Work Day Conversations

We were really busy today so one would think that we put the noses to the grindstone and pound out some new business. Well, we didn't. Instead Sarah and I engaged in the following discussions:

1. Why doesn't Lady Gaga wear pants?
2. What's up with Rupert Everett's plastic Surgery?
2a. Which male celebrities do you think would seek the services of a plastic surgeon?
2b. Of those that would (or wouldn't) why do you think they would go that route?
3. Why did GQ make Zac Effron look like a giant head stuck on top of Ken's body? Is Barbie looking for a new man?
3a. Why did GQ feel the need to put Zac Effron on the cover?
4. How much we love or regular postal carrier because she comes in and asks for money when postage is due rather than sticking a note in the box and makes Jackie drive to the post office only to find out that the stinkin' stuff is still in the truck and not due back until 10 am on the 22nd.
5. Is there enough work out there for Nicolette Sheridan to justify killing her off on Desperate Housewives?
5b. Nicolette really dodged a bullet with that Michael Bolton thing
6. Madagascar 2 (see below)

As you can see we had Entertainment Weekly's webpage open for much of the afternoon and it greatly influenced the quality of discussion.

My Issue With Madagascar 2
A Pointless Rant by Jackie Munger

Sarah loaned Madagascar 2 to me about a month ago. She wasn't even sure I would watch it because I'm not a big "animal movie" person. But watch it I did because animated animal features rank at numbers 5 & 6 on my Animal Movie List:

1. Live Action Talking Animals who are understood by humans and other animals (may also engage in "human-like" behavior.)
2. Live Action Talking Animals who are understood by other animals and engage in "human-like" behavior (i.e. flushing toilets, playing basketball, flying spaceships, etc.)
3. Non-talking animals engaging in "human-like" behavior
4. Animal "dramas" about animals doing animal things (foraging for food, providing companionship for a small child or elderly woman, etc.)
5. Animated Animal movies where animals and humans talk to each other
6. Animated Animal movies where the animals engage in "human-like" behavior and the humans are none the wiser.
7. Animal Documentaries

This list is by no means all-encompassing and there are exceptions to the above rules. For instance, Open Season redeemed itself when the deer, voiced by Ashton Kutcher, said he didn't know where deer pooped in the woods. The final 10 minutes of Over the Hedge are classic and Planet Earth on the discovery channel was super good.

Back to Madagascar 2...

I looooved the penguins. But where they lost me was with the whole Gloria and Melman love story. I mean, he's a GIRAFFE and she's a HIPPO! How is that ever going to work? I understand that maybe the writers might be going for a , "you don't have to fall in love with someone exactly like you" message and "differences are good, lets all be friends" I can get on board with that. But to ask me to believe that these two crazy kids aren't in for a whole heaping pile of "serious discussion" when one wats to have a little baby hippo and the other wants to adopt a giraffe is beyond what I'm can to allow myself entertain.