Entries from December 2005

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Occupation: Drifter

It never occurred to me during all my time and effort searching for a job that I could make a career out of wandering; drifting if you will. But recently this occupation has fascinated me and so I have decided to take some steps down a new career path.
I guess I will have to [...]

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

The Potty Helpers

The bathroom in my office isn’t really in my office, it’s down the hall. It’s shared with the other offices on my floor and to keep hobos out, each office is given a key.
I’ve used the bathroom everyday I’ve worked (or almost everyday) at least once yet for some reason didn’t notice the hilarity [...]

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

If Santa Were a Millionaire

I was just thinking about what kinds of stuff I would have the gall to ask for this year if my parents were obscenely wealthy. I figured I’d share it with you all.Rickenbacker 4003 Bass Guitar, $1,079 – McCartney eventually switched to one of these bad boys in the late 60’s. Granted this [...]

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

TRY!

I can’t believe I haven’t posted about this yet, but better late than never.
At the end of November John Mayer’s newest album, TRY!, came out. It’s a live effort and it accredits all members of the group’s name: The John Mayer Trio. Steve Jordan is on drums and Pino Palladino is playing bass.
For [...]

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Elevators and the Steps to Take to Stop Using Them

Living in New York certainly has its ups and downs. No, really. You have to go up and down a lot. Apartment buildings, office, subway, train station, airport. I bet I spend more time moving on a vertical plane than I do otherwise. Moving up and down this much [...]

Friday, December 9th, 2005

Gravity – Nature’s Bully

Ever since rearing its ugly head around Sir Isaac Newton, Gravity has been a real pain in the ass. From assisting people with suicide to affecting yours truly’s ups in a basketball game Gravity rears its stupid ugly head, pissing people off time and again.
There I was, an intramural basketball game with the Turbo [...]

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Fear Factor: The Aftermath

If you watched Fear Factor last night then you saw my friend Angela compete with, and completely hose, 3 other teams of 2 and win $275 thousand dollars. What you may not know is what happened to the losers after filming.
My sources in Hollywood (which may or may not be Franklin at an old [...]

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

Vote for Penn State!

Make sure you go and vote for PSU’s game-winning play against Northwestern in Pontiac’s play of the…lightyear. I’m not sure about the exact title but I’d say that’s close enough.
VOTE NOW!