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The original daily dropout entries from it's initial form, ranging from August of 2003
(even though it says 2002) to July of 2004. I thought there were a lot more. Maybe
there are somewhere. Anyway, it's riddled with inaccuracies and misspellings.
7-14-04: Saw a sneak preview of Without a Paddle tonight and it was really good.
It's a buddy film with Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, and some dude named Dax
Sheppard who was incredibly funny. I hope they actually start advertising for this
before it comes out so some people go see it.
7-13-04: So Erynne tells me that Michelle Branch got married. I'd be lying if I said I
wasn't disapointed. But I'm a big enough man to wish her and her new husband
all the best. Though by some terrible turn of events should their union go south, I'll
be here for her.
7-12-04: Rick got his HDTV service hooked up today. I don't know if it's as great as
everyone says it is, but it does look nice. We watched the Home Run Derby and
there was a definite difference. And how about the Derby. I though Lance Berkman
was going to win it for the home crowd, but Miguel Tejada pulled it out. The funny
thing about Tejada is how a guy can be a former MVP and still be underrated.
7-11-04: 7-11. Sweet. They don't have 7-11s down here in North Cacalaci. That's a
shame, they're always so clean and the people behind the counter always speak
english.
7-10-04: Why is it so hot? Ugh. It's just nasty hot where the air is heavy and it's still
hot even at one in the morning. There's never any breeze. It just sucks. I liked it the
other day when it was raining. Of course it was still hot even then.
7-9-04: Will Farell is an absolute genius. Anchorman was so weird and silly that
you couldn't call it anything else. Steven Colbert from The Daily Show steals the
movie as the weatherman with a learning disability.
7-8-04: Nothing to say today. Hey, they can't all be gems. And with me they almost
never are.
7-7-04: Rick got himself a new TV. It's pretty nice. A 27" flatscreen HDTV. He can't
wait until Monday when the cable company is going to hook up his HDTV. I want to
see what all the fuss is about.
7-6-04: As usual our feisty little redhead Christen comes through. She says the
new Weezer album comes out November 23. That's still four months away, but I
can can wait, for Rivers demands it!
7-5-04: Ha ha. We've kidnapped this kid. And you'll never get him back. Ha ha.
7-4-04: I was visited by Mormons today. They didn't convert me, but they were nice
anyway. In fact every Mormon I've ever met has been exceedingly nice. I think if
you're going to be part of a group that's a good thing to be able to say about your
group.
7-3-04: Nobody here but me. Rick's at a beach somewhere, Ross is all but moved
out, and I'm here. Ahhh. Feels so good.
7-2-04: How about Nick Green for the Braves? He hit a three run homer in the
bottom of the 13th to win the game tonight. He's a heck of a nice guy too. I've seen
him playing in the minors at least a few times each year over the last five years
and I've always liked him. I'm glad he's playing so well.
7-1-04: Man, I forgot my wings. Now I'll never be able to fly. Oh well, they were
covered in honey mustard sauce so all that flapping around would have caused
an awful mess.
6-30-04: Stupid rain. Just coming down from the sky unwelcomed getting
everything wet, ruining outdoor plans. Bastards.
6-29-04: When's that new Weezer album coming out? Anybody know? I thought
they had a new album coming out this year. They need to get it out already. Cause
Weezer is great. I love Pinkerton. You have to love a guy who's man enough to say
he's tired of sex.
6-28-04: I saw a special sneak preview of Spiderman 2 last night and it was just
amazing. The story was great, the action was great, the special effects were great
and the acting was great. It was just a fun movie to watch and it perfectly captured
everything Spiderman is about. It was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the
guys who write and develop Smallville, so they knew knew a thing or two about the
duplicity of superheroes.
6-27-04: Cookout at Chris' tonight. Not a highly attended affair, but the people that
were there were the ones that count (yes that is a jab at anyone who was invited
and didn't show up). I was good times, have to admit though, the burgers were
better last time. Good potato salad though.
6-26-04: My room is a mess. I think when Ross moves out I'm putting all my crap
in his storage closet. Sure I could sift through it all and determine what I want and
get rid of what I don't, but that's sounds like a lot of work. Well, not really a lot, but
some and that's not good either.
6-25-04: Do you know anyone, anyone, who's on that Adkins crap? I can't find
anyone. Those guys must have the best PR people in the world with the largest
advertising budget ever. I found a new diet, it's call The Atkins Diet and it's nothing
but carbs. All the carbs the Adkins freaks take out the fine folks at Atkins put into
two gallon buckets. Act now and you get a free Shrek 2 spoon with each bucket.
6-24-04: The NBA Draft was tonight and the Bobcats got their man in UConn's
Emeka Okafor. He's going to be the face of the organization and I thnk he's gonna
be a good one. If you watched the NCAA Tournament you know this guy can just
dominate.
6-23-04: I think we all took it as a foregone conclusion that once the Olsen twins
hit 18 everything was going to go downhill cause, let's face it, no child actors have
a smooth or normal transition into adulthood. Well, Mary Kate is getting treatment
for anorexia after an intervention. I say it's surprising, but....
6-22-04: So the Charlotte Bobcats actually exist now. They got some players in the
expansion draft, no big names, but a few nice young guys including Brandon
Hunter a Charles Barkley clone who played for the Celtics last year. He's officially
my favorite Bobcat.
6-21-04: I got Matt Cole interested in baseball and in MVP 2004 for PS2. He's only
been able to beat me once though. The poor kid, he trys hard but just falls short.
6-20-04: I slept a lot this weekend. Not on purpose really, it just happened. I have
trouble a lot going to sleep so I guess I can't complain when I don't. This might be
the worst daily dropout ever. Sorry.
6-19-04: How about that Jennifer Love Hewitt. Boy she's sure not ugly, huh?
6-18-04: Dodgeball was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. No matter how
many times someone got hit with a rubber ball it was still just as funny as the first.
Go see this movie four or five times. It's that funny.
6-17-04: Recently I lamented the loss of our beloved China Forest, and though no
one Chinese takeout place can ever replace our dearly departed, we have found
that the Hot Wok down the road is pretty tasty. The shrimp lo mein in mighty juicy.
6-16-04: Saw the Knights take on the Ottawa Lynx this afternoon. I like a lot of what
Canada's got going on, but their national anthem sucks. Sorry. I got 44 cards
signed including former UNC Charlotte standout Joey Hammond and Tim Raines
Jr., his dad Rock Raines was the man for over 20 years. Season total: 541.
6-15-04: Remember the 80s? Man I'm glad I was to young to run around like a
douche bag with socks on my arms and big poofy hair listening to Wham. Then
agian I think no matter what time I was born in I never, ever would have listened to
Wham.
6-14-04: I've got Rick going to Subway so much now that they know him and his
sub too. We wouldn't go there so much if it weren't for the fact that meatball subs
are the single greatest invention of mankind.
6-13-04: I forgot to mention I saw the movie Saved the other day and it was
outstanding. Jena Malone and Mandy Moore lead the cast and they were all great.
The movie is making fun of religious nuts and the satire was dead on. Here's
hoping more Hollywood money goes to things like this instead of the usual crap
they put out, like every Kate Hudson movie not called Almost Famous.
6-12-04: Took Matt to his first baseball game since he was three years old. It was
a good one as the Indianapolis Indians beat the Knights 1-0. He even helped me
get some autographs, we got 28. Indians outfielder Jon Nunnally was awesome,
he was one the coolest players I've met. Season total: 497.
6-11-04: That chick had a full body tattoo! And a nose ring! But she was cool so
good job Ross.
6-10-04: Hey, want to see something a little offensive? Click here! On a
completely related note, Lea, you rock!
6-9-04: Two baskets of hush puppies and a cute blonde waitress, sounds like
dinner to me.
6-8-04: Not really anything to say today. I've been listening to Autopilot Off lately.
They're good, kind of a mix of punk and hard rock and, I may be alone on this one,
just a touch of 80's new wave.
6-7-04: I got all my hair cut off today. That's right, no more flowing locks for me.
Well, they weren't exactly flowing but it was the longest my hair has ever been. But
now it's really short. I forgot how big my forehead is.
6-6-04: Season finale of The Sopranos tonight. Kind of a short season, only ten or
twelve episodes. What are you gonna do, right? I'd have to give the season on the
whole a bad review, it was far too slow and not enough wacking for me. The last
two episodes were however really good. So that's my opinion. Not that anyone
cares.
6-5-04: Went out with Rick and Travis tonight. I just don't get it. I told Rick that if the
bar scene is the primary way to meet members of the opposite sex then I'm gonna
be single for a long while. I just get depressed when I go out, it's like Darwinism at
it's finest. If your not the alpha male then the females of the species aren't
interested. I've heard that within seconds of meeting you a girl knows if she's
going to sleep with you or not. Walking around a bar a little bit it feels like you can
hear every girl's individual answer.
6-4-04: I'm watching The Flinstones, as I am often wont to do, and I hear a Civil
War reference. What? How do the writers let that slip? I always thought they were
your "average stone age family" but apparently they had precognitive abilities.
Also, recently watching The Jetsons recently I noticed how sexist the show was,
which makes sense becasue Of when it was made. Did they really think the way
things were in the late 50's would be the way things were in the distant future? I
mean come one, look at the difference from the just 20 years earlier, they wouldn't
even have a TV then, much less have been in color, why would women still be
subserviant to men? On the other hand Wilma sure got away with a lot for a
cavewoman.
6-3-04: I watched Blue Velvet for the first time tonight. Man David Lynch is crazy.
He's a mad genius. I loved Mullholland Drive even though I have no clue what the
hell it's about. This came out back when he was more into linear storytelling
though. It was still crazy. I bow to you sir, good work as always.
6-2-04: So apparently some British chaps on a message board site in England
think I stole their name (don't ask how I found this). Hate to tell you bloke, I've got
the website, and t-shirts too! Seriously though they said it in a joking manner so I
guess everything's alright. They were a little confused about what NC stood for,
calling it New Carolina. You know what British saying I love, "Cheers." They say it
like we would to say later or bye. We should adopt that over here, it just sounds
good. We should also adopt the Middle Eastern saying "My friend." We could be
like, "O.K. my friend, I will see you tomorrow, cheers." That would rock.
6-1-04: I've kept the past couple of days up because I just updated them with this
entry. I guess this isn't quite as daily as promised. You can punch me if you want.
But not in the face, that's how I makes my livin'.
5-31-04: Went up to Winston-Salem tonight and saw the Warthogs play the Myrtle
Beach Pelicans, another Braves affiliate. Had a lot of fun, it's a nice ballpark and
the Pelicans are on a winning streak so all the players were having a good time. I
got 26 cards signed. Season total: 469.
5-30-04: Chris, Crim, sorry about golf. I woke up an hour after I was supposed to
meet you. 11:30 is early on a Sunday. Heck it's early any day.
5-29-04: The Richmond Braves were in town to play the Knights so of course I had
to go see them. Got 14 cards signed, not really a lot, but hey, I got to see the
braves win. Season total: 443.
5-28-04: The Day after Tomorrow was crazy. It was like Twister in that the special
effects were the stars. Except in this it wasn't just tornadoes, it was every kind of
weather conceivable. Go see it, it's just crazy.
5-27-04: Back to the Future. What a movie. I mean really, just a classic in every
sense of the word. Lea Thompson is super hot too. Watching it makes me want to
go back and watch all those great 80s movies, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen
Candles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pretty in Pink, Say Anything, Better Off
Dead, Weird Science, and so on and so forth.
5-26-04: Just when I thought my cold was going away it's come back with a
vengeance. Ugh. It feels like 90% of my weight is in my head and my throat is
lined with sandpaper.
5-25-04: Saw the Charelston River Dogs play the Capitol City Bombers in
Columbia tonight. Not much to say about it. I got 5 cards signed, but one of the
guys was a real jerk. I'm not gonna mention his name, but conversely Jason
Pridie was a real nice guy. His teammate should take lessons. I got to talking with
one of the groundskeepers, a crusty old dude who reminded me of the Chapelle's
Show skit where Dave couldn't be convinced that any black celebrity had
committed a crime. According to this guy Kobe didn't do it and that girl is a skank,
so there you go. Take it for what it's worth. Season total: 429.
5-24-04: Let's send Cassandra and her Gramma some love, cause Grams is
pretty sick right now and Cassandra is real scared for her. Hope she gets better
soon.
5-23-04: Party at Chris' tonight. Our cookout almost got ruined cause of the rain.
Chris cooked some damn fine burgers. Lots of fun. David was really drunk. He got
huge bags under his eyes throughout the night, looked like he got punched out.
He was trying to convince us he was drinking water when he was drinking Vodka
mixed with nothing.
5-22-04: I got Rick to read Bear v Shark and he loved it. His favorite line was
"Some where a gun says, 'Flesh is weak motherfucker.'" My favorite part was
chapter 36: The Shark's Erogenous Zone.
5-21-04: I was going to go to a game in Winston-Salem tonight until I realized that
traffic is gonna suck for the next week and a half cause of the races so I didn't.
Sometimes the things you don't do are more important than the things that you do.
5-20-04: Saw Mean Girls today. It mad me laugh really hard. SNL's Tina Fey wrote
it, finally a movie shows how stupid high school is in an intelligent way. What
else...Oh yeah, I reread Chris Bachelder's Bear v Shark. Such an awesome book.
