Sweeps Week Part 2: A mysterious disease

Go to Youtube.com and type in "oozinator", it's worth it.

Work was pretty easy yesterday. They ran out of money so there will be a little extra mail tonight.

I really enjoy my morning route. I also enjoy my cat, a glass of doctor pepper, and "Broken Boy Soldiers".

I got these Tic-Tacs at walgreens, they weren't very good, so I coated them with poison and gave them to Matthew. He seems to like them ok.

Let's see, what else. Oh yeah. I have fucking amnesia.

Maybe I should write the title after I blog, so the title is related to what I write about...

So the thing about this morning route is that I get home from work an hour or so before I would normally get out of bed. This leaves me with more time than I know what to do with. I think I'll watch a movie this morning. I still haven't watched Jarhead.

Work is going to suck tonight. It's the day after a holiday AND the end of the month. Yup. Screwed-town, population CMS.

My blog is so boring. That's it. I've decided that this week is sweeps week.

I killed a guy yesterday. I think I killed him. I hit him pretty hard in the back of the head with a baseball bat, and he wasn't moving when I left. Let me add that this "guy" was really an alien disguised as a guy, so it's not like I killed a person. But I think it's also important to note that this "alien" was on a mission of peace trying to unite his planet and ours, which would usher in an era of incredible prosperity for both planets, and bring technologies unimagined to the people of earth. I would also like to say, in my defense, that this alien was a total D-bag, and everyone at the Galactic Symposium for Peace and Unity knew it, I just did something about it. I'm pretty sure that the Phlum are going to cover for me though. They were hosting the gathering, and they're usually pretty good about keeping these sort of incidents on the down-low. If not, then earth and everyone on it is probably going to be destroyed by the Aigan Death Fleet. And if they do, I'll totally understand. It's not personal. They're just doing their job, which is to enforce the rules of the galaxy. And there are rules about killing amabassadors on missions of peace during a peaceful trade negotiation, the operative one in this case being, "don't kill them". So yeah... I guess we'll see how this one plays out.

I'm not really digging Empire at War.

Autobiographical Nonsense.

I think I overuse elipses (... , ... , ... , ...). It is my single flaw.

So me and Bucket (or Buchheit and I for those of you that enjoy formality {or Sir Matthew Haberdasher Buchheit and Myself, Captain Zany Mc Sweatertan for those of you that enjoy opiates}) went downtown tonight to listen to Renick's band.

Firstly, observations on the band. Although they songs were pretty good, they were quite formulaic: sing the verse, sing the chorus, jam for about 3 minutes, slow down, end song. They playedevery song this way. EVERY SONG. They played "Me and Julio down by the school yard". It was not as good as the original.

Secondly, observations on the evening:

1. Matt Buchheit is a good person to hang out with.
2. I saw a lot of people from highschool including but not limited to: Liesl Schoenberger, Matt Pobst, Nathan Legrand, Jen B, Jen Van G, Lara Slaten, and Jacob Roth.
3. Jacob Roth looks a lot like Kevin Smith, but Nathan Legrand looks exactly like Jason Lee as Banky Edwards.
4. If I liked beer, I'd probably like dark beer. Of the ones I tried tonight, I definately liked the darker.

Hanging around with my "peers" makes me very self concious. I was very over shod. I think Buchheit and I were the only guys there wearing shoes. Sandals defiantely were the order of the day.

Seeing bands play makes me wish I was better at playing guitar. I feel like I'm actually getting better, but I'm probably not. I need to practice more.

Still, it was a pretty fun night.

Beulah, Bishop Allen, The Islands, Danielson all rock pretty hard. The Raconteurs are ok.

I'm so tired

I went to see X-3 at midnight last night. I'm not sure about it yet. I'm definately going to see it again.

This week has been CRAZY! We got a new guy at work, Adam, after Mark quit. I didn't like Mark. I don't miss him. I do miss Stu. Both because he was really good at what he did, and when he was there we got done by 8 every night, and because he was just a really cool guy. He had a great laugh. Adam has a really bad fake laugh. I do too. I've been doing a morning route, which means that I'm pretty much back to old man hours during the week. I'm pretty much in bed by 10, 11 at the latest. I don't mind so much, cause most of my other friends have similar restrictive work schedules.

So as I said, I saw x-3 at midnight, I got home at like 230. I went to sleep at like 3, I woke up at 730. I have some napping to do.

The Pirate King

I won five bucks at poker last night. Jimmy won the first game, I won the second. I took Stu out both games, but the hand I won it on was quite amazing. I was up like three hundred on Jimmy. He goes all in (which is like 200) after the flop. I have a 5, 7 suited and am looking for a straight or a flush, but I follow him in anyway without much on the board. A five and an seven end up coming out which leaves me sitting pretty with two small pair, much to Jimmy and his pocket aces chagrin.
I got the complete series of The Lone Gunmen for my birthday, from Ben. For those who don't remember, The Lone Gunmen was a spin-off series of the X-files that focused on this group of guys and their whistle-blowing independent newspaper. It's really not as good as I remember it being when it aired on fox 6 or 7 years ago, but the pilot episode features a 737 being hijacked by "terrorists" and almost being flown into the World Trade Center in New York. That was kind of spooky.

The Da Vinci Code opens this weekend. I heard it sucks. I might go see it if I got nothing better to do.

Reflections on being elderly.

