FC Dallas

I hereby commit to be a better supporter. Eddie Johnson is one of my favorite players on the planet, and I promise to get out to games more this year in support. I also herby promise to buy one of the new shirts.

Opener is Saturday night.

Game on playa.

Wed

Flanders -'the pigeons are eating all our grass seed in the front'
me- (borrowing slightly from a line my boy Michael threw out about the NBA a few years back)'science has not yet developed sophisticated enough technology to gauge my level of interest in the lawn'


I'm trying to be less nice to this guy in hopes of discouraging so much chit chat and small talk. All Flanders conversations take place in my office, or the hallway. Note the absence of home games at the Flanderdome...this suggests I'm not a willing participant in these conversations.


Sophie the Ipod now has a better record collection than most people I know...she's hot.

Idol was weak, the 90's theme led to some lousy song choices 'I believe I can fly? c'mon vomit already.


Music-Beck, Bravery
Netflix-still the wire last disc of season 1

thin line

And Flanders always finds it.

A new guy brought his girlfriend around to meet everyone in the office, and Flanders comes over here afterward.

Didja meet Jeb's girlfriend?
Sure did, she seems cool
yeah, she's very attractive....VERY attractive.


Okay when he said the second very he demonstrated creepiness.

Yo La Tengo

Listening to the collection of Yo La 'hits' I can't help but wonder why they are so awful in concert. These songs are quiet, cool, and tuneful. So why must a Yo La Tengo concert be an exercise in ultrasonic weaponry?


Maybe I just caught them on two bad nights in different cities on different tours...or maybe they are just trying to be funny.

Tue

I waltz into my office late as usual, and there on my desk is bag from the official Liverpool FC shop. My scouse mate just got back from Mecca, and brought me a couple of things. A ball with the teams autographs, and a postcard. Nice! not what I buy for myself mind, but extremely cool of a coworker to look out for me.


Music-Sting, Killa Bees, and Negativeland's 'yellow black and rectangular'

Music is actually provided by Los Super Seven.

Buzz buzz

Yesterday I was walking to the mailbox, noting how lovely all of nature was. I reached into my mailbox and pulled out a stack of letters. On the corner of the pile was a yellow and black blur, before I could get a fix on it I felt a sharp pain on the webbing between my thumb and forefinger. I was victimized by a senseless act of violence. A wasp or bee or whatever had committed a heinous act of naked aggression. The bee or wasp is only a small part of the larger problem. The axis of insect evil!

This will not stand! Nature will feel my wrath! I will chop down the tree cause it harbors evil doers. I wonder what it will cost to dome my property.


It must have been a radioactive bee. All evening I felt my strength and agility increase exponentially, matched only by my cruelty.

USA

The match I planned my Easter around turned out to be a stinker. The US had some appalling lapses on defense, and Mexico is too good not to cash them in.


In the end the US showed some heart, and fought til the end, but it was not to be. Not the end of the world, and they have Guatemala on Wednesday. Time to get it sorted.

Monday

'In the pines in the pines where the sun never shines'-Leadbelly

47F degrees in Tyler state park makes for a cold effing Easter. I had fun with the little kids, and throwing the football around with the guys. I no longer feel I have what it takes to play at the highest level. I feel I've lost a bit of my ability. I will still make plays in my age group however.

A group of four does walked right by our group, and they were so cute. We also got to see the corn snake they keep at the office. It was a fun nature day, even though we froze.

I had fun, but I stand by my claim that Peeps and Paas suck.


Former Crowded House Drummer Paul Hester hanged himself to celebrate Easter. What's the deal with Aussie rockers and hanging/auto-erotic asphyxiation? This is sad news, I loved Crowded House.

Arena league football

Went to the American Airlines center on Friday night to take the kiddo to see some Arena league football. No, the kid doesn't care, but the tickets were free, and the kid likes to people watch. We walk in and the first thing I notice is the first thing I notice every time I go to AAC....strippers. It doesn't matter what the event, the AAC always looks like a stripper convention is in town. For I moment I worried that I would come home covered in glitter, and with a pocket stuffed full of atm receipts.

