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Hot Fun in the Summertime

2008-09-05T12:17:00.024-05:00

It's been a busy summer, but you know what they say, "it's the good girls who keep journals, the bad girls don't have the time."
That said, I've decided to shake things up and adjust the format here. I thought I could keep things simple by just coming up with a haiku to explain the goings on, but I kind of miss just writing about things. That said, I'll go ahead and do this however I feel like it, and keep the name what it is. Think you can handle it? I knew it!

Here is a list of things that easily sum up the awesomeness that has been my summer:
(I'm not usually so sloppy as to post something that doesn't meet even my subpar standards, but I've just spent the last hour trying to de-mess up this html to no avail. I just hope you get the gist of what I'm throwing at you here, because I can't for the life of me waste any more time on this today).

Dancing!

Moved to a new house!

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches!

Making new friends!

Exercising more!

My band!

The Black Cat!

Seeing so many good bands!!

Getting a bike!

Now it's time to bring on the sweaters and hot chocolate! I'm ready for Fall!

2nd amendment wins in DC

2008-06-30T16:09:00.001-05:00

Handguns are legal.
First time since the Seventies.
Won't be mugged with knife.

So much for that great idea.

2008-06-08T07:36:00.002-05:00

[Redacted]

For 6 months starting now.

2008-06-06T01:44:00.002-05:00

Everyone but me.
Is getting laid with someone.
I am celibate.

Since there's no universal health care... Yet.

2008-06-04T14:40:00.000-05:00

Finally, I'm insured!
Now I can be dangerous
and not have big bills.

Decided I might want a second job

2008-05-29T07:40:00.004-05:00

I like Kramerbooks.
No one here has a fun job.
I applied for fun.

My computer is officially junk.

2008-05-02T22:20:00.002-05:00

Out with my PC.
Out a 4th story window.
New Mac get here quick!

Couch hunting

2008-03-26T10:03:00.001-05:00

Need to get a couch!
Movies, naps, and making out...
Not so good on floor.

Saint-Ex is the place for the drink to melt your face

2008-02-28T01:45:00.001-05:00

A drink called "Lost Week."
Absinthe and Elderflower
Not worth thirteen bucks.

More than a feeling

2007-12-18T09:17:00.000-05:00

In Rock Band, like life,
I play bass. But, who knew I
could belt out Boston?

Chapped lips

2007-11-27T00:34:00.000-05:00

Remember not to
use Burt's Bees when kissing a
guy who'd die if stung.

Buzzed

2007-11-25T12:12:00.000-05:00

Saw that Bee Movie.
Had more fun watching Erik
play with his iPhone.

Foul

2007-11-22T04:48:00.000-05:00

A turducken is:
Chicken in duck, in turkey.
Happy Thanksgiving.

3 times in the last 4 days (I have Sundays off)

2007-11-20T23:06:00.000-05:00

Nursing home near work.
Ambulance outside daily.
Won't grow old in there.

Guy says, "I'm a scoundrel for what I've done."

2007-11-20T07:27:00.000-05:00

Guy bets he'll bed me.
My life's a John Hughes movie.
Guy loses wager.

Plans have changed

2007-11-18T01:54:00.000-05:00

Boyfriend from New York
should have been here this weekend.
My bed's still empty.

To here knows when

2007-11-13T10:12:00.000-05:00

New concept for blog.
You're smart, you'll figure it out.
Expect more updates.

Movies in real life

2007-10-10T17:27:00.000-05:00

I've been seeing ads for this movie, Dan in Real Life, and although it's not a movie I was going to rush out and see, I like Steve Carell, and for that I wouldn't mind checking it out. At least Netflixing it. Then today I saw a new ad for it that mentioned not only Steve Carrell, but Dane Cook too. I can't stand Dane Cook. Can Steve Carrell cancel out Dane Cook? I'm pretty sure then it would be a movie I wouldn't want to see. And people better not tell me it's a great, must see the way they did with Knocked Up. I finally got around to seeing it, and I can't think of one thing I liked about it. Seriously. I don't want to laugh at that kind of situation. I don't want to watch a movie about that kind of situation.

Hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'?

2007-07-19T20:29:00.000-05:00

Maybe I'm a little late to the game, but have you seen this show, "Good Eats" on the Food Network?

It combines two of my favorite things, Science and food.
Okay, so maybe Science isn't one of my favorite things, but it should be. And, yeah, food really is, although it probably shouldn't be, but it all evens out. Oh, and throw some history on the food in there too.

Here's the deal, Alton Brown will spend a half hour telling you about some food product, maybe chicken, maybe salt, maybe ice cream, and it will be fun to watch. He'll also cook some stuff up. I could take or leave that, but the things I learn about the food are destined to come in handy when I'm trying to impress someone at the dinner table.

In summation, want to be impressed? Take me out to dinner!

Where in DC hasn't history been made?

2007-07-05T22:09:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, for the 4th of July, I went out into the City, and spent a lot of time just walking around between stops for barbecues, fireworks, and bars. At one point I was walking by this hotel, and made the offhand comment that it looked like the Watergate office building. While I was saying this I thought, "I'm in Washington, DC, and this actually could be the Watergate." The friend I was with said no, that it wasn't. In an afterthought he told me that it was actually the hotel Reagan was shot at. Works for me!

