I think I may have a problem. I am addicted to Johnny Cash. I have listened to him (or Joaquin Phoenix) for the past 5 days... the same 40-some songs. And now, last night, I bought this. Because of my purchase, I have found out that he (Air Force) and my father (Army) did the same thing when in the armed services: listen to the Russians. However, besides being in different branches and 10 years apart in service, my dad could have totally been friends with Johnny Cash.
Is my title insensitive considering all of the addiction problems JR had?
UPDATE: 12/31/05 - Okay so maybe today at Target I bought another Cash CD. Okay, technically it was 2, but it all came in one package.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Sunday, December 25, 2005
A Christmas Miracle!
Okay. So, I didn't get this out before going to the 'Nati, but better late than never right? (The correct answer is "Yes" you whining little brats. No really, I love you guys... pains in the ass. Now, shut up and read.)
So, for our third installment (oh, good Lord, that statistic is horrible. New Year’s Resolution #1: Try to do one write-up per month), we go to what may be my favorite movie (definitely my favorite John Hughes movie) of all time… Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Since I know this movie so well (almost by heart) I only watched the John Hughes commentary version on the DVD…that was back in June/July (maybe earlier) when I actually meant to be writing about this. Oh well. I have seen (at least parts) of the movie on TV since then, but not all of it, and not with my handy-dandy notebook, therefore, this write-up will probably be a little bit different. Also, since I am doing this from my parents, links and other fun things will be added later. (Side note, I totally wrote this up while listening to Johnny Cash with my parents… we all heart him.)
“The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non-specific symptom; I'm a big believer in it. A lot of people will tell you that a good phony fever is a dead lock, but, uh... you get a nervous mother, you could wind up in a doctor's office. That's worse than school. You fake a stomach cramp, and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.”
We open on an affluent neighborhood (supposedly) in Chicago (where else? In this case Long Beach actually). Ferris, the impish teenager the whole town knows and loves, has decide he needs another day off of school on this bright, beautiful spring day. And, what easier way to get out of school than to fake being sick (I did this mostly in the 4th grade (I HATE you Ms. Bunker), not so much in high school)? His parents, clueless yuppies, buy his act and his sister Jeanie can do nothing but stand idly by and watch him get away with it (Ferris appears to be the favorite… or at least he is somewhat babied by his parents… not that I would know anything about that). John Hughes Commentary (JHC): The actors playing Mom and Pop Bueller ended up getting married in real life and at the time of the movie Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey were dating.
Anyway, the parents go off to work and Jeanie off to school. Ferris goes to the shower and gives himself a faux-hawk (he was so ahead of his time). JHC: Matt plays Ferris as a child, but he is also into politics. Perhaps this is to show the transition between child and adult? Hmmm…
“Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?”
Now for the role, that, I believe, is the ENTIRE basis of Ben Stein’s acting/show business career, the most boring high school economics teacher ever. Although, if this guy had been your 1st period teacher you know you would have skipped too. Don’t give me that. You know you would have. JHC: This was to show the total non-communication that sometimes exists between teachers and students.
“The place is like a museum. It’s very beautiful and very cold, and you’re not allowed to touch anything.”
Cut to a modern, austere mansion; the home of Ferris’ BFF, Cameron Frye (otherwise known as the annoying guy in Speed… not Keanu, the other one). Cameron is also home from school sick. Unlike Ferris however, Cameron actually believes he is ill (although really he is just an uptight hypochondriac). JHC: 1. It’s JH’s hand when the speakerphone button is pushed. 2. Cameron is based on a friend of JH’s from high school.
Meanwhile, back at school. Mr. Rooney, the dean of students (and a pedophile), calls Mama Bueller to inform her that this is actually Ferris’ 9th sick day. Although, amazingly as they are talking this number suddenly changes. Who could be doing that? Perhaps the coolest nerd ever? JHC: Rooney is really pompous. At his job he is the “emperor of the children” but he can’t talk to their parents. JH then goes on to comment on the relationship between Rooney and Grace (the annoying neighbor from The Hogan Family).
JHC: This is the same high school as in The Breakfast Club. Also, they used real high school students as the extras with the rest of the cast who was in their 20s.
JHC: The relationship between Rooney and Grace (the annoying neighbor from The Hogan Family): Rooney takes his job (too) seriously (not that it isn’t a serious job, but come on man… unclench), but he has no respect for the kids. Not for who they are, or what they think, or what they may know. He is really just a walking cliché. Grace, on the other hand, likes kids. She understands high school society and hierarchy. For some reason though, she also worships Rooney and provides him an ego boost.
