I just saw two people walking down the street together. One person had on two belts. The other was showing their underwear.
I don’t understand fashion.
Happy Saturday!!
- J
Sharing is Caring
July 11, 2009 by JWhy I Haven’t Blogged in a Week
July 8, 2009 by JWell, first there’s this:
which was fun, but then there’s this during the day…
Yep, that’s seven inches of dead trees which comprise the work that has come to me since Monday.
Now, according to a recent statistic I made up, 92% of my blog entries are posted at work in the morning before I get started. So just for fun (and in the interest of productivity) I’m going to start “home blogging”.
The theory here is that at home my attitude will be different and thus affect my writing. The other theory is that when I’m not at work and if I’m not out doing other things, I’m probably in my papasan chair watching stand-up and not really inclined to move (much less create coherent sentences). So making a habit of this may require a slight adjustment in my blogational fortitude.
Come to think of it, my list of personal adjustments I want to make in life makes that pile of paper up there look like one of the players in the picture above it. I need to get to the gym more often, I need to bring lunch instead of buying it, I need to put more in savings, I need to keep up with friends, and the list goes on. It’s an aggravating list and I bet we all have one. I guess I’m just a basics kind of guy. Because I’ve got those covered – food, shelter, clothes. After that, everything else sort of congeals into some kind of adult bachelor meets 6 year old existence. ”I’ll pass on laundry tonight because there’s a new episode of House. Or perhaps I could go jogging. Oh wait, I could play Guitar Hero. Let’s see… Jogging = running and sweating. Guitar Hero = standing still and feeling like a rock star.” Not a tough decision, really.
Anywho, life is what it is and I’m enjoying most of it. I live in the greatest city in the world, I have amazing friends and family and, overall, God has been entirely too good to me.
Have a good’n,
- J
Thank You, Apple Care
July 2, 2009 by JI’ve had my Macbook Pro a year and one month (to the day). In that time I’ve had zero issues with its general operation. It’s a great machine that runs really well.
This past Thursday I was watching a DVD on it and decided to move to the DVD player on the television. The disk ejected with no problems. After the movie was over, I went back to my laptop to check my email only to find the computer had frozen. This has never happened, and the only option I had was to turn it off and reboot. I was only able to complete half of this process though, because it wouldn’t turn back on.
A Critical Critic Critique
June 30, 2009 by JHowdy gang,
Saturday morning I went to see Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen. I was anxious to see if it was worthy of the verbal crucifixion it’s been receiving from the critics.
I’m glad to say it’s exactly what it was billed as: Giant robots and explosions occasionally interrupted by close ups of Megan Fox. I didn’t go in expecting Dead Poets Society, so I was thoroughly entertained. Unlike most critics, I have a very hard time taking a movie based on a 1980’s toy line seriously. When these pompous movie critics talk about how shallow of a movie Transformers is, it makes me wonder if they also sit on their couches with their kids griping about the slow moving plots on Dora the Explorer.
In five days this movie made 201 meellion dollars*. Do you think this was because people wanted to see a powerful life changing movie full of heart and soul or do you think it was because they just wanted to see Optimus Prime beating the 
out of Megatron? Exactly. And what do you know, people got what they wanted. I call that a success for a summer action flick.
Y’all be good,
J
Also, special thanks to Jon over at Xonikz for the shiny new header. If you aren’t friends with any mad scientists creative geniuses yet, I highly recommend it.
Happy Tuesday!
* Sorry, I couldn’t think of a better Dr. Evil joke.
Tri Queens, It’s Great!
June 17, 2009 by JReason I love NYC # 1,137
Where’s Mr. Bean when you need him??
- J
Duty Vs. Expectation
June 9, 2009 by J“Do not confuse “duty” with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect. But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants “just a few minutes of your time, please–this won’t take long.” Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time–and squawk for more! So learn to say No–and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you. (This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don’t do it because it is “expected” of you.)”
Robert Heinlein – Time Enough for Love
My dad sent me this quote in an email years ago. It’s been on my mind a lot lately, so I decided to share.
Your thoughts?
- J
Catching Up
June 4, 2009 by JThe internet cries out into the night, “J!!! Where are you??” In the darkness nothing is heard but the faint sound of a cricket…
Well, here’s a recap since my last real post on May 6th…
May 7 – Hid under my desk from swine flu, because of a theory that it was the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Quickly discovered that stockpiling weapons and food in NYC is difficult.
May 9 – Ran away from New York to let the zombies have it. Went to Texas for a week where I won the Best Son Ever award by surprising my mom for Mother’s Day.
May 11 – Went fishing with my brother and a friend who came in from the Dallas area. Caught something that could be classified as a fish, but only because it had gills and fins. Of all the bass in that pond, I caught the one that probably gets picked last for fishy dodgeball.
May 16 – Returned to NYC to survey the damage. No zombies. Yet…
May 22 – Saw the new Star Trek movie. Mistook a fanboy for a zombie.
May 23 – Saw Terminator Salvation and Angels and Demons. Underwhelmed.
May 25 – Memorial Day. Met friends for a picnic in Prospect Park. Experienced direct sunlight on my legs for the first time in 2009. Apologized to many people.
May 28 – Met visiting Aunt and cousin for breakfast before work.
May 30 – Took Aunt, cousin and their relatives on a walking tour of Grand Central and Rockefeller Center. Birthday party in Harlem that evening.
June 4 – Posted 2 ridiculous blog entries, just to get past a month of writer’s block. Began drafting actual content for later posts.
- J
A Novel Idea
June 4, 2009 by JWhen/if I’m ever married, I’m going to write a book about bachelorhood and my love life. I think I’ll call it “Someone Peed in My Dating Pool”.
Think it’ll sell?
Still Here
May 6, 2009 by JHey everyone. Sorry for the virtual absence. I honestly just haven’t had a lot to say lately. I’m trying to live up to that old Abraham Lincoln quote, ”It’s better to be silent and be thought a fool than to post a blog entry and remove all doubt.”
Or something like that. This past weekend was a good one. I saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Saturday which was enjoyable. Not life changing or anything, but it was a nice start to the always anticipated summer movie season. Anybody else seen it and care to share your thoughts?
I also went to see Dane Cook on Sunday out in Long Island. Possibly more on this later…
In my down time (of which there hasn’t been much), I’ve been playing The Legend of Zelda – The Windwaker. This game was originally released for the Gamecube back in 2003 but I never got around to playing it. The cel-shaded animation style is totally different from the rest of the series (it’s frequently referred to as “the cartoon one”), but it works well and doesn’t take away from the challenge or the story.
So this isn’t much of an update, but it’s something I guess. Hopefully more to come soon.
Y’all have a good’n!
- J
It’s Medicinal!! I Swear!
April 16, 2009 by J
Where has THIS been all my life?
By combining nitrous oxide with video games, patients are now comfortably sedated and distracted during medical procedures…
Distraction, comfort and sedation?? Isn’t that all gamers want out of life anyway?
- J (suddenly wants to be an anesthesiologist when he grows up)
