tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38298302011-04-21T15:57:29.569-04:00wonderful renI'm neither wonderful nor ren but who cares!Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-957407502003-06-16T23:56:00.000-04:002003-06-18T15:45:06.000-04:00you can't tell me it gets any better
there's nothing nicer than sitting with good friends in bad seats at Broadway Under the Stars in Bryant Park, shivering in perfect slightly chilly weather while listening to Jewel butcher old broadway songs you've never heard, hearing mike bloomberg get booed in front of 6,000 pple, eating a mushy rancid grape by accident, sipping $4 wine you're keeping Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-919180002003-04-03T10:26:00.000-05:002003-04-03T10:28:06.000-05:00COLOSSAL SQUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID !!!!!!!!!!
It's so cool, they even included it on the front page with all the war shit!Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-915704102003-03-28T17:15:00.000-05:002003-03-31T00:34:33.000-05:00the world is ending
SARS is in the air
baghdad is still exploding
another plane has been hijacked
apparently, according to our military commanders, the Iraqi enemy is "different from the one we'd war-gamed against"
we're losing way too many troops
we still have a monkey for a president
I am still blogging about war in every stupid post
the talking fish was right. suddenly the jokes josh and I Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-911709432003-03-22T02:57:00.000-05:002004-09-29T11:43:42.470-04:00you know what would make this war? if one of Bush's daughter's (that blonde one) and one of Saddam's sons (the crazy one), despite cultural and age differences, despite the terrible war between their two countries, and even despite the deep hatred between their fathers, fell madly in love with each other. not really torn between any kind of loyalty, they would commit unspeakable acts of treason Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-910568982003-03-20T08:37:00.000-05:002004-09-29T11:46:59.076-04:00is the war slowing down my internet connection? if so, fuck you, war. fuck you. if not, well, fuck you anyway.
Better Than Ezra was amazing last night. they gave great show. I always forget that, stupid me. they always give great show.
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-908931122003-03-17T21:06:00.000-05:002004-09-29T11:53:53.986-04:00what's on in the background: When Diplomacy Fails on abc
sounds like a failed fox show. there should be video clips of the bush monkey getting a bat to his hoohah or him falling down the stairs of air force one with added cat screeches and zips n' zings.
we're going to war now. the last time this happened, I was in high school performing sketches of the then new america's funniest home videos Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-906373632003-03-13T02:13:00.000-05:002003-03-13T02:13:43.250-05:00ok, I just heard half a dozen gunshots in rapid succession a few blocks away.
it's definitely time for me to go to sleep. good night.
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-905532572003-03-11T19:19:00.000-05:002003-03-11T19:24:33.000-05:00it's kind of hard to be frivolous with the reality of a WAR looming over us. or maybe not...
does anyone else think it's utterly embarrassing for our nation's lawmakers to ban "french" fries in Congress and replace them with "freedom fries" instead? I'm embarrassed. don't these guys have better things to do? maybe their fat, lazy asses need to lay off the fries, freedom or otherwise, and Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-903914852003-03-09T02:22:00.000-05:002004-09-29T11:56:57.756-04:00Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-903250232003-03-07T17:26:00.000-05:002004-09-29T11:58:23.930-04:00well, I had a great time at the show on Mon. proof is below.
see pics and better pics.
read my blogcritics review.
listen to "PS" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
blogging to: PS - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-901601842003-03-05T01:50:00.000-05:002004-09-29T12:03:13.306-04:00things that made me laugh this week:
"Can I write check?"
shizzolating cnn and turning a headline that read "Protect Your Home and Your Car From The Weather" into "Pro'tect Yo Crib 'n Yo Hooptie From Da Elementz"
a fan shouting "THAT'S WHY YOU FUCKING RULE!" loud enough to be clearly heard over a crowd of several hundred after Glen Phillips paused to tune his guitar saying, "Oh, that's why I Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-900999952003-03-04T02:24:00.000-05:002003-03-04T18:38:23.000-05:00I present to you the moment I realized my relationship with star wars as I knew it was over:
ANAKIN : Master, sir...I've been wondering...what are midi-chlorians?
QUI-GON : Midi-chlorians are a microcopic lifeform that reside within all living cells and communicates with the Force.
ANAKIN : They live inside of me?