“He'll keep calling me, he'll keep calling me until I come over. He'll make me feel guilty. This is uh... This is ridiculous, ok I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go. What - I'LL GO. Shit.”
Eventually Ferris convinces Cameron to come over for their day off. Now, they just need to get Ferris’ girlfriend, Sloane, out of school. This, of course, means that Cameron needs to pretend to be her father to call Mr. Rooney and tell him her Grandma is dead. JHC: The dead grandma ruse is common and they just wanted to get Rooney to say it was a fake excuse to set him up for the next fall. After he already accuses “Sloane’s Dad” of being Ferris, Ferris calls in on another line; now they have Rooney where they want him. However, Cameron goes too far, first telling Rooney that Sloane needs to be outside alone and then that Rooney should accompany her.
Because of his mistake, Ferris, as any good friend would do (or at least as the friends I have would do), makes Cam pay. The price? A 1961 Ferrari 250GT California (in other words a car worth more than your life).
I mean, what else would they use? They have to convince Rooney that Ferris is actually Sloane’s dad and no stinking Volvo is going to do it, nor would walking since Ferris doesn’t actually have a car (“I could be the walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off of people.”)
After a very incestuous appearing kiss. Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron are off for their big adventure in the city.
Ferris, ever the one to cover his ass (sadly, even in the shower scene), sets up all the answering machines with the appropriate excuses and puts the mannequin in his bed…you know just in case someone should stop by.
“Hi. Do you speak English?”
“Uh, what country do you think this is?”
This is how you know it is and ‘80s movie. That is, unless it was to make a point, I don’t think they would make someone so… unwittingly racists (?). Not that JH wasn’t making a point about over privileged, white-suburban teenagers, but he doesn’t actually mention it in the commentary. The JHC is just that the parking attendant read it differently each time.
Anyway, against Cam’s protests, they leave the car for the sights and sounds of downtown Chicago.
1. The John Hancock Building (been there, very tall).
2. The Commodities Market (haven’t been there. JHC: This location was to highlight Cameron’s family situation. This is a self-indulgence for him in his pity. Not that I every realized this before; not that I realized where they even really were. I had no idea.).
3. Fancy-Schmancy restaurant (haven’t been there. JHC: Restaurant is in LA.) where Ferris becomes Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago, (I’m not going into the commentary here, because, frankly? Not that interesting.) and they are almost caught by Ferris’ dad.
Rooney is a man on a mission and now he has gone a little bit too far by leaving school grounds to catch one kid (Sloane and Cameron are nothing to Rooney; he just wants Ferris). JHC: Now it is personal to Rooney. JH tried to show Rooney in the world of adults, where he fits so poorly. He is ill equipped to operate outside of the school (not that he is oh-so-good operating in the school) and he is nothing outside.
More field trip. Up next?
4. Cubs game (never been, but I have been to a White Sox game. JHC: He was not a Cubs fan, but there were no White Sox games that day. There had also been a bit here where Ferris went to a radio station to announce that he was going into space, but then the Challenger explosion happened and it was cut. Good choice I think.).
Rooney is a man over the edge. No longer is he just visiting Casa de Bueller, now he is looking for a way inside to see if Ferris is really sick. Dude, seriously, let it go.
5. The Chicago Art Institute (been there, stood in front of the Seurat painting. The only thing I think they are missing on their tour about Chicago is the Museum of Science and Industry. They could have totally worked in 1mm thick cross-sections of people somewhere.) JHC: This whole section (Art Institute incase my tangent confused you) was improvised. The Art Institute had been a refuge for JH growing up and he used all of his favorite paintings. The Seurat is like a movie; you don’t know what you have until you step back.
6. The last stop and one of my favorite parts of the film (the other being when Ferris tell us how to fake being sick… not that I ever used his suggestions or anything… please don’t tell my mom), the German Day Parade. JHC: This was an actual parade that they just put their float in without anyone knowing. The Governor of Illinois was even there that day. JH was showcasing the German heritage of Chicago (and much of the Midwest). Just in case we weren’t sure JH tells us Matt was lip-synching Danke Schoen and Twist and Shout. But, the people that were singing along were real. They also used local talent. Apparently, Paul McCartney didn’t appreciate JH’s addition of the horns to Twist and Shout. But, JH reasoned that there was a band there and he should fit them in. He also pointed out that Twist and Shout made it back onto the charts because of the movie.
Back to the ‘burbs. JHC: The town JH grew up in let them paint “Save Ferris” on their water tower.
