4.29.2006

4.20.2006

Phoneless. Day 4.

It has been almost FOUR FULL days since I woke up to find my cell phone in two pieces on the floor and I'm almost starting to find this phone-free living ok, save for the fact the whole terribly inconvenient part. Also, i've been hedging big time about buying a new phone, since they are all astronomically expensive. I figured that starting off by reading some reviews would help me out. not so. After reading all the horror stories of people bitching about each and every model, it was hard to rationalize buying anything.

finally i just picked something on ebay and instantaneously fell into a post-purchase dissonance induced funk.

4.17.2006

humpty dumpty

I woke up this morning to find my cell phone in 2 pieces, lying there on the floor. hmm, not sure how that happened.
...oh, and they were not two pieces that could easily be put back together.

so don't try to call me, cuz i aint around.

4.09.2006

在一起, biotch!

the rolling stones played beijing for the first time ever!
This quote (from a certain someone's favorite news source) has all the details. My favorite quotation:
"So old, and yet he can really perform," Song Jianghong said, referring to Jagger, 62.

One of the best things is that 崔建, chinese rock star, got to play with the Stones. Way to seel out, bro. you know things are changing when someone who's trademark song 一无所有 is being played for a crowd of people who payed 600 dollars for tickets.

"that's ridiculous."
it sure is.

4.06.2006

Don't call me Whitney, Bobby.

OMG. As many (okay, all of you) know, i have a passion for whitney houston. not for her music which i could (would prefer to) do without, but rather for one specific interview with Tv's own Diane Sawyer. She's a legend in my eyes -- made more so because that interview is now IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. oh, would that i could watch those crack-laden antics one more time...

one caveat. mad props to mister jwww, to whom i was lamenting my inability to find aforementioned interview and once again he came through, telling me, "no, you have to search for streaming video," and found a clip with some whitney-diane action. from potTV no less.

hats off to you, my friend.

and now, for the real reason for this post -- whitney got her own petition. yes, it's a bit unclear as to what, exactly, one is signing on to, but it's certainly worth reading what others have written, even if you're not ready to commit.

4.04.2006

crosstown bus

I read this almost a year ago, and I still come back to it from time to time because it just makes me laugh soooo hard. i can totally see it playing out...

4.03.2006

the morning comes in paragraphs

nice sentiment. I almost wish I'd come up with it. Instead, I have the distinction of having heard (or, rather, mis-heard) that phrase when it was a song lyric in a song that I'm too embarrassed to tell you the name of. I will tell you that the last word was supposed to be "paradise" and there you go, you can probably figure it out. although my guess would be that there are pl-enty of (time) songs about morning in paradise. so there you go (again). but really, i just realized that the words are not about morning in paragraphs...it was quite an epiphany....

I have been doing this for as long as I can remember. I always thought that the Madonna song was called "Papa Don't Breach." Not like a breach of security. I thought it was like the breaching of a whale. like, maybe her dad was so mad he would "breach" which would be kind of like flipping out, but worse.

4.02.2006

Return to Eastern Standard Time

1 is the new 2 (is the old 2).