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Troy's > Wednesday, August-25-2010Hey Kids!
Troy's blog has moved (again)! As part of the new redesign, the blog has been integrated into the message board forums and, as a result, the web address has changed. So unless you're here to go trudging through my past (Hi, Mom)... head on over to:
http://www.troybenjamin.com/blog All Thumbs - Movie Observations > Wednesday, June-09-2010All Thumbs Movie Observations - Episode Three (and a Half) And now, the exciting conclusion of my All Thumbs Movie Observation catch-up from yesterday... will Troy like Race to Witch Mountain? I know you're really dying to find out... All Thumbs - Movie Observations > Tuesday, June-08-2010All Thumbs Movie Observations - Episode Three Oh, hey there. Yeah, I know - I said the blog would start getting updated more frequently but the website redesign is taking much, much longer for me to implement - and I'm starting to get impatient. So it's going to start happening on a daily basis again now that I've banked... oh... a good two dozen ideas to entertain you all with. But the first thing I realized was that I'm so far behind on my All Thumbs Movie Observations that it's not even funny. So, in honor of all the recent graduates, I present to you the Cliff's Notes versions of All Thumbs recounting all of the movies that I've seen since Episode Two. Oh, and by the way - that was October of last year, so get ready... Troy's Personal > Sunday, May-02-2010We're Back! Testing... testing... (cough, cough)... is this thing on? Welcome to the Starlight Lounge, I'm Troy Benjamin and I'll be with you for the remainder of the evening. My band The Mooninites and I have been on a bit of a performing hiatus and we're so pleased to be back here tonight to spend the evening with you. We'd like to start with a Springsteen classic, sing along if you know it... Troy's Personal > Saturday, April-17-2010'abreakit down... As my sister would usually put... some "Crazy Shit" has been happening in the Wonderful World of Troy. I've been doing my best to broadcast to everyone, but alas - not enough hours in the day... and then it struck me, because I'm an oblivious jackass: I have a blog that has been regretfully neglected. So... here's the Yo Gabba Gabba-like summation of all that's happened in the course of the last two weeks and why I've disappeared in more ways than one (and why it'll give me more time to write in this neglected form). Pop Culture Goodness > Wednesday, March-17-2010Two words: Potato Famine! Pop Culture Goodness > Wednesday, March-10-2010Watch Ol' Bandit Tweet... If there's one thing that I've learned having suddenly found myself unknowingly in the world of marketing buzzwords, "social networking is changing everything." Indeed, things like AIM, Facebook, and Twitter have changed a great deal in our day to day lives, but I got to thinking... you know what... Twitter is literally just the new CB radio... come back?
Microblog > Tuesday, March-09-2010More On That Whole High School Thing I'm still getting a whole lot of guff for not wanting to come home for the ten year high school reunion. So I pose this question to everyone...
I drive, every morning, into a parking garage filled with overpriced luxury and sports cars in my Hyundai, walk past our cafeteria where lunch is served buffet style and everyone sits in their own cliques at the same tables every day, am constantly second fiddle to those with higher status around me, and I currently feel all around stuck until graduation day in the summer. So if I'm currently still living high school albeit older, wiser, and getting paid for it... why should I feel nostalgic for it? Sure, I really want to hang out with a select handful of you guys that I haven't seen in years, and would love to have a beer and catch up. But Prom 2010 just doesn't sound like a good time at this point in my life. Give me another ten years and maybe I'll change my tune but for now... have fun and think fondly of me when all the popular kids from 2000 are slapping each other on the back remembering how awesome they used to be, while our group is all huddled around talking about how awesome the Tron Legacy