Monday, December 15, 2003

 
(stupid ring)

last night i was sick, as i have been a lot lately, and i wasn't sleeping well due to the fact that i couldn't breathe through one of my nostrils. anyhow, somehow this got incorporated into my dreams. i couldn't figure out why my nose wasn't draining. i was lying on the right side, i had my hand on the correct pressure point, why wouldn't the damn thing clear up? then i realized why... we hadn't won the battle. there was still a fight to be won and possibly even a war. "of course!" i thought to myself "that makes so much sense!!"

it doesn't make any sense. it just tells me that i shouldn't watch lord of the rings before bed anymore.
posted by the 'naut 6:00 PM

Monday, December 01, 2003

 
(a laffy taffy joke)

q: how do you fix a monkey?



a: with a monkey wrench.

hahahahahahaha. god i love laffy taffy.
posted by the 'naut 11:22 AM

Tuesday, November 25, 2003

 
(magic of 8)

so i've noticed something. my favorite songs always seem to be number 8. even on mix cds. now i wouldn't bet my life, or any amount of money, that the 8th track is always my favorite, but more often than not it is. and it's a little weird. i think it's my lucky number.
posted by the 'naut 11:02 AM

Monday, November 24, 2003

 
(traffic sucks)

made a trip to phoenix this weekend. spur of the moment type trip. didn't even give my friend i stayed with much of a heads up. left on friday at 3:30pm. didn't go over 30mph until 7pm. got in at 12am. whoo. fun. here's some things i discovered:

1. nissan maximas have the most annoying brake lights--round and really bright--obnoxious as hell.
2. i can scream at the top of my lungs and no one can hear me...if the windows are up.
3. horton's cat is vicious. and i have the wounds to prove it.
4. when punching a hole in a shower curtain be careful not to hold your finger near the scissors.
5. chandler, arizona is a nice town with a different class of people. did i say class? i meant breed.
6. there's a bar with more cowboys than i've ever seen in my life. like real life, scary ones. bar brawls, wranglers, and lots of bud light. it made me euphorically happy. plus it was the first time i've felt better than someone and not felt bad.
7. people from south dakota can go two weeks without seeing a black person.
8. a drunk person is more likely to get back on the bull than a sober one. four times more likely.
9. little blue can go 100 miles per hour without breaking.
10. driving back from az is a lot faster than driving to it.
11. california really is pretty.

it was a good trip. just what i needed. i'm glad i went.
posted by the 'naut 2:48 PM

Friday, November 14, 2003

 
(britney)

did anyone watch the diane sawyer special with the wondermus brit? diane was mean. like really wicked. she made my best friend cry. okay, it was a little funny when ms. spears turned to the camera, pointed at her head and through her tears said "strong britney". haha.

i had to leave half way through the interview, which i have to admit i was kind of bummed about. diane was just hitting the iceberg with the little pop princess. anyway, if you did happen to see it, can you tell me what really happened between her and justin?
posted by the 'naut 5:38 PM

 
(afterthought)

alright. i was being a little dramatic. and no one will probably even notice, so i don't know what i'm flipping out about. but it does make you realize how little attention people pay to you. the ones that comment, you know they really look at you when you're talking. or have noticed you. like really noticed. not just dismissed you as somebody else walking down the hall or making copies or eating lunch.

the people that have noticed the cut:
ashley
the girls in my office (the ones i work with closely everyday)
the two gay guys in my office
the guy i had lunch with yesterday (whom i told i was thinking of chopping the locks)

posted by the 'naut 5:33 PM

 
(haircut)

IT'S ALL GONE!!! ayyyhhhhh!!!!
posted by the 'naut 5:25 PM

Wednesday, November 05, 2003

 
(this weekend was...)

