Nighthawk

I will probably go to Beowulf and then leave after the trailer and see something else. First time I've ever done that.

I tried that once and it blew up in my face (not literally, of course).

I was a bit hung over this morning. Tall can of Rockstar, one of Arizona sweet tea, and an egg mcmuffin took care of it. I also called my mom and told her I ran over some kid. "WHAT?!? Who?" "I dunno, some kid, he's dead! But I don't think anyone saw me, so relax! Everything's gonna be aaaaalright!" Laughter helps, too.

Well, having worked in retail, I'd pretty much blow my head off listening to Xmas music all the time, but I don't anymore, so I can sort of enjoy it now. I like Presley Xmas music, which is a bit odd, cause I don't particularly like him otherwise. Also in this tradition, I really enjoy the ICP song "Santa's A Fat Bitch". It's a funny song, what can I say. There's this one Amy Grant song that sounds really racist, too. It talks about waking up to a world of white and lighting up the fireplace with Nat King Cole. Oh yeah, I also like Nat King Cole.

If you let DC Talk grow up, they're actually ok. The album after the one after that is decent.

Man, I had some Pizza Hut the other day, and I fucking yakked it. I ate the entire large by myself, and then barfed it all up. Don't regret it at all, that was an extremely pleasurable experience. Eating a whole large pizza and then regurgitating it is so American.

I'm also currently unemployed (though more like in a slow period of a trade which consistently goes through slow periods [construction]). I was trying to get another job and still haven't, it really doesn't make any sense. The only thing I can imagine is they've been calling my old job and they've been bashing me. Bastards.

What is the deal on the possessive tense of "it"? Seriously, I was two years as an English major and I still just wing it pretty much all the time.

Black Moses

That R&B shit is something I have difficulty getting into. That's always how I say it, too, not "R&B" but "that R&B shit". Mostly I listen to old fat guys, Luther and them.

I've listened to the whole album. I don't think it's misguided at all. It's just a terrible album. It's less focusing on her and more focusing on the beat. One of the beats sounds like someone's change in their pocket; who's idea was that? She's interchangeable. She doesn't even sound like the best singer on the album. The song about how BEIN A CELEB IS HARD WORK is really lamentable. It just sounds like one of those pushed-out, factory-produced albums. Same synth beat throughout the whole thing. It's a club album, but a half-assed attempt at one. Oh come the fuck on. Yeah, it's less focused on her, which is the strength of it. She was never that good, except as a live performer (and that ship has sailed, apparently), only well produced. She's not the best singer on the album. Conceptually, it is basically a factory produced club album, but half-assed is a matter of opinion, and that opinion is wrong. You want a half-assed club album, look at Geri Halliwell's albums. And I love her more than Britney. Also, you misused "literally" and are therefore stupid.

Level 9. The map is too small. I could hit some of them exactly were it slightly bigger, compensating for my utter stupidity in the subject of geography. On the other hand, some countries (Ireland, Korea, Iraq, etc) are so small, that if you have no idea where they're talking about, you can just plant it right in the middle and get a pretty good score.

Lunch?!? What do you start drinking at 2? Big dinner.

They have Pomegranate 7-Up. It tastes great. It says limited time only, and also has little snowflakes on the bottle, so this is a holiday thing? I don't associate pomegranates with the holidays, but that might be from some other culture. Then again... snowflakes, and I thought pomegranates were from warmer climates. IN ANY CASE... It's delicious, and I'll probably stock up before it's gone, like I should have done with Pepsi Holiday Spice, which I also loved.

Couple beers.

I grew up in a town of about 19,000, which had exactly one of every chain restaurant, yet seemingly infinite churches. There used to be an intersection with a church on every corner until a kid from the junior high burned down two of them. I'd rather have two Burger Kings than 15 churches. The town, by the way, was Jacksonville Illinois, which there is a song about on Sufjan Stevens' Illinoise album.

Not to dis you, brah, but that's the only genre that means anything on the radio anymore.

I think I know a worse jingle than that. "Save a lotta money... Florida No Fault!" They actually sing it, they don't just yell it. At least the Coffee Time one is a pathetic attempt at a pun. Speaking of Florida jingles, there was also this one: "1-800-588-2300... Empire!" For carpets. But... it's been almost two years since I heard that, and I can still quote the number verbatim. Neither of those are to do with food, though, so nevermind.

I don't agree so much in the context of a chain. I agree in spirit, but it's not like the food isn't the same, I don't think they're holding on to old world tradition... they're just lazy or behind the times. Old fashioned type logos are good only when the company itself never bothers to change, or if it's not a chain (or a very small one).

Harry is kind of a hippie, anyway, what with all the... questioning authority.

What the hell is that from? Ive always wondered... Here's the thread. I honestly don't know what I was trying to say, only that I was drunk.

But I've never seen that commercial.

I'll tell an actual retarded retail story. A woman once wanted to buy a life vest to wear on her commute to work everyday in case the bridge collapsed. (This was right after that other bridge collapsed). I said "Yeah, that was a different kind of bridge. This bridge, the fall alone would kill you. And the odds are pretty low it'll collapse anyway." She said you can't be too careful. Should have sold her a couple more for her kids.

I've been trying to ride a train when they shut down the whole track because somebody jumped in front of it. Actually, they might have been pushed. Or just fell. I was never totally clear on that. Point is, the train hit somebody. And ruined my plans for the evening. I've seen several dead bodies, but never actually seen someone die. I've always kind of wanted to. Not in a hospital bed, or like, watch some bum freeze to death, that would just depress me, but maybe the old hail of bullets, or see a trainer mauled at the zoo, that'd be ok.

So I listened to all the Clash albums recently, and I realized that aside from not even really liking Cut the Crap, my preference is mostly in reverse chronological order. Sandinista! and Combat Rock sort of share the top spot. I suppose that's good for the band, getting better as time went on. I guess most would disagree, though. Were I to do a Tom Waits list, it would be extremely weird, but I'd say probably Bone Machine is number one.