Can you tell which is which?

Apparently DC and Minneapolis do have something in common

2007-06-30T22:35:00.002-05:00

A Craig's List ad by one of my more clever friends:

Seriously Minneapolis, what the fuck?! - 27

So once again Minneapolis, what the fuck?! We seem to have a good time and as a city you have so much potential, but why is it so hard to meet anybody in this town?!

Basically, I'm a transplant. Moved here a while back to start a new job. I like all the same things you do. I promise. I go to shows. I go to bars. I get coffee. I go to gallery openings. And yet with all this going out and trying to meet people, it just doesn't happen.

Let's start over Minneapolis, please? I'm attractive. I'm a snazzy dresser. I'm fun to be around. I have a full time job so I'm not a freeloader. I'm artistic and educated and all the other things you are looking for. I live a pretty interesting life, so what gives?

The summer is here. I am looking for a good looking girl on my arm so we can do fun things like go for bike rides, and listen to records, and go for walks around the lake, and get ice cream. I also highly enjoy run on sentences. And FYI, since I know this sort of thing is so important to you Minneapolis, I need to let you know that I am 5'6" and I am of average build. Since you are shallow like that. Basically I'm not super tall, but I'm not a fatty so I guess that counts for something.

C'mon Minneapolis. Let's be friends, and maybe kiss if I'm lucky.

The next American Idol.. er, President

2007-06-10T00:27:00.000-05:00

A little known fact is that when I moved here to DC almost two months ago, I started meeting up with a group of people to have dinner and watch American Idol twice a week. We each had our favorites, mine being Blake, and as soon as an episode was over we'd sit around calling to vote for them on our cell phones.

Once that girl who wasn't Melinda won, there was a subtle void in my life. No more free dinner, no more rooting for someone I don't really care about, no more making fun of a contestant for doing a bad job.

That is, until the New Hampshire presidential debates!

I got together with the very same people I used to watch Idol with. We had dinner, and watched the Democrats debate. As soon as it was over, I was ready to pick up my phone and start voting. I knew I couldn't, but I sure wanted to. I was very disappointed that I couldn't watch it again the next day to see one of them get voted off.

A couple of days later we got together and did the same thing for the Republican debate.

Here in DC, going from American Idol to the debates seems like a natural transition.

Biology 101

2007-05-14T11:57:00.000-05:00

C: my sea monkeys are not doing as good as i hoped

me: How so?

C: i think i got all males, and they are not reproducing

me: Oh, you expected them to breed?

C: yea, i ordered some love mating powder
C: sea monkey aphrodisiac, but it obviously wont work if they are all males
C: lest we want to have a gay orgy and ass babies

I never did mind about the little things

2007-05-01T23:56:00.000-05:00

I love Wikipediaing random stuff, like mathematicians who committed suicide and secret societies.

Today I looked up Enrique Iglesias on a whim and the ONLY reason I mention it is because of something someone wrote about him in information about his personal life. A citation is definitely needed for this "fact."

Iglesias has been linked to rumors of romantic relationships with a number of women: the Miss Universe Alicia Machado; the model/actress and Miami resident Sofia Vergara; the pop singer Christina Aguilera; and the actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. More recently, he has reputedly been dating the Russian tennis player, Anna Kournikova for a number of years. Iglesias reportedly has a very small penis.

Rock and Roll Terrorist

2007-04-26T10:45:00.000-05:00

I have a friend who works for a metal label. The friend got this email from a band called Motive. Look out for them, apparently they're going to be HUGE!

Attached is an mp3 of our song "Rock And Roll Terrorist".

This is a great song about how music has no boundaries, passports and borders should not apply to music & bands, it's all out METAL/THRASH energy!!!! The song is built around the perfect formula of:

Intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo/chorus/verse/chorus/out = Gold/Platinum Record.

With all the shit happening in the world, this is THE ANTHEM of the times!!!!
We are cut from the same molds as Slayer, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, & Metallica = All Gold and All Platinum.

All due respect to you and the label, but you have not one band of this caliber. YOU need MOTIVE. My vocals blow away ALL of the metalcore singers & black metal singers, EVERYONE of them. Those bands can never sell BIG TIME, MOTIVE COULD. We are more marketable than most of your bands as well. Cool name & logo, strong lyrics, we look good, but we are not freaks, and a live show that kills it EVERY TIME, PLUS VOCALS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SING ALONG TO!!

Every review we get says "Songs ready for radio, great song structure, cool chorus, strong riffs, sick leads" etc..

As always, we have a Van, Trailer, 320+ shows in 22 states, reviews, interviews and playlists from all over the WORLD and the ability to to the recording ourselves, you sell it. Hope to hear from you.

Don't let a band like ours waste away on the sidelines.

Sincerely,
Steve Buschart
623-606-xxxx
www.motivemetal.com
www.myspace.com/motivemetal1

P.S. MYSPACE BANDS are not real bands, get in the VAN and shut up!!!!!

