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Wednesday, February 26, 2003

( 06:47 PM )
He was the one who always did the right thing
He was the one that listened to everything they'd say
But today he's never going back

- Less Than Jake

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

( 11:41 AM )
If only real life could be like this (instead of what went on today).

From the Onion:

Laid-Off Zoologist Goes On Tranquilizing Rampage

SAN DIEGO—Twelve San Diego Zoo visitors and two employees were brutally sedated Monday, when laid-off zoologist Dr. Brian Vermeer, 41, returned to his former place of work armed with a tranquilizer gun and began firing into a crowd. "It was kind of horrible," said Maria Christopher, 44, who witnessed the tranquilizing spree. "People were gently falling asleep over the course of 20 to 30 seconds everywhere." The spree ended when Vermeer turned his gun on himself, knocking himself out for half an hour.

Monday, February 24, 2003

( 11:14 PM )
Spent another five days on the banks of St. Charlene
Til my car was fixed and I made some extra cash for gasoline
I left without remembering the reason I had come
But I knew then that I needed to leave

- Hem

Friday, February 21, 2003

( 10:30 AM )
I need a new computer here at work. This Windows 98 machine just ain't cutting it anymore.

Seriously, if they can't spring for a $500 HP desktop, I will flip my lid. Because when I IM on their $2000 Macs with the $2000 cinema displays, well, they're gonna get an earful.

Thursday, February 20, 2003

( 12:30 PM )
Yesterday was the third straight day that I ate fast food. I felt like a slob.

Wednesday, February 19, 2003

( 06:34 PM )
Favorite Musician Sighting #2: I saw Vudi of American Music Club fame riding his bike on Santa Monica Blvd today. Had I more time to react (he was riding on the sidewalk, against traffic) I would have honked and waved hello.

Friday, February 14, 2003

( 06:26 PM )
So I was standing in line at Pavillions, getting flowers for my lady, when I spied someone walk in, wearing all black and some flashy shades. The singer for one of my favoritest bands of all time. Now, my first impression was that it was him, but he wasn't as heavy as the last time I saw him (like three or four years ago at a concert). So I had some doubts.

After he'd gone through the aisles and a checkout counter, he came back towards me -- he needed to use the ATM I was standing in front of.

And so he said, "Excuse me, y'all!"

That voice. Fuckin' A, it was most definitely Greg Dulli.

Thursday, February 13, 2003

( 09:20 PM )
"But that's what our job is. We're supposed to do the bitch work. We're bitches."

- Me, to Amie

Wednesday, February 12, 2003

( 01:21 PM )
Poor Claire has been thrown off by all this grey weather. She's having trouble telling what time it is. I'm at home for lunch right now, and every time I get up from my chair, she races to the kitchen because she thinks it's dinnertime.

Or maybe she does that all the time, regardless of the weather. I'll have to keep an eye out for that.

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

( 12:03 AM )
Today at work I got two separate paper cuts on my fingers. This is a personal record.

Monday, February 10, 2003

( 11:15 AM )
Rumor has it that Guy Pearce is up for the role of the Batman in the next movie feature (to be directed by Christopher Nolan -- you know, the Momento guy). I think this is a very good choice...Now all they have to do is make sure Batman Year One is the story and I'll be a happy camper (although I don't think this will be the case).

Another rumor I heard was that Edward Norton was orignally asked to play Daredevil but declined. THAT would've been fucking cool.

Sunday, February 9, 2003

( 11:24 PM )
The new Dragnet show is quite unexciting. Ethan Embry is too young to pull off the detective role, but Ed O'Neil has some good dramatic acting chops. Unfortunately, Joe Friday is pretty much middle of the [yawn] road.

I must say, however, that I enjoy catching the Dragnet movie on cable from time to time.

Monday, February 3, 2003

( 11:33 PM )
The jam kids on their Vespas
And glum looks on their faces
The street is full of punks
They got spikes

See those rockers with their long curly locks
Goodnight to the rock and roll era
'Cause they don't need you anymore
Little girl, boy, girl, boy...

- Pavement

( 09:51 PM )
I'm not sure if this is the funniest, dirtiest, or SEXIEST thing I've ever seen! Maybe all three, who knows.

( 12:06 PM )
Me, Laura, and the Ess-Dog were in Banana Republic yesterday and the girls were looking at jewelry in the display case. They saw a pink stone necklace they liked, and a guy who worked there told them that the necklace also came in blue and green. Laura wondered why they didn't have it out, and I said, "Probably because those colors aren't very Valentinesy."

And you know what the BR Employee said? I swear, that asshole said that I shouldn't make judgements like that because I'm not the type of person who shops at Banana Republic (wearing jeans and a zip hooded sweater opens you up to shit like that, I guess).

Well, Laura and the Ess-Dog simultaneously put the guy in his place by saying, "Actually, he does."

Yeah, fucker.

( 11:26 AM )
Saturday morning.

Me: Somebody should make a movie about Sam Houston, just so they can use the line, "Houston, we have a problem."
Meggin: They should say, "General Houston, we have a problem," [because they're talking to him].
Me: It's my movie, they're saying it the way I want them to.

Then we got out of bed and saw the news about the Shuttle explosion on the TV. Except they didn't have stupid taglines plastered all over the screen (e.g., Fox News' TRAGEDY IN THE SKY), so I really had no idea what they were talking about at first.

All that talk about metal debris falling from the sky and citizens being warned to keep away from the debris made me think that a UFO had crashed on Earth. For thirty seconds, the world seemed changed in ways I can't describe.