posted by MAtt D. at 9:04 PM

 
Saw Bridget Jones 2 this weekend... I'm ah, I'm afraid I don't rather know how to say this but, ah, I think I've become ah, rather... impressed... with Hugh Grant. Rather. But what it really got me thinking about is how much I think I'd like to live in a much colder climate for a while, like east coast so I could be all sophisticated and shit - wear a suit and tie all the time with a trenchcoat over it and leather gloves... rent some shwank high rise apartment and just sit around with Alli drinking red wine and martinis listening to Norah Jones and Harry Connick and Sinatra and Martin and Jamie Cullum... It's just so different from every life I've ever dreamed for myself.
posted by MAtt D. at 8:34 PM

 
it's been boring, and has been widely discussed on the blog circuit, boring life is impossible to blog about. With grading being due, and the principal coming in to evaluate me sometime this week. Since it's Thursday night and I'm blogging about it, we must assume it'll be tomorrow. I can't believe she waited 'til Friday. I've been jumpy and freaked out all week long. I just wanted to get it over with. Argh, I'll let the world know how it went tomorrow night. [EDIT]The principal came in on Friday to promptly reschedule my evaluation for next Monday. We'll see if I teach good next week. [/EDIT]

By the way, only one person took me up on the offer for the quiz thing. Matt, I owe you a tasty beverage.

posted by MAtt D. at 8:15 PM

 
Boredom and egotism a good match do not make. I wrote this little quiz for Alli to see how much she could get. Thought I'd put it up here too, just to see. And to make it sweeter, the first person with the highest score, I hereby do solemnly swear to buy you one drink of your choice the next time we are in a bar together. No cheating, though, I'm only buying for one, man. And yes, Benito in a bar, not at Circle K. Just email your answers to me at matthewd@gmail.com.

1. In what US city was I born? 1 bonus point if you can name the suburb.
2. Besides the one where I was born, in what other states have I had residence?
3. Name 3 of my ex-girlfriends. 1 bonus point if you include a nickname I had for them (pre- or post- break up, whatever.)
4. I read comic books, everything from mainstream well-known ones like Spider-Man to lesser-known independent ones like _________________. (Fill in the blank)
5. What’s the one chemical, non-cosmetic, non-food smell that I love?
6. How many dogs have I had? 1 bonus point if you can name the dead one.
7. In what city do I teach? 1 bonus point if you can name the school.
8. Who is my favorite Food Network TV personality?
9. What was my nickname for my first car? 1 bonus point if you know the model year.
10. I’m at an open bar and I can order anything I want for free. I have a designated driver, so I’m free to go nuts. Knowing me, what am I most likely to order?

Total of 15 points possible. Again, answers go to matthewd@gmail.com. Good luck! (And please ignore the basic, blatant egotism of this whole thing. Look at it as a chance for a free drink.) Booyashakah.
posted by MAtt D. at 1:24 PM

 
Fantastic bit of prose from my new favorite work of fiction describing how I have always felt about these people:

"There are those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behavior and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricites of their time. The claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity. These are frequently artists and performers, adventurers and wide-life devotees.
Then there are those who feel their own strangeness and are terrified by it. They struggle toward normalcy. They suffer to exactly that degree that they are unable to appear normal to others, or convince themselvest that their aberration does not exist. These are true freaks, who appear, almost always, conventional and dull."

- Arturo the Aqua-Boy, Geek Love

Arturo is a carnival freak, born with flippers instead of arms and legs. Good stuff.

posted by MAtt D. at 7:25 PM

 
You Are a New School Democrat

You like partying and politics
and are likely to be young and affluent.
Smoking pot, homosexuality, and gambling are all okay in your book.
You prefer that the government help people take care of themselves.

What Political Persuasion are YOU!?

Uhhh, okay.

posted by MAtt D. at 11:01 AM

 
A CHALLENGE!

I hereby challenge anyone who might have voted for Bush to give me a legitimate reason why that I can't tear to shreds with my "research" and "logic." I know that sounds arrogant as fuck, and if someone stumps me, I'll look like a tool. But I've been a huge dorky tool my whole life, so what do I care? 14-year-olds love me.

To my theologian/philosopher friends out there, don't you find it interesting that the number one reason people voted for Bush was his morals and ethics? Kerry kinda skirted those topics, focusing on the war and the economy, very immediate, here-and-now things, but what really resonated with the American voter this time around was Bush's talk about core values and ethics and morals (gay marriage, stem-cell research, abortion, evil, etc.) No good or bad judgement from me on this one... it's just interesting.

posted by MAtt D. at 7:32 AM

 
::America comes through the front door of a darkened house to find me sitting at the kitchen table, in my robe and slippers:: Where do you think you're going? No, no, sit down. We need to have a little talk. Apparently someone hasn't been paying attention for the last four years. The lying, the deaths of innocents, the ritual fucking of the poor... I just don't get it. You're hanging around with the wrong crowd, and you know it and it just kills me to see you go along with it. I'm telling you, that Bush kid you hang out with is only bringing you down. I don't like the person you've become since you starting hanging out with that punk. I'm... *sigh* Look, I'm not angry, just... *sigh* disappointed. Well, I hope you're happy with what you've done. Maybe you'll grow up, I just hope it's soon. ::scene::

Seriously, people - if you voted Bush then you haven't been paying attention. If you didn't vote at all, you should join the carnival as the amazing freak who can fit his entire head in his ass. I'm so angry and bitter about this right now. What's even scarier is that we now have an Republican-dominated Congress, Senate, and White House. You know what you call that when ONE political ideology has control of a country? A dictatorship. It blows my mind that the Republicans who are supposed to be for lesser government control in the business world want to have such control over people's personal home lives (i.e. gay marriage, etc). I could go on for four years just griping, but this is my catharsis right here and now. Everyone deserves their one shot to bitch. Moving on.

posted by MAtt D. at 1:59 PM