it doesn’t matter if girls are pretty glorifies it. if you only have one rule, it still should and must be: NEVER EAT FOOD AT A STRIP CLUB. EVER.
i finally got my imac back up and running. the main firewire drive took a dump sometime in january, after coughing and sputtering off and on for a couple of months. thankfully, i had been backing up to a mirror drive using superduper!, so i had a relatively recent backup. unfortunately, for some reason it wouldn’t let me boot of the sucker.
long story short, i had a new 250gb hard drive in a usb enclosure, which was relatively useless, since the old imac dv only supported usb1, not usb2. meaning something like 1.5 Mbps as opposed to 480 Mbps . so i bought a firewire enclosure for it (400 Mbps , but why didn’t anyone tell me that i was supposed to look for an oxford chipset?), and restored the mirror to the new drive. booted like a charm.
so i’m back up and running, albeit at a state from sometime in november. meaning i’ve got a lot of cd’s to rerip into itunes. but that’s certainly manageable— it’s better than having to rerip 80+ gigs from scratch. plus now i can play all of my music again, instead of just listening to kcrw all the time. (although that’s not bad either.)
from the matador website:
There will be information about refunds available imminently, and the tour will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Chan is a good friend and a dear member of the Matador family, and when we have news about future performances, we’ll be certain to share it with you here.
suddenly i realize that march is packed:
february 2/24: sneak up to sugar bowl to board for a day
march 3-5: snowfest at squaw valley with the space cowboys. 3 days of boarding and rocking out
march 7-9: all day forum in lovely sunnyvale
march 10-12: maybe weekend in vail?
march 13-15: denver & colorado springs
march 17: rs andc
march 18: lost angels for the orb, playing an all-night concert in the walt disney concert hall(?!?)
geez, i hope i wasn’t supposed to see you before late march. the big question is the vail trip. i’m already flying out to colorado, so it seems like a great opportunity to go the weekend before and ski at vail, and hmc could even come out. but lodging’s pretty pricey, and hmc’s worried that she’s doesn’t board well enough to enjoy it. for that much, you could buy three lamps at dwr! but then again, how often do you get to go to vail?
 | You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
What is Your World View? (updated) |
this weekend we went to see the qatsi trilogy at davies symphony hall. basically they screened the three movies: koyannisqatsi, powaqqatsi, and naqoyqatsi in the symphony hall, with live accompaniment by philip glass and the philip glass ensemble. if i’m going to fritter away my life’s earnings by living in an expensive metropolis, i might as well take advantage of the cultural benefits, right? you don’t get the chance to see this in the sticks.
as you may or may not know, “qatsi” is hopi for “life”, and the movies show “life out of balance”, “life in transformation”, and “life as war”. it’s done as a long montage of shots, showing people in their lives around the world, the effects that we have on our environment, and the scale thereof that makes things like freeways look simultaneously like little ants running on paths or even blood cells rushing through tiny arteries.
apparently “qatsi” is also ed for “sleepy”, and this instantly put me out for most of the first movie on friday. i drank a coffee before the second one on saturday, and only slept through the first part, so i consider that progress. at the very least, “sleepy in transformation”, right?
unfortunately, by the third night i had gotten everything down and was able to stay awake for the entirety of the film. i say unfortunately because naqoyqatsi is by far the weakest of the three. in fact, you’d be hard pressed to not admit that it’s actually a bad film. there’s far too much computer-generated imagery, which is both cheaply and poorly done and meaningless. it’s sad when a movie that came out in 2002 evokes comparisons of early cg use in movies. sure, we have fond memories of tron, but that was 1982! nobody waxes poetic about lawnmower man.
it’s sad because the music is still interesting and compelling, but we were forced to watch the performers and try to avert our eyes from the very large screen.
there was also a talk on saturday with philip glass and the director godfrey reggio hosted by robert osserman, special projects director of the mathematical sciences and research institute and professor emeritus of mathematics at stanford university. they talked about a lot of really interesting stuff, things about atonality, unified theories of harmony and rhythm, and the computer/technology as a sacrament. i’d write more about it but i think i forgot it all.
maybe next time i’ll bring a notebook.
this is what happens when the gravy train goes south.
sure, times were great back in 1987. suddenly starring in the new hit cartoon as everyone’s favorite turtle-nemesis, shredder was living the high life: plentiful booze, loose broads, and a river of cocaine as long as the LIE. there was the guest star appearance on SNL, and even guest shots on growing pains and ALF. alas, it was not to be. by the mid 90’s, the series was tired and old, and all the kids were now into those damn pokemon. you’ll never forget the day where you were denied getting into that south beach club while squirtle just waltzed on through. suddenly you weren’t even getting callbacks to those auditions for lifetime, and instead your voicemail was filled with threats from the repo men.
now then it’s come to this. first a couple of swimsuit shots to pay the bills, a tasteful spread in playgirl: “sizzling shredder bares all!”. but the novelty is gone, and you’ve still got a habit to feed. just do whatever it takes to get through this scene: think back to those days doing shakespeare in the park, method acting, whatever. “i am your woozy oozy cute little brain.”
i hope your parents never see this.
but best of all, my friend sarah’s brother seth just won the snowboard cross gold medal! and if you saw the run, it was exciting up and down— he didn’t get a good start, and had to chase the leader down half the course before making an amazing slingshot pass. fucking awesome!
What are you to do if you have bad erection? Especially
in the forthcoming Saint Valentines Day???