As for the game, it was wild ass as you would expect. Points are scored on every third play, and the atmosphere is more like wrestling than football. They play music in between everything, and the flags, and timeouts are sponsored. TD, C & C music Factory..wait Carter eye center flag on the play...penalty declinded..TD..Wiseguys start a commotion....td house of pain..TD...Mambo number five...TD who let the dogs out...Hooters time out.

You get the idea.

The office

'Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust' - Joe Strummer 'London Calling'


I tried not to hate it, I tried to give it a fair shake. Oh how I tired to like it, or at a minimum not loathe it.

I failed, it's terrible. I found it very hard to get through the whole thing.


Watch the original, and be happy in it's perfection.

Receipt talk

There seem to be two extremes in the world of register receipts. One version is little bigger than a postage stamp. The other school of thought is the one favored by larger chain stores, the monster receipt. I bought one cd and one bottle of water, length of receipt? Just a fraction under 21" Seems like a bit much to me.

They should hire me to look at their cost saving options, I could hit half a mil in paper alone.

My feeding tube

You may NOT unplug my feeding tube under any circumstances. Unless I have zero chance of making a comeback, or if after a few years I don't improve, then let me go.

If you unplug me early, I'll haunt you. I'm talking Amityville horror type stuff, straight up Booberry for yo azz.

USA

I'm due to make the hour drive out to my mom's on Sunday for Easter shiznit. Let's see what else was I gonna do on Sunday?....oh FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Mexico V. USA World Cup Qualifier on ESPN 2 at noon

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!

No ESPN 2 where I'm going, no way I can be back by noon or leave after 2.

FUCK FUCK FUCK!

I can't exactly tell my mom that I'm skipping Easter for a game..or can I?..nope I can't.

Props to Grant Wahl for a nice piece about the US/Mex rivalry in the March 28th SI. Those of us who were psycho enough to get up in the middle of the night to watch the World Cup match, know this is a heated rivalry worth watching.

Thur

Off work tomorrow..yay! Even though I hate most holidays, the freebie is welcome.

I love how Seacrest was so shocked and ill prepared for the 'extra' show that he couldn't even shave. I see through this publicity stunt.


The American version of the Office starts tonight, and if one more person tells me how good it is I'll puke. Okay maybe it's possible that it's not terrible, just as Beatles covers can on occasion be good..but still. The original is perfect, that's all you need to know. I will prolly give it a chance just in case.



Netflix-American Astronaut (not recommended)
Music-Enter the 36 chambers

Idol

I think this voting problem is a sham. My conspiracy theory goes like this.

Taking a tip from Mario and all the subsequent pub he got after quitting, they engineered a little problem. Careful to point out it was human error and not related to sponsor Cingular mind you. Idol claims a voting problem on Tuesday so they can add a show on Thursday for a ratings grab. Since CBS' survivor is not on this Thursday (making way for March madness) this is an ideal time for Idol to pick up some numbers on a big ratings night.

Or am I high?

all the dope lyrics

Let me get this straight did you arrest him for stalking or rapping? In a related story my new single 'Flanders you better step off' is on hold until further notice.

From the Dallas morning news;


Threatening rap lyrics lead to arrest

Indictment believed to be first of its kind in county


02:45 PM CST on Wednesday, March 23, 2005


From Staff Reports



A 17-year old high school student and reported gang member from Mesquite has been arrested and indicted for felony stalking after authoring, recording and distributing a rap song at his school containing explicit lyrics that threatened another student. Dallas County Sheriff's Department officials said they believe the indictment for stalking through rap lyrics is a first in the county.

Sheriff's detectives arrested Brock Anthony Coleman, a student at Mesquite's John Horn High School, after he recorded a song containing lyrics laced with profanity and threats of both bodily harm and death directed at another student. Coleman repeatedly called the student by phone, followed him and later went to his home with other gang members in an effort to intimidate and harass him and his family, sheriff's officials said.

Coleman also made copies of the CD and passed them or sold them to friends.

Since his arrest, Coleman has been moved to an alternative school.

