insidebuzz : confessions of a future child star

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Ring a bell, win a prize

Since Armageddon is quickly approaching, with the onslaught of hurricanes, earthquakes, exploding buses, government failures, rising gas prices, and a Mariah Carey comeback... I thought I'd get away this weekend.

To the L.A County Fair.

It reminded me of the Indiana State Fair. Which reminded me of Indy. Damn, I miss that place. Actually, I think it's the people that I miss. It's even worse now that it seems to be cooling off here. It's starting to feel like Fall, which is probably about as cold as it's going to get. This time of year reminds me of raking leaves, and football in the afternoon. Thanksgiving and Christmas just won't be the same. But, they never are - no matter where you are.

With the Seminoles off, the only football games that matter this weekend:

Bucs-Packers

Browns-Colts

12:55 AM |

Monday, September 19, 2005

Red-eye to Beantown

Flew to Boston this weekend to visit some old college friends and see Boston College's first ever ACC football game against the greatest university in the world... Florida State. We won. I will probably be in detox for most of this week. At least until tomorrow, anyway. That, is an amazing city. I would move there tomorrow. The people are awesome, and they love their sports. It's hot to see beautiful women wearing jeans and baseball caps. Heaven. And the bars, or bahs, are the greatest. So much history there. I also found out my friend Christa just got a gig at ESPN in nearby Bristol. I'm going back, for sure.

11:57 AM |

Sunday, September 11, 2005

#8

Bucs win. Colts win. And Florida State is back in the top ten. That makes me want to run naked down Ventura Boulevard with a burning spear and an air horn. Somehow, I doubt people here would understand what it all meant. They would probably shrug it off as yet another actor who has lost all his money and marbles. We found a new place to watch the games in Hollywood. It's called Big Wangs. Love the name, and our waitress, Bama was fun, too. The place was packed with Seminole fans from all over, watching FSU crush The Citadel 62-10. The most memorable moment wasn't even on TV. This kid who decided to sit at our table, waits until the third quarter to order a beer. Bama asks for I.D.....

Kid: This could get tricky...

Bama: Whatever.

Kid: I don't have a driver's license, but here's my birth certificate, and Social Security card..

Bama: Are you kidding me?

Kid: Well, see, I don't have a car.. so I never..

Bama: I don't give a fuck. One pitcher coming up.

Never a dull moment in L.A.

11:51 PM |

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Michael Brown is a moron

He's the guy that's in charge of FEMA. Remember... the one who said the government didn't know about evacuees at New Orleans' convention center until Thursday? Turn on the TV, idiot. CNN was there interviewing people, filming someone's grandmother slumped over in a wheelchair.

According to internal documents at the well-run Department of Homeland Security, Brown Eye waited until Hurricane Katrine hit before doing anything.

His official title with FEMA? Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response. At least he tried to do half his job. Even that was a joke. He waited FIVE HOURS after the storm made landfall to send 1000 employees to the region, to "convey a positive image of disaster operations to government officials, community organizations and the general public." What the hell does that mean? Sorry, we can't give you water or pull you out of that attic, but we hope you think we're swell.

And now we find out from the airline industry that the government's request for help evacuating storm victims didn't come until late Thursday afternoon. What do you have to do to get fired in Washington?

Sleep well tonight Dallas, Philadelphia, L.A., Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, etc... FEMA's got your back!

7:13 PM |

Thursday, September 01, 2005

It feels like 9/11

I think I've been depressed all week with this situation in New Orleans and the rest of the coast. I'm glued to the TV, and I'm checking cnn.com every 5 minutes. It's just so hard to believe how fast and how badly this whole thing has spiraled out of control. Why are people still trapped in New Orleans? It's already Friday there, for crying out loud. We throw our military all over the world for wars and other relief efforts, yet we can't get our own people out of the water in our own country. It makes me sick. The government should be ashamed of themselves. They're clearly not doing enough, quickly enough. I wish there was more I could do. But, as always, I'm left entering my credit card information on some web site, hoping it will go to the right place.

9:26 PM |

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