Did you catch where he mentioned that they look good, and are not freaks?
You can decide for yourself. Take a good look at Motive's singer, and the author of this email, Steve, or Stevil, as he's known on MySpace:

What the Wockenfuss?

2007-04-14T15:17:00.000-05:00

I have this friend Dan who lives in Philadelphia. We're pen pals, grade school style, so we send each other letters through the mail, and also mix cds that we make for each other, and even surprise presents.

He once told me that his favorite breakfast cereal is Cracklin' Oat Bran, and that they don't make it anymore. Well, they do and I saw a box of it at a grocery store in Minneapolis, so I took it to the post office and mailed it to him.

Here's a photo he took to show me the condition it was in when it got to his house:

Shortly after that he sent me two baseball cards from the early 80's that he found of my favorite baseball team, the Detroit Tigers.

One of these cards is of former Tigers catcher, John Wockenfuss.

Ever since then, a day doesn't go by where Dan and I don't use the word "wockenfuss" as a verb (wockenfuss off), or a noun (what the wockenfuss) in communicating with each other. Give it a try, it's fun to say. Especially if you're a Tigers fan.

Bottoms up

2007-04-12T03:17:00.000-05:00

Growing up in Michigan, I began drinking Vernors Ginger Ale as a kid. Especially when I was sick, because word on the Michigan streets was that it would cure what ales you. Heh.

While I was in Michigan last week, I stocked up on the stuff, because it isn't something you can just pick up at 7-Eleven (unless you're in a Michigan 7-Eleven, of course).

In Minneapolis, there was one grocery store that sold six packs of it, but they didn't have diet Vernors, and that's how I drink it.

I can only assume that DC is no different when it comes to depriving me of the soda I dig the most, and now I'm down to my very last 2 liter. After that, it's back to drinking booze.

Land of opportunity

2007-04-07T23:11:00.000-05:00

Here I am in Washington, DC.

From what I've seen of it, it's a great place. What I've seen of it is basically the 4 white walls of my bedroom. I moved in yesterday, and like I said, it is a great place.

Yesterday for dinner I had Chinese food. Despite the uneventful first weekend here in my new city, the fortune I got from my fortune cookie leaves me with nothing but the highest expectations for what's to come.

TV Party

2007-03-19T09:54:00.000-05:00

One of the life changing perks that is waiting for me in DC is cable television. Not that this is life changing in and of itself, but there are two shows that I'm excited about being able to watch.

This American Life on Showtime. I have over 300 hours of This American Life on my iPod, so you might say I'm into it.
Everyone loves a Jewish boy and I'm not exception, so here's Ira Glass:

Maybe even slightly more exciting in an entirely different way is a new show on Court TV, Til Death Do Us Part. From what I understand, it's hosted by John Waters in an Alfred Hitchcock Presents kind of way, and he's known as the Groom Reaper. They take a real life murder that happened between a married couple, dramatizing their wedding right up to the murder, and you don't know until the end who actually ended up killing who.

I'm not sure how much time I'll get to actually watch any TV once I move, but along with Heroes, I'm going to try to make sure and catch these, and Law and Order rerun after precious rerun.

Bad management decision

2007-03-16T16:39:00.000-05:00

I know I'm making a big deal about moving, but that's actually not happening for another two weeks. Until then, I'm still at my job.

There's been a problem with communication in my office. There's four of us in here and part of our job is being aware of what's going on with the other three to get the job done. That's as much detail as I'm going to give about it because it's boring enough as it is.

So, one of us is in her own world and causes all kinds of problems because she doesn't listen and she doesn't communicate. One of my other co-workers/team members contacted management about this, so we had a "Team Building Seminar" with my boss and someone from HR.

This was the solution they came up with:

Yeah, they gave each of us a Beanie Baby and said that if "someone" isn't paying attention, throw a Beanie Baby at them to get their attention.

What kind of a solution is that?

Anyway, I got a pelican named Scoop.

By way of Michigan

2007-03-15T16:59:00.000-05:00

After leaving Minneapolis, my home for the past 5 years, I'll be heading to Michigan, my home for the 25 years before that. I haven't been back to Michigan in a while, so I'm spending a week there before moving to DC.

Here's a list of some of the things I hope to do when I'm in Michigan.

1. Get my car fixed

2. Then drive around and take my mind off of things

3. See some old friends

4. Visit the dentist

5. Work off some of that Minnesota winter weight

6. Go to the zoo

7. Play some video games

8. Then drive 10 hours East to the land of politicians

Party like it's my last night in Minneapolis

2007-03-13T11:03:00.000-05:00

My going away party was last Saturday. It was a complete "sausage party," as they say, so let's hope there are some cool girls worth befriending in DC to even things out the next time I do this.
I also got my hair cut and a new dress. Six new dresses, actually, but I only wore one at the party because this wasn't My Super Sweet 16 or anything. Just moving to DC from Minneapolis, that's all, nothing big like turning 16.
Here's me just before the party:

If only I'd thought to have a photo taken of me looking like that with my laptop in front of me, I could have used it as my "official" blogging photo. Because, you know, that's how I always look when I blog.