Here's a quote from BvS:
The question is simple, as are most profound questions.
Given a relatively level playing field-i.e., water deep enough so that a Shark could
maneuver proficiently, but shallow enough so that a Bear could stand and operate
with its characteristic dexterity-who would win in a fight between a Bear and a
Shark?
How can you read that and not instantly want to read the book?
5-19-04: Season finale of Smallville was tonight and it was amazing. Those guys
are perfecting the cliffhanger. Season one they had a tornado ripping through town
with Clarke going out to save Lana as a twister engulfs her while his dad,
Johnathan, goes out into the tornadoes after a guy who had video of Clarke using
his powers. Season two had Clarke on Red Kryptonite leaving town and Lana on
a motorcycle while Lex is plummeting to his death in a plane somewhere over the
Pacific Ocean. This season was just insane. Pete is gone, Lana is gone. Chloe
and her dad might be dead, Johnathan might be dead, Lex might be dead. Lionel,
Lex's dad, is in prison. There a huge fire on the Kent farm and Clarke is with
Jor-El, his birth father, who's dead by the way, in who knows where. Outstanding.
5-18-04: Alright, I'm changing my harem. Ashley Scott, I still have nothing but love
for you but you're getting bumped for Everwood's Emily Van Camp. Ms. Van
Camp recently became legal and she is looking too fine on those last few
episodes of the season. She's shares a trait with fellow Canadian Kristin Kreuk,
also in my harem, in that she is the kind of beautiful that no one can argue with. Is
your harem not up yet, let me know and I'll get it there.
5-17-04: Still sick. Not as stuffed up today. But my throat is slowly trying to close on
itself making it hard to breathe. Good news is the Nyquil works.
5-16-04: Watching the Braves game on TV last night I saw the worst collision I've
ever seen. Andruw Jones and Marcus Giles collided out in shallow center field
and since Giles is half his size he got creamed. Giles ended up with a broken
collar bone and a mild concussion. He's going to miss the next 2 months. Good
luck to him on getting fully healed, cause that was just awful.
5-15-04: Ugh. I'm sick today. Really sick. I didn't even talk until my day was half
over and then I realized how bad my voice sounded. Like I had swallowed gravel
and glass. Yum.
5-14-04: Saw Troy tonight. It was outstanding. Amazing action, compelling drama,
every bit as epic as they were trying to make it. Brad Pitt was great as Achillies,
Eric Bana played Hector and is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors, and
Brian Cox was fantastic as Agamemnon. I have no idea if I spelled that right.
5-13-04: Rick made me sick. See what happens when you want to spend time
with your friends, viruses that's what.
5-12-04: Smallville rocks. Season finale next week, don't miss it. Supergirl shows
up. The whole Clarke-Lana thing is really starting to dissapoint me though.
5-11-04: "The 'Blue Screen of Death'?"
"Yep."
"Well, is there anything I can do?"
"It is called the 'Blue Screen of Death' for a reason."
5-10-04: I love Subway. Have I said that lately? The guys at the place I go to are
great too. They see me coming from the parking lot and have my sub almost done
by the time I get to the counter.
5-9-04: I saw two doubleheaders this weekend. The Delmarva Shorebirds and the
Intimidators first and then the Hagerstown Suns and the Hickory Crawdads today.
I got 48 cards signed this weekend cause Hickory is the absolute best place to
get autographs. But they changed their footlong corndogs into regular ones. I had
to be restrained to keep from hurting someone. Season total: 424.
5-8-04: I think that guy's faking his southern accent. it just doesn't sound right.
Good steak though.
5-7-04: Vanhelsing. Pretty good, a very enjoyable action movie. A lot of cool special
effects and nostalgic characters. At least I thought so. Ross, on the other hand,
thought it was "over the top" and "too unbelievable." That's right, in a movie with
Dracula, The Wolfman, and Frankenstein's Monster he thought it was too much to
believe that lightning could take out a chunk of a stone bridge and that cause the
bridge was "at least 200 yards long" it should have colapsed afterwards. Did I
mention the bridge was at Dracula's castle? Yeah Ross, you've got a point.
Dumbass.
5-6-04: Saw the Lake County Captains play the Intimidators tonight. All the
Captains guys were cool, I got twelve cards signed. The game was a little out of
hand, the final was 11-9 Captains. It took almost two hours for the first couple of
innings. Season total: 376.
05-05-05: Cinco, Cinco, Cinco de Mayo. Cinco, Cinco, Cinco de Mayo. Cinco,
Cinco, Cinco de Mayo. Cinco, Cinco, Cinco de Mayo. I love that song.
5-4-04: Matt Cole actually called when he wasn't going to show up. It really is
amazing to watch someone change right in front of your eyes. I feel so proud.
5-3-04: It is written that on the third day of the fifth month in the two thousand and
fourth year after...wait...wait...Sorry, this is for my crazy prophecy web site. Sorry
about the mixup.
5-2-04: I guess my baseball kick was contageous. Rick woke up today and told
me he wanted to get the MLB Extra Innings pakcage for cable. So now we have all
the games on everyday. It's sweet. I watched parts of 5 different games today.
5-1-04: I watched Deconstructing Harry which is the first Woody Allen movie I've
ever actually sat down and watched. I thought it was great. He has a weird and
perverse sense of humor which is great. It's the kind that you're born with, not the
kind that you create. It was cool to see Tobey Maguire in what had to be one of his
first roles and Jennifer Garner, her part is so small that if you blink you'll miss it.
And for anyone that's been wondering if I've been writing lately here's something
I've been working on.
4-30-04: I'm on a baseball kick, saw the Louisville Bats play the Knights tonight.
I'm not sure when they stopped calling them the Riverbats. Anyway I got 67 cards
signed, which is great, including Matt Belisle, Bubba, Nelson, Bobby Smith, and
Joe Borchard, some of my favorite players who all happen to be outstanding
people. Season total: 364.
4-29-04: Saw the Richmond Braves play the Charlotte Knights tonight, Knights
won 7-2. The White Sox shortstop Jose Valentin is playing for the Knights cause
he got hurt so that's cool. I got 37 cards signed, including former Major League All
Star Dave Nilsson. He's from Australia. Season total: 297 and counting.
4-28-04: Wenesday nights rock. New episodes of Smallville, The O.C., and South
Park. The fun can't last forever. Their seasons are all ending. Stinking summer.
4-27-04: Went out drinkin' with the boys. I don't get it. Of course I don't drink so that
might be it. We were at Boardwalk Billies which I thought seemed cool. Not too
crowded, not too loud. It was all right. I just don't get the whole bar thing. Maybe
cause I don't like meeting strangers. Unless they have candy back in their van.
4-26-04: I was satching some of the Diamondbacks-Cubs game and saw that
"Red Hot" Chad Tracy finally got called up by the D-Backs. He's a Charlotte native,
Baseball America started refering to him as "Red Hot" Chad Tracy cause all he
does is hit. He's gonna be a good one for a long time.
4-25-04: Went to see the Intimidators play the Augusta Greenjackets tonight. The
Intimidators killed them 11-2. It got so bad the catcher stole a base. I got 12 cards
signed, not bad since I didn't really have a lot. That brings my season total to 260.
4-24-04: Watched the NFL Draft on TV today. Eli Manning won't be welcome in
sunny San Diego any time soon. The Panthers did pretty good. They addressed
their needs, but the guys they got probably aren't going to do a lot their first year.
But they made good picks and hopefully they keep it up tomorrow on day two of the
draft. I'm already looking forward to the opening game, Monday night at home
against Brett Favre and the Packers.
4-23-04: Somehow or another I lost track of the date here. Oh well.
4-22-04: Did you know you could say fuck on TV? I didn't. But you can only use it as
a modifier, not to refer to sex. Like you can say, "It's fucking stupid that you can't
say the F word on TV." All you old fogies better watch out. When people start
dropping F-bombs on network TV it's over, the kids growing up now don't have a
chance to turn out polite and respectable.
4-21-04: Man, the Chinese place across the street is closed for good. That sucks
ass. I've been going there for like four years. I need a new place quick. I like
Chinese food a lot. Though I am aware that if I went to China none of it would be
there cause it's not authentic Chinese food, but hey, the pizza as we know it isn't
exactly Italian and I love it anyway.
4-20-04: No internet today. Cable company's fault. Sure had some around the
appartment miffed. Rightly so. I wasn't miffed as much as just annoyed. I'm not
gonna thorw a temper tantrum over no internet. Not today anyway.
4-19-04: Hung out with Justin tonight, which was nice cause I hadn't seen him in a
while. We watched the Star Wars: Clone Wars shorts. I tell you, for a normal
looking guy, there is a major dork hiding inside Justin. I mean like a suspenders
wearing, bottle-cap-glasses having, inhaler hanging around his neck dork. Really,
you'd think that if the guy he looks like met the guy he actually is then he would
wedgie the nerd. Then he gets drunk and you see a whole other guy who should
put out his own comedy CD.
4-18-04: Ladies, watch your hearts. Rick's out there, and he's waiting, just waiting
to break your heart. He will get in there, pull it out, shake it real hard until it breaks,
and then put it back for you to find about a week later. Seriously, watch out.
4-17-04: Stupid parking lot. Stepped in a pothole and fell down. My ankle still hurts
and if those kids don't stop plyaing soccer by my car they're gonna meet the
bussiness end of my belt. And the Chinese place across the street is closed. If
that's permanent then Houston, we have a problem.
4-16-04: Made it a double feature tonight. Saw Kill Bill Vol. 2 and then The
Punisher. Kill Bill Vol. 2 had some great stuff but overall I liked Vol 1 a lot better. I
found myself laughing a lot when no one else was. Guess I was picking up the
irony better. The Punisher was awesome. Thomas Jane was great as Frank
Castle and I could actually stand to see John Travolta. They had this one scene
near the end where The Punisher stabed a guy with a knife in a way I've never
seen before. The whole audience gasped. It was cool.
4-15-04: Know what today is? That's right, it's Free Cookie Day at Subway.
Cha-ching! So I'm on the AOL Instant Messanger again. Haven't had it for a few
years but I see Ross and Rick enjoying it all the time so I figure why not? My
screen name is "cbwilkins81" which is boring, but easy to remember. So if you've
got it IM me, my buddy list is pathetic right now. Ever try the AIM chat rooms? I get
less solicitation for porn when I'm actually looking at porn.
4-14-04: Nice, there was a Care Bears reference on The O.C. tonight. I just saw
The Care Bears Movie on Showtime the other day. Adam Brody, he's a funny guy.
4-13-04: I have a dirty little secret, a guilty pleasure. I watch Gilmore Girls on the
WB. Isn't that sad? It's a total chick show. But it's very well written and sarcastically
funny. My only real problem with the show is that they all break down an cry too
much. The "Paris" character is great cause she's a complete sociopath.
4-12-04: I'm trying to solve my problem of not being albe to sleep at night. I slept
on the couch last night. It worked pretty good so I'm gonna try it again tonight. Glad
Rick paid way too much for a giant comfortable ass couch.
4-11-04: Went home with Rick for Easter to see the squalor he grew up in. Just
kidding. Though if you used the term "white trash" you wouldn't be wrong. Good
eats though.
4-10-04: Cassandra tells me she's getting a full ride to college. Well that's just
awesome! Congratulations Ms. Rising. Very proud of you. On a completely
different note, I went to my first baseball game this year and saw the Kannapolis
Intimidators beat the Lakewood Blueclaws. I got one card signed. Doesn't sound
like a lot, but I only had one card of one guy so really that's a great percentage.
4-9-04: Saw The Whole Ten Yards. I love the first one, one of my all time favorites,
but honestly this was a completely unecessary sequel. It was funny, Matthew Perry
has "Oz" down to a science and Bruce Willis is one of the best actors of his
generation. Speaking of, The Fifth Element is gonna be on TBS now. Now there's
a movie that needs a sequel.
4-8-04: Do not, I repeat: DO NOT ever eat Indian food. If someone asks you to eat
Indian food punch them in the neck and run in the opposite direction. It tatses like
baby food with hot sauce. Lots of hot sauce. And i'm not gonna go into what
happens when you get home. Baby food with hot sauce. Num-num.
4-7-04: I have to say I'm truely in awe of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. South Park is
one of the smartest shows even and it's only getting better. In the new season
alone they've spoofed Japanese anime and You Got Served, called The Passion a
snuff film, and made the funniest anti-steriod show ever concieved. I know some
people think it's just a lot of potty language and violence, but sometimes you've
gotta be dumb to be smart.
4-6-04: Well, the Braves got shalacked by the Mets tonght on opening day (you
konw what I mean). Fortunately I'm smart enough to realize that doesn't
necessarily mean they're done for. It is just the first of 162 games after all. But I'm
sure there is some idiot out there sitting in front of his spool who thinks it's over for
them. Gotta love the south. You couldn't even metion a spool anywhere else in the
country and expect them to know what you're talking about.
4-5-04: Sex in the City is gonna be on TBS everyday starting in June and I for one
can't wait. No, I'm kidding, that show sucks.
4-4-04: A lot of fours today. Did you remember to spring forward? I wouldn't have
even realized that was today except my computer told me. It didn't really tell me, it
more or less sent me a memo. It knows how to write in English but it can't speak
a lick. Kind of like really smart or really dumb people.
