Driving is about confidence. Jam on it!

I can’t believe I did it, but I did. I drove 2 long days from New York to Colorado and am still recovering from the solitude. The trip is a big blur, but here are the fuzzy details:

• Begin drive after a wonderful and relaxing weekend in Philly/New York with the fam (scored original “Doug” sketches!).
• Tolls are outrageous in New York.
• No traffic until Cleveland’s genius 35mph curve on the interstate.
• Brain is numbing after hour 7.
• If I’m forced to eat McDonald’s, I’ll have a grilled snack wrap, please.
• Stop at a Holiday Inn outside of Chicago.
• “You’re too pretty to be alone” is the line that helps me decide to order room service and avoid all possible conversation.
• Wake up to tornado watch.
• Drive nervously through thunderstorms and pull off the road due to no visibility.
• Sat in an old gas station with other sad drivers, watching the Weather Channel on a 10-inch screen.
• Rain slows down.
• Iowa is big.
• Nebraska is bigger and has a construction project every 30 miles.
• Crossing the Colorado border = instant beauty. It helps that the sun is setting.
• Call my new roomie, C-Mose, as I go over the hill viewing Boulder.
• See our beautiful home.
• Sleeps.

I’m pretty proud of myself and my Mustang, but I think he and I need a break.

 

A blog linking to an article on blogging by a blogger

Blogs blogosphere blogging blog.

Exposed:

I think most people who maintain blogs are doing it for some of the same reasons I do: they like the idea that there’s a place where a record of their existence is kept — a house with an always-open door where people who are looking for you can check on you, compare notes with you and tell you what they think of you. Sometimes that house is messy, sometimes horrifyingly so. In real life, we wouldn’t invite any passing stranger into these situations, but the remove of the Internet makes it seem O.K.

I think Emily Gould is a great writer, and it was nice to finally hear her side of the story. However, the 10-page article has made me want to step away from my site and instant messenger for the night. Of course, not until I blog about it. Conundrum!

 

Everybody loves a cane!

Another reason to love Hulu.com: Three seasons of “NewsRadio” … for free!

A reason to be frustrated: I can’t figure out how to embed Hulu videos on WordPress, so here are two of my favorite clips via youtube.

Smoking:

The Cane:

 

Worse that can happen is I can spill some on my $3,000 suit.

s: what’s worse than packing?

j: that’s hard … as far as a long, sustaining process … its hard to beat

s: gilmore girls

j: marathon

s: only interrupted by varicose vein removal commercials

j: and levitra ads

j: with extra narration by Spencer

s: so there are worse things than packing

j: yea … but really only hypothetical things

s: true … so i’m back to being miserable.

j: haha, hey, just think where you’ll be in two weeks

s: yay!

 

Put. That coffee. Down.

A going-away gift I received today reminded me of how great “Glengarry Glen Ross” is.

You know why, mister? ‘Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an $80,000 BMW. THAT’S my name.

Here’s a strong contender for the best speech in a movie:

 

More on: Ironic commercial song choices

After watching the Preakness yesterday at work (Big Brown is amazing!), an ad for Michelob ULTRA came on TV featuring the Kooks’ “Shine On.”

I have to admit, I was pretty surprised, though not as much as when I heard Saul Williams’ “List of Demands (Reparations)” in a Nike ad.

Again, it was the meaning of the song that made this all seem weird, since the lyrics tell a girl she’s beautiful despite the media’s image of beauty.

I still love the Kooks, so whatever, but I have to wonder: Do companies just hope no one will listen to the lyrics of these songs? Is the catchy, carefree melody all that matters? Or was there some really cool employee who tried to sneak his/her favorite band into an ad?

 

Happy Mother’s Day

I love this. I found these skits through Bob and David.

 

‘Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?’

Sorry, Ted, is it?
Did Ted make an appointment?
You get the hell out!

 

Dance overload!

So yesterday was awful, blah, blah, blah.

But last night’s Colbert Report and the much-anticipated meeting of Stephen and Rain was absolutely wonderful.

Whenever I visit my Mom and Grandparents, Rain is always on the Korean channels they get! I knew he was a big deal, but never thought I’d see him on Comedy Central.

But that’s why Stephen Colbert is so incredibly cool. And, also a very respectable dancer.

 

‘I had to drive because she had a little bit of a buzz on.’

Arrested Movie Developing: Maeby

My entire life is to make David Cross proud of me, though.