Compton is finally reaching for the stars and getting close to what various rappers have tried to make it out to be for years: the most dangerous city in America. It is now in fourth place after St. Louis, Detroit and Flint, MI. Detroit, usually at number one, has been second in the running for [...]
Unparadiz’d
A few weeks ago I was in the school library looking over a book of designs by Inigo Jones. I frame the situation this way not to make me sound smart, but to illustrate how dull my average day is. Behind me were a couple engaged in amorous behavior and so I got that bit of irritation [...]
Samhain
I realize that this is not the most original thing to do on Halloween, but I’m just going to do it anyway. Her’s my top ten list of favorite horror movies, in no particular order.
1. The Haunting (1963 version) – Don’t even bother with that abortion of a remake from a few years ago. This [...]
Huzzah!
Someone just found my humble weblog by searching the phrase “urinate in public!” This is almost as good as when the old Typepad blog got a Google hit for the phrase “Steve titty bar.” This Internet thing is faboo I tell you.
Out of the Woods for a Few Hours
First of all, I’d like to thank whoever it was that boosted my hit count over 120 the other day. That’s a record high, though I suspect it was mostly one or two people visiting over and over again.
I just finished a presentation and think that this entitles me to stop studying for a few [...]
Minor and Personal Humiliating Moments
I don’t mean really bad stuff, like, oh, slipping on a turd in a crowded place. Not even slipping on a turd in front of a few friends. That would be really embarassing. What I’m talking about are the things that only I find embarassing and other people think are just sort of funny. I [...]
Sorry for the Sparse Posting
Between classes, general anxiety and the prospect of having to move again in the next two weeks, not to mention the new weirdness that is bugging WordPress, I really have not wanted to write recently. I have plenty of writing to do in the near future, none of which is remotely as fun as blogging, but [...]
Next Week’s Homework
We all have something that motivates us. For me it is the fear that I will expose myself as the drooling idiot that I am. This is why I finished this week’s homework three days ago and on that same day started in on next week’s homework. By the grace of an email from a [...]
I’ll Bet This Guy Is Related to Kofi Annan
In one of my many email inboxes:
Hello my dear,
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. I am a Director in Procurement Department with Works and Housing Ministry here in Ghana. I obtained your email while searching for [...]
Inferno
It came to pass that I found myself lost in the strip mall. I looked all about me and the buildings all appeared the same. It had been a long day and I was weary. The stores all looked the same and I could not find my car.
Suddenly I was menaced from three sides: a [...]
