last night was a perfect example of not making plans and then having some materialize out of thin air. even if the plans are just to go down to cahoots to keep drinking.

amy and i were sitting at work last night thinking "it's friday. we should do something tonight." this ended up with her calling me later in the evening and coming over to the house. slowly more people started showing up, and we were drinking our various frosty beverages. we decided to roll down to cahoots (mainly because john was going stir-crazy and kept saying "let's gooooo!") for more alcoholic goodness. the rest of the evening is a blur of bourbon drinks shoved in my face followed by a "finish this." i remember talking at length about dave grohl's prowess behind a drum kit and listening to the new queens of the stone age record. oddly enough, those two things weren't related.

now i'm off to go get some lunch with the matt. don't bitch about the short update…saturdays are normally non-update days, as it is.

scott and i ended up watching dogtown and z-boys last night. it's an awesome movie, and i highly recommend it to anyone who has any interest in skateboarding, whatsoever. they set the jay adams part up to be so sad, but you never figure out why its such a bummer until the very end of the movie. there's a whole generation of kids out there that think that skateboarding began with tony hawk…

not much else has been going on. just work and other such nonsense. i skipped yet another show last night (second story man…sorry guys)…i just don't feel like going out, lately. it's a sickness. i'm sure i'll get over it. especially considering it's friday and i'm off tomorrow. looks like an opening to party if i've ever seen one…

i have to leave for work in seven minutes…

the kentucky state fair started last night. i've decided i want to get a bunch of people together, hit the beer tent, get loaded, and then wander around the fair. something tells me all the retarded redneck bullshit will be a hell of a lot more entertaining at that point.

time to scoot to work…

i've spent most of my day off doing a whole bunch of nothing. when you do so much nothing, you generally don't have much to post about…

my hey mercedes review has been posted at 75 or less. that's something, right? expect the queens of the stone age review whenever the damn record finally comes out…

this game is completely addictive. it is also insanely maddening. it's hard to find a game that makes you want to punch our computer, yet you can't stop playing the fucking thing.

remember those plans i had to go to chicago to see hot snakes? well…it looks like the show isn't actually until next week. i jumped the gun, and because i was so ill prepared, i may not have those days off work. oops. you should still go check out their site. it's an awesome flash extravaganza.

for some reason i keep listening to ludacris.

i discovered that one of my favorite bands may be breaking up…the casket lottery is going on "hiatus" soon. we all know what that means…

at the drive-in is still on hiatus, if you catch my drift.

time to go lay around and do some more nothing…

it's been a couple of days since i've updated, so i figure i better get on the ball…

i had to open the store today. one thing i've just come to realize is…coffeeshops open really fuckin' early. this is also bad when you try to force yourself to go to bed at a reasonable hour when you're not really tired. i tossed and turned and don't remember getting any actual sleep until right before my alarm clock went off at 5:45am. i only know this because i remember seeing the clock and realizing i had 15 more minutes to "sleep," and i was dreaming when the alarm sounded. i guess i can't think of a better job to be working at that hour of the morning, though…all the free espresso you can ram through your system. i topped it all off with a bagel and i was actually functioning. the one thing that makes my job easily bearable is all the good lookin' ladies i work with. it's like my own little slice of heaven.

so i was off relatively early today. i took my grandmother some fresh ground coffee, hung out for lunch, and then headed home and fell straight into a nap. i feel quite refreshed and i'm looking forward to my day off tomorrow. hopefully it's not all overcast and rainy like it is today…

my only complaint with my new job is that the training days are incredibly short. it suckss to get up so early on a saturday morning to go in for only a couple of hours. oh well. i jump started my work schedule by picking up a bunch of shifts next week. that should get me back in the swing of things.

next week is also hot snakes in chicago. i have a couple of friends that were wanting to go…hope they're still up for it.

last night matt and i went out to kinko's to print flyers for their upcoming show (next week? i think so…) and ended up at steak and shake eating some seriously greasy food (the only way to go!). i made tentative plans to meet him up at the back door a little later in the evening, but when i showed up there for my brief appearance, he wasn't there yet. i ended up rolling up to cahoots to find john to give him the copy of the make-up show i burned for him. the exchange ended up going a little something like this:

me: i brought you something…
john: what's this…?
me: that make-up show you were wanting…
john: holy shit! you're awesome!
random girl john was talking to: the make-up? wow…lemme see…
john (ignoring girl): come on, man…let's take this out to my car…

take note: cool cds of live music will make john ignore women. i think it's about the only thing that can cause that reaction.

tonight irina is playing their last show for a while. phil is going to russia for four months, so you better believe i'll be there with bells on. they'll have copies of the stuff they recorded a few months ago…expect a review soon.

time to go enjoy my saturday…

it seems like i've been slacking off and only updating about every other day. i need to work on that. the truth is, though, that not much is really going on. i stayed home the last two nights (stayed home?! in the middle of the week?! unheard of!) and i start my new job in a little over two and a half hours. nothing really that exciting, i guess. maybe i should take up a daring hobby…like juggling flaming chainsaws.