4-3-04: Apparently there was at least one April Fools joke. It seems that the
Subway queen of the world Christen was completely fooled when some
radio-Christians said the Panthers were moving to New Mexico. That's funny, but
my question to her is can you think of a town in New Mexico that would rate a state
fair much less a professional sports team. Come on, don't be fooled so easy next
year. And also, stop referring to yourself as the Subway queen of the world. I know
what you mean, but it sounds like a nickname for a porn star.
4-2-04: I think I recircumcised myself. Don't ask, but oww!
4-1-04: Anybody pull any good April Fools jokes? Let me know if you did. I didn't.
I'm not much on practical jokes. I'd rather degrade people on a pschological level
daily rather than pull off a big one once a year. But that's just me.
3-31-04: Ran into Christen at Subway again. This can only mean one thing, the
two of us go to Subway far too often.
3-30-04: Apparently Cassandra has received thriteen grand from Mars Hill. I don't
know what that means, but it must be good. Getting thirteen grand is pretty great
no matter what. Unless it's for school.
3-29-04: I got dressed for nothing. What a complete wasate of wearing pants.
3-28-04: Went to Tipsey's last night to celebrate Katie's birthday, which isn't until
Wenesday. Don't ask me, I don't understand either. Anyway, David and I managed
to team up and actually beat Chris at foosball. It wasn't a fair victory mind you, I'm
sure the "no hands" rule in soccer applies to foosball as well, but it was a victory
none the less.
3-27-04: Man driving nine hours is fun. Your but doesn't get numb at all. And South
Carolina is such a beautiful state. The trip was a lot of fun, but it's nice to be home.
Not cause home is where the heart is, but cause home is where you keep all your
shit.
3-26-04: No baseball today. Went to Universal Studios Island of Adventure. Didn't
really ride a lot of rides, but the Spider Man on is worth the price of admission. And
the cute flirty girl who sold me the ticket for admission was good too. They have a
great movie theater here so I saw Jersey Girl. I liked it a lot. Was it Kevin Smith's
best? No, though it did have some of the teeth of his other stuff. Was it better than
90% of the crap that comes out? You bet.
3-25-04: Rain? What the F? Anyway, I got 104 cards signed today, bringing the two
day total to 247. Not too shabby. Thanks to outfielder Carlos Duran for signing
despite a broken forearm. The Tigers (Toledo and Erie) came to play the Braves
today and I got to see Dave Cortes, a former Brave, New Tiger, who'd been
pitching in Mexico for the last three years. Nice watching the game and catching
up with him. I really appreciate all the Braves' minor league players, coaches, and
scouts treating me the way fans should be treated.
3-24-04: Not exactly Florida weather, but when it's overcast and windy here it's still
pretty nice. I got 143 baseball cards signed by the Braves' minor leaguers today
(an all time single day high [since I started counting anyway]). Got a lot of good
players like Raffy Belliard, who played for the Braves from 90-99 and is now a
coach, and the first three players they drafted last year. The guy that was the best
to me was pitcher Charlie Morton. I watched most of the Myrtle Beach-Brevard
County (Expos) game with him. He's a really good guy. Funniest moment: catcher
Jarrod Saltalamacchia was signing some cards for me with his brother third
baseman-outfielder Justin looking on and outfielder Johan Silva comes up to look
at the cards. Jarrod says to him, "What are you doing, you don't have any cards.
Get out of here, stay out of my bussiness." Classic.
3-23-04: It's obscene how much Disney owns down here in Orlando. The land
area is about three times the size of Charlotte. They don't even have a mayor, all
that stuff just goes straight to Mickey. Seriously, it's crazy. All the park attendants
breed with each other and their children are raised by the various Disney
characters (you'd be surprised how good Donald is with the kids) and they grow
up to be theme park attendants as well, never konever knowing that there are
places in the world that aren't quite as magical. First night in the hotel and I'm
really enjoying Telemundo right now.
3-22-04: Yeah, so all the Spring Training games on TV go tthe best of me. I'm
going to Florida tomorrow morning. I'll be back on Saturday and update this thing
like a mother then. Later.
3-21-04: You know what I love? Those dreams you have after you wake up a little
in the morning and realize you've still got time to sleep. Those waking drams
where you know you're dreaming and you still can't control the dream, but you can
set it in the direction you want by thinking about certain things. I like that a lot.
3-20-04: Made it a movie weekend, saw The Girl Next Door tonight. It' was really
runny and they actually had kids in it that looked like they belong in high school
And Elisha Cuthbert. Woah.
3-19-04: Made it a double feature tonight. First I saw Eternal Sunshine of the
Spottless Mind which I thought was just brilliant. It said so many insightful and
intuitive things about relationships, attraction, rejection, insecurity, fear, and said
some profound things about the nature of love. Then I saw Dawn of the Dead
which made me not go to sleep last night. I'm a wuss. Go see a horror flick with a
killer who kills for no reason and I can't get into it. Go see one about zombies with
no explanation and I won't be able to sleep for a week.
3-18-04: Have you tried to do anything to improve yourself lately? Have you gotten
your hopes up recently? Have you imagined that you might be able to pull yourself
out of your rut and put yourself in a healthy an worthwile environment? Don't bother
if you haven't.
3-17-04: Happy St. Patrick's Day. Drunk yet? Are you wearing your..Oww! Don't do
that. Are you wearing...Oww! Stop pinching me! Are you...Oww! I was wearing
green earlier, leave me alone; go have some green beer. Jeez. So are you
wearing your green today?
3-16-04: I've got a crush on the chick in the Rooms To Go commercials. The
brunette wearing light green. She's a hottie. I've got some furniture I'd like to
introduce her to. Like the bed. And the sofa. And the matching chair. And the blue
chair with duct tape on it. And the Goodwill chair in the kitchen. And the folding
chairs on the back portch. And the card table on the back portch. And the table in
the kitchen. And all three of the chairs at that table. And the swivel chair at my
desk. And my desk. And then my bed again but this time it'll be folded up like a
couch. It's a futon.
3-15-04: The fish died. Found belly up in a pool of his own vomit. I told him to kick
the habit. Heroin and horse tranquilizers aren't good for anyone. R.I.P. Andie.
3-14-04: I had a dream last night where someone gave me some books and they
were these graphic novels I read way back when I was into comics. I can't for the
life of me remember the name. It was this guy who was grey and he kind of looks
like a cross between a hippo and a pig. He was a barbarian or something. I think
it was related to the Ninja Turtles graphic novels in some way. I really wish I could
remember the name. Help!
3-13-04: Oops.
3-12-04: Who the fuck is Lindsey Lohan? A year ago I'd never heard of this chick
now she's been in the last seven generic teenage girl films to come out. Was she
on the Disney channel or something? How do you go from complete obscurity to
total media saturation in less than a year? This bothers me.
3-11-04: How are you gonna call me at three in the morning needing a ride? I've
been in bed for two hours, it's warm. I love you man, but damn.
3-10-04: There's nothing better than having some friends come over get nice and
comfy on the couch and then just woop thier ass at video games. That's one of the
best things in the world. Go 49ers! They killed Tulane with a very video game like
score. Next up in the C-USA tourney: DePaul.
3-9-04: Not everything always works exactly when you want it to. That's a good
lesson for life.
3-8-04: I've been enjoying the Independent Film Channel lately. Everything from
quirky little Neil LaBute films like Your Friends and Neighbors to the absurdity of
Hedwig and the Angry Inch. That's not to say I'm above watching all of Ace
Ventura: Nature Calls when it came on WGN the other day.
3-7-04: Watched The Sopranos with my peeps. Good times. Not enough wacking
though. And the first two minutes were straight out of Architectural Digest. Hope
it's better next week.
3-6-04: Let's go to a bar. Yay! Cause I love going someplace that's overcrowded,
hot, too dark to see, and too loud to hear. And having smoke constantly blown right
up my nose is fun too. Party! The only place I've been to that I like is The Flying
Saucer. That's my kind of place. You can sit down and the music is at a normal
level so you can actually talk. What a concept.
3-5-04: Man I love The Get Up Kids. Go buy their new album, Guilt Show. Then go
buy all their new albums. Then go buy all the The New Amsterdams and Reggie
and the Full Effect albums. Get on.
3-4-04: There's no such thing as bad pizza. There's good pizza and there's pizza
that's not as good as that. Think about it, even if you have pizza you're not
enamored with it's still good. Greatest invention of mankind is not the wheel or fire
or agriculture or any of that, but pizza. Especially with mushrooms.
3-3-04: Best Smallville ever tonight. I don't know how long it's been since the last
time I said that, but it's realy true. It had everything, mass murder, time travel,
hostages, bullet time effects, secrets reveals, hints at reconciliation, zombies (sort
of). What else is there?
3-2-04: Meredith's porn name is Zoe Murray. So run, don't walk, to your local
palace of decadence in celluloid form and ask for Zoe Murray in Not that Hole, This
One.
3-1-04: So it's a new month. That's cool. Ran into Christen at Subway yesterday so
we ate together. Always nice to see her, she's such a fine young woman. Saw
Club Dread last night. It's no Super Troopers. Though it did have about 40 times
the T&A. Speaking of Brittany Daniel is supa fine. And the best part is she's a twin.
There's another girl out there equally as fine. What a great world.
2-29-04: A whole extra day, how nice. Kind of fucked up that our wacky system of
telling time is off just enough to add a day every four years. I've always been kind
of vexed by that, thinking it should be based off 10s or something, but I realized it's
based off the sun and our rotation around it so aside from the extra day every four
years it's pretty perfect. That's something that always bugged me about Star Trek.
They used a complex dating system (stardates) but they still used hours. It's an
intergalactic system of time, why would it be based off Earth's rotation around the
sun? (nerd)
2-28-04: Anybody catch UNCC vs. Cincy on ESPN tonight? We gave away that
game. It was cool to see us getting a lot of run on national television. Yeah I said
UNCC and not Charlotte or NC-Charlotte or however they want the sporsts teams
to be called. That's stupid.
2-27-04: Stupid snow. I grabbed my camera and went outside figuring I probably
won't see this much snow very often so it might be nice to get it on video. Not four
steps from the building I step awkwardly and roll my ankle. I did it like four times in
the twenty minutes I was outside. That first one to my right ankle was the worst.
I'm not permanently damaged or anything, but it is annoying. See what happens
when you're enchanted by the mysteries of nature.
2-26-04: Have you seen the snow yet? There's something like 438 inches, give or
take a few. How do they measure that anyway? I bet they get Bob the Intern and
hand him a ruler and a parka. Is that how you spell parka? Why didn't I just say
jacket?
2-25-04: We watched Gladiator last night and then I had gladiator dreams all
night. It was a wierd dream cause I wasn't really in it and I kept becoming different
people. Why does Russell Crowe waste his time playing pansy characters? He
should just play badasses and psychopaths like in Gladiator, Virtuosity, and
Romper Stomper.
2-24-04: Of all guilty pleasures watching TV with your hand in your pants is the
most divine. Al Bundy knew the score, hand in pants 1, hand out of pants 0.
2-23-04: Kevin's porn name is Buck Frye. Nice. So once again go to your local
smut pusher and ask for Buck Frye in Not in My Eye, Papa Smurf.
2-22-04: Wanna see something cool? Go to this page of the Charlotte Bobcats
site. On the right there's a link for Live Video Cam. It's a webcam of the new arena
being built. It's really just a lot of dirt right now, but you can control the camera and
zoom in in out and stuff. I think it's ice cold.
2-21-04: Christen's porn name is either Sunny Callahan or Sunny Dakota. I think
there's some unwritten rule that if you can work a state or city into the name then
you have to use that, so her porn name is Sunny Dakota. Go to your local smut
peddler and ask for Sunny Dakota in Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine.
2-20-04: What's your porn name? I've heard a couple of different ways to get this,
one is to take your first pet's name and your mother's maiden name, which makes
Bootsey Wolfe for me. The other is to take your first pet's name and the street you
grew up on. I grew up on West Palmyra so I guess for a name you would
hyphenate that making Bootsey West-Palmyra, which sucks. So my porn name is
Bootsey Wolfe. Go to your local smut store and pick up Bootsey Wolf in That's Not
My Johnson. Email me your porn name and I'll throw it up here. Rick's is Snowball
Gardner. Yikes.
2-19-04: Man this sucks. My favorite baseball game of the last few years, High
Heat, won't be coming out on PS2 cause 3DO went bankrupt and sold the
franchise to Microsoft and since I'm not down with X-Box I won't be playing it. Oh,
well, I guess I'll find a new favorite. If MVP by EA is playable it'd be great, it was
absolutely beautiful. A lot of abreviations here. I'd explain them, but I don't care.
2-18-04: I've had the same comb for a long time. I mean a really long time, like
more than a couple of years. That seems strange to me, is it? I'm not sure what
the normal life of a comb is. It's just a regular black plastic comb, pretty no frills,
like a lot of stuff I have. The comb is a metaphor for my personal taste. I like
finding metaphors in life. You should try it, it's a good hobby.