trailer (and how hot Olivia Wilde) is. Dear Future Wife > Tuesday, March-02-2010Dear Future Wife: The Mancave... Or Troy's Version Of It... If you've seen "I Love You Man", you'll have no doubt noticed that you never see the inside of Jason Siegel's house - you only see The Mancave, his Fortress of Solitude out on the garage where pop culture, music, and other unspeakables all collide. Much as people ponder their dream home or their perfect kitchen, us dudes know what their perfect Mancave locale will be. So, Future Wife - you ask what Mancave will be? Well, allow me to tell you. And don't worry, you're allowed in... Pop Culture Goodness > Wednesday, February-24-2010Back to the Future Disneyland decided to give in to a bit of fan nostalgia (and cash in on the resurgence of Michael Jackson's popularity) by reopening Captain EO for the first time since 1997 yesterday. A huge fan both of the original attraction and of Sir Michael, I decided to head down there for re-opening day in an attempt to relive childhood. Here are my thoughts on the return to the past for Tomorrowland... Movies and TV > Friday, February-19-2010Dear ABC, I think I've found a way to get you back on top... Troy's Personal > Friday, February-12-2010Spring Cleaning Some "Spring Cleaning" was done to the blog today, you'll notice there's a pretty easy to use navigation bar over there to the right, an all-new title and head graphic, and here's the biggest thing: you can now get to the blog TWO ways: www.troybenjamin.com/blog and www.stillplayingwithtoys.com/mblog Simple? Indeed. Pop Culture Goodness > Thursday, February-11-2010Love is in the Air Troy's Personal > Monday, February-08-2010You will NOT believe what I've seen!! On that note... the writings shall begin again. Troy's Personal > Thursday, January-28-2010License to Douche I look young. I know, I know, Mom... I'll be thankful for it when I'm older. But the inherent problem with looking young is that proprietors of fine retail establishments still treat me as if I were young. But are such proprietors forfeiting customer service to save their own asses?
Pop Culture Goodness > Wednesday, January-27-2010Troy Benjamin: Future CEO of the Rossum Corporation? I'm almost certain that my latest evil genius idea isn't illegal. I mean, it's pretty shallow, twisted, and objectifying, and technically I think it might be considered human trafficking. I'll give it that. But I don't think that it would have any legal repercussions. So, that disclaimer up front, hear me out... what if there was a geek escort service?
Pop Culture Goodness > Wednesday, January-13-2010What Would the Wolfman Do? Over the Christmas break, a trend that I had noticed in LA was confirmed as widespread... It's a little bit shocking, it's a little bit welcome, it's a little bit odd, and it's going to take a little bit of getting used to. Not just for me, I think - but for all parties involved. Here's how I'm reacting, and how I think others are reacting to this recent development: they're playing 80s music on oldies stations...
Troy's Personal > Tuesday, January-12-2010"I Killed the President of Paraguay With a Fork" Thanks to the advent of Facebook (which I've stated on numerous occasions has replaced the high school reunion anyway), I've now been reminded that this year is coming up on my tenth anniversary of enduring four years of the social awkwardness, uncertain self-esteem, popularity contest which we've all come to know as high school. I have a feeling it's going to take Joan Cusack tricking me into going because I'm not exactly chomping at the bit to relive aforementioned years any time soon. Here's why...
Movies and TV > Friday, January-08-2010We Are Spirits Living in a Rendered World It's okay; I can hear your groans all the way through the interwebs... someone else spewing about how CGI has ruined movies, like we haven't heard that before. But, especially after watching a few twenty to thirty year old movies over the Christmas Break, it continues to be clear to me that movies have completely lost a sense of peril after the advent of CG effects. Oh, and movies have people falling uncontrollably through the air a whole lot more than they used to...
