The streets of new york are exuberant tonight. tears. joy. laughter. relief. hope.
get ready, folks. the Restoration has just begun. The long fight still lies ahead.
Congratulations, President-Elect Barack Obama.
Moving a 200lb. tv has it’s pros and cons. the pro: you’re getting rid of a 200lb. television. The con: while moving said television down a set of stairs, it jumps into your chest. I now have a bruise the size of a dvd cover. The only downside is that i got the corner of the tv in the chest. i would have much preferred the front of the tv so that my bruise could read “sony” backwards. that would have been hot.
Covering the olympics, I’ve been watching a lot of tape delayed (boooooo, nbc. boooooo!) olympic coverage. I’ve also seen a lot of promos and filler footage. Those promos and fillers have something that sounds familier to the astute, campy-western-tv-show-watching viewer, NBC is using the theme music from The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Oh, that show brings back memories.
Horribly awesome that is!
Well, not completely awesome, but it does cause one to have a few more moments in the middle of the night to discover odd nuggets of tastiness like Dr. Horrible’s sing along blog featuring mr. neal patrick harris and nathon fillion (of flrefly fame). Written my joss whedon, it definitely put a smile on my face.
sharing is caring, folks. sharing is caring.
So the y! has been doing this live sets thing down in santa monica for a couple years now. I haven’t been paying too much attention to it, though. every now and then a band will show up that peaks my interest and i’ll catch a couple of the songs online, but that about it. to be honest, my interest in music has waned dramatically since leaving the dungeon.
anyway, getting back to the point, weezer performed recently and, well, they knocked the shit out of the park. Instead of giving just another concert, they invited the crowd to bring their instruments. here’s a taste of what ensued:
and here’s the behind the scenes action:
the final set list:
pork and beans
creep (radiohead cover)
island in the sun
automatic
jaimie
say it ain’t so
el scorcho
beverly hills
you can check it out in all its glory here.
Since the cat is mostly out of the bag by now, here’s a preview of the new place. Carmen threw a new coat of paint on it over the weekend and furniture will be slowly making its way through the doors over the next month.
My move in date is sometime around the end of august. Carmen has already abandoned her brooklyn domicile for the upgraded east village digs.
More before/after photos on carmen’s flickr stream.
Sorry to break the silence with a book keeping post. Got some new shoes over the last week. It’s been well over a year since i bought a new pair, but to be fair, i’ve been busted up during that time. anyway, decided to mix it up a little bit this time. I loved those trigon 4s, but went with a stability shoe for this round with the progrid guides. took them for a test spin this past weekend and they felt pretty gosh darn good.
I’ve been getting my ass handed to me in all sorts of ways over the past week. No day more prominent than yesterday in which 1) baray beat me in wii tennis, 2) baray beat me in the brain game, and 3) I proceeded to lose nine straight games of virtual tennis to dan83.
losing sucks.
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. While unshaken in my support because he is doing a lot of things right, i have to lay down the obama gear and hold the donations for a few months after he decided to back the new FISA bill. I know there has to be some angle in this, but i don’t see it. The dude taught constitutional law, he’s got to know this FISA bill is poo-poo on a stick.
Anyway, at least a few brave souls have stood up and intend to block this puppy . . . wow, did i just call Reid a brave soul? oh man.
Maybe the angle is he does this to look “strong” on national defense to the general population and rest assured knowing his fellow dems are going to make sure this doesn’t pass. Hmm . . . after thinking about that, I really don’t like that angle. It’s out of character and a bit too shady for the politics of hope. Also, this looking strong business ends up making him look stupid.
regardless, i’m at a double loss since pelosi is actually represents my district. ooph. so both my candidate and my rep have screwed the american people. i need to go make some phone calls.
Being a superhero ain’t easy. I can say this with some degree of confidence.
First, there’s the whole decision to become a superhero. The long hours, always being on call. Crime never sleeps, blah blah blah.
Once the decision is made, you have to get the superhero body, and apparently even old dudes are pretty ripped. This part takes the longest so getting started early is recommended.
Then, there are the duds. Unfortunately unlike people, not all long underwear are created equal. Apparently most or made for fat men with short torsos, no wrists, and long pinkies. Also, if you get the wrong stuff, your girlfriend with high standards will just laugh at you and say things like, “that’s the scariest looking mask i’ve ever seen.” Luckily, there are ways around that when you live in a city. Namely, go straight to the rental store. And when you go to the rental store, go there in a car. It doesn’t help your secret identity or your self image when you’re waiting at a muni stop with your garb in a dry cleaning bag.
Next, there’s pleasing the public. There are all sorts of aspects to this one. The public is a strange beast. Sometimes they run away from you. Sometimes they embrace you. Sometimes they ask you to do crazy things like crawl up the side of a wall. Mostly, though, they want to go hang out with cinderella. And, y’know, you just have to do the best you can. Saddle up and say, “hi, im’ really friendly. there’s no need to be scared. I’m a superhero.” Or, “You know, i only do that wall crawling thing when there are bad guys around.”
Finally, you have to look good when people are trying to take pictures of you. This might be the hardest part of the entire job. I mean, it’s like you need to be aware of every body position you make because the last thing you want is to be caught on camera slouching. That would just totally ruin your superhero street cred.
But, in the end it’s worth it. You put the effort in (no drinking, see superhero body above), make the sacrifices (hey, pride, get back here this instant!), and make sure you come through for people that matter.
