DAVID BLAINE and his "Shadoobie on a Crane"

yesterday i went into central park to see what all the hype was about with david blaine and his "dive of death". or as i like to now refer to it as "taking a shadoobie on a crane". kinda like samuel l. jackson's "snakes on a plane", but much more anti-climactic and lacking any sort of entertainment value. or snakes.
when i got there david blaine was not upside down at all, but on a crane going to the bathroom in a gatorade bottle underneath a blanket. for 45 minutes!

when he finally went back upside down, you could actually stand in line and talk to him face-to upside down-face. i thought this idea was sweet until i saw the mass chaos of his "closest fans" storm the area complete with david blaine posters for him to sign while upside down. but after waiting for him to get done with his business on the crane, this close-up picture i got of him was about all the patience i had left.
so back to my "snakes on a plane" reference...if david blaine was wrapped around with a man-eating anaconda boa constricting python WHILE being suspended upside down, and he needed to stand up on a crane to get life-saving serum, now we're talking!
are you ever watching your favorite tv show, and when it comes time for the commercials you sit there awestruck by the types of commercials they have on? and you think to yourself, if this is my favorite show and these are the types of commericals trying to reach my demographic then perhaps i need to rethink my favorite shows? or by what they are suggesting i need to rethink my favorite everything?
for instance, the other night i was watching "america's next top model" and during a commercial break the ads were for: stride gum (i guess i have bad breath?), swiffer wet mop (my apartment is a mess), rid-x exterminator (great, now on top of a messy apartment, i have a rodent problem), and finally the real winner - genital wart prescription (fantastic, now i have a little situation down there that i need to take care of...)
so next time you are watching one of your favorite programs, keep an eye on the commercials and see what kind of messy problems advertisers are telling you to take care of...