QUI-GON : In your cells. We are symbionts with the midi-chlorians.
ANAKIN : Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-900092572003-03-02T14:44:00.000-05:002003-03-02T14:46:02.000-05:00my wishlist of nice luxury items I will get sometime in the future, budget permitting:
a comfy, leather deskchair
professional digital cam with all the bells and whistles
ski boots
skis
nice polaroid cam
new laptop
chiasso dvd/cd rack with blades (the roller kind, not the sharp kind)
ski gloves, ski pants
and that's why they call it a wishlistRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-889095372003-02-11T08:27:00.000-05:002003-02-11T08:34:06.000-05:00just got back from 3 weeks in the third world. I didn't have an internet connection pretty much the whole time so basically, I was disconnected from my world. while I was gone, Toad the Wet Sprocket decided to get back together for a tour, Nell Carter died, couples I know broke up, strange couples got together, friends got into graduate schools, friends didn't, I missed a chance to see a live Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-875460752003-01-16T13:57:00.000-05:002003-01-16T18:10:47.000-05:00happy birthdays
Anna and I have known each other since the 5th grade. that was a LONG time ago....15-16 years. jesus fucking christ. and of all the people I've met in that time, she is still one of the coolest and bestest people I know. we don't get to hang out as much now that we're older (I'm lazy and stay at home all the time while she is busy chasing after fresh off the boat, barely Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-874332482003-01-14T15:11:00.000-05:002003-01-16T19:16:13.000-05:00one of the better things about leaving the country for 3 weeks is getting everyone you know to go to your favorite restaurants the week before you leave:
today: marumi or monster sushi 6:30
wednesday: chat n chew 6:00 (actually, didn't make it - too cold...and too lazy)
thursday: acme underground 7:30
weekend: bangkok thai and maybe some steak? I'm going to have to take some stuff out of my Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-871489542003-01-08T23:34:00.000-05:002003-01-08T23:51:19.000-05:00this
(josh wearing a scarf I will make him, a snowman wearing a ravenclaw scarf I am also making for josh, and legolas, the elf)
is what happens
(josh as velma wearing a scarf I will make him, a snowman as daphne, and legolas, the elf, as fred)
when you're watching the end of the bachelorette, are really bored, and happen to be chatting with an old friend online. actually, you should Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-871331432003-01-08T17:34:00.000-05:002003-01-09T02:35:47.000-05:00
I DESIRE:
Acme Underground - Jambalaya
Hog Pit - Shepard's Pie
Monster Sushi - Tempura Soba and that other soup thing that's not sukiyaki
Marumi - Avo-Salmon Salad
Cafe Pane e Chiocolatto - Ravioli in meat sauce
Outback - Wings, Cheese Fries
Asia de Cuba - Tuna Tartare
Nobu - Miso Cod, Sashimi Salad
Pluck U - Wings
Chat N Chew - Macaroni and Cheese, fried cornmeal oysters
Baja Fresh - UltimoRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-870987862003-01-08T00:42:00.000-05:002003-01-08T02:15:13.000-05:00I fixed archive issues on this blog and the old one. go me. actually, I didn't fix it on curmudgies. I just made it so that if you're really really bored one day, you may read all my posts on one fun-filled page. knock yourselves out. really, knock yourselves out. this is a non-subliminal suggestion. go.
I suppose in retrospect it IS kind of weird to have an entire IM conversation Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-870310542003-01-06T19:03:00.000-05:002003-01-06T19:07:20.000-05:00miami Dec 2002 - Jan 2003 in pictures
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-870239742003-01-06T16:23:00.000-05:002003-01-08T01:02:15.000-05:00
highlights and lowlights
so, leaving DC to continue on to Miami, I drew the short straw and and ended up driving through the state for lovers, as it proclaims itself. made the decision to take 295 around Richmond, as the signs told me to, and just as I was reaching 95, a motherfucking pig pulled me over. I should have smelled him a mile away, the porker. the virginian ham gave me a ticket Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-867670362002-12-31T18:59:00.000-05:002002-12-31T18:59:22.496-05:00so I'm just past that point where I'm caught between wanting to go out for new year's to par-tay and staying at home for new year's with a bottle of champagne/person. well, with 20 pple down here wanting to get out and pay $60 for watered down open bar and all you can eat microwaved pigs in a blanket - we're off to the rusty pelican to drink my brains out since I'm not driving. probably within Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-865157212002-12-25T10:40:00.000-05:002002-12-25T10:40:10.680-05:001 overnight stop
4 Outback wings, 1 pasta dish
2 fast food stops
3 possible racist incidents
9 powerball tickets
1050 miles later...
