OVERDOSE: "Choking on your alibis"
Before we get started, I was just about to post when I learned of the passing of Jerry Orbach, 'Law and Order's' "Lenny Briscoe" and of course, "Lumiere" from Beauty and the Beast. I just wanted to mention that that sucks. I will also always remember him as "Wil Weaton's Mobster Dad in Toy Soldiers." He will be missed.
Ahh, back to Bloggerdom, my home away from home. Welcome back from Christmas, friends, sorry I decided to take a few days off, but here's the funny thing-- when I'm in a good mood, I don't have much to talk about. Crazy, huh? And, between Christmas food, presents, family, Penny, and the general sweetness-laden turn life has taken to end the year, I've been in pretty high spirits of late. Don't worry, though, I'm quite certain that shortly after I return from New Year's, things'll go back to normal, i.e.: I'll turn the Angst-O-Meter up to 14 and start writing poetry for y'all and quoting Cure songs again. I can't wait, can you? (It's rhetorical, which means, apparently, that it's not supposed to have a '?' since i 1) was generally unawares of this rule until three minutes ago; and 2) believe the Question Mark is super-keen and underused; I'm going against the grammar grain and running with. I know-- I'm rebel scum.).
Where was I? Oh- yeah. Feeling good about Christmastime. What can I say? Fill me with Bogna Calda, heavily-salted lamb, wine, and loads of chocolate, and I'm pretty much a happy camper. Give me new flannel sheets, a down comforter, a DVD player, and Spider-Man 2, and I'm pretty much flyin' high until New Year's. Throw in a dash of Penelope the Wonder Pup, some cute emails, and a little quality GameCube time with Gooder, and I've basically built an amusement park on Cloud 32. In fact, I was so pleased with my Christmas that I didn't even turn into a vengeful Adam, as promised, when I didn't get Eternal Sunshine (largely, I think, because I got mad loot, also, which means I got the DVD by proxy, because it's going to be my first post-Christmas premeditated impulse buy).
In the meantime, I've got enough random thoughts flitterring around that you may all be getting a collection of randomness later today that I like to call "Even I Get Boreded." Cross your fingers.
Before I REALLY get rolling, let's handle the Song/Link portion of the Dose right here. First, your Link of the Day is one of my all time favourite websites. Unfortunately, though, good ol' S.B. has been slumping for about..oh..a year, until he broke through last night with this little mini-gem. It's no "frat party" or "lures and jigs," but I laughed. I did, however, have a college radio show, so perhaps the humour is subjective. If you don't like the 'radio' episode- check out some of the previously mentioned old ones. You'll laugh-- promise.
Today's Song, in the spirit of Bowl Week, is the Poulon-WeedEater CarQuest Blockbuster Madison Foodarama Song of the Week. Meaning I heard it on the radio, and have had it on 'repeat' on the WinAmp for two days. It's The Killers with "Mr. Brightside." I had heard a lot about The Killers, but never got around to downloading anything. Then I heard this, LOVED it, and downloaded, like, ALL the songs I could find. Verdict: jury's still out, but early returns are good. I especially like this song because parts of it sound like "Ode to Joy." to me, which, being a guy who listens to classical at work all day, is pretty swell.
Okay, okay, I'm rambling, I know. Time to get interactive.. I've got TWO questions for y'all to counter with today:
1) I'm going to an uber-classy black-tie-opt. NYE party in DC in a couple of days, and need a sweet shirt/tie combo for my black suit. Being the website encourages us to dress classy but creative/flashy, I'm trading in the white french cuff shirt/gold tie I purchased the other day for something a little more BOLD! Any ideas?
2) How'd Santa treat ya? (Or Jewish Claus, whatever the case may be.)
Link/Song....check.
interactivity....check.
Okay, a few final thoughts:
a) My cousin Monica hooked me up with a Han Solo action figure. This is important/touching/mega-sweet because when I was about five years old, I had a Han figure, but I dropped it down the vent or flu or something to my fireplace, and he was never heard from again. In fact, he was never replaced, because we could never find another Han. Thus, Chewie had to roll with "generic F-15 fighter pilot guy who wore all black and kinda looked like Han" for the rest of my childhood. Well, Monica rented the house I grew up in from my folks for a few years, and I guess sometime last year, I relayed this story to her while visiting. Wouldn't you know it, come Christmas, she remembers and hooks me up with a Han.
If you know me well, you know there's really no way to get to me faster than give me an seemingly insignficant gift that simply reflects that you paid attention to my ramblings and cared enough to track something down, (see Christmas 2002: Bird by Bird) Let's just say that when I opened the package and realized what it was, it got a little dusty in that room. Hopefully only my dad and Gooder noticed. Anywho, Han is proudly piloting the Millenium Falcon again, as it sits triumphantly in my room.
2) ah! my room! It has a FLOOR! who knew? I cleaned the holy hell out of that room the other day, it looks mega-swell. Come check it out before I mess it up again!
iii) somewhere 'round Christmas, The Kingdom broke 3000 hits, and passed Roberto Clemente in Blog-lore. Thanks to you ALL for coming by. I'm gonna keep on keepin' on with this, because it's done such a great job of keeping me in contact with a handful of you. Hopefully, things'll keep growin' 'round here, and I'll get to stay in contact with more and more and more of you! So keep posting! It makes my day!
okay, I'll be back later with some Randomation. I hope.
