July 22, 2005
So Tim, how long have you been working at Medieval Times?
Somebody else would be prolly be sad if they were sitting in their empty apartment on a Friday night with a glass of scotch, a bag of kettle chips, a guitar, and Garden State to keep them company. Somebody else would have their priorities severely misaligned.
P.S. Between John Roberts and the renminbi, today was totally a four paper (NYT, FT, WSJ, WaPo) day, and those are the best. days. ever.
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July 13, 2005
The best ever softball team out of Red Hook will in time both outpace and outlive you. Hail Satan.
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June 22, 2005
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Dude, I am on this insane nostalgia kick right now. I just got back in touch with, like, my best friend from 7th grade through college, who I haven't talked to since I packed up and headed to Boston.
Speaking of 7th grade, I've gotta say that King's Quest is as awesome as it ever was. Also PM Dawn.
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June 07, 2005
Observations
1) SIdeways is kind of like Swingers: The Next Generation.
2) Girls who read Krugman are so hot.
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June 06, 2005
Tak!
These are some really ugly posters I bought on e-Bay. Rest assured, I'll be putting them up in my room. Oh yes.
I think Yulia Tymoshenko has to be the hottest prime minister ever. She'd prolly still be even if there were any close competition.
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A Gestating Classic?
How long does a record have to stay awesome before it can safely be called a classic? I want to make sure that Happyness by the Aluminum Group can officially be conidered a classic before I yell at everyone who doesn't have it.
In the interim though, if you don't have it, what's your freakin' problem? Don't you like good things? I bet you don't. I bet you're like, "No, I don't think it would be fun to have an awesome record. I'd rather repeatedly prick myself with a safety pin while I listen to The Downward Spiral on repeat."
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May 31, 2005
Chariots of Fire
So I learned this weekend that it's a mistake to listen to music that I think will get me "psyched" when trying to run long distances. I just end up running way too fast and tiring myself out too soon. This sucks, because I totally came up with the best ever mix to get, you know, psyched. It had a good mix of aggro (if I ever get my hands around that dude's throat...) and bouncy, and it went like this:
Annie - "Heartbeat"
Belle & Sebastian - "Dear Catastrophe Waitress"
Calexico - "Crystal Frontier"
Big Black - "L Dopa"
Fog - "We're Winning"
Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
Cursive - "The Radiator Hums"
Erlend Oye - "Sheltered Life/A Fine Day"
Katamari Damacy - "Katamari on the Rock"
The Good Life - "Lovers Need Lawyers"
David Kilgour - "Today is Gonna Be Mine"
Edan - "Funky Voltron"
God damn, that's got my heart going just writing that. I definitely need to get back to the Joanna Newsom & Neutral Milk Hotel.
Also, I dearly hope that I'm the only person ever to put Big Black and Kelly Clarkson together on a mix.
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May 05, 2005
Why You Shouldn't Read Hot Chocolate Boy
Has hot chocolate boy become my forum for giving voice to my ridiculous crushes? I'm afraid so--that and the occasional tirade about Chinese monetary policy... apparently. That said, consider yourself warned.
Okay, so I feel like something needs to be said about how cute the new crop of Mount Sinai med students are. I don't get over to the hospital/campus that much, but I had some stuff to do over there today, and yowza! Where are the awkward mousy bookish types? Apparently they're at Columbia or something. Seriously. Wow.
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May 03, 2005
Blessed are the Hot
God bless the 11 AM Gilmore Girls on the Family Channel. It's the one that's sandwiched between The 700 Club and a Full House rerun.
Now that I think about, yea and also please bless the 5 PM Girls that is sandwiched between 7th Heaven and a Full House rerun.
Amen.
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April 20, 2005
Doin' It
It's starting to warm up, which means that there's all kinds of irrational doin'-it related goings on in my head. Why do I have to be like some kind of animal that feels like it has to rub up against something just because the air around me gets warmer? I don't know, but I clearly am that kind of animal.
So is Jeff R. of Wigu and Overcompensating. To wit:
Posted by matt at 03:22 PM
Fine.
For the record, this is the list of the celebrity ladies for whom I am personally gaga (in no particular order):
Mary-Louise Parker
Lauren Graham
Natalie Portman
Katrina Vanden Heuvel
If you are one of these women, and find it endearing that some guy put your name on the short-list of his celebrity crushes, drop me a note. I will buy you a sandwich.
