Inside The Perimeter

Rain has fallen and there will be no whining like yesterday’s steaming pile of dung. Today it cannot rain on people’s parade, but it can rain on those standing in line to purchase an iPhone. I sure hope them iPhones are waterproof, or at least water resistant.

You are probably now wondering to yourself

Hey Paulie, you’re an amazingly hip, attractive man with gobs of cash on hand which can easily be transformed into the current “Coolest Phone of the Millennium — the iPhone”. Why are you not out at a conveniently located Apple store or Company-owned AT&T store waiting in line with the masses? Have you hired a homeless person or illegal immigrant to stand in line for you until the iPhones go on sale?

To which I reply

You are correct on many levels Timmy (which is what I would call you regardless of your actual name) except that Paulie rarely buys “version 1.0″ of hardware and since locking into a two-year Cingular / AT&T commitment when getting the BlackJack back in December has no desire to switch to such an unproven commodity. And besides, how would one convey ‘iPhone’ in Mexican? Certainly there has been no translation made available and when I stopped to pick up a day-laborer on my way in to the office he had no idea about what I described. No, I shall wait… for I have the patience of a saint.

Correction From Yesterday’s Blog
In yesterday’s blog I made this bold statement

… Dinosaur Jr. — “Almost Ready” (J. Mascis if a fucking guitar genius)

Apparently, while Mascis is a great guitarist he is no match for comedian David Cross. Check out the awesomeness of the J. Mascis v. David Cross face-off in Guitar Hero II.

ITP Flickr Pic
Check out the Jackmobile, now adorned with YakRack v2.5 which is pimped out with stickers.

This weekend, perhaps even today, I think that I will be adding a second tray to the YakRack so that it doesn’t look so pathetic. When I am seen driving down the road I want the YakRack to have two trays so that it can convey the message “I’m available and I’ll let you get on top if you want, baby.” Timmy, do you think that that is wrong?

Third Place May Be Second Loser But It’s Still Worth $20
Meet The Hashers reformed, with a few additional brains (Little Easy and Dunkin’ HoNuts), last night at Raging Burrito in Decatur.

The Gods were nervous and they tried everything, including dropping water from the sky, in order to knock us off our game. We were too smart for them as we nabbed the only outdoor tables which were covered by a roof. As it turned out we should have saved some of those smarts for a few of the questions as we limped toward the game’s finish line in third place.

Look Ma! I’ll Soon Be Turning Fifty!
Beers. Not years. Why you gotta be like that Timmy?

Last night I inched two beers closer to fifty, taking my current Taco Mac count to forty-nine.

Knowing that I would be headed to trivia later in the evening I played it safe by following the time-tested drinking rhyme

Something old
Something new
Keep it all amber
Just like your poo

The “old” was an Abita Amber Ale. The “new” was a (Stevens) Point Amber Ale. The rest of the rhyme is left up to the reader to solve.

Sunday Is Canada Day
Oooooh!!! Yeaaaaah!!!

However, you should remember that since we are currently in a drought and under watering restrictions you may only bag one Canadian on Sunday. Admit it Timmy, if you go out and bag more than one Canadian on a given day you are really too much of a whore anyway, so just settle down already.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - twisted (all this nonsense from a drug-free brain to boot!)
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Wilco — “Hate It Here” (Wilco doing there best Beatles impersonation)
Website Of The Day - Sometimes Nature calls when you are nowhere near your favorite commode. What to do? Whip out your fancy new iPhone and point its web browser at MizPee to find the closest place that has acceptable facilities. That’s what you do. Just keep the iPhone in your pants while you do your “business”, okay? Thanks.
Exercise (b)Log - I couldn’t have been lazier if I tried, and I tried hard.
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

The Big “D” is not just in Texas these days.

Let’s see how I am doing on The Quiz
- sad? Check
- tired often? Check
- shows little interest in activities that were once enjoyed? Check
- spends a lot of time alone? Check

I think that I need go no further.

My life right now is like that of a hamster that runs around on a wheel going nowhere. Check that. If I was that hamster at least I’d be in great shape. No, my life is more like the hamster who sits in the corner cramming wood chips into his mouth for no apparent reason.