2-17-04: So the Yankees traded for A-Rod. That's amazing that they have that
much money to go out and get the best player in the game just like that. That's why
they call them The Evil Empire. But I guarantee you right here, right now, the
Yankees won't win the 2004 World Series. Nope, not gonna happen. They have
a weak defensive outfield (Kenny Lofton is on of the worst in the majors), the first
baseman (Giambi) is awful. Bernie Williams (one of the best outfielders in the
majors) has never DHed for an extended periotd before. The bullpen behind
Mariano is just bad, The back of the rotation is unproven and Kevin Brown will get
hurt. There's no way all those egos can work together as a team, Joe Torre is all
but gone at the end of the year so how much can he put into the season? Their
farm system is one of the worst in the game so if anyone gets hurt or plays poorly
they have no one to call up and nothing to trade with. All this and Alfonso Soriano,
who they traded to get Rodriguez, was the best player on the team. Now, they do
have strengths, of course they do, but once again: The Yankees will not win the
2004 World Series. Who will? Seeing that the Marlins, Angels, and
Diamondbacks have won the last three, you'd have to be dumb to predict anyone.
Can't wait til April.
2-16-04: A piece of my desk broke off today. The part at the front that's rounded off
so you can put your forearms on it. Now it's a nice sharp corner. I guess I've had
this thing for about 11 years now and quite frankly it's not wht most well
constructed so I've probably gotten a lot more use out of it than I should have. Why
is there a ringing in my ear? I was really depressed all day today. Later.
2-15-04: The abbreviation for Valentine's Day is V.D. Interesting huh? Some V.D.
fallout: The girl Rick's been seeing gave him a fish named Andie (like the
character on Dawson's Creek [you know the crazy blond girl Pacey dated in the
second season, Jack's sister played by the lovely Merideth Monroe]) for V.D. What
the fuck is he gonna do with a fish? Also, Ross and Terrie broke up on V.D. and
she'll be moving out in the next week. Can't say I'm sorry. She's the dirtiest of the
bunch of us. Maybe this place will be a little cleaner now.
2-14-04: Most romantic thing I ever did for Valentine's Day: I took this girl out on a
first date on the 13th, the Saturday night before Valentine's. It was senior year of
high school, I'd known this girl since freshman year and always liked her, but I
didn't really get to know her till senior year. Anyway, we go out, have dinner, play at
Toys R Us (her idea, it was fun), and go see a movie (A Simple Plan, the mood
killer of all mood killers). So we had a good time and I take her home and say
goodnight. The next morning, Valentine's Day, I wake up at like 5 in the morning
and leave a dozen roses on her doorstep so she can find them when she wakes
up. Nice, right? Most romantic thing I've done latelly on Valentine's Day: Light a
candle while I search internet porn.
2-13-04: I like the NBA's All-Star Weekend. I don't care about the game that much,
but I love the Rookie-Sophmore game and really enjoy the Dunk and 3-Point
Competitions. I like the skills thing they have for point guards. I have an on again
off again relationship with the NBA, but I always tune in for the All-Star stuff.
2-12-04: I like what I did yesterday with phoning it in. It made me laugh. Sorry,
sometimes you just have to take a step back and appreciate yourself.
2-11-04: I'm phoning this one in. Ring a ding baby. Blabady blah, something
clever, something moronic. Blabady blah. Ring ring. Pick up. Heavy breathing.
Pervert! Getting an unlisted number. Ring a ding baby. Are you happy with your
current long distance provider? Blabady blah. They always call during dinner. Who
eats at a table anymore? Ring a ding a ling a ding dong. Pervert!
2-10-04: Christen found the easter egg. Good for her! Watch out for the bunny
Christen! RUN! HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU! GET OUT OF THERE!
2-9-04: My bed felt so good last night. You know how you get in and it feels so
good that your entire body stretches out to try and soak up all the goodness? Oh
yeah.
2-8-04: I went to the Braves Fan Fest today. It was nice to walk around and see a
lot of stuff you don't get to see when you go to a game, like the Braves Museum
which was very cool. I won $14 in one of those cash grab booths because I knew
that in 1995 the Braves beat the Rockies, Reds, and Indians to win the World
Series (how sad is that). I got to sit in the dugout and go down into the clubhouse.
It's a lot further from the dugout to the clubhouse than I would have thought.
2-7-04: Went to an Atlanta Hawks game tonight. It was a lot of fun, They were
playing the Houston Rockets so I got to see Steve Francis (Stevie Franchise) and
Yao Ming, the 7'6" dude from China. The Philips Center where they play is
amazing, it makes the Charlotte Coliseum look like a pit in the ground. I hope our
new arena is as cool as that one. Dan Dickau, my favorite player in the NBA plays
for the Hawks, the guys was lights out in college at Gonzaga. He doesn't play
much, but they actually had his jersey in the team store so I bought one and put it
on. I was sitting two rows back (in a folding chair that's how close I was) and at
halftime Dickau was shooting around and he looked right at me, I pointed to the
jersey and he smiled big and started nodding then when back to shooting. That
was cool!
2-6-04: I'm going down to Atlanta thies weekend. Speed limit signs in and around
Atlanta don't really mean much, they're more of a suggestion. It's something like if
you're going withing 30 miles of this speed then I guess that's OK, but if you're
going faster I guess that's OK too. I don't ever want to get a ticket but I think I would
be proud to get a ticket for speeding in Atlanta. I'd have to go about 114 in a 25 to
get pulled over.
2-5-04: There's a secret page on this site. There is a certain place on a few pages
where if you click on it you go to a page that isn't accessible any other way. Been
there for two weeks and nobody's found it yet. I don't even think you guys are trying.
It's like you didn't even know about it till now. Sheesh.
2-4-04: "You know I love you like a brother, man." "Well, you certainly treat me like
family." [shared laugh]
2-3-04: Feeling very indie tonight. Watched Lost in Translation on DVD, listening to
Death Cab For Cutie and Bright Eyes. But remember, DIY carefully, just cause it's
indie doesn't mean it's good.
2-2-04: I can't hear. My ears are all stopped up. What the hell? Did the groundhog
see his shadow? Does it matter? Are we having a parade for the Panthers? That
would be fun? Tell me?
2-1-04: Conratulations to the Panthers on winning the NFC and making it to the
Super Bowl. It was one of the best Super Bowls ever and I'm glad that a team I've
been pulling for for a number of years could make it so interesting. I think they
should be very proud of what they've accomplished and know that they have a
great shot at being right back there next year.
1-31-04: Lost in Translation comes out on DVD on Tuesday. Definitely gonna have
to pick up that one. Matt, Rick, and I were talking last night about how you can be
incredibly funny but not be a good actor. I mentioned the movie and Matt said that
Bill Murray was a good actor. I replied that actually until this movie he had never
been a good actor. Rick looked at me incredulously and asked what I was talking
about, he's one of the funniest guys ever, what about Caddyshack and.., this is
where I cut him off to explain that, yes, Bill Murray is definitely one of the funniest
people to ever be caught on film, but he isn't a good actor. The two don't
necessarily coincide with one another. Take Chris Rock, he's hilarious, but the
guy can't act to save his life. He basically plays Chris Rock in his movies. I think
Bill Murray may have turned the corner and become an actor, and that's great,
because on or off camera he's one of the most interesting peopole out there.
1-30-04: I've got nothin'. Really, there's nothing for me to say. I really want to see
the Super Bowl. So I wish that would hurry up and get here. Then I really want to
watch some baseball, so I wish that would hurry up and get here too.
1-29-04: Now it would appear that my poem Here is being published in a different
anthology, so it's been a good week for that I guess.
1-28-04: It's weird how dead everything looks after being covered in ice for three
days. That's some kind of sexual metaphor. The ice comes roaring in and
blankets the earth, the ground, the trees, everywhere. The two are inexorably
bonded and it's beautiful, pure. And then a great light is poured over the tryst,
revealing the relationship for what it is. The ice slithers away, leaving the earth
decayed and rotting. And the worst part is that there are places where the light
won't shine. Where fragments of the ice will wear the earth to nothing.
1-27-04: Now I'm thinking walking around in the snow wasn't a good idea. I think
I'm getting a cold. If I would just learn how to cook something, anything, I wouldn't
have to go sloshing around in the snow just to get some Chinese food. OK, let's
face it. I could probably cook anything you wanted me to, I'm just that lazy.
1-26-04: Went walking around in the snow some today. I leave giant footprints. It
was cold. The air outside is hard to breathe. I do like how quiet it is when there's
snow. Very peaceful.
1-25-04: It's snowing outside. Not that nice fluffy kind, but the kind that comes
down in little shards of ice straight into my eye. A winter wonderland really.
1-24-04: Horseradish sauce, tastes great, smells like ass. Saw The Butterfly
Effect last night. I really enjoyed it, it definetly kept me wondering what was going
to happen next. It did have one major plothole at the very end, but it didn't realy
affect anything. It made me wonder if there have been moments in my life that if I
went back and did them different it would have changed everything. There
probably are a couple. But that's the good thing about the past, it's back there so it
can't hurt you anymore.
1-23-04: So apparently my poem Fake Smiles in Old Photos is being published in
an anthology. I'm not getting any money out of it, but it's still pretty cool. From now
on I can always say I'm a published poet. Now I can stop lying about being the
Prince of Albania.
1-22-04: I'm getting a little sick of this one-sided relationship. I do all the talking
and you just sit there. I'm the one putting in all the effort. I'm the one doing all the
work. It's over. I'm sorry, take me back.
1-21-04: Well, I joined a gym cause, simply put, I'm enormous and that's not good.
So I'm there tonight and I'm riding my little bike, and I'm riding, and I'm not getting
anywhere, but I keep riding and I see that Panthers Saftey Mike Minter is there
working out. I didn't talk to him cause I didn't want to bother him but still, that's
pretty cool. I can see why he's one of the hardest hitters in the NFL, the dude is
huge. But short, pretty short.
1-20-04: Feel the burn! Feel the burn! Aw yeah, do you feel it? ...Yeah, I feel it. It
sure does fucking suck.
1-19-04: My Dad found Osama! (This link no longer exists.)
1-18-04: WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL! WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER
BOWL! WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL! (by we I mean they of course)
WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL! WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!
1-17-04: Get a bag of Tostitos and a bowl of salsa con queso and you are good to
go. Now that's what I call snacking.
1-16-04: So I'm a big fan of Greenwheel, the're an awesome band, and I've met
them a couple of times and they're really cool guys. I saw tonigh that Showtime is
using a Melissa Etheridge version of their song Breath to promote their new show
The L-Word. So in a roundabout way that's cool for them I guess. Do you have
Showtime? Have you seen Dead Like Me? It's crazy good. It's a show about this
girl who dies and becomes a grim reaper, but it sucks cause she still has to get a
real job and find a place to live and do normal stuff while taking people's souls. It's
crazy good.
1-15-04: I saw Big Fish tonight. It was good, but not as good as I had hoped. It's
basically the son bitching about the dad the whole time. The last ten minutes or
so are really good. It did have one of my favorite upcoming actresses in it, Alison
Lohman. She was amazing in White Oleander and very good in Matchstick Men.
Her part was smaller than it seemed in this movie. I think she should have been
in more scenes, actually I think she should have been in every scene and been
the star. I almost spelled should shood.
1-14-04: My elbow has been popping all day. I think my lower arm is trying to
escape. It can't, it has my left hand, that's the one I use. The right one can take a
walk, who cares? But the left one, I need that.
1-13-04: I have T-shirts from when I played basketbal when I was 11 and 12.
Numbers 15 and 32; those were the highest numbers wich meant they were the
biggest shirts. Arrowhead Celtics baby, Yeah, we kicked ass. I was the Center. A
good scoring season for me was 11 points in 10 games (1.1.PPG). I was all
about defense and rebounding. And pretty much remain that way.
1-12-04: I keep putting 03 down for the year. Why? It was a shitty year that I didn't
even enjoy. I'm hooked on this website TV To Me. It's a directory of basically every
TV show ever. You type in a show and it gives you all the cast members and guest
stars and episode guides. You type in an actor they each have their own page
listing all the TV shows and movies they've been in and typically some pictures
and biography information. There's lots of links to differents sites related to the
shows and actors. It's cool if you're watching a show and you don't know who an
actor is.
1-11-04: This thing froze up on me yesterday. Great joke on Sealab 2021 tonight.
As you may or may not know I'm from Virginia Beach, wich is right near Norfolk
(pronounced Norfuk). Debbie says, "I was on the cheerleading squad at Norfolk
High. (cheering) We don't drink! Nor smoke! Norfolk! Norfolk!" Get it. Hilarious.
1-10-04: How about those Panthers? Freaking Cardiac Cats. I know I died about
three times during the game. How about a little recognition for Vinny Ciuriu,
nicknamed Choo-Choo. Every time there was a special teams tackle I saw him.
This guy was with the team in training camp, got released, actually played against
the Panthers for Tampa Bay, and is now back with the team. That's nuttier than
Grandma's brownies, which taste like crap. Who puts nuts in brownies?
1-9-04: I see these commercials for sponsoring starving kids in third world
countries, you know, for the price of a cup of cofee you can bring much needed
supplies to starving orphans, then they show you a picture of the one cute kid in
the village. I've got some advice for them that's better than my 73 cents a day:
START WALKING! Wherever you end up has to be better than the hell-hole you live
in now. And why are they having kids. Is it sexy over there to have a distended belly
and flies on your face? Is that a fetish? Really I'm just kidding about the fetish
thing, but I guarantee there is some guy out there. He sees those commercials
and just starts manipulating himself. I love that term.
1-8-04: Wanna hear something funny? Bullfrog. I know, it's hilarious. Later.
