first rant -- So I'm setting up these sites, and our stupid-ass high security system here at my department in UBC won't let me FTP out -- I mean, how much freakin' damage can I do by FTPing OUT?
posted by Dave Tompkins at 1:15 PM