IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MORNING...

...it's a beautiful day. Okay, now it's evening, but it's still beautiful. And I am feeling a little less afraid. Kind of like An-Mei: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAD0nHlAaBM&feature=related

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdn0ScvrxuE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo9kJZvYBB0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6dmWas48-s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYg7LY6n8u8&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kph0yDh4Q0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77tNo2pV2ic

http://thatcatholicshow.sqpn.com/2008/05/08/that-catholic-show-2-candles-and-light/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38C4_R1hwwg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPYyleANeQA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBTQUhYwk2o&feature=related

MAYBE...

President Obama is right. There is a glimmer of hope. At least some people are willing to fight.

WEEK 22

Feel as though I've been flogged. What is important is to remember it's better to build myself up rather than tear others down, no matter how tempting that might be.

THEY SAY THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE...

...is not hate, but indifference. Is it a sin to be indifferent to the people who have wronged me?

CANNED

WAVA let me go. I gave them more than seven years of my life. Fuck.

WORLD'S OLDEST BLOGGER DEAD

See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30946356/?gt1=43001

ONE THING I NEED TO DO:

Learn the whole story before I jump to conclusions.

MEMORIAL DAY

I am thinking of Dad. And Uncle Louie. And R's brother.

WHY I LIVE AT THE P.O.

It may come to this: http://art-bin.com/art/or_weltypostoff.html

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKk2QWh3LYo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waXPTSrGiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1CYW-5jso0&feature=channel_page

http://thatcatholicshow.sqpn.com/2008/05/08/that-catholic-show-1-sit-stand-or-kneel/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGcBR_MBvM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUJSZ62Va0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcNF8W97nI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOHm9bXvzBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t4glYEyx94&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io31xRk1mDw&feature=related

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, BABY

My baby pig was supposedly a year old yesterday.

WEEK 21

Back from Puerto Rico. Feeling more rested, considering the stupid things waiting for me when I got home. Thought a lot about times in Europe, when I was younger, thinner, prettier, more dateable, more employable.

Then I had an epiphany. If you want to drive people nuts, act happy, even if they aren’t. Especially if you are in a crappy home/job/relationship – people will wonder how you could possibly be happy, especially people better off than you and they might think there is something wrong with them. That way they will feel less powerful.

HE/SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE

Deleted two people from my e-mail address book.

UN VASO PARA EL VINO

Unfortunately, I can relate to Beavis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yW_sIKBfIk

BACK IN THE USA...

....or, more accurately, back in the continental United States.

HEADED BACK

To the mainland.

IT NEVER RAINS...

but it leaks. Plumber next door apparently broke a pipe in the wall. Grrrrr.

NOTHING BUT FLOWERS

Can't get this tune out of my head:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=6809008

For lyrics click here:

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Nothing-But-Flowers-lyrics-Talking-Heads/630217B28F2ED0BF482568B0002F87FA

CONGRATULATIONS NOTRE DAME CLASS OF '09!

Sorry your school made such a poor choice of commencement speakers, hope no one ruins your graduation for you.

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

There is no Saturday Night Video Party as I'm on vacation. Instead, here is a Cuban Santeria video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGc0Dxi0jVs&feature=related

WEEK 20

Well, we are in Puerto Rico, got room, internet issues etc solved so now we can enjoy ourselves. Also got the Arecibo/Camuy Caves thing out of the way.

Very little work and it's been almost a week since the correspondent's dinner. Funny, I never remembered it as being so competive before. Not only for food, drinks, and space, but for cleverness. In the past it always seemed okay to say "I went, it was nice." Now it seemed to be a competition to be the fastest, the cutest, the funniest. It seems this year most of the beautiful, famous people avoided the receptions, so I was forced to say things like "they've run out of bacon-wrapped scallops" or "Damn! They've closed the fucking bar already."

Oh, for the good old days when Larry Flynt almost ran over my foot with his wheelchair.

ON THE WAY TO ARECIBO

Should be a learning experience.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS ON YOUR VACATION:

You watch the farting preacher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waXPTSrGiA

I AM DISAPPOINTED

No one has yelled "hey, mamacita," "Blondie," "muchacha" or anything else like they do in DC.

HOLA!

Estamos en Puerto Rico!

OUTTA HERE

On my way to Mom's.

USEFUL LITTLE WORD

There are several useful words beginning with the word "dill." They are wad, weed, hole and doe.

In some cases one can substitute with the word "dick."

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OztBBPPqhRY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08akOt2kuo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu2NqfISm9k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmnq7iYS74&feature=pyv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrlSkU0TFLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPEGt4A7zjA

http://thatcatholicshow.sqpn.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJd7_fcckLA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XkKtPmZ348

CORRESPONDENT'S DINNER

I'm on my way. CSPAN coverage begins at 6PM Eastern Time.

NO SUGAR TONIGHT IN MY COFFEE...

Actually no coffee, or at least not Flavia. The fucking machine is broken. Not a good thing when one works from midnight to noon.

Kyle Osborne from Newschannel 8 is surprised that I used the word “fucking” on my Twitter page to describe the fucking Flavia machine. Yes, normally I sound like a “Sopranos” or a “Clerks” character, but I look on my Facebook friends as potential co-workers. Or bosses.

WEEK 19

A light week work-wise, but good as it gave me time to catch up on other things. And get ready for my vacation. Weather sucked, but got better as the week wore on. Unemployment figures sucked, but were not as bad as people had feared. That’s about out as good as anything gets nowadays – not as bad as anyone fears.

KUDOS

To Artistic Dance Fashions: http://www.artisticdancefashions.com/

TEMPUS FUGIT

It was six years ago today that I adopted my beloved second boar.

"NOW HERE YOU SEE...

it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"

Lewis Carroll

Which is how I'm feeling now.

WORSE THAN HAVING ONE'S HEAD STUCK UP A HONEY JAR

Swine flu: http://i41.tinypic.com/wb761i.jpg

Maybe that's why I haven't had that many calls this week .

CINCO DE MAYO

Here is some Mexican music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZimZYTwuDk

Here is some Cuban and Mexican music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRhroJHRmg

Here is more of Desi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAV3bOJaQuY

And the real thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwINylRPjUo

There are about 50 thousand Mexican jokes I am dying to tell but don't dare.

WELCOME TO THE WRECKING BALM

Driving home around 1:45 this morning I heard a radio spot for Wrecking Balm Tattoo Remover. I'm wondering why they advertise at that hour of the morning. Is it because people were out drinking, got tattooed and regretted it?

CRAWLING ON YOUR SHORE II

That's just what I'm doing. And stewing over Geocities closing down.

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYZd8CyKTlU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpvwh292VKI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYp8qIgYKz4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzjv-GUEDfg&feature=pyv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY86ADsJvcY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0nUiIHt_gk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My5cZ_FgnoQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iROYzrm5SBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECVGHyTD6Fg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWsw2IEH1A&feature=related

JACK KEMP DEAD

The Seattle Times reports former Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp is dead.

WEEK 18

Increasing market value, fluctuating weather, America terrified of swine flu. At least perverts aren't terrified of massages. Also, there's the illness of another person (not close to me) which may or may not have an effect on my life.

Facebook is getting so jammed up and I am getting so many friends/followers I am going to have to hide some. Which means reviewing what my priorities are. And what relationships mean to me.

Then there is the ever-recurring issue of sarcasm. I am trying to curb my sarcastic remarks, which may not help my career or relationships, but it certainly couldn't hurt.

And lastly there's the issue of gratitude. If ind out if people say "please," "thank you" and "I'm sorry it makes me want to help them more. Not sure whether this is reversible.

MAY DAY

Happy May Day!