A grand jury indicted Coleman Monday on the stalking charge. He is out of jail on $5,000 bond. If convicted, he could receive a prison sentence up to 10 years and a fine of up to $10,000.

Heartbreaking

This Schiavo case is really heartbreaking, if she were my child I'd want to keep her alive. This must be so hard for the family.

Alright

Hold up
I know you gotta man but I'm tore up
And I don't care if he roll up
Wit somethin' to say
You better tell him he don't want it wit me-John Legend

Reading the liner notes of the new Soloman Burke disc, I see the guitar is played by Ray Parker jr. Yes the Ghostbusters guy, but Ray is much more than that. Don't believe me check his bio playa. The man played with the Temps, co wrote with Barry White, and Chaka Kahn, and turned out some hits with Raydio...all long before 'who you gonna call'

My point? Don't have one really...but his guitar work on the Burke album is good.

I obviously don't have much to do today.

Shout out

My boy Michael was the keynote speaker at the NFL meetings in Maui,(tough gig) and he kicked out the jams with a solid speech. Reading the transcript I was inspired and moved.
Michael's book 'America's Game how pro football captured a nation' is even more inspiring, so if you ain't up on this, you better git wit this.

I'm duly impressed, Hell I don't even get asked to address the Marketing department anymore.

What not to do

Just as the familiar theme to 'The Wire' is ending, don't walk in and start telling me about a check you wrote last year that hasn't cleared. Shows worth watching have a thing called dialogue, and it can be kinda important. For this same reason talking is discouraged in a theatre.

I don't mean to be a prick, but fug.....

Idol messed up the votes last night and people have to vote again tonight. As if we don't feel silly enough the first time in the heat of the moment...oi vey.

Lunch is getting to be a real drag this week. Going everywhere by myself is losing it's luster. I feel a bit like a cipher walking in the restaurant, and there are only so many errands to run. I realize this is a contradiction of my usual anti-social behavior. I guess there are limits to how much space I need after all. The truth be told, I'm feeling pretty lonely this week, what with no one around, and only Flanders to annoy me. I no longer use IM either...sadly.

Oh eff! I let Netflix send me a disc of 'Space 1999' episodes. There are some things that seem like a good idea in principal, but when the time comes to actually watch them you have no interest, this is one of those times.

The reasons I try not to surf eBAY.

Here is a small sampling of the vital items I was the winning bidder for a few years ago.

WU Tang clan comics
Press kits for Tennenbaums, and Ghost Dog
A Traffic movie T shirt that is packaged like a brick of cocaine
A toy airplane
Major Matt Mason Action figure

There are more, but you get the idea. All could be described as non-essential huh?

Music;
John Legend-Lifted
Aqualung
Grey album (thanks A)

Commercials

Which company's ads are the most annoying?

Over the last couple of years the McDonalds 'I'm lovin' it' and all their sad little ethnic spots have been terrible, as have nearly all from AOL...spamity calamity!

Coke isn't it, but it's fun to watch their disclaimers. The have trademarked the stripe, and given it a name...the dynamic ribbon

The Sarah Jessica Parker GAP ad is getting old, but this summer they will give us some Joss Stone, which is a good thing I hope.

Glossy imperfection

You know you are creating unrealistic expectations of women, when you make them look more perfect in the photo than they really are.


As I thumbed through some men's magazines at lunch, (and by men's I mean the laddish sort like Loaded, and Maxim, not porn thank you) I couldn't help thinking that perfect isn't so great. I would go so far as to say that imperfect is the new perfect. Real is always better than fake, and imperfect is more real than perfect.

Free your ass and your mind will follow.


Gentlemen I say lay down you airbrushes!

These lyrics are weak like clock radio speakers

Do these do it yourself credit card things drive you insane? The problem must be in the relationship with the cashier. I use them all the time to buy gas without incident, however using one at a register is an effing circus. I'm always swiping too soon, or otherwise forcing the transaction to be aborted.

swipe
'Sir is that debit or credit?
debut
hold on...now try it

It's worse at grocery stores where you have to have a membership card also. The kiosk will ask 'are you a reward member' you push yes, and it screws the whole thing up since the cashier already scanned your card, and by saying yes now you've caused it to double negative and not count. WTF? They are all different and all require some secret technique to get it to work. All I know is the thing will say 'ready' and I swipe only to be told by the cashier that it wasn't really ready. I'm calling for some standardization, and a more user frindly device at this hour.

