Thursday, October 27, 2005

MOURNING THE 'STROS

After suffering the death blow last night in the World Series, I recieved the following message this morning from BRANDY:

From: Brandy
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:10 AM
To: Brian
Subject: With Deepest Sympathy

Hi Sweetie-

I heard on the news last night about your tragic loss-know that you and your family, the beloved Astros, are in my thoughts and prayers. Call me if you need a shoulder to cry on or if you want me to bring over a big platter of funeral fried chicken =)

Again I express my deepest sympathy, please know that I am here for you if you need me.


Other than last night, how have you been?


Brandy



My reply:

From: Brian
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:35 AM
To: Brandy
Subject: RE: With Deepest Sympathy


Thanks very much for your condolences Brandy. It’s good to know that someone cares. I’ll be in mourning for the next 10 to 12 years, but perhaps with some extensive therapy, I can put this all behind me someday and move on with my life…

Thanks so much for your kind words during this difficult time (and for the poultry as well).

-Brian

p.s. “Other than last night, how have you been?” Isn’t that kind of like saying, “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?”

Friday, October 21, 2005

E-BAY REALLY CRACKS ME UP SOMETIMES

This dude deserves serious props for this one....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8335653541

Thursday, October 20, 2005

I KNOW YOU EXPECTED THIS

The Astros kick ASSSS!!!!!

I was so happy last night that I actually slept well. And I was nice to people. Okay, I'm usually pretty nice. Sometimes. Occasionally.

I will say, that I wish they were playing the Red Sox in the World Series because thats about the only AL team I care much about. Plus, I think that would be a really good series.

I'm done raving now. Thanks for listening (reading).

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

REALLY??

Just saw a news story entitled "Weight Loss May Help Your Sex Life".

No shit?

'Nuff said.

Friday, October 14, 2005

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS

-First and formost, THE ASTROS KICK ASS!!!!!

-I recieved several responses to the last post via e-mail from people taking exception to my dig on Cali-forn-I-A. I'm glad to see some people with pride enough to call me out. It brought a realization to something I had been pondering. People love to hate Texas, and I've never understood why. Texans are the most proud of their state of any state I've ever lived or visited (I've been to all lower-48), and I've never really understood why. It came to me that people hating Texas has made people in Texas have to be more proud of Texas which just makes people hate Texas more. Its kind of a symbiotic relationship. I actually like Cali and the people I've chosen to be friends with here. Its no Texas, but there are some decent people here. If you read my blog regularly and you are from California - I'd probably like you.

-The guy who got beat by the New Orleans Police... As someone who has spent a lot of time in NOLA, I can attest that these fuckers are first-class vigalante jackasses. I'm hoping that the re-building of the city will include the re-building of these fuckers.

-What the hell with all the natural disasters over the past year?? I'm glad I don't live in a state where there are a lot of them. Especially earthquakes and wildfires.....

-Montana doesn't have any natural disasters. Granted, the occasional blizzard and -90 degree days aren't fun, but hey - If you know you are going to hell, you might as well die in Montana - you might get to take some ice with you.

-Maybe I should move back to Montana - I'm definitely going to hell.

-My buddy told people at the company I used to work for that I moved to Cali and became a male stripper (yeah, right!). Its a multinational company and I knew a lot of co-workers overseas so i'm sure this is getting around quickly. On the one hand, I should be pissed that he spreads this bullshit (but thats just him, he knows payback is a bitch). Then I realized that my sexual appeal amongst the women I used to work with overseas just shot up considerably.

-I don't know why I would care about my sex appeal with the women in my old company.

-If a runner on first base passes second base on a fly ball, the rules state that he has to re-tag second before hustling back to first to tag-up. If he doesn't, the defense can throw the ball to second base and he's called out. But if he doesn't re-tag second, and the defense doesn't notice and gives the ball back to the Pitcher, then does he still get called out?

-Does the same rule apply to the "Bases Scale" for hooking-up with a girl? Because going all the way back to first and THEN being called out just sucks.

-If I could have any job in the world, I think it would be the person who gets to name developments and condo/apartment complexes. Seriously, you can't fail at this job. All you have to do is make up a name for an area and add in some kind of type of landscape. Niether of which have to be present to make sense. The Mills at Cortez Hill - there are no mills nor is there a hill, much less names Cortez. The Meadows at GlennBrooke - the only meadows I see are the meadows of rooftops, and there is no Glenn nor is there a Brook, but the double N and the E at the end sure sound good, so it must be a nice place. Melissa, you have the "in" to this industry, can you tell me where to get that job?

-My buddy asked me if it was a bad thing that he had a more intimate relationship with his Playboy magazine than with his girlfriend. My first response was, "Which issue?"

-A little while later he asked me again and I considered his girlfriend. I simply said, "No."

-I hope everyone has as good of a weekend as I'd like to have. Then on Monday we can all be miserable together.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

SCARY!!!!

Not like Halloween scary, or Sixth Sense scary. More like Ashlee Simpson being a famous person scary.

Since I've been in California, I've seen several people fake a phone call (all in jest to fake someone out, i.e. "You didn't really say that to her, I'm calling her right now to ask her." type thing). The scary thing is how GOOD they were at faking this. That kind of fakeness takes some serious practice. This leads me to believe that there are lots of people around here that have fake conversations on their phones; and often. It shouldn't surprise me I guess though. Afterall, this IS California...

Monday, October 10, 2005

SOMETIMES I REALLY MISS MY MOM....

So this might be a little cheesy.... Actually, if you think its cheesy you can fuck off..... haha

Message I just recieved from my mom....

Hi Brian--

On Columbus Day when you were five, it was a cool, rainy day with sodden fall colored leaves on the trees and the ground.

It was a bank holiday, so we were home together. We made applesauce with the apples from the tree in the back yard at 811. We went to Penny's to buy some pajamas for winter.

We had a good time.

Love,
Mom