Female Comedians, LARGE PEOPLE

There was a recent post in Jezebel detailing the difference between the number of male and female correspondents and guests. The central thrust of the post stated that it was difficult for female comedians to stay on the show, for a variety of reasons.

There has been a long held perception of women being less “funny” than men. I don’t think it’s necessarily true. I’ve got a bunch of female friends are are pretty damn funny. For the most part, I think it’s because there just aren’t asso many female comedians at the amateur levels, and the fewer ones there are in the amateur levels the fewer there will be that go professional.

ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SUBJECT… I don’t know how much I like Jezebel and other feminist blogs. I’ve got a friend who puts up their articles in her Facebook status and I read them from time to time. Sometimes I find that they do have legitimate articles, but there was one that I had an issue with. Basically, it was talking about how larger women are screened out of jobs at clothing outlets like American Eagle, Aeropostale, Urban Outfitters, etc. and how both those clothing outlets didn’t make clothes for… “larger people”. I’d like to point out that larger men are screened out of those jobs as well. Do I think there’s a certain “size-ist” perception in the world? Yes, I do. Do I think it’s wrong?

Well… not exactly. Being obese isn’t a societal group to be cherished. It’s a health risk. The more obese people there are, the larger the drive is to make it socially acceptable. I don’t think being fat is wrong. I myself am… rather portly. I do think that there is a point at which it becomes an issue of greed and poor health.

So… yeah. Anyway. I’m off to do more physics homework… WARGH…

Poor Life Cooking

So, yeah, for the past week or so, I’ve been cooking up stuff with cheap ingredients. It’s just ramen noodles, boil-able fettucini, a bag of onions (which were really cheap), and steamed vegetables. I made some stir-fry and noodle soups, and for the most part it’s been kind of… bad… hahaha…

Tonight, I tried adding stir-frying some steamed vegetables, but it turned out really soggy. I then added it to a ramen noodle soup and it turned AWFUL. I drained the water and added some… seasoning of some kind, shook it up, and I’m leaving it for tomorrow. I wonder if it’ll be any better. I also got some pizza rolls and microwaveable burgers for cheap and fast lunch foods.

I’ve been spending most of my time studying calculus and going to work, but in my free time I’ve been playing Final Fantasy Tactics. It’s so weird for me to be playing a game older than my little brother. I wonder what he’ll feel when he can play games older than he is. On some level, I kind of get that feeling whenever I play Tetris, but… I dunno. It’s just different. Hmmm…

I’ve also been watching some sitcoms from my… “youth”… like “That 70s Show” and “Will and Grace”. I used to watch both of them all the time in 6th and 7th grade, so watching them now kind of takes me back. They’re both popcorn shows that I can just start watching pretty much anywhere and it’s great. Every now and then I recognise something that I saw when I was younger, like when Will kissed Jack on national TV, but for the most part it all seems pretty new since it’s been five to six years since the last time I really watched the show. I might also start watching “Angel” and “Friends” too once I get bored with the two shows I’m watching now.

Anyway… so… yeah, that’s about it really. My life has kind of turned into one of cheap food and cheap entertainment. It’s weird. I don’t really mind it. The place I’m living in now isn’t that bad, and it’s about $600 a month for rent, amenities, cable, and utilities. All and all, it doesn’t really seem that bad. It gets a bit lonely, but… whatever. It’s fine for now.

Time to do some calc, I guess…

Fall TV Shows I’m Excited For

So… yeah, even though I haven’t got my TV set up in my dorm room yet (it’s 2 damn cords… it’s not that difficult!), I’m looking forward to the fall lineup.

As a geek, I feel obligated to point out that “Heroes” on NBC is going to be back on next week, and although I absolutely detested the ending last season (it was so illogical), I’m anxious to see if it’s going to be better this time around. The show usually starts out pretty well at the beginning of the season, but it always, always, ALWAYS seems to peter out around the middle, get a bit better, and then craps out again. Last year, they did fire Jeph Loeb, one of the producers, who was making “Heroes” shittier and shittier, so I’m a bit more hopeful now than I was before.

Another show I’m looking forward to is “Chuck”, which started airing during the WGA strike two years ago. It’s also on NBC right before “Heroes” (at least on the East Coast) and I watch it because… it’s… funny. Yep. It’s very funny. It’s about a Buy More (parody of “Best Buy”) employee named Chuck Bartowski who somehow got a government mindfuck in his head that lets him “flash” (basically, learn everything about something instantaneously) on people/things in the government database if he sees it in real life. He’s being guarded by a hot, hot CIA agent (played by Yvonne Strahovski) and a whacko NSA agent (played by Adam Baldwin) and they have crazy-fun adventures together! The story and plot is mildly preposterous, but… I dunno. The characters are endearing and the dialogue is very, very good. So… yeah, I like “Chuck”.

I’m also looking forward to “House” on FOX. I hate FOX News, and I hate how the company markets some of their less mainstream TV shows (“Firefly”… grr…), but I still love “House”. I also appreciate how they’re trying to change some things this season by having House start in the nuthouse… YAY!

So… yeah. That’s basically it. Oh yeah, “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” are pretty cool too, but they’re on all year round, so I dunno if you can really say that they have seasons…

Oh, one more thing. The anime club at my university is meeting again… so I’ll probably end up going there too. To watch Japanese stuff. It’s always good at the beginning of the year because they’re new people… and new people are good. Inevitably though, most of them wander off, but a couple of them stick. So… yeah. I hope it’s better this year. I hope their are more girls… because geek girls are AWESOME. Fan girls less so… but whatever.