Don't get me started on the self check out things that always say 'unexpected item in the bagging area' if you even move your hand anywhere near it.

Since I'm now my own cashier AND bag boy can they at least make it not a total drag to get through.


Saw my Penguin shirt in the window of Urban Outfitters and I died a little inside, then walked into Virgin and saw tons of Ben Sherman... I'll have to start designing my own clothes it seems. Anything the SMU crowd can buy without thinking is not going to stay cool for long.

TUE

Okay I can't help but blog about nothing..it's in my blood.


I haven't followed the Schiavo case very closely, but from the sound of it they keep pulling her tube and putting it back. It sounds like daffy and bugs, or spy vs. spy. The moral of the story is put it in writing, and spare everyone the headaches. We effing love to say 'he/she would've wanted it this way' so spell it out so we can be sure.


Too many of my friends that are parents seem to have ceased being anything else. I can't imagine loving anyone more than I love my son, but I still have my interests and (such as it is) a personality. My kid likes a lot of the things I do, so I don't feel this is a conflict. But for whatever reason most of my married with kids friends just talk about kids, or pets or both. Went to my nieces bday party on Sunday, and my sister and her pals just talked about who's pregnant at their church the whole time, I wanted to jump, but it was on the ground floor. From the look of things the only interest a dad is supposed to have is effing golf...WTF? who made these rules? I reject them. I feel like a fish out of water around these suburbanites, and more and more I feel like it's me.

For many of the same reasons I never want to drive a mini van, I do not want to be defined by my parental status. I'm very proud of the fact that I am a father of a wonderful child, but it doesn't mean I want to sit a Chuck E Cheese and talk about nothing else.

It's is a desire for autonomy that led me to blog in the first place, and is a big reason why I don't blog much about family.


It's clear Flanders has no work to do....ever! He just came over here

so you're still an army of one huh?
yeah pretty much
when do those guys get back?
not sure end of the month maybe
Well at least it's quiet
yeah it was...

This cat is just killing time til 5, and it's barely 9. He should do something more productive like...erm blog.....


Music-Idlewild, Kaiser Chiefs
Netflix-End of a century (good rockumentary, even if you are not a Ramones fan)

Caring is creepy

I'm losing the will to blog. I need anonymity, and I don't have it here. (yes this blog would be far more bitter if I didn't know most of you personally, and to a certain extent still try and spin it so I don't look like a total anti-social)


So I'm at a bloggers crossroad, continue writing half the story here, or move underground and stop being polite...erm sounded like the Real World there.


'that's when I reach for my revolver'

Loser magnets

Two women called the prison to propose marriage to Scott Peterson. Let's see you've never met him, he was just sentenced to death for killing his wife and unborn child, yet you are ready to marry him.

Is this a good example of the marriage we are working so hard to 'protect'

Our tax dollars at work

Eff Jose Canseco, Eff Baseball, and Eff Congress for this dog and pony time waste. Don't we have anything better to do? National security? 'fixing' Social security?

Who is paying for this hearing? MLB? Jose?


Nope our tax dollars at work...doing what?


Absolutely nothing!

Using the OJ model, yesterday was a mix of emotions. We had the riot in the morning upon hearing the Peterson sentence, and the party in the afternoon upon hearing the Blake verdict.

My advice to scooter Peterson would be;

Next time have a hit show in the 70's first...that or not kill your wife...either way.


So let's see there must be a lot of killers walking around free in LA, the real OJ killers, the Bonnie Lee killer or killers.

Okay I'm getting worried that Flanders has a crush on me. The MF just came in here again.

Flanders "do you know Mike's cell number?
Me - "Uh no, isn't Mike here?
Flanders "he is, but he's on the phone right now'

SO WAIT FIVE MINUTES YOU TOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG if you've never worked with this type of person you are lucky.