So I've been 22 for a day or so now. It doesn't feel any different from being 21. It's slightly different from being 20, but the differences are sublte enough to be negligible. I didn't really do much for my birthday. I had lunch with my family, hung out at Danny's for a bit, then went to work, came home, ate supper, played some Warcraft three for a bit, then went to bed. I tried to make it an early night cause I had to get up early this morning to do a morning route at work. I really have rather low expectations for my birthday. I'm not 13 anymore, so it's pretty much up to me to make my birthday whatever I want it to be. Turning 22 a week or so after I would've graduated from college, had I been trying hard sort of puts this getting older business into a harsher light. Kind of makes me realize that I've got 2 more years (at least) of college ahead of me. My goal now is to graduate by the time Pete, Steve and Josh do. Barring that, graduating before Katie, Lauren and Ali.

Holy crap it's thursday. Today is Stu's last day. We're supposed to play poker tonight after work to celebrate his departure. Real poker, for money, not rubber bands. I'm pretty stoked, even though i'm going to lose. I always lose. Stu is just too damn lucky and Jimmy is too damn good. Oh well, maybe with actual money on the line people will play more cautiously allowing me and my "Always Bluff" strategy to win the day.

This is a story about a boy named Sue.

I'm thinking about changing the name of this blog to Alan Weber:Ok Guy. I don't know... I'm thinking about it....


So I had this mp3 downloading service for a while. When I upgraded Winamp they gave me 50 free downloads. I got this live Johnny Cash album. It's pretty cool. He bleeps out his cuss words.

I saw Capote last night. It was ok. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was amazing, but he always is. The movie was actually pretty dull. It felt like it was building up to something but it never payed off. I was expecting a lot more from this film. Capote was one of my 3 for 25. The other 2 were Jarhead and Harry Potter 4. I'm pretty sure I like it. It does some stuff really well. It does some stuff rather poorly. Three's probably my favorite. It was a tough three to pick though. My alternates were Walk the Line, History of Violence and probably Elizabethtown... maybe something else. Yeah.. Hollywood video rocks. I've probably got 4 Bond movies there.

I need a new game. I've played the hell out of B for M E. I really kind of feel like playing a console game but my PS2 is still being a communist. I should have Bucket and Droid do what they did to Matthew's to mine. I haven't seen droibus for like a week. I wonder if he's grown another appendage or contracted some horrible disease or got a really bitchin tatt. This is a really wordy post. If'd I post more often I probably wouldn't have this problem.

Sleepytown

I slept till 10:30 this morning.

This week has been going by really slowly. I have done some stuff this week though. I bought "I am trying to break your heart", the movie about Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I made a new magic deck. I went to see MI:3. I've eaten some trail mix....


This weekend is mother's day. I don't know what to get my mom. I'm sure I'll think of something.

Return of the Slumber Pants

Ben's hours got cut back at the radio station. He's now working Saturdays. I don't know why they didn't just fire him. I feel bad for Ben, but hopefully he'll be able to find something that's a little more his style. Benjamin J. Essner isn't really a "Pure Country" kind of guy.

I'm also looking for another job, but more of the "in addition to the one I have" sort. I really should have been working two jobs this whole semester away from school, but if I start in on the "should-have's" there are ones far more relevant than that.

I did entertain thoughts of going to Bonnaroo, but they were thouroughly dashed upon the rocks of impossibility, crashing against the shore of Implausibalia, on the Sea of Probably Not Going to Happen when Jay announced that Saturday, June 17 would be the day Commercial Mail Services would be moving. This event is not only a rare chance to get some extra hours it's also (yippee!) mandatory for all employees!

And Kenny Rogers as himself...

I was slightly dissapointed with the Giants last night. I kind of wished they would've just played the older stuff. I mean Istanbul is amazing live, but Dr. Worm, New York City, Fingertips, Alphabet of Nations all songs I don't need to hear live anymore. They played some songs from their podcasts. Those were pretty fun, but the stuff they played from their new album that they aren't promoting and that isn't released yet was sort of boring. Even the one that they did with the Dust Brothers... kind of not amazing. Their banter was top notch... it was also Flans's birthday. Overall I'd give it a 7 out of 10.

I finished watching Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin. It was pretty cool. I reccomend any Michael Palin travel series that you can get your hands on. They are vastly entertaining.

Professional Poker Player

I was paid to play poker again tonight. It was looking like it was going to be hella early too... then the machine stopped working, except it didn't start working tonight. We just sat around and played cards for an hour.

The Giants tomorrow! Booooooo Yahhhhhhh. Dig it. I'm too tired to write more. I'm so lame/tired.

Unrelated Title

I got payed to play poker for an hour tonight. The printer for the machine stopped working correctly so Jimmy had to restart it, a process which takes anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes. We played some poker. I lost. Twice. Sentences. Without. Verbs.

I caught part "Beyond the Sea" after work tonight. My dad was watching it when I came home. My love for Kevin Spacey not withstanding, I thought this movie wasn't very good. It was more of a showcase of Mr. Spacey's considerable vocal/acting abilities. It was pretty weak compared to some of the other recent bio-pics about dead musicians.

So I got some free songs from e-music when I upgraded Winamp. I used 10 of them to download "Funeral" by Arcade Fire. What the Hell were we thinking me, Pete and Steve? This album pretty much rocks. I blame our collectively tepid reaction to a Mr. Sufjan Stevens, who's gentle pop masterpiece "Come on Feel The Illinoise" shut our minds to the sometimes gritty sounds of the Arcade Fire.

I'm torrenting some Big Train. I'm torrenting Michael Palin's first travel documentary. It's a very exciting time.

Two Movies

I watched 2 movies this weekend. I watched Life As A House on Saturday. It's not very good. Kevin Kline kicks ass in the movie. Hayden Christensen plays Anakin Skywalker circa Attack of the Clones with more swearing and drug abuse. Jena Malone is...well... she's in the movie.

I also saw Brick. Brick will kick your ass. It's amazing. See this movie. It's a murder mystery starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, TV's Tommy from Third Rock From the Sun.

I'm going to see the Giants on Saturday. Yippee!