Being the type of person who believes that medication is meant for hangovers, diarrhea, or allergies, I’m not about to run out to get the latest happy pill being marketed on the tv. I’ve had fits of depression in the past, and this too will pass.

Want To Guess If I Chose The Polyphonic Spree Over Staying Home Alone?
Fear not, it’s not a sucker’s bet. I just couldn’t mind the thought of being around a bunch of other people last night; that is also the reason that I didn’t swing by George’s either.

I worked until 6pm, hit my favorite “local” Chinese buffet on the way home (fucking kick-ass hot Hunan Chicken was great!), and then returned to Paulie’s House of Bikram Yoga where I caught up on my Daily Shows and watched last night’s Top Chef (as a side-note spoiler I was saddened to see Micah get ousted because she fondly reminded me of one my ex-girlfriends) before dropping off to Sleepyland.

ITP Flickr Pic
As night falls reddish light is cast upon my iMac.

This is my creative hub. This is where I wish I spent more time.

Reversed Engineering
Last night I wanted a beer. Not just any beer, but one of the beers that I had in the basement refrigerator behind the bar. Who was I to deprive a depressed man such a simple wish?

As I went behind the bar I saw something that horrified all of my senses. Apparently when I made the same trip the previous night my attempt to close the refrigerator door completely failed and went unnoticed. Thus the refrigerator door had been completely open all night and day and the beer inside was far from cold. Rats!

I also learned that it is impossible to expect a small refrigerator to replace a house’s air conditioning unit. Although that might explain why the house was a little cooler when I returned from work…

Here’s Something Else I Didn’t Expect
I received an email from Netflix alerting me that they are lowering the price of my subscription. That’s right, I said lowering!

How they knew that I was seriously considering kicking them to the curb (due to my own non-use of their services), I will never know.

Who’s up for a Weekend at Bernie’s marathon?

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
- Today my new lens is to arrive (although admittedly not the one I wanted to buy)
- Tomorrow is Friday
- Sunday is Canada Day
- Sunday also marks the beginning of my birth month (can you say “birthday gift”? I knew you could)

I am sure that there are more reasons, but I need to get to work

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - if you haven’t figured it out by now then you haven’t been reading
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Dinosaur Jr. — “Almost Ready” (J. Mascis if a fucking guitar genius)
Website Of The Day - If you are an Internet Ancient like me then you might remember the AltaVista search engine. Did you know that it still exists?
Exercise (b)Log - need you ask?
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

If cleanliness is close to godliness then I am now one half-step closer. Learning from the Bush Administration I have decided to name this initiative. So, in my house you will either see an active “War On Dust Bunnies” or “Operation: Clean This Mother Fucking House Already! It Looks Like A Goddamn Pig Sty. How Do You Ever Expect To Impress Anyone With These Appearances?” Perhaps I should just stick with “War On Dust Bunnies”. Yesterday I Swiffered the hell out of the majority of the upstairs hardwoods, which eliminated a lot of the dust which the fans (necessary to counteract the lack of a/c) have been kicking up.

Step one is to remove dust and dirt. Steps two through infinity is to maintain cleanliness.

Ramsay Is Plum(b?) Loco
I really don’t see any of this season’s Hell’s Kitchen contestants being able to run their own restaurant. After watching this week’s episode it has been made clear to me that only Rock and Michelle have a chance at winning.

And why do people in California keep going to Hell’s Kitchen. Do they think that they will get their start in show business by going there? Certainly the word has gotten out after two seasons that the cooks in Hell’s Kitchen can’t cook well.

Free At Last! Free At Last!
I cannot wait until the ABC After-School Special that will reenact Paris Hiton’s harrowing prison stay.

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“Et tu Crustacean?”

This was supposed to be Shrimp Etouffee. Although I followed the recipe it didn’t turn out to look anything like any shrimp etouffee that I’ve eaten in the past. So, I now dub this dish “Shrimp With Chopped Veg.”

The Atlanta Concert Listing Is Heating Up With Summer
Last night I finally got around to checking out the acts which will be gracing our city over the next few months. You’ll see my social schedule light up light a Christmas tree over the next few days. Last night I purchased a ticket for The Mooney Suzuki (beware, music) show at The EARL which will happen in September. That show will be fucking incredible (imho).