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The most simple way is to visit our site, order the
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Do not kill the clock!
we spent the day having a big-ass yard garage today. this had been a long time coming, seeing as hmc and i have more things than any two people reasonably need, and yet live in an apartment spaciously designed for a frugal buddhist.
there are a lot of steps to prepare for a successful garage sale, most of them onerous. things like going through all of your stuff and picking out what you don’t really want anymore but is actually something that someone else might want. things like cleaning aforementioned items and making sure they look presentable and not like they had been stuffed up in some closet gathering dust for the past four years. things like hauling boxes labeled “yard sale” out of the storage space and replacing them with boxes labeled “not yard sale”.
regardless, we advertised in craigslist, we went out at 10pm the night before to put up signs, and we got up at 7am to get ready for the nutty bargain-seekers, despite going out to the false profit “bitterness inc.” anti-valentine’s day dance party the night before. man, nothing like trying to pawn off your crap on others while only having had four hours of sleep!
(hints for garage salers: yes, advertise in craigslist. list lots of big interesting items for cheap. things like dressers, butcher blocks, stereos, vcr’s, boomboxes, george foreman grills. put up signs. and open early and be ready! those serious salees will get there and try to cherry pick before you’re even open!)
all in all, however, i have to admit that the sale was a big success. we have significantly less items than we did before. it’s actually pretty fun meeting people and have them pick through your stuff and take it away for mere pennies on the dollar.
(another point for salers: you have to decide what your whole point in having a sale is: are you trying to make money, or are you trying to get rid of your crap? hopefully it’s get rid of crap, otherwise you should be ebaying or listing individually on craigslist. once you’ve decided just to get rid of it for cheap, everything’s easy from there, and you’re ready to deal and bargain your life away!)
things i thought would never sell, ever. (but did!):
i ended up meeting more neighbors in six hours than i have in the past eight years. plus some of the sales were pretty cool. my favorite was the dpt guy who came by and ended up buying that skateboard that i got for free back when i was working for sony. he wanted it because he had skated as a kid but gave it up when he grew up but wanted to take it up again. how cool is that? we liked selling caitlin’s old “clifford the dog” book to the kid who had the baby sister with the toy fire truck that was even bigger than she was. and selling the george foreman grill without a grease catcher to the girl who came over on muni just to buy it because she had broke her roommate’s george foreman grill the night before was perfect.
everybody plays, everybody wins!
we ended up making about $350, which was a bonus. and $48 of that is in singles. which will make a lot of strippers happy. A LOT.
from the ap:
In exchange for letting Al Michaels, who will move to NBC and broadcast Sunday night NFL games, out of his contract with ABC and ESPN, which are owned by The Walt Disney Co., NBC Universal sold ESPN cable rights to Friday coverage of the next four Ryder Cups, granted ESPN increased usage of Olympic highlights and sold to The Walt Disney Co. the rights to “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,” a character in silent cartoons made by Walt Disney from 1927-28.from the nytimes:
He was her dashing playmate in short shorts, with a washboard stomach, a killer smile and a pampered life of tennis, surfing and roller skating.
Now, after a heart-wrenching, two-year separation — for the record, it was her idea — Ken and Barbie are headed for a romantic reunion, according to their handlers. Ken’s new attraction? A makeover, set to be unveiled today at a news conference in Manhattan, that finds him sporting a more rugged jaw line, wearing cargo pants and listening to Norah Jones.
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In February 2004, as every 5-year-old knows, Ken and Barbie called it quits. According to Mattel, which says it relies on customer feedback on its Web site to shape the Barbie-Ken narrative, Barbie was wooed away by an Australian surfer named Blaine.
Ken, heartbroken, traveled the world in search of himself, making stops in Europe and the Middle East, dabbling in Buddhism and Catholicism, teaching himself to cook and slowly weaning himself off a beach bum life.
During the news conference this morning, timed to the opening of the American International Toy Fair in New York on Sunday, the new and improved Ken will emerge, restyled by a celebrity primper, Phillip Bloch, who has dressed Pierce Brosnan, Johnny Depp and Sean Combs.
Gone are Ken’s outdated swimming trunks and dull T-shirts. Ken’s new wardrobe will include cargo pants, a fitted suit with peak lapels and a motorcycle jacket. A facial resculpting, as Mattel calls it — Ken’s first in more than a decade — will give him a more defined nose and a softer mouth.
“It’s Matthew McConaughey meets Orlando Bloom,” Mr. Bloch said in an interview.
i guess we should just be thankful that he didn’t also start messing with the kabbalah. material boy indeed.
apologies for using dilbert. which isn’t funny. except when it’s cruel.
from the nytimes, drugs make people do bad things:
Ten puppies, including several Labrador retrievers, were discovered on a farm in a makeshift veterinary clinic in Medellín, Colombia, during a raid about a year ago, said John P. Gilbride, the special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field Division. He said surgical tools and a table for operations were found in the clinic.
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All of the puppies were rescued, but three later died from infections from incisions, Mr. Gilbride said. A total of about three kilograms of liquid heroin, or about a pound per dog, was implanted in six dogs in packets stitched inside the loose skin of their bellies, Mr. Gilbride said, and the remaining puppies were awaiting operations.
The liquid drug, brown in color, was packed in soft, pliable plastic pouches, some transparent. The veterinarian, identified by one law enforcement official as Andres Lopez Elorez, is a fugitive believed to be in Spain.
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Asked how the drugs would be extracted from the puppies, one law enforcement official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing, said, “I don’t think there was any real indication, but I don’t think they were going to be real careful.”
for everything that we are amazed that gwb stands for, i’m still astounded that he made this statement in his state of the union address:
WHAT?
so the scary thing is, is he just talking crazy shit again, or does he really know something that the secret government lab “accidentally” cooked up and maybe “misappropriated”?