i've written a couple more reviews for 75 or less. they should see the light of day sometime next week. i reviewed the newest queens of the stone age and the hey mercedes weekend ep. i'll link 'em up when they get posted.

last night scott paid a visit to our local kroger to score some flame-grilled burgers and other various provisions. instead of coming back with the normal a1 sauce, he decided to pick up the a1 extra spicy or some business. it has tabasco in it. we had a few burgers, remarked that it was quite tasty and just a tad spicy (meaning not really at all), and called it an evening. this morning…i'm still tasting that shit. and it's not nearly as good as it was going down. as far as i'm concerned, i think i'll stick with the regular a1, thanks.

now i need to go hit the shower…

another wednesday comes and goes. everything would have been standard (get up…feed the cat…hang out with matt at denny's), but i got thrown a big ol' curveball today: i finally scored a job. i start friday. i am headed towards removing myself from the list of people that are just a drain on society. my blood alcohol levels will soon be back up to normal levels. hallelujah!

and then i went and hung out with matt at denny's.

i ended up going out with my friend jessica, last night. we walked her dog up and down bardstown road, just generally enjoying the nice weather. after a brief stint of watching the puppy (a six month old husky hardly looks like a "puppy"), i decided that i definitely need to get myself one. without a doubt, huskies are total chick magnets. what girl can resist the pull of a big, cute, playful puppy? not many, i assure you. men of the world: get puppies. you will thank me soon afterward.

if you have a website of your own, with your own little webserver and all that, i'm sure you can identify with me when i say that i hate people that link images off my site and use them on their own site. if it's not an image i (or matt) created and you like it that damn much, download it and upload it to your own damn server. most certainly don't leave your email address off your site so that i can't email you and tell you what a shithead you are. that's called bandwidth theft, and it makes you an asshole. we had this problem, just recently. matt and i solved it in a devious little way that we were both very pleased with. that is all.

well, it was bound to happen…i didn't have a single bit of fun at kickball yesterday. maybe it was my foul mood to start with, who knows? john has been mentioning that i spent the entire weekend pissed off and i kept telling people to not worry about it. i figure i'd have to know what i'm pissed about to be able to discuss it, right?

anyhowways…john and i ended up getting fed up with kickball and ditched out. we were walking around the neighborhood around his house when we stumbled upon this movie shoot in progress. there's been a movie shooting here for the past couple of weeks, and john seems to know everyone working on the set. we hung out for a while while they shot a couple of scenes taking place in a copy store. i was standing around being cool and some chick that's in the movie that was also on that show roswell was standing right there. i played it cool, took part in a conversation that included the few people we were standing with. nothing too exciting. regardless…they've been filming all over town and i'm angling to actually be in it. we'll see how it works out.

elizabeth and i hung out and watched wet hot american summer last night and we'll probably end up watching some other movie later tonight. my life: music and movies.

and not much else.

friday night i hung out with matt, nate, and paul and drank a great deal of mickey's. we actually had to go on a mad quest all over fucking town to find the shit, but it was well worth it. nothing beats malt liquor on a hot summer night. except maybe a swimming pool and sex, but that's beside the point…

we ended up getting fairly trashed, which was our obvious goal. matt mentioned that he had never had a hangover. at that point, our goal changed rather quickly…get matt so drunk he has a massive hangover in the morning. right aroud that time, seth showed up. and then we started installing speakers in the back of my car. at 4am. i remember sitting there and realizing that the entire back seat of my car was laying in pieces on the lawn. miraculously, the whole thing got reassembled and it sounds great.

and then the next day, matt reported he did not have a hangover. mission failed.

last night john and i decided to crash yet another pool, i really should make a comprehensive list of all the pools that i've been naked in, this summer. we usually try to get as many girls as possible to go, but it doesn't always work out that way. maybe they have a problem with a bunch of drunk guys walking up and saying "hey…we're gonna go crash this pool"…right around the time the bar's closing. hey…it's a great idea when you're wasted.

today: cookout. kickball. i better remember to stretch, this time.

so i took a day off. shit happens, right? everyone needs a break…

yesterday was the weekly comics/denny's ritual with matt. there have been long stretches of time where we didn't really do it (we were off at different times, we ate at different places, etc.), but i'm really glad we're back to the way of old. it's really the only guaranteed time i get to hang out with him, since we both act like we're really busy (or would like to be), but really we're just sitting around at home, thinking about all the shit we need to do. classic.

the big buzz around town is that the well (our newest watering hole of choice) has closed down until further notice. the various rumors all involve one of the owners finding out how much the place is making (quite a bit) and wanting to make some changes. the other various whisperings include:

– he wants to turn it into a branch of the bbc
– he fired everyone and wants to run the place by himself, making him more money. the fired people have been rumored to be telling people not to go there and support such a jackass
– he's gonna turn it into a fratty bar because he thinks that's what people like

they're all pretty different, but we'll see which one comes true. either way…elizabeth and i ended up going to cahoots last night. i had quite a few beers, and when i wanted to stop, slade (the bar server) decided that he was gonna buy me drinks, ensuring my drunkeness. great. either way, the night finally came to an end and i passed out in my own bed.

now i'm gonna dive back into my newest obsession…diablo 2.