Kanye's moma died this year in case you are wondering why he is doing this older song...rest in peace kanye's momma....
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger....
Kanye is doing Stronger...which is not a great song, except for the hook he lifted to Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
It would be cool if the PUnk came out and did their gay, disco dancing french robot from the future schtick....
the weird neon glow off his glasses and his jacket is all manner of cool though
THERE THEY ARE! DAFT PUNK!
GAY DISCO DANCING FRENCH ROBOTS from the future unite!
Kayne?
Evil
Is that Kayne performing? Or Cyclops (aka Scott Summers)? I can't tell. Don't take off those glasses because his optic blasts might destroy half the audience.
Uh oh, Kayne is doing some sappy tribute to his mother, who died this year. Showing emotion is so weak.
Miley Cyrus...
not cute...
and not in the way that Hillary duff was not cute and now is, we all knew that was coming...Miley..just won't be hot
I'm glad Feist won...what she didn't Amy Winehouse? I hate that b*tch...she sucks...
Where the hell is Jason Bateman?? Why is he there? I hated his character in Juno...Oh he's here to introduce Foo Fighters...that makes no sense at all...he just called me a moron for not knowing that john paul jones was in Led Zepplin...what an ahole...
Hannah Montana!!!
Evil
Whoa, I think Hanna Montana just took a swipe at Cyndi Lauper. She just called Cyndi Lauper an old hag, by referring to how looooong ago she won her Grammy.
For the record, Cyndi Lauper does not look too bad for a woman her age.
Double whoa. Jason Bateman just came on stage. Why? And when are they bringing out Justine Bateman to sing her rendition of "Satisfaction"? I wonder why her Rolling Stones cover never hit it big.
Endless Beatle Melody...
Who are these people singing "Let It Be"?
I might be the only a**hole in this world who hates the McCartney stuff from the beatles catalogue. I find it all trite, you know...Is that blasphemous? I get the feeling that most of the world respects the stuff Lennon wrote, but prefer the poppy sensibilities that McCartney brought to the mix...
I like my art modern...shoot me...cooo cooo ca-chooo
Bizarre
Evil
I'm not understanding this Beatles performance. First of all, the Beatles aren't on stage. Some crazy circus freaks are doing their thing. It's like the Beatles meet Barnum & Bailey. Who green lighted this production? Hold on...
John Lennon's spirit just called. He couldn't chat long but he asked to make this production stop. He asked, instead, to have his songs be used on light beer and car commercials. Anything but this stupid thing on the Grammys right now.
Tom Hanks?
Tom Hanks is making a movie about John Adams? Hasn't everything been said on this subject...what's left, Adams & Jefferson - A Love Story??
There was some random tribute to the Band, THE BAND. A good band who will always suffer from their crappy name...too bad Three Dog Night had to claim that name first...
This show is chaos, while I was writing this, Cirque De Soile came out to perform a show around "A Day in The Life" by the Beatles. What does this have to do with either John Adams, Tom Hanks or THE BAND?
I wonder why I started thinking about Three Dog Night
What A Rip Off
Evil
Holy smokes! Tom Hanks just revealed that 4 out of the 5 members of The Band are Canadians! What a rip off! People are going to hate this. The Band is over. What is that, you say? The Band was over 25 years ago? Oh okay. You're right.
Oh EEH OH EEH OH
No one told me the grammy's were on!
The grammy's are great at being 25 years behind...Morris Day and the time are one...I just danced in a line and primped my hair in a mirror!!!
wooooo
What? Rihanna! BOOOOO! Bring back Jimmy Jam and Morris! MORRIS!
Poll Results
Evil
As you might have deduced from the most recent poll question, I've lately been thinking about adopting a baby. No, I'm not married. I don't even have a girlfriend. So why would I want a baby? Well, it just seems like it would be fun to have a little person around the house. People with kids (like my sister) seem to be having such a good time. And kids are so handy, because you can teach them things. Like fetching your slippers. Or answering the phone and telling your mom that you're not home (even though you really are).
