Sunday, July 29, 2012

A Weekend

A weekend being what a weekend should be, looks something like:


  • Get out of work on Friday at a relatively recent hour; propose last minute plans for Saturday that work out
  • Wake up sans alarm on Saturday early enough to run errands and hit the road at a decent hour
  • Talk to brother while running errands and not argue
  • Tossing football with the boys, trip to whole foods, trip to deli and wine store
  • Spicy sopresatta, cheese I cannot pronounce or spell and crackers as appetizers
  • Good Pale Ale
  • Good wine
  • Dinner on the grill
  • Lavainne cookies for dessert
  • White Russian for dessert part 2 while deciding next steps
  • Elks lodge for pool and ping pong
  • Remembering to drink water before bed
  • Brushing teeth in bathroom and laughing with two of my closet friends
  • Waking up CRAZY early on Sunday; hugs from cute kids; no emails from work
  • Toasted blueberry bagel with butter
  • I-78 with little traffic
  • Making 11:30 AM Mass without really even trying
  • Plans with self to run
  • Plans with self to see Dark Knight
  • Plans with self to relax
  • Olympics on in the background

Friday, July 27, 2012

Pros and Cons of Braces

Pros

  • will finally have straight teeth
  • get to visit smoking hot dentist every two weeks
  • curbing spontaneous snacking
Cons
  • while i have invisalign on the top, i will have brackets on the bottom; shit will look ridiculous
  • two-day headache to be expected every two weeks
  • not a dime of ortho covered by MetLife
I thought this entry would be a lot more interesting, but alas it is Friday.  My exhaustion overshadows my desire and ability to be interesting.  Still staring ... I've got nothing ... Posting... Damn. 

Age 16-21 Again

Considering the evidence:


  • Shopping without purpose or direction (retail and grocery)
  • Single without prospect, but definitely crushing on someone
  • Rushing home from work to change and rush out to the basketball court
  • Sporting freshly installed [invisaline] braces
  • Just purchased a Timex watch with changeable straps, wearing it with suits without second thought
  • Just got a driver's license and my first car; often talk about how fast I drive
  • Despise, mock, challenge authority; often regret taking said too far
  • Excited about what the future will hold
  • Read and enjoy ridiculous novels (writing ridiculous, but clearly don't really think my reading of choice is actually ridiculous)
  • Texting like crazy
  • Enjoying chess again and enjoying all word-based games
  • Have found ability to laugh again and laugh lots

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Scrolling Through the Channels

The following movies are on, I'm not kidding:

Life as We Know It
Sucker Punch
My Life Without Me
Horrible Bosses
Hatchet II
Priest
Art of War II: Betrayal
Boxing
Messages Deleted
The Other F Word

I think the universe is trying to tell me something.  Well, that, but also why am I paying for all of these channels.  TV sucks.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Last Call

One of my favorite excerpts - by Kanye West


Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?
It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him
Last year shoppin my demo, I was tryin' to shine
Every motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme
Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem
Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams
I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed
But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh
So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more
You niggaz wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more
You can't say shit to Kanye West no more

Rabbit Run

Paying tribute to one of my favorites - by Marshall Mather


Some days I just wanna up and call it quits
I feel like I'm surrounded by a wall of bricks
Every time I go to get up I just fall in pits
My life's like one great big ball of shit!
If I could, just put it all into all I spit
Instead of always trying swallow it
Instead of starin' at this wall and shit
While I sit writer's block , sick of all this shit
Can't , Call it Shit!
All I know is I'm about to hit the wall
If I ever have to see another one of Mom's alcoholic fits
This is it last straw
That's all, That's it
I ain't dealin' with another fuckin' politic
I'm like a skillet bubblin', until it filters up
I'm about to kill it, I can feel it buildin' up
Blow this building up, I've been sealed enough
My cup runneth over I done filled it up
The pen explodes and busts, ink spills my guts!
You think all I do is stand here and feel my nuts
Well.. Imma show you what, You gon' feel my rush
If you don't feel it, then it must be too real to touch
Build the dutch, I'm about to tear shit up
Goosebumps, Yea Imma make your hair sit up, Yea sit up
Imma tell you who I be, Imma make you hate me, Cause you ain't me
You wait , it ain't too late for you to finally see
What you close-minded fucks were too blind to see
Whoever finds me is gonna get a finder's fee
Out this world, ain't no one out their mind as me
You need peace of mind? Here's a piece of mine
All I need's a line, but Sometimes I don't always find the words to rhyme
To express how I'm really feeling at that time, Yes
Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes
It's just sometimes is always me
How dark can these hallways be
The clock strikes midnight
1, 2, then half passed 3
This half-assed rhyme, with this half-assed piece of paper
I'm desperate at my desk
If I could just get the rest of this shit off my chest, Again
Stuck in this slump, Can't think of nothing
Fuck, I'm stumped, Oh Wait Here comes something, nope!
It's not good enough, scribble it out
New pad, crinkle it up, and throw the shit out
I'm fizzling out, thought I figured it out
Ball's in my court but I'm scared to dribble it out
I'm afraid, but why am I afraid? Why am I a slave
To this Trade ? Cyanide I spit to the grave
Real enough to rile you up, Want me to flip it? I can rip it
any style you want. Imma switch hitter bitch Jimmy Smith ain't a quitter
Imma sit here till I get enough of me to finally hit a fucking boiling point
Put some oil in your joints, Flip the coin, Bitch come get destroyed
An MC's worst dream, I make them tensed, they hate me
See me and shake like a chain-link fence
By the looks of em you would swear that Jaws was coming
By the screams of them you would swear I'm sawing someone
By the way they runnin', you could swear that the law was coming
It's now or never, And tonight it's all or nothing
Momma, Jimmy keeps leaving on us, He said he'd be back
He pinky promised, I don't think he's honest
I'll be back baby, I just gotta beat this clock
Fuck this clock! Imma make them Eat this watch
Don't believe me Watch! Imma win this race
And Imma come back and rub my shit in your face, Bitch!
I found my niche, You gonna hear my voice
Till you're SICK of it you ain't gonna have a choice
If I gotta scream 'til I have half a lung
If I have half a chance, I'll grab it, Rabbit Run!

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Much Ado About Nothing

Go forward, reassess
Be blessed, be the best
If not there, then why rest?
Put the mind and body to the test
That's done, now what's next?
Perhaps something more complex?

And if you crash, it's not a wreck
Just get up and check your neck
Your the Captain - get back on deck
Keep it real, this ain't Star Trek
But be more than even you expect
And don't be restricted by a damn paycheck



Inspirational Movies

Felt like it was time for a positive entry, so wanted to share a list of movies that really get me going.
This blog is not entitled "best movies" or "favorite movies" or movies that I learned from.  That would include God Father and a whole different class of movies.  So let's not confuse that.  This is a list of movies, albiet incomplete, that really get me going.  They are movies that i'd watch again and again, and afterward feel like my life has taken one big positive step forward.  These movies have given me chills and made me want to go out and do better and be better.  I'll conclude with Jay-Z lyrics:


Young Carter, go farther, go further, go harder
Is that not why we came? And if not, then why bother?

Oh yeah, the list.....




Mona Lisa Smile
A League of their Own
Malcolm X
Aviator
Good Will Hunting
Rocky (all of them)
Pay It Forward
The Pursuit of Happiness
Sea Biscuit
Erin Brockovich
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Return of the Jedi
The Last Samurai
8 Mile
A Beautiful Mind
Best of the Best
Karate Kid (especially the new one)
Ali 
Lean On Me
Boomerang