The Curious Bike Messenger

On the way home from work today, I drove alongside one of those bike messengers. A couple things popped into my mind as I tried to avoid running his weaving ass over.

1. Why are most bike messengers these tall, lanky guys with longish, curly hair? Is it just me or do they all look the same?

2. How come these bike messengers always wobble when they start from a complete stop? You'd think their legs would be strong enough to get the bike going without weaving back and forth in the lane and giving motorists a heart attack.

3. How in the world does they pedal when their pants are a contradiction of sorts. On one hand, they're loose enough that we'd all see some plumber's crack had it not been for the guy's boxers. On the other, the cut is so tight and straight legged that they've gotta be skinny jeans. With the top loose and the bottom tight, how can his legs even move to pedal?

4. How do they manage to carry such heavy loads in their packs? I've seen some with bulging bags zipping through traffic like nothing.

I really do think bike messengers are entirely their own creatures. I don't know many people who would volunteer their lives day in and day out to ride unprotected among stupid motorists. These people must come from a brave stock.

WWE's BJ Penn Interview

Hey, hey now!! Today Ed (of World Wide Ed) posted up his Q&A sesh with MMA master BJ Penn based on questions from the WWE gang. Surprisingly, my questions made it on the list.

I know Ed was feeling very squeamish about one of my questions, so I didn't really think he'd go for it. (I'd proabbly feel that way too if I had to do a dude-on-dude interview with someone who could break my legs.) But, being the good journalist that he is, Ed must've gave in because inquiring minds (namely mine) wanted to know.

The ultimate BJ Penn question:

Boxers or Briefs?

LMAO!!! I know you wanna know too but are just too shame to ask! So lucky that I asked for ya!

And the answer?

BJ says, "Boxers, boxers. Boxers or nothing under surf shorts. Surf shorts: nothing. Everything else, boxers."

NOTHING!! That's right. BJ said nothing.

Now that's some good reporting Ed! That's some TMZ shit right there LOL

Movie Addicts Club On Twitter

I signed up my Movie Addicts Club blog on Twitter so click HERE to check it out or follow me. I'm not really sure how to use this thing though.

The concept is pretty simple - update it with asinine or mundane movie-related stuff. But who the hell really wants to know that? Completely puzzling, but I suppose people do want to know because I've already got some followers. However, most of 'em are probably spam accounts, judging from the nicknames they're using.

I'm following some big-name movie stars, and when I have time I'll try to track down some more. It's hard to tell whether they're real or not though. Some of the accounts are "verified" so I take it that it's the actual actor or actress. The others aren't verified so it could be some 12-year-old kid in Overland Park, Kansas for all I know.

Ah well, such is life. I'll play ball with this for a bit and see if anything comes of it.