Previously: :: Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys (Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegeta) :: She's Got The Look - Guttermouth (Covered With Ants) :: The Boys Are Back In Town (Cle - Happy Mondays (Greatest Hits) :: Jacqueline - Franz Ferdinand (Franz Ferdinand)
Top Five Winamp Favourites: 1. Darts Of Pleasure - Franz Ferdinand (28 times) 2. Mono - Courtney Love (23 times) 3. Drain The Blood - The Distillers (22 times) 4. Hit That - The Offspring (21 times) 5. Danger (High Voltage) - Electric Six with Jack White (19 times)
UPDATE! or I shall send a mini-ostrich to peck at your knees!
posted by anon on 2004-06-07
n is for neville who died of ennui, a is for anthony who rapidly went crazy with angst and bit his foot off posted by anon on 2004-05-28
my baaaaaaack hurts. the chiropractor said its cuase I make too much art....how do you make ice cream glow?
posted by anon on 2004-05-26
dear, bam I am a big fam of yours and i wish that you could see me i ave blonde hair and blue eyes i am very popular an i could be yours. posted by anon on 2004-05-17
What happens when you take selections from Harry Potter books and replace the word 'wand' with 'wang'? You give me the giggles, as it turns out, because apparently I am twelve years old. [ miscellaneous ][ comments (2) ]
Today is the first day back at work after a week of blissful vacation. Spirits.. being crushed.. will to go on.. fading... [ metajess ][ comments (0) ]
Further to yesterday's real estate advice, you simply cannot be seen in front of your new five million dollar apartment without this $10,000 handbag. Jeepers! [ miscellaneous ][ comments (0) ]
Are you tired of living amongst the plebs? Can you no longer take having to ride the elevator with the little people each day? I'd recommend buying this condo in the Richard Meier-designed, celeb-strewn Perry Street towers in New York -- only 2.5 million! (Includes doorman, security, and impromptu indoor pools.) I took a good look at the floorplan, and was initially confused as to why the kitchen was so tiny. Then it occurred to me: the kind of people who live here don't cook. In fact, half of them probably don't even eat.
Recently I realized a benefit of getting older: I can now start to call people in their early twenties "kid". Oh, how it rolls off my tongue, whether I'm being patronizing, demeaning, or merely amiable. I do so love it.
Of course, I'm starting to feel like I have to get my digs in at youth whenever possible. Last week I found myself in the depressing position of having to explain what Knight Rider was to a twenty year old. Seriously, what kind of godless generation doesn’t know about Knight Rider? I was almost pleading by the end: “C’mon! Kit, the talking car who wouldn't shut up? The best opening music ever? David freakin’ Hasselhoff?! Work with me here, kid!”
I can’t even stand to bring up Hawaii 5-0. It's just too much. (I never thought I'd end up being some kind of cultural ambassador for bad retro television, but here I am. "Gather around, children, while I tell you the tale of the clumsy man who moved in with two beautiful women and had many wacky misunderstandings...") [ metajess ][ comments (0) ]
I have slowly over the last week crept back towards being interested in politics and current events. I think I kind of overdosed on the constant covereage during the first heady days of the recent Iraq War, and let's face it: no matter what you believe, the news is full of death and torture and bureaucratic bullshit and it's pretty miserable stuff. (Yesterday CNN had the top part of their screen filled with stills from that horrible beheading, while the ticker at the bottom reported on an accusation of Boston students being raped and beaten by nuns. Jesus.)
