January 2009
65 posts
Just finished last week’s Sunday NYTimes Crossword. What an all day job!
If bronchitis is a grease fire, asthma is the person who panics and throws water on the fire and never, ever learns from the mistake.
Still awake. I can use my inhaler again in another 30 mins, but work starts in just another 2.5 hours.
Another hour until I can have another puff on my inhaler. Pretty much a jittery agony. Did I mention I have work in 5 hours?
Idea for movie: entire life story told as digressions by character in the closing argument of his impeachment trial.
Back at work, still a little rattle lung and gravel throat. Only 102 e-mails in my absence; I’m not as popular as I once was.
Blago’s closing argument: repetitive and oversimplified thus far.
It’s like his defense arguments are wrestling with his stump speeches for time to pour out of his mouth. His stump speeches are winning.
Shades of the stirring patriotic speech at the low-point of Animal House. “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!”
A Unique and Lonely Place (Except for the Whole Bunch of Witnesses): The Rod Blagojevich Story
Pretty much done with playing that demo. Even the enjoyable bits are not worth playing through the cutscenes without skipping again.
I guess I’m spoiled by Fallout 3, but the weapon switching being clumsy and in real time made me feel way out of place.
Why do I keep playing this Resident Evil demo — I don’t even like it! Stupid sick day.
“They’re just so mindless and *hungry*”
“Thank goodness some noble white people with guns are coming to set right this country that can’t look after itself.” Yeesh.
“If we could just get them clean drinking water, they wouldn’t have Lovecraftian plants living in their brains.”
“Why can’t they get jobs and stuff instead of just lazing around waiting for food to show up?”
Resident Evil 5: the one where we draw an uncomfortable comparison between zombies and citizens of third world countries?
Netflix streaming watch instantly via the X-Box is basically just as good as antibiotics
Ugh, still sick. How is possible? How is recovery formed? How self get healthy?
Really appreciated the moving Updike tribute on @APMike ‘s show tonight. Filthy, yet dignified. Another A this week.
You’re the one for me, rattle-lungs.
Garbagethroat? No no, I’ll take the asthmatic bronchitis, please.
Oh, BBC, can’t we get you to put all of your shows ever streaming via Netflix?
Eating oatmeal to kill garbagethroat.
Finally saw Doubt. Finally get the Dutch angle jokes.
Surprise appearance by actual real-life Dr. Steve Brule at Tim and Eric live.
Tim and Eric Night Tonight.
After a week of vigilant diet and exercise and spending freeze, I can report that a double Epic Burger felt completely justified.
Crayon PowerPoint: http://www.noncanon.com/sketch/newletter.gif
In the future, all Powerpoints will be hand-drawn in crayon.
Online Buddha machine playing through the cube all day. Focus, brain, focus.
Stupid meeting throwing off my morning rhythm.
A CD in the mail! An afternoon lo-fi treat.
A new one: putting your entire article in bold. You know, for *emphasis*.
New Pornographers and copyediting the March issue. The Terrible Trend of 2009 Now Seems To Be Unnecessary Capitalization.
2008, for the curious, was the “year” of the “misplaced” and “extraneous” quotation “marks.”
Now Morrissey and Ryan Adams are apparently quitting music (maybe)? What the hell is going on?
First Number Six, now Khan? What the hell?
I find myself listening to Soundgarden’s “Down on the Upside.” How did this happen? This was on my iPod? Maybe it’s a message.
Went through almost two bottles of wine by 8 a.m. Alcoholism? Nah, just beef burgundy in the slow-cooker.
Note to self to purchase the Mick Nick Pick Mick Nick tape when I get a chance.
Farewell, laptop, it is time for you to queue up the WFMU stream for the Best Show.
Why does everything have to cost money? Has everyone forgotten that the economy is in the shitter? Sheesh.
Just dreaming about the last time I drank Lake Michigan water from the source. There it is, just outside the window…calling to me.
Retract previous “audio honey” remark. That was irony. The actual audio honey is Ted Leo’s cover of “Rock N’ Roll Dreams’ll Come Through”.
No audio honey is as sweet as “Five-Fifths Strong: Redemption Song” in my speakers.
Admiral Pussy-hound? Clipping Error? Montrose Albacore? Thrust Splashdamage? Unfurnished Weinberg? Radical Arizona? Dr. Forever-boner?
Trying to come up with a good stage name.
“I’m talkin’ five-fifths strong — REDEMPTION SONG!”