This'll be my Kevin Smith Post. So deal with it.

Yo. What up?  

Just, you know? Hanging around. 

God, I think every Blog monger I know posted that Pineapple Express trailer. The information age folks. Not to be taken lightly. 

I just watched Clerks II. I think it was my third time. And the other day i watched Dogma. Previous to this and for most of the weekend and the few days of this week that have passed, i've been listening to Kevin Smith's Podcast with his producer Scott Mosier. I think at this point, 40 podcasts deep, I'm just going to go ahead and call myself a fan. The podcasts are funny as hell and it's pretty captivating to hear these guys talk about bullshit for an hour a pop. The thing I like about Kevin Smith is how candid he is. He'll talk about anything, absolutely anything no matter how incriminating or embarrassing. Obviously if you've seen his movies you know this already, but as far as the podcasts, called "SModcasts", you have no idea. Already i've heard hours upon hours of some of the most funny and insightful anecdotes I've ever heard.

It reminds me so much of my small group of friends from back home. We just talk about anything at all no matter how sickening and retarded. Most of the time we're just calling each other gay, or picking away at any insecurities we may let loose by accident. It's those hours of ribbing and playful insults that I think makes us strong as friends. I've been thinking about this lately. None of us are out to hurt each other, but we are often brutally honest about each others, flaws or transgressions. But, always in a way that's entertaining to everyone. Goddamn I miss that. I really do. My friends here aren't really like that. I love my friends but it's a different kind of friendship. At this age it feels like we have to be so concerned with keeping our lives on track we really don't have the same kind of atmosphere if not the time to just sit around lazily and rip into each other and tell candid anecdotes about our adolescence. It seems like most of the time were just hearing about each others day or trying to impress one another with some crazy bit of knowledge. We get into it a bit, but I for one feel like I have to holdback somewhat. There have been instances where you take it too far and get the "What the fuck?" look from one of your cohorts. Or the "oooookay...." remark. That burns me up sometimes. But, I realize my friends now haven't had the same type of upbringing as my friends and I back home. I guess I loose sight of that sometimes and forget who I'm talking to. My roommate is different and i"m grateful for that. You could talk to that guy about anything and rib back and forth. Not to say he's better than my other friends or anything. Like I said I love my friends. But, he's got no qualms about anything nor does he give a shit what people think. So we can often go to great lengths with the most inane nonsense. Even still, it's not like the people you grew up with and shared your upbringing. Hmm... I'm not sure if I've made my self clear.

This is probably a bad example, but it's the only thing that comes to mind:
I remember my first quarter at college, my friends and I were driving someplace and I was sitting behind the driver. Mind you, i've only known these people for a few months and I get a little too comfortable. I remember we were on a stretch of road and I put my hands over the drivers eyes for a second as a joke and he flipped the fuck out. As stupid and horrible as that idea was, I was genuinely surprised by his reaction. He was pissed off. I was only surprised because as a teenager driving around with my friends we'd do this shit all the time. On the highway no less And, we'd all laugh. I'm not saying my friend was in the wrong or anything, I just really didn't expect his reaction at all. It was an amazing moment when I saw my world crash horribly into the world of someone else.

I know that was quite a tangent but, coming back to Kevin Smith, I feel like I can relate to him and his friends shootin' the shit. And am reminded of days when I would just bullshit with my best friends to the point where I didn't feel like I was being compartmentalized into their lives like, sadly, it seems is the case now. I don't know maybe I just have too much free time to think about these things.

So if you're at all interested in the smodcast you can download or listen to them at:
http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/
There really funny for the most part.

Right now Kevin Smith is shooting his new comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth banks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_and_Miri_Make_a_Porno

A bit of Apatow camp and the candid nature of Kevin Smith. To me this is a match made in Heaven.


Here's a great story Kevin Smith told at last years Comic-con, that's also reiterated, in length on the SModcast. Enjoy.



Smodcast version is better. So that was just a little taste.

Yeah it's official I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan. Not to a sickening point but I think I'll look forward to anything he does. I even really want to see Jersey Girl. And I will. Zak and Miri is going to be interesting as it will be his first non-View Askewniverse comedy. Then, not too long after that he'll be doing a film called Red State, which he refers to as a "Horror" movie. I only quote it because there has been some confusion as to how this film will fit into any genre. Very excited.

Okay well, I'm tired of this tonight.

I hope the above post didn't offend anyone. Wasn't my intention. Just need to get some thoughts off my chest homes.

Talk to you soon.