1-7-04: I put 03 for the year yesterday. I'm a dumbass. Speaking of, have you seen
The Simple Life on Fox? Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie are a couple of dumb
bitches. Seriously, who are they and why would anyone let them get away with that
crap? Their daddies are rich? So, it's like they don't have a fifth grade education.
Plus I think Paris is so skinny cause she keeps Nicole around all the time. I'm just
saying. (double chin)
1-6-04: I slept for 19 straight hours. Man I love Nyquil.
1-5-04: I watched Baby Looney Toons this morning. I noticed that all of them were
wearing diapers except Tweety and Taz. Tweety I understand, as a bird when he
gets older he's gonna crap wherever he wants anyway so why bother. But Taz? He
has to eat at least five times as much as the rest of them, and thus create five
times as much waste. Plus he's always spinning. That's just asking to have fecal
matter thrown all over the place. And is Granny really the best caretaker they could
find. If they go back and make all the Toons babies and she's still a granny then
that lady must be old. There's no way she should be trusted with babies.
1-4-04: I got a sweater from Old Navy for $1.97. I didn't realize when I bought it but
it has a hole in the front. I don't care, it was $1.97, plus it's comfortable so I wear it
anyway. If anyone asks I just say I got shot in the stomach while I was wearign the
sweater. I didn't know she was married.
1-3-04: I went to the Panthers' playoff game tonight and it was great. They
spanked the Cowboys, there was no contest. It was awesome to go to a NFL
playoff game. The crowd was loud and it was just a lot of fun. Plus I remembered
where I parked and got home in under an hour, which was also nice.
1-2-04: The peole upstairs are moving. Out, I think. Personally I'm glad because,
and I don't know this for a fact, they have somewhere around 387 kids. That's what
it sounds like to me anyway.
1-1-04: Happy New Year. Did you have a good one? I did. I watched a bunch of
people get drunk. Speaking of, have you seen this commercial for these pills you
take as you drink to reduce/eliminate a hangover the next morning? The guy is
sitting at the island in the kitchen, completely disheveled, and says, "Ugh, I'm so
hungover." Then his wife/girlfriend comes roaring in chipper as can be and says,
quite condesendingly, "And you've got to be at work in an hour!" Man I just want to
hit her. How does that help that guy? That's just rubbing it in. What a bitch.
12-31-03: Here's a list of my favorite song from new CDs that I got in 2003. And by
new I mean released in 2003. All-American Rejects- Why Worry?; American Hi-Fi-
Beautiful Disaster; AM Radio- If This is the End of the World; Armor for Sleep-
Dream to Make Believe; The Ataris- Radio #2; Michelle Branch- Tuesday Morning;
Dashboard Confessional- Bend and Not Break; Death Cab For Cutie-
Transatlanticism BEST SONG OF 2003; Dido- White Flag; Die Trying- Oxygen's
Gone; The Distillers- Die on a Rope; Val Emmich- Privacy Attracts a Crowd;
Evanescence- Tourniquet; Fall Out Boy-Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of
Things to Do Today BEST BAND OF 2003; Hot Hot Heat- Bandages; Jewel- Yes U
Can; Kill Hannah- Kennedy; Linkin Park- Faint; Liam Lynch- United States of
Whatever FUNNIEST SONG OF 2003; Matchbook Romance- Your Stories, My
Alibies; Mest- Until I Met You; The New Amsterdams- Hover Near Fame; Paloalto-
Fade Out/In; Raveonettes- Chain Gang of Love; Reggie and the Full Effect-
Apocalypse WOW! (featuring Hungary Bear); Rooney- I'm Shakin'; Saves the Day-
Monkey; Social Burn- Down; Something Corporate- 21 and Invisible; The Starting
Line- A Goodnight's Sleep HONORABLE MENTION; Thrice- Stare at the Sun; Treble
Charcher- What You Want; The White Stripes- Ball and Biscuit BEST LIVE
PERFORMANCE; Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Pin; Yellowcard- Way Away; Pete Yorn- Carlos
(Don't Let it Go to Your Head).
I'd make a list of movies but I can never remember what came out. X2 and Igby
Goes Down kicked ass.
12-30-03: Burned CDs in the car, that means mix CDs! Here's my Michelle Branch
mix: Yellowcard - Everywhere (from Punk Goes Pop)
Washing Machine ( from Broken Bracelet, her inependent debut CD)
Paper Pieces (BB)
I'll Always Be Right There (BB)
Second Chances (BB)
Everywhere (from The Spirit Room)
You Get Me (TSR)
All You Wanted (TSR)
Something to Sleep To (TSR)
Sweet Misery (TSR)
If She Only Knew (TSR)
Goodbye to You (TSR)
Are You Happy Now? (from Hotel Paper)
Empty Handed (HP)
Tuesday Morning (HP, my favorite)
One of These Days (HP)
Breathe (HP)
Hotel Paper (HP)
Wanting Out (from the single for Are You Happy Now?)
I realized after the fact that I comepletely forgot about The Game of Love with
Santana. I'm not sure it would have made it anyway. She didn't write it and the lyrics
kind of suck, And I'm all about the lyrics baby.
12-29-03: I must be a bear. I've gone into hibernation. How do you spell that?
Hibernation, or hybernation? Hibernateon? Hybernaschion? Stupid bears.
12-28-03: Die Hard was on TV tonight, so of course I had to watch it. Yipee-ki-yay
mother-fucker.
12-27-03: I got a new car, it's this big ass 91 Lincoln Mark VII. It's an old people's
car. I'm gonna call it Papy. At least it has a CD player, my other one didn't. I'm only
gonna have burned CDs in the car. Too many people I know have had a lot of their
CDs stolen. I never have but I would be pissed.
12-26-03: And I'm back. I was wrong, the weather in VA Beach was a lot nicer.
Wenesday afternoon we were sitting outside talking cause it was so nice. So that's
cool. Driving sucks. I was tired, I slapped myself very hard so I would stay awake.
[not intelligent]
12-25-03: Merry X-Mas. Now, if you know me you might know that I'm something of a
grinch, you might even think that I hate the holidays. Well I do, but it's really just that I
liked it better when I was a kid and even though I knew all spirituality and religious
implications had been sucked out of the holiday like blood from a corpse and
replaced with an embalming fluid of rampant commercialism and greed I didn't
care because I got G.I.Joes and X-Men. And that's what Christmas is really all
about, getting toys.
12-24-03: I'm going home to Virginia Beach for Christmas. I haven't been since
January. I'm a bad son/brother/grandson/nephew/cousin/brother-in-law/uncle. And
do go getting jelous of me going to the beach, it's north of Charlotte and it'll probably
be colder there. but if I can find a little time, I can go play in the sand.
12-23-03: I have a Movie Watcher card for the AMC at the mall. Honestly it's not
really a great deal, cause you rarely get free stuff, but it's free and ocasionally if you
go on a Wenesday you get a free small drink, and every hundred points you get a
free movie ticket. You get two points for every movie you see. I got the card about
three and ahalf years ago, I have 558 points. That's about 80 movies a year, three
movies every two weeks. And that's just the movies at AMC theaters and the ones
that I remembered to use the card. The real question though is how many of those
did I see with say, a nice young girl, or for that matter just another human being? I
don't think we need to get into that.
12-22-03: Yowzah! You guys seen the latest issue of Maxim? The gorgeous and
talented Michelle Branch in most of her glory. Merry freaking X-Mas! I'd like the thank
Katie for brining that to my attention. It's funny, last year Ms. Branch was on the cover
of Maxim Blender and said on the inside she wouldn't wear a shirt the costume
people had picked out because you could see her bra through it. She seems to
have solved that problem this time around by not wearing a bra, or a shirt, or pants
for that matter. Trust me, I'm not complaining; the pictures were breathtaking to say
the least, I just think It's funny.
12-21-03: So apparently our national security level has been raised from elevated to
high, the secon highest level. What does that mean? Well, no one really seems to
be able to tell us, but they say, "all citizens should be on the lookout for suspicious
activity". Huh? Doesn't that sound a little too much like something out of George
Orwell's 1984? Basically they're saying anyone who has a political opinion that
varies from yours at all you should turn in, or at the very least keep an eye on. We
can't all be truely free until we're too scared to think for ourselves. You might think
I'm be a bit melodramatic about this but do you think the Thought Police from
Orwell's classic just appeared out of thin air? No, they were allowed to exist
because the people gave too much power to their government in the name of
protecting the people's best interest. Is being on the lookout for terrorist activity a
good policy? Sure, it propably always should be, but we have to know where to draw
the line.
12-20-03: Have you guys ever listened to Stroke 9? They kick some ass! They've got
2 albums out and they're both great. The new one Rip It Off is a sex charged
cock-rock pop album. It's just fun. Also Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends
out there. I'm not sure that I actually have any Jewish friends at the moment, but I
have in the past so Happy Hanukkah to them!
12-19-03: "I'm Jennie McCarthy for the History Channel." Wow. That's a sentance I
was pretty sure I'd never hear, ever, but hear it I did.
12-18-03: Screwy website. Saw the last Lord of the Rings tonight. It was good, but
the second was my favorite. I was definitely one of the coolest events in movie
history. I wish George Lucas could have used the tame technique for the newest
Star Wars movies. Sucks waiting two and three years inbetween them. Long live
Chewy!
12-17-03: I made some cosmetic changes to the site. The index page doesn't have
those unexplained lines around the edges any more and I gave the Speaking
Japanese pages a new look. I like it; it kind of separates them from the rest of the
pages. Word.
12-16-03: Oh, I see. When I'm out of comission and you've got the page all to
yourself you only make 2 post, but the second I come back you're all over it. Look, in
this three-ring circus I'm the ringleader and you're the dancing bear, got it? I'm just
kidding. You're the guy they shoot out of the cannnon.
12-15-03: Hi it's Christen. (Whats up CB? glad you're back) A couple people pointed
out their absolute heartbreak that I only updated twice. Well...snaps to you CB b/c
its harder than it seems. Mostly because I don't have much to say. Oh well. :-D
12-15-03: Hey, hey! This is CB. My computer is a Frankenstein's monster with parts
oozing out the back and things wurring but it works again. I'd like to thank Christen
for maintaining it while my computer was down. She's such a sweetheart. So I'm
back and this site will be updated everyday, forvever. Unless of course my computer
messes up again.
12-03-03: Stupid banks. (By the way this is Christen again) I got 2 overdraft
charges for the same stupid thing. THE SAME CHARGE. Its not like i spent any
more money....they just decided i needed to owe them more money. Stupid
money-mongering banks. Its not my fault I"m poor....well.... :D I just need to hide all
my money under my mattress. Argh.
12-01-03: Well CB's poor little computer is broken. :( so this is Christen!!!!! He has
entrusted me with the high honor of maintaining his site whilst he is gone.
(mwuahahahahahahahaha) We went to Toy 'R Us and saw CB at work and man
does he look miserable. I would be too if I had to stare at Barbies all day. It took
me forever to figure out how to write in this thing! This poor site is going to be so
messed up by the time I'm done with it. Oh well. Happy Holidays everybody!
11-27-03: Gobble, gobble. Gobble, gobble. Happy birthday Rick. Gobble,
gobble.
11-26-03: My picks for this week: GB, Dal, Arz, NYG, StL, Car, NO, Oak, TB, Hou,
Cincy, Indy, SF, Sea, KC, NYJ.
11-25-03: I don't drink, but let me tell ya, today, oh today I wish I did. On a
different note, I saw a poll where 52% of the people said they would vote for
Bush next year. I'm making sure my lease ends in November, cause if he's
reelected. I'm out of here. I'll be drinking maple syrup straight out of the bottle,
talking to moose, and finally understanding the offsides penalty when I watch
hockey ay.
11-24-03: I wouldn't say it was a good three-day weekend, but it was a
three-day weekend. The chinese buffet was nice. How's everybody doing?
Good? Only 5 hits today, fame, she is a fickle mistress.
11-23-03: Apparently my infamy has preceded me. The site's had 50 hits that
last two days. That's a lot. It must be true, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Inside jokes are fun.
11-22-03: I saw that Comedy Central is showing the South Park movie this
weekend at 1AM three nights in a row. That's kind of a weird step for cable.
Since that movie has more curse words than any other movie ever it's basically
saying it's OK to say whatever you want on calbe as long as it's late at night. I
don't understand why that's not the rule for all times. You choose to buy a TV,
and you choose to buy cable and then complain that you don't want bad
language or too much sex and violence? Maybe you could choose not to watch
it. Maybe I'm smarter than the average idiot that touts the Bill of Rights when
they want to keep thier guns but decries it when anyone uses their free speech
to say something they don't agree with. Maybe I'm dumber than a mentally
challenged monkey. Who knows? And maybe it doesn't even matter.
11-21-03: I'm not mad. At one point I was so mad I couldn't see straight, but not
anymore. My comfort is that one day life is going to hit you so hard in the face
that you're going to break and that will be a fine day for humanity.
11-20-03: You ever meet someone at someone else's house, like at a small
party or something, and they seem nice, cute, maybe a little quiet, but you think,
"Hey, there could be something there," and then you see them out somewhere
and they're running seven deep and they don't really say hi to anyone when they
get there but head straight for the bar and they look a little whored-out while
chain smoking? [not attractive] Also, DCFC.
