"ahhh california in the summer..."

i love cartoons. which is kind of weird because as of about 3 years ago i never watched cartoons. ever. i would watch sports and movies and thats about it. lots of sportscenter. hmmm... come to think of it, i cant really think of much tv i watched during my senior year at college. and thats either because i didnt watch much or i was drunk a lot of that time.

but now that im out in the 'real world' and am working, pay bills, rent, etc. you know. what real grown ups do. now that im here, i watch more cartoons than i ever did when i was 8 years old.

but im not talking about saturday morning cartoons. dude, i dont wake up until noon on saturdays at the earliest. that is, unless im out doing something like an ultimate tournament or travelling or something. im talking about 3 cartoons in particular.

south park: i just read that they have started their 9th season, and have signed on for 3 more. i watched it during its first and second seasons, and then when it started sucking [seasons 4-6/7] i really didnt watch it at all. and now that its frickin' hilarious again, i thoroughly enjoy it. cartman has to be the funniest single cartoon character ever created. of all time. fact. the shit that comes out of his mouth is so racist, sexist and offensive its perfect. easily the star of the show, and i love watching it.

family guy: there is nothing that i need to say about this show. everyone knows this is the funniest show on tv. this is the cartoon that got me back into cartoons when a buddy of mine bought the first and second season on dvd the summer after my senior year in college [shout out to doozy for this one] and we watched them all at camp that summer. i had never heard of it before, and it was the best thing that could have ever happened to me cartoon-watching-wise. i mean, i could have won the lottery. that would have kicked ass and been better in an "over-all" sense of what is good for me. but it wouldnt have allowed me to gloriously rediscovered cartoons. so, hooray for family guy.

aqua teen hunger force: the best cartoon on tv. the crime is that most people dont know about it. in fact, im watching it right now. the one with the rainbow and the 3 leprechans [1 irish, 1 american, and 1 gay one]. the humor of athf is so particular and subtle that im sure its tough for some to get into. carl is so frickin' awesome. and meatwad is hilarious. i just read that aqua teen is getting better ratings than both leno AND letterman, and now huge corporations are looking at them for commercial time. coolest news about aqhf? they are making a movie right now. hell yeah. 2006, i cant wait. you should watch it though. its on adultswim [cartoon network, around midnight on wednesdays... maybe more weeknights, but i juts know its wednesday tonight].

whats the moral of this story? cartoons kick ass. number 1 in the hood, g.

"ahhh, and my hair is growing long."