Something Simple

Alexis and I just finished watching the short lived TV series “Freaks & Geeks”. The show centers around a brother and sister struggling through high school in a suburb of Detriot during the early 80s. The show works beautifully on several levels. The characters are well thought out and, for me at least, easy to relate to. The dialog and writing are great. Conversations between characters are realistic, intelligent, and funny. The moments that the characters share do not feel forced. In my opinion “Freaks and Geeks” has the best casting ever. The actors fit their characters to a “T”. I found myself appreciating the actors who I’ve seen in other shows and movies more. Linda Cardellini, who is in the Scooby Doo movies and on ER, does a great job as the smart girl who wants to hang out with the burnouts/freaks. Jason Segel, who is hilarious in “How I Met Your Mother”, plays a stoner wannabe drummer. I was also surprised by James Franco‘s acting. The only other thing I’ve seen him in is Spiderman. Here he plays a greasy and at times scary-looking slacker. Unfortunately I haven’t seen Martin Starr in anything. He plays the funniest geek in the series.

I became very attached to the characters of “Freaks and Geeks” and I’m deeply saddened that the series had to end.

(End gushing mini-review)

Alexis and I were certainly prepared for Halloween this year. We bought about six pounds of candy, one variety pack of sugar and another variety pack of chocolate. Since I was working from home that day I was put in charge of giving out candy. In hind sight I should have been more generous. It was a bit frustrating. The neighborhood we live in is pretty popular and I was trying to watch a hockey game. Our door bell ended up being used more than it has the entire year, yet we were not able to give all of the candy away. There is now a drawer full of sweets in my cubicle at work.

Off topic: I decided to see if I could make a South Park character that looked like me using this website. Here’s what I was able to come up with:

Here’s a picture of the pumpkin I carved this year. I was trying to do George W. Bush, but it may also look like a Peanuts character.