in shock

the bengals made a trade? for a good player? what is going on? i didn't know the bengals were allowed to do that! has this ever happened before? but seriously, i'm excited. i think we got a good deal, and it's a trade that will help us actually be competitive on defense in 2008... then again this is the bengals we're talking about.

who dey and happy february 29

mindfuck

watch LOST. go rent seasons 1 thru 3 and play catch up, you can thank me later. i need more ppl to sit and scratch my head with after every episode. season 4 has been great. ahhhh!

yesterday morning was fun

i got a flat tire on the way to work yesterday. as soon as i felt the car wobble i pulled off to the side and noticed that the tire on the driver's side was completely flat and i was riding on the rim. fuck. so i sat in my car for a good 10 or 15 minutes debating on whether or not i wanted to risk my life and change the tire. eventually i got out and gave it a whirl. it took me another 10 minutes to figure out how to use the jack, because volvo puts some really weird jacks in their cars. being the smart fellow that i am, i eventually figured it out. (this whole time flashes from those 'world's craziest drivers' shows are going through my head, and i'm convinced that i'm going to get plowed by oncoming traffic) i got the lug nuts off but couldn't get the tire off. double fuck. i got back in my car to read the owners manual and make a phone call, but when i got out of my car again i locked my keys in my car. triple fuck. i called emily and thank god she answered the phone and came and got me. after picking up the keys we stopped at target and bought a hammer because for whatever reason, my toolbox didn't come with one. we finally got back to the car and i was still unable to get the wheel off of the car. fuck it. we went back to my house and i called a tow truck and made arrangements to meet them at my car and have them tow it to tire discounters. immediately after hanging up the phone with the tow truck guy, emily tells me that she has AAA and they tow for free. sweet. so i call AAA and they tell me they'll meet me there in about in hour, which really turned out to be about 1.5/2 hours, but i can't complain because the guy ended up getting the wheel off of the car and getting the spare on. to top all this off, tire discounters wasn't able to repair the tire so i had to buy a new one which cost about $120. this whole ordeal finally ended around 2:30, about 7 hours after i popped my tire. what a day.


i drew a little picture so you can get a mental image. not drawn to scale.

IT'S SNOWING! should be another fun commute home this evening.

watch

he looks like such a retard throughout most of that song, but the guitar solo is incredible.

yes, i'm obsessed.

evangeline lilly

ahhhhhhh.


in love!

that's deep

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
-Barack Obama

more sushi....mmmm

half-price sushi again tonight. it was kind of an adventure. we got there around 6:45 and the place was packed, the wait was obviously going to be lengthy so we went to the stand and played some shuffleboard while we waited, i lost to keenan badly. we eventually went back over and waited around for 5 or 10 more minutes before finally getting a seat. there was just three of us this time but we got more sushi than last week. we picked 'em well this week, every single roll we got was delectable.

coming tomorrow: an entry dedicated to the best show on television, LOST. apparently that's what my fans want, and i aim to please.


P.S. IT'S TOO F*CKING COLD OUTSIDE!!
p.p.s. the moon looked really cool tonight.

depressing

last week i finished three weeks of physical therapy where i made no progress, and probably regressed more than progressed. instead of scheduling more PT, they sent me back to the orthopedic doctor for an appointment, which i just got back from. i'm going to have an EMG nerve test done on my shoulder blade on march 3. i'm not really positive what the point of this test is, but i guess they need to test to do it before putting me under the knife. i guess all of this PT screwed up my shoulder blade, so now it's asymmetrical and moving in ways it shouldn't. it feels delightful, let me tell you. nothing like waking up at 4a.m. every night in throbbing pain. so pending the results, i'll be having arthroscopic surgery where, from what i understand, they'll insert anchors into my glenoid and then attach the labrum to the anchors. i'll be out of work for a week (yay), in a sling for a month (booooo), and away from softball/golf for 6 months (kill me now). SIX MONTHS! that's my entire summer. do you have any idea how badly i've been looking forward to softball?! and then there's golf, i think i've been more excited for golf than softball... this sucks A LOT.

ballin out of control

baller. sick. just sick.

and since the last post i lost to kevin in fifa. rigged.

nevermind

i'm not getting an iPhone. i did a lot of research today and didn't like what i read. if i switch carriers i'm going to go with the blackberry curve. i'm afraid that i won't like the touch screen keyboard on the iPhone, and that's pretty important considering i use ~4500 texts per month. i guess the only question now is red or titanium..i'm thinking titanium.

