don’t be a jerk

Two meaningless observations from the day job:
1.) There is a very particular type of stress that is unique to unmarried, middle-aged women.
and (regarding a completely different person)
2.) You know what throws me off? When an otherwise intelligent person severely over explains something that is incredibly simple. It makes me start doubting my original assumption, and [...]

Mike G scored Kimmie and myself tix to the LA production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Wadsworth Theater. It is a most excellent show, but the run is ending soon, I think.  
I participated in one spelling bee as a child. Within several minutes of the start of competition, I [...]

 
I take my muay thai lessons at the Legends MMA gym in Hollywood. One of the instructors, Toby, was fighting in Upland on Saturday, so I made the 50 mile drive to go watch, mainly because I’ve never seen a live Mixed Martial Arts event before.
It was pretty crazy. Lot of ghetto folks there, [...]

 
…I actually had quite a bit to write about lately, but I’ve been too busy/distracted/lazy to actually blog about it. Part of it has to do with the fact that, as cool as Apple iWeb 1.0 is, I’m really looking forward to version 2.0, and the (hopeful) improvements that will make posting entries less laborious [...]

This is me and the P.Funk man himself. That’s a lemon cake in his right hand, by the way. I was trying to look kinda like a douchebag in this picture, but not like this much of a douchebag. Doesn’t matter though cause I think G. Clinton here draws most of the attention away [...]

My roommate told me that she’s moving out in the middle of December. She’s finishing classes soon and decided she wants to move back up north. SHIT! More on this later… 
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There’s currently a popular Menudo-esque Japanese girl-band called “Morning Musume”. Ostensibly they’re a musical group, but they pervade many aspects of Japanese culture and media. [...]

I was supposed to let those pickled eggs stew for about 2 weeks before digging into them, but I got impatient and started after 6 days. They seem pretty done to me. Consensus is: tasty, strong, and, I shit you not, they somehow make cheap beer taste fantastic. I’m going to try different recipe the [...]

Steve Jobs just announced that Apples will be transitioning to Intel processors over the next 2 years. Partly because of this, the new Macintosh portable lines have not been updated, which they usually are at this point. Because of this, I still don’t have a Mac at home. Because of this I can only update [...]

I’ve lost my iPod. I can’t, for the life of me, think of where it might be. I’m used to having a soundtrack for my life. Now it’s like a shitty avant-garde student film that’s too low-budget to afford a composer. It’s very distressing. 
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I’ve been getting quite a few jabs lately about my ability to [...]

Though none of my friends have had any interest in seeing it, I watched “Master and Commander” tonight and I totally enjoyed it, and this is despite the fact that I could barely understand a single goddam word out of Russell Crowe’s mouth. Russell Crowe’s trademark muttering + British accent + 19th century sailor lingo [...]