Sunday, June 22, 2008
The missus sure is pretty...
...especially when she has cake in her hand.
Labels: The Missus
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
You know, The Hills are so like white, like, elephants
So, I don't have Internet in the house. Don't want it. I spend so much time at work in front of the computer, it's lost it's appeal as recreation. Plus, the wrists and the eyes are getting old.
So, there's a tiny bit of free time I have now. The missus and I decide to treat ourselves to Las Rosas. Good as always, but I wouldn't get the shrimp tacos again. The fish tacos are much better and the shrimp was little frozen ones.
Fortified by two margaritas, I settle down into my chair with my copy of Hemingway's short stories. I've been fascinated by Hills Like White Elephants since I first read it a million years ago. There's something about the line: "Would you please please please please please please please Stop talking." It seems so real.
Anyway, somehow the missus has put on one of those stupid MTV reality shows that I don't watch: The Hills, Season 3.
I put my nose back into Ebrol but still happen to notice that the cap-toothed weasel, Spencer, who makes the missus throw up a little when she sees him (Spencer Reflux Disease), is back on and even more desperate for air time. He even proposed to Heidi, but didn't it seem so contrived and planned?
Anyway, the season teaser at the end of episode one has put has squarely on Team LC now. Damn that Heidi! Damn her to hell!
So, there's a tiny bit of free time I have now. The missus and I decide to treat ourselves to Las Rosas. Good as always, but I wouldn't get the shrimp tacos again. The fish tacos are much better and the shrimp was little frozen ones.
Fortified by two margaritas, I settle down into my chair with my copy of Hemingway's short stories. I've been fascinated by Hills Like White Elephants since I first read it a million years ago. There's something about the line: "Would you please please please please please please please Stop talking." It seems so real.
Anyway, somehow the missus has put on one of those stupid MTV reality shows that I don't watch: The Hills, Season 3.
I put my nose back into Ebrol but still happen to notice that the cap-toothed weasel, Spencer, who makes the missus throw up a little when she sees him (Spencer Reflux Disease), is back on and even more desperate for air time. He even proposed to Heidi, but didn't it seem so contrived and planned?
Anyway, the season teaser at the end of episode one has put has squarely on Team LC now. Damn that Heidi! Damn her to hell!
"Do you feel better?" he asked.
"I feel fine," she said. "There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine."
Labels: Laguna Beach, LC, Shows I don't watch, Team Heidi, The Hills, The Missus, West Oaks
Thursday, July 19, 2007
My name is Rob, I got a real funky concept
Jimmay! turned 40 this past weekend. I went to Austin for the drinking marathon festivities. He invited us to bring our MP3 players and let loose the hounds of nostalgia. Here's the playlist I made:
#1. Happy Birthday -- Altered Images - Listening to Altered Images is like eating a pixie stick.
#2. My Own Way -- Duran Duran - The most underrated Duran Duran song.
#3. Shakin' -- Eddie Money - Jimmy and I shared our secret shame one night while watching MTV. We both like Eddie Money. A big American car on a Friday night, the promise of the first sip of beer...
#4. Hold It Now, Hit It -- Beastie Boys - When they could sample anything. I miss those days.
#5. Shake Your Rump -- Beastie Boys - We must have listened to Paul's Boutique a million times.
#6. I Touch Roses -- Book of Love - A song you would have heard in The World in Austin in 1988.
#7. Black Celebration -- Depeche Mode - Best thing, it's actaully about Guinness.
#8. Panic -- The Smiths - I can remember screaming "hang the deejay" too late one night.
#9. Genius Of Love -- Tom Tom Club - Genius of a song.
#10. Blue Monday -- New Order - Substance was the first CD I owned.
#11. Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order - I remember dancing with the missus to this song about a million times.
#12. It Takes Two -- Rob Base - The "whoo" and the "yea" from this song mash up with just about any song in the world.
#13. Beats To The Rhyme -- Run-D.M.C. - The missus, Jimmy, and I are close friends of DMC.
#14. Run's House -- Run-D.M.C.
#15. Perfect Way -- Scritti Politti - This should be a throw-away song, but it's still one of my favorites.
#16. How Soon Is Now? -- The Smiths - Every club played this song once a night in the 80s.
#17. Stigmata -- Ministry - This song separates the men from the boys. In Austin, there would be these mainstream kids who would go out for a "New Wave" night and hit the alternative clubs where Jimmy and I lived. When this song came on, you could see that they were thinking that things had gone too far and they were over their heads.
#18. Up The Junction -- Squeeze - There's a Squeeze song for every occasion. This is Jimmy's favorite Squeeze song, in particular the line "begging's not my business."
#19. Up The Creek -- Glenn Tilbrook - It's a song about getting older and yet staying funky. And being stupid. I get it now.
#1. Happy Birthday -- Altered Images - Listening to Altered Images is like eating a pixie stick.
#2. My Own Way -- Duran Duran - The most underrated Duran Duran song.
#3. Shakin' -- Eddie Money - Jimmy and I shared our secret shame one night while watching MTV. We both like Eddie Money. A big American car on a Friday night, the promise of the first sip of beer...
#4. Hold It Now, Hit It -- Beastie Boys - When they could sample anything. I miss those days.
#5. Shake Your Rump -- Beastie Boys - We must have listened to Paul's Boutique a million times.
#6. I Touch Roses -- Book of Love - A song you would have heard in The World in Austin in 1988.
#7. Black Celebration -- Depeche Mode - Best thing, it's actaully about Guinness.
#8. Panic -- The Smiths - I can remember screaming "hang the deejay" too late one night.
#9. Genius Of Love -- Tom Tom Club - Genius of a song.
#10. Blue Monday -- New Order - Substance was the first CD I owned.
#11. Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order - I remember dancing with the missus to this song about a million times.
#12. It Takes Two -- Rob Base - The "whoo" and the "yea" from this song mash up with just about any song in the world.
#13. Beats To The Rhyme -- Run-D.M.C. - The missus, Jimmy, and I are close friends of DMC.
#14. Run's House -- Run-D.M.C.
#15. Perfect Way -- Scritti Politti - This should be a throw-away song, but it's still one of my favorites.
#16. How Soon Is Now? -- The Smiths - Every club played this song once a night in the 80s.
#17. Stigmata -- Ministry - This song separates the men from the boys. In Austin, there would be these mainstream kids who would go out for a "New Wave" night and hit the alternative clubs where Jimmy and I lived. When this song came on, you could see that they were thinking that things had gone too far and they were over their heads.
#18. Up The Junction -- Squeeze - There's a Squeeze song for every occasion. This is Jimmy's favorite Squeeze song, in particular the line "begging's not my business."
#19. Up The Creek -- Glenn Tilbrook - It's a song about getting older and yet staying funky. And being stupid. I get it now.
Labels: Jimmay, music, Squeeze, The Missus, Weirdness
