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Entries from June 2008

Picture of the Week 6.30.08

June 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Look at What the Light Did Now

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Quote of the Week 6.30.08

June 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

“Yeah Mark - why don’t you go rape everything.”
-Patsy

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The Jewerly Box

June 26th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Parents are funny. I think we can all remember parents embarrassing us when we were younger by simply talking to us. Or when they called all drugs “dope” or used phrases like “do you guys smoke the bowl?”. Now, as we get older, it is kind of neat, or sort of […]

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I Want to Be an Architect and Quantum Physicist

June 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

If I can get off of my ass and initiate the graduate school application process, I’m going to, well, go to graduate school. I’ve been thinking about what I should study while there. This morning was a particular morning of thinking as I was up early, had a large coffee seeping into my blood […]

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Old Movies Are Often Better Than New Movies: A Case Study

June 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A couple days ago I had an epiphany regarding VHS tapes. It occurred at the Concord Rasputin when I purchased the following five VHS tapes for $2 each:
- The 39 Steps (dir. Hitchcock; 1935)
- The Empire Strikes Back (non-”special” edition, 1981)
- The General (dir. Keaton; 1933)
- Arachnophobia (dir. Marshal; 1990)
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Picture of the Week 6.23.08

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Hitchcock’s silhoueted cameo from The 39 Steps (appears during the chase through the Scottish highlands):

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Quote of the Week 6.23.08

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

[This quote is not funny. -Ed.]
Shark and Patsy walk towards the lobby of the Santa Anita Inn hoping to partake in the Continental Breakfast. Before they are arrive they encounter Thrill and Rosey walking in the opposite direction. It is the day after the wedding. Shark is real hungover.
SHARK: […]

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Tonight I Am Going to an 80’s Prom Party, Which Gets Me Thinking…

June 20th, 2008 · 10 Comments

First of all, yeah I know, 80’s Prom Party Theme = Totaly Lame. It’s a co-worker’s birthday party. I work in Concord. There are 100 people that will be attending. I would bet my blackberry that Patsy and I will be the only attendees who have heard of Wolf Parade. […]

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I Need To Get Myself a Fool

June 18th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Get yourself another fool.
-Sam Cooke
I need to get myself a Fool like in medieval times. I realized how awesome it would be to have a Fool when I found out that my only key to my car parked in the Oakland Airport economy lot had not arrived in San Francisco when I returned home […]

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Turd Was A Diver and He Was Always Down

June 16th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Wish I knew what that meant. Hey, my first shitty post! The key is expectations. As in, they must be kept at a minimum. As for a disclaimer, most of my future posts will probably revolve around .gif files. Probably also me complaining about stuff. Stupid shit annoys […]

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