David Chase: Hello, I’d like to make a series about how terrible women are at parking.
HBO: Hmm, thats not really much of a show.
DC: well, how about i toss in some journey, everyone loves journey.
HBO: Hmm, better, but how many episodes can we get out of that?
DC: Fine, I’ll wrap some generic Mafia stories around it, but damn it i want to show people just how awesome journey is and how bad women parallel park.
HBO: You got a deal!
Getting a new one set up today/tomorrow
and why the hell are you still reading this? (tho i may just start linking to funny youtube vids, easy and fun for all)
Xmas list
It’s that time of year again, when i put out a christmas list that will invariably be ignored in favor of socks, underwear and stretch armstrong dolls.
Clothes (Katie picks!)
Copag playing cards
Idaho tshirt
pie tshirt
hungary for turkey
poker tracker
Itunes gift card
Amazon gift cards
Because, there is good in him. I’ve felt it.
So tonight I made my first iTunes purchase (Mike Doughty’s Gambler EP). My first ever legit music download, I even had limewire open at the same time (downloading John Mayer, screw him), but I couldn’t justify ganking a $6 Ep from my favorite artist. So yeah, I’m getting old and responsible.
So as Dan has bitched about in his cold, snow covered portion of the Interweb in upstate new york, I really dig mash ups (those wacky song remixes, where oasis and green day work together, then fade to the Jackson 5 and the Rocky theme, crazy stuff). Well i think I just watched the first ever mash up movie, Just Friends. It’s like Garden State vs. America’s Funniest Videos vs. Something about Mary, and it just works. Sure its all gags about getting punched in the balls and lighting shit on fire, but it works (the brothers just slapping the fuck out of each other was great). People got tasered, Anna Ferris plays a crazy Britney spears, i laughed hard, what can i say. Plus they kept making fun of Boys too men, leading to this memorable exchange:
Me: I squarely blame you for this song (I swear) becoming popular.
Lauren: Screw you, I hated this song.
Don: Hey, millions of teenage girls like you made this popular 10 years ago, thats like saying you lived in Germany in the 40s, but you weren’t a Nazi, everyone’s gonna blame you anyway.
Lauren: Smack
That’s right, I godwinned lauren.
Kick her in the musical box, and other quick hits
So yeah, if you didn’t see it on Fark or Slashdot this week, check out pandora.com. You feed it songs/artists you like, and it creates streaming music channels for you based on the styles of the songs you feed it, very cool, great for work.
Thanksgiving marked my first trip back east since the westward migration, and in two months I can see a difference. Traffic up there is quaint, it was weird to see that much open space on the plane ride in, and I’ve completely become a bitch about cold weather (today it was 55 and drizzly in Cali, OH NOES, TEH WINTER!!1!). Yeah, not quite the white out Lauren and I experienced on the way to Rochester.
I invited Angela to play poker with the guys on Saturday (I know, I’m a romantic), and she won first place (which earned me a free garbage plate Sunday morning).
And finally, I just received my first credit card that has airline miles rewards (the basic Citi bank card). I’m also going to retroactively sign up for the United and US Air mileage programs to recoup miles from my last two flights. Anyone out there have other good ways to rack up miles quickly/cheaply? Right now I’m looking for a good way to funnel my rent payment via this credit card.
Vegas Baby, Vegas!
Back Sunday night!
Old Googley eyes
Anyone living around me since my college days probably heard me swear about Steven McNair once or twice. For those not in the know, McNair’s the quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, and one of the few atheletes I’ve changed my mind about (Alexander Mogiliny & Doug Flutie being two others that pop to mind). Here’s what I used to hate about McNair, you would watch him play and he would just be mediocre yet seem to land on his feet. Every shot of him on the sideline showed him wide eyed and seemingly confused (thus googley eyes), he rarely got over 250 yards passing, no big risks. Just give it to his running back, let the defense do their things, and play within the system. When it all fired right (and it did for a good four years), he never did anything special, but his team would go 12-4 and he’d beat other “better quarterbacks. I’d sit there and think “how has no one figured out how to make this guy look like a fool yet?”. In fairness, the last 3-4 years he’s done some amazing things and I’ve changed my mind on him. But that ruins my argument here, so let’s ignore that….
The wheels officially fall of George Bush tomorrow, and I just may do a dance. Bush has been pulling the Googly eyes “stay in the system and do what the coach says” routine and just slinking by. But suddenly Georgie’s gone off script and it’s all gone to shit. The Social Security debacle quagmired back in the winter, Iraq is the same, even hitting another milestone today. The whole Harriet Miers thing, which pissed of the righties and even surprised the Dems at how dumb a move it was. Gas prices, Katrina, and finally the CIA leak indictments. Rush and the rest of ‘em are trying to pretend how this isn’t a big deal, and it’s all political, but it’s a hard sell for the God Bless America crowd to write off treasonous acts (remember ditto heads, it’s Clinton’s fault, somehow). Here’s my Vegas style odds on inditements tomorrow:
Libby: 1 – 2 (bet $2 to win $1, ie. It’s gonna happen)
Rove: 3 – 1 (i hope i hope i hope, but who knows)
Cheney: 20 – 1 (you never know)
Some guy you never heard of: 1 – 1
Woo
What a weekend. Pictures up on the left (Ang and Me in San Francisco). The trick to San Francisco is to walk everywhere, that way every 4 miles you can have a huge meal and still be able to move (especially seeing that walking 4 miles is more like 4 flat miles and 10 vertical). Alcatraz is just as great the second time around, and Columbus Ave Italian food is even better. I also got to explore the Presidio sober for once, great part of the city (and check out Tommy Tequilla’s at 23rd and Geary, best Mexican food ever). Angela loved the city, and the whole weekend couldn’t have been any better.
Now I need advice. Being 2600 miles away from the family and my lady friend, I’m now in the market for a credit card with airline miles rewards, or just a good airline based promotion. SFO (united is big there I know) is 5 minutes away, but San Jose is doable. Right now I’m leaning towards something through Southwest, as they fly everywhere I want (Vegas, Buffalo, New York) for relatively cheap, I just have to drive down to San Jose to fly. What do you all use? And I already tried Capital One, and the bastards said no.
Just buy some 7up & chicken soup, then shut the hell up.
Ok, people really need to shut up about this bird flu thing. All flu comes from birds! Blah blah, newsmen spread panic everywhere, and once again I will not get a flu shot, angrily tempting the stupid panic gods. Remember kids, unless you’re old, have a weakened immune system, or a health worker (or some bizarre combination of all three, then you might wanna get that shot). Sure the flu is rough and all (for like 3 days), but if I can survive all the other media scares, like looters, shark attacks, Aruba kidnappers & africanized bees, I think I’ll be ok.
Also, from Dan on the heels of old man testeverde’s latest performance…
’small north jersey company seeking anyone with football knowledge for starting quarterback position. must provide own transport to/from long island training facility. weekends a must. no experience necessary’
Random thoughts I go through during the business day.
I love orange sherbert ice cream. One of my favorites. This is really unfortunate as the air freshener in the office bathroom uses this very scent. Luckily, this is the only thing wrong about my job before.
So yeah, I used to play hockey, and every now and then the old instinct kicks in, and I just want to hipcheck the fuck out of someone and see if I can flip them over. One of these days I might not be paying attention and do it. That could be bad.
Everday I fear I will start air drumming to the ipod in my very-visible-to-the-whole-company desk.
