March 31, 2003
oops i did it again
i posted something dumb and then i tried to delete it and it didn't work. so this is what i am left with. la de da.
March 30, 2003
Round two of "What's that jeaun in reference to?"
Let's keep the ball rolling. Here's an easy one:
Etomology, anyone?
So. This is not about war or oil or terrorism or The DPlan. It's not even about Bill Murray.
I just saw Groundhog's Day for the Nth time, and I saw something that reminded me that I was confused. I think. Anyway, my question is this. What the hell, exactly, is a bit? And how are two of them worth 25 cents? There's no way that "a bit" is 12.5 cents. Anyone know the etomology of this factoring fiasco?
This is the stupid shit that keeps me up nights.
why?
why is the our government so damned eager to go to war?
March 29, 2003
What do you want me to say? (Part II)
Travis posted a follow-up to his war essay on the Plan site. What do you think?
March 28, 2003
friday
my new job is cooler than my old job. why?
-i'm currently drinking a beer
-i'm wearing jeans
-if i'm 3 minutes late, no one cares
-i'm also wearing tennis shoes. once when i was wearing campers, the hr girl at my old job said they were too "tennis shoey."
Invisible Pedophile Terrorizes Primary School
March 27, 2003
what's that jeaun in reference to?
Hey, I thought of a fun game! Let's play it together, friends!!! LOL!!!
March 26, 2003
yipee
today is the anniversary of oliver's adoption.
to celebrate, i am throwing a party at my house on saturday circa 9 p.m.
be there or be square.
lizz
March 25, 2003
frank black
anyone want to see frank black at the old double door on friday?
does anyone know if he'll be playing pixies songs?
maltby in chicago...coming soon to the WB
chris maltby is going to be in chicago next weekend.
feel no obligation, but he is pretty fun to hang out & get drunk with.
i do ask, however, that if you do see him you please mention "jimmy trendix."
March 24, 2003
vineyard
what ever happened to the collective vineyard in spain day dream?
i still picture t-ditty in a blue and white striped boatneck shirt with a beret, drinking a bottle of crappy red wine -- mostly before i go to bed at night.
i think we should resurrect the idea.
oscars
notes on the oscars:
- michael moore was awesome.
- adrien brody is super dreamy and is now officially my celebrity boyfriend.
- renee zellweger sucks.
What do you want me to say...? Uhhhhh nothing, please?
anybody else read travis' logicless pro-war tirade? sheeesh. that gave me a bad feeling.
March 23, 2003
a thousand points of light
There's still hope; Walken hosted SNL last night.
Jeaun union- let's form like Voltron-
All this discussion of important things has made me realize that there is nothing I would like better than to have all this going on in an actual room, one with plotted coordinates and whatnot. If anyone has any brilliant or retarded ideas concerning possibly getting some heads up in a particular joo-ahn, say in the next six months or something, please. Can we not _do_ this?! Oh, and no girls.
JEAUN4LYFE
Jeaun defined
the address is wrong in the second definition - is that an accident or an attempt to get Al-Qaeda off our trail?
March 22, 2003
Protests
Did you guys end up protesting? How did it go? (I know I could go to CNN.com and find out, but I'd rather hear it from people I know. Besides, I know y'all are pinkos, and I love hearing news with my own political slant conveniently pre-applied.
g bu is the new j lo
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/gbhair1.html
March 21, 2003
run for office you pinko!
In a previous topic Ade wrote this... it deserves to be a main topic.
Minimum age at which an American may hold the office of U.S. Representative: 25 What's stopping any of us besides perhaps money and too firm a grasp of the "isms"? Seriously. Who needs experience? Win, you were valedictorian, right? I'm just saying...Jimmy Carter 2004 y'all. Let's get it started.
Posted by ade @ 03/21/2003 06:35 PM GMT
To protest or not to protest?