and on another note, i'm like 8-0-1 against the roomies in fifa since we got the xbox back. dooooomination.

iWant

i want an iPhone. problem is, i have t-mobile and i'm stuck in a contract until october. so i came up with a plan to get out of my lolcontract. i'm moving to montana. or north dakota. or any random state with not a lot of people/cell phone towers. i'm not really moving, but thats what i'm telling t-mobile. i called t-mobile and they want me to prove that i'm moving, so i'm going to need kevin to photoshop a utility bill or something like that. hopefully it works, because t-mobile sucks and iPhones r cool!

and here's a bonus for you, my reader. i had penn station for lunch today and noticed people getting 3 or 4 of those little tiny paper cups (do they have a name?) that you keep ketchup in. it's kind of hard to carry 3 or 4 of said paper cups as well as your napkins, drinks, and any other condiments back to your table in one trip. i would know, i LOVE ketchup, and used to get 4 or 5 of those things. instead of using 3 or 4 or 5 tiny paper cups for your ketchup, just use one. take the little cup and "separate" the paper at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. it will double, and sometimes TRIPLE the little tiny cup's capacity, enabling you to make ONE trip to the condiment counter.

you can thank me later.

ugh

i just saw a link to an article at enquirer.com about the bengals using the franchise tag on justin smith. i don't know if i can handle another season of watching him in a bengals uniform. yeah, let's use the franchise tag on a defensive end who recorded two sacks in 2007. TWO! shotgun, meet my head.

on a happier note, i think boyd, daniel and i are going to killington for "spring break". i can't wait! they have a tooooonnnnnnn of snow in the northeast right now, i hope it sticks around for another month, but ya never know with global warming and all. i haven't been up to vermont in several years, i'm really looking forward to this. beautiful part of the country when it's covered in snow.

top 25

top 25 most played from my iPod since april of 2006. click it.

wtf

another school shooting. what the fuck is this world coming to? i think i read that this makes 6 in the past 7 days, which is just batshitfuckinginsane. sweet life, world. wow.


happy valentines day!!

dinner

matt, keenan, kevin and i went to half-price sushi night at dancing wasabi. half the price = double the sushi... and apparently double the wasabi. twas the biggest glob of wasabi i've ever seen.


i think there were between 58-62 rolls on that plate. matt ate six and the rest were split between keenan, kevin and i. sooo good. i'm still stuffed 4 hours later, which is not like me.

sorry, dad

4 years ago, had you told me that i'd be voting for a democrat in 08 i'd have told you you were crazy. i guess that just speaks to how much bush fucking sucks. check out votehelp.org to help you find the candidate you agree most with, pretty helpful site. apparently i'm 96% "compatible" with obama. go figure!

i remember being on campus freshman year and seeing all the protesters and being so angry with them. i didn't understand why people would go against the president. 5 years and nearly 4000 dead soldiers later (one of which was close our family), my views have changed. not just on war, either.

my life in lyrics

I am driving up 85 in the
kind of morning that lasts all afternoon
just stuck inside the gloom

Four more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to keep the car in drive
and leave this shit behind

Cause I wonder sometimes
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life

Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, why Georgia, why?

I rent a room and I fill the spaces with
wood in places to make it feel like home
but all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisis
or just the stirring in my soul

Either way, I wonder sometimes
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life

So what, so I've got a smile on me
but it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me
Don't you dare believe me
When I say I've got it down

Everybody is just a stranger but
that's the danger in going my own way
I guess it's the price I have to pay
still "Everything happens for a reason"
is no reason not to ask yourself

If you are living it right
Are you living it right?
Are you living it right?
Why, tell me why
Why, why Georgia why?



john mayer is a fucking genius.

18-1

i called it. from 1/27/08:

Oh, and Giants win the Super Bowl, 38-34 or something like that.

so it wasn't 38-34, but oh well. the 32 yard completion late in the 4th quarter from eli to david tyree is one of the greatest plays i have ever seen, in what was one of the greatest games i have ever seen. i just wish i was degenerate enough to bet the points!

by the way,the mannings own the NFL. i was kind of impressed that fox only showed peyton 11 times (yes, i actually counted) during the game, i was expecting 20+.

g'night.