...one of the best weekends of 2003. by far. i was so pleased with this weekend that i'm barely even phased by the departure of someone special and the breakup (over email) that i "just had to do". there was no one thing* that made this last friday, saturday and sunday (& monday too) great, it just was.

halloween was fun and for the first time in a long while i felt like i had a decent costume. even though i only had to purchase one item for it. guess that's a plus. thanks also for all of the "best costume" votes everyone. makes me feel special. ken's was low key and nice. venice was weird and i was not nearly drunk enough to be at the party we were at. then venice was dark. i thought rolling black outs were so last year. maybe not.

saturday was relaxed. coffee, beer, burger, basketball, raf, book, bed. all good things.

sunday was definitely the highlight. i went to the santa monica farmers market with lauren and charles and the gang. played with kai on the playground at the beach. (side note: so not ready for a kid, especially one that likes to go up and down slides--constantly) then we had a beer and appetizers at a very quaint spot on main street. after that we headed to lol's for dinner and wine. i really love when the hardman/burns' cook. it's like a little slice of heaven. bowling followed, where i might add, i bowled a 160 and a 134. holy shit! i know that's what you're thinking. and i'll take any of you any day. busby's was the last stop on our sunday adventure where we played pool and i did not score a 160. and not because it's not possible to "score" in pool but because i was not allowed to play. it was a big boys game. it was okay. i had my stella to keep me company.

i'm not really going to talk about the rest. i'm a bit bored* and well, the rest, you just wouldn't be interested in. so that was my weekend. and if i could give an award or just have an instant replay, i would in a heartbeat. poor me--i've tasted the best and now it's gone.

*i might be lying a little. or a lot.
posted by the 'naut 4:47 PM

Friday, October 31, 2003

 
(ps)

on a lighter note...it's totally halloween.

have a happy and a safe one. and if i'm gonna see you tonight, prepare to be blown away.

dun dun dun...
posted by the 'naut 3:24 PM

 
(finished)

i'm through with dating. no more. i've decided that i don't like it.

"but you're so young" you say.

yah yah, blah blah. that's a load of hooey. yes, i may be young but that doesn't mean that i have to love the mindless stupid ins and outs of dating. i think it's a waste.

some people say that you know if it's going to work with someone within the first five minutes. others say not so. i believe that you never know. at least i feel like i never know. i can know a guy ten minutes or three years and still think "it could work...i could make it work". and i guess that's true if i'm willing to be with someone who i'm not attracted to or who doesn't seem to like my friends or who tells me to "calm down". but i'm not. right?

i think my problem is that i am not truly honest with myself. i don't want to give up the "amazing guy" for a reason i see as petty. when in actuality, it is the one thing that would completely ruin the relationship. so i guess what i'm saying is that i do know when it's not going to work out with someone, i'm just too much of a pussy to face up and let go...or let someone down. once i man up and figure out how to do this, i think i'll be much happier. and i may even consider dating again.

(although i've never really liked it anyway and may try to find a way around the whole damn thing.)
posted by the 'naut 3:11 PM

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

 
(they're baa-aack)

so basketball is back. which means the mavericks are back. which means that i am happy once again.

even though we lost to the kobe-less lakers last night. damn kryptonite.
posted by the 'naut 11:07 AM

 
(i have a big mouth)

you know when you drink a lot and the next day things that you said the night before slowly come back to you? well, i'm having one of those moments. maybe i should just stop drinking and avoid this post-drunk anxiety fun...

at least until friday. cause, party, hello?
posted by the 'naut 10:38 AM

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

 
(sadness)

i just read on ken's blog (because i don't watch/read/listen to the news) that elliott smith committed suicide last night. this is overwhelmingly sad for me. i don't know what it was like when kurt cobain died, but i've read about it and heard about it and i understand that this is nothing like that. but maybe a little?

i want to call everyone i know. but i can't get a hold of my brother and i never seem to catch blacker and i no longer speak to the one guy that i know absolutely loved him. and now, i can't seem to think of many more who would even care to discuss it.

so, i guess i'll read the articles (that tell me nothing). think about what a great artist he was. go home. and listen to either/or.

by the way harvard--thanks for being my oneandonly commiseratee/er.
posted by the 'naut 1:27 PM

Monday, October 20, 2003

 
(helpplease)

every year i try to nip this halloween thing in the bud. get my costume all picked out, any accessories/props chosen. yet every year i end up costumeless and clueless. so...why don't you people tell me what to be this year. we have 11 days to crack this. (and if you can think of an inexpensive way for me to be "the bride" from kill bill i'd really appreciate it.)

ready? go.

posted by the 'naut 2:20 PM

Thursday, October 09, 2003

 
(thank you)

just wanted to give a shout out to the best brother in the world. mine. thank you matt for bringing me orange juice and dayquil and nyquil and soup and a trashy magazine. all things to help me feel better. and guess what...

i do. you rock.
posted by the 'naut 1:28 PM

 
(i asked him..)