80 degrees outside
60 degrees inside
10 expected days of rest and relaxation
I heard it snowed in NY! the first time in like 15 years on xmas - and I missed it!!! ah, fuck. merry christmas.
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-864302522002-12-23T05:17:00.000-05:002002-12-23T05:28:48.000-05:001 mochalatta chill
1 box of popcorn
1 bag of nacho cheesier doritos
6 rows of knitting, undone
6 new rows of knitting
1 missed exit
260 miles
4 cds later...
3 awesome dudes, 1 cool new roommate
1 raunchy movie
12 rows of knitting
1 bottle of wine
1 baja ultimo steak burrito, no onions
1/2 bottle of crown royale
several skyy blues
1 long game of spades
3 games of dead or alive 3
0 hours of sleep
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-863876262002-12-22T01:46:00.000-05:002002-12-22T01:47:26.000-05:00I wanted to drive with greg and jenny to see christmas lights tonight but we didn't on account of us needing to wake up early in the morning to leave. so, I'm off tomorrow! the mixes are done and ready. I am almost packed. the sammy cat will be missed something terrible. first stop will be in dc to visit some badass mofos. I might get to update the blog if I'm loser enough. then we will Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-863359672002-12-20T16:57:00.000-05:002002-12-20T16:57:59.663-05:00the legolas secret diary is pretty funnyRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-863307752002-12-20T14:38:00.000-05:002002-12-20T15:52:26.000-05:00expectactions be damned! fourteen of us took up the entire row and even the smell of vomit that permeated the theater disappeared. I loved the two towers and I'm heartily glad of my decision to not read the books beforehand. they say tolkein's prose is not so great anyway. ah, the elf, the battle scenes, the elf throwing himself on the horse, pitiable gollum, closeups of the elf... the only Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-862386972002-12-18T17:12:00.000-05:002002-12-20T14:39:53.000-05:00smoke-free partay!
Mike Bloomberg finally did some good! smoking will be banned at work and in most bars and restaurants! in your face, obnoxious smokers. dare I dream I will finally be able to go out and not come home with bloodshot, dried-out eyes and reeking like an old ashtray? happy, clean, fresh-smelling days are here!
sorry, smoker friends, you know who you are. actually, I'm notRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-861989042002-12-17T22:02:00.000-05:002002-12-17T22:02:59.080-05:00LOTR:TT minus 1 day, 22 hours
I'm NOT excited. I'm NOT excited. I am NOT excited. I have NO expectations. I have NO expectations. I have NO freakin' expectations, damnit.
mantras DO work. mantras DO work...
oh, who am I kidding...of course it's going to kick some serious ass. but shhh...don't tell me that.
meanwhile, back to the knitting... Jane and her mom taught me how to Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-861830062002-12-17T15:57:00.000-05:002003-01-07T23:39:16.000-05:00the stella show saturday night
renwu: i guess greg told you about stella?
josh: no
renwu: michael ian black had the same reaction to greg
as babies do
renwu: veronika was talking with him and greg came up
renwu: and mike black turned standoffish and looked annoyed
renwu: it was weird
josh: weird
renwu: anyway, julie bowen, warren cheswick and ed's
best friend's wife were in the audience
renwu: Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-859503602002-12-13T11:20:00.000-05:002002-12-13T11:22:54.000-05:00so, I read this on msn.com:
15 worst holiday gift ideas:
10) Gifts made by your own $40-an-hour hands
At some point, the Spirit of Frugality will pin you to the floor and tell you that the best way to save money during the holidays is to make all your gifts by hand. Resist this impulse! First of all, just because you don't have money doesn't mean you have talent. Second, handmade gifts always Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-859167802002-12-12T18:13:00.000-05:002002-12-13T14:15:55.000-05:00H O L Y S H I T - lookee what I made!
wow, ok, I haven't updated this in a while. that's because all this time, well, most of it, was spent making this:
stats: motherfucker is almost 7 feet long, 6.5 inches wide, contains at least 461 70-stitch rows, and consists of 4 balls of yarn.
and when you're making one of those, it's very difficult to type blog entries or anything for thatRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-854348662002-12-03T12:48:00.000-05:002002-12-03T13:40:37.000-05:00current and upcoming projects:
navy scarf (for the dec 7th army-navy game - go navy! beat army!)
xmas presents
gryffindor scarf
slytherin scarf
ravenclaw scarf
I'm sew crafty!
