Muttering and babbling
Wow... that was a crazy week. Still recovering from having a tooth pulled... Had a hectic week at work... Saw a new production of Hedwig & the Angry Inch... Had a bawdy Easter brunch as well. Whew.
This week's
Unconcious Mutterings.
- I'm waiting:: Matthew Sweet - "I've been waiting"
- Speak:: and Spell
- Roger...:: Dodger
- Knock knock:: Men at work - "Who can it be now?"
- Hybrid:: highbrow
- Can't believe my eyes:: So listen to your heart.
- Hooked:: Peter Hook
- Pontificate:: being in a brown study or a blue funk
- Slime:: You can't do that on television
- Unwelcome:: Bring the welcome mat in
How many years is it?
So often times, I'll get comments from members of my family to blog about certain things, or write about this wacky thing that happened, or that zany escapade. And while at the time they seemed hi-larious and funny, when it comes to writing them, it tends to fall flat. I get like that when people tell me to write something. It's like when people go up to comedians on the street and say
"Make me laugh." Well, now it's all out of context. Sometimes that's how I feel.
But really, this entry is not about me. It's about my
older sister (she knows why I added the emphasis). I have to say that I got a pretty good deal when I got her as a big sister - we get along, talk regularly, and are really good at driving each other crazy when we get together. So, Mona, this one is for you - Here's to a happy birthday!
p.s. - the pixies are in the mail.
This site is like online crack. I'm just loving typing in first names to see how trendy they are, have been, or never were. Go ahead try it out.
brain is otherwise melting from a hectic week. more details later.
Beware... Beware the Ides of March...
... Or some such thing. I'm a bit late. Yes. If you have questions about that, see my previous post on the Jurgaisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
Anyhow, it
was the Ides of March last Tuesday. The fateful day that the late Julius Caesar didn't listen to the fortune teller's words of forebodence, and went on into the Senate where his pal Brutus got all
Knots Landing on him, and stabbed him in the Portico (ouch!). For whatever reason, I always like to observer a moment of pause on the Ides of March for the late JC.
Totally unrelated to the Ides though, I had the latest Apple iPod shuffle commercial stuck in my head. It's a really catchy tune with great combo organs piping in... Kinda retro-sounding, yet kind of... um...
nowtro. So I search the Internet for ipod shuffle commercial; and find out that it's a song called
Jerk it out by the Caesars. Et tv Brvte? that's a crazy twist on things. So I figure buying that from the iTunes music store was the best possible way to celebrate the Ides of March.
Wired News: New Dr. Who Leaked on Purpose?
So this thought did cross my mind. What's the best way to generate a whole lotta buzz cheap for a relaunch of a classic tv show? Let your biggest fans take care of the PR. I'm not quite sure how [cough cough] but i managed to see the episode before it's aired (and it's not even been announced to air in the US yet), and I must say it's quite good. The story moved at a very fast pace, the effects were convincing, and the chemistry between the actors is spot-on.
A couple niggling things that bugged me was the incidental music was a little too close to the forefront; and the story wrapped up just a little too quickly and neatly. Even those complaints are trivial when looking at the larger scheme of things: DOCTOR WHO IS BACK IN PRODUCTION AFTER 16 YEARS IN LIMBO. Woo.
The Jurgaisenberg Uncertainty Principle
I believe my life is ruled by this.
It's mildly adapted from the better known Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle that basically states that it is not possible to know a particle's location and momentum precisely at any time because the act of measuring one affects the other.
The Jurgaisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that I can be totally aligned to the rest of the world in either time or space; but never both. Let me explain.
Either I can be punctual or in the right location. Often times, I am definitely in the right place... I would like to say I have a good sense of direction and spatial orientation (I kick butt at tetris) but I have a horrible sense of time passing... Rather, make that NO sense of time passing. Ten minutes, an hour, several weeks, really when it comes down to it, unless I'm actively thinking about it, the passage never even registers for me. Consequently I tend to be late or early to things a lot. I've managed to whittle my time management details down enough so that it's usually only a few minutes early or late that i get somewhere (sometimes to the consternation of people that I'm meeting). But in the last few weeks, I've noticed on several occasions that while I've managed to be pretty punctual to a number of events and meetings, I'm always slightly out of the space I should be in. For instance I kept walking into poles, potholes, or bumping into people. It's as though the universe is telling me I was supposed to be walking that path at a different time alltogether.
So if I make plans with you and I either showup uncomfortably early, or irritatingly late, please forgive. That may have saved me from getting hit by a bus. That, my friends, is the Jurgaisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Will I be late? Or will I be limping in pain?
The State of Cheese in Denmark
I often remark about growing up in Waukegan. I often grumble about having to drive up there to help out at my mom's house. This is all nothing new really. Since as long as I knew there were other places to live, I'd yearned to live anywhere but there. It's not that it's a bad town per se; I just think the place has been horribly managed for... well... as long as I can remember. It's pretty clear to see that that status isn't going to change any time soon.
My mom has mentioned that there's an election coming up. Currently the Mayor of the town was appointed after the then mayor had a heart attack and died. The current mayor was on the city council, and had worked in the Highschool as a Drivers Ed teacher and athletic
supporter director. The challenger to the incumbent was also a Drivers Ed teacher and
athletic supporter wrestling coach. Noticing a pattern here? This is the best and brightest that Waukegan has to offer?
The incumbent has recently made a big deal about luring a Wal-Mart to town as generating jobs and revenue. Uhm, does he know the Mal-Wart modus operandi? Cheap prices, cheap labor, cheap crap. I don't think enticing a Mal-Wart to your town is something to hang around your neck like a status symbol.
Meh. I'm quite glad that the way things are going, I'll never really need to go back to Waukegan again. Which is kinda sad... it really was a neat place to grow up - and there's a wealth of history there. But it's at the mercy of drivers ed teachers.
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