Rooney has made it into the house and at this point, but Jeanie is also there. They end up attacking each other. This is what sets-up Jeanie making out with Charlie Sheen (I think it is mentioned in the commentary, but I didn’t write it down, but, supposedly Charlie put Vaseline under his eyelids to make himself appear drugged-out… I don’t know how much I believe it was Vaseline and how much I believe it was actual drugs.).
Back to Ferris et al, Cam is relaxed, finally. He had a fun day, they didn’t get caught and the car isn’t wrecked yet (oops, did I give the end away?). But, then they notice the mileage; it doesn’t add up.
After Cam freaks-out they try to take the miles off by running the car in reverse (Does anyone know if that really works? I mean, obviously not in this case but in real life? I am guessing no…but I can neither confirm nor deny this.).
“You killed the car.”
After Cameron kicks the car out of the window (D’OH), he decides to finally take a stand for himself with his parents. He will no longer be pushed around and ignored. He will no longer be replaced by a car. At the same time, Ferris is finally willing to take responsibility for something he did. JHC: Cam’s reaction is the only thing Ferris didn’t anticipate all day. But this time, Cameron decided to do it on his own.
After this jam-packed day Ferris still needs to make it home before his parents (insert highly amusing montage of Ferris running (remember no car). Really, just watch the movie already; you know you want to.). With a little help from Jeanie (who has come to some realizations with the Help of Druggie Sheen), Ferris manages to thwart Rooney in the last seconds and make it into bed before his parents find him out (what else did you expect? He is our hero.).
Okay, it is very early Christmas morning… watch this space for updates including fun links and maybe another post concerning other Ferris Bueller analysis out there on the interweb.
Oh Yeah.
Chikka chikka.
So, for our third installment (oh, good Lord, that statistic is horrible. New Year’s Resolution #1: Try to do one write-up per month), we go to what may be my favorite movie (definitely my favorite John Hughes movie) of all time… Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Since I know this movie so well (almost by heart) I only watched the John Hughes commentary version on the DVD…that was back in June/July (maybe earlier) when I actually meant to be writing about this. Oh well. I have seen (at least parts) of the movie on TV since then, but not all of it, and not with my handy-dandy notebook, therefore, this write-up will probably be a little bit different. Also, since I am doing this from my parents, links and other fun things will be added later. (Side note, I totally wrote this up while listening to Johnny Cash with my parents… we all heart him.)
“The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non-specific symptom; I'm a big believer in it. A lot of people will tell you that a good phony fever is a dead lock, but, uh... you get a nervous mother, you could wind up in a doctor's office. That's worse than school. You fake a stomach cramp, and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.”
We open on an affluent neighborhood (supposedly) in Chicago (where else? In this case Long Beach actually). Ferris, the impish teenager the whole town knows and loves, has decide he needs another day off of school on this bright, beautiful spring day. And, what easier way to get out of school than to fake being sick (I did this mostly in the 4th grade (I HATE you Ms. Bunker), not so much in high school)? His parents, clueless yuppies, buy his act and his sister Jeanie can do nothing but stand idly by and watch him get away with it (Ferris appears to be the favorite… or at least he is somewhat babied by his parents… not that I would know anything about that). John Hughes Commentary (JHC): The actors playing Mom and Pop Bueller ended up getting married in real life and at the time of the movie Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey were dating.
Anyway, the parents go off to work and Jeanie off to school. Ferris goes to the shower and gives himself a faux-hawk (he was so ahead of his time). JHC: Matt plays Ferris as a child, but he is also into politics. Perhaps this is to show the transition between child and adult? Hmmm…
“Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?”
Now for the role, that, I believe, is the ENTIRE basis of Ben Stein’s acting/show business career, the most boring high school economics teacher ever. Although, if this guy had been your 1st period teacher you know you would have skipped too. Don’t give me that. You know you would have. JHC: This was to show the total non-communication that sometimes exists between teachers and students.
“The place is like a museum. It’s very beautiful and very cold, and you’re not allowed to touch anything.”
Cut to a modern, austere mansion; the home of Ferris’ BFF, Cameron Frye (otherwise known as the annoying guy in Speed… not Keanu, the other one). Cameron is also home from school sick. Unlike Ferris however, Cameron actually believes he is ill (although really he is just an uptight hypochondriac). JHC: 1. It’s JH’s hand when the speakerphone button is pushed. 2. Cameron is based on a friend of JH’s from high school.
Meanwhile, back at school. Mr. Rooney, the dean of students (and a pedophile), calls Mama Bueller to inform her that this is actually Ferris’ 9th sick day. Although, amazingly as they are talking this number suddenly changes. Who could be doing that? Perhaps the coolest nerd ever? JHC: Rooney is really pompous. At his job he is the “emperor of the children” but he can’t talk to their parents. JH then goes on to comment on the relationship between Rooney and Grace (the annoying neighbor from The Hogan Family).