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-854079142002-12-02T20:58:00.000-05:002002-12-03T12:25:02.000-05:00at long last! the meter, she is finally exposed for the bitch that she is!
I always hated the metric system and now I have even more reason to. screw you, centimeter. die, kilometer. take that, meter, you fraud. celsius/centigrade whatever, you're next, you asshole, you.
snippets from the article in case that link goes bad:
Why the metric system is wrong
Author takes 'The Measure of Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-852420752002-11-29T01:04:00.000-05:002002-12-03T12:23:00.000-05:00turkey for you
and turkey for me
wanna throw it up
but it's lodged in me
actually, the turkey was super amazing fucking good this year. apparently, all turkey needs is a half a bottle of my good old wild turkey whiskey. all that whiskey...(sob)....evaporated. but it sure makes the turkey extra nice and tender. well, I'm out to get a bottle of makers now. next, I wanna try to make that iron Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-851506142002-11-27T02:20:00.000-05:002002-12-03T02:55:01.000-05:00i had a short posted here but I took it off because I'm going to submit it to be published. it's a short short I wrote after taking the subway home after emma's birthday party and jenny's celebration. i'll post it back up later. Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-850972352002-11-26T02:04:00.000-05:002002-11-26T11:59:43.000-05:00weekends are way too short. good thing t-day vaca is only a daaaaaaaay aaaaaaa-waaaaaaaaaaaay! Annie's got some awesome tunes.
so on sunday jennifer and I came up with an awesome idea for xmas presents for everyone. we are so fucking brilliant. of course I almost spilled the beans like 50 times because apparently, all of the sudden, I've developed a ginormous mouth that won't shut the fuckRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-849507332002-11-22T20:28:00.000-05:002002-11-23T00:04:25.000-05:00I've dropped the package off at Newark and now am all alone and sad, and hungry too. it was rainy and dark on the highway and all the damn cars were going less than 40 mph. I forgot my cell charger, naked, and harry potter in the rush to get to the airport and now all I have is this book I picked up on astral projection for $1 from a library book sale. if i learn to astral project this weekendRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-848871572002-11-21T15:59:00.000-05:002002-11-21T16:38:59.000-05:00briefly:
review of Tuesday's show coming shortly.
I give Aaron props for choosing Helene; however, I doubt it will work out in the long run. but she sure is pretty.
nanowrimo? more like nocanwrianymoplease.
I am NOT DJ Scribbles or Skribe. Although, I have to say, Skribe does have that je ne sais quoi coolness in written form. hmm....
Eugene is officially DJ NO. homz, for short. and Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-847984692002-11-19T23:28:00.000-05:002002-11-22T23:54:25.000-05:00and I'm counting 10, 11, 12...
I have a long way to go. and I'm counting...
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-847710782002-11-19T12:34:00.000-05:002002-11-19T22:55:35.000-05:00nothing wakes me up and gets me out of bed like some good old fashioned, heart-stopping fear
when I was a kid, fear of my parents would get me out of bed, into my clothes, and on my way to school. in college, sometimes fear of missing an exam would get me out of bed and into the lecture hall. when I first started working, fear of being late would get me into the office pretty promptly - note: Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-847279992002-11-18T17:24:00.000-05:002002-11-19T00:38:51.000-05:00I am shallow. I am probably more shallow than the average shallow person. I like material objects. I like receiving them, buying them, owning them. owning material things makes me happy. more material posessions = happier me. almost as much as receiving and owning, I do like giving material objects as presents. however, if I really had to choose, I suppose I would rather have than give. Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-844594212002-11-13T01:27:00.000-05:002002-11-14T22:08:46.000-05:00who da man?
