Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I often joke to friends that I think in either Bullet points or analogies. That is not exactly true, because I can also think in Venn Diagrams, or more generally in graphical terms. This site absolutely is fascinating for that aspect of my brain. I like it so much I am immediately adding it to my links.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
One thing that bothers me is hypocricy. And yet I fully admit that I am a hypocrit. Think about that one for a few minutes.
All I know is that in the history of the world, there has never been a man with a wide enough bathroom stance that his foot goes over far enough in the stall that it touches another man.
All I know is that in the history of the world, there has never been a man with a wide enough bathroom stance that his foot goes over far enough in the stall that it touches another man.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
TS Eliot said that April is the Cruelest Month.
The Lake says that August is the Laziest Month.
A few Odds and Ends to tied you over until I can get motivated to post more frequently.
1. I always garner immediate respect for someone wearing a Walter Payton jersey, even if they are homeless.
2. Superbad, is phenomenal, there is so much in those characters that are me, my friends and my brothers. If you have ever been around a cute girl and been not just awkward, but if awkwardness was a Natural Disaster you would be both Hurricane Katrina and the Johnstown Floods tied up into one that would be you, this movie will ring true, and again with so much heart.
3. If you have an extra 99 cents on your I-tunes giftcard, you would not be disappointed to pick up Whiskeytown's Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel. Its one of those simple alt-country songs that someday when I make a movie will be used in a montage about the beautiful girl that the hero is somehow lucky enough to be incredibly in love with and incredibly frustrated with at the same time.
4. You know you are getting old when your Golden Tee skills start to deteriorate.
5. One of my favorite lines from Anchorman. Ron is reading from the Teleprompter, I'm Ron Burgundy? and he reads it as if it is a question.
6. Yesterday this was an actual email I sent out encouraging some of my team members to go to a training session this morning. I hate myself. I would strongly consider going to this tomorrow. The end game will probably mean that New System is a bigger portion of our lives and its never too early to be in on the game.
7. The field and I are now owners of a car. That makes me feel more old than turning 31.
8. In a perfect world I would be a game show host.
9. When I was kid my dream was to dig a hole to China.
10. You know what is interesting, when I was around 12-13 I thought being a Ranger would be the coolest job on the planet. Over my 31 years I have met probably 10 rangers or so and except for one that was an Army ranger, none of them are knocking on Fonzies door.
The Lake says that August is the Laziest Month.
A few Odds and Ends to tied you over until I can get motivated to post more frequently.
1. I always garner immediate respect for someone wearing a Walter Payton jersey, even if they are homeless.
2. Superbad, is phenomenal, there is so much in those characters that are me, my friends and my brothers. If you have ever been around a cute girl and been not just awkward, but if awkwardness was a Natural Disaster you would be both Hurricane Katrina and the Johnstown Floods tied up into one that would be you, this movie will ring true, and again with so much heart.
3. If you have an extra 99 cents on your I-tunes giftcard, you would not be disappointed to pick up Whiskeytown's Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel. Its one of those simple alt-country songs that someday when I make a movie will be used in a montage about the beautiful girl that the hero is somehow lucky enough to be incredibly in love with and incredibly frustrated with at the same time.
4. You know you are getting old when your Golden Tee skills start to deteriorate.
5. One of my favorite lines from Anchorman. Ron is reading from the Teleprompter, I'm Ron Burgundy? and he reads it as if it is a question.
6. Yesterday this was an actual email I sent out encouraging some of my team members to go to a training session this morning. I hate myself. I would strongly consider going to this tomorrow. The end game will probably mean that New System is a bigger portion of our lives and its never too early to be in on the game.
7. The field and I are now owners of a car. That makes me feel more old than turning 31.
8. In a perfect world I would be a game show host.
9. When I was kid my dream was to dig a hole to China.
10. You know what is interesting, when I was around 12-13 I thought being a Ranger would be the coolest job on the planet. Over my 31 years I have met probably 10 rangers or so and except for one that was an Army ranger, none of them are knocking on Fonzies door.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
I was thinking today about Graffiti. Graffiti like tattoos are things that don't naturally belong where they are but people put there to express themselves. As previously posted I do a lot of walking and biking in the area where I live. All told I probably cover a 20 square mile area on a semi-regular basis. Since the area is primarily urban with many overpasses, trestles and other graffiti conducive surfaces, I get to see a lot of graffiti. One particular tagger, if that is the proper term, I am intrigued by because he just tags every thing "ALOT". His work, and I assuming it is a male, is seen over most of the area I believe I cover, which means that he goes to some effort, or he owns a car, to put his message up. I have four theories as to what ALOT means?
1. His name is AL OT, but that would be obvious to people in town who know Al.
2. He is being very literal in his graffiti. He tags a lot of things so he posts what he does.
3. He is describing where he is tagging much of the time. In a Lot.
4. He has some motive that I cannot identify (which I know is just a lazy way of me saying I only have 3 theories, but...)
1. His name is AL OT, but that would be obvious to people in town who know Al.
2. He is being very literal in his graffiti. He tags a lot of things so he posts what he does.
3. He is describing where he is tagging much of the time. In a Lot.
4. He has some motive that I cannot identify (which I know is just a lazy way of me saying I only have 3 theories, but...)
Monday, August 13, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
I was thinking this morning about how the male mind works, and how things that we don't find attractive on everyone, become attractive qualities when we are attracted to someone. This was spawned by me getting up and going to the bathroom and coming back planning on at least a few more minutes in bed, but the field had already made the bed and put those dreams to sleep. Here are some more not really attractive, but in the moment become attractive qualities from my past.
- Bad Handwriting
- Wearing a Calculator Watch
- One too many Tattoos.
- A slight drinking problem
- Psychology Major
- Two different colored eyes
- From Ohio
- Big Ska fan
- Collects Flip-Flops
- Is working as a Waitress in Hooters.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
6 topics I would cover if I wanted to be a hack stand up comic today.
- Cell Phone Ringtones
- Then segue into people who use Bluetooth
- Then transition into the pointlessness of taking your shoes off at the airport
- Then I would discuss reality TV
- Then I would compare and contrast President Bush to Gilligan from Giligan's Island (including impressions of Alan Hale and Jim Backus)
- Then I would talk about Hilary Clinton.
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