Pop Culture Goodness > Thursday, January-07-2010Ode to Boardwalk USA Dave and Busters, ESPN Zone, they all owe their existence (in my non-professional opinion, of course) to a small chain of arcades that were ground zero for some of my fondest memories as a kid with the guys. Boardwalk USA was a dream come true... video games and pinball machines old and new as far as the eye can see - and all you had to do was swipe a card to play. Listen to me weep like Glenn Beck about how simple life used to be after the jump... Troy's Personal > Wednesday, January-06-2010It Hasn't Happened Yet New year, new decade… looking back on the last year
(and ten), I find myself with a great sense of urgency to start getting things
done. And so, as I sit here already adhering to one of my “resolutions” if it
can be called such, thus begins Troy’s reform. Want to hear what I’m doing and
why I’m doing it? Stop by after the jump…
Troy's Personal > Wednesday, December-23-2009Christmas Time in Holl--- er... Franktown Look 'ma, time to write! It only took getting thousands of miles away from LA to do so too! It's funny, over the past several days, I've felt like I've had the same conversation with several different people. You know the old cliche that there's no place like home for the holidays? It seems like the conversation lately is that there's no place like home, period. Dorothy would be proud. More after the link... Pop Culture Goodness > Friday, December-11-2009Troy's Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck Volume 1 For the love of everything holy, if I hear Johnny Mathis' "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" one more time, I'm going to smash the radio. I know Mathis is beloved and people love the song but, c'mon - that song is literally like rubbing my face against a cheese grater every time I hear it. So, as often happens, I took matters into my own hands and created my own Christmas album, lovingly titled "Troy's Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck Volume 1" which I will be distributing to my friends that so wish to have a copy. If you'd like a copy, leave me a comment or send me an email and I'll send you a CD as a present. Want to see the track listing and why they were chosen? Hit the jump!
Pop Culture Goodness > Wednesday, December-09-2009Okay, who's going to invent TiVo for the radio? I know, I know, the first thing out of your mouth probably was, "Who still listens to the radio unless it's NPR anyway, Troy?" Plus the obvious answer is that the iPhone and the iPod are the Tivo of radio (and a new stereo in which I can hook up my iPhone is high up on the purchase list for after the holidays)... but it suddenly occurred to me that the only times I actually sit through advertisements now is when I'm in my car listening to the radio. Or at the mercy of the AMC Theaters and their merciless plugging of products before the feature presentation. Or on billboards all over the streets. Or when the TV show I'm watching is plugging the new KFC Grilled Chicken. Or when I'm reading a magazine that now has about three pages of actual content and thirty pages of beautiful models who have more Photoshop work done on them than the newest Avatar theatrical poster... Troy's Personal > Tuesday, December-08-2009No, I haven't bought the Porsche... yet. Grab some soda and popcorn, and enjoy the trainwreck... Learning to Love Los Angeles > Wednesday, October-28-2009Apocalypse When? Now? People were fighting in the streets, cars were driving like crazed maniacs were behind the wheel, the power was going out, transformer poles were exploding, trash and debris filled the sky... sounds like a July 4th movie, right? Nope, it was just a little windy in LA...
All Thumbs - Movie Observations > Wednesday, October-21-2009All Thumbs Movie Observations - Episode Two I'm going to go out on a limb here... Wolverine, with all of the crane shot screams to the sky set aside, actually wasn't all that bad. Hear me try to justify this outrageous claim as well as some observations on Couples Retreat, An Education, Zombieland, and The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary, of course) after the jump...
Pop Culture Goodness > Tuesday, October-20-2009Remember When Listerine Used to Swing on Vines? Mouthwash is disgusting. No matter how hard they try, no matter what flavor they make the stuff, it still tastes like you're swishing pure rubbing alcohol around in your mouth every morning. But there was a time... oh... about nineteen hundred and... say... ninety-three. When mouthwash was cool... remember? Troy's Personal > Monday, October-19-2009Back in the saddle again... and a note on elevators... Howdy partners, long time no blog. That's about to change though. My day job increasingly becomes more and more corporate (no, I didn't get the memo) so I sat down with Excel and created a spreadsheet to find a way to make myself more productive and more efficient. We'll see how it works out, either I'm going to get a whole lot done, or I'm going to go nuts and beat the crap out of the giant Bumblebee Transformers statue they currently have over on La Brea and Santa Monica Blvd. -- anyway... ready to get blogged? Hit the jump for more...
Troy's Personal > Friday, August-28-2009"What is it, you say... ya do here?" I find (an awful lot, especially at family functions) that folks don't quite understand what a DVD producer does on a daily basis. Plus, I also find that the same questions get asked a ton... while I'm fairly green and nowhere near an authority or someone of esteem on such measures, I thought I'd write up a page that I could direct family and friends toward if they really want to know more about what keeps me from "real life" 10 months out of the year... plus it'll be fun to hear how my colleagues (if they're out there in TV land) view some of these things... okay, here goes...
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