JHC: This is the same high school as in The Breakfast Club. Also, they used real high school students as the extras with the rest of the cast who was in their 20s.
JHC: The relationship between Rooney and Grace (the annoying neighbor from The Hogan Family): Rooney takes his job (too) seriously (not that it isn’t a serious job, but come on man… unclench), but he has no respect for the kids. Not for who they are, or what they think, or what they may know. He is really just a walking cliché. Grace, on the other hand, likes kids. She understands high school society and hierarchy. For some reason though, she also worships Rooney and provides him an ego boost.
“He'll keep calling me, he'll keep calling me until I come over. He'll make me feel guilty. This is uh... This is ridiculous, ok I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go. What - I'LL GO. Shit.”
Eventually Ferris convinces Cameron to come over for their day off. Now, they just need to get Ferris’ girlfriend, Sloane, out of school. This, of course, means that Cameron needs to pretend to be her father to call Mr. Rooney and tell him her Grandma is dead. JHC: The dead grandma ruse is common and they just wanted to get Rooney to say it was a fake excuse to set him up for the next fall. After he already accuses “Sloane’s Dad” of being Ferris, Ferris calls in on another line; now they have Rooney where they want him. However, Cameron goes too far, first telling Rooney that Sloane needs to be outside alone and then that Rooney should accompany her.
Because of his mistake, Ferris, as any good friend would do (or at least as the friends I have would do), makes Cam pay. The price? A 1961 Ferrari 250GT California (in other words a car worth more than your life).
I mean, what else would they use? They have to convince Rooney that Ferris is actually Sloane’s dad and no stinking Volvo is going to do it, nor would walking since Ferris doesn’t actually have a car (“I could be the walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off of people.”)
After a very incestuous appearing kiss. Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron are off for their big adventure in the city.
Ferris, ever the one to cover his ass (sadly, even in the shower scene), sets up all the answering machines with the appropriate excuses and puts the mannequin in his bed…you know just in case someone should stop by.
“Hi. Do you speak English?”
“Uh, what country do you think this is?”
This is how you know it is and ‘80s movie. That is, unless it was to make a point, I don’t think they would make someone so… unwittingly racists (?). Not that JH wasn’t making a point about over privileged, white-suburban teenagers, but he doesn’t actually mention it in the commentary. The JHC is just that the parking attendant read it differently each time.
Anyway, against Cam’s protests, they leave the car for the sights and sounds of downtown Chicago.
1. The John Hancock Building (been there, very tall).
2. The Commodities Market (haven’t been there. JHC: This location was to highlight Cameron’s family situation. This is a self-indulgence for him in his pity. Not that I every realized this before; not that I realized where they even really were. I had no idea.).
3. Fancy-Schmancy restaurant (haven’t been there. JHC: Restaurant is in LA.) where Ferris becomes Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago, (I’m not going into the commentary here, because, frankly? Not that interesting.) and they are almost caught by Ferris’ dad.
Rooney is a man on a mission and now he has gone a little bit too far by leaving school grounds to catch one kid (Sloane and Cameron are nothing to Rooney; he just wants Ferris). JHC: Now it is personal to Rooney. JH tried to show Rooney in the world of adults, where he fits so poorly. He is ill equipped to operate outside of the school (not that he is oh-so-good operating in the school) and he is nothing outside.
More field trip. Up next?
4. Cubs game (never been, but I have been to a White Sox game. JHC: He was not a Cubs fan, but there were no White Sox games that day. There had also been a bit here where Ferris went to a radio station to announce that he was going into space, but then the Challenger explosion happened and it was cut. Good choice I think.).
Rooney is a man over the edge. No longer is he just visiting Casa de Bueller, now he is looking for a way inside to see if Ferris is really sick. Dude, seriously, let it go.
5. The Chicago Art Institute (been there, stood in front of the Seurat painting. The only thing I think they are missing on their tour about Chicago is the Museum of Science and Industry. They could have totally worked in 1mm thick cross-sections of people somewhere.) JHC: This whole section (Art Institute incase my tangent confused you) was improvised. The Art Institute had been a refuge for JH growing up and he used all of his favorite paintings. The Seurat is like a movie; you don’t know what you have until you step back.