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Look! A Web-log!
You know what? I was just looking through the old HCB archives, and it turns out it was actually some good, disastrously insubstantial stuff. so I think it might be time to resurrect it. Let's see how this goes...
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October 28, 2004
!
I swear to god, this is the best thing that has ever happened.
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September 29, 2004
Pernice Bros.: Awesomely Funny or Funnily Awesome?
This isn't the first thing I've written about the Pernice Bros. today, but it might (repeat: might) be the last. I finally got around to watching the new videos the band made for two of the tracks off of last year's predictably awesome Yours, Mine, and Ours. The one for "The Weakest Shade of Blue" is an epic depiction of the age-old struggle between karate kids and ballerinas. It is certifiably hi-larious.
Go watch the video. Then buy the record. Then buy all the other records.
I have to admit, my love of Joe Pernice reaches almost Portmanesque heights.
Posted by matt at 02:09 PM
September 28, 2004
Twoo Wuv
So, things didn't work out quite as well as I'd hoped last night, but we'll see what happens. At any rate, here are some lessons I learned from the experience:
1) In the movie Where the Heart Is, they gave Natalie Portman Angela Basset's boobs. So, at some point, Angela Basset had to have casts taken of her chest. Nice work if you can get it.
2) Natalie Portman is absolutely gorgeous, and ridiculously smart.
3) Either James Lipton's sycophantic tendencies aren't so obnoxious when you get to see the whole interview, or he just doesn't come off as being as disingenuous when the object of his fawning is as talented, poised, and articulate as Ms. Portman.
So, in conclusion, me likey Natalie.
Posted by matt at 03:56 PM
September 27, 2004
I'm a Lucky Bastard
So, I'm gonna go see Natalie Portman tape her Inside the Actor's Studio tonight. I'm looking forward to the part where Natalie sees me from the stage and falls instantly in love with me. The way I see it, the only thing that could get in the way of that happening would be if I were to just snap and manually eviscerate James Lipton.
What's perhaps a more likely scenario is that Natalie will fall in love with me ('cause I've got it like that), and then I'll tear Lipton's guts out with my hands. That's when his students will hoist Nat and I on their shoulders and carry us off into our new life together.
So, if I don't see you guys for a while, that's probably why.
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September 15, 2004
Congratulations!!!
In what can only be described as the awesomest of awesome things, I want to offer my sincerest congratulations to Steve & Maureen on the birth of Rory John this morning.
Now we just need to get him a tiny Sox jersey and we'll be all set.
Posted by matt at 02:40 PM
!Caliente!
So, I totally thought I was kidding when I said that I'd use this space to talk about how much I like GOYA brand mexican food products, but it turns out I wasn't. I just made this outstanding egg & cheese sandwich, made all the more delicious by the addition by GOYA brand Salsa Taquera. It's hot, but with a hint of sweetness--almost like barbeque sauce. Nice.
Also, GOYA's Salsa Verde is absolutely the best value for your salsa dollar. It's really the best kept secret in salsa.
Posted by matt at 12:53 PM
September 10, 2004
Soytastic
It's fun to make fun of other cultures.
Posted by matt at 01:09 PM
Lite Rawk, Baby!
I love Ken Stringfellow so much that it might be borderline retarded. I mean, I guess it makes sense since he's got, like, the best pedigree in the history of pop music (Posies, REM, and fucking Big Star), but he is to melody as Lou Ferrigno is to green body paint.
The new record, Soft Commands, is straight up Mellow Gold. It's great and I love it, but I'm really hooked on Touched. It's just pure pop confection. It's rock candy.
I'd find it disturbing that I'm so into this adult-contemporary lite-rock if it wasn't so fucking good.
Posted by matt at 12:15 PM
September 03, 2004
Seriously
Mary-Louise Parker is hotter than any one woman has a right to be. Word.
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September 01, 2004
Totally Fucking Obsessed
Q: What do you get when you cross the content of my first post of today (RE: West Wing) with the content of the second (RE: Quizzes)?
A: A quiz about The West Wing, obvs. It tells you which West Winger you are. This is what happened when I did it:
Powerful. Intimidating. Trivia Nazi. President Bartlet is all of these and more. A super-nerd who's into chess, National Parks, and rambling off things in Latin, POTUS is the 'real thing.' Not being completely upfront with the American people may cause him re-election headaches, though...
:: Which West Wing character are you? ::