..what he was doing this weekend but he didn't answer. maybe he didn't hear. i didn't want to push it so i shut up.

i think that i decided this morning that if he doesn't call me again, that i would be okay with that. which is a huge breakthrough for me being as usually if i go out with a guy and we get along and there's a really great kiss goodnight---i would freak out if he didn't call.

of course i think that i'm being a little rash with this decision seeing as it's only been a day since we went out.

what's the rule on calling after a date anyhow?

posted by the 'naut 10:24 AM

Friday, October 03, 2003

 
(stupid dream)

had a dream last night. i was attacked by birds. but it was kind of my fault. wait a second...no it wasn't! i was just trying to feed them. what the hell?

and they were vicious too. swooping at my hands and my head. at one point i just chucked the bag of seed and watched them violently peck at the ground it lay on and then fly off with the entire bag. greedy bastards.

this is what the dream website had to say:
Attack
To dream that you are being attacked by an animal, is a warning to be careful with those around you. Take notice on who you know in your waking life that shares and exhibits the same qualities of the animal that attacked you in your dream.

so all you bird like people...stay away.
posted by the 'naut 1:11 PM

Friday, September 26, 2003

 
(happy new year)

it's friday. my desk calendar says "Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown". this is exciting. for jews. not for me because i am not jewish. but...it is exciting that i might get to leave work early. go home. take a nap. rest up for the "big friday night".

i'm quite bored. quite. how early is too early to ask to go home? i don't want to seem like i don't have anything to do. although, i don't.

it's 1:03pm. i think that i will ask to leave at 2:03pm. one more hour of pretend work. i think i can handle that.

if you can hear me out there...email me!!
posted by the 'naut 12:49 PM

Thursday, September 25, 2003

 
(love)

is it wrong that i am now in love, in love, with bill murray? well i don't really care if it's wrong or not. he's freaking brilliant. and little scarlett's not bad herself. and bravo sofia. i want to hate you, i do. mostly on principle, but i don't think i can.

thanks for making me feel. it was nice.
posted by the 'naut 12:32 PM

 
(oops)

i did something naughty. and i blame friendster. i found somebody that i probably shouldn’t have. somebody that i’ve been curious about ever since i never called him back last summer. someone who probably won’t take much of an interest in me now—just like he didn’t back then. my bad.

he’s already emailed. he wants me to call. i think i’m going to.

i obviously have no will power. shit.

posted by the 'naut 12:22 PM

Thursday, August 21, 2003

 
so there's this place in laguna beach where you can go watch men dress up like women and lipsync and dance around for money. it's called the boom boom room. and there's no fear of being fondled as you push your way through the crowd and the women's restroom lines are wonderfully short. it's quite strange. these men don't look like men dressed in drag. nor do they look like women. but funn-ny. and very amusing.

after that we dance.

then we go to the bar down the street. the "cool one with the reggae band". they only charge us three dollars for five girls due to some sweet talking from the other ladies (that's not my thing). turns out we should have charged them to let us in. stupid bar. no music. old men. and a creepy, but sweet, santa claus looking bartender. one girl strays and ends up playing foos ball with some semi-decent looking guys. turns out, they are decent. but in that really scary rich boy way. we follow them to their house in the hills (fyi: i am sober, enough, and am completely aware of what we're doing). they have.....the house. you know, the one from the movies with the view and the huge, completely stocked stainless steel frige and the two mercedes in the garage and the plasma screen tv hanging on the wall. yeah, that house. after several failed attempts by the boy with glasses to "bust a move" with any of the "charismatic ladies" (he used it on all of us), a hit for some, and two bottles of water for others (me), we leave. thank god.

