Archive for January 2007

Project 365 – Day One

The point is that from this day forward, I will be taking a photo..of.. somethng. It doesn’t always have to be of me, but in the end I have 365 days of my life in photos– Literally, as today is my birthday, I will wrap this up on the day before my next birthday. Neat [...]

You Blow Those Candles Out– We’re Gonna Kick You, Kick You!

I’m 28!

A Resolution

I’m not letting this dumb school make me crazy anymore. If they don’t care, I don’t care. I’ll teach myself everything I need to know– that’s what I have been doing anyway. I did a little experiment last term with a gen ed teacher where I did as little work as humanly possible but I [...]

Ocean View is a Million Miles Away

As far as Boston and the time I spent there feels from where I am right now, the neighborhood where I grew up that is only a few miles down the road is even further. I was talking with Joe last night about how we grew up in the boonies and didn’t even realize it [...]

Gripes and Nostalgia

I have not made many serious posts lately. I haven’t, mostly, because every serious thought in my brain has involved the same old bitching and complaining: my gripes with unnamed technical school, my gripes with not having enough time to do all of the things I want to do, my gripes with how unbelievably fat [...]

My Favorite 80’s Scumbag

Is it me or was James Spader’s character in Pretty in Pink,”Steff,” the coolest yuppie jerkoff in all of 1980’s American Cinema? In my book he’s the number two 80’s flick asshole after “Johnny” from Karate Kid. Steff’s the man, though. The guy’s in high school even though he’s thirty years old, he smokes [...]

Fast Food Commercials: American History

Meet Willard Scott, aka “The Original Ronald McDonald,” and the most frightening man alive:
Retro McDonalds Commercial (1963)

This should keep you awake at night.