yoda man
yoda da man
(((shudder)))Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-843837982002-11-11T17:31:00.000-05:002002-11-11T22:55:28.000-05:00hmm, irene (who was sober) says she didn't think any of us were all that drunk friday night...at all. even from my drunken standpoint, I think we were all pretty shitfaced and giggly all night. in fact, I couldn't remember some of the conversations I had until I really thought about it the next day. hard. anyway, can anyone else give me a take on how drunk we all seemed? I would really Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-842686562002-11-09T02:13:00.000-05:002002-11-09T02:13:37.210-05:00hol y shit - pretty drunk - took quite an effort to log into blogger. went to see a GREAT janie superstar show. really don't know how I am up blogging. logged in really to check lotto. of course, didn't win. everyone else that was with me is passed out of course. jstar show was superb - loved all the songs. rocked out like crazy - woo hoo! took 4 LI iced-teas plus a tequla shot plus 2 Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-841607342002-11-07T02:31:00.000-05:002002-11-07T17:09:39.000-05:00make sure your speakers are on, you're at home (and not at work), open this, and read the words along with the song. fascinating. thanks, mansoor! Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-841396582002-11-06T18:03:00.000-05:002002-11-06T19:21:12.000-05:00didn't val kilmer already do this in real genius? now that's a good movie.
unrelated (or is it), I just finished Lullaby and I am reserving my thoughts and opinions until I read his other novels.
even more unrelated, fucking cool! I got one of those letters from the nigerians! except, I'm not a sir. but otherwise, I'm feeling pretty special today - I have an opportunity to make 30% of Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-841021312002-11-06T00:52:00.000-05:002002-11-06T01:07:34.000-05:00if only I could get the following in each and every day
a walk around the city
one episode of this american life
one crossword puzzle
at least an hour of reading
many hours of writing (check back for nanowrimo progress)
there just aren't enough hours in one dayRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-840225772002-11-04T16:29:00.000-05:002002-11-04T17:48:45.000-05:00november social activities calendar
join the fun, stalk me, whatever! (actually, please don't stalk me). and I forgot to include the weekly Wednesday Bachelor get togethers. come on over to the apt anytime after 6 for food, drinks, and fun up the wazoo. we've got candy, lots n lots o' the halloween candy. save me before I eat all the candy. oh, and there's harry potter nov 15.
welcome Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-839074912002-11-02T00:10:00.000-05:002002-11-02T00:24:45.000-05:00in process of adding about me page. just because.
just because i'm procrastinating. Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-838625042002-11-01T01:21:00.000-05:002002-11-06T00:45:51.000-05:00just a note - i'm so fucking screwed: nanowrimo officially starts today. but i'm gonna do it, you'll see. you'll all see....me break down and cry...
the bachelor episode was 50/50 for thrills. the bad: one on one with the girls meant no cat fighting which meant boring! the good: good ole alabama girl with jailbird daddy had crazy cracker family that threatened bachelor with bodily harm and Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-837943592002-10-30T18:27:00.000-05:002002-11-01T01:30:47.000-05:00be still my heart
you know when you just absolutely fall in love and you can't get enough? i've fallen hard...for a song. it's got everything from betrayal to anger to loss. it's beautiful, it's haunting, it's tragic. i can't stop playing it. it makes me sad, it makes me happy, more importantly, it makes me feel. Mike Garrigan is a fucking genius. sometimes, for a moment (approx 4 min andRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-837509632002-10-29T22:34:00.000-05:002002-10-29T22:38:41.000-05:00it sucks not being able to write what you really want to in case someone you know happens to read this and someone ends up getting offended or hurt or upset. yes, I'm talking about you.
brain fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
seriously though, it sucks. Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-837045922002-10-29T01:25:00.000-05:002002-10-29T22:35:46.000-05:00amazon is love
I got the following in the mail today: Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk, Wet Hot American Summer, The Royal Tenenbaums, Legally Blonde, and Stitch: Experiment 626 for the ps2. thank you! I love you! wishlists rule.