Be good to each other until then!
-apk
Ahh, back to Bloggerdom, my home away from home. Welcome back from Christmas, friends, sorry I decided to take a few days off, but here's the funny thing-- when I'm in a good mood, I don't have much to talk about. Crazy, huh? And, between Christmas food, presents, family, Penny, and the general sweetness-laden turn life has taken to end the year, I've been in pretty high spirits of late. Don't worry, though, I'm quite certain that shortly after I return from New Year's, things'll go back to normal, i.e.: I'll turn the Angst-O-Meter up to 14 and start writing poetry for y'all and quoting Cure songs again. I can't wait, can you? (It's rhetorical, which means, apparently, that it's not supposed to have a '?' since i 1) was generally unawares of this rule until three minutes ago; and 2) believe the Question Mark is super-keen and underused; I'm going against the grammar grain and running with. I know-- I'm rebel scum.).
Where was I? Oh- yeah. Feeling good about Christmastime. What can I say? Fill me with Bogna Calda, heavily-salted lamb, wine, and loads of chocolate, and I'm pretty much a happy camper. Give me new flannel sheets, a down comforter, a DVD player, and Spider-Man 2, and I'm pretty much flyin' high until New Year's. Throw in a dash of Penelope the Wonder Pup, some cute emails, and a little quality GameCube time with Gooder, and I've basically built an amusement park on Cloud 32. In fact, I was so pleased with my Christmas that I didn't even turn into a vengeful Adam, as promised, when I didn't get Eternal Sunshine (largely, I think, because I got mad loot, also, which means I got the DVD by proxy, because it's going to be my first post-Christmas premeditated impulse buy).
In the meantime, I've got enough random thoughts flitterring around that you may all be getting a collection of randomness later today that I like to call "Even I Get Boreded." Cross your fingers.
Before I REALLY get rolling, let's handle the Song/Link portion of the Dose right here. First, your Link of the Day is one of my all time favourite websites. Unfortunately, though, good ol' S.B. has been slumping for about..oh..a year, until he broke through last night with this little mini-gem. It's no "frat party" or "lures and jigs," but I laughed. I did, however, have a college radio show, so perhaps the humour is subjective. If you don't like the 'radio' episode- check out some of the previously mentioned old ones. You'll laugh-- promise.
Today's Song, in the spirit of Bowl Week, is the Poulon-WeedEater CarQuest Blockbuster Madison Foodarama Song of the Week. Meaning I heard it on the radio, and have had it on 'repeat' on the WinAmp for two days. It's The Killers with "Mr. Brightside." I had heard a lot about The Killers, but never got around to downloading anything. Then I heard this, LOVED it, and downloaded, like, ALL the songs I could find. Verdict: jury's still out, but early returns are good. I especially like this song because parts of it sound like "Ode to Joy." to me, which, being a guy who listens to classical at work all day, is pretty swell.
Okay, okay, I'm rambling, I know. Time to get interactive.. I've got TWO questions for y'all to counter with today:
1) I'm going to an uber-classy black-tie-opt. NYE party in DC in a couple of days, and need a sweet shirt/tie combo for my black suit. Being the website encourages us to dress classy but creative/flashy, I'm trading in the white french cuff shirt/gold tie I purchased the other day for something a little more BOLD! Any ideas?
2) How'd Santa treat ya? (Or Jewish Claus, whatever the case may be.)
Link/Song....check.
interactivity....check.
Okay, a few final thoughts:
a) My cousin Monica hooked me up with a Han Solo action figure. This is important/touching/mega-sweet because when I was about five years old, I had a Han figure, but I dropped it down the vent or flu or something to my fireplace, and he was never heard from again. In fact, he was never replaced, because we could never find another Han. Thus, Chewie had to roll with "generic F-15 fighter pilot guy who wore all black and kinda looked like Han" for the rest of my childhood. Well, Monica rented the house I grew up in from my folks for a few years, and I guess sometime last year, I relayed this story to her while visiting. Wouldn't you know it, come Christmas, she remembers and hooks me up with a Han.
If you know me well, you know there's really no way to get to me faster than give me an seemingly insignficant gift that simply reflects that you paid attention to my ramblings and cared enough to track something down, (see Christmas 2002: Bird by Bird) Let's just say that when I opened the package and realized what it was, it got a little dusty in that room. Hopefully only my dad and Gooder noticed. Anywho, Han is proudly piloting the Millenium Falcon again, as it sits triumphantly in my room.
2) ah! my room! It has a FLOOR! who knew? I cleaned the holy hell out of that room the other day, it looks mega-swell. Come check it out before I mess it up again!
iii) somewhere 'round Christmas, The Kingdom broke 3000 hits, and passed Roberto Clemente in Blog-lore. Thanks to you ALL for coming by. I'm gonna keep on keepin' on with this, because it's done such a great job of keeping me in contact with a handful of you. Hopefully, things'll keep growin' 'round here, and I'll get to stay in contact with more and more and more of you! So keep posting! It makes my day!
okay, I'll be back later with some Randomation. I hope.
Be good to each other until then!
-apk
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