So I think this will be a great end of the year for me, for once.  Here's how: 

• Come November 7th, I think the Dems will gain control of at least one house, maybe two.  MAYBE two.  Then we'll all be attacked by terrorists because we all know the democrats are soft on terror. 
  
• Then Novemeber 13th, Verizon should be unveiling their new LG9900 phone, ( Read more... )

hi.  erin mozena got married this weekend.  that was pretty cool.  now if someone is ever at eagle sticks for a wedding, and they aren't just giving you alcohol and you have to pay for it, may i recommend a mixed drink.  i happened to get a rum and coke before i left, and it was nearly all alcohol, for only slightly more than a beer would have ( Read more... )

hi. my name is matt bates. i used to write here all the time. whatever.

yeah if you're in chicago, you should check out the bicycle film festival which is playing its final day tonight at Columbia College Chicago's Film Row Cinema.  At 3:00 they are playing B.I.K.E. which looks pretty slick.  it's about this underground bike gang called the black ( Read more... )

yeah. i need some new friends. mainly cause i dont do shit. everyone is gone. kris and lance: europe. andrew: somewhere. cody: north carolina. everyone else is engaged. things i've been listening to: that one tapes 'n tapes song, wire, led zeppelin, viva voce. supposedly viva have a new album coming out, but i ain't impressed ( Read more... )

quickly, ecuador will beat england, portugal wil beat the netherlands. or maybe not. but those are my predictions. if you're lucky, maybe i'll hit you with a bracket. in other news, nothing else has happened in my life, ever. these past two weeks have literally been soccer and only soccer. yeah i'll be back later.

hi. basically i've just been watching tv constantly for the past three days. the world cup started friday, so i been watching all them games. germany-costa rica was okay, as was poland-ecuador and england-paraguay. but sweden-trindad & tobago was pretty sweet. i'm a fan of the underdog. actually i had a teacher in high school that said ( Read more... )

so i was thinking here. i have a handful of friends, and this summer, i'll be alone. kris and lance, the two i hang out with on a regular basis, will be in europe for a month to watch the world cup. andrew will be, as usual, traveling the eastern seaboard. cody is living in north carolina this summer. and howard is getting married/probably ( Read more... )

what does meh even mean? for the record i've never used that word once, until this very moment. whatever, in other news i saw tha da vinci code last night. now i didn't think it was as bad as kris or andrew did, but it wasnt very good. a lot of the filming was very csi-ish, and i fucking hate that show ( Read more... )

it's been a while so i guess i'll update on the most important stuff: tv. how about the season finale of the office? shit man. i've said it many times before, but the reason i liked seinfeld so much was because there was no romance bullshit. no serious episodes. friends, aside from being a terrible piece of shit, had serious episodes. ( Read more... )

well fuck you too. here's what i have to say: what stephen colbert did at the white house correspondents dinner was fucking amazing. normally the hired help takes light and comical jabs at the president and media. colbert did much more than that. he stayed in character the whole time, and it was very evident from the beginning that he wasnt ( Read more... )