captain's log

Thursday, July 24, 2008

  • stupid or smart?: liveblogging turmoil

    12:21PM (EST):
    i am in the midst of waiting to do either one of the stupidest things in my life...or the smartest. and i don't know which it is yet. i am terrified. more soon.
    12:31PM (EST):
    still waiting for the phone to ring. it was supposed to ring at noon. i want soup. i REALLY want soup. good lord. i haven't been this nervous since since i ate all of that olestra without a bathroom to be found.
    2:30PM (EST):
    I laid my ass on the line. i took it back. that is all.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

  • so long sofia

    i know it's yesterday's news, but ESTELLE GETTY IS DEAD.

    I HAVE NO REASON TO LIVE. i have gotten condolence letters and texts and phone calls from friends—although no one has yet to drop off a cheesecake, hint hint—but nothing can replace the hole that has been torn in my heart. the little lady of the golden girls, the "picture it" princess, the pint size pinto bean that squeezed a newborn dorothy zbornak out of her loins, is with us no longer. this is why i don't believe in god. she was so young...so fresh...just five days shy of 85. but what truly terrifies me most is that she was YOUNGER than bea arthur. that could mean that beautiful beatrice could go at any moment. i would rather die than live to see that day. besides if bea can die, that means i can die...and that is simply unacceptable. after all, our births are only 31,483 days, 13 hours, 55 minutes and 35 seconds apart.

    rip estelle. forever.

Monday, July 21, 2008

  • monkey farts and turtle trots

    it's supposed to be 94 degrees (that's fahrenheit, for all you metric loving jibberish munchers) in the city today. that can mean only one thing. it's time for humanity stew:

    ingredients:
    complete lack of self worth
    2 quarts of hand sanitizer
    liberal amounts of disdain

    equipment:
    1 waffle iron
    pubic hair

    first, stir in the huge, fat black woman who schlepped her way onto the jam-packed tram this morning. be sure to choose one that is yelling "fuck, fuck, git ouhdda my way, i'm already pissed off, don't fuckin' piss me off more," while trying to shoo any additional passengers from getting on board before adding any other ingredients. then add a further sprinkle of her screaming, "shut the fuck up" several times to the folks in the car who were trying to have polite and quiet morning conversation with their neighbors. allow to set for several painful minutes. oh, and try not to laugh. just try.

    next, sashay yourself to duane reade and wait in the inevitably long line because all you want to do is buy a pack of smokes using your debit card. add a quarter cup of tiny eastern european woman counting pennies and demanding a rain check because the sale on tuna that was advertised in the flyer is out of stock. bake until the brain dead cashier finally understands what said customer is trying to say. unlike the retarded employee's example, please wash your hands between counting dirty dollar bills and eating flaming hot doritos at 8:30 a.m.

    after making your purchase, and questioning your reason for living, continue to the tube. tightly pack one tall, lanky, gay man into a subway car with approximately 38, ripe german tourists. attempt to read one page of the the journal, while allowing sweat to bead down your back and into your ass crack. pick ass only once completely fermented.

    once your workday has begun to set, revisit the dough that is your soul left over from the weekend. work into a self-absorbed knot and allow self to wallow for 2 to 3 hours. serve tepid.

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