diumenge, de març 25, 2007


If God lets us go to war with Iran, I am like so going to throw an über temper tantrum
Seriously. I'm scared.

I read Fight Club last week, and I just watched the movie. I liked both. Probably the most profound Palahniuk I've read, which is good because honestly: after reading six of them, I'm sort of over his style of writing.

dissabte, de març 17, 2007

San Antonio wasn't nearly as interesting as I had planned for it to be. After driving from Rockport that afternoon, we ate dinner at La Margarita, went back to the hotel, I slept in until 12, then we had lunch at Mi Tierra, then back in the car to Houston. I drove through a never ending rain storm, and there was a shit load of traffic on I-10. But still not a bad little trip. Fishing with my dad, and his corporate counterpart in the east, was okay, a bit of rain, and few fish. I've realized something: I like catching fish, this fishing can be a totally different experience.
I think I'm gonna make some eggs now.

diumenge, de març 11, 2007

hahaha
I love old pictures.
It's that time of year in Houston when all the pine trees shit out obscene amounts of pollen, covering EVERYTHING with a layer of yellow dust. I'm glad we don't have pine trees in Austin.

dimecres, de març 07, 2007

IT'S COCAINE, YOU FUCKING RETARDS
Movies I've seen recently:

The Departed
HELL YEAH

Children of Men
bootleg, but still for rent at a legit business

For Your Consideration
meh

Babel
the Japanese are allowed to hunt?

Running With Scissors
Alec Baldwin was a good choice for that part, but shit, he's capable of so much MORE. hehe, masturbatorium

Vacationland
meh

Borat
hahaha, the Jews have shifted their shapes!


I can't escape the feeling that there are other DVDs I'm leaving out. oh well.
I just watched Children of Men, and wow. Really great, Michael Cain's character is the best.

Some others I've seen in the last couple of months that I don't think I commented on:
Written on the Wind
Fantastic. Robert Stack is brilliant as the jealous alcoholic millionaire. For years Stack was just that Unsolved Mysteries guy with the voice. That show freaked me out as a kid.

A Mighty Wind
Not bad. Funny. After seeing For Your Consideration, Best in Show is still my favorite Guest film.

Naked Lunch
Pretty good, probably not worth buying though. Not the first I've bought before watching.

Brazil
Really good, that guy from the Infiniti commercials flies around in his dreams!

Chinatown
Awesome. That dirty pederast Roman Polanski slices Jack Nicholson's nose.

Knife in the Water
Great ending, but I don't see what all the fuss is about.

The Proposition
Niiiiiice. Guy Pearce as some Irish bandit in 19th-century rural Australia. Nothin' like a good dramatic shot of a guy getting his head blown off while raping a woman. Poetic justice indeed.

I Vitelloni
good, Fellini has yet to disappoint

Date Movie
I'll never get those 85 minutes back. ever. dammit

I finished The Plague. I've found that reading at work helps pass the time; the majority of the time spent there is just sitting there letting the phone ring. Thank God people look at their caller ID.

dimarts, de març 06, 2007

Just so you don't freak out: the little girl is actually saying sparkling wiggles

diumenge, de març 04, 2007

Sisyphean employment


My opinion of my job varies wildly from shift to shift. Sometimes, mostly when I'm calling alumni that have never given anything, I hate it. Really hate the work, and just want to tunn into uh bud and fly fly away. Pardon the Forrest Gump reference.
And then other times, usually when I'm calling people that have given before, and I'm actually raising money, it's great. Architects that have given before are the best. My first day I talked to an [non-donor] architect on Kona, and he said yes to my first ask of $250, but what was cool was the conversation we had about Hawaii, Hunter S. Thompson, Lono, James Cook, etc. Not to mention his work.
I want to get a job doing something else; calling people on the phone asking for money just seems so freakin low. I realize that it isn't quite as bad as telemarketing, because, whether I like it or not, I do have something of a relationship with these people, and they with the University, but still, it just makes me feel like a whore to do nothing but ask for money.
Nothing is all bad, though, except maybe Ann Coulter (who recently called John Edwards a faggot ), and it has been kind of interesting. But no, even those little nuggets of goodness pale in comparison to the monumental pile of shit I have to climb every shift.
Anyhoo, I have a test in the morning, which I studied for at work, so now is a little break.

dijous, de març 01, 2007

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

I've been playing around with HTML a bit, as you can see. Several weeks ago I got rid of the entire sidebar, and I'm glad I did that. You no longer have access to my previous posts, so i increased the number displayed. I'd like to print the entire thing one day, pictures and all. But that would probably cost more money than I would be willing to spend.
School is going well. I'm doing a group geography project on territoriality in Austin. Originally we were going to look at east Austin v. west Austin, but NOW we're doing sixth street v. the warehouse district. I volunteered to do a comprehensive building analysis, whatever the hell that means, and to help out with a geographic analysis. My access to the SoA's computer lab/GIS servers should come in handy.
I have to get an oil change in the morning.
I was just thinking about when I was in the bathroom one night at a restaurant I used to work at. Toward the end of a shift, I would sometimes go and sit on the toilet for about five minutes, as that was pretty much the only way I could sit around doing nothing without getting into trouble. Anyway, i was sitting there, and two guys came in, went into one stall, and starting doing bumps of coke. Not only was it obvious by the sharp snorts, but they were talking about what they were doing. They had no idea I was in the stall next to them because these stalls were more like little rooms, with actual walls and doors. Anyway, they came out of their stall, and I came out of mine right after. They both stopped dead and turned around and just gaped at me. I just walked straight ahead, washed my hands and left, which is what I felt was the most professional thing to do; it was a nice place after all, and I didn't want to scare off customers.
Though it would have been great to yell "BUSTED!"
Ah, memory lane...

My dad wants us to go fishing during spring break, then go to San Antonio for some business. We're staying downtown on the river, so it should be cool to wander around for a couple of days. I've been to San Antonio more times than I could count, let alone remember, but it was always to see family, never to do anything touristy; I did have dinner on the riverwalk once, though. I want to visit the San Antonio Museum of Art, and the big Legoretta-designed central library.
Other than that, not too much on my mind these days. At work I've raised probably around $5,000 for the school, and that makes me feel good. If only because I know my job is more or less secure. But I still want very much to get out. I watch the clock the way a vulture watches something about to die of thirst in the desert.
I rented Babel, will probably watch it tomorrow. I really liked Amores perros, so hopefully Iñárritu did a good job this time, too.
I discovered recently that Emirates is starting non-stop service between Houston and Dubai beginning in December. Right now the only other American city with non-stop service is New York, and no other cities are going to be added any time soon, so yes, Houston is really bad ass.
I found a new dentist here in Austin, and she's pretty good. Or seems to be, i dunno. My teeth are clean.
It's March!





Im not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But Im having fun
I think Im dumb
Or maybe just happy

Think Im just happy
Think Im just happy
Think Im just happy

My heart is broke
But I have some glue
Help me inhale
And mend it with you
Well float around
And hang out on clouds
Then well come down
And have a hangover

Have a hangover
Have a hangover
Have a hangover

Skin the sun
Fall asleep
Wish away
The soul is cheap
Lesson learned
Wish me luck
Soothe the burn
Wake me up

Im not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But Im having fun
I think Im dumb
Or maybe just happy

Think Im just happy
Think Im just happy
Think Im just happy

I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb
I think Im dumb