Terri, how’s that substitute teach plan working for the Meat Puppets‘ show in September coming? I’ll be making my ticket purchase for that show real soon.

Tonight I believe that I am going to see The Polyphonic Spree (beware, music) at The Roxy. I have no ticket yet, so if I find myself near Butthead *shudder* and tickets remain I will attend. I’ve hesitated to jump on this show because The Roxy is a Live Nation (aka “Clear Channel”, aka “TicketBastard”) venue and I don’t enjoy dealing with them.

Speaking of Butthead, why have they let The Roxy remain? After all, it’s a venue which hosts rock and roll shows (the Devil’s music) and they also serve alcohol (Heaven forbid). Shouldn’t they shut them down like all of the other bars and turn the joint into a Christian Science Reading Room or something along those lines? Do you think that Rodeo Drive allow the Viper Room exist in their neighborhood? I think not!

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - cheeky and hoping this allergy medication doesn’t wear off anytime soon, although I already feel its strength weakening.
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Mates Of State — “Fraud In The 80’s”
Website Of The Day - Screw TicketBastard! If tickets for a show are available from TicketAlternative that’s where I go to buy. Btw- The EARL has just brokered and online ticket deal with TicketAlternative, so I think that they will be seeing me visit often.
Exercise (b)Log - none (inertia)
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car (seems to be more inertia)

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

After spending a twelve-hour day doing repairs and an install yesterday I have regained respect for those who do that job. The thought of waking up today and doing it all again gave me the heebie-jeebies this morning.

Did I mention that we didn’t stop for lunch. Luckily I knew that this may occur, so I filled up on a million-calorie McDonald’s breakfast and packed some Gatorade and a Clif Bar (of which I ate half about 3:30pm) in my briefcase. We were each given a Mountain Dew at a customer’s house around 6:00pm.

My Guarantee To You, My House Guest
At the first house yesterday I made a joke to the installer that we were probably waking up the resident. We arrived at 8:30am after taking nearly an hour to drive to their house in Jackson, GA — don’t ask, I couldn’t tell you where it is. Come to find out, we did wake them up. And the entire time we were there working the young couple stayed on the couch sleeping. But it gets worse.

Upon entering the house we saw two lap dogs and I noticed that all of the carpet had been ripped up leaving a concrete floor and carpet-tack strips. As we walked toward the bedroom in which we needed to do work, we saw dog shit on the floor, one of the piles was in the bedroom in which we had to work! That’s right, each time we went from the front door to the bedroom we had to step around at least two semi-hardened “gifts”. The residents didn’t apologize for the shit, nor did the offer to clean it up.

My guarantee to you, my house guest is that I promise never to let this happen.

My Indian Name Can Be “Running Nose”
And if I can figure out how to use this natural resource to fuel my car I will rule the world.

ITP Flickr Pic
I’ve been lame with taking pictures and getting them off the camera. And I am tired of digging up older pictures. I will resume taking photos and uploading them this week.

No Matter What You Say, Tonight’s Dinner Will Be Shrimp Etouffee
Or perhaps Shrimp Creole.

I’ve had the ingredients on hand for a couple of days now, but have not had the opportunity to make the dish that I have been craving for a week. Expect food porn in the blog tomorrow.

Too Pooped To Ramsay
Betsy, I apologize to you (and of course Reese) for not blogging about Hell’s Kitchen today. Last night’s episode has been recorded and I will watch tonight. I was way too worn out to keep my eyes open last night.

CD Pick Of The Week
I actually like a few of the bands that have releases today. I find it coincidental that I was singing some Beastie Boys as I showered this morning even though I had no idea that they had a new CD release today. However, the critics are trashing it, so I won’t be picking it today.

