Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
Dentyne Ice - Now with Gangrene!
Last night before we were going to head to the gym I popped a piece of Dentyne Ice gum into my mouth straight from the foil pack and then accidentally sliced my lip on the foil. Like a huge gash. Ouch. I felt pretty dumb. Beware of this unintended consequence of foil packaging!
P.S. - Doing a Yahoo Image Search for "Skull and Crossbones" brings up a close-up picture of someone's naked boob. WTF? What does a boob have to do with skull and crossbones? Excuse me now as I clear my cache on this office computer...yeesh.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Elizabethtown
I'm getting excited for this movie.
Cameron Crowe is definitely my favorite filmmaker. He has a new film about once every four years, but each one has been worth the wait. He's the guy responsible for Lloyd Dobler holding up the boombox, Penny Lane saying "What kind of beer?", and Dorothy Boyd saying "You had me at 'hello'".
I realize that these are not the most macho of movies. I guess essentially they're "romantic comedies" or whatever, but they're really well done and moving without being sappy button-pushers or overly female-oriented.
Not that there's a big problem with those movies, but having been dragged to enough romantic comedies through the years, you'd think someone besides Cameron Crowe would be able to think up a love story that appeals to men as well, since we make up half of the audience in these movies. Instead, we end up sitting next to a girl who wishes she was dating Christian Slater, and we're secretly wishing for his damn baboon heart to give the hell out already.
So I guess when someone does it right, I tend to really enjoy those movies. Say Anything and Almost Famous will always be in my top 5.
Unless the new Police Academy movie ends up being super awesome...
Cameron Crowe is definitely my favorite filmmaker. He has a new film about once every four years, but each one has been worth the wait. He's the guy responsible for Lloyd Dobler holding up the boombox, Penny Lane saying "What kind of beer?", and Dorothy Boyd saying "You had me at 'hello'".
I realize that these are not the most macho of movies. I guess essentially they're "romantic comedies" or whatever, but they're really well done and moving without being sappy button-pushers or overly female-oriented.
Not that there's a big problem with those movies, but having been dragged to enough romantic comedies through the years, you'd think someone besides Cameron Crowe would be able to think up a love story that appeals to men as well, since we make up half of the audience in these movies. Instead, we end up sitting next to a girl who wishes she was dating Christian Slater, and we're secretly wishing for his damn baboon heart to give the hell out already.
So I guess when someone does it right, I tend to really enjoy those movies. Say Anything and Almost Famous will always be in my top 5.
Unless the new Police Academy movie ends up being super awesome...
Friday, September 16, 2005
White Sox
I'm sick of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Not just in that overexposure kind of way, but in the way that everyone and their neighbor seems to regard them as the archetypes of beauty.
Here's a question for you: Out of your parents and grandparents generation of famous people, Whom do you find attrcative?
If you were born in that age, would you swoon over Sinatra? Cary Grant? Audrey Hepburn? Bette Davis?
Here's a question for you: Out of your parents and grandparents generation of famous people, Whom do you find attrcative?
If you were born in that age, would you swoon over Sinatra? Cary Grant? Audrey Hepburn? Bette Davis?
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Starbucks mix
Starbucks had this novel idea where they ask respected musicians what other artists' songs inspire them and why, then they make a mix CD of the songs and sell them.
It made me think that if I was asked what songs inspired me, or the songs that I think transcend the realm of pop music into something greater, what would I choose?
Here's my list so far, in no particular order:
"Flamenco Sketches" - Miles Davis
"Operator" - Jim Croce
"Houses On The Hill" - Whiskeytown
"Track One" - Sigur Ros
"Fairytale of New York" - The Pogues
"Unsatisfied" - The Replacements
"America" - Simon & Garfunkel
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - The Band
"You Don't Know Me" - Ray Charles
"Purple Rain" - Prince
What would yours look like?
It made me think that if I was asked what songs inspired me, or the songs that I think transcend the realm of pop music into something greater, what would I choose?
Here's my list so far, in no particular order:
"Flamenco Sketches" - Miles Davis
"Operator" - Jim Croce
"Houses On The Hill" - Whiskeytown
"Track One" - Sigur Ros
"Fairytale of New York" - The Pogues
"Unsatisfied" - The Replacements
"America" - Simon & Garfunkel
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - The Band
"You Don't Know Me" - Ray Charles
"Purple Rain" - Prince
What would yours look like?
Monday, September 12, 2005
3-in-one
Drunk hugs on Megan's birthday
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Friday, September 02, 2005
Brother, can you spare some stock options?
Yesterday, as Jen and I were walking over to the bowling alley, a homeless man on the sidewalk asked for change, and then added "I'm a democrat."
At first I thought maybe this guy was on to something - he took a gamble and played the odds, knowing that 20-somethings in Chicago were likely left-leaning, possibly enough to stir up some kind of feeling of brotherhood that would prompt a gift of pocket change. And as a 20-something left-leaning Chicagoan, he had me pegged correctly. I initially found this impressive.
But then I thought, "well, no shit you're a Democrat."
I could be wrong, but I doubt there are many homeless Republicans. I've never seen a homeless man calling for sweeping welfare reform. "I'm tired of people like me living off of hard-working people like you!"
So I created this in his honor:
I would definitely give money to a guy who had that sign and then shouted out things like "I smell like alcohol!" and "I'm missing my teeth!" and "This package of fish sticks does not make a good pillow!"
I think that's my main problem with the homeless. They're just not clever.
At first I thought maybe this guy was on to something - he took a gamble and played the odds, knowing that 20-somethings in Chicago were likely left-leaning, possibly enough to stir up some kind of feeling of brotherhood that would prompt a gift of pocket change. And as a 20-something left-leaning Chicagoan, he had me pegged correctly. I initially found this impressive.
But then I thought, "well, no shit you're a Democrat."
I could be wrong, but I doubt there are many homeless Republicans. I've never seen a homeless man calling for sweeping welfare reform. "I'm tired of people like me living off of hard-working people like you!"
So I created this in his honor:
I would definitely give money to a guy who had that sign and then shouted out things like "I smell like alcohol!" and "I'm missing my teeth!" and "This package of fish sticks does not make a good pillow!"
I think that's my main problem with the homeless. They're just not clever.