So people really care about this Ronald Reagan thing.
Its a big deal, huh? Weird. Most of the world is so boring and uninteresting to me.
I definitely have changed.
My room is a mess of letters, magazines, laundry, records, unpaid and unopened bills. The kitchen is unsufferable, and full of mold and mildew.
Today I looked down into the bathroom sink and I asked myself, "what's your opinion on that? What do YOU think of mold and mildew?"
I really don't have an opinion either way.
I could watch a movie but then I'd have to sit through it and pay attention.
I sleep a lot. 16 hours at a time sometimes. Once in awhile I make up for it by staying out until 3am on a Tuesday.
But its really the same difference either way.
On June 16th, I have a doctors appointment at 9am. I'd better write that down somewhere.

I just watched an episode of the Incredible Hulk where David turns into the Hulk and Lou Ferrigno wrestles a bear and then it turns into a big stuffed bear and he throws it and it flies through the air in slow motion and then it lands in some water where it becomes a real bear again.

I think without a doubt that that was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

This is a seemingly random topic.. but you'll come to expect that. I am a secret talk radio junky, and a show was discussing the other day that there haven't been many movies in the last decade or so that have had that "phenomenon" effect like Jaws, The Godfather and Star Wars did. They named a few, such as The Matrix and the Titanic. The entry I would add to the list is the Blair Witch Project. And I know this is a movie that people either LOVE or HATE.

Why am I posting about this? Well.. I've found I will judge a person based on their opinion of this movie. Actually, I almost got fired from a job over this movie. I used to work in a kitchen in a retirement home. A nurse came stumbling into the pantry blabbering on about this movie and that.. and then proceeded to say that the Blair Witch Project was the stupidest movie she ever saw. I then said that I thought that she just didn't understand it. She kind of took offense to this and said "What is THAT supposed to mean?" And I then told her that I found that most people who didn't like the Blair Witch Project didn't have much imagination. They weren't able to appreciate it because they could visualize themselves in the situation. I mean, the whole movie is in first person (pretty much) and it's pretty easy to get pulled in; If you can't manage that, you probably don't have much skill in that area. So I guess she went and told my manager and I was told I'm not allowed to have conversations with the nursing staff.

Anyway.. I don't even know why I posted about this. It's been lingering in the back of my brain. What do you guys think of the movie? Sure, it drags on a lot and it has very bad acting, but there a few scenes in the movie that make the whole thing (i.e. the tent banging/running wildly through the woods, and the very end). Also, to name your opinion on the movie you have to state whether you saw it in the theatre or on video. It makes a difference.

So I just get back from Mississippi with Rob
I'm tired
And getting food for me and Trout
And I’m riding down Columbia Road
in Adams Morgan
and decide to stop by Comet Liquor Store
to check my email.
Since they have the cheapest internet café service
in all of DC
As I dismount my bike
and am walking it to a parking meter I hear,
“Excuse me,”
It’s a guy’s voice with an accent,
and already I know I don’t want to talk to him.
I ignore him.
“Excuse me,” he says again, not taking the hint.
I look up.
The guy is in his 20’s, Hispanic, built.
“What?” I ask him, not smiling.
“You’re so pretty. I like you. I like you a lot. I want to get to know you.”
“I don’t think so, dude,” I say.
The guy doesn’t leave
and he’s starting to get really close to me,
not backing off,
which is making me nervous.
I’m worried he’s going to rob me.
“But I really like you” he says, and his voice is becoming menacing
I keep glancing at his hands
to make sure he’s not holding a gun or a knife.
I clutch my bike
Thinking that’s what he may want
His hands are suddenly all over my ass
and I get the feeling that he’s not a pervert
but actually looking for a wallet
I shove him away
“Get the FUCK away from me,” I say loudly
but he’s completely unshaken.
“C’mon, I want you, I want to get to know you,”
And tries grabbing at my ass again
I’m in an awkward position
because I don’t want to let go of my bike,
So I start raising my voice really loudly
as I see pedestrians walking by
and then shove him
when he goes after my ass the 3rd time.
I go to another parking meter a few feet down
the guy disappears.
Then a black guy appears out of nowhere
And is walking towards me
And I’m like,
“Wait, was the other guy just a decoy?
Is this the guy who’s gonna rob me?”
He gets closer and closer
and is giving me this funny look
and I’m convinced this is going to be the real robbery.
He reaches his hand over

And

Puts money into the parking meter.
And walks away.
My face burns with guilt.

After I lock my bike up
I start walking towards Comet
And I see the Hispanic guy come out of the Spanish grocery store
And start making a bee line for me.
“I just want to apologize to you,” he says,
“Just get the fuck away from me,” I say with my cell phone in my hand.

“Listen to me, listen to me,” he says louder, “I want to make it all right with you,”
and he’s like an inch away from my face,
I think that once I get into Comet the guy will back off but he follows me in.
“Why won’t you listen to me?” he demands, “I told you I’m sorry. I want to get to know you,”
There are about 5 people in the store
And the black guy I saw putting his quarters into the meter works there.
I feel doubly ashamed.
The old woman who works immediately starts talking loudly to the guy,
“You need to leave NOW, sir. You can’t come in here and talk to anyone like that,”
“I’m not talking to you, old bag,” the guys sneers at her,
and continues talking to me.
There are a few people in between us now
and the black guy is telling him to leave,
as well as this giant 6’4 guy
who was sitting at the computer
and jumped up the moment he saw the guy follow me in
Everyone is talking
and telling him to get the fuck out
(including me)
and it was so strange
because the Hispanic guy keeps talking to me,
imploring me to listen,
as though there was nothing at all going on around us.

The Hispanic guy looks at the black guy and says, “You fucking nigger, you don’t have the right to ever talk to me,”
And I keep thinking that this guy is going to get a very serous beat down by about 3 people if he doesn’t leave.
Shockingly
(I expected a serious altercation and the cops)
the guy left.
I talked with everyone for about 20 minutes
And I really really really like that store a lot.
It feels like a real neighborhood place
That actually protests itself and its neighbors
And I haven’t felt that in a long time in DC.

I still am not sure if that guy was looking to rob me
Or was some crazy fucked up pervert.


I sometimes think DC is more dangerous during the day
Than it is at night…

Blake made this and it needs to be shared. Photoshop away.

I put up a gallery of some of my favorite photos. It's about 1/4 done. Enjoy.

I just put the link to this icon maker in the links list. This is the most fun I've had at work since the time I was here after hours and I was using the cans of compressed air to... nevermind.

Most disturbing things my dog has eaten that I know of:

1. One Nuvaring.


2. A blue plastic shovel. (We discovered this when she was getting spayed. When they gave her the anesthesia, blue chunks went flying.)



3. Whole razor blades.


4. Super Glue.