Instead I’ll go in another direction and suggest Nick Lowe’s release of “At My Age”. Buyer beware, I have not heard a single track from this release; I am picking this based on past history. The name “Nick Lowe” will forever remind me of the much-missed L5P bar and music venue The Point. I don’t care how long the Clothing Warehouse occupies that corner, that space will always be The Point to me.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - relieved to be sitting in an office chair, now if I could only get healthy…
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing LCS Soundsystem — “Tribulations”
Website Of The Day - Were you a MSTie? A fan of MST3K? Remember that guy that replaced Joel? His name is Mike Nelson and he has a new website called RiffTrax which is like a Web 2.0 version of MST3K. Maybe he should have named the site MST3K2.0?
Exercise (b)Log - exercise in the form of old school hard labor.
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

This blog entry was prepared on Sunday evening.

Welcome to non-interactive Monday. Today I will be out and about all day riding with an installer, so I will very limited phone access and virtually no internet access. While I don’t like having to do this I realize it’s an important ingredient in the recipe I call “Paying the Bills.”

My Kingdom For An Uncluttered Kingdom
Oh wait, that won’t work.

One of my unwritten goals, and it’s been one for far too long, is to completely unclutter my house. I’ve been fairly good at not being a pack-rat, and not to buy to too many things which are unnecessary. However, after eight years of not moving (toss in a short stint of having someone else living here and not taking all of her stuff when she departed) I have amassed too much crap.

I am always amazed when I go to other people’s houses and theirs looks like a nice, tidy, house. I’m not looking to redecorate mind you (those of you who are laughing may stop now) even though the house is currently decorated in “post college male” fashion. I just want the house to stop looking like it is a constant work in progress.

I seriously think that I’d be one step closer to nirvana if I could arrive home each day and not get distressed by the state of my house.

“Nice Rack”, “Pimp My Rack”, or “Another Accident Waiting To Happen”
The Jackmobile has once again been fitted with a roof rack. I finally mustered up the patience necessary to complete the task on Saturday morning. While I am glad that the roof rack is back in place (and I’m sure you are as well Barb — I’ll get my bike out of your house this week), I will be sorry to see my gas mileage dip a bit again and it will take a little while, or a few bike transports, to regain the confidence in my installation that I had pre-stupid bike maneuver.

Note To Self: Before Going To REI Check To See If Something Is Going On There
For the second time in as many months I made the mistake of going to REI on the wrong day. The last time it was in the middle of one of their “big sales.” This time the place was overflowing with people there to pick up their race packets for the Muddy Buddy (a race I said that I would look into doing and then completely forgot).

When something is going on at the REI near Clairmont not only parking is affected (if you can find an open space), but people are crossing the road as if they owned it and thus making traffic more congested.

What a royal pain in the ass. And then I decided not to buy the extra tray for my bike rack.

Zocalo — Good For What Ales You
Two weeks in a row I’ve wound up a long day of drinking (which is why I used “ale” and not “ail” above) at Zocalo (be forewarned that their site is one of those annoying flash-based websites replete with music) in Grant Park. This week a small group of us who were having too much fun after doing the Black Sheep hash headed up for a final beverage and some food.

I must say that I am rather enjoying their offerings. Last night I had three tacos — “al pastor”, puerco pibil, mole verde — if my memory serves me correctly, all washed down with an cold Negra Modelo. The only complaint that I can offer up is that the salsa they serve with their chips is incredibly sub-standard.

And One More Thing
Hell’s Kitchen is on tonight.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - congested followed by nose running (might have something to do with eight hours of exposure to grass and dust), tired (might have something to do with eight hours of hashing and drinking)
Current Music - nothing
Website Of The Day - Toodledo is another of the Web 2.0 “to do list” managers. One of these days I might actually subscribe to one of these in order to get organized.
Exercise (b)Log - Black Sheep hashing yesterday
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Since I slept through the window of opportunity to “Get in early. Get out early.” and I can’t afford to take a day off from work today, I have decided to hang around the house and show up late. I will be squirming to leave when I normally do, but I will just have to deal with it when that time arrives.

No Meat. Low Carbs. No Problem
Last night was the monthly Third Thursday Dinner meetup. This time Stacy hosted at a friend’s house for whom she is currently housesitting. To Jill’s credit she led me to the house with no difficulty, even when I overrode her initial decision to head down Peachtree-Dunwoody Road.

