Music Appreciation: Nada Surf

I have always loved this song. It's where I got Johnny Football (and now you know).

Ode to an Extra

Being that I once was an extra in a fairly popular, successful movie, I found this to be quite amazing.

Miranda July's Ode to an Extra

"Have you checked our shitters, Honey?"

You've seen it - now Christmas can begin.

Things getting me through this weekend workday

• Aaron Copeland
• Pepperidge Farm Holiday Cookie Bites
• Free Starbucks coffee
• Adequate lighting
• Lynette
• Plans to eat chicken 'n dumplings later
• The fear of getting fired if I don't do a good job
  

Skinnydip

I was thinking, what kind of person would I be if I had a big house with an indoor pool and a guest house? Just wondering because Lynette found one of those for sale for nearly as much as we paid for our condo and it made me sad. Here's the rub: it's an hour away without rush hour traffic. Typical commuting time would probably be 2 hours one way. I guess the real question is Would a two hour commute justify a pool and guest house? Sanity can be pretty expensive around here.

Brett Farve

I don't know. Maybe I'll stay here. I really like having my favorite links right there (pointing to the right).

Dammit.

Stay tuned.

My Blog Has Moved!

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

This blog has moved! HERE

If you link to this blog please change your link.

Sorry for any inconvenience, but Blogger has been sucking lately because it's not updating my posts or some of my friends' posts. I did some research and found thousands of people with the same problem.

So, make sure you visit my new blog HERE

Broken Blog Blah

Ok, so if you're a regular here or you have linked to my blog from your blog you've probably noticed that my blog and blogroll isn't updating. According to the Blogger Team, something is amiss and they're investigating it.

I was this close to moving my blog to a different location, but I think I'll wait this one out a bit.

Or maybe not... I like Tumblr...

Gamerdays

Rain and Modern Warfare 2... If only this were a Friday... I'd be drinking Mountain Dew and peeing in a Nalgene bottle in the living room... And eating pizza... And wearing whatever I wore yesterday...

(I think I just figured out what I'm doing this Friday!)

Pleasure Chest

1. Suburu as Zip Car.
2. CoD:MW2
3. Veteran's Day
4. Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash
5. The Office reruns
6. Sports Junkies

My OMG Moment

I picked up a copy of Band Hero today. Got home. Popped it in the ole Xbox and scrolled through the songs when I came across the best song ever written:

Every Rose Has It's Thorns by Poison.

Epic.

Soothy

Prediction: The Minnesota Vikings will be in the Super Bowl this year.

Monday vs. Smashed Pumkins

1. There was a destroyed jack-o-lantern sharing my bus stop space with me this morning.
2. Waking up was tons easier this morning due to the time-change, I'm sure.
3. Lynette and I are contemplating putting a television in the bedroom.
4. I screwed up the sweet potatoes last night, but the greens were superb.
5. Yankees should end this baseball season tonight. Thankfully. The playoffs were dullsville, man.

Dark Morning

I don't mean gloomy morning or disturbing morning, I mean literally it's a dark morning. Where the hell is the Sun?

The lack of guilt I will feel for playing video games all day will be sensational!

There's a Hole in the Bucket

So I have ulcers. Who cares. It doesn't change anything.

Or does it?

I'm not giving up coffee. But I might give up beer. And don't get me angry - you won't like me when I'm angry.

Spines and Buttons

Barnes and Nobles (I pluralize all singular sounding businesses) have introduced their own version of an e-reader. It's called Nook (cute). Until now, the leader in the e-book arena was Amazon's Kindle. And up until now I had no (zero) interest in reading a book electronically.

But then I saw a picture (and video) of BN's Nook. And now my curiosity is piqued. For starters, it's a new, nifty piece of electronic joy. I love me some toys. Second, books can be purchased directly from the Nook wirelessly on a 3G network. Thirdly, books are only $9.99. Fourthly, this will save on shelf space in my house. Fifthly, I can potentially carry around my entire library in my bag.

Bad things:

First, what if I lose my entire library because someone steals my shiny piece of electronic joy? Are my "books" backed up somewhere? (Considering I don't have to use a computer to obtain said "books" I have to assume they are not.)

Second, Reading from a screen... I've never done it. At least not while sitting on the train or in my living room or in bed. Will I be as immersed in a "book" I'm reading from a screen? The act of reading words from a printed page seems more organic and ethereal. There's more interaction between reader and book when I'm physically turning a textured page.

Third, What of the book selection? Sure, Dan Brown's latest future Tom Hanks movie will be available. But what about some of the more obscure authors?

Fourth, What if there is suddenly a huge electronic book explosion similar to the likes of iPod usage in the early aughts and my dear friend Elizabeth loses her job slinging books? It's not an unreasonable prediction. Just look at any store's compact disc selection nowadays. Most music purchasers are buying their music online. And if I think about the people who sell books, what about the people who make them? How many people will be put out of work because some trendy hipster runs out and buys a Nook? (Maybe those people can go get jobs making Nooks. In China.)

BTW, have you heard? Walmarts is selling books for $9 now! Price war!

Karen O

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs did the entire soundtrack for Where the Wild Things Are. I think she's the tops. And this photo is supreme.

Monday Versus Unpredictable Nutcrackers

I was never one to be a bus/train sleeper, but this morning I closed my eyes for a minute on the shuttle and it was good.

I wish I could buy a decent hot dog around here.

Thank the gods for my thermos. When not in use I place it upon a makeshift alter and worship it. My silver idol.

I like that word makeshift. Makeshift.

I started reading Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood. It is good. The language is near-poetic. Every sentence seems well thought out and purposefully constructed. I appreciate that in prose. This life needs more poetry.

Que?

I always wanted to know how to use sign language. I'm not sure why. Some part of me thinks that chicks find it sexy. Or is it because I find deaf chicks sexy?

I actually know a few signs due to my line of work:

• pop (soda)
  
• coffee
• stop
• toilet
• yes
• no
• Lunch
• John Belushi

(The last one is a long story.)

If I have any deaf readers, I apologize if this sounds offensive or discriminatory or belittling. I'm just saying I like sign language.

And French. French people sound rad.

Fear

I have a fear that only rears its ugly head in the rain:

I'm afraid someone's umbrella is going to catch me in the corner of my eye! As I walk down the sidewalk on a rainy day I bob and weave up and down and around everyone's umbrellas like it's a game.

The people with the giant umbrellas scare me the most because I question their ability to control those big rigs. Especially in the wind.

Safety goggles. I'm going to have to start wearing safety goggles in the rain. Great.