small victories

Sometimes it all gets to be too much, and then it's not. I have very little to add but I still feel like I should keep on talking. The worst part is knowing exactly what is wrong and not wanting to do anything about it.

What do you do when keepin on keepin on stops being enough?

Update: I guess what I'm saying is...

ambivalence

Sorry blog I have been neglecting you.  When you are happy you have regained the ability to feel emotional pain are you happy or sad?

green mind part deux

A long time ago I used to write posts about things non-political/musical/sports related.  In this post I discuss the influence of Dinosaur jr. on my life(ok, it is musical related but that was not the point of the post) particularly the last line of the song green mind. 

"If I keep stewin’ ’bout how I feel 
eventually you'll split, then I won’t have to deal
sounds like a plan."

Well, my green mind strategy for decision making is not as useful as it has been in the past.  Or at least in this instance without boring you in details,  my dilemma is this, I need to find out information about how someone feels about me.  The kicker being that I am not sure what answer I want to hear.  

Perhaps I read to many legal thrillers but I have always disliked asking questions when I do not know the answer.  

I can hear the choruses of "Stop your whining and be a man!"  Ok, fine I get it perhaps it is simply a classic Gordian knot dilemma.  I just need to go and find my sword....

Thank you all for helping me work this out. I appreciate it, and you will be reimbursed accordingly.

Happy Darwin Day

The NYT has a good piece about old uncle Chuck.  Why aren't there more holidays that celebrate non-politicians?  Certainly thinkers such as Darwin have had a much greater impact on society than almost all, if not all, Presidents. No?

bros before hos-the musical

Teh funny!

you can't be nice to people

I leave this nice post and and what do I get in return? This post mocking my righteous fear of robots, or what she mockingly refers to as the "robot thing." Whatever.

UPDATE: Due to some confusion in the audience, I would like to apologize and say that the above post may be a joke.

"If you need an example for how to live, then you just shouldn't have been born."

Weezy F Baby.  That's what I'm talking about.

Update: More Wayne.

existence is a vulgar absurdity

Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life

TEHFUNNY!

I'm just a guy...

So I have gone, in one week, from haha, hc, and gk loving me to not really talking to me. The weirdness being that I have not done anything different.

Well there are some lines that can't be crossed
And sometimes those lines get lost
Cracker- Duty Free

Which leads to the inevitable and impenetrable defense, "I'm just a guy tryin' to get through the world..." Which seems kinda lame nowadays. I don't really have much to say about it which is why I don't write posts about me, but whatev.

65 posts

this is my 65th post of August. Yes, I am on fire. Imagine when we get out of this horribly boring month what I'll be able to do. But unfortunately I've got nothin' today. So go forth and multiply, motherfuckers.

Ezra Klein: Genius

Why is the drinking age 21?

non-post post

i don't have much to say, except can we end this miserable month? Please.

this is the way the fucking world is

I suppose seeing this movie when I was 5 years old might have scarred me. The point remains, you either love somebody or you hate them.

99 problems and a... just sayin

Mets back in first

The Mets are in first place in the NL East. Thanks to who? FERNANDO!!!1!

BMF puts it best, "Don’t Sleep on Fernando Tatis! He’s on a Mission from God and he Cannot be Stopped!!!"

Watched the game with HaHa while she watched the Sox. Both games were blowouts. and I didn't cheer for the Red Sox. Things are back to normal? Probably not.

ho hum

Not much going on today. I'm gonna go enjoy the sunshine.

Chaos, drama, death ctd.

The rest of the story is that apparently Hate took me serious when i said she was mad at the wrong person. Thumbs now has two black eyes and a fat lip. obviously this is a sensitive issue but HAHA and I have been laughing for like an hour. Not. Nice. People.

HC holds no grudge against me.(For once.)

Russia is done spanking Georgia.

Bernie Mac still dead.

Isaac Hates still dead.

Once it was the 80s(and I WAS THERE)

The radio has been playing some oddly sentimental (read cheesy)songs for me the last couple of days. First I heard Your Love by The Outfield.

THE OUTFIELD lyrics

This song reminds me of ex-married girlfriend who was the first person to mention The Outfield to me in fifteen years.
BEST LINE: "Josie's on a vacation far away."
Immediately followed by the classic Rick Springfield joint Jessie's Girl.

SPRINGFIELD RICK lyrics

This song came out when I was like seven or eight and I remember jammin out to it in like the third grade. This is not for story telling purposes, I used wait around to hear that song on the radio for hours. Embarrassing but true. More on this later...
BEST LINE:" wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot."
Then this morning I heard Crosby Stills and Nash's Southern Cross.

CROSBY STILLS AND NASH lyrics

This song reminds me ... well of me. And the Galapagos Islands because that is the only place I have seen the Southern Cross. Also doesn't fit with the eighties theme but whatever.
BEST LINE:"We never failed to fail it was the easiest thing to do."

I have to say that I think that Jessie's Girl is probably the most embarrassing song that I LIKE. I mean I can't admit this to anyone. I my defense it does ask the immortal question, "Where can I find a woman like that?" What about you, fearless readers(all three of you), what is the most embarassing song you like? Go crazy in comments.

Autumn attempts comeback!

Sunday was a beautiful fall day. As you can see from this picture at the 7eo. The Cowboys lost to the Belicheats but you can't have everything.


Update: Also it has been Monsoon-like weather ever since. There was an awesome thunder storm last night... No more weather posts I promise.

Green Mind

Dinosaur jr has a new album out and I think it is great. But of course I would. It has started me on a Djr renaissance. And I had forgotten how much of my life has been lived with and described by the lyrics and noise of J. Mascis. In particular the Green Mind album, and this verse from the song of the same name.

Oh it's nothing new I been bouncing off the wall I can't handle them for long They're cool, but I need you On a certain level I think they're great But on another I can't relate To anything they do On the outside Might be with them tonight Unless you decide to come in I'll check out you Hangin' heavy, such a routine I've just begun to forget why I seldom try To break out of their scene And now I gotta work on you So the frogs will hang They'll always be hangin' Now we're here, what do we do I've been sortin' through the pros And cons of your eyes, they're well told Can't you help move it along? I been pickin' through my thoughts It's a shame I just can't rot And I sure feel rotten long

Or by the last line of the song.

If I keep stewin' 'bout how I feel The plate will split, then I won't have to deal Sounds like a plan But it's kind of lame to let it slide Knowin' either way I haven't tried Can't figure out where it all stands In a green mind

So that pretty well describes my life up to this point(irony alert!!) and I am not really sure how I feel about that.

Dinosaur jr never made a major impact on the charts or radio but when I was a kid that was considered a virtue and not a curse. (This makes me sound so old, but wtf happened to the good old days when commercial acceptance = Suck) So I am glad they have a new album that while displaying some maturity still contains enough lyrical angst to accompany Mascis' incredible guitar work.

UPDATE: I remembered this verse from nothings goin on and it reminded me of my favorite person, who doesn't read this blog,(at least I don't think so) but nonetheless here it is...

Every angel's a suspect
Every creep's your friend
When I've gone away, get back again
I won't help you if you walk away
Nothing happening, nothin more to say