He's a good driver...

this is my favorite quote of the year so far and here's why...

http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS03/708300338/1152/NEWS

and on the smoking gun...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0830071drive1.html

man...

with only two races left in the IndyCar series, not sure how things are going to end...this has got to be frustrating for Dario. It's the third race in a row where something like this has happened, but thankfully it wasn't like the collision at the Michigan Speedway.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=1&id=2992256

anywho. I just hope for the last two races that things will be calmer, but still exciting, and that Dario will come out ahead.

kinda cool

I meant to post this about two or three weeks ago, but anywho. I answered Tim Brouk's line at work one evening from this guy named Freddy Lim. He said he was supposed to have an interview with Tim earlier that day, but I had to tell him that Tim had already left for the day and that I could take down his information and Tim would probably get back to him the next day. So he tells me that he was a vocalist of a band from Taiwan and I couldn't quite make out the what he was saying, sounded like Sonic or something, so I jot down his number and tell him I'll make sure Tim gets the message, i.e. me putting the "while you were out" slip in Tim's cubby box.

I was wondering what the interview was for, since I hadn't heard about any Taiwanese band coming to Lafayette and what not. So I decided to google "freddy of taiwanese band" to see if I could find the right name of the band and low and behold, I did. Chthonic as it turns out is kind of a big deal and is also part of Ozzfest 2007.

Here is an article from the washingtonpost.com that I found today http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082300647.html

and some other websites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Lim

http://chthonic.org/en/

anywho, back to work.

another funny list from McSweeney's. enjoy...

Ways I've Let Down
Popular Musicians.

BY JOHN MOE

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Disappointed Chrissie Hynde by continuing to sob.

Permitted sun to go down on Elton John, thus failing him.

Failed to heed warning to stop in the name of love, broke Diana Ross's heart.

Was cruel to a heart that was true, much to the chagrin of Elvis Presley.

Stopped prior to getting enough, despite urging to the contrary by Michael Jackson.

Spoke even when told not to by Gwen Stefani.

Stopped believin', let go of the feelin', thereby enraging Steve Perry.

Clutched it too tightly, lost control, resulting in tersely worded letter from .38 Special.

Said "never"; Romeo Void merely shook their heads sadly.

Got together with only a few people, made no effort to love one another, received awkward phone call from the Youngbloods.

Monkees left at the station with only their worries after I missed the last train to Clarksville.

Failed to feel the noize, which doesn't seem like my fault, but Quiet Riot was still peeved.

Stayed perfectly sane, leaving Prince to go crazy by himself, which actually worked out best for everyone.

Went changing to try to please Billy Joel. Total fiasco.

Kanye West

I forgot to post this a while back, but when I saw this on pastemagazine.com, I was definitely drawn to it. That's right I'm a sucker for cutesy things, especially this bear and all his bling or ice (however it is referred to these days).

http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/4697/news/music/kanye_reveals_graduation_tracklist_cover

Hey Tom...

I'm sad that you have moved, it would have been nice to say bye and wish you well on your trip out west. So I'll say it now...I hope the drive out west went well and was free of any catastrophes along the way;)

Anywho, I really do hope you are getting settled out there and that all is well. Hope to talk/see you whenever you come back through the crossroads of America.

p.s. I didn't have any other means of contacting you, so I thought leaving a post would be the next best thing.

Every Single Day

The Buddha recommended that every person should remember every single day that we are not here for ever. It is a guest performance, which can be finished any time. We don't know when; we have no idea. We always think that we may have seventy-five or eighty years, but who knows? If we remember our vulnerability every single day, our lives will be imbued with the understanding that each moment counts and we will not be so concerned with the future. Now is the time to grow on the spiritual path. If we remember that, we will also have a different relationship to the people around us. They too can die at any moment, and we certainly wouldn't like that to happen at a time when we are not loving towards them. When we remember that, our practice connects to this moment and meditation improves because there is urgency behind it. We need to act now. We can only watch this one breath, not the next one.
--Ayya Khema

So it looks like I blogged back in 2004, that my skin was at it's "all-time worst," but it seems I spoke a few years too soon. This past spring/summer my skin has been terrible. It's krazy how much something like this can make a person slightly depressed/very self-conscious (like Kim said, it's not you can hide your face)=/ It's not that I'm a shallow, self-absorbed person, but I've definitely been stressed/worried about it, which doesn't really help out either (and Hillary has had to hear about it 24/7 for the past 7 months). Thankfully, my appointment at the dermatologist is next Tuesday, which I have semi-patiently been waiting for and I am hopeful that things will start to improve and I will feel better in general. anywho.