Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The Department of the Interior at Work In Your Very Own Backyard, Also: Watch for Squirrels

See, the difference is that at Zion National Park you are actually IN the canyon. And that's the difference. Utah is only two hours away from Las Vegas! The more you know! Anyways, here are some pictures from Zion, which has absolutely nothing to do with Jerusalem, give or take some mountainomenclature.
























(the problem with me and a canyon is my selection of footwear, which was all I had by way of flats)

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

haha

SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

DEAR AMERICAN:

I NEED TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.

I AM MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD CRISIS THAT HAS CAUSED THE NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 800 BILLION DOLLARS US. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSFER, IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU.

I AM WORKING WITH MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY. AS A SENATOR, YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S. THIS TRANSACTIN IS 100% SAFE.

THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY. WE NEED A BLANK CHECK. WE NEED THE FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT DIRECTLY TRANSFER THESE FUNDS IN THE NAMES OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE. MY FAMILY LAWYER ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN SO THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED.

PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IRA AND COLLEGE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND THOSE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO WALLSTREETBAILOUT@TREASURY.GOV SO THAT WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR COMMISSION FOR THIS TRANSACTION. AFTER I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL RESPOND WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL BE USED TO PROTECT THE FUNDS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY MINISTER OF TREASURY PAULSON

oh, america.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

"Life is great after a hurricane when nothing really happened to your house"



I'm not sure what's more awful, hoarding the MREs or talking about it all over the internet. The blog doesn't exist anymore, which is too bad because she seems like a VERY INTERESTING PERSON.

Instead of an actual update, how about a smallish mix cd? How about that? I say YES, OK.



Download Your Mix Here

1. James - Ring the Bells
2. Arabian Prince - Innovative Life
3. Hot Chip - Wrestlers
4. Veda Hille - Lucklucky
5. Dr. Dog - The Old Days
6. Everything Absent or Distorted - Still Life With Machine Gun
7. Simon Bookish - Synchotron
8. T.I. - Swing Your Rag
9. Adam Ant - Prince Charming
10. Tindersticks - Can We Start Again
11. John Vanderslice - Me and My 424
12. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Let It Ride
13. Cousteau - The Last Good Day of the Year


I've been that sort of work-busy that just smashes the will to update right out of your soul. And also: Mario Kart.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

I don't mean to be one of those people who post news stories all over my blog, but I just found out that David Foster Wallace committed suicide, and this makes me sad. Full story on most news outlets, I'm not going to do the work for you.

Friday, September 05, 2008

Can you guys read this? Not just this sentence, I'm asking if the new layout is read-able.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Some blogging rules, in order to keep people interested:

1. Don't go long periods of time between posting entries.
2. Don't blog about your boring pursuits, such as new glasses or the fact that you are watching all the X-Files episodes in order.
3. Don't blog for the sole purpose of apologizing for your absence.

Oh hey guys, I have failed on all fronts. Did I mention I am watching all the X-Files episodes in order? I mean, that's not all I'm doing. I'm also doing the work-work of two, and being ensnared by the privacy filters of livejournal.com which is oh so tempting. Privacy and my built in network of inside joke-keepers. Livejournal is pretty awesome, once you've built up a neighborhood, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Oh yeah, the X-Files makes more sense when you watch it in order.

I guess I could make a joke about Sarah Palin, but it's too fucking easy.