I thankfully was not one of the people who lost power over this, the Long Weekend of Effing Hot Temperatures.  I did, however, spend a good portion of it holed up in my bedroom, since that’s where I have air conditioning.  Very unsurprisingly, even on the Westside where temperatures were a good 15-20 degrees lower than the 110ish temps in the Valley, I could hear the hum of air conditioners all around the neighborhood all weekend.  Earlier, I had thought of commandeering The Girlfriend™’s backyard for a small gathering/barbeque, but now I’m thankful I didn’t because I and our guests would’ve been the ones cooking, not the meat.

The weekend did kick off with a bit of an interesting twist, since I was invited down to E! to be interviewed as an “industry insider” on E! Radio’s Yo! on E on Friday.  Look, people care what I think!  In the words of Ron Burgundy, I don’t know if you know this, but I’m kind of a big deal around here....  [insert snickering here] In between the three articles I wrote this weekend, I also got a chance to see a preview of 3:10 to Yuma, as well as The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.  Truthfully, none of us liked 3:10 to Yuma — it was implausible in parts and there were holes in the plot, plus it dragged in some parts.  But I will say that Christian Bale and Russell Crowe did great acting jobs.  On the other hand, I thought The King of Kong was great — funny (even though it wasn’t specifically intended to be) and an enjoyable documentary (though it initially comes off as a mockumentary) that isn’t about doom-and-gloom topics like global warming and stuff like that.  Go see it if you have the chance.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to climb into my fridge to cool off.