According to the poll results, none of you wanted me to adopt a Chinese baby. Interesting. I'm Chinese, but I shouldn't adopt a Chinese baby. I think the underlying message here is that if I want a Chinese baby, I should just make it naturally. Okay, fair enough.
But you generally seemed okay with a Cambodian, African, or Russian baby. I could see any of these options happening. Except if the Russian baby is a girl. I can't adopt a Russian girl baby because one day she'll grow up to be a super hot teen and that'll just be weird if I'm her daddy.
Perhaps the most interesting result is the winning option: "It's wiser to start with a dog." What are you Hosers trying to say? That I'm not capable of taking care of a child? :( Maybe you're right. I hear kids are a lot of work and I've never in my life changed a diaper. So I've given some thought to dog options. I have two favorites thus far: a Boston Terrier and a Smooth Fox Terrier. I ran the dog idea by Mamacita and she didn't sound so thrilled. She asked if I would be able to take care of a dog. Argh! Can't take care of a dog? Man, now I am doubting if I can take care of anything. How about a cat? They're less work, right? I was thinking about one of those freaky looking hairless cats.
Life Update
Evil
The last time I saw Evil Twin #2, we went running in Central Park. At one point, I mentioned, "Yeah, only a couple more weeks of bumming around for me. Then it'll be all over." ET#2 responded, "Oh, so you're headed out to China in a couple of weeks?"
Which made me realize that I hadn't been good at giving people the general life update. As you may know, my original plan was to go to India for 6 weeks, then spend Christmas and New Years in NYC, and then head out to China for 12 weeks. But the China plan is now out. Instead, I'll be staying in NYC and starting a new job tomorrow.
I'm pretty excited. My ex-manager left my ex-company a year before I did. He's been at this new company for a year and hasn't hanged himself or anything. Actually, he seems to be doing quite well. He'd been trying to get me to go over there for a some time and now seems like a pretty good time. It'll be a little different from my last job, but some things will still carry over. One thing that'll change is that I'll have to start dressing more like an adult.
At my last job, it was common for me to wear jeans to work. And sneakers. Sometimes, I wouldn't wear shoes at all. I'd just walk around in socks and people would comment on my socks if they were colorful or had a cute pattern on them. The new job is actually a good opportunity to adult-ify my wardrobe, which I think is a good thing in the end. Today, I went out and bought myself a new pair of cufflinks (see pics above). Aren't they cute!?
Gift Idea
Evil
People always say to me, "Evil, I love you so much, I want to buy you something. But you have everything. You're so hard to shop for." It's true, people do love me so much. And yes, I am indeed hard to shop for. I am such a simple guy. I have no material wants. I have so little. I want so little. That's the Buddhist in me.
But today, I saw a commercial on TV for something that I would totally love. It's called the AeroGarden. (Also available online!) It's a high tech little indoor planter. Isn't it great? It's used to grow "herbs." And you all know how much I love herbs. (I cook. What can I say?)
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Beginning Of The End for Obama?
Evil
An article in The New York Times could spell the beginning of the end for the Obama campaign. The article reveals pretty damning information about the young Obama... information that his campaign may not be able to spin their way out of. No, not the drug use. We knew that. No, not that he's half white. We knew that too, but just choose to ignore it. We learned from the article that the young Obama (pictured above) went by the name Barry. OMG! Self hater. Self hater. This is like Mr. Shoulders going by the name "Sal."
Friday, February 08, 2008
Misrepresentation of Facts/Bad Friends
I have a friend, I love him dearly. However, sometimes he can be out of line.
A few years ago, I introduced him to him to some people. No big deal. This guy was my brother. I liked these people. The transitive property indicated that these crowds would mesh well.
Things started off fine enough, lots of fun, some jokes and a few racy emails I was fine, no worries.
One day, I saw things take a turn for the strange. A series of jokes escalated beyond reasonable and my friend said some things in the context of a joke that were more than a bit out of line. Needless to say, my good friend ended up on the outs (cut off even) with my other friend and that was that.
