Amusing link right here -- I guess the only thing to say is Jesus Christ!
posted at 9:59 PM

I've been looking at random sites from the recently updated list on Blogger and I've found that there seem to be no blogs from the 18-21 year old female Detroit-area demographic. What's up with that?
posted at 2:38 PM

I disagreed with Caterina (via email) about her recent post regarding blog-induced love. No one has serendipitously happened upon my site, fallen in love, emailed me, and then kissed me, as much as I wish they would. Since it hasn't happened to me, it's not likely to happen for you. ;)
posted at 9:57 PM

Wow... I can't think of anything to say.
posted at 7:25 PM

I'm sittin' in the UGL working on my care package for Stu and Lane. One of the components of this package will be a mix CD, and I'm taking it very seriously. I have a reputation to keep up, and I can't be sending out any merely-decent mix CDs -- no, this will be an astounding mix CD which will move the listener(s) to laugh, cry, and do the mambo. (Oh wait, I just realized that the mambo song didn't make the cut. Oops.) But anyways, there will be a lot of other stuff inside my care package, along with my donation -- we'll let Lane tell you the rest when she receives it.
posted at 2:17 PM

Sorry about the brief, sporadic posts. I'm going to make it up to you right now by doing a stream of consciousness entry. Once I get the mind working, I know I'll have some content.

Ok, first things first. For the past couple of weeks I've been dating someone named Erin. She's very very fun and attractive and special and cool, and I've enjoyed spending time with her. But, alas, the summer is just about over, and she's headed off to EMU to get an education. I too will be tied up driving up and down to Detroit to go to Wayne State. We've decided it's best if we take a break (and by taking a break, I think it's going to be an actual break, instead of some insipid line that women usually feed you) and so that's what we're doing. I look forward to keeping in touch with Erin, though.

I mentioned Ghost World very briefly, but didn't explain. If you live in my area, you're going to have to go to the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak to see this movie. It's worth it, though, because you will love this movie. It's cynical and hip and funny. It's one of those movies which, if it had wider distribution, has the potential to define a generation, or a fraction thereof. (Preppy college doofuses take a beating in this movie.) I'm going to see it a second time, because I really connect with the character of Seymour. I think he was designed for the express purpose of connecting with the solitary geeks of the world. Now if only I had Thora Birch knocking on my door... (sigh)

Puma is about a month away, and I have a clean, virgin partition waiting to accept it. From what I hear about the new builds, it screams. Maybe now I'll be able to migrate from 9 to X and not suffer.
posted at 11:38 PM

I highly recommend Ghost World.
posted at 1:45 PM

I walked away from Connie Chung's interview with Rep. Condit offended.
posted at 12:16 AM

While I was driving today, I happened to look out my passenger-side window. My gaze was met by a man looking at me seductively and licking his lips.

Now, if I could only get women to flirt with me....
posted at 8:56 PM

Back up. Reformat. Defragment. Optimize. Upgrade. It feels sooo good.
posted at 2:36 PM

Today, while at the undergraduate library, a man came up to me and told me how much he enjoyed one of my articles (back when I wrote for the South End). It was the article regarding brothers and bonding and MTV2. While it was surprising, it brought a smile to my face and slightly relieved my raging headache. Thank you kind sir.
posted at 11:28 PM

The fall semester is rapidly approaching. Since I spent last year in an apartment on campus, I don't know what it will be like to commute to school every day. It's got to be a lot different commuting to Detroit than it is commuting to Farmington Hills -- I know I'll be a lot more careful about what I leave visible inside of my car. Finding parking spaces, making sure I have money on my parking card, and fighting traffic are my destiny.
posted at 9:13 PM

In the last 48 hours, I've spent 20 hours moving tables, chairs, boxes, and the like for the Woodward Dream Cruise. The soreness.
posted at 11:20 PM

I'm trying to figure out what my dream means. According to this site, my spirit guide was attempting to contact me. If so, I think my spirit guide needs to realize that I'm in college now, not high school. And who exactly would my spirit guide be: the girl from junior high, or Chuck Woolery? I don't like that spirit guide theory at all. Thankfully, this site clears everything up. Obviously, this dream must have come from the demonic world! Damn you Satan! Damn you Chuck Woolery!
posted at 1:24 PM

Hmm... I had one of the strangest dreams last night. I'll start at the beginning of what I can remember....