Ok. So I've got a dilemna or however you spell it. Do I go to the protest tonight and protest the war? Or is it pointless now that it's already begun. I'm against it for a lot of reasons, but I kinda feel like there's nothing to be gained by protesting at this point.
I'm really sad that this day has come and I feel that way mostly because of the way this administration has gone about destroying the trust and international goodwill we built up after 9/11.
I went to several protests before the war happened and I feel like I have made my voice heard by writing letters to my representatives and it is clear to me that democracy has failed and that many people are against our unilateral action.
Obviously if we get bogged down in this military action that we've taken and it becomes a vietnam I would be more inclined to protest, but I feel like it's gonna be over in little more than a week if that. What do you kids think, especially you guys in Chicago. Should we go down to federal plaza at 5 and shut shit down? Is not protesting the war at this point basically agreeing with the ideas behind it? Oh Brother, where art thou?
March 20, 2003
another personal story
Last week, this guy was in the studio. Incredible man. Not a controversial type at all. Just a patriot who could no longer sleep at night.
Baghdad Blogging
This is a pretty interesting account of the attack on Iraq from the perspective of a citizen. The fact that we can get this point of view is pretty amazing to me, especially considering that Al Gore hadn't even gotten around to inventing the internet last time we were trying to assassinate Saddam.
good day sunshine... (war)
Well today is a crappy day what with all the death and destruction. So here's some good news.
Jenny Vilim is famous.
I'll get labled as a commie, but whatever.
Here's a thought -- considering the government is not listening to its people and/or the rest of the world, flagrantly acting in their friends' self interests in lieu of the poor, working poor and middle class, reducing the ability for the underclass to better themselves, pushing through environmentally horrible legislation, further aiding to the wealth gap, etc.
Anyway, could all these acts lead to a more severe polarization of the U.S. population and possible revolution?
Personally speaking, it's hard to know our president goes on vacation more than any other in history when I'm having problems finding a job, not getting laid off when I finally get one, paying off debt accrued while laid off, feed myself, not get the gas/cellphone/electricity/regular phone turned off or be able to stay in the community I truly called home. And to top it off, I can't ask my daddy for a new business each time something goes wrong.
March 19, 2003
American Empire Dreams
"Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream..."
I heard Bill Press make reference to the new American Empire a couple nights ago. He seems to think we crossed a "rubicon" of some sort with this action (wow Bill, nice word). What could we possibly hope to gain, if this is in fact the first grasp at empire? Besides the spiffy centurion uniforms... Lets hear some predictions. Will the economy improve in the next 2 months, if we plow right through Iraq? The DJ did surge upon the mere increase in possibility of hostilities.
March 18, 2003
Its time I sell my
Its time I sell my trusty steed, the Die-Nasty. She's been with me for the last 60k miles and y'all know I drive like a grandma. She's definitely not pretty, by any means. A great car for getting groceries, or picking up that couch from Goodwill...
$500 obo
-1991 Dodge Dynasty LE 4dr Sedan
-3.0 Liter engine
-about 130k miles
-new alternator
-power mirror/locks/windows/seats
-starts in the cold, but needs warm up
-plush luxury interior
-blemishes include: missing grill, a couple dings on a front quarter panel, some rust, primer on the trunk.
I'll be happy to send you some pics via email if you're interested. As one might suspect, I'm selling this baby as-is. I encourage offers even if they're not $500, I'll take the highest one.
Iraq
Okay, so lets start the only debate worth having today.
NBC is citing a poll that indicates 65% of the public is in favor of military action. Where does everyone stand? There are really good cogent arguments on both sides.
March 17, 2003
Breakin' 3 ... What tha?
Wow. Check this kid out. The last one, in the orange sweater. The most amazing display of either 1) breakdancing or 2) osteogenesis imperfecta I've ever seen.
It's the end of the world as I know it and I'm popping pills....
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/15/nyregion/15FISH.html
Long story short, a talking carp started shouting in Hebrew last week.