I said nothing. However I made a note that maybe i should be a little more judicious about who I introduce my friend to.
Recently, I introduced him to another person, another girl, actually a close friend. I saw them exchange numbers and I thought that was great. They are in a similar field, neither was working right at that moment. Objectively speaking I was all datey/type mid week activity and excited for my friends. Eventually, worry crept into my mind.
I could not get this out of my head so the night before planned meeting. I called my friend and shared my concerns.
"Listen, you're my brother and I love you. When you get nervous, focus on being normal"
I am not sure my friend enjoyed this "pep talk". He's been very passive/aggressive about it since. I saw him the next night. He demanded I call my friend and make sure he behaved normal. He also admitted he told her about my call to him, leaving the rational behind it out, and making me look like a busy body. I was slightly annoyed. He only told her so he could record her reaction "Xtian worries too much about things that aren't his business" and so he could then relay it to me.
Now we get to why this is the Mamacita's fault.
Two days later at a dinner party I missed due to the rain. I got the A-Rod treatment from several of my friends. they turned on me. First, Mr. Shoulders, who I have been counciling through women issues, threw me under the bus as providing bad advise, but that's for a separate post. Second, my good friend again brought up the story about me imploring him to "be normal" and again left out the pertinent back story. The Mamacita, jumping to conclusions, focused on me as the issue and said "xtian over thinks things".
How dare you? Me and you are through. Who's going to be your maid of honor now?
Is This Wrong?
Evil
Oh my God! My mom is so annoying. Is that wrong to say?
My mom is 58 years old this year. It doesn't seem like 58 is time to go crazy. When do parents typically go crazy? Mid 60's or even later? But my mom is showing signs. So disappointing too, because my mom has always been the practical, reasonable one; my dad has been crazy since his mid 30s.
My mom has been bugging me to go take care of something related to the house that my parents live in. (Technically, the title of the house is in my name, which is why I have to go do it.) I've been putting it off... and off... and off. Not that it would be so hard to do, but man, what a bummer to have to take time out from playing Rock Band, napping, watching Mike and the Mad Dog simulcast, working out, and drinking alone to go meet with a real estate attorney. I think she's at the end of her rope because she's resorted to badgering me into submission. Calling... and calling... and calling. But hey, this is technology, baby. I don't have to pick up the phone!
The other day, she calls me at 9am. I know she's going to ask about the house, so I don't pick up. (Not that I was out of bed yet, but the phone was on the night stand.) She leaves a message. I don't listen to it because I know what it would say anyway. She calls again at 3pm. I let it go to voice mail. She calls again at 5pm. I actually listen to this voice mail just to make sure she isn't calling about some emergency. As expected it's about the house. 6pm rolls around and she calls again! Argh. This is getting so annoying. Doesn't she realize I'm avoiding her calls? 6:30pm... another call! I am beyond annoyed. I wonder why my mom is being crazy. 6:45pm, she calls again. I have to pick it up. This is getting ridiculous.
My mom lays a huge guilt trip on me about worrying her. She said she didn't know if I was alright or if something had happened to me. She said something about not expecting me to be at the phone all the time, but at least return her call because not returning four calls usually means that something is wrong. Booooo! Guilt trip.
In the end, I lied about having gone to see the real estate attorney. She thinks the process is underway, but it's not. But at least this will keep her from calling me for a little while!
Monday, February 04, 2008
Sometimes I Feel Like This Guy
Evil
Sometimes I feel like this guy...
Want to get up off the ground...
But can't.
18 and DOH!
So sad.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Cranky from Superbowl SPAM
Not even 15 minutes after the game, I get a marketing email from Macys.com encouraging me to buy this. What's more upsetting is the description of the item:
Patriot perfection! Nineteen wins. Zero losses. Football history has been rewritten, and the New England Patriots have one it all. Commemorate every bone-crunching tackle and triumphant touchdown with this limited edition Waterford Crystal football.
It's too expensive. I'm depressed and broke from my game wager. They can't even update their site? Boooo... New Yorkers are lazy.
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