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All this seems like a fairy tale, but it is truly very real. So, with all the happenings I have daily witnessed, the nearness of Chicago, a city with an immense future, and the fact that this country is being settled by French Canadians. ... I am being convinced that here is a wonderful future for our children. I have plunged into the arena and have bought 160 acres of land, and am sending you a smaple of that wonderful soil. -- Pualin Narcisse Pallissard, a French citizen, writing home to his wife about his purchase of land near Bourbonnais, Illinois, 1855
One. I finally figured out what that "I'm With You Avril Lavigne" video is all about. Alright, here's my version -- notice at the beginning she's walking in the door of what obviously looks like some underground rock club. My interpretation leans towards punk because, and I'm sure you're all with me here, you've seen all the shit the press has been slinging at Avril of late about how she claims to be "punk" yet makes stupid fucking statements like "I've never owned an album" or "why should I know who the Sex Pistols are?" So, basically, this video has her walking through this club for most of the time singing about how she's sad and lonely and how she's with "you" in lines like "Even though I don't know who you are / I'm with you." Just pretend that the "you" is the punk crowd that's out to get her and you realize that it's an entire song/video about how Avril realizes that she knows she's fucked up, but she really, truly wants to be a punk, and, goddammit, if you'd just give her a chance, she'd make a great mosh-er-pit-er-er. So, what do you say you backstabbing, blueballing, elitist pricks? Why won't you let her in?
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Two. I'm sure you can't tell that I just got done watching Dennis Miller's millenium special, called The Millerenium, which has Mr. Miller traveling through the last thousand years doing his usual monologue/news/photo/rant bits about "current issues" placed about one hundred years apart. I can't begin to tell you how smart that asshole is. He wrote jokes that were funny in both the time they were rooted in, but also by our modern standards, as well. I just tried to explain it, but realized that there's no way it would make any sense. So, I just got rid of it. Happy?
Three. I honestly can't think of anything else to write about. PTI finally came back this afternoon, but it was a rather unremarkable show. Not bad, just not all that interesting. Whatev. I was pleased, though, to see that Wilbon was wearing a throwback Ernie Banks jersey, and that he also ripped on Steinbrenner on more than one or two occassions. I love how Kornhaiser is able to egg Wilbon on to get a higher, more violent outburst from him. That show's pure genius when those two are facing each other. Around the Horn, this new game that the Sportscenter broadcasters play with the athletes on SC, and whatever else the monkeys in suits that run that channel are brewing up, are all crap. PTI is the only show on that channel where I want to see two guys sitting across from each other just talking about things. SC should just give the highlights and the headlines, and an occassional interview every Sunday with some star player of the day, or whatev. Beyond that, I want PTI and more of those awesome, yet highly unpopular sports to air from time to time -- like women's billiards (w/that awesome Asian player), and woodsmen's competitions, and the occassional cricket match every month or so. When did the Entirely Sports Network become the Entirely Sports (assuming that you just mean baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and golf) Network? What about national karate tournaments, as featured in excellent movies like The Karate Kid and The Next Karate Kid? What about the NCAA's Championship Women's LaCrosse tournament? What about ice dancing? I want more variety, ESPN, and I'm not willing to wait. PTI. Learn that this show rules, and the rest of your lineup is crap. Max Kellermen bedamned. Make it happen.
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Four. I'll stop here. I write about how I can't think of anything else to write about, and suddenly that large, crappy hunk of a paragraph is hanging around on my computer screen. Next thing you know I'm standing in the kitchen thinking about how I can't find anything in the fridge to eat. Two minutes later I'm sitting on the couch with my top button undone, my hand stuck between my waistband and my gut, saying, "Goddamn, that entire twenty pound turkey tasted excellent, though the stuffing and the mashed potatoes were both a little undercooked. Hey, ma! Could you do me a favor and pass the yams, I still think I could go another two rounds. Who wants to watch football? Go Lions!" And ... I'm out.
Up Next: Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You Black Emperor!; ( ) by Sigur Ros; and, Sugar by Aloha.
Tomorrow: Research Day! Rex Manning Day!
