2 nights ago the "giant babies" that live upstairs had a huuuge fight.
first of all, we affectionately refer to them as "giant babies" because for most of the day
they sound like they are stumbling,bumbling, rumbiling through their house, resulting
in tiny little earthquakes in our apt.
this is of course, when they are not having their thursday night sub woofer parties.
Theory: sub-woofer is so named becuase it only really affects people who are living "sub"
to you. i.e. us. not sure about the "woofer" part though. I'll come up with something.

anyway, I digress. So usually we here them "enjoying" their relationship..which is creepy if you had already pictured them as giant babies. that's sick dude. you should be ashamed.
but two nights ago they aren't so much enjoying their relationship.
they are still screaming sure...but not in a good way. she's calling him all sorts of things,
"worthless","sit on your ass all day", "good for nothing", "you don't care about anything..our relationship, our life, our sexual life!" etc etc. He's yelling back. it's god awful.
The girl and I are lying there while they go at it upstairs, sort of like that scene in High Fidelity. and we can't sleep, cuz of all the notinagoodway yelling. so we're just lying there, listening.

girl:"I think it's cuz they got a tv in their bedroom"
me:"I think it's cuz he doesn't care about their relationship"
girl:"it's the tv, for sure..they didn't used to have a tv, and now they fight more"
me:"falling asleep to sportscenter could be fun"
girl:"....."
me:"I s'pose I could do that on the couch..should I leave right now..ok..."

So yesterday there was a MASSIVE boquet of flowers for the giantbabygirl who lives upstairs.
I'm guessing it's gonna go where the tv used to be.

Sold his soul to the devil...?
Jenna and Laura think so...

Wow. just heard this clip from Philadelphia's Power 99 DJ's Star and Buc Wild. It's a prank call made to an indian call center, where the dj ends up calling the operator a bitch and threatening to kill her. wow.
It's amazing to me that people find this even mildly amusing. Words fail. Of course stern action was taken:

the station ... had suspended the duo for one day, January 12. -- AAJA

Keep in mind these are the same guys that were fired for making fun of singer Aaliyah's death by playing sound effects of a place crash and a woman screaming. great job guys. that's great entertainment.

The best part is that the station insists that the big mistake was putting the clip online. a "big ol' mistake". The person who put the clip online has to undergo sensitivity training. what a buch of morons.

Inaugural comments:

gw just got announced, crowd going nuts

on nbc coverage they have some mike on that is some cop yelling at people..
"take a seat!". makes him sound like a heckler. The speaker is visibly uncomfortable as he announces one of many mezzo-sopranos.

apparently the vice president isn't allowed to speak. andrew johnson(...?) was all drunk at Lincoln's second inaugural and was all looking at the supreme court judges and saying shit about them. They should encourage this. More people would watch this 40 million affair.

apparenly the woman news reporter on nbc "had dinner with him..last year.." re: rehnquist, mike hastily turned off.

hassterrt suuuucks. he's messing up the vice presidential oath and cheney is just saying what it's supposed to be, not repeating what he is saying at all. what a douche.

they should TOTALLY let aschroft sing, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, why not? He's just sitting there. Itching to sing. What could be better. These people really don't know good tv.

rehnquist has a darth vader thing going on (apparently due to a tracheotomy).

aaahhh canons! take cover. those canon guys are so proud of themselves. "we get to use the canon! we get to use the canon!" dibs!

kerry is all F this noise. he's got seats in the 300 level way in the back. ok, not really. but he might as well be watching from a bar in boston, telling anyone who will listening that he had tickets to this one.

jenna bush is all "zzzzzzzzzz". when's the party?

pause for applause...no applause...uh oh...awkward clapping...leading into some applause. this after bush says that america's resolve will not waver.

obama = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz/looking at the ground, shamed.

Dennis Quaid?? One of the quaids in the audience. B-List celebrities galore. (Arnold is there too).

cowboy hats everwhere. Looks like someone was selling them outside the entrance.

Bush just mentioned the speech given on Mt.Sinai. And then invoked...The Kuran??? what the??

"even the unwanted have worth".....??? more awkward silence...uh oh...bush wants to talk..the voice in his ear says wait...more silence..scattered applause..

Crowd goes wild while some protester allegedly gets arrested and his giant "No War" sign is pulled down by the copses. Bush just talks louder. Unclear as to why crown is cheering when they aren't supposed to. so confused. speeches suck. he's probably going to need a vacation after this one.

Watching American Idol last night the one thing that struck me the most:
How much does Mark Mcgrath (either Sugar or Ray), look like Ethan Hawke (King Kong has got something/shit on him, allegedly).

NeuroPolitical Science:
interesting article (courtesy andy)...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/opinion/18freedman.html?ex=1107069193&ei=1&en=26c53bd96ca7fd49

It is sad that politics has basically become a game of allegiance. You are not allowed to think anything positive about the other side. They are evil and will work tirelessly to destroy your way of life. Leading us to swear allegiance and put on our allegiance blinders and ear muffs and refuse to accept anything against our "beliefs".

And yet, the majority of people want the same thing out of life.
The ability to do what they love, with people they love, food, shelter, health insurance, and a free ipod.

In the end...isn't all our blood a light shade of purple?

joey sez:
"Actually, your hook should be posting links to abandoned blogs. Double
points for ones that have as their last post a promise to post a lot
more often."

I'm on it.

So here's the thing about this blog.
Every good blog needs a hook. Something that it is about. Something that the author, in this case, me, is obsessed with. Something that I could write an essay or two about, that I could ramble on about, that I could wax poetic about, and produce scathing one line zingers about.
I don't have a hook.
I wish I was obsessed with something. like a particular D and D / Everquest character. Or one particular Design Pattern in programming. Or some actor/actress.

I need a hook. suggestions?

Listening to, and loving Ben Harper. Arguably the greatest songwriter of our generation.
and by that I mean he's really good.
and by songwriter I mean singer. and by our generation I mean this morning.
my point is that he is fantastic.

Chicago -- check out Hot Dougs. best hot dogs in town. I recommend the "Madonna". spicy hott.

Mouse Log Day 2:

The traps have been set. They are very very sensitive. The Moussasin almost snapped his fingers off 4 times as he set them up. might have had more to do with the fact that he was smelling a lot like a pub floor when he walked in.

the doctor came in,
stinking of gin,
and proceeded to lie on the table.

wow...this is freaky.
once you figure it out (courtesy matt), it's pretty clever.

If you live in Chicago check out this new Sketch Comedy Show. promises to be great.

After Cool Special
9 pm.
Every Thursday
The Lincoln Restaurant
4008 N. Lincoln Ave.

so apparently we have a mouse in our house...dr.seuss style..
I called the building manager..turns out he's some king of mouse assasin..a moussasin if you will. I told him my problem and he immediately goes: "ok..so you want glue or snap..one traps it and the other kills instantly". I awkwardly chose instant death.

apparenly mr.mouse has been eating healthy though. white flour and granola bars.
eat away...

also, interesting mouse-capade: http://www.dowingba.com/2004/04/04/cats-and-mice

UPDATE: so far 2 offers of cats on loan. hired, trained (innately) killers. this mouse doesn't know what he's in for.

Check it out ...the new me -- more vin diesel than jerry stackhouse..?
the girl loves it.