The group’s culinary dynamics has made it a little difficult to prepare one dish that will satisfy all. Some people have become vegetarian, some people have sworn off carbs, but luckily we share one thing in common — a love for alcohol. Stacy did a brilliant job of preparing a (low carb) lasagne noodle roll-up filled with black beans, cheeses, and peppers which were then baked under a covering of salsa. It sounded eclectic and tasted great.

I could blame the wine on this morning’s condition, but I know that’s a lame excuse.

ITP Flickr Pic
While walking to lunch the other day I noticed this piece of heavy machinery.

I don’t know which concerns me more, the fact that the driver needs this much help starting the machine, or that he or she will be driving it once it starts.

This Weekend Is Still Up For Grabs
With the exception of Sunday’s Black Sheep Hash I still don’t have concrete plans. Not being a “Prideful Person” this weekend’s Atlanta activities offer little for me. Tomorrow night The Rosebuds are playing The EARL, so that’s an option. And finally, this could be the weekend that I finally head to Montgomery, Alabama to take in a Biscuits game.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - grumpy
Current Music - NPR’s “Fresh Air” podcast from Wednesday
Website Of The Day - Grumpy Llama — it just seems fitting for today.
Exercise (b)Log - none
Mode Of Transportation To Work - Unsure, but most likely my car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

This post was originally going to be titled “I Think That I Have Achieved A State Of Permanent Anger” because my day and drive home were filled with venom toward those around me. And then after ripping and listening to the new The Polyphonic Spree disc “The Fragile Army” my mood turned for the better. I recognize that the Spree’s crescendo style is not everyone’s cup of musical tea, just check out some of these reviews

58 - Entertainment Weekly - There’s now an almost garish cast to the proceedings. [22 Jun 2007, p.71]
52 - cokemachineglow - DeLaughter needs to be more personal; already having a dozen people yelling at you distances the ideas they express, but emptying those ideas of any meaning isn’t the answer.
42 - Stylus Magazine - The Spree remain a vital, relevant artist only for Volkswagen advertising execs and anyone who takes the last five minutes of “Scrubs” episodes too seriously.
20 - NOW Magazine - The novelty of it all has quickly worn thin.

But you know what? I don’t give a fuck what these people think because I like it.

I Believe I Might Have Read It In A Fortune Cookie
“You snooze, you lose.”

Today that phrase is applied to seeing “Charm School” at the Horizon Theatre. Not only was the play sold out last night, it is sold out through the end of its run this weekend. Damn me. Damn me. Damn me.

The best I can hope for is an extended run.

And It Gets More Frustrating In September
This morning I found out that there are two shows in Atlanta that I really want to see. Unfortunately they both occur on Wednesday, September 12th. fuck.

While on opposite sides of the musical spectrum, the Meat Puppets will be playing at The EARL (thanks for the head’s up Rich @ Cable And Tweed) and Peter Bjorn and John (just like with The Polyphonic Spree, don’t hate) will be playing at the Variety Playhouse.

My *only* hope of catching both is to hope that Variety Playhouse follows their traditional early start time while The EARL follows their traditional late start time. However, I will probably pick one of the two (the early favorite is the Meat Puppets) and go with it.

Seriously, why should this happen — especially on a Wednesday night in Atlanta?

Looks like I’ll be spending my lunch hour doing a little social planning.

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The lighting situation about which I whined earlier in the week.

’tis my toothbrush, my floss, and in the background my 1957 sea-foam green bathroom tiles. Holy crap, I just realized that my house is fifty years old; no wonder it is having so many difficulties.

RealiTV, I Don’t Hate You
Last night I watched another episode of Top Chef. I still think this is the “realist” of the reality shows on tv. If they’d cool their jets with the product placements and pimping (We get it! Glad [refusing to link to them] paid you an assload of money! There is no need to clean up using Flex-Whatever bags, just clean up.) within the show I’d call it the perfect reality show.

btw- If you believe this article then Gordon Ramsay has been embellishing some of the situations for the American version of his upcoming series “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.” You donkey!