oh boy oh boy oh boy. no, this is not an episode of quantum leap. nanowrimo is coming up. I am surely screwed. supposedly, I should hermit myself away in november, Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-836822892002-10-28T16:51:00.000-05:002002-11-05T18:36:26.000-05:00neato esposito
a bunch of us crashed a halloween mansion party sat night. ok fine, one of us used to date a friend of the guy who threw the party so technically it wasn't really crashing, I suppose. the best part of the night was actually getting there as the mansion was in the middle of nowhere (jersey). the roads were dark, creepy, and somehow familiar to Monica "you guys, I've been here Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-835567672002-10-26T11:53:00.000-04:002002-10-26T13:33:58.000-04:00questions i have no answer to and how I answer them in my head while I give the inquirer a blank stare
you write? what novel would you recommend as the quintessential and definitve literary experience?
what a pompous and redundant question. anything I write, of course.
we haven't seen each other in months. so, how's your life been?
the long answer: it depends. what is life? (long, Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-835026832002-10-25T03:40:00.000-04:002002-10-25T03:51:54.000-04:00oooh, ireeeeeene! she got me all into wanting to dress up for halloween this year. I hadn't planned on doing anything although I had been toying with the idea of getting all punked out. however, after musing on that for a while, I started thinking, what if real punk kids see me, see through the sham, and start throwing collars, studs, spikes, whatever they can get their grubby leather covered Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-834673252002-10-24T12:56:00.000-04:002002-11-05T18:38:01.000-05:00it's official. have regressed back to college dorm days. hosted a get together yesterday which ultimately became the first of weekly The Bachelor parties complete with cookie eating, pillow throwing, groaning at Bachelor's choices, and general feeling of embarrassment for womankind. however, I think now that The Bachelor has pretty much weeded out the basketcases and rabbit killing psychotics,Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-833232092002-10-21T19:59:00.000-04:002002-10-21T20:03:41.000-04:00do you suppose that at some point, every day, The Secret of My Success is playing somewhere out there? I suppose that can only make the world a better place.
worlds collide and hearts will be broken
over and over it's the same every day
how can I say what has never concerned me
the secret of my success is I'm living 25 hours a day - Night RangerRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-832397922002-10-20T01:15:00.000-04:002002-10-28T16:55:12.000-05:00So I went home to the burbs for the weekend and right as I walked through the door after seeing Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Bowling for Columbine, the first thing my mother said to me was, “Did you hear there was another sniper shooting in Virginia?”..... you can read my full review here.
that sounded about right. it was quite a shock to learn from the movie that last year, australia Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-831256602002-10-17T13:19:00.000-04:002002-10-17T23:11:31.000-04:00Igby Fucking Slocumb
wow, yesterday totally rocked. the Nor’easter went away just in time for us to dance outside in the cold for an hour before the doors to fez opened. so this time Monica came along with us to see Stella and the show absolutely rocked last week’s. Michael Ian Black deigned to show up but he really added to the dynamic of the group. we all really liked Demetri Martin and Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-830671142002-10-16T12:09:00.000-04:002002-10-17T13:21:38.000-04:00lemme tell you exactly how stupid those online “tests” are, aside from the obvious. I took one to determine how evil I was and I only scored 47%! Wtf is up with that. of course, the questions were ridiculous – the only reason why I failed to rate a higher score is because of the whole drug section. Like smoking cigarettes and doing illegal drugs makes someone evil. please. stupid, yes, evilRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-830278152002-10-15T15:43:00.000-04:002002-11-05T22:48:38.000-05:00WTF!?!
oh sick. what is wrong with people. read the story first, then view the pictures, and also, make sure to have your speakers on for the full experience. ugh - those pictures are burned in my brain. like I needed to add to the nightmares I already have. please do not put fetuses in dresses and post their pics on the internet. this is not what the internet is for, people.
this beats Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-829963962002-10-14T23:31:00.000-04:002002-10-14T23:31:47.000-04:00allo, allo. i just published my first review on blogcritics. you can read it here. i tried adding links to amazon for their albums by adding in the ASIN numbers as instructed, but i think i'm too developmentally retarded to get such things right. if you want to make my day, you can add comments to it. Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-829943052002-10-14T22:47:00.000-04:002002-10-17T13:15:14.000-04:00I just saw Igby Goes Down and I absolutely loved it. It has just the right amount of quirkiness, sadness, hurting, darkness, and comedy. Maybe I’m just a sucker for quirky dysfunctional families and boarding school boys but I loved it. I even welled up a tad when Igby (played by a middle Culkin kid) flails at his newly dead mother’s body and cries. His performance was brilliant and what I gotRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-829711262002-10-14T13:04:00.000-04:002002-10-14T13:28:07.000-04:00"That wasn't English, Keith! I mean, you're talking in Esperanto, or some language twins teach each other! I mean, the King's English, man! I mean, throw us a bone man - alright!" - Mike Myers as Mick Jagger to Keith Richards on snl
screw latin. latin is dead. esperanto is the future, much like my phone.
