Freaking Air Travel

Our Christmas began with a phone call at 3:00am telling us our flight was cancelled, we scrambled and got onto an earlier flight but had to leave for the airport immediately. We get to JFK (we had been originally supposed to fly out of La Guardia at 8am) at around 5am to find that they weren't taking our flight but first finishing up another flight that was only leaving fifteen minutes earlier. Finally, at just after 6 they start taking us for our 6:30am flight. We discover they haven't given Ginny a seat and now she has to come down the next day...

I get on the plane and as they back it away from the gate, they some how manage to hit the jetway and put a small puncture in the plane. They hold us for an hour before deciding to let us off... most of us now guaranteed to miss our connecting flights, myself included.

I get on told I can't fly out til the next day either. What's more I can't get my bag. Adding insult to injury, I'm told I can't get onto the same flights as Ginny and basically will be making two connections to go from New York to Florida (what should take about 3 and half hours will take nearly 12, most of which will be spent sitting in Atlanta... and that's if none of these flights get cancelled). We decide to buy one ways down to Florida and manage to get in at 10:30pm... this is of course after (between the two of us) 4 cab rides.

We get our luggage the next day (would have gotten it immediately but US Airways baggage office was locked when we arrived). Upon opening our luggage what do we discover? A Christmas miracle! They've stolen our camera! Yay!

Of course, I suppose it could be worse, and since we're traveling back today on US Airways I'm betting it will be. That freaking terrorist attempt will probably mean full cavity searches. FML.

Well onto something fun, when I have some time I'll post something about my wife's new hobby (burlesque). And, hopefully, I'll have an update on Future Spence to boot.

Peace on Earth and all that Jazz,
Love you guys.

what im into

boots
thick leather
raspberry donuts

soft

Get it?

Loltheorists (not as good as blackfacelolcats)

http://community.livejournal.com/loltheorists

10 things i love about r

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/10/ten_amazing_things_that_happen.html?mid=agenda--20091019

Blackfacelolcatz

Extraction-Assist Robot, Approved!

NERDS!

Music Review: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Ashley thinks she would have really liked this band when she was 22, but these days all we want to do is ask them two questions: "Who do you think you are?" and "What gives you the right?"

If I wanted to go listen to the Jesus and Mary Chain, I'd just go listen to the Jesus and Mary Chain.

Let's chalk this one up to the idiocy of the music criticism industry: what should be ripped off from the '80s next? duuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

We just finished listening to it. Result: immediate deletion from iTunes (i.e. "move to trash") and the need to listen to something good. What could possibly make us feel better? Prince's "Dirty Mind," that's what.

Drawin'

I drew this guy. I was fooling around with the paintbrush tool inside of Adobe Flash, so its a lot less pixelated than most drawins I do. If you click him you can see him bigger. You guys should draw stuff and put it on the blog, because I like looking at drawins.

As a side note, seeing Wilco at the Lowell Spinners' park was pretty great. The sound was surprisingly good for an outdoor show. I really dug sitting in the infield seats. As a matter of fact, I dug it so much it may have made me like Wilco.

hot and fresh out the kitchen

god love MJ.

People who make me feel cool.

I'm a pretty big dork. No, no, it's true. I know it. Still though, despite playing D&D and loving Star Trek more than most of my blood relatives, there are still some behaviors that I do look down upon. To wit: The final frontier: 'Trek in the Park'

FTA: "Trek in the Park," which begins tonight and runs over three consecutive weekends. The actors are re-creating the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time," one of the best-known from the late 1960s TV series' second season. It's the one where Spock battles Kirk as part of a bizarre Vulcan mating ritual and gets all emotional when he realizes he hasn't really killed him.

The Only Reason I'd Ever Drink Coors.

Can's to feature second tab for shotgunning!

I love that sound

This is what I listened to today. I love it.



I managed to re-use every tag/label below! We've finally hit critical mass!

maine in pictures

thanks to jeff and amber for a lovely weekend. xo

Oh modern world, bite me

I don't normally post articles from other sites, but I thought this one was funny and while not rocket science, rather enlightening. It's by Cracked (yes, that magazine that was a knock-off of Mad Magazine) and it cover's why the modern world is making us miserable. As a matter of fact, that is the actual title: "7 Reasons the 21st Century Is Making Us Miserable". I'm not sure this describes anyone who actually reads or posts on this blog, but just read it already. Please?

ARTICLE LINK - CLICK IT FOOLS!

X Miss Cali

Tits or STFU.

