AGAIN.

for those of you at home keeping score, that's the THIRD TIME in less than a year.

let this be a lesson to all of you: don't be the "nice guy" that stops to let someone turn from the left-turn lane facing you.

KARMA IS AN EVIL EVIL LIE.

so for the last two weeks (or is it three?) i have been painting the condo that i lived in through college because my parents are selling it now that my brother has graduated and moved out. i was doing this to provide my broke movin'-to-cali ass some precious deposit money and i have probably logged some 80 hours painting every room in a two- ( Read more... )

The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the document, are:

1. You shall not kill.

2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.

3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.

4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.

5. ( Read more... )

ok i just had to post and say that i had the most fun last night that i've ever had at a drafthouse show. elle and i went to see "teen witch" with the music composer of the awfulsome songs in attendance and i just have to say. it was the most. fun. ever. everyone in the audience really knew the movie, having obviously watched it the same way i did ( Read more... )

http://www.theshowbizshow.com/index.jhtml?c=v&m=52320

OK, I have to say this absolutely thrills me. Even though it's late in the game and even if June 15th comes and goes, I feel like my little marshmallow campaign is rallying and that's really cool. I got an email from this girl Rachel saying that she had sent my s'mores postcard to the people at TheIndianFoodStore when they added marshmallows to the ( Read more... )

just found this about judd apatow and possible copyright infringement. makes me sad. i like his stuff.

also, i went and saw waitress this afternoon. brilliant movie. very very enjoyable. i love to hate jeremy sisto.

apparently, becoming vegetarian does not make you crave hamburgers and steaks, but rather breakfast tacos and burritos. i've been veggie now for 4 months and all i've wanted for the last two are bean and cheese burritos and breakfast tacos. so i've been alternating, juan in a million, taco shack, whataburger. i honestly don't know how i went so ( Read more... )

* you realize 36 hours before leaving the country that you have to have a defensive driving course completed, signed and received in court in 10 days... exactly 2 days after you get back into the country. in other words, you have 36 hours to finish it. but first you have to stay up 'til 1:30 hanging photos.

* you put off buying stuff you need 'til ( Read more... )

I write this post from a mental haze induced by spending $700 (on the visa of course) on printing and framing pictures to put up at a coffee shop. I went to IKEA yesterday to buy said frames, swam upstream to Round Rock during rush hour, and somehow thought I could get in and out of the place quickly. At the IKEA in Houston, there's this neat sign ( Read more... )