I said ‘dork’ rather than ‘geek’, because real geeks don’t waste as many hours on mmorpgs as dorks do.

But ole Bill here… well, he’s pretty cool.

And so is Mr. T.

Yes. I play this game from time to time. So? I like killing/maiming/beating-up things without real consequences. It keeps me from being tempted to do the killing/maiming/beating-up that WOULD have real consequences. And lately… well… there are people who have deserved at LEAST a good ass-whoopin’.

It might be good that I don’t own guns now. But I will, someday.

I only blog about things that interest me, or that catch my eye, and this is definitely one of them.

It’s about USA Network’s Burn Notice.

If you were a spy, what tools and techniques would you use to successfully accomplish dangerous missions without revealing your true identity?

Starting June 28th Michael Weston, a CIA Operative on USA Network’s new TV series, Burn Notice, will have to accomplish a similar task!

It’s an intriguing question. I’ve heard about some of the things people have done in the past to change their identity, or conceal their real identity… you know, finding someone who was born around the same time as them but died right away, getting that birth certificate and creating a personal history for that name…

Obviously, never give your real name, or address, or any sort of personal information out… to ANYone.

Fake IDs… more than one, in different names. Numerous made-up personal histories, even different sets of likes/dislikes to talk about with people as you go about your business.

Learning how to change one’s appearance, maybe? Not just hair color and contacts of the eyes, but posture, behavior, tone of voice, inflection…

Yeah. I was exposed to all sorts of things growing up. My Dad had a hobbyist interest in reading about the things survivalists and conspiracy theorists would do, or have done, or think might become necessary. (Not that he’s wacky enough to have really bought into it, but really… admit it… this stuff is kind of intriguing… what WOULD you do if you had to go ‘underground’?)

I don’t know, though, what one could do in this day and age of more and more identity tracking. I think there are people out there that know more about my buying habits than *I* do. It’s getting more and more likely that various aspects of our lives (medical records, school history, buying habits, criminal record, social contacts) will all be linked easily to our identities.

It might be harder… then again, it might be easier if one knows how to confuse the system.

So, really, I’m not sure what I would do to conceal my true identity so I could accomplish a dangerous mission or two. I’m very interested in seeing what the show writers have come up with for this guy. I think it would be fascinating. And, of course, I wonder just how realistic it will be, as opposed to the ‘hollywood’ version of such things.

Still, this could be some really fun viewing.

Wait, what’s so different about making a fool of yourself for pretty girls…? Not… that I know anything about that. Nobody has ever made a fool of himself for ME…

I bring this up because there’s this contest thingy, where you can win a date with a celebrity. And… while I don’t qualify, because being a hetero female, I do NOT wish to date Mirelly Taylor… (Don’t get me wrong. She’s a lovely young lady, I’m sure. And she has appeared on movies such as Kiss Me Again and Serving Sara and television shows including “Las Vegas”, “Punk’d”, and “Numb3rs”.)… it was sort of fun to see what this deal was all about.

Free videos at GoFish.com

No, I’m not into the whole ‘celebrity’ thing. But I do find the contest site rather entertaining. They’ve gone ‘interactive’ for this contest. Seduce a Celeb is an online first! The online audience actually becomes part of the program through the submission of user videos. You see, contestants upload video responses to the lovely young lady’s preferences. THEN… everybody else gets to vote on which video responses they like best. She chooses from the top 3 at the end of the contest. Emmy Award Winning Producer, Scott Sternberg, and Andrew Firestone from “The Bachelor” are also part of the show.

What do I find so amusing about all this? The submitted videos of course. How much of a dork is a guy willing to make of himself for 1. Date with pretty girl TV personality 2. His 15 seconds of fame 3. Bragging rights to “Dude, I have this video on the web ?

AND, they’re educational! You can learn all the pick-up lines NOT to use from THIS guy:

And that’s not the best/worst of them. Seduce a Celeb will run on GoFish.com over the next 14 weeks. Check out the hilarious video submissions at GoFish now!

It’s nice to know some chicks are pretty enough for guys to do incredibly stupid things to just go out with them… even if I’m not one of those chicks.

Pretty poster, isn’t it? Well, in it’s way, it’s pretty. I saw it and it made me think of a sort of ‘mirror mirror’ theme… here’s the queen, but with something sinister surrounding her.

That impression isn’t quite what this movie is about, but if you’re in the mood for prickly skin horror, I think this one will deliver.

The movie is calledBug. One might guess it’s a bug movie.

One would be right. The Boston Herald called it “One of the most disturbing horror movies imaginable.” That can only be a good thing for horror fans, right?

Except I’m not a horror fan, per se.

Still, I find I really am interested in checking out this film? Why?

First… Ashley Judd. I like her poise as an actress. I’m no great critic of who is and who is not a good actor. I just know the people I’ve liked to see in the past, and she has a ‘real’ quality to her that I’ve liked in several different personas.

Second… it’s directed by the guy who directed both The French Connection and The Exorcist. Ok… so this indicates to me it could have possibilities.

Third… upon investigation, I find it’s actually a psychological thriller. I see references to “blurry lines between paranoia and nightmarish reality” and “mind bender”, a screenplay adapted from an off broadway play.

Fourth… Harry Connick, Jr. The guy is cool. He’s in a movie. I’ve noticed in the past he ain’t half bad as an actor. Yeah… that adds to the draw. Besides, he’s rather attractive AND an astounding musician. Hello? I know, that’s probably the most shallow reason I have offered so far, but it’s valid.

May 25th. An alternative to buckling your swash. Something to sink your teeth… or fingernails… into.

Kind of glad I found this one. I’m definitely putting it on my “to see” list.

John Cusack.

John fucking Cusack.

How could I forget to put HIM on “The List”?

JayZUS.

See… obviously I don’t take “The List” even remotely seriously… after all, who goes around… REALLY… thinking about what celebrity they’d trip and land atop? I don’t.

If I took it seriously, I mean… really… John Cusack would have been on that list. At the top. Numero uno. He just seems… you know… like he might actually be a real person aside from the various people he is in the roles he plays. Ok, that, and he’s tall with dark hair and the boyish face that seems to be lasting well into adulthood… Those are all a plus.

But I’m not into the whole ‘celebrity’ thing, anyway. I enjoy what they do. I like to go to movies and listen to music and be entertained… but they’re just people. I’ll be as nice to a famous person as is warranted by the way they treat ME if I ever happen to meet one.

So much for “The List”. I can’t believe I made a “list” and left really cool people off of it… and just threw out a few names because I kind of remembered some actors that I’d found intriguing at one point or another.

So my “list” isn’t even my real “list” because I don’t really know who WOULD qualify for my “list”… because I don’t know these people.

Yeah.

So there’s our random outburst for today, eh?