I’ve Probably Spent More Time In Atlanta’s Sewers, They Should Be Paying Me
The other night I looked closely at the bill sent to me by the City of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management. Normally I open the envelope, look at the amount which I owe them, shrug my shoulders in mild disgust, and then pay the bill online. However, this time I decided to check out how the number was calculated. Much to my surprise (and perhaps shame on me) I was shocked to see a line item which read “Homeland Security Surcharge = 0.30.” I’m sorry, but why am I forced to pay Homeland Security for my water and sewer bill? I don’t care that it’s only thirty cents because in my estimation that is thirty cents too much. If there are one million people paying water bills, and I assume that we all pay thirty cents, then Homeland Security is picking up a tidy $300,000 a month from just the city of Atlanta alone. I pay my income taxes. I pay my property taxes. I am tired of additional surcharges and taxes levied against me for no good reason. I certainly don’t feel “safer” than in the days prior to 9/11/2001. Where does it end?

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - like I want to be somewhere else
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Radiohead — “No Surprises”
Website Of The Day - I don’t think that Newmindspace will even make a difference, and I think that their website’s color scheme is garish. However, I do like the photos that they use to link to their posts.
Exercise (b)Log - nothing
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Remember a long time ago I blogged about how badly my windshield wipers performed? Well, with Drought ‘07 strangling Atlanta there seemed little reason to replace them. That was until last night when I could barely see through the windshield to drive. To my delight the wipers were replaced after a few minutes of trial and error.

I was not as fortunate with the bike rack. It seems that Yakima has “improved” their equipment since I first re-affixed the bike rack to the Jackmobile. After futzing around with the rack for a little while I threw my hands up and declared the project “for another night.” I am trying to return to the mindset that a job not worth doing right is a job not worth doing. So in that vain I couldn’t possibly continue, so I didn’t.

A Job Well Done Sometimes Take Three Hours However
< begin nerd alert >

I am dead serious about learning Ruby and Ruby On Rails. To make my learning efforts more portable I cleared off space on the once-massive 30GB hard drive in my iBook so that I could install the software necessary. Once enough space was reclaimed I performed the tasks of downloading and compiling — which took about three hours on this old machine. I am happy to announce that all is up and running correctly.

< end nerd alert >

ITP Flickr Pic
The Assimilation is complete (at least in my world).

When I activated my cellphone yesterday I noticed the difference immediately. Where once the word “Cingular” sat proudly, now sits “AT&T”.

Tonight I Am Hoping For Curtains Up Before The Lights Go Out
Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday, but in reality it was a month ago, that I was thinking about going to see “Charm School” at the Horizon Theatre. And now the play is scheduled to end its run this Saturday. With plans already in place for tomorrow and Saturday nights that leaves tonight and Friday night. Tonight I am going to see if I can wedge in using one of my season tickets. Hopefully this being Wednesday that shouldn’t be out of the question.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - Wishing that I had someone who would let me put peanut butter in their chocolate. Okay, I have no idea what that means, but it sounds dirty.
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Great Lake Swimmers — “Your Rocky Spine” (a band that I should have seen in concert a few weeks back, but I flaked on seeing)
Website Of The Day - Travel season is knocking on the door (Summer starts in a few days, you know). I’ve found that Johnny Jet (probably not his given name) has a travel website worth visiting.
Exercise (b)Log - nothing
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Flip-flops have made their return. I’m not exactly a “flip-flop” guy, but when the weather calls for it I have no other recourse. Thankfully, I work in an environment that allows such fashion statements.

Three Body Parts Of Which I Am Proud
Genetics have not blessed me in all areas, however these three body parts make me proud

1. Calves - More than any feature of my body my calves, which are large and well-defined, have garnered unsolicited compliments.
2. Eyelashes - Perhaps the only thing girls in my high school wanted from me; they are long and full.
3. Feet - Unlike most people who exercise regularly (well, there was a day when I exercised regularly) my feet have not suffered from calluses or destroyed toenails. This is why I have no problems wearing flip-flops to work.

ITP Flickr Pic
Last night I rammed a can of Bud Light up a chicken’s butt (the only thing I’d ever do with a can of Bud Light), schmeared the chicken with spices and then roasted it for abuot an hour. Damn it was good! The potato pictured was also baked to perfection. The only failure was the baking of the onion which was stuffed with garlic cloves. I believe that it was Meat Loaf (another fine dinner suggestion) who once said that “two out of three ain’t bad”.