I've also become fascinated with the role of the Internet in the war. Vietnam had television, while we've got websites and e-mail. They serve as a way for the world to share what might otherwise be censored information, for Iraqi citizens to publish their observations, for soldiers to talk about life on the ground, and, yes, for terrorists to disseminate their violent home movies. There is an unprecendented amount of information out there, much of it with little spin from any interest group. I guess I've realized that part of my responsibility as a world citizen is to try and educate myself on what is going on. Read, read, read. Read three, or ten, or twenty different versions of the same thing, and try and distill what you think about it. It's ugly, and brutal, and stupid, and sometimes it makes me want to run into the street and start shouting (I am indeed amongst the tens of millions of 'liberals' who take no joy from being proved right about the terrible loss of life and lack of firm conclusion in the occupation of Iraq), but sometimes all one silly Canadian woman can do in a mess like this is try to understand. [ politics ][ comments (2) ]
As soon as CBS announced last night that they were doing an online poll to find out which Survivor contestant should get a million dollars, I knew less scrupulous people would find a way to hack into the form and enable multiple votes. So, that being said, click here to vote (again and again and again) for Boston Rob! [ entertainment ][ comments (0) ]
The world has been an ugly, ugly place lately, and it only looks to get worse. It's enough to drive one to drink, which is kind of too bad because Vancouver is suffering from a beer shortage. Eeeek! Won't someone think of the livers?
Now might be a nice time to break free of Big Beer and try some microbrews, like those from Granville Island, Nelson, and The Official Beer of Pith, Sleemans. [ canadiana ][ comments (0) ]
Speaking of musical goobers, could Eminem please stop releasing such freaking catchy songs? Almost everything that comes out of this guy's mouth in interviews is amazingly offensive, and yet I cannot.. stop.. listening.. to his singles. Argh! [ entertainment ][ comments (0) ]
So, I was kinda thinking of getting back into serious weblog writing, but then I made the mistake of going out and buying Everquest (my first mmorpg). Now I spend my spare time babbling about 'powerleveling my paladin' and other incredibly goofy things. I'm sure I'll get over it soon.. how addicting can these games be? [ metajess ][ comments (2) ]
Dear Dad, How is Europe? You might want to know that Georgia Tech just scored a last minute basket to make it to the finals! I'll think of you and your GMT timezone when I'm watching the finals on Monday. Love, Jessica. [ metajess ][ comments (0) ]
I love April Fools -- it's non-denominational, doesn't involve expensive presents, and every language in the world understands making a public idiot of your friends and family. It's really the closest thing to a holiday online, and almost every site has a gag or two today. (Um, except for this one. Because I am lame.)
For those of you who were watching college basketball yesterday, you may have heard my father shouting when Georgia Tech beat Kansas in overtime. (According to my mother the whole world could hear him.)
Some days I think the Web is getting tired and stale, and other days I chance across something like Nunsploitation -- your online home for reviews of nun-related slasher and erotic movies. Thank you, crazy nun lovers, for reminding me just how amusing and a little concerning the Internet can be. [ oddities ][ comments (0) ]
I am a compulsive magazine reader. Culture, fashion, entertainment, politics, academics -- I love magazines. In fact, blogging appealed to me so much way back when because I used to read magazine articles and want to discuss them with someone.
Anyway, this is a cute idea: Reviewing Entertainment Weekly. This weblog goes painstakingly through every issue of EW and makes catty comments about pretty much everything. Also see: Fametracker's overview of things they hate about the magazine. (My opinion: Give Dalton Ross and Lisa Schwarzbaum raises, and I appear to be the sole member of the "Bring back Joel Stein" club. It's lonely being right.) [ entertainment ][ comments (0) ]
I'm pretty sure if Mr. Pith could appear on any reality show, he'd go mano-a-mano with The Donald and his Hair Weave of Doom. I, on the other hand, would definitely have to go old school evil on Survivor. No one ever suspects the nice girl with glasses. [ entertainment ][ comments (2) ]
Dear American News Pundits: leave off hockey. Yes, Canadians are renowned for being polite and humble, but that's just because people always meet us on dry land. On ice, we will slam you into the boards. I know you all probably don't understand -- basketball and baseball are pretty bloodless sports -- but hockey fans love seeing their team finesse the puck into the net AND throw their gloves on the ice and get into a rumble. Now blindsiding a player is bad form, even if it was part of an ongoing team grudge. But have you even seen the footage? It was a punch.. a really, really unlucky hockey punch. Anyway, perhaps you and your other American media cronies can stop acting all pious about violence in hockey (Rudi Bakhtiar, I am so talking to you) and go back to talking about your war, high-profile murder cases, and anti-Semetic hit movies.
For those of you who were watching college basketball yesterday, you may have heard my father shouting when 