saturday was a long day. First I drove my mother to the airport at 4am so she could fly to cancun while i stay home for the holidays. the ride back wasnt so bad, but i got totally lost in downtown chicago because it was foggy and dark and i had no idea where the city was. it was embarrassing ( Read more... )

today while i was watching VH1's 100 best 90s songs and enjoying a piece of nostalgia, i was overwhelmed by perfume ads. Since when is it so en vogue to have one female celebrity endorse your perfume? in one hour i saw ( Read more... )

yesterday i saw a new movie "juno" with gail and zoe, and let me tell you, it was rad chilies. i haven't heard dialog that good since the empire struck back. also jennifer garner is in it, and she is nice to look at. no shower scenes though, so that blows. however, the number one reason to see juno is ( Read more... )

So today I was out taking a walk in Maplewood park at like 6 when I had an awkward moment. It was dark out and the only other person walking around the paved circle was some lady and her little dog going the other way. so it became clear that we were going to have to cross paths, possibly say hello or look at each other. good god ( Read more... )

I went to Northbrook Court today to experience the Christmas shopping extravaganza (the community choir was there) and I was reminded of all the bad parts of my childhood: shopping in department stores with mother. I HATE department stores. Perfume comes in thick waves and displaces anything resembling breathable air. The sound of plastic hangers ( Read more... )

On Sunday I went to a party at allie/steph/adam's house, and a few of them were playing this "game," which seems to be all the rage. from what i gathered by being an unwilling participant, the way you play is you try and touch someone else's nipple with your finger and say "game." Then, if you got a finger full of nip the other person says "yes," ( Read more... )

so tonight i was fixin to see the newest Wes Anderson film, "the Darjeeling limited." I absolutely love pretty much anything the man creates, so you can understand if i was extremely focused on my task. Originally i was going to see it with hayley, but the evasnton theatre stopped showing it and i needed another option. the nearest showing was in ( Read more... )

So for Thanksgiving I went to Missouri where my father's side of the family is geometrically located. Grandma lives on a farm in this tiny town called "Ozark" in the Ozark mountains (very original). Ozark is part of "Christian County" which it turns out is very descriptive of the area. I saw at least 3 billboards advertising "Noah's Ark: the ( Read more... )

The game UNO is very primal. I am certain I am the man I am today because of all the backstabbing and trickery I learned through that game in my formative years. UNO is small scale Lord of the Flies. Never was the cruelty of children so fleshed out. With time we learn to conceal our sick pleasure, but nothing is as satisfying as yelling "BAM! ( Read more... )

So I just did a comprehensive investigation on using the adjective "black" before a day of the week. It turns out that there are a shitload of black Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, very few black Thursdays, only one black Tuesday (1929 stock market crash) and Wednesday (collapse of ERM in Britain by George Soros), and no black Sundays ( Read more... )