I am going to teach myself esperanto, I've decided. greg and i are going to take a Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-829502182002-10-14T00:53:00.000-04:002002-10-14T13:12:21.000-04:00can can you can do the can can
so over the weekend I got a new phone that I am absolutely in love with. It's the samsung a310 - it's sleek, it's futuristic, it lights up real purty. it makes greg's phone (a sprint samsung from a year ago that I previously thought of as a nice phone) look about 50 years behind. my new phone is the future. HOWEVER, there is one major problem with my beautifulRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-827925832002-10-10T10:38:00.000-04:002002-10-29T21:43:03.000-05:00stella stella bo bella
it started off slow, there wasn't nearly enough mike showalter or david wain, and michael ian black didn't even bother to show! :o but joe lo truglio did!!! as did Enis (dance, dance enis, dance). we discovered two new comics (one who made an awesome diarrhea joke - "I've been smuggling diarrhea across the border from Mexico - up my ass." there's just something about Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-826413992002-10-07T12:05:00.000-04:002002-10-09T12:18:57.000-04:00the capt'n and me
because I've had the shits on and off for 2 weeks now, or maybe it's just because it always comes up in conversations between us for some reason or another, cause that's what it seems like, but Anna and I talked extensively for a good while about the dreaded D word this morning. Whenever I'm down, she regals me with hilarious anecdotes like the time, right in front of us, Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-826367422002-10-07T10:10:00.000-04:002002-10-07T17:48:24.000-04:00well, I wasn't able to get through the entire weekend completely anxiety-free. But friday night was fun and full of drinking. For Larry's birthday, we took a taxi from my apartment, drove him around the hood for half an hour and stopped off at the 168th St subway (a five minute walk from my apt) because our incompetent taxi driver continuously vascillated between taking the east or the west Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-825275632002-10-04T15:05:00.000-04:002002-10-04T15:49:27.000-04:00screw the polaroid. i want this.
The Lego Imperial Star Destroyer
Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-825261412002-10-04T14:27:00.000-04:002002-10-04T14:39:47.000-04:00ok, trying not to let feelings of anxiety interfere with daily activities. must forget that I need to finish a 75,000 word manuscript by December, at least until monday. remind self it's a good thing to have joined nanowrimo to help with the writing of the 75,000 word manuscript. remember that 5000 words are already written and not start panicking after realizing that is only 1/15th of entire Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-824723272002-10-03T12:25:00.000-04:002002-10-03T16:02:11.000-04:00ren: wtf is a person from connecticut? a connecticutian???
Jennifer: lol
ren: connecticutter?
Jennifer: -ite
ren: is that what it is? i hate ct
ren: hmm, I got 8 hits for -ian and 6 for -ite
Jennifer: it sounds like connect a kite
ren: that's stupid. ct sucksRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-824686312002-10-03T11:00:00.000-04:002002-10-11T00:12:29.000-04:00this seat is taken
yay! I'm so excited. I got reservations to see Stella at Fez Under Time Cafe next week! Stella consists of three members of the amazing but now defunct The State comedy group, and they all graduated from my alma mater, NYU! I absolutely adore Michael Showalter (he's so dreamy!) and David Wain, and Michael Ian Black - he's ok too. If you haven't already, see Wet Hot Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829830.post-824425032002-10-02T20:47:00.000-04:002002-10-04T02:13:10.000-04:00are these colors obnoxious? I haven't decided yet. later, when I have time, I will work on the template. so this is my new blog. i decided to move from my old blog to this one because of a stalker (who's obviously never met me, because if you know me, you know there's nothing to stalk). i'm a little sad to leave the old site, perhaps I'll update it once in a while, but i couldn't get the Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466042267104940075noreply@blogger.com0