Sweet Victory!

It may not mean much and it certainly is only one small step but today the Packers achieved a victory bringing their record to 2-5 this year with a 34-24 win over Miami. Awakening at 9 in the AM, since I live in the pacific time zone, I rolled out of bed to watch football. The game starts at about 10 which is too early for football and to be honest feels a little unnatural especially since one cannot begin drinking unless you are an alcoholic. This is the first game I have seen the Packers win since their other win came when my sister visited and I chose her over football like a good brother. So I return home safe, sound and a little happier thanks to the outcome of a game.

Beyond Cool

For those of you who don't recognize the picture that is the one and only Chesney "Chet" Baker. He is one of my favorite if not my favorite jazz musician of all time. Renown for his trumpet playing and his mournful crooning he embodies "cool" jazz made famous by the likes of Miles Davis. Miles is perhaps the reason Chet is overlooked by music fans who are only aware of more popular jazz and recognizable names like Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, etc. As I was burning all my Chet CD's onto my computer I started to obsess a little bit and did a search for him. What I found surprised me. They are planning a movie about him for 2007 starring Josh Hartnett. I am not going to comment on the choice of actor but I am interested to see if they can make an exceptional movie. If you don't know Chet Baker's music then find out.

Check out this link to my webpage where I have an audio clip of Chet for your enjoyment.

My Music

While searching about how to sexy up my blog I came across this site last.fm that monitors what music you play on your computer and makes into a radio station. On the site it describes it as such "Subscribers may listen to the Personal Radio of anyone, but non-subscribed users may only tune into the Personal Radio of someone that is subscribed." So if you don't pay you can listen to people's station that pay but not people who don't pay and if you pay you can listen to anyone's station. Pretty cool I think but I have just started using it so we will see. It also has a feature that you see at the top of my blog that lists the last five songs I have listened to although I kinda screwed up when adding the code cause it turned the info under the chart into part of the link to the station page. But whatever I will figure it out eventually or maybe someone smarter than me will tell me what the dealy-oh-yo! Not much else going on except me being super unproductive today, except for this incredibly important blog work of course, and I also have to mention the unbelievable Monday Night Football game last night between Arizona Cardinals(choke) and the Chicago Bears(lucky as all get out) that came down to the very bitter(if you are a Cardinals fan) bitter end. Peace Out!

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Today is Friday the 13th and unlucky for some reason which scares people. Perhaps there is a reason why sesame street never counted higher than twelve. I can tell you that today Justin Timberlake is appearing on Jimmy Kimmel; my friends are going to see it live and that is scary as hell. By skipping this event I may escape the wrath of this day or maybe like death it will find me no matter where I run.

Chester's Believe It Er No!

Just in case anybody who knows me and reads this blog wasn't sure I am completely insane here is proof.

Some would say there are no coincidences but those people just aren't paying attention. As I watched tv last night at about 2:30 in the AM I saw an episode of "Becker", starring Ted Danson,(and no that is not why I am insane) and simultaneously on Comedy Central I saw the movie "Back to School", starring Rodney Dangerfield. If that isn't weird enough I noticed something so inane that I almost surprised myself. Almost. The actress Terry Ferrell, who many know from "Deep Space Nine", is in "Becker" and "Back to School". But that is not the interesting part(you are saying to yourself "but how could it get anymore interesting...I am bursting with interest") let me tell you the interesting part. Not only is the same actress in both programs I watched but she is doing essentially the same thing in the movie and tv show. In "Becker" her character had to enroll for a college course and didn't want to wait in the long line so she sends the blind guy, Alex Desert, who must be so happy I referred to him as the blind guy and not the black guy, and hijinx ensued. When I turned to Comedy Central to watch "Back to School" she had just cut in line to enrol for college courses so she didn't have to wait in line, but with Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey Jr., and the non famous guy who plays the son. It that irony or what. For those of you that are still reading this entry I know it was worth it and go ahead and gloat about it to those who found this entry boring and didn't finish to find out the incredible twist waiting for them at the end. CONGRATULATIONS.

waondering

the title is not a typo but rather a combination word when I couldnt decide whether I am wandering or wondering and trying to find a difference between the two. Reading vesa has once again gotten the juices flowing in the psyche of my mind even if my vocabulary is lacking. Words words words I find words and speech and thought so frustrating as I am unable to conceive certain things in a more tangible manner and unable to control my word thoughts and unable to express them to my sastisfaction. What is the point anyways since most of the time we think we are communicating or attempt to do so we are really having a conversation within ourselves in the context of "I" and the others who we communicate at are sounding boards to make our thought our min d alive somehow instead of dying in our minds/brains like a hard drive being overwritten. Deal with that.

Day After Day

I did not know what today was, other than Monday, until I woke up and was informed that it is Columbus Day. I am not sure if I have to capitalize the word day but any english teachers out there can correct me. My roommates have the day off as we celebrate guy, possibly itlian, running ashore on the Bahamas and according to wikipedia "Columbus visited San Salvador in the Bahamas (which he was convinced was Japan), Cuba (which he thought was China) and Haiti (where he found gold)." Belief in a man like Columbus can be an example of how some people's knowledge of history is merely anecdotal. As Robert Anton Wilson would say "I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions." And I suspect that words like that suggest an itellect of more depth than those who will follow and believe ideas without perspective.

You Ain't Got No Job!

Yes that is right it is Friday and I ain't got shit to do cause I ain't got no job which leaves plenty of time to play with my new blog. I can hear the screams of joy as you are reading this. I am going to try to update a new feature of what I am listening to although I will probably play with where to put the information so that it is easy to see. I changed my voicemail message today and so far that is the highlight of my day. Baseball playoffs continue, NHL just started, football is in full swing and NBA is going to start in Novemeber. Right now I have three fantasy teams- 2 football, 1 hockey, and 1 basketball. What that means is plenty of distraction to help me forget that I am somewhat miserable right now.

Relaxin on Maxin

Been watching playoff baseball all day and still managed to get a job interview for tomorrow to potentially do some catering. I really hope that I get it since I am out of money, patience, and activities to stave off extremely dangerous levels of boredom. One can only surf the internet, watch tv, and play video games for so long until you are ready to burst from lack of activity. When I lived in Tennessee I had money and nothing to do and now I live in Hollywood and have no money and there are plenty of things to do. Of course it has only been a month but time has a way of creeping up on you when you have no routine.

Distraction

After A rather unsastifying weekend of watching and playing(Madden) football it is almost the end of week four and Monday night-Time for Packers vs. Eagles. GO PACK. Being a rather rabid or at least avid sports fan I follow the trends of the season. This season so far can be summed up by the user added caption to the picture accompanying this entry. Games have ranged from defensive duels to shootouts with a few surprise wins and losses sprinkled about. The Jets almost beat the Colts when everyone thought the Jags would, Kansas city did better with their back up QB, some teams seasons are already over(Tampa) and the Super Bowl champs look like a shell of the team that won it all last year thanks to free agency and motorcycles and I have not even mentioned fantasy football. I can only imagine the excitment(or boredom) waiting for us as the season unfolds.