When it comes right down to it, I think, probably, I'll just soil my pants and run away ... you know, when the time comes ...
Song(s) listened to while writing this:
Walk Away, Bad Religion; The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Faith No More; Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash; Invalid Litter Dept., At The Drive-In; Everything's Ruined (acoustic), The Fountains of Wayne; Stranger Than Fiction, Bad Religion; A Lap Dance is So Much Better When the Striper is Crying, The Bloodhound Gang.
Other media on in the background:
None, thankfully.
Mood:
A little down, but not out.
Verb of the day:
Gulp
Well, you know, I had it coming:
In a nice evening of the karmic balance in my life, I rode down the elevator today with the mother and toddler from Monday's little existential excursion. The little kid smiled the entire time. The mother gave me one of those "I still don't trust you" smiles, but, as elevator rides go, it went pretty well.
101 Things We Don't Talk About Nearly Enough for Various and Unfounded Reasons:
#62 Why is it possible that our country will change the constitution to allow The Terminator to run for president, but not OK to allow two people in love (and, from my experience, more in love than many "normal i.e. heterosexual" couples) to express that love and gain the benefits that their love should manifest. For that reason, why would anyone want to live in a country where we are trying to "edit" the constitution to deny rights to its citizens? It's OK to discuss allowing more rights for immigrants (ALL OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS!) and foreign-born citizens. That I'm fine with. But, in context of editing the constitution and the rules of the country, can't we all be a bit more broad-minded?
One of my all-time favorite lyrics (or, at least, something cool that I just listened to and wanted to include somehow):
Life is the crummiest book I ever read/there isn't a hook/just a lot of cheap shots/pictures to shock/and characters an amateur would never think of
What a lovely evening for a debate:
You know, I just love what you've done to our country Darth. I think this is such a lovely place to raise kids ... it's even better to raze buildings that used to be a place where people worked, you know, before this country was launched into a recession and they lost that job. (Maybe it was one of the thousands of small-business owners that bring in $200k a year?) From here on out, until otherwise convinced, Dick Cheney reminds me of what Anakin Skywalker looks like without the Darth mask. A little frail, but still full of piss. Scary as hell, without all that creepy breathing. I half expected him to twist his fingers and make John Edwards collapse on the table. While we are picking winners, I'll just say that the only thing that won tonight was my productivity. I was able to work quite smoothy and didn't feel any need whatsoever to watch any television.
But, and this is really cool, if you visit the campaign blogs of each site ( The Elephants and The Asses ) both of them won. It's great. It's inventive. It's absolutely spin. And it's killing what little patience I had with politicians and what little faith I had for democracy.
Movie Review of the Week:
Rounders starring Matt Damon, Ed Norton, John Turturro, John Malkovich and Famke Janssen (7.1 out of 10 at IMDB.com ).
This is absolutely one of the better guy movies. It's got gambling, cool characters, John Malkovich (who, I believe, when the time comes, will be remembered as one of the best character actors of all time) and Famke Janssen.
Why is this movie worth it? What, Famke isn't good enough of a reason? Well, with the exception of The Hustler and Kingpin, it's one of the best gambling movies. I still have no idea what they're talking about half the time, but you know what, poker is a really good movie topic. Loss, recovery and man vs. man. And, well, Famke. And, without Bennie around to play off, Matt is actually a pretty decent hack when it comes to sympathetic narrators. He's no Ed Norton, which is good, cause Ed Norton carries this movie. And, the showdown between Teddy KGB and Damon is really the best scene involving two men playing cards and eating Oreos. It really is.
Mafia rating: Goodfellas.
(A quick explanation of the "Mafia Rating": Top notch=The Godfather (parts I and II); Worth the time=Goodfellas; If you've got time=Married to the Mob; Just stay away=The Godfather, Part III)
Coming next week: Being John Malkovich.
First word that comes to my mind:
Pre-fab
Walk Away, Bad Religion; The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Faith No More; Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash; Invalid Litter Dept., At The Drive-In; Everything's Ruined (acoustic), The Fountains of Wayne; Stranger Than Fiction, Bad Religion; A Lap Dance is So Much Better When the Striper is Crying, The Bloodhound Gang.
Other media on in the background:
None, thankfully.
Mood:
A little down, but not out.
Verb of the day:
Gulp
Well, you know, I had it coming:
In a nice evening of the karmic balance in my life, I rode down the elevator today with the mother and toddler from Monday's little existential excursion. The little kid smiled the entire time. The mother gave me one of those "I still don't trust you" smiles, but, as elevator rides go, it went pretty well.
101 Things We Don't Talk About Nearly Enough for Various and Unfounded Reasons:
#62 Why is it possible that our country will change the constitution to allow The Terminator to run for president, but not OK to allow two people in love (and, from my experience, more in love than many "normal i.e. heterosexual" couples) to express that love and gain the benefits that their love should manifest. For that reason, why would anyone want to live in a country where we are trying to "edit" the constitution to deny rights to its citizens? It's OK to discuss allowing more rights for immigrants (ALL OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS!) and foreign-born citizens. That I'm fine with. But, in context of editing the constitution and the rules of the country, can't we all be a bit more broad-minded?
One of my all-time favorite lyrics (or, at least, something cool that I just listened to and wanted to include somehow):
Life is the crummiest book I ever read/there isn't a hook/just a lot of cheap shots/pictures to shock/and characters an amateur would never think of
What a lovely evening for a debate:
You know, I just love what you've done to our country Darth. I think this is such a lovely place to raise kids ... it's even better to raze buildings that used to be a place where people worked, you know, before this country was launched into a recession and they lost that job. (Maybe it was one of the thousands of small-business owners that bring in $200k a year?) From here on out, until otherwise convinced, Dick Cheney reminds me of what Anakin Skywalker looks like without the Darth mask. A little frail, but still full of piss. Scary as hell, without all that creepy breathing. I half expected him to twist his fingers and make John Edwards collapse on the table. While we are picking winners, I'll just say that the only thing that won tonight was my productivity. I was able to work quite smoothy and didn't feel any need whatsoever to watch any television.
But, and this is really cool, if you visit the campaign blogs of each site ( The Elephants and The Asses ) both of them won. It's great. It's inventive. It's absolutely spin. And it's killing what little patience I had with politicians and what little faith I had for democracy.
Movie Review of the Week:
Rounders starring Matt Damon, Ed Norton, John Turturro, John Malkovich and Famke Janssen (7.1 out of 10 at IMDB.com ).
This is absolutely one of the better guy movies. It's got gambling, cool characters, John Malkovich (who, I believe, when the time comes, will be remembered as one of the best character actors of all time) and Famke Janssen.
Why is this movie worth it? What, Famke isn't good enough of a reason? Well, with the exception of The Hustler and Kingpin, it's one of the best gambling movies. I still have no idea what they're talking about half the time, but you know what, poker is a really good movie topic. Loss, recovery and man vs. man. And, well, Famke. And, without Bennie around to play off, Matt is actually a pretty decent hack when it comes to sympathetic narrators. He's no Ed Norton, which is good, cause Ed Norton carries this movie. And, the showdown between Teddy KGB and Damon is really the best scene involving two men playing cards and eating Oreos. It really is.
Mafia rating: Goodfellas.
(A quick explanation of the "Mafia Rating": Top notch=The Godfather (parts I and II); Worth the time=Goodfellas; If you've got time=Married to the Mob; Just stay away=The Godfather, Part III)
Coming next week: Being John Malkovich.
First word that comes to my mind:
Pre-fab
posted by dr gooch at 6.10.04
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