I hate how television and movies is such a big interest to me when there are so many more productive things I could do with my time, but oh well. The Emmy nominations were released today and I figure I’d share some thoughts on it.

• It’s great to see Denis Leary for Rescue Me and Kiefer Sutherland for 24 in the “Lead Actor in a Drama Series” category. Both of those shows were vast improvements from the previous season, most notably Rescue Me, and Denis Leary is my pick here.
• Where the hell is Michael Chiklis from The Shield? It’s only one of the best shows on TV and the biggest reason for this is because of that guys portrayal of Vic Mackey.
• Ben Kingsley and Annette Bening were so damn enjoyable to watch in Ms. Harris. I’m glad they were nominated because these is my votes for “Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie” and “Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie”.
• I’m not big into comedies, but I do watch Entourage and it’s completely because of Jeremy Piven.
• Just recently started watching The Sopranos this year starting on season one and the Christopher Moltisanti character is my favorite. Michael Imperioli deserves this nomination based on what I’ve seen so far.
• Gregory Itzin and Jean Smart on 24 didn’t stand out enough to get a nomination in my opinion, but it’s nice to see the show get recognized more.
• Arrested Development is the only comedy I watch that was nominated for “Outstanding Comedy Series” and I still enjoy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia a lot more. Where the hell is that one in the nominations?
• I like 24, The Sopranos, and House in “Outstanding Drama Series”, but where is The Shield, Lost, Rescue Me, and Nip/Tuck? I mean The Shield is the best show on current TV. Lame!
• This one is really pissing me off. Where is Forest Whitaker for The Shield? He was so good and I hated his character so much that I just loved him in the series. This is a major oversight because he deserves more than anyone else on that list to be a nominee.

Happy Independence Day to all. Well, all except for me that is. While all of you are having fun drinking your alcohol and playing with your fireworks, I’ve been at work everyday during my 4-day weekend with today being no exception. Hopefully I’ll get out of here soon because the 9 hours of time I put in today is enough in my book. Man, this has been a great weekend. Get to work all damn day and, on top of that, I get my first speeding ticket in a long damn time and the first ever on a bike. Highway patrol said they got me doing at least 90mph on the freeway (although it was probably closer to 100mph) and they put on the ticket 85mph. Well that was nice of him giving me that big break like that. Anyways, yeah, great holiday weekend.

Just have to say happy b-day to my favorite redhead. You keep your damn meat hooks off because that’s my future wife.

What am I doing here? Why am I at work right now when I should be enjoying a four day weekend? This makes no sense to me. I had plans to go riding all day today but all that changes with several call from work late last night.

It is done. Tickets are purchased for tomorrow night’s 12:25am showing of Superman Returns: An IMAX 3D Experience at Universal City Walk. We didn’t get the right tickets last time and saw it on the normal theater. This time, though, there’s no doubt it’ll be IMAX. In a way, I’m happy we didn’t get to see it at the IMAX the first time because now I have something new to look forward to. Can’t wait to see the Last Son of Krypton do his thing all over again!

Ok, how old am I again?! I mean I found myself constantly tightening up every muscle in my body during the intensity. I surprised myself laughing at every corny joke. I even caught myself tearing up every time he fell. And I just couldn’t help but cheering and clapping for the victories. Superman Returns is done in the spirit of the 1978 movie and it’s a successful homage to the Donner flick in every way. It’s safe to say the franchise is in great hands with Bryan Singer. This is one I’ll be seeing many times over in the theater for sure. I’m a kid all over again in absolute awe at how big this movie is and the feeling is priceless.

Jeez. I’ve been having a super hero overload for the past couple of weeks and the fact the Spider-Man 3 trailer was released today is definitely not helping. Looks like they’re going to do it right with the symbiote, Eddie Brock, and Gwen Stacy added into the mix. Looks amazing!

Just another 22 hours and 46 minutes until I see Superman Returns on the IMAX at Universal. I hope I’m not setting myself up for a huge disappointment, but I have a feeling it’s going to be simply fantastic. The fact they are continuing from the previous movies and aren’t rewriting the timeline is great. I’ve heard everything is done in the spirit of the original Donner film and that’s good news because that movie has always been and always will be amazing. They’re even keeping the major score themes by John Williams. It just can’t suck.

Well I’m definitely not posting as much as I’d like to this year. It’s not like much isn’t happening. I’m just not in the posting mood for some reason. Maybe I’m just lazy. In any case, I’m here right now. I’ll just update with some short, random comments.

– After jebus knows how many years, my company has finally gotten on the ball and put a 401k plan in place. It’s about damn time.

– It was Grant’s b-day on Tuesday so head on over to his MySpace and send him wishes. He also had sex for the first time in like umpteenth years so congrat him for that also. Way to go G-Rant. I’m sure he appreciates me mentioning it too.

– Have put 1500 miles on my new toy in the last 4 weeks. It’s kinda a lot so I’ll probably tone it down and ride the other bike to work for a little bit. It gets better gas mileage anyways.

– How f-ing stupid was X-men 3? X2 completely set everything up to be so good and then the studios grace us with that total piece of crap follow up. I left that movie angry.

– Speaking of super hero movies, I can’t wait for Superman Returns! It’s going to be amazing for sure. They kept the same inspiring John Williams theme for it and that don’t suck. Hopefully seeing it on an IMAX screen next Tuesday.

– I can’t seem to get my weight to drop under 160 consistently. Had no problems getting it from 195 to 165, but it’s just stuck at 160 right now. Want to get rid of another 10 lbs before the 10 year high school reunion in a month.

Alright, it’s back to work for me, but I’ll see what I can come up with later.

The evil Lord, our Savior, shall rise once again!