30 Rock-ing on!

I'm finally here at the age the 30. Thirty is the new twenty people are saying. Maybe it's just a nice way of saying that you're getting older, uglier, more miserable, too unhip to be following pop culture anymore, too old to watch cartoons or play video games, etc. I see a lot of people take it as the beginning of the end; the ending of your prime; the demise of your youth. However, while things have changed from my younger days, I definitely wouldn't trade being older for it. Here's why.

What Ted: the Movie can teach us about manhood

I went to see Ted: The Movie Sunday because it seemed like an awesome movie and had really high hopes for it. Even though my love for Family Guy is lukewarm at best (Seth McFarlane created both "Family Guy" and "Ted"), I still had a feeling that Ted was something right up my alley.

Ted: the Movie didn't only meet my expectations (I can be a demanding person that will get disappointed if my expectations are not met), but it passed them by a good margin. This is impressive considering that I think Family Guy is something that can use improvement, although it has a lot of potential. Sometimes, I feel that Family Guy tries too hard with the jokes. One thing with Family Guy is that the jokes are made so rough that it loses some laugh value. One example is this clip of Peter getting a prostate exam here, then reacting to it here. It's just a borderline deranged reaction that makes him look like someone that's mentally deficient (a guide for that particular episode is available here: http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Stewie_Loves_Lois). At other times, they make jokes so obscure it requires a "mini-flashback" that seemingly comes out of nowhere so the joke can actually have a punchline. Things like this is what probably keeps Family Guy from being utter genius, since jokes like this seem too try-hard.