Beisbol

Flanders-'Congress is looking into the number one problem in baseball'

Me- 'Oh really, congressional hearings on revenue sharing?

Happy effing St. whatever

It used to be so easy living here with you
you were light and breezy and I knew just what to do
now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool-Carole King


Oh good another holiday that exists largely due to marketing. If it weren't for beer companies, I wouldn't even notice this one.

I recognize that this blog offers me an opportunity to vent in a very negative way about a number of issues, and I find that it helps me to get it out. I also recognize that this sort of primal bitch therapy isn't terribly fun to read unless it's funny, and let's be honest it's not funny very often. I don't expect this blog to be such a drag all the time. This year hasn't started very well, three people pretty close to me have passed away, and I've had a surgery scare (it's only mid-March) so please forgive me if I rant about how much St. Patrick's day sucks, or how much I hate all products made by the Paas, or Peeps companies.

I think I'll focus on work today (shock)

Music- The Falcons (featuring Wilson Pickett)
Netflix-More Wire Season 1, and Peeping Tom

This is getting old

I'm getting a little tired of writing obits.

I'm due to take our cat to the vet on Saturday, trouble is the vet was killed in a car wreck. Dr. Stallings has been my vet for years, and my mother's even longer. This is a man who made house calls for my mom's ailing dog, met us nights and weekends, and would never think of charging extra. Dr. Stallings was often voted best vet in various publications, and always took good care of our pets. A dyed in the wool Aggie, Dr. Stallings loved to talk sports. He never missed a chance to razz a Longhorn fan about a game, if by some chance A & M had gotten a lucky bounce an actually won. At 56 he was way too young to go, and I'm sad to hear the news.

My cat Daisy is now a free agent...sadly.

R.I.P. Dr. John 'Rusty' Stallings

Exercise

The government now says we need 90 minutes of exercise a day. I'm OCD about exercise and I usually fall short of that mark...even if you count masturbation.

Speaking of masturbation, is that former Hootie front man Darius Rucker in those terrible Burger King ads?

I'm the only person in my department through the end of the month. It sounds great but it actually means a lot more work. Oh and effing Flanders doesn't ask me where everyone is now, he just says things like 'so you're it huh?
Why must people talk to me?

I paid $1.95 for gas yesterday, and I was wondering why we didn't reduce our dependence on oil after the gas crisis of the 70's...answer? follow the money. Solar jet packs wouldn't be taxed at .40 on the dollar.

Entertainment self gratification

Ricky Gervais says the American version of the Office is 'as good' as the original. Errr I still have my doubts.

The Tim Burton version of Charlie and the chocolate factory looks every bit as disturbing as the original. Can't wait.

I sooo got sucked in by the latest Star Wars trailer, it looks suitably dark, and with no sign of Jar Jar, but we'll see.

I took D to see Robots, and it was pretty good. It has a nice style, and a cool look to it. I still wonder why we have to have a name play nearly every speaking role. Halle Berry is wasting a good portion of her talent playing an animated robot.

SXSW is fun, but too stressful for someone as OCD as myself. You cannot see all the bands you'd like to, and they often are playing at the same time. Even if you are able to get a plan together, you just can't show up five minutes before a show is supposed to start. Every venue is too crowded, and shows run late, or start early etc. It used to drive me crazy. So nowadays I make no effort to go down there.

Sure it was fun to heckle the Flock of Seagulls performance and see Dumptruck in the same night..but those days are behind my old ass.

Why is the American version of Fever Pitch even called fever pitch, from the look of the trailer it's different enough to be called something else....like 'Shite on a stick'

Limits to my Anglo

Baths! WTF? Baths are great on occasion, sort of a hot tub party in miniature. But to take them to actually get clean is mental. I mean you wait around for the tub to fill, and make constant temperature evaluations, which is a total waste of time. How exactly does one wash one's ass in a bath? Very soon you begin recycling the water, which means you are also recycling the dirt. I usually feel like I need a shower after a bath. And don't even think about peeing...

