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Rant
I'm in a coffee shop right now trying to work, and the music was so loud a moment ago, that I actually asked the man behind the counter to turn it down. It was hurting my ears.
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Those darned do-gooders! They've been giving to charity again.
From today’s NYT:
Now a Lobbyist, an Ex-Senator Uses Campaign Money"In all, he has spent almost $900,000 from his account since leaving Congress, much of it on gifts to charities and nonprofit organizations like hospitals ( Read more... ) -
Thank You!
Thank you for everyone's happy birthday wishes yesterday. I had a great time. I did my first trackstands on my bike last night. I've been trying to learn to trackstand forever, and I finally stayed up for several consecutive seconds on a few different tries. Must be cuz I'm thirty now. The guy with me in the below picture is Chris.
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My 30th Birthday!!
I thought I would take my 30th birthday as an opportunity to break the LJ silence. Also, I received a request from nixtress to post more, so here you go ( Read more... ) -
Mullet Free
A couple haircuts ago, the stylist thought I'd look good with a mullet. I finally had it chopped off this weekend. I feel so much better. -
Air Conditioner
Yesterday, the temperature got up into the sixties. When i came home last night, a guy in my building had an air conditioner running in his window. It's April. This person must absolutely die when the temps go above 80. -
april fools
heard last week on npr, "sunday edition is brought to you by soylent corporation. soylent, providers of low-cost, high protien food in many colors. soylent green is people." -
Happy Friday!
It occurred to me this evening that I was going away for the weekend and I had no clean pants. I also had no quarters. No clean pants + no quarters = bath-tub laundry. That's right, I did an entire load of laundry in the tub. As you can see below, they are now in the bathroom dryer.
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Movies Rented Apr 1 - Sep 30, 2006
(FAVORITES in this color)
57) Touch of Evil, 1958, Orson Welles
56) The Wild Bunch: Special Edition, 1969, Sam Peckinpah
55) The Getaway, 1972, Sam Peckinpah
54) The River, 1997, Tsai Ming-Liang (Taiwan)
53) Days of Heaven, 1978, Terrence Malick
52) Tokyo Drifter, 1966, Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
51) Lilya 4-Ever, 2003, Lukas Moodysson (former Soviet ( Read more... )
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