What I listened to today

This is my song of the moment, now with glorious motion pictures! The video is like watching terrible 80s cartoon animation and includes a commercial for action figures. Its like we never grew up (Chu hasn't grown up).

here comes the funny

probably one of the more entertaining late night interviews

What we listened to today

Snow: "Informer"

What we listened to today

(June 5th)

Bob Dylan: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
Patsy Cline: 12 GREATEST HITS
The Beatles: THE BEATLES
Daniel Johnston: HI, HOW ARE YOU?
The Holy Modal Rounders: THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS
Bill Bragg: TALKING TO THE TAXMAN ABOUT POETRY
John Lennon: WALLS AND BRIDGES
Bruce Springsteen: NEBRASKA
The Ramones: PLEASANT DREAMS

What we listened to today

The English Beat: WHAT IS BEAT?
R.E.M.: FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION
The Beatles: REVOLVER
The Incredible String Band: THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND
Cat Stevens: MONA BONE JAKON
The Cure: KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME
Tom Waits: SMALL CHANGE
The Pretenders: THE SINGLES
Joanna Newsom: YS
Antony & the Johnsons: I AM A BIRD NOW

What we listened to today

This is a new series about what Ashley and I listened to today, called "What we listened to today." Enjoy!

Judy Collins: JUDY
THE BLUES AT NEWPORT/1964/PART 1
Jerry Jeff Walker: MR. BOJANGLES
Leon Russell: LEON RUSSELL & THE SHELTER PEOPLE
David Bowie: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
Neil Young: COMES A TIME
Bob Dylan: GREATEST HITS VOL. 2
Talking Heads: TALKING HEADS '77
Nirvana: IN UTERO
English Beat: WHAT IS BEAT?
The Microphones: THE GLOW PT. 2

BONUS! Kanye video directed by Zack Galaraeggrrgkiss:

I figured out interstellar travel

Here are the secrets:



Basically, you dress up like Paul Simon, bring some grrl in a halter top to stand on the matrix with you, get the stargate working and then a wormhole resembling a Viking ship opens in space-time that takes you to the moon. And that's it!

OH EM GEE! My Pet is the Fameous!1!

Cuteoverload finally ran the pictures Ginny sent in of Penny!
We're very proud.

/+1 internets!

While You Wait for Others

Sooo how was everyone's long weekend of fun?

I have two stories but due to the fact I am tired I am just gonna post the first one, so here we go:

So my sister was out meeting up with some friends for brunch and my brosef in law decided to wait for her down on Newbury street. So he is outside chilling eating a sangwich and reading a book at the Starbucks across from Nike town. While he is sitting there some guy comes up behind him and starts yellin' and hollerin' saying something to the effect of "What the (expletive) did you say?" So he just ignores the guy thinking he is not talking to him when out of nowhere the guy punches my brosef in law in the face, causing him to fall off his chair and knock over the table. All this is happening on a busy street! Newbury Street! What? So the random guy walks away doesn't even run just walks away and my bro in law asks the crowd for someone to call the cops, which I guess no one does/did. So he has to stand there in a crowd of people that didn't do shit while he waits for the cops and gives a statement. I guess it is good he didn't run after the guy, but the whole scenario is random and really fuct.

OK story time is over so I leave you with these songs:

Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For Others
Discovery - Orange Shirt
DJ Class ft Kanye West and Estelle - I'm the Shit
Chiddy Bang - Kids

If these links don't work and you reeeeeaaallllyyy want the songs I can email em to you.

Coming tomorrow or Thursday a new blog entry about another adventure in babysitting.

stay illy in philly

there's a love that's divine, and it's yours and it's mine (like the sun).

ease my troubles, that's what you do.

Beat Box Competition!

This is my entry to the beat box competition that Bryan started the other day.





Nuff said!

life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

Sorry to blog block you El Jeffe

...but this girl has redonkulous beat box skillz



redonk...blog blocked

Hell, this is a dinosaur!

Also of note, every tag I used was already in our list!

Late Night TV loves Indie Rawk?

So lately there have been some redonkulous live songs on late night TV. Tank goodness for youtubes and not having to sit through Jay walking top ten countdown of pooh.

Here are just a few:

Lonely Island and the World Famous Roots band (Black Thought doing his best T-Pain impersonation):



Animal Collective and some interpretive dancing:



consider this the initial cowboying of this blog...more to come

Alanis on the future of robotics.

Dear President of NOM

If your prom date hadn't already been gay, he wouldn't have gone to the prom with you to begin with.

Pffff, Effe claritin!

Actual Headline: Masturbation could bring hay fever relief for men

Trying this again: Happy (now belated) B-day!

OK, I'm trying it again this time with none of the .png files....