Anna Kendrick, as you might imagine, checks just about all the boxes for me. Diminutive, cute, a little bit goofy - if I weren't happily married, she'd be in trouble. I guess that's what restraining orders are for.But news today moved the star of the Pitch Perfect movies up even higher in my estimation. Kendrick, it seems, wants to be Squirrel Girl.
Once an obscure side character in the expansive Marvel universe, Squirrel Girl has seen a resurgence of sorts after she became part of the New Avengers cast. As the nanny for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' child, the college-aged alter ego of mild-mannered Doreen Green possesses the ability to chew through wood, and proportional squirrel agility and strength. Not coincidentally, so does your friendly neighborhood blogger.
With all manner of Marvel heroes getting their own feature roles lately, speculation has begun in earnest about an eventual Squirrel Girl vehicle. And that's where Anna Kendrick comes in. The elfin (or, shall we say, squirrel-like) actress has reportedly expressed an interest in starring in the title role. As may be obvious, I find that an inspired choice.Marvel has yet to announce plans for a Squirrel Girl feature, but that seems to me to be just a matter of time. From my clearly unbiased perspective, it would almost certainly break every box office record in existence. They gave us Ant Man (and Howard the Duck). Squirrel Girl is a no-brainer.
And Anna Kendrick wants to be Squirrel Girl. She an 's away from perfection.
Continuing the thread from last post about sexy Olympians, I have been negligent in failing to recognize my future second ex-wife, Swiss beach volleyball player Anouk Verge-Depre. Big fan.
ReplyDeleteI like Kendrick too (Anna, not Howie).
Anna Kendrick is not attractive to me ever since I saw her and Adam Scott pictured next to each other on the inter webs. I can no longer separate themselves from one another.
ReplyDeleteI apologize for my poor grammar. Half awake at the gym reading G:TB.
ReplyDeleteI'm more awake now. Barely.
Has anyone been introduced yet to the O'Donovan brothers, Ireland's 2-man rowing team? Lovely lads from Skibbereen, a little town in Ireland not far from Cork. Having visited to meet relatives of my brother-in-law, I can say the Skibbereenians all have quite the brogue.
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I dated a girl in high school who looked vaguely like Anna Kendrick. She was crazy, not goofy.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Money, Walmart begins selling regular and chocolate-flavored deep-fried twinkies today. Plan accordingly.
ReplyDeleteThat's why TJ has yet to comment on this thread, I guess.
ReplyDeleteTJ has his final grad school assignment due by 6pm on Monday and wishes he could spare a moment to go buy deep-fried Twinkies at Walmart.
ReplyDeleteI've had deep-fried Twinkies before and, in my opinion, they aren't that great.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be nice to have TJ back. Am tired of carrying him. Who are the other two TJ's by the way?
ReplyDeleteHooker and who else?
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that was a devastating US soccer loss, and i still don't fully understand the offsides rule.
ReplyDeleteDiminutive, cute, a little bit goofy . . . you've got 33% in common with her, rob.
ReplyDeleteis everyone else living on a sci-fi planet with weather resembling that of venus in a ray bradbury story?
The kids and we are planning on getting up at 430 to see the falling stars. That's the plan in theory anyway.
ReplyDeletetoo hot for that shit, even at night. meanwhile, i just tricked out my tweeter page!
ReplyDeletethe swedes should've won in overtime, so i guess that's a fair outcome (i think lloyd was called for a foul on the disallowed us goal), but it still sucks.
ReplyDeleteand it's fucking outrageously hot here. humans shouldn't be expected to live in these conditions.
ReplyDeleteour girl hope solo with yet more assholery in the postgame. when her talent starts to slip, it's going to be an ugly downhill slide for her.
ReplyDeleteshould the swedes have won? the scorer was in an offsides position, gaining advantage, and it was a DEFLECTION, not a deliberate pass, that fell at her feet-- so i think the announcers were wrong when they called it a bad offsides call. if it's a deflection to advantage, then the player is offsides. if it's a stupid back pass, then the player is not offsides. or that's what the internet and my friend terry both say.
