Conversation for the day -

terry the terrible: so I think I am going to buy an iphone in the next few weeks
co-worker: nice
co-worker: wait the new one right
terry the terrible: yeah
terry the terrible: the new girl has an iphone
co-worker: haha
terry the terrible: and I’m like “Oh No She Didn;t”
co-worker: way to send a e-mail out about her
co-worker: you never did about me
co-worker: hahaha
terry the terrible: I know smokestack
terry the terrible: I let you down
terry the terrible: I was setting up her email
co-worker: whatever i see how it is
terry the terrible: and she was like “Can I get the incoming and outgoing mail server so I can set up my email on MY IPHONE”
terry the terrible: I wanted to cry
co-worker: hahaha
co-worker: stop it

Otherwise known as “OMG OMG OMG - Dukie Got a Job”

Seriously, I should have poured a double while watching last night’s episode. Worry not, no spoilers, just one of my favorite poems that I think is quite fitting for the occasion -

Sympathy in White Major

When I drop four cubes of ice
Chimingly in a glass, and add
Three goes of gin, a lemon slice,
And let a ten-ounce tonic void
In foaming gulps until it smothers
Everything else up to the edge,
I lift the lot in private pledge:
He devoted his life to others.

While other people wore like clothes
The human beings in their days
I set myself to bring to those
Who thought I could the lost displays;
It didn’t work for them or me,
But all concerned were nearer thus
(Or so we thought) to all the fuss
Than if we’ d missed it separately.

A decent chap, a real good sort,
Straight as a die, one of the best,
A brick, a trump, a proper sport,
Head and shoulders a bove the rest;
How many Iives would have been duller
Had he not been here below?
Here’ s to the whitest man I know-
Though white is not my favourite colour.

-Philip Larkin

peace.

Why do people insist on posting things like this all over the blogosphere? I know, I’m guilty of it too, but seriously while it’s all fresh in our heads -

1. Someone teach this kid how to make some L sounds, like, right now (he can thank us for it later).

2. Is there a comment out in the internet where someone says something to the effect of “And he will still sound like this 20 years later.”

Boom goes the dynamite.

I find sports to be hilarious . . .

From Yahoo!Sports

(Shaquille) O’Neal says he has no desire to be a star with his new team. Those roles belong to Nash and Amare Stoudemire, he said.

“I’m more like a senior adviser so I don’t like to come in here and try to take over,” O’Neal said. … “Just like your basic karate movie where the young guys come to the old guys with beards who have them do weird stuff to get to the other side. That’s who I am, the old guy with a long beard.”

Long pause.

“You like that analogy?” he said, obviously pleased with himself. “That was pretty good?”

Nash was a willing sidekick.

“I think this is his 73rd Asian martial arts film,” he said. “We’re excited to learn from the great master.”

. . . and remember this?

a few things -

Francis, please watch this link. You will crap your pants at the end. I think you will be utterly surprised by how much I know you. I’ll send a needed screen capture later for your Myspace page.

Everybody Else - I posted some more links over at newdaycoop.blogspot.com

ps. - I’m still under 30. Thanks to everybody who came out for my birthday celebration(s) over the last two weekends. You’re simply the best.

flowers outside my downstairs neighbors’ window at the old house in Silverlake

It’s pretty easy to piss all over Valentine’s Day when your single, and given the current state of my own heart (immediate response: empty) this forum would be a perfect place to vent about the “Hallmark Holiday.”

Today I came to the realization that, despite my mental state of feeling horribly alone, Valentine’s Day should be a time of reflection that as human beings we are gifted with the ability to love and blessed with the opportunity to be loved. That’s has always been the bottom line for me in terms of the meaning of life. Seriously.

I thought about posting a song or a music video here, but instead here’s a link to an amazing essay by Ian McEwan on the subject of love. Actually the essay is more about 9-11 (and is written by an Atheist), but he makes some excellent points about love and the human condition that I found life-changing when I first read it.

Ian McEwan “Only Love and Then Oblivion”

“Love is God, motherfuckers. Love is God. Take care, goodnight.” - Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) ending his concert at the 930 Club (via NPR)

Sometime ago, I can’t remember if it was at a friend’s wedding or my 10 year high school re-union, but I was asked some vague question and my answer was something like this -

“Nah, kid. Can you imagine me . . pushing a fucking cart around Whole Foods on a Sunday afternoon? Nah, not yet . . .”

That pretty much summarizes the current state of affairs, which is not soo ncecessarily by choice.

Can’t they sort this by most famous to least famous?

So my phone’s been blowing up all day and there’s been a blitzkrieg of MS/FB commenting/wall-writing. This could mean only one thing . . .

(via google image search)
Yeah. I’m twenty-blank today.

This made my day.

via MAKEOUTCLUB

Everybody’s been posting this video today “I’m F*cking Matt Damon”. Ha ha, very funny.

When I got to the middle part I was reminded of this clip done a few years back - Matt Damon as Justin Timberlake Dance Off skit.



(sigh), Matt Damon.

I’m more excited about this one than Be Kind Rewind. (O NO HE DID NOT)

Trailer for Son of Rambow.