Because I was feeling frustrated with my D50 and lazy this photo was taken with my Pentax Optio s5i point-and-shoot. I think I need to clean the D50’s sensor because I don’t think that my exposures are what they should be. I am having to bump my ISO way up to get satisfactory shutter speeds even when I am shooting wide open in what I believe is decent light. Suggestions?

On tonight’s menu: I am making Jambalaya

Are You Serious?
I couldn’t believe it when Aaron was determined to be physically unable to continue on Hell’s Kitchen. Was it something about him fainting for no reason whatsoever (again)? The fact that he was around long enough to see show number three was more than a crockful of shit to me. What’s even more bizarre was that he seemed surprised, or was acting surprised, by the decision to can him as he received a call in a hospital bed!

If I didn’t know better I’d think that Ramsay was going to have aneurism by making this series. I do believe that he made the right decision in last night’s episode by booting Joanna — the woman who stated that she didn’t care who she had to fuck over to win. And why Jen decided that it was okay to pull pasta off the top of the trash, wash it, “recook it” and then attempt to serve it still confuses the hell our of me. What sort of chef does that?!? Didn’t she see that Seinfeld episode with George and the eclair?

CD Pick Of The Week
If I was from Jersey (which exit?) then today’s pick would be a slam dunk — Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi. However, I’m from New York so I am required to make fun of the Bon Jovi-loving, Camaro-driving, residents who hail from the state on stop south of my home state.

If I follow the critics over at Metacritic then my choice is not that much harder; according to them today’s best is “Icky Thump” by the White Stripes. My other two possibilities today are Polyphonic Spree’s “The Fragile Army” or The Mooney Suzuki’s “Have Mercy”.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - Frustrated although now LMAO because I just read a spam email sent to me which said “The owners of big penises are the owners of the world.” Oh, if it was only that simple…
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing R.E.M. — “Wolves, Lower” (Have I ever mentioned how much I still love early R.E.M.?)
Website Of The Day - Streetviewr is collecting all of the weird images that are present on Google’s StreetView.
Exercise (b)Log - none
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Until yesterday the title of today’s post was going to be “I Can’t Even Decide If I Am Indecisive.”

Friday night I waffled on my plans and didn’t go to see what was probably a great show at Masquerade.

Saturday I drove myself to the start of the Atlanta Hash’s 25th anniversary hash, but then decided that I really wasn’t up to being around people and drinking all night long, so I returned home.

Yesterday started out as planned as I struggled to run and then settled in with the group for a few drinks and breakfast. And then I got too comfortable. When a keg of beer arrived and I was having so much fun hanging around with everybody the day took a hard-turn. At about 4pm three of us ventured out and got food at Zocalo in Grant Park (very tasty I might add). Afterwards I headed home. When I awoke and came to the realization that it was 9pm and I had been sleeping since the moment I returned home I knew that a long night was ahead of me. Needless to say, but I accomplished nothing on Sunday night.

ITP Flickr Pic
The only photography I did this weekend occurred on Saturday night.

This is a cribbage board that used to be my father’s.

I’m Sorry, But $30 Is Highway Robbery
While driving around on Saturday my cellphone battery descended toward dead (poor planning on my part since it had been a couple of days since I charged it, and didn’t have the second battery at the ready). I drove around and finally remembered that there was a Cingular (not yet converted to AT&T) store in Decatur, so I headed over. While there I found out that they are charging $29.99 for a car charger for the BlackJack. $30 for a charger? Screw that! I left the store immediately at that point I could care less if I could be contacted by phone before returning home.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - all of a sudden very sneezy
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Black Rebel Motorcycle Club — “Windows”
Website Of The Day - Today Amazon launches a service where you can ask questions and get real-live people to answer. They are calling it Askville.
Exercise (b)Log - running / walking, 4.75 miles
Mode Of Transportation To Work - My car

June Goals
1) Lose five pounds. (starting weight 200+ lbs)

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]