For those about to Fatwa we salute you

It's been a lovely week here in north Texas...aw shit I sound like Garrison Keillor, I think I'd prefer sounding like the great Ira Glass.

Yesterday D and I kicked spring break style. We hit the megastore, rolled through the nickel arcade, rode bikes, played basketball. I can still dunk most any ball smaller than a regulation basketball, D said I dunked 'just like Michael Jackson'

Apprentice talk, John needed to go bad. John went from seeming like the coolest person on there in the first couple of episodes, to acting like a real jerk the last few. The wallet chain was soooo 1994! Stooping to Audrey's level last week etc. As for Chris he has no chance either, the chewing tobacco, and the shouting in the board room should be enough.

That one white girl Tanya (or whatever her name is) was so condescending talking to those rappers. Honestly what's worse than an ultra white woman from IA trying to speak ebonics, I found it embarrassing to hear. If Trump thinks you are a good VJ, then you probably aren't a good VJ. Although I will say Cat Power (Erin) did look the part, she kinda reminded me of Martha Quinn. I feel sorry for Trump having to hire one of these clowns, not sure any of then are worthy. What a shock Gene Simmons is a tool.

Survivor: I could watch Stephanie fight Jenn all day, that was hot.

Liverpool also known as Rollercoaster FC continued their good run in Champions league play and are through to the quarters.


Netflix on tap-Wire season 1 episode 4-5, and Devil's Playground.
Music-Thievery Corporation.

California one

I'm a dork, this is well known. Some dorky things I dig are planes. One of my favorite planes is California one (click the title above for a link) anyhoo saw her today for the first time ever! I was excited.

Michael Jackson trial

The details are funny (I mean sad but also funny) On Monday it came out that Jacko liked to make prank calls. This really tickled me, and all day today I've been imagining these calls.

'Hullo'
'Is your refrigerator running'
'why yes as a matter of fact it is'
'well you better go catch it! hee hee hee! shamone!

Honey who was that? aww just the king of pop with his lame jokes.

Idol

Randy 'dog you worked it out'
Paula 'I agree'
Simon 'you belong on a cruise ship/hotel lobby/theme park'


Give or take, this is the response to most of the performances.

Tuesday

'Oh I know love sounds impossible
but some words are just so hard to say'

Mercury Rev

It seems the Ipod does a fine job of consolidating all your guilty pleasures into one centralized place. Sophie (my Ipod) thinks I'm gay. To be fair Sophie's got a point, I mean Diana Ross, Culture club, Kylie, Emma Bunton, Joss Stone and many more. No sign of Peter Allen or Erasure yet. I okay with it, I'm secure in my masculinity.

Other cool things about my neighbor;

Lost over 100 pounds a few years ago
Sang in a barber shop quartet
Was a lifelong bachelor
Rode his Harley all over the US and Canada
Worked at the same company for 22 years and made it to VP

Billy lived a pretty full life in 51 years. R.I.P. Mr. Webb.

One cool thing about American Idol, if my son is interested in the Four Tops now. Any show that creates a new generation of Levi Stubbs fans can't be all bad.

Blue Monday

Yesterday morning I found out my next door neighbor (the one I liked) had died suddenly of a heart attack on Friday afternoon. Billy was young man late forties or early fifties very active loved kayaking, and rafting. Billy was a nice neighbor and a good guy. I often wished my other neighbors were more like him. So needless to say I was not happy to hear of his untimely passing.

Nothing of note from the weekend. Just the usual crap gym, bike, gym..worked on my 100 song list which needs tons of work.

Wasted countless hours monitoring the Chiefs free agent moves, or lack there of.


Liverpool were complete shite, and produced no real chances...I'm not sure what needs to be done there, but I hope it gets done soon.



Netflix-Divine Trash, and disc one of the Wire (The Baltimore connection is purely coincidental)

Eff Audrey

That meltdown last night was a new low "it sucks being this pretty" wah wah.

We got our annual bonus today and it sucks...I mean bad. So my resume is warming on the stove. Kinda busy.

