Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Someone's out to lunch

Just saw this top story on CNN:

"The White House held out the prospect Tuesday that U.S. troop levels in Iraq could be reduced soon, but President Bush insisted he would not withdraw U.S. forces 'without having achieved victory.' With the U.S. death toll in Iraq at 2,110, Bush said he would not let those troops 'die in vain' by withdrawing before a stable, democratic Iraq emerges. In recent weeks opinion polls have shown falling support for Bush and the war, and there has been growing talk of developing a timetable for withdrawing."

Seems like I....


wait a minute..


getting a flashback........


ahhhhhh yes....





And there it is.

I be illin'

Sick, again. I started feeling it Sunday, and it has gone downhill from there. I feel like I'm typing in slow motion. I'm hitting the Zicam, so hopefully it won't last too long. For now, all I want to do is sleep. ZZZZZZ

Monday, November 28, 2005

Next Blog



This guy sounds entertaining. He's a Georgia fan, and you know I love them Dawgs. When they're playing Florida.

Check out Martians Attacking Indianapolis. The name made me giggle, and therefore, click.

I think I just wasted 4 days

In 4 days, I could have:

1. Worked out
2. Gone to San Francisco
3. Hiked
4. Written at least 30 pages of script
5. Read a book
6. Learn to mix a new drink
7. Volunteered
8. Fixed my bike
9. Washed my car
10. Gotten a haircut

..and much, much more. Instead, I:

1. Watched football
2. Hung curtains

Hey... you celebrate Thanksgiving your way, I'll celebrate it mine.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Picture perfect



My parents on their recent visit to Malibu.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Pathetic, yet mildly amusing

First, I am blindsided with a humiliating Florida State loss at the hands of the gators... now, this: My neighbor - let's call her Moo Moo - knocks on my door to see if I'm OK. She noticed that my car hadn't moved since Wednesday.

Wednesday.

I am such a loser. But, think of all the gas I saved this weekend.

Bon Voyage



Christina, one of my first new friends in L.A. and a charter member of the Desperate Sunday Club, is leaving for a year to do a show on a cruise ship as it sails around the world. So, today we had a send-off breakfast down the street at Vivian's. She loves the banana pancakes, and they pretty much are the bomb. It's sad to see her go, but exciting at the same time. She will be missed. Especially during Christmas in July.

Black Friday

It's a term used by retailers to describe the one day of the year where they make money... off intelligent consumers like you and me. It's also known as The Day After Thanksgiving, or Shopping Day for Idiots and Assholes. Tell me, do they show up at Walmart at 4am because these specials will only last until 6? Or, is it because the store will run out of everything by the end of the day?

I understand. If Walmart runs out of stuff, we're screwed. They will never get more in. And no one else will have what we need either. It's a major crisis. One that necessitates tramplings, beatdowns, and robbery at gunpoint. I wonder if all the Rite Aids are out of Christmas lights... Will Ralph's have any eggnog left? Shit. I better get up at 3 - I must go shopping before it's all gone.

Friday, November 25, 2005

Excuse the mess

It's time to pull out the Christmas decorations, so I start moving crap around. Guess I just got tired at looking at my own web site. Go back to eating your Thanksgiving leftovers.

Monday, November 21, 2005

We gots us a smart one

Garrett W. Johnson has been named as Florida State's first Rhodes Scholar in over 30 years. Way to go, G-money. Go treat yourself to a Foot Locker shopping spree.

In other news... Bucs are 7-3 and Colts are 10-0! Great weekend!

Saturday, November 19, 2005

Relax, people.

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has angered Muslims because she advocates safe sex. Premarital sex is a huge sin in Islam. Fine. But now crowds are burning this girl in effigy. Wow.. what a huge relief to know that we have solved all of the world's biggest problems to concentrate on comments from a 19-year-old tennis player.

Look, the girl is 19. She's a teenager. Like it or not, teenagers have sex. They drink. They do drugs. They download stuff illegally. But, go ahead.. burn the girl in effigy. That'll learn her.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Morons Over Miami

How 'bout them Miami Hurricanes? An expensive private university education now gets you your own rap song! Proper grammar and common sense not included.

Listen to the stupidity of the "7th Floor Crew" here.

WARNING: AUDIO IS EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE AND UNINTELLIGENT. MIAMI SUCKS.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Family reunion

My parents just flew back to Florida today. They've been in town since last Thursday. I think they had a pretty good time, aside from the crazy traffic we subjected them to.

