"A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead."
-Graham Greene, The End of the AffairIf you think about it, this is very true. Oftentimes when we tell a story we decided that one certain point is the "beginning" of any given story, when really it's just a ( Read more... )

Dear Mike and Mike in the Morning: I don't like that Erik Kuselias character, and would like to watch Mike and Mike. You're messing with my morning routine, and that makes the baby Jesus get pissed off, armed, and take over a warehouse.

Terribly sorry for the family of the mom going in for blood work and stress tests, but I'm not Crystal. I have no contact with Crystal. I don't even think I know a Crystal, come to think on it. Besides, the whole "Hi, this is Matt" line in my voicemail should really give it away that you might just have the wrong number ( Read more... )

Good news: I bought three video games I've wanted for a long time as a belated birthday present and only spent $30.

Bad news: I hate my job.

Worst news: I made the mistake of playing the demo Xbox 360 at Meijer's, and I WANTS IT, PRECIOUS!!!!

*sulks*

Thanks to the Diesel Sweeties web-comic, I now have a new way to describe "Leet" (or what is it in their accursed tongue; 1337 or something? Bah! I feel dirty even thinking of it) speak:

"It's like Esperanto met ADHD and they adopted a greyhound."

I just had a thought when I saw an ad on the internet selling the "wonderful" food they sell at le McDo: eating at McDonald's is a lot like eating food in the Matrix ( Read more... )

...by living it vicariously through my journal. In other words, it's time for a couple of rants.

( Rant 1: On life and purpose )

I'm certainly posty-mcpost-a-lot today.

Just a quick rant here... Is it just me, or does anyone else just want to crush the hopes and dreams of anyone that makes their first post to an online community with a phrase that remotely looks like "This is my first post, plz don be meen to me!"?

Those just piss me off.