Monday Mutterings

Personally, I think Jay (of Jay and Silent Bob fame) said it best when he said "Whole world's against us dude, I swear to God."

It's a Monday, and here are some things that are floating in my head as I fervently wish for someone from Apple Computing (or a duly appointed non-living representative object) to kick in the teeth. I mean... brilliant job with the new OS, if only there were some way for me to easily distribute it to multiple computers. But enough bitching about my real job... not to mention the fact that there's now NO WAY for me to get to work that doesn't involve road construction delays. Grr...

I'm still very much obsessing over the new Our Lady Peace album. Currently the song that's speaking for me is "Innocent":
"And she wishes she was a dancer
And that she'd never heard of cancer
She wishes God would give her some answers
And make her feel beautiful"

Ok, so I'm not female... but you get the idea. My other current defining song is Brenda Weiler's Weave My Way:
"Think I wanna tell you
How I'm feeling today
That I've fallen for you
Too bad you're three states away
It all hit me last night I was falling asleep
Shaking in my bed these feelings they run too deep..."

Saw Minority Report with Bounce-Bounce and the Bomb Squad a couple weeks ago. Interestingly, they both are friends with the two guys who played the male pre-cognitive twins. Too bad they didn't get more face-time, but it does allow me to say I know someone who knows someone who was in a Spielberg movie. It's like six degrees of fifteen minutes of fame. Or something. As far as the movie itself, I read one review that said it was everything that A.I. should have been. I can go along with that. All of the cool, thought-provoking, futuristic action, and none of the crappy ending. I'd say that's right on. To be honest, I really liked it. Plus, let's face it, Tom Cruise is way better than Haley Joe "Teddy Ruxpin Eyes" Osment. I give it a hearty:

One Trent

Sue!

Ok, I said I wasn't gonna talk about this anymore, but a few of my friends have made this impossible... first it was Jar Jar, actually taking the time to mail me a newspaper clipping from the Hartford Courant with a big article and the picture shown above. Then it was Bounce-Bounce, giving me an issue of Sports Illustrated with a picture much like the one below and another article. Tonight it was Matty, referring to her as "my girl" and mentioning that starting spot on the WNBA all-star team. Apparently people think I have a Sue Bird infatuation problem. Well... they're right! To steal Denis Leary's bit on Cindy Crawford, I think there should be SueTV - All Sue, all the time! *drool* On a related note, Bounce-Bounce promised he'd bring me back a present from Seattle this weekend, and intimated it'd be Sue-related, if not Sue herself. I have yet to see him today... I think it's a deliberate ploy to further decimate my Monday. Not that I'm a conspiracy theorist or anything... as far as you know. Ahem... anyway, in closing, I'd just like to say: "Sue. Good." Thank you.

*drool*

Music sub-reference of the week that no one but me will understand or be entertained by: Just wanna wish a (very belated) 10th of June to old Jonesy... hope this was the year she took a chance, bro.

The more I think about it, the more I want this whole "Lil' Dale" thing to catch on. I can't wait for the window decals of the #3 with an outline of a goat head superimposed over the top. This should happen, along with my bumper stickers that say "Got Elk?" and "What Would Joe Torre Do?" ... I'm insane, I realize.

A while back one of my co-workers said he'd seen a little metal plate on a car (like the ones that advertise special features like "turbo", or "V6") that advertised the car bearing it as having a "4 speed automatic transmission". No kidding. Does it have a trunk, too? How about a dipstick?

And while we're at it, I saw two more things ages ago that were noteworthy enough to note... things that'll get ya on your way to being a Super Car. One - a personalized license plate that read "CARPADM". I can't say few enough words about this. All I can say is that I hope it has to do with fishing. Two - A tree freshener. In the stars and stripes of the American flag. Ok, what scent is that exactly? wadE thinks it has to smell like "mom, apple pie, baseball, and Chevrolet". I'm officially afraid.

I think John Goodman said it best in Fallen: "Pizza is a staff of life."

Saw Sum of All Fears with wadE a while back. Ehh... It had its moments (the bomb effects were great), but was undermined by an awful, awful soundtrack (and I almost never notice the soundtrack). On the bright side, the Russian Fudd/Eisenhower saves the world, so it's got that going for it. Definitely a rental.

Three Trents

Opened a Tootsie Pop at work today (don't even bother asking how many licks, you damn bastard owl - err... sorry, childhood commercial flashback...) and looking at the wrapper I was moved to ask of one of my student workers: "Do you think that's a little kiddie sailor off on little kiddie shore leave?", to which he replied, "Yes". I should have scanned in the wrapper. It was brilliant, I swear.

I also realized on the way home from work that I look like an absolute idiot on a daily basis. The smart-assed among you will tell you that's not news, but I say go screw. I'm talking about me singing my freakin' guts out while driving in traffic. I'm surprised I don't get more funny looks... Today it was "Stay" by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories that set me off. I need to sing that song at karaoke sometime, just to freak people out. Yes, I'm practically an alto. So what? Heh.

And finally, I'd just like to steal another Denis Leary bit, and say that I think Billy Martin said it best when he said "Hey... I can drive."
Mondays suck.
I'm out.
Peace.

07/08/02