11-19-03: Lisa, the rep from WEA, comes into the store toda
y and gives me a copy of Michelle Branch's Hotel Paper. Awesome right? Well
it's signed. Freaking awesome right? And it's personalized. Words cannot
explain. Lisa you rock. That goes right with my signed and personalized Pete
Yorn record and Fausto Tejero bats as my favorite items that I own. It
brightened up my whole day. So cool. Plus now Ms. Branch is aware that I
exist, she is cognizant of the fact that a person named CB is out there. Excellent.
11-18-03: What's your favorite line from Star Wars? Mine is when Alec Ginness
goes, "Obi-Wan Kenobi? That's a name I've not heard in a long time." He says it
so awesome, with all the emphasis on Obi-Wan. I want to be and old British
actor.
11-17-03: You'll notice a gap here. It's the first time that days are missing and
hopefully the last. This page keeps messing up and I don't know why. Sorry.
11-14-03: Everything's all better now. Rick invited me to his brother's house for
Thanksgiving, which is nice of him. Last year nothing was open and I had to
settle for cereal that was a little old. Don't feel bad for me, I care absolutely
nothing about the holiday, but I'm sure not gonna turn down turkey dinner. I just
tried to spell settle cettle.
11-13-03: We'll call this the lost daily dropout. This page got all messed up for
some reason and in trying to fix it I didn't really write anything. Sorry.
11-12-03: Have you seen these commercials asking to stop movie piracy
because it hurts the little guy, like the set designer, script supervisor, costume
designer, et al? Complete and utter bullshit. The people most directly affected
by it are the 20 million dollar actors and the insanely rich producers and that's
the only reason these commercials are on. The set guy is getting fair market
value for his task regardless to what the movie makes. The easiest cut to
make is to the obscene amount paid to actors, directors, and producers. They
know that and they don't want it to happen so they spread this propaganda
about how it hurts the little guy. Spineless.
11-11-03: My 30th birthday is 11-11-11. Crazy.
11-10-03: I talked to my Grandma tonight, which was nice. It's her birthday,
she's 80. She said when she was my age she thought 80, even 50 was old, but
now it doesn't seem like it. I'm at my age and I do think 80, even 50 is old. It is.
11-9-03: How bout them Panthers? Went to the game today and I have to say it
was the single greatest spoting event I've ever been to. The crowd went insane
at the end when Steve Smith caught that TD pass. We didn't even know who it
was we cheered anyway. And Al Wallace, who I met the other day, had a great
game so that's cool. Good weekend, score.
11-8-03: I saw Chris Rock at Ovens tonight. Freaking hilarious.
11-7-03: I've been in pain pretty much all day. My head, neck, and back have
conspired against me for no discernable reason. My kingdom for an android
body with which to put my brain in and rule the world as a half man-half
machine overlord and take a superfine typewritter as my mistress!
11-6-03: There's not much funnier than seeing one of your guy friends talking
on the phone to his girlfriend. Their voice changes and they get at cutesy
pootsy. It's just precious as David would say. Kind of hard to respect a guy after
that. I'm just saying.
11-5-03: I'm writing this knowing it probably won't be read tomorrow since our
internet isn't working and if it's not working then I can't load this to the site. And
the songs I tried to put on yesterday didn't work. I've got the Midas touch going.
How's your day? Really? Well that's nice.
11-4-03: I may or may not have figured out how to get these songs on the site
here. If I have then here's Samhein's "Lost in Fear" and Fall Out Boy's "Dead on
Arrival". If not, then here's silence.
11-3-03: Monday through Friday routine:
9:53: Wake up.
10:30: Go get Subway.
11:30-appx. 6:30: Work.
7:00: Internet.
8:00: Watch my stories.
10:00: Screw around, play Madden.
11:00: Watch Adult Swim.
12:00: Shower.
12:30: Screw around, internet, play Madden.
Appx 2:00: Go to bed.
Your life is even more sad when you break it down chronologically.
11-2-03: Sunday routine:
12:56: Wake up.
1:00: Watch the Panthers.
Halftime: Go get Subway.
4:00: Play Madden.
6:18: Get bored, mess around, read.
7:30: Play Madden and watch TV.
10:00: Take a shower.
10:30: Screw around, read.
11:30: Watch Adult Swim.
1:00: Internet.
Appx 2:00-3:00: Go to bed.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
11-1-03: Figured out what you're getting me for my birthday yet? It's in like 10
days, you might wana get crackin.
10-31-03: [EC] Happy Halloween and such... it's 3 in the morning... why am I
up??? I honestly have no idea. I thought that by going to the gym on a
semi-regular basis would make me want to go to sleep at a normal hour (like
before midnight) but I guess not. Sometimes I wonder if I'm afraid to
fall asleep. I don't have nightmares or anything bad... I actually have VERY vivid
dreams about lots and lots of interesting and strange things... maybe thats part of
it, I don't want to dream about the things I can't have. Now I sound like Freud... I
am a psych major... but I don't know all that much about dreams. I don't like
sleeping alone. I don't like waking up alone. And I have a boyfriend... its not like
I'm completely alone... but I only see him on weekends... so during the week
things are just tough. I don't know how I got on all this... I'll stop... no one really
cares about why I can't sleep...MTV is having like a Run DMC marathon on right
now... all Run DMC all the time... how odd.
10-30-03: That day off was nice, thank you Erynne. Remember to go see Samhein
at Tremont Friday night. Then you can go to Scott's house and watch a bunch of
kids get shitfaced. I'm not sure if they'll be wearing costumes, but one can hope.
10-29-03: [by Erynne Clark] I watch the "I love the 80's" show every night. I'm
addicted... I watch the episodes over and over again... and the sad part is, I was
only born in 82, so I don't even remember half of what they are talking about. At
least not because I was part of the original target group. They talk about all the
cool things like JEM and glowworms and my little ponies (I have one in my
closet... its still in the package). But I don't know why I can't turn my tv off and go to
sleep when its on. I've been going to bed later and later because of this
addiction... I should just tape them all.
10-28-03: My junk fell asleep today. I didn't know your junk could fall asleep. I was
sitting on a step-stool and when I got up my whole junkular area was asleep. So
if anyone ever asks if it's possible for your junk to fall asleep, tell them it is.
Probably says something about how useless that area is for me right now.
10-27-03: So Rob (Samhein) is American, but apparently both of his parents are
from Transylvania (am I spelling that right?). Of course this only confirms my belief
that Rob is the devil. Also he tells me he's been there and visited Dracula's castle
a number of times. What the hell? There is no way I would ever go to Dracula's
castle. Onions and holy water on a necklace, cross in one hand, stake in the
other, a priest on one arm, Buffy on the other and I'm still not going. The only one
who agreed with me on this was Katie. While the rest of you dumbasses are
getting sucked by Dracula Katie and I will be refining the art of vampire killing. So
bring it Fangor, you don't want none.
10-26-03: Weekends are sleepy. It rained a lot today. Good combo.
10-25-03: You know what I love about a script? That it's never finished. I had a
great idea yesterday and reworked one of the scenes in Speaking Japanese. It's
a pivotal scene toward the end that's been bascially written since the first draft, it
was shortened some, but it's a scene I've always liked. I have to thank all the
women who read it before, Pam, Nicole, Kim, Erynne, and told me I have no idea
how to write women. They're right, I don't, but at least now I'm rolling with it. How
bout those Marlins? I'm glad, I am not a fan of the Yankees. Did you know Josh
Beckett, the series MVP, graduated high school the same year I did? Really
makes me sit back and wonder what I'm doing with my life.
10-24-03: Man this place is dirty. Really dirty. I mean like a couple of years ago
when I lived alone and was super duper depressed over the way a girl fucked with
my head dirty. That sad kind of dirty. One of my roomates is gonna have to clean
this, cause there's no way I'm doing it. Lazy.
10-23-03: Have you seen a comic stip called Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley? It's
hilarious, like Garfield meets Trainspotting (not really, but kind of). I was at the
book store and saw a collection of the strip and got it. So that's cool. I think I'm
gonna go with Andre 3000 and say stuff is "ice cold." Say stuff like, "Did you see
that touchdown, man that was ice cold," and so on.
10-22-03: If your personal add says you're just looking for "a cool friend" that
means you just want to fuck. Read between the lines.
10-21-03: I'm not a big fan of sleep. Don't get me wrong, when it comes time to I'm
as good at it as anybody. I've caused people bodily harm while sleeping and been
blissfully unaware because I'm so good at sleeping. You spend a third of your life
asleep. That's years worth of valuable time that could be better spent goofing
around and mouthing off.
10-20-03: I read something about Chris Carraba of Dashboard Confessional
where he said his friends asked him how he was ever going to get over his past
relationships if he was up there singing about them every night. I thought that was
such a great question. You write the song to expunge those feelings but then you
have to rehash them every single night. Your pain is the source of your stardom
and vice versa. Crazy.
10-19-03: I think I may have done myself a great disservice by reading massive
amounts of comic books when I was younger. Sure, it's what got me into reading
and writing and I even used to draw a lot, but it also gave me this non-stop fantasy
world that plays out in my head. I think I would find real life a lot less unsatisfying
if not for the wide gap between it and the one in my mind. All I know is at the end of
the day all I want is some superpowers. I don't even need cool ones, you can give
me Dazzler or Banshee's powers, I don't care. I gotta go, the radioactive spider
didn't work so I'm gonna mess with some irradiated ladybugs I found.
10-18-03: I ordered a pizza, but it never came.
I had a girl and she always came.
One more call and the pizza'll be here,
Not having one more girl, that's my fear.
10-17-03: I'm trying to reorganize my CDs. Right now they're in alphabetical order,
that's how they've always been. I'm organizing them by genre. It's taking a while, I
have a lot of CDs. Every now and then I run across one and can't remember what
the band sounds like. They go on the uncategorized list for now.
10-16-03: Heard a thing on the radio today where they wanted you to call in and
say what song title best described your life. I don't konw the best answer for me,
but my first reaction was "Loser" by Beck. Michelle Branch has a song called
"Sweet Misery" that might work too. Honestly I don't know.
10-15-03: And the Cubs' frustration continues. How bad does that suck? The
Marlins have only been around for 10 years and they're going to their second
World Series, the Cubbies have been around for over 120 years and haven't been
in 50 or won in 100. But hey at least in Chicago its windy and cold, Miami it's
always bright and hot. Who want's that? And South Beach, with gorgeous latino
women walking around topless, who wants to see that? They can keep their
World Series, Chicago's getting the better deal that's for sure.
10-14-03: David told me today that he thought it would be great if at the end of
Speaking Japanese we could get Burt Reynolds to come out as the store owner
(or something) and do his trademark laugh. He'd be wearing the stuff from
Cannonball Run for no apparent reason. I couldn't stop laughing. It was one of
those uncontrollable belly laughs. I'm still laughing. I shaved my beard into a
fu-manchu.
10-13-03: Rob's band, Samhein, is going to be playing at Tremont Music Hall on
Halloween, so go and see them. I got their demo CD the other day and there's a
song called "Lost in Fear" that's just great. It starts off all calm and then freaks out
and then gets calm and then freaks out yet again. I'm trying to convince Rob to do
the Baby Killer song, but I don't think he will. That's cause he's the devil's little
brother.
10-12-03: I want to have a party when we reach 1000 hits for the site. So if you
guys want a party really soon you need to visit the site 2, 3, maybe even 4 times a
day. If you don't want a party soon then keep up your lackluster one a day
schedule, but you'll only be hurting yourself. And me a little.
10-11-03: Watched Scarface tonight. It's a great movie but I don't understand why
rappers love it so much. I think all they see is the money and huge houses and
women and look past the fact that the guy was completely miserable. He got
everything he ever wanted and destroyed it. It's Shakespearian, why aren't the
rappers down with Hamlet? He had a castle and women. He was easier to
understand too.
10-10-03: I saw Kill Bill, Vol 1 tonight. Holy crap what an awesome movie. Quentin
Tarantino is an annoying prick but damn he makes some good stuff. Katie was
telling me some critic was saying it should have been NC-17 because of the gore.
It's an incredibly violent film, but most times blood sprays at an unnatural rate and
in grossly inproportionate amounts, something I think Tarantino did to almost
comedicize the violence making that critic's claim just petty. If you don't like
Tarantino, say it, I did. But you have to admit he's done some amazing stuff.
10-9-03: I wrote a poem today. I called it Fake Smiles in Old Photos. It's a
response to a letter I haven't read yet. It's very long. I'm having a great week. Hope
you are too.
10-8-03: New Smallville tonight. Man that show is awesome. Great writing. I
wanted to take a moment to explain why I wanted Fall Out Boy's "Dead on Arrival"
in Speaking Japanese. One of the big parts of the movie is that JT and Kelly have
been friends forever and JT has been in love with her for most of that time, which
she doesn't know. A fairly common occurance in both movies and real life. Going
line by line:
"I hope this is the last time, because I'd never say no to you." As a friend you're
sometimes asked to do stuff you don't want to and as a friend you could say no,
but when your in love you don't have that power.
"This conversation's been dead on arrival." Trying to tell the friend that you're in
love with them is fairly impossible. You intend to but the second they show up you
can't, making the conversation dead on arrival.
"There's no way to talk to you.
When you're dead on." Kind of like the last line, he can't talk to you about what he
want to especially when you're dead on, you've got your best stuff working. Dead
on funny, dead on style, dead on smarts, dead on whatever.
"A rivaly goes so deep between me and this loss of sleep over you." The part that
wants to tell her and the part that's can't are at odds and it keeps him up at night.