About what you may ask?
The usual end of the world stuff.
I know I'm antsy and gullable, but please tell me this a big fucking hoax. This war pissing contest is too much for my anxiety-ridden self, and I really don't need the end of the world freaks to make me sleep even less. Like GW. Who who who elected a born-again Christian?
March 16, 2003
Poetry? Isn't that a little... you know?
We seem to have hit a haiku drought. Perhaps you couldn't hang with the awesome power of my Basho reference. How about short, open-form poetry, then?
For my first Jeaun posting, here's a little something I wrote last week to help convince Wadsbone to let me post. I call it "Scrofula," and it's about my walk to school last Friday.
In the park,
On a cold March morn,
Nature's splendor unfolds before me.
Balanced on three,
Destiny's agent, and Valsalva, propelling.
Nourishment's hot child takes flight:
I see a dog shitting.
March 12, 2003
Haikus
Alright, that anal sex euphemisms went so well... Who's got a haiku for us?
UN divided
Baby Bush needs a new term
The supreme court prank
March 11, 2003
FREEDOM!!!!!!
In the spirit of liberty cabbage, Congress has gone the way of southern fast food restaurants. Yes, they have officially changed the name of their potato stick products served in their cafeteria to freedom fries. Also, freedom toast. Now I'm going to go make love to a bottle of imported, freedom Chardonnay.
http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2003/03/11/fries/index.html
fishing for compliments
Well, I finally got an article in the Tribune's entertainment section...
http://www.metromix.com/top/1,1419,M-Metromix-Bars-BigTenFromMMXFront!ArticleDetail-20963,00.html
All you in Chicago better drop that quarter for today's Red Eye. Please note that my pulitzer-prize winning material on Big 10 sports bars is listed in its own box on the front page.
Big time, big time.
Lizz
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March 10, 2003
word up
shout out to all my live homies.
(dead people shouldn't read the internet, they have better things to do.)
specific shout out to wadsbone for setting me up with this new internet toy.
this is my first sunday that i don't have to go to work the next day since may.
or september, i guess, since i did have labor day off.
i'm resisting the urge to get blind stinking drunk, though my poverty and remaining 3/4 bottle of liquor (candian club -- gift) is reminding me that sobriety is better than the reality of drinking really awful blended whiskey.
i wrote an email to general mills today after eating a disappointing bag of chex mix that had only 3 rye crips. it involved the phrase "i sincerely hope that dispite my unsatisfactory experience, we may still be able to continue our snacking relationship in the future."
somewhat related question:
can anyone tell me if the david horowitz who writes for salon the same david horowitz that hosted 80's saturday afternoon television classic fight back?
March 07, 2003
Its not a Spud interview moment, but it'll do.
Things at my new job are stressful... for everyone else. Pretty much everyone else on the team is so stressed out that they all look like they're about ready to either cry or run away screaming. Its hard to suppress the grin I have that comes with a new job.
Anyway, on one particularly grim morning, someone messages me with a link. First, let me say, cubicle walls were not meant to dampen sound. Unfortunately, this shit was so funny that it was everything I could do to keep from bursting out in loud graver-like laughter. My eyes started tearing up and just as I thought they were about to pop outta my head... I farted. Not a little silent fart, mind you... a real freakin whopper. So loud, in fact, that the people in the cubicles around me all groaned and complained. They probably wondered why I immediately burst out into uncontrollable laughter.
First impressions....
Here's what I was reading. Try not to laugh.
March 05, 2003
Page Changes
So, let's get concrete about the page redesign.
March 04, 2003
.....hmmm....none of these seem to be jokes.......
THE NON-JOKE THREAD: Do you not have any?
Political Compass
This is interesting, if unscientific.
The idea behind this axis is very thought provoking.
March 01, 2003
Mr Rogers
RIP Fred Rogers 1929-2003
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won't you be my neighbor?