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stairway to heaven

[+] charlie : 5:50 PM : Comment

for a while i've wanted to just keep track of what i read in a day. back when this space was somewhat witty and filled with links to interesting stories, i read a ridiculous amount of stuff daily. now that it's boring and unattended (and i'm employed), i don't read near as much. even so, i wondered how much i read in an average day. so with gmail's wonderful conversation setup, i just regularly pasted in urls as i went throughout the day. at work, at home, etc. just copy/paste a few urls and send.

the rules: i had to read the entire article. if it was boring and i skimmed it, i didn't include it. i did not include blogs (well only one), and i didn't include stuff i read on shopping sites like amazon. i also did not include message boards or the like.

the following are the list for one day:

[+] charlie : 11:19 PM : Comment

jon stewart is my hero. i'm one of those crazy political types, but i'm one of the cynical ones. this persuasion has led me to watch crossfire (when i have access to cnn), but it also leads me to end up yelling at the hosts' retarded posturing and bluster.

under the pretense of hawking his new book, jon spent his entire time attacking the hosts for their "politcal hackery." it's fun to watch tucker's face as it dawns on him that jon is not joking.

a snippet:

STEWART: In many ways, it's funny. And I made a special effort to come on the show today, because I have privately, amongst my friends and also in occasional newspapers and television shows, mentioned this show as being bad.
(LAUGHTER)
BEGALA: We have noticed.
STEWART: And I wanted to -- I felt that that wasn't fair and I should come here and tell you that I don't -- it's not so much that it's bad, as it's hurting America.

watch the video: ifilm|qt || read the transcript

[+] charlie : 11:02 PM : Comment

this weekend so far is not something that would give me something to talk about - except that's what i want to do. friday i relaxed after a seemingly short week at work. i had no plans - and it felt good. i looked through my roommate's dvd collection for something i hadn't seen. i chose rules of attraction. i followed it up with a $5.50 bin pick. fyi: my collection | our "bookshelf" [big] [small]

roommate left for the weekend. after talking online to some friends for a while, i decided to go check out team america. (review: fuck yeah!) decided to grab a mcchicken - but was told that they were closed. i was wondering why they would talk to me over the drive-through intercom if they were closed so i asked them when they closed. the response was midnight. according to my watch it was 11:58. i asked them what time it was. she said midnight. i don't think i'll be back for a while.

baseball was rained out, and i fell asleep on the couch watching tv.

i woke up and eventually planned to have my weekly bowl of rain bran crunch. however, a few smell tests later of the milk, i decided against it. a better option emerged - omelette. i do like american cheese on my omelettes, but i didn't have any. i went with a six egg omelette with provolone and a little hard salami. 'twas rather good. however, i think i had a beyónce moment. when i was eating it i realized that i had bought the food, i had cooked it on a pan i'd bought, with gas i pay for. i'd eaten it on a plate i bought, with a fork i bought (and used the pepper grinder i'd bought). i had even washed it down with a large glass of tropicana premium in a glass i'd bought. i was alone eating my stuff my way. it was a damn good moment.

however, that moment has made me think about its legitimacy. i am not where i am without help from a lot of people. probably my primary source of support is dealing with metastatic breast cancer, and while i am cool with being alone (there is an i in "team america"), it would be nice to share my spoiled milk sometimes. maybe i'll back up kim...

despite this melodramatic bull, i followed it up with a similar feeling at dinner. i considered good ole mac and cheese, but with no milk - i went back to penne and marinara. i guess having a roommate who brought nothing kitchen related does lend itself to having this whole mr. independent feeling regularly.

and once again i hate blogger on the mac. i have like 20 links to go back and put in by hand. quite annoying.

[+] charlie : 9:00 PM : Comment

news on the march!

Sunday, October 24, 2004

no...we go for the szechuan chicken wings

Monday, October 18, 2004

where does the time go

Saturday, October 16, 2004

we need help

pleasantly uneventful

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