All this seems like a fairy tale, but it is truly very real. So, with all the happenings I have daily witnessed, the nearness of Chicago, a city with an immense future, and the fact that this country is being settled by French Canadians. ... I am being convinced that here is a wonderful future for our children. I have plunged into the arena and have bought 160 acres of land, and am sending you a smaple of that wonderful soil. -- Pualin Narcisse Pallissard, a French citizen, writing home to his wife about his purchase of land near Bourbonnais, Illinois, 1855
One. I finally figured out what that "I'm With You Avril Lavigne" video is all about. Alright, here's my version -- notice at the beginning she's walking in the door of what obviously looks like some underground rock club. My interpretation leans towards punk because, and I'm sure you're all with me here, you've seen all the shit the press has been slinging at Avril of late about how she claims to be "punk" yet makes stupid fucking statements like "I've never owned an album" or "why should I know who the Sex Pistols are?" So, basically, this video has her walking through this club for most of the time singing about how she's sad and lonely and how she's with "you" in lines like "Even though I don't know who you are / I'm with you." Just pretend that the "you" is the punk crowd that's out to get her and you realize that it's an entire song/video about how Avril realizes that she knows she's fucked up, but she really, truly wants to be a punk, and, goddammit, if you'd just give her a chance, she'd make a great mosh-er-pit-er-er. So, what do you say you backstabbing, blueballing, elitist pricks? Why won't you let her in?
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Two. I'm sure you can't tell that I just got done watching Dennis Miller's millenium special, called The Millerenium, which has Mr. Miller traveling through the last thousand years doing his usual monologue/news/photo/rant bits about "current issues" placed about one hundred years apart. I can't begin to tell you how smart that asshole is. He wrote jokes that were funny in both the time they were rooted in, but also by our modern standards, as well. I just tried to explain it, but realized that there's no way it would make any sense. So, I just got rid of it. Happy?
Three. I honestly can't think of anything else to write about. PTI finally came back this afternoon, but it was a rather unremarkable show. Not bad, just not all that interesting. Whatev. I was pleased, though, to see that Wilbon was wearing a throwback Ernie Banks jersey, and that he also ripped on Steinbrenner on more than one or two occassions. I love how Kornhaiser is able to egg Wilbon on to get a higher, more violent outburst from him. That show's pure genius when those two are facing each other. Around the Horn, this new game that the Sportscenter broadcasters play with the athletes on SC, and whatever else the monkeys in suits that run that channel are brewing up, are all crap. PTI is the only show on that channel where I want to see two guys sitting across from each other just talking about things. SC should just give the highlights and the headlines, and an occassional interview every Sunday with some star player of the day, or whatev. Beyond that, I want PTI and more of those awesome, yet highly unpopular sports to air from time to time -- like women's billiards (w/that awesome Asian player), and woodsmen's competitions, and the occassional cricket match every month or so. When did the Entirely Sports Network become the Entirely Sports (assuming that you just mean baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and golf) Network? What about national karate tournaments, as featured in excellent movies like The Karate Kid and The Next Karate Kid? What about the NCAA's Championship Women's LaCrosse tournament? What about ice dancing? I want more variety, ESPN, and I'm not willing to wait. PTI. Learn that this show rules, and the rest of your lineup is crap. Max Kellermen bedamned. Make it happen.
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Four. I'll stop here. I write about how I can't think of anything else to write about, and suddenly that large, crappy hunk of a paragraph is hanging around on my computer screen. Next thing you know I'm standing in the kitchen thinking about how I can't find anything in the fridge to eat. Two minutes later I'm sitting on the couch with my top button undone, my hand stuck between my waistband and my gut, saying, "Goddamn, that entire twenty pound turkey tasted excellent, though the stuffing and the mashed potatoes were both a little undercooked. Hey, ma! Could you do me a favor and pass the yams, I still think I could go another two rounds. Who wants to watch football? Go Lions!" And ... I'm out.
Up Next: Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You Black Emperor!; ( ) by Sigur Ros; and, Sugar by Aloha.
Tomorrow: Research Day! Rex Manning Day!
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