This Time

Ugh...still recovering from yesterday which ranked right up there on the Worst. Day. Ever. charts. My Flash class was a waste of time. My instructor sucked, he was just reading out of the book the entire time and basically teaching the program to himself during class. Not exactly a conducive learning environment. Because of his incompetence, class ran over by half an hour and I got to fight the 5 o'clock traffic on the way home.
But that's not why the day sucked. I finally heard back from an employment agency about a job that was available here and I did not get it. I was prepared to write an essay long rant about this but it's not worth the effort. It's just really frustrating because I can't honestly think of a job I'm more suited for. The founder of the company started out as a sportswriter for goodness sakes. *sigh*

So I will again revert to listing a few things that have cheered me up.

First is an email I received from Slatch (via his shiny new Gmail account) after mentioning him and the lovely and talented Rebecca Gates the other day:

I almost killed Rebecca Gates once. I was driving through Brattleborough, Vermont. It was pouring out. She walked directly in front of my car. I slammed on the brakes and missed her by like 2 feet. My girlfriend was like "Did we just almost kill the Spinanes chick?!?" True story.

It's funny only because it didn't happen.

Then today I was chatting with Unofficial information leafblower Correspondent Emily D and she made me realize why Sox fans are so fucking best:

[ilb]: did you check out that Ted Leo song "Me and Mia"? I can't stop listening to it. soooo good.
UilbCED: What?? A nomar song?? I have to hear it.

*cue big fucking smile on my face*

Nooooommaaaahhhhh. So best. Speaking of the Red Sizzle, when playing Oakland, they are so best.

TMac dropped out of the Olympics.

That assclown Damore (his blog SUCKS!!) scooped me with this awesome sea ray interview. Expect a full report from tonight's show on his site tomorrow. Nice one my friend. :) Oh, and for the record, Peabs does not have mono.

Attention ladies, the ever reliable Chromewaves.net is reporting that Seth Cohen will be Jimmy Olsen.

Did anyone else notice how as soon as Bush's approval ratings dropped periously low, that the gov't issued a "we might be attacked by terrorists at some point in the future but that's all we know" warning? Oh wait, of course someone noticed it!

What the fuck else am I supposed to do with my time? It's not like anyone wants to hire me. No, I'm not bitter. Yes I am.

Peep the Official site for Chucky P's next book entitled Stranger Than Fiction.

Chuck Palahniuk's world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. The pieces that comprise Stranger than Fiction, his first nonfiction collection, prove just how different, in ways both highly entertaining and deeply unsettling. Included are encounters with alternative culture heroes Marilyn Manson and Juliette Lewis; the peculiar wages of fame attendant on the big-budget film production of the movie Fight Club; life as an assembly-line drivetrain installer by day, hospice volunteer driver by night; the really peculiar lives of submariners; the really violent world (and mangled ears) of college wrestlers; the underground world of iron-pumping anabolic-steroid gobblers; the immensely upsetting circumstances of his father's murder and the trial of his killer. Each essay or vignette offers a unique facet of existence as lived in and/or observed by one of our most flagrantly daring and original literary talents.

Read an excerpt here.

Right now I'm putting on the finishing touches on next month's MP3 mix. One blast from the past that will be included is This Time from the INXS album Listen Like Thieves. I used to love this song in high school, but I don't think I've heard it since then. I found it on the iTunes Music Store after getting their weekly email and clicking around a bit. This is why online music stores are gonna be around for a long time. I still like going to the record store and walking out with a brand new CD, but for instant gratification, the iTMS is always there. Best of both worlds yo.

With all of my might,
With all of my might i do this.
It's a waste of my time to pursue this.