They visited, in no particular order: Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, The Getty Center, La Brea Tar Pits, Griffith Observatory, Runyan Canyon, the Hollywood Sign, Malibu, the Sony Pictures Studio Tour, the Fox & Hounds Pub, Bob's Big Boy, Fox Studios, Carneys, Pinks, the NoHo Diner, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Westwood Cemetery, the Gene Autry Museum, Third Street Promenade, the Iliad Bookshop, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Melrose, and a bunch of other crap squeezed in between. The also got to meet not one, but TWO of our bitchy neighbors - Moo Moo and Crazy Wife #2.

We had some fun. I miss them already. And with Chris gone through Thanksgiving, I'm on my own. I plan to sleep. A lot.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Happy Birthday, Chris!



You are 31. An age that is insignificant, irrelevant, irreversible. Enjoy!

Drinks at Residuals tonight. Maybe Fox & Hounds, too.

Why am I still awake?

i'm a moron I should have crashed hours ago. Halloween night was spent at the big freak show in Hollywood. Nothing like seeing drag queens, Willa Wonka, FEMA vacationers, Michael Jackson, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Oprah all in the same place at the same time. I think they were just costumes, but I could be wrong. I'm probably awake because I've had a couple. (Have you tried the new Grolsch Amber Ale? Yummy.) Maybe I'm still awake because my world is spinning out of control. Again.

Here's to not being miserable again tomorrow. Hopefully.

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101 things in 1001 days

Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.*

I've got to:

    professional

  1. appear in a play/musical
  2. take voice lessons
  3. write 3 screenplays
  4. write an episodic
  5. get a poem published
  6. appear in a film
  7. take an improv class
  8. take a Meisner class
  9. write an e-book
  10. learn Flash or Dreamweaver
  11. design & build my professional web site
  12. get a commercial agent
  13. get a theatrical agent
  14. buy a laptop
  15. learn Final Cut
  16. get new headshots
  17. produce a new v/o demo
  18. make at least 10 new industry contacts
  19. prepare two monologues for audition
  20. watch all five Best Picture nominees prior to the Oscars
  21. collaborate on a musical

  22. cultural

  23. take a refresher course in Spanish
  24. read Shakespeare's complete works
  25. shoot pictures of L.A.
  26. go to a concert
  27. read the Bible
  28. stay at The Standard
  29. go to San Francisco
  30. learn to play guitar
  31. go to the L.A. Zoo
  32. go to Tijuana
  33. COMPLETED 01/22/06
  34. read the DaVinci Code
  35. hit a random bar on Sunset
  36. attend Comic-Con
  37. attend an outdoor music festival
  38. see live jazz/blues
  39. try caviar
  40. go to a beach volleyball tournament
  41. camp on the beach
  42. visit New York at Christmas
  43. attend a black-tie event
  44. explore downtown L.A.
  45. hike somewhere new
  46. visit Scotland
  47. see an old movie in the Broadway Theatre District
  48. attend at least one film festival
  49. visit a museum
  50. attend an art show
  51. read the Constitution

  52. fitness & leisure

  53. switch gyms
  54. cut BMI by at least 5
  55. go one month without fast food
  56. COMPLETED 01/31/06
  57. have at least one personal training session
  58. go jogging 3 times in a week
  59. do at least 50 pushups and 50 crunches 5 days straight
  60. learn to surf
  61. go skydiving
  62. go snowboarding
  63. go to a Laker game
  64. go skiing
  65. go whitewater rafting
  66. visit the new Phi Delt house at FSU
  67. ride my bike on the beach
  68. learn craps
  69. learn to golf
  70. learn Texas Hold 'Em
  71. play racquetball
  72. go horseback riding
  73. play a game of pool
  74. play a game of darts
  75. host a poker game
  76. go rollerblading

  77. random

  78. learn to cook 5 new dishes
  79. go to a movie by myself
  80. write my grandmother a real letter
  81. contact a friend from high school
  82. contact a friend from college
  83. pay back my parents for Japan
  84. attend Mass
  85. get involved in a charity
  86. learn a specialty drink
  87. rent a limo
  88. smoke a cigar
  89. have a glass of scotch
  90. make a new financial investment
  91. buy a new car
  92. buy a new mattress & box spring
  93. buy a digital SLR camera
  94. paint/landscape the Beer Garden
  95. get rid of all the clothes I haven't worn in 2 years
  96. COMPLETED 01/17/06
  97. make and wear my own Halloween costume
  98. go karaoke
  99. take piano lessons
  100. buy an X-Box
  101. throw an 80's party
  102. buy a new jacket
  103. BBQ at Griffith Park
  104. watch the sunset somewhere along PCH
  105. take a spontaneous road trip
  106. go back to the Indy 500
  107. attend an away FSU football game somewhere new

* Items on this list can change at any given moment. So what? It's my list.

Make your own.