Peace


Netflix- Divine Trash & the wire disc one season 1

My Star Wars Prequel Problem

The first two releases Episodes 4 & 5 were dark films in many ways. Leia gets to make a Sophie's choice for an entire planet to be destroyed. Luke's hand is cut off, Ben is struck down. Luke finds the charred bodies of Jawas, and his aunt and uncle. Solo gets frozen, Luke nearly dies of exposure. The list goes on and on. Then the release of 'Return' brings the teddy bears, and as my friend T once said 'too many puppets' it's all been downhill since then. They lost their edge, and got too cute.

Oh and in Episode 2 we learn that R2 can fly WTF? Where was this skill when we needed it?


Talk me out of it!

I tire of millionaires and their flying experiments

What exactly are you trying to prove? You are no Howard Hughes, that much is clear. If you are bent on getting into the record books no need to worry, you already hold several records including having your head up your ass for the longest.

Not sure why these stories bug me so much...but they do.

I now have more work to do

I'm buried so I won't be kicking out the blogs much today.

My girlfriend got voted off idol last night, but she's not a very good singer to be fair.

Music-New Mercury Rev which is a real grower peoples let me tell ya'll.
Netflix-The Maltese Falcon A great source for alias names if you are so inclined;

Floyd Thursby
Joel Cairo
Samuel Spade

All golden, and not as instantly recognizable as Vincent Vega.

Not much you?

I'm 'working' out of the house today. So I will be off radar for the most part, when I'm not on some porn site.


Peace

Sophie's choice

Tonight I taught her about Parklife, Sheer Heart Attack, I am Kloot,Tahiti 80, AC/Dc, and so many more.

Thanks A

1. Total amount of music files on your computer:
not many, but I'm not very technical, my IPod has about 1000

2. The last CD you bought was: the new Doves

3. What is the song you last listened to before reading this message?
Iron and Wine Jezebel (really good)

4. Write down 5-10 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you:

Lover you should've come over-Jeff Buckley
Baby in two-Pernice Brothers
Wise up-Aimee Mann
In loving memory of Elizabeth Reed-Allman Brothers
There There-Radiohead
This is a low-blur

5. Who are you going to pass this stick to? and why?
Megan cause she rules, and she a gamer.

Tuesday

We still believe in love so fuck you'-Elbow

I truly feel my blog is becoming less relevant. If I may paraphrase someone else's joke as it applies to my blog.

Response has been divided, half the people are disappointed cause I make such a fool of myself, the other half are pleased that I make such a fool of myself'


Re: Oscars Chris Rock was funny, but overall a pretty boring night. Sean Penn must chill. If the singer of the Motorcycle diaries song was in the house why did he not sing it instead of Antonio Banderas? He obviously wanted to sing since he sung it for his acceptance speech.

Re: the Bachlorette, she is cute but so not worth waiting in line for.

RE: Ipod, I will call her Sopie thanks to Megan. Her most recent additions include Devo reissues, the new Iron and wine ep, and the new Josh Rouse.

I didn't take my floating holiday on Monday because I had an important video conference with Sweden, but they cancelled and we had it today...errrrr. I want my day off wah!

I keep getting told by people I care about to eff off, time for some serious self examination. Other friends are going through a tuff time right now and my thoughts are with them.


Sunday I took the new marketing guy out to see the Carling cup final (eff Chelsea) and he was happy to get out of the hotel where an S & M conference was being held. That actually sounded kinda fun to me, but off we went. Watched the match at the Dubliner, and after a few pints of Guinness I was less upset by the result. Some guy was shooting a music video in the bar at the same time, he bought us a round of drinks and gave me his cd. His name is Clay Pendergrass and he's a good guy.


The details of the BTK case are driving me nuts, he worked at the same company as two of the victims, he drove an ADT van with a sun like logo at the time of the 911 call (witnesses reported a van with a sun like logo on it) it just seems like it shouldn't have taken 30 years to solve the case. Good to know the serial killer worked for a security company. Now do you see why I hate having anyone at my place, hell even ordering pizza makes me tense.

Netflix-'Won't Anybody Listen' (about a band trying to make it) 'Home Movie' from the director of American Movie about strange houses people live in. (both recommended)