"how do we get out of here?" me to the decent looking one. big eyes. buggy but kinda nice.
"straight. then left all the way to PCH."
"okay i can handle that."
place an awkward semi-kiss here.
"um. am i ever gonna see you again?" obviously the girl
"probably not." obviously the boy
"yeah, i gotta go."

it's called naive, ladies and gentlemen. it's thinking that the sorta-cute boy that you've been chatting on and off with who's obviously way more into your cute dancer friend (she did wear a tube top-boys love that) would actually want to see you again. that you would ever, ever drive back out to laguna beach to go on a date, much less every weekend to see this boy. that when you became totally sober you would still even like this guy. please. i'm not dumb. but for that moment, i was.

on the drive home there was laughter about what a freak glasses boy was and what a wannabe player bugeyes was. we kept the music loud til long beach. dropped the chicks, and began our still long drive home with the counting crows.

4 am is no one's bedtime. especially mine. but for a little boom boom and laughs, i give in this once.
posted by the 'naut 5:53 PM

Sunday, August 03, 2003

 
matt says i have to start writing more on this thing. so you people can start lookinga t it and using the handy dandy comment system he just installed for me for no apparent reason other than that he loves me and was bored on sunday morning.

so here goes...
posted by the 'naut 1:13 PM

Friday, June 06, 2003

 
per-dik-a-mint

i'm bored. i want to go home early, but still get paid for the eight hours. how do i swing that?
posted by the 'naut 2:39 PM

 
friday

i'm sitting at my computer trying to think of things to look at while on the internet. it's distressing b/c i know that there's a million and one things that i have thought "oh, i should look that up sometime when i'm sitting in front of a computer with absolutely nothing to do." and then when i get to that point, i can't remember anything. so i look at matt's blog, then blacker's, then ben's and chris'. i sometimes will look at brittney the stranger's. then i go back to matt's. i could buy things. i need a swimsuit for my end of june tubing trip. but that's really no good. buying a bathing suit online. i'm not crazy.




posted by the 'naut 2:38 PM

Friday, May 30, 2003

 
shitgoddammitmotherfucker.

i hate the spurs.

posted by the 'naut 2:13 PM

Friday, May 23, 2003

 
there's a party a comin'.
rock, rock, rock the house.
whoo.
posted by the 'naut 2:53 PM

 
is this font smaller?
posted by the 'naut 2:07 AM

Tuesday, May 20, 2003

 
matt's birthday list...published!

just for reference:

afluffy officer chair from staples, like for sitting at a computer.
something with cushion.

a scanner for my computer. i think they're cheap

really good coffee grounds
mp3 player
mix cds
buffy stuff
free help on my web design if they know anything about that
cd burner
little web cam
digital camera
books (i have an amazon wishlist too)
cool toys
dvds
matrix ps2 game
animatrix dvd
posted by the 'naut 11:25 AM

Friday, May 16, 2003

 
i'm pretty new to the idea of friends of roommates whom i don't know staying at the house. so i was just wondering... is it inappropriate to wear a towel around the house?
posted by the 'naut 11:10 AM

 
sometimes i hate being so smart.

you ever get it in your head that you've taught the world something that they probably already knew? yeah, well, i really think i have. see, i've been driving to work this week (i usually take the bus) because of the playoffs. i drive from century city to silverlake to watch the games. at 5pm. fun, huh? anyhow--as some may know, on the roads of los angeles there is a third lane. this third lane is generally used for parking. but between the hours of 7am-9am and 4pm-7pm it is reserved for driving. i suspect this is an attempt to lessen the traffic, make life a little easier for all the idiot drivers. i often find that i am the only one who utilizes this lane. like i'm the only one who knows about it. like it's my own private road. and when i'm in it, i feel much like a car commercial, flying past all of the unaware suckers, throwing my head back with laughter. i love this third lane.

okay, let me get to what i've taught los angeles in the past week. i, apparently, have taught los angeles about this third lane. until this week they have been blind to the wonders of "the third lane". but now, now that little blue and i have opened their eyes, they're all in my lane.

get out!! give it back!! it's mine!
posted by the 'naut 10:14 AM

 
holy ginobili! go spurs!!
posted by the 'naut 9:17 AM

 
reflection sucks.

a chapter of my life closed wednesday night. i grew up with these kids and now they've moved on, left me. i have only memories now. i shared some of the best and worst times with them. they taught me so much. goodbye joey, pacey, jack and jen. farewell dawson.

i'm sad.
posted by the 'naut 9:13 AM