He's losing sleep because this deep emotion is tearing him up.
"This is side one
Flip me over" Starts the record metaphor, perfect cause the movie is set mostly in
a music store. Side one is the friend side, the one she's seen. By fliping him over
she'll she a side that's been hidden where there might be a possibility for
something more.
"I know I'm not your favorite record." She likes him a lot, plays the songs often, but
she's waiting to find that perfect recording and he knows this and hopes to
change it.
"The songs you grow to like never stick at first." At first she didn't think of him in a
romantic way, but like a song it can be around for a while and then hit you in the
right way on a certain day and become your favorite. He's reminding her that just
because he didn't stick doesn't mean he won't.
"So I'm writing you a chorus, and here is your verse;" I don't know how much this
has to do with my interpretation and I'm not gonna fake it and end on a bad note.
Remember, this is just my interpretation and I have no idea what the band was
really writing about. Also, this is by far the longest daily dropout ever and if you've
read it all I sincerely thank you and promise to keep it short tomorrow.
10-7-03: I went to Tremont tonight and saw Yellowcard, Matchbook Romance, Fall
Out Boy, and Acceptance. It was a great show and I had a lot of fun. I got the
chance to meet most of the guys from Matchbook Romance, Fall Out Boy,
Acceptance and they were all really cool (I've met the guys from Yellowcard before
and they're really cool too). I was talking with Pete Wentz, the bass player of
F.O.B., and I told him that I wanted to use "Dead On Arrival" as the opening credits
song for Speaking Japanese. Without hesitation he said, "Sure, absolutely, yes."
How cool is that? So from now on here at dropout we're gonna pimp Fall Out Boy
all over the place. Another cool thing: they got their name from Space Camp,
remember that movie that came out in like '84? I refernced Space Camp in
Speaking Japanese. Eerie. David has a disturbing affinity for that movie. This has
been a good week so far. Pete, you rock, and so does Fall Out Boy.
10-6-03: No more of this Pre-Casting crap. You wanna be in the movie? Call me,
email me, write me a letter, send a telegraph, send a carrier pigeon. What is
pre-casting anyway? Where did I come up with it? Why is the sky blue? How long
has that bagel been there? I don't know.
10-5-03: Matt Cole's the man. He comes over around 6:30 and says he has tickets
to the Weenie Roast and asks if I want to go. Free ticket in one of the luxury boxes.
Sweet. We got there just in time to see Kill Hannah, which is a good band with
one of the best names I've ever heard. We met a couple of guys from the band
later on, they were cool. Watched the Panthers win, went to the Weenie Roast for
free, only the Braves actually winning would've made it a better Sunday.
10-4-03: No fuck you Rick! Screw this, I'm going to get a hamburger. I got an inner
ear thing and I can't think straight. Stop staring at me Matt. No the ice cream box
isn't mine. This makes no sense. If she owes you $25 then get it from her. Yeah I
heard you. Yes I am parked there. I'm hungry. Later.
10-3-03: There is a girl who works at the Chinese place by our appartment, she is
the best. Best ever anywhere. When I call and she picks up I do a happy dance.
She has the most soothing voice and her demeanor is perfect. I wish she would
answer the phone no matter where I call. They could keep her in a little room
where she could operate the answering service for every company on the planet.
We picked up our food last night and she marked which was spicy and which
wasn't, they never do that! Seriously, she's the best.
10-2-03: You're full of shit. Why are you so mean? No one cares what you think.
You're gonna fail. None of your fledging and shallow dreams will come true. Porn
is not the same. Do you remember what it's like to feel close? Your parents miss
you. You should call them. Grandman didn't do anything to you. Your sister loves
you. No one cares about your personal mess. Where are you going with this?
Then stop. (I know)(cause I don't like myself)(yet I keep talking)(possibly)(probably
not)(it certainly isn't)(barely)(possibly)(won't happen)(not directly)(one of
them)(nope)(nowhere)(I can't)
10-1-03: Happiness, bliss, most scerene and peaceful of Nirvana. Yes it is
possible, it even has a name: Smallville. Words cannot do justice the feelings of
elation I have felt tonight. Simply amazing. Take the nice little world they've crafted
for us and turn it upside down. And Kristin Kruek, damn girl do you go around and
take hot pills that magically enhance your already abundant hotness? I think I'm
gonna do some storyboards for Speaking Japanese. That has nothing to do with
Smallville. That word has four "L"s. Weird.
9-30-03: I did laundry today. If you made a list of stuff I don't want to do laundry
would be right up there at the top with cleaning (anything), listening when people
tell me stuff and calling my parents. It's not that it's hard, though I think I somehow
mess it up everytime, or overly time-consuming, I just don't want to do it. But now
they're clean. Yipee. People tell me, they'll be clean and you'll be happy and you'll
feel better about yourself. I say by the time someone gets to whether or not my
clothes are dirty they've probably found 15 other things wrong with me. I'm down
on myself today. Curmudgen. 22 hours, 3, minutes, (?) seconds till the new
Smallville.
9-29-03: Here's a logo for Speaking Japanese that I've been working on. I say that
like I've been pouring over it for months. Anyway I think it looks pretty good. I forgot
to mention that I went to the Panthers game yesterday. It was a lot of fun. The
Atlanta fans were trash talking for and hour before the game and all during the first
quarter. When they got down 14-0 they stopped talking. It was great. When they left
during the third quarter we gave them hell. We were upset though that the
Panthers couldn't pull out the shutout but we'll take the severe beating as it was.
9-28-03: I had a dream last night where my right leg was longer than my left one. I
don't mean a half inch or an inch longer, which does actually happen, I mean
about 5 or 6 inches longer. The only way I could stand up was to have the right leg
always bent to even out the height. The only thing I can think of is that my right
knee must have hurt last night, as it is wont to do, and this is how my mind was
trying to explain it to me. All I know is that it was scary and I've been checking my
leg all day to make sure it's the right length.
9-27-03: We went and saw The School of Rock tonight. What? Yeah I said we,
punk. Anyway, it was great. I almost want to say it was a perfect movie. Jack Black
was as Jack Black as Jack Black could be. I did have one problem with the
audience reaction though: a little kid isn't cute just because they're a little kid; i.e.
not all little kids are cute. Any time one of the kids said or did something even
remotely adorable all you heard was "Awww" from the audience. I don't think I'm
explaining this well. Just cause a kid is a kid doen't make them cute, they have to
actually be cute. There. Next subject. What's with the all security at the freaking
mall? There were 3 sherriffs and about 8 cops, including 2 K-9s. Are they worried
about two of the 15-year-olds getting in a pushing match? My grandma could
probably break that up, but they'd probably have to call out the S.W.A.T. team.
9-26-03: I want Eddie Murphy back. Now. I'm not kidding. Right now. Haunted
Mansion? Daddy Day Care? Nutty Proffessor 2? The Adventures of Pluto Fucking
Nash? Is this really the same guy that kicked ass on SNL? The guy that did
Trading Spaces and Coming to America? Axel Foley? No. Give him back. I'm not
fucking around as the kids like to say. I want him back right now. On a side note I'd
like to thank Kevin (Spivey) for visiting the site regularly. Appreciate it man. Also
thanks to Andy La Belle for buying a dropout T-shirt. Andy's a Samhein fan who
found his way over here. It's all about sharing. Now give him back. I mean it. Now.
9-25-03: I typically go to Subway around 11 or so before I go to work (bad habit!).
Today I had to be at work at 10 so I couldn't do that (no sleep!). I went there at 1 for
lunch and they told me they were wondering if I was OK, hoping I hadn't got in an
accident or something (people care!). Then they thought it might be bad luck that I
didn't show up, they might not do any bussiness cause I didn't go (groundhog saw
his shadow!). Speaking of accidents Nicole got in one the other day (she's fine!).
She has the nastiest bruises I've ever seen (yuck!). Am I spelling your name right
(no!)? Bret Easton Ellis: "If I can't make a girl come what's the point? It's like
asking questions in a letter" (Rules of Attratction!). Later (good riddance!)
9-24-03: My weird roomate Ross has been frying bacon for about 2 hours a night
everyday this week. I don't know how much bacon that adds up to but it's a really
annoying sound. In between he eats olives straight out of the bottle. Weird fucking
guy. But hey, he makes me feel almost normal.
9-23-03: Smallville Season One came out today! Smallville Season One came out
today! Smallville Season One came out today! Smallville Season One came out
today! Smallville Season One came out today! Smallville Season One came out
today! Smallville Season One came out today! Smallville Season One came out
today!
9-22-03: OK, here's the picture that I lied and said I would have up two days ago.
It's a record of dropout's trip to Ozzfest. It's definitely worth checking out. I think I've
contracted some form of cold. I've had a painful headache since the second I
woke up today. Pills don't seem to have any effect against it. We're going to the
nukes next. Brian doesn't like the daily dropout. Brian's a curmudgen. If it wasn't
for his complete contempt of everything I do I wouldn't have any motivation. I love
you, you bastard. Speaking of people I love, David Rodgers is awesome. No real
reason for saying that, it just isn't said enough. You rock man. Thank you
Cleveland, please tip your wait staff. Goodnight.
9-21-03: I video taped Kristin and Miguel's wedding today. That's right baby, I'm out
there making cash for dropout. Both them and their families were really nice. I
hate to break out of my normal bitter, cynical self about these sort of things, but I
think they just might make it. The priest was a cool guy, but I am convinced that he
was a hired assassin in Mexico. Remember yesterday when I said I'd have that
cool picture up? I lied.
9-20-03: Stupid disposable camera. I took a bunch of pictures for the sight, of the
T-shirts, dropout family members, etc., but none of them took. What the hell? I got
like 6 pictures out of 24. I did get one that's pretty good. I'll put it up tomorrow; I'm
tired and I have to make sure I wake up tomorrow. I have important things to do.
They are too important. Shut up. You don't own me. I'm leaving. I said good day sir.
9-19-03: Remember how short the daily dropouts were last month? Yeah.
9-18-03: I wear contacts. I think my right eye has gotten worse and the contact isn't
the right prescription anymore. It makes everything look clear but blurry too. Very
weird. I was going to go see a movie tonght, but apparently there aren't any
starting after 9:45. Oh well. Oh yeah, Crim, thanks for buying a shirt. Take the
paper towels off your shoes. Here's some Kurt Vonnegut Jr. from Timequake, "I
always had trouble ending short stories in ways that would satisfy a general
public. In real life,..., people don't change, don't learn anything from their mistakes,
and don't apologize. In a short story they have to do at least two out of three of
those things..." That's why I love Vonnegut. I read it and it's like he plucked the
stuff from my own head. When someone questions how my characters develop
(or don't) I always bring up that in real life people don't change. Maybe that's why
movies are so popular, people always change.
9-17-03: Don't look at your faults as faults, look at them as strengths. I actually
said that to someone today, and meant it. Man I'm full of shit. Look what happens
when I make number 2:
The hero dies in this one
because the villan always wins.
Especially when there is no hero
and the villan lies within.
It rhymes! I don't know why I felt compelled to show you that. You know how long
it's been since I had a date? Let's just say small children have been born, started
crawling, learned how to walk, and learned basic components of speech since
the last time I asked a girl for her number and we went out. As a writer it's kind of
good cause it gives me easy access to a whole range of emotions that I might not
have available to me otherwise, but as me it sucks. Again, I don't know why I felt
compelled to show you that.
9-16-03: I met Hilary Duff today. That's right TV's Lizzie McGuire. Let me tell you,
she is easy on the eyes. She's only 16 so I'm not gonna say any more about that.
In all seriousness though she was very cool; perky and nice. I gave her a dropout
T-shirt and sticker. I know what you're thinking: Oh, she gets one for free but I
gotta pay for mine? Yep, that's right. You know why? Cause she's freaking
FAMOUS, dur! Which is retarded really, cause when you're unknown and dirt poor
you have to pay and work for everything but when you're famous people give you
stuff you can easily afford. Life sucks that way. On a side note: Hilary, if you
happen to visit the site and happen to read this, wanna be in a movie? It'd be cool,
a nice transition into more adult genres. Let me know, hit me back HDuff.
9-15-03: Seriously, Kinkos rocks! I swear they are the best. If I ever win any
awards I'm thanking the fine folks at Kinkos. Like I'll ever win any awards. Makin'
copies of Speaking Japanese. Yep. I was reading through it while waiting. It's
really more coarse than I give it credit for. That's good because sometimes I worry
that it isn't coarse enough. I'm scatter-brained when it comes to writing stuff. I've
still got the same 20 pages of The Hero Dies in this One, plus like 4 episodes of
Baby Killer in my mind I need to write and today I'm thinking about working on the
baseball movie I'm gonna write. Jeez man, pick one and see it through. I wrote
like a page of the baseball movie already. It was a solid page I think. It's gonna
be called Now Pitching. Gotta go, pizza time.
9-14-03: I'm all nervous now. Confrontation sucks. Went to Rick's brother's house
today to watch the game. Panthers won again, an ugly win, but hey. At their house
in the bathroom I had problems. I had the shower phobia issue (read the excerpt
from Speaking Japanese to explain). Plus they had a picture of themselves on the
sink counter. I'm trying to go to the bathroom and they're just sitting there, staring
at me. It was kind of weird, but also they were kind of smiling, not really happy, but
more so proud. Made me feel good about what I was doing. I did watch Ninja
Turtles last night. It's still really good. There are no special features on the DVD
though. That's sucks cause there is some really cool behind the scenes stuff for
that movie somewhere. Probably in Brian Henson's basement.
