Alan Moore gets a lot of crap for his persistence in distancing himself from the films made from his graphic novels. There’s been From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta, and now Watchmen. If you haven’t heard of all of those, I’m sure you’ve heard of at least one. They’re pretty famous names in the world of cinema, and Watchmen is currently getting as much trailer and tie-in time as a Marvel popcorn flick, but many people only know them as their movies — they don’t know the whole stories behind them. And this is why I don’t blame Alan Moore.

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I’m not usually one for the typical youtube video, viral marketting, or even mascot acting, but there’s something pretty funny about these Rudy videos that have been going up: they’re actually pretty good.

For a second, forget your displeasure over us going D-1 (if you still have it), and watch as poor Rudy stomps around C-Street worn, tired, and defeated. At the very least, it might bring back some good memories of Trigger Happy TV.

And damn, does he have good handwriting.

Jake has been having internets troubles, and because I’m a poor blogger who relies on his quarterly stipend to get by on fish and chips, I’ve devised a plan to pass the time until Jake gets back instead of sitting around and twiddling my thumbs and eventually getting fired.

If the only part of Counterpoint – Point that you enjoy is Jake, then don’t worry because this will probably be the only post of its kind, and we’ll be back to normal soon. Until then, I hate the show “Wipeout.”

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I guess I should be knocking on wood, but CNN is reporting that Obama is likely to pick former Washington governor Gary Locke to be commerce secretary (third time’s the charm, right?). Here’s to hoping we see many appearances similar to this during his time in DC:

(p.s. Almost Live is on NBC after SNL every saturday. I highly recommend it. Awesome for local ’90s fun. Thanks to Kipp for this particular clip.)

I don’t know if you all remember, but Jake and I ran a Counterpoint-point post about Taquerias in San Francisco awhile back. Well, today I ate at a Taqueria in Auckland, so I felt it was fitting to run a post up about. Y’know, so that you can be well informed about Taquerias. I stick to important issues.

I ate at the Taqueria on Ponsonby Road. It has no name besides “Taqueria,” so be sure to look out for that as you hunt it down. I couldn’t help but notice its menu strangely resembles Chipotle. They have generally the same fixings, and the options are Taco, Burrito Bowl, and Burrito. I, having been on the bus and at campus all day, decided to go with the burrito bowl because my hands were filthy. Shredded beef was my meat choice.

I wouldn’t mind the mimicking of Chipotle, but the only problem is that it isn’t quite as good as Chipotle. No cilantro in the rice, and the price is a little bit more: NZ $13. I do give the guy props for being the first shopkeep to recognize me as American without any identification, though. I might be visiting it again to check out an ACTUAL burrito, but the bowl isn’t nearly enough bang for the buck — kind of dainty and unsatisfying after a tiring day.

I was surfing the internet waves today, and I saw an ad for Kidz Bop 15. Y’know, the compilation of kids crappily singing today’s “hot” and “totally radical” hits? Don’t worry if you don’t care. That’s not a bad thing.

But my question is that how is it that in a music industry like it is today where CDs of grammy-winning artists hardly sell, a bunch of kids singing mediocire music still marches on with strength? I don’t know about you, but when I have kids, I’m going to have them listening to Andrew Bird. Whistling is something everyone can enjoy. Squeaky high voices singing P.O.D. and Uncle Kracker — I think not.

For those of you who want a laugh (or want to know what you’re missing) the track list is after the jump.

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A wise man once said, “Mowing the lawn is like a… um…well, yeah.” This quote will forever live on my heart, for it is succinct in its point: that it is simply pointless to try and point out the pointlessness of pointless tasks.

New Zealand expert Adam Toth – a dear friend of mine – recently spoke out about his hatred of several incredibly-complicated and near-incomprehensible societal activities: such things as “mowing the lawn,” “shoveling the snow,” and even the unusual human emotion of “responding to the weather.” Read more…