7-9-02 - Vacation Rules
7-5-02 - Threesome Etiquette
7-2-02 - More Reader's Mail
7-1-02 - The Tubing Trip
6-28-02 - Guest on Cheating
6-27-02 - Semi-Political Ramblings
6-25-02 - Ode to the Marquis
6-21-02 - The It Factor
6-20-02 - Some More Ramblings
6-17-02 - Reader Mail
6-14-02 - Encore, Please
6-13-02 - Birthday Thoughts
6-11-02 - Soccer Masturbation
6-8-02 - Objective Ratings
6-6-02 -Thursday Thoughts
6-5-02 - World Cup Bandwagon Jumping
6-4-02 - Mayer, Comfortable
6-3-02 - Mayer, City Love
5-30-02 - Thursday Thoughts
5-29-02 - Memorial Day Weekend
5-23-02 - Thursday Random Thoughts
5-20-02 - NBA Lottery
5-19-02 - Reader's Mail
5-18-02 - New Cow Theory
5-17-02 - Graduation
ARCHIVES
Do you agree with tthe title of the page today? MacCauley Culkin's little brother argues this in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (an interesting movie). Certainly if you take this argument to its extremes, it will fall apart. I am generally inclined to believe it though. I don't think there is much people should stop themselves from doing for fear of getting into trouble. Certainly there are things I won't do due to morals...rape , steal, murder...the basics. That has nothing to do because of a fear of getting caught. If trouble is your main concern, I can't imagine you live a very interesting life.
Kevin and I went to the Astros game last night. We got to hear Danger and Enter Sandman, so you know I left in a good mood.
We also saw one of the worst haircuts ever...I pointed it out to Kevin as a mullet, but he corrected me, appropriately describing it as a Paduin learning braid. Who is a bigger loser...Kevin for saying it, me for understanding it, or the kid for getting it cut that way? The weirdness was increased exponentially because the rest of his family looked like they'd belong in a Dick Armey commercial.
There is one type of person in this world who I fail to understand:, Let me give this scenario. You are in the men's room at a samll restaurant at the same time as one other guy. After you finish up, you go over and wash your hands. The other guy finishes and heads straight for the door. What is he thinking? Why not take that extra 8 seconds to at least rinse water over your hands. Doesn't he know that he has given me enough information to blackmail him with? I am always tempted to march indignantly out of the restroom and sit down at the table with him and his date and inform her about his lack of hygiene.
******EXTREMELY HOMOSEXUAL COMMENT ALERT*******
Like most thoughts I have, this one came from watching a couple of movies and from my intense fear of marriage. In About a Boy, Marcus asks Will what makes a girl friend different from a girlfriend. Will answers that is that you want to kiss them, have sex, etc. Marcus retorts that he would give up all of that if he just had the closeness and someone to depend on. In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ( a flim to base life philosophy on if there ever was one) Jay refers to Bob as his heterosexual life partner. This got me to thinking again about the role and necessity of marriage....What if you just lived in a permanent bachelor pad with one of your closest friends all of your life. It works when we are twenty...why not fifty? Your interests are likely to be more similar and emotions are less likely to cause major disruptions. You can still have girlfriends, lovers, etc just without having to invest in a ring. I truly believe that a lot of people get married out of fear...fear of growing old alone. If you have a heterosexual life partner (i.e. a roommate) I think that fear would be reduced greatly. Kids, you ask? Ummmm...adoption.
Todd Snider is giving a free concert at Garden in the Heights on Thursday, July 18. He is a great singer-songwriter...al of you are required to attend.
Things that I should never admit in print: I am the biggest sap you'll ever meet. 3 quick examples: 1) I like soft ballads performed by hard rock bands, i.e. "time of your life" by Green Day; 2) I am a dog person, but this kitten that is currently living with me has me under her spell, 3) My favorite animal at the Houston Zoo is the babirusa ( a pig-warthog like creature). Why? For some reason she is in the primate exhibit, so everyone passes by her to get to the Orangutans .I feel sorry for her, so I always spend about 20 rewarding minutes standing in front of his pen and watching him sniff about.
Isn't it crazy how your level of expectations can affect how much you enjoy a movie? When I saw the hyped up A Beautiful Mind, I hated it because I thought it was really overrated. When I saw Undercover Brother this week, I genuinely enjoyed it, because I had gone in with such low expectations. By any decent standard, A Beautiful Mind is clearly the superior film...but coming out of the theatre, I liked Undercover Brother a lot more.
I'm no longer gainfully employed...I just haven't decided if this was of my own volition or not yet.
Here is my advice on how to make important decisions in your life---flip a coin. I don't mean leave it up to chance, but I truly believe that the best way to make a decision between two options is to flip a coin. for example, here is how I chose a college. Rice was heads, UT was tails. I flipped the coin, and for that moment while it was in the air, I knew deep down that I was rooting for it to come up heads. You will always find yourself naturally rooting one way or another. Whatever way that is, go with it.
Do you ever make bets or deals with yourself? I do all of the time... maybe this is just a sign of a deeper gambling problem. Anyways, last night I was haphhazardly throwing darts while trying to decide what to do. I'm not a particularly good darts player, but I decided I would follow a particularly difficult couse of action if I threw a bullseye on the next dart. Next dart...dead center of the red. It was definitely a moment...I'm not saying I believe it was fate, I just think that maybe I concentrated a little extra because maybe it was truly something I wanted? Or maybe it was dumb luck...I only know that this stuff happens to me all of the time.
1) "Relative Ways" -...and you will know us by the Trail of the Dead
2) "Strange Condition" - Pete Yorn
3) "Paul Revere" - Beastie Boys
4) "Your Pretty when I'm Drunk" - Bloodhound Gang
5) "Somebody's Cryin'" - Chris Isaak
6) "Clap Your Hands" - Black Eyed Peas
7) "So Long" - Guster
8) "Royalty" - Gang Starr
9) "What's Wrong with Me" - N.E.R.D.
10) "I'm a monster" - Ours
(I actually wrote each on a forged note once...they didn't read them)
1) I didn't feel like coming
2) My friend's mom is pregnant
3) I'm going to play golf
4) Today is Senior Skip Day
5) I am HIV- positive