ReplyDeleteeverything that you learn from Terry is true
ReplyDeleteI am going to see the Avett Brothers tonight. Less psyched than usual... hotter than Hades, new album not my cup of stout, Rootsy brainwashing me. We shall see.
ReplyDeleteok, tough one, because schelin was onsides as the ball was played, but clearly offsides when the ball was deflected. i think that might be sort of like a blown offsides trap situation, which means it should have been a goal. i am in no way conceding this point because i want the many blonde women of sweden to adore me.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had deep fried twinkles. But deep fried Oreos are crap. I'm generally out on deep fried sweets.
ReplyDeleteThe weather here is awful but it's absolutely balmy compared to Osaka last week. I should put a post or two up about it.
ReplyDeleteosaka!
ReplyDeleteThat's the first non Spurrier related Osaka reference in G:TB history, yes?
ReplyDeleteFitting that a storm comes in to wash away the end of the A-Rod festivities.
ReplyDeleteHe was on WFAN w/ Mike Francesa earlier today and used the acronym ROI in perfect context. I almost drove off the road.
And I am 99.69% sure he signs w/ the Marlins very soon. He waffled with aplomb when asked about it.
ReplyDeleteTierod Taylor got $90 million over 6 years? Really?
ReplyDeleteYou'd think the paper name plaque affixed with safety pins would have been replaced by now.
ReplyDeleteFor those "Making a Murderer" fans...the nephew is likely to get out of the pokey. Statement to police probably coerced.
ReplyDeleteDirado!
ReplyDeleteThe Iron Lady is toast! That was jump off the couch exciting.
ReplyDeleteyeah, that was cool
ReplyDeleteDon't think I'm jinxing anything, so what is the over-under on Ledecky's margin of victory in the 800? 7.5? More?
ReplyDeleteI'll say 5.5
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming Leah Smith is in this...she's a tough cookie
I mean, she just Started kicking on the 5th lap. And she was ahead by 2 lengths.
ReplyDeleteOk....looks like 8 or so at this point....
ReplyDeleteshe's lapping these fools
ReplyDeleteShe is my hero. I mean....fuck. the pain she must endure every time she gets in the pool.
ReplyDeleteWhat is with swimmers wearing caps over caps? It's like Russian nesting dolls.
ReplyDeleteNo jokes about Squirrel Girl chewing through wood? In my experience that isn't a good thing.
ReplyDeleteTreated myself to a bottle of Glenmorangie Port Cask Finish tonight. It's as delicious as I remember. Scotland rules.
ReplyDeletemaybe just a glass next time, tr
ReplyDeleteHelps keep the goggles on upon entry Mayhugh.
ReplyDeleteAlso helps w drag so they say....top cap different material....doesn't wrinkle.
Bruno Fratus? Should we adopt him?
ReplyDeletedanimal has a natural drag-free dome, so he's got an advantage over most
ReplyDeleteA-Rod playing 3rd in bottom of 9th! Joe Girardi has a heart after all.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see the lead-off hitter drop a bunt.
danimal mentioned the o'donovan brothers from skibbereen yesterday - here's video of the lads. it's amazing:
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I attempted to watch the Bill Simmons HBO show--tried 2 different episodes. Had to turn if off 10 mins into each of them. Show is pretty bad. I have tired of his unbridled snark.
ReplyDeleteThe thing about Simmons is that we all have been fans for 15+ years, and his cultural expanse has not evolved an iota. Comments on The Challenge, the WWE and the Bachelor sound increasingly lame these days. And you can't be a half-ass slacker on a TV show. Folks want to see polished jokes and compelling commentary, not him in a flannel shirt making fun of Roger Goodell for the 900th time. That Rappaport court skit was awful.
ReplyDeleteHis podcasts have been sporadic in recent weeks, amid some pretty negative press on the show. I wonder what's going on in his mind. He's pretty thin-skinned.
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