I was at the shopping mall with a bunch of roughnecks (who were apparently my buddies). They all wanted to go inside a clothing store and have the whole group of roughnecks, including me, shoplift shirts. I went inside, but shortly thereafter I covertly ducked out of the store to avoid trouble, and ran out of the mall to my Beetle. Outside, an eerily familiar girl stopped me and exhorted me to come clean. She explained why I needed to come clean, as I was new to this dream. Apparently, through some mixup in the high school's scheduling system, I was placed into a certain class... and a conspiracy. You see, this class was an imaginary class during third hour which was invented by troublemakers so that they could have an extended lunch. According to the scheduling database, it was taught by Chuck Woolery (who, in the alternate universe of this dream, was dead). I drove off in my Beetle and went home. The next day at school, this same girl stalked me and kept telling me to come clean... or else. I finally woke up when the girl had me cornered in a back hallway.

As if that dream wasn't weird enough, I looked through my junior high yearbooks and found that the mystery girl was none other than Emily Mallin, whom I haven't seen since eighth grade and haven't thought about since seventh grade. Can anyone explain this dream to me?
posted at 1:00 PM

God damn it... if I ever catch the little fucker who keeps stealing my IP address, I'll literally rip his balls off.
posted at 11:24 PM

Mwa-ha-ha!
posted at 7:28 PM

Welcome to the newly-redesigned Greasy Peso! How do you like it?
posted at 10:30 PM

I think this article from the Village Voice goes really well with my July 24, 2001 entry. Maybe being so naturally effeminate isn't bad after all... [props to Brad G.]
posted at 10:06 PM

TrekToday: Find out exactly how "long" Vulcans live, and other ST:Voyager goofiness.
posted at 10:01 PM

Seen in a local newspaper: The complete story. Alway
posted at 3:46 PM

One of the most hearty, enjoyable experiences you can have while listening to the radio is catching This American Life on public radio. It's on our local affiliate at 3 pm on Fridays and 7 am on Sundays. If you like the tone and style of McSweeney's, you'll be enthralled by the tales told on this show.
posted at 10:05 PM

Don't forget to bring your towel! (Wanna get high?)
posted at 10:01 PM

Are you familiar with AppleScript and XML-RPC? Are you interested in the new Blogger API? Then I invite you to help me fix my nonfunctional code. ;) I've set up a project website, and you can email me with whatever suggestions you have. Thank you!
posted at 8:20 PM

I really need to put my nose to the grindstone and get my redesign finished and up. It's too bad I couldn't do all the features I wanted to, but I still think it looks better than the old version of my site. I'm shooting for the next couple of days (I plan to do a lot of converting tonight), so keep your eyes open.
posted at 3:03 PM

Note to Colleen: Thank you for informing me that today was the last day I could register for classes without incurring a late fee.
posted at 8:32 PM

I went out for dinner alone tonight (nope, no date) to Chi-Chi's. I was seated next to a table full of middle-aged women all from the same company -- they were drinking margaritas and chatting it up about their male coworkers. Since I was sitting and sulking in my lonely booth, I eavesdropped on their conversations. Eventually, the topic shifted to "most embarrassing moment at work". Well, I could have beaten any of their pathetic stories. Listen in...

Two summers ago, I worked as an editorial temp for a publishing company. On my first day at the job, my supervisor sat me down for an hour and showed me how their in-house tools work. (Incidentally, this was my first time using a Sun SPARCstation. They're pretty neat machines.) Since I wanted to bond with this guy, as he was my supervisor and I would be working there for a month, I brought up music, women, etc. into the conversation.

Me: Hey, when I walked in early today, I saw a really cute girl. She's gone now, but could you tell me who she is?
Boss: The one in that cubicle?
Me: No, that cubicle.
Boss: That cubicle?
Me: Yes.
Boss: Dude, that's my girlfriend.

If that wasn't bad enough, he told everyone in a staff meeting the next day about it. The next couple of days were filled with stares and suppressed giggles. Thank God I only worked there for a month.
posted at 8:30 PM

I have the new They Might Be Giants album "Mink Car", and it kicks ass. I can't say whether it's worth the five-year wait, but there are definitely some great songs on it.
posted at 10:54 PM

I am in a joyous mood right now, and it's all because my opinion of NameZero increased tenfold. I used to think they were greedy bastards who suck up domain names and sit on them, but now I realize that for my twenty bucks a month, I'm getting a great deal! By pure serendipity, I found out that all variations of my domain name seem to work now! You can now access my website through greasypeso.com, greasypeso.net, greasypeso.org, or greasypeso.cc. And remember, if none of these addresses seem to be working, try greasypeso.ass-clown.com, which is guaranteed to work unless Chris's server is down.
posted at 8:45 PM