Archive for November, 2008

Between three different Thanksgivings and the meals in-between, I have consumed more food than any human should be able to.

I've had turkey and ham and mashed potatoes and twice-baked potatoes and two different types of sweet potato casserole and stuffing with sausage in it and rolls and cranberry sauce and two different kinds of gravy and grape jelly meatballs and eggnog and slices from two different pumpkin pie cheesecakes and chocolate cream pie and butterscotch cream pie and pecan tarts and cookies and chocolate cake and green bean casserole and carrot cake. And a gallon of Pepcid AC.

My favorite dish was probably a stuffing that my sister made from scratch from a Rachel Ray recipe that had sausage in it. It was amazing!

What was your favorite food from this weekend?

Today is your last day to enter my Buffytastic giveaway. Don't miss out – you have three chances to enter!

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I got caught up on some TV and movies this week.

Movies:

The Strangers (Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman): Started off very intense. The first hour was very stressful to watch, but then the last half hour ended up being rather by-the-numbers. Still a decent flick that wasn't too cliched.

Baby Mama (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Steve Martin): They should have just let Tina write a movie her own way, without going the formulaic sappy way. It was still fun, but if it hadn't been for the general awesomeness of the cast, the poor story would have made it a horrible movie.

Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black): I saw this twice in theaters and loved it. This time I watched the Director's Cut on DVD. It's a bit longer, and had some material in it that was funny but completely unnecessary and actually dragged the movie out a bit. I remain convinced that Downey deserves an Oscar nomination for his role, though.

TV:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): The finale, where Charlie puts on a musical, was absolutely hilarious. If you don't watch this show, you are missing out. Go buy seasons 1-3 on DVD right now.

True Blood (HBO): Holy shit! The finale was outstanding – Bill walking across the yard in the sun was amazing. Anybody have any theories about Lafayette?

Chuck (NBC): This show has really turned around in the second season. Chuck is cooler, funnier, and less of a wimp, and his supporting cast has been fleshed out nicely. My friend from college, Zach, was the assassin (Codename: Wolf Den) in an episode a few weeks ago, and that was pretty awesome by itself.

Heroes (NBC): It's still crap, but it's been slightly more logical and entertaining crap.

Pushing Daisies (ABC): The magician episode with Fred Willard was my favorite of the season, and I'm so sad that it's been cancelled. ABC really screwed the pooch with this one.

Have you seen anything good lately?

Don't forget! I'm giving away a free copy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection on DVD to one lucky winner. There are three ways to enter, and you have until tomorrow at midnight!

Since I'm not sure how many people are even going to read this today, here are some things that those of you who do show up need to know!

The first thing is my huge giveaway. There are three ways to enter, which gives you three chances at winning the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD. Go here to read the rules and submit your entries. It's over Sunday at midnight, so don't miss out!

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You can use the comments to whore yourself out – where can we find you on the internet?

Have a happy Thanksgiving and don't forget to enter my contest for a free copy of the entire series of Buffy!

It's getting close to that time of year when gifts are exchanged, whether one celebrates Christmas or Chanukah or Festivus or something else. Those of you who are ahead of the game are done with your shopping, but most of you haven't even started yet.

Well, if one of the people on your shopping list is a fan of the cult television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", today might be your lucky day! I am giving away one copy of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection" to a lucky commenter.

This 40-Disc DVD special collector's edition contains the following:

• All seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 144 episodes in total.
• All original extras, including cast and crew commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, outtakes, scripts, special interviews, and much more!
• A signed letter to fans from Joss Whedon.
• A bonus disc containing the following:
• Back to the Hellmouth: A Conversation with Creators and Cast – a roundtable discussion with Joss Whedon, Charisma Carpenter, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Danny Strong, Marti Noxon, Doug Petrie, David Fury, Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard.
• Buffy Cast and Crew: Favorite Episodes – find out which episodes remain dear to the hearts of the cast and crew.
• Buffy: An Unlikely Role Model – an analysis of the impact of Buffy and the Tara and Willow relationship on a teen audience.
• Breaking Barriers: It's Not a Chick Fight Thing – in-depth look at the stunts behind Buffy with never before seen fight footage.
• Love Bites: Relationships in the Buffyverse – sex and Buffy and Buffy and sex!
• Evil Fiends – an examination of the metaphors represented by some of the villains faced by the Scoobies.

How can you win this stupendous DVD collection?

There are two different ways you can enter.

1. Leave a comment here telling me your favorite Buffy moment, OR
2. Write a post on your blog that talks about the contest and links directly to this post (http://www.avitable.com/2008/11/25/free-holiday-gift-giveaway/), then email me at my first name at my last name dot com to let me know.

Each of these methods will give you one (1) entry into the contest, for a maximum of two (2) entries allowed. I will allow entries throughout the Thanksgiving weekend, until midnight EST on Sunday, November 30th. Then I will count all entries and pick a random winner and announce the winner on Monday or Tuesday.

Update: There is a third way to enter!

That's right – I'll let you enter a third time if you write my name on your naked chest with anything (chocolate syrup, marker, etc.) and email me a picture that shows my name, your chest, AND your face! I know, I know. I'm very generous.

Here's my favorite Buffy moment:

You cried because you broke the yellow crayon, and you were too afraid to tell anyone. You've come pretty far, ending the world, not a terrific notion. But the thing is? Yeah. I love you. I loved crayon-breaky Willow and I love … scary veiny Willow. So if I'm going out, it's here. If you wanna kill the world? Well, then start with me. I've earned that.

Good luck!

In other Avita-news:

Tonight, due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be NO episode of "Clearly, You're Retarded." We'll return next week with a bitingly sharp debate about something that means a lot to Britt and we'll count how many times she can insult my manliness, intelligence, and humanity.