Breakin’ News 2:  Electric Boogaloo

Can you truly count yourself as original most of the time?**

Being that, from what I can gather, most STC readers are artists and writers anyway, I’m sure many of you can answer with a resounding “YES!”… Now that I’ve put that little gem out there, to answer the question, I can’t count myself as original most of the time – as evidenced by this column, the purpose of which is to bring up countless things many of us know and love, and hopefully tie it in to the happenings of today, and in doing so, maybe get one of yous guys to crack a smile or muster a snicker, a chigger, a chuckle, a chortle, or even do a spit-take (and to make run-on sentences).  Heck – a groan quickly followed by a head shake makes me feel like I’m doing my job.  

That being said, as LeVar Burton would say, “My name is Kunta Kinte!”… oh, wait – wrong quote “- My VISOR’s positronic scan would have detected the leak.” Oops – that’s still not it… uh… “But you don’t have to take my word for it!” *cue Reading Rainbow scene change music*

So, after a fun filled half-hour of watching the same cheesy movie clip and spoof clips inspired by it, I finally settled on the name for this column – “Garbage Day”.  My reasoning – I generally write a lot of random, rambling things, and that to me equals Garbage.  I love my “trash”, don’t get me wrong, but I also know there are much more relevant things I could write about (and for that reason, I truly appreciate those who read it anyway!).  Like this column, garbage day is a regular occurence, but not an everyday thing, so it fits that way, too.  (Is anyone actually buying this justification ,or has everyone gotten that it’s just me trying to justify the fact that I used the following 20 second movie clip I only recently learned of to permanently name something important to me?)

So yeah – while it may seem silly, short-sighted, or maybe even counterproductive to name my column “Garbage Day”, I think it’s perfect.  In my opinion, it encompasses one of my favorite movie components – the cheese factor.  That’s not to say I don’t know an entertaining movie from a great one, or a “so stupid, it’s funny” movie from a “stupid” movie, but it is to say I’ll watch the hell out of any of the above.  I like movies that make me think, but I love movies that make me laugh.  I realize one man’s comedic gold is another man’s 90s Pauly Shore movie, but that in itself is intriguing to me as well (that everyone’s sense of humor is different is intriguing – not that a Pauly Shore movie is intriguing… okay, maybe some of them).  

But hey, let me know what you think (and if it’s negative, I’ll stab you in the face with a soldering iron – okay, I won’t go that far (I got warrants!), but I may make you sisten to Roseanne Barr sing the National Anthem!)!

I’m Winnie, “Garbage Day” blogger on stealthiscomic.com, and I approved this message (and so did Lionel Richie – as evidenced by the video at the URL below).

Thanks, again, for reading,

Winnie

**At the last parent-teacher conference, my middle child’s teacher said she’s keeping his writings as an example for future classes for a few reasons, but mainly because she loves how he always uses a question to start a story.  So yes, I am using a 1st grader’s criteria for “good writing”… Screw you, MLA format!