9-13-03: My knee hurts. The right one. It's like the muscle just above the knee
hurts a lot when I sit down. I think I hurt it a few months ago playing basketball. It
made a loud pop then and every so often it hurts like now. I'm 21 going on 63. I
think Francis is on the right track with Baby Killer now. He was doing sketches
that were cartooney. We talked about it and decided that the drawings need to be
dark, like old Frank Miller stuff or the Ninja Turtles graphic novels. Did you ever
read those? They were so awesome. Dark and gritty and warped. The kind of
stuff you'd never see in the cartoon. The first movie came really close. Actually all
those movies were good. I was like 10 or 11 when the first one came out. We
went to a midnight showing. When Rafeal said "damn" I about crapped myself. I
think I might go watch that now. Later.
9-12-03: I've got my headphones on. I can listen to my music a lot louder than I'm
comfortable listening without them on. That was a weird sentance. Listening to
Armor For Sleep. I'm not sure how to describe them. Kinda like Saves the Day
only wussier? Heard the new Saves the Day today. I couldn't absorb it at work.
Whatever that means. I feel like talking. No one here to talk to. No one I want to
talk to anyway. Probably better. I feel like interaction without proximity. Oh yeah,
got the dropout stickers. They're pretty cool. Not as cool as the dropout T-shirts,
but that's just my opinion. Guess I'll go. Bother someone else. Later. Yeah, you
too. Don't worry, I won't. OK, bye.
9-11-03: Take this day to remember and think about what's special to you.
9-10-03: Putting this up a little late today (12:42 PM). Pam'll be pissed. But that
happens a...nevermind, not gonna go there. You know, if you email me about
being in Speaking Japanese and I email you back about setting up an audition
you should probably email me back after that. I don't know, I'm just saying.
Happened a couple of times. Maybe they don't want to be movie stars after all. I
don't know I'm just saying.
9-9-03: So apparently Tom is the man. He's been out there handing out giant
stacks of flyers and bringing people to the site and getting kids in to audition.
Way to go Tom. See, you give a kid a chance, make him feel like part of a family
and he rewards you for it. Makes you wonder why people treat teenagers like shit.
Speaking of, Nicole (Callahan) told me today there's some senator trying to ad an
amendment to the constitution that says a marriage can only be between a man
and a woman, making gay marriage illegal. Hey, A-hole, that's unconstitutional,
and besides that just wrong. Be with whoever makes you happy. What is it about
old white men? They've been against everything different from them forever. No
wonder people have started migrating to Canada. Gay marriage, national
heathcare, better schools, stricter gun laws. Quick, grab some maple syryp and a
moose and lets make a break for it!
9-8-03: Have you checked out The O.C. on Fox yet? It's really good. Adam Brody is
great as the comic relief and Benjamin McKenzie is doing his best James Dean
impersonation, and pulling it of nicely. I curse a lot. Not so much here though. I
wonder why that is? Let me try something...fuck..shit...cock...fuck shit ass
motherfucker. Still there? Roof didn't cave in? Lightning bolts didn't fall from the
sky? Smell any brimstone? I wonder why people care then. You know a girl once
told me we had to stop seeing each other because we were going too fast. At the
time she lived back home in VA Beach and I was down here. That's how it was
when we met. Over about a month I went on like 3 dates with her and IMed her
about 3 times a week; kissed her just once. And we were going to fast? I went to
church for this girl. CHURCH!!! A mistake I haven't made since I'm proud to say.
And people wonder why I sound bitter when I talk about girls. We need to talk (I
hate you).
9-7-03: I didn't go to sleep last night. I think I might not sleep anymore, it was
more fun. The Panthers game was awesome. They were getting spanked and
then Delhomme came in in the second half and they went crazy and ended up
winning by one. What a game. Is it art or pornography? That's a question long
asked about many things. My take on it: if you're the kind of person who goes
around just labeling things pornography unsolicited then I don't want you looking
at my art.
9-6-03: Usually I like it with the lights on. Today the lights were off and it was
great. It's warm in the appartment today, it feels good. I like the way the facial hair
under my bottom lip tastes. It tastes prickley. Yesterday 14 people came to the
site. 14! That's the most ever for one day. Thank you! Your good deeds do not go
unnoticed. They go unrewarded and unappreciated, but not unnoticed!
9-5-03: We played this really fun game today. It's called "Who's in Your Harem?" If
you don't know a harem is when middle eastern princes and kings and the like
had a group of women who were there to server and entertain them. You get to
pick five people for your harem. Tell me who's in your harem and I'll post it. My
harem: Kristin Kreuk, Michelle Branch, Rachel Leigh Cook, Phoebe Cates, and
Ashley Scott. I realized all my girls are brunettes who are 5'6" or shorter. That
probably says something about me. Ashley Scott was on Birds of Prey on the WB
and she had a small part in S.W.A.T. Phoebe Cates is from Fast Times at
Ridgemont High and the scene where she gets out of the pool is the best scene
ever in a movie ever. Rachel Leigh Cook, and I mean RLC from Josie and the
Pussycats dammit! Michelle Branch has been my crush since the first time I
heard Everywhere, but lately Kristin Kreuk has taken over. She plays Lana Lang
on Smallville and, though I'm not sure, she may be the most beautiful person to
have ever lived. And get this: she's a great actress! How often does that happen?
9-4-03: OK, this is really starting to bug me. I have some poems I wrote on my
page and not one person has read this poem called Yeah. It's great and funny
and great and you should stop reading this and go read it now cause it's great.
Sorry, that's just bugging me. Now that you're back, have you heard this band
Thrice yet? They're awesome; screamo metal. I'm hooked. Between that and
Fall Out Boy I haven't listened to much else lately. Go read the freaking poem
again!
9-3-03: I was wrong yesterday. Cassandra doesn't have anything on her page.
Casey, I'm doubly dissapointed in you. I got a peephole today. You know, a
peephole like in a door so you can look out and see who's trying to get in. Except
mine doesn't have a door. That's right I have a peephole sans door. Everyone
keeps asking what I'm going to do with just a peephole. I'm not comfortable with
people asking about my peephole.
9-2-03: Listen: I put a tiny, little piece of Speaking Japanese on the site today. You
can click here to get to it or go the Speaking Janese page and find it. I was
hanging out with Tom, the youngest member of the dropout family and he
suggested it. I thought it was a good idea so here we are. Damn I'm easy to get
along with. Speaking of cool stuff go to the dropout family page. Everyone we
consider as talent has their own page. Right now Brian, David, Erynne, Christen,
Cassandra, Tom and myself have stuff on our pages. Kim, Francis, I'm very
dissapointed in you both.
9-1-03: I don't get fashion. It's all based off what some famous people wear, then
everyone else wears it and its "in". If you wore a trucker hat two years ago you'd
have been called a redneck, now your hip. Sweatbands on your arms? A spaz;
now, like so totally cool. Two months from now if your wearing your trucker hat and
sweatbands people will be like "dude, get with the times, where's your fedorah
and monacle?" People don't really say dude that much anymore, but I'm from the
beach so I still say dude a lot, and awesome, killer, tubeular occasionally. Anyway,
damn mall punks
8-31-03: There's a lot of people in my house right now. Let's see there's 1,2,3,...7
peole here. That's a lot. I wish there was just 2. Me and some nice young lady that
I probably don't even know. Yep, I'm lonely, need some lovin. Sounds like a
country-western song doesn't it. Bought a new belt today. I liked the old one but
alas it is no more. So it goes. [read some Vonnegut!]
8-30-03: I wanted to thank everyone who's been visiting the web site and telling
people about it. Twice as many people have looked at the site this week as they
did two weeks ago. For me that's the kind of confidence booster that I need to let
me know this may work out yet. dropout fans are awesome and you know what
they say, 48 fans can't be wrong.
8-29-03: You may notice that some entries, like yesterday's and last Saturday's,
don't make any sense. No? Well they don't. I'm not explaining them, but they are,
and may continue to be, my responses to people or things going on in my life that
I'm not willing to name or speak of otherwise. Cheap therapy is great. A few days
ago I was all about making too many links, now I'm all about excessive
punctuation. Life really is a cycle.
8-28-03: I'm sorry (no I'm not!). I'm sorry for all the times I've let you down (expect
more of the same!) . I wish I could change (but I don't want to!). Some might say
"this is what you get" (this is what you are getting!). I'm sorry you're hurt and I've let
you down (you should learn to expect less!). I want to stop hurting you (it's just too
easy!). Talk to you soon (you'll never see me again!).
8-27-03: Did you know that Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s birthday is the same as mine? I
just found that out today. That's so awesome, he's the greatest living writer; his
books are amazing, Slaughterhouse 5 changed the way I read books. He was 59
when I was born and when I'm 59, well he'll likely be dead. So it goes.
8-26-03: I can't think of anything to say today. I keep typing things and then deleting
them. Like I'm worried that all two of the people that are going to read this aren't
going to like it and stop reading it. As if today's entry will make the difference in
world event is some way. This is the pressure that having fans puts on you.
Especially when you know them and see them everyday and they tell you your
entry was lame. I don't want that. Who knows how I'll deal with having countless
numbers of faceless fans. Probably well, cause by then I'll be Hollywood enough
not to care and I'll have someone else doing this and signing my name to it.
8-25-03: I'm working on the next movie I'm writing. It's about trying, then failing,
then doubting, then trying again...at suicide. Right now it's called The Hero Dies in
This One and is about as different from Speaking Japanese as you can get.
Basically I'm taking every bad feeling I've ever had and putting it on the page (the
movie may get a little long). I'm going over the 20 or so pages I have right now
and I'm thinking "This is really good; when did I get so damn good?" What I want
to know is is it weird to be overly impressed with your own work? It is? Really?
Narcissistic delusions of grandeur? You don't say...
8-24-03: Have you played Madden 2004 yet? No? Why the heck not, it rocks. It's a
little harder than last year but the extra stuff like the Playmaker is great. They still
don't give enough respect to the Panthers though. Jarrod Cooper and Nick Goings
rule.
8-23-03: I don't wanna talk about it...no, I just don't...yes, I'm mad...can't I just be
mad for no reason?...why do you always do this?...I'm going to my room...no, I'm
going...I hate you!...just leave me alone! Saturdays suck.
8-22-03: Fridays are awesome. Picked up the dropout T-shirts today. They look
great it's exactly what I wanted. Sold three of them alread today. Thank you Erin,
Scott, and of course Pam, who will go down in history as the first person ever to
own a dropout T-shirt. So then I go to Scott's party and hang out, pass out some
flyers, try to sell some dropout T-shirts. I meet this kid Tom who says he writes
and wants to be a part of the family. I tell him he can become an indentured
servant: help us make Speaking Japanese, then we help him make his movie. He
was all about it and now he's a member of the family. It's that easy. Then he stole
Scott's dropout T-shirt. Bummer.
8-21-03: Today the one person that actually looks at the daily dropout everyday told
me that I don't update it early enough (I like to wait till the day is actually over). So I
have one rabid fan and I can't even keep them happy. Well it's 8:52 right now. I
HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!!! (seriously though, I do)
8-20-03: I do a lot of my best thinking in the shower. That's probably where more
than half my ideas for writing comes from. Of course when I get out I can't ever
find paper so I end up writing on the back of receipts (which are always around
cause I never clean). So I've got a bunch of these things around and occasionally I
actually know what project what idea goes with. Water rules.
8-19-03: So, a bunch of people are looking at the site today. By a bunch I mean 5,
but still that the second highest total yet. None of them are giving me money for
the movie or asking to audition, but one did email me. Of course I already know
her so that might not count. Man, I gotta get a street team.
8-18-03: I feel kind of stupid. I'm trying to make this web site so that a fan could
come to it and think it was cool, but then I think, hey, we don't have any fans yet.
Then I think about getting some fried chicken. Then I think about how my ass
would look if I xeroxed it. Then I think about how much weight a xerox machine can
handle before it breaks. Then after all that thinking I'm tired and need a nap.
8-17-03: It's Sunday night, that means Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. I got this
awesome Meatwad t-shirt. But Home Movies is still the best. [adult swim]
8-16-03: Went to a redneck keger tonight. Chances of that ever happening again:
0.00%. Also went by T-Shirts Plus at the mall and put in an order for some
dropout T-shirts. I'm gonna go broke before I make out on this thing.
8-15-03: So Kim (Long) says she wants to do the hair/makeup and Erynne says
Kim is good and would be a lot better than her. I'm like, great appreciate the
desire to help, I don't have any money to make the movie yet so this doesn't really
do much. Told Francis I shouldn't have given Baby Killer a mustache. I'm tired, this
week was long.
8-14-03: Ever try to eat those little styrofoam packing "peanuts"? They're
surprisingly easy to eat; the taste if horrible, but easy to eat. Anyway, got soaked
leaving the mall. Check out the flyers we've got going around. Might need to get a
street team. Hmm...
8-13-02: Added the daily dropout and the links page to the web site. Stayed up too
late. Erynne begged to be a part of the family; told her I'd list her as editor if she
promised to do hair/makeup for Speaking Japanese. She said sure; not sure if
that's a good thing yet.
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