6. The last stop and one of my favorite parts of the film (the other being when Ferris tell us how to fake being sick… not that I ever used his suggestions or anything… please don’t tell my mom), the German Day Parade. JHC: This was an actual parade that they just put their float in without anyone knowing. The Governor of Illinois was even there that day. JH was showcasing the German heritage of Chicago (and much of the Midwest). Just in case we weren’t sure JH tells us Matt was lip-synching Danke Schoen and Twist and Shout. But, the people that were singing along were real. They also used local talent. Apparently, Paul McCartney didn’t appreciate JH’s addition of the horns to Twist and Shout. But, JH reasoned that there was a band there and he should fit them in. He also pointed out that Twist and Shout made it back onto the charts because of the movie.
Back to the ‘burbs. JHC: The town JH grew up in let them paint “Save Ferris” on their water tower.
Rooney has made it into the house and at this point, but Jeanie is also there. They end up attacking each other. This is what sets-up Jeanie making out with Charlie Sheen (I think it is mentioned in the commentary, but I didn’t write it down, but, supposedly Charlie put Vaseline under his eyelids to make himself appear drugged-out… I don’t know how much I believe it was Vaseline and how much I believe it was actual drugs.).
Back to Ferris et al, Cam is relaxed, finally. He had a fun day, they didn’t get caught and the car isn’t wrecked yet (oops, did I give the end away?). But, then they notice the mileage; it doesn’t add up.
After Cam freaks-out they try to take the miles off by running the car in reverse (Does anyone know if that really works? I mean, obviously not in this case but in real life? I am guessing no…but I can neither confirm nor deny this.).
“You killed the car.”
After Cameron kicks the car out of the window (D’OH), he decides to finally take a stand for himself with his parents. He will no longer be pushed around and ignored. He will no longer be replaced by a car. At the same time, Ferris is finally willing to take responsibility for something he did. JHC: Cam’s reaction is the only thing Ferris didn’t anticipate all day. But this time, Cameron decided to do it on his own.
After this jam-packed day Ferris still needs to make it home before his parents (insert highly amusing montage of Ferris running (remember no car). Really, just watch the movie already; you know you want to.). With a little help from Jeanie (who has come to some realizations with the Help of Druggie Sheen), Ferris manages to thwart Rooney in the last seconds and make it into bed before his parents find him out (what else did you expect? He is our hero.).
Okay, it is very early Christmas morning… watch this space for updates including fun links and maybe another post concerning other Ferris Bueller analysis out there on the interweb.
Oh Yeah.
Chikka chikka.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Flickr
I have updated Flickr with pictures of my walk today. Sadly, it was being slow and the files were large, so hopefully there will be more added later when I can get to a better/faster connection.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
The Man in Black
So, Angela and I went to see Walk the Line... and it was awesome. Because of this I decided to finally purchase some of the Johnny Cash music I have had in my "shopping cart" for probably the past year or so (not that this proves I am not jumping on the Johnny Cash bandwagon after seeing the movie). Besides bringing my total from over $1000 down to only $950 (plus applicable sales tax), I also got 4 albums (I splurged a bit, oh well it's Christmas) and a new love for The Man in Black.
On a slightly disturbing note, I have found that so far my two favorite songs are two of the more... how do you say... violent?... songs. Folsom Prison Blues and Cocaine Blues. I have to believe that it has to be the sounds of the songs that I like so much since I can't really relate to prison, shooting people, or doing cocaine. Either that or my subconscious has been doing some stuff without me knowing.
PS - No Angela this isn't the big update I was talking about... aw man, now everyone knows and I'll have to actually do it. Well maybe this will be be enough of a kick in the ass to get me to do it. Intrigued?
On a slightly disturbing note, I have found that so far my two favorite songs are two of the more... how do you say... violent?... songs. Folsom Prison Blues and Cocaine Blues. I have to believe that it has to be the sounds of the songs that I like so much since I can't really relate to prison, shooting people, or doing cocaine. Either that or my subconscious has been doing some stuff without me knowing.
PS - No Angela this isn't the big update I was talking about... aw man, now everyone knows and I'll have to actually do it. Well maybe this will be be enough of a kick in the ass to get me to do it. Intrigued?
Monday, December 05, 2005
Orange Crush
For awhile now I have been envious of various friends who have crushes. You see, I haven't had a good crush in a very long time.
Maybe I should explain the type of crush I mean. The type of crush I speak of is not the "I like X celebrity" (Michael Vartan) or even one on a "normal" person that could transpire to be more. Rather, I just wanted one where I could see the person and smile, but know nothing will ever happen with them... Actually, not even want anything to happen with them, because that would kind of ruin it all.
So, there was a dry spell on crushes of a very, very long time for me. And that made me very sad. There was nothing to look forward to in my day. No random guy I would see on the 'tro or in the office to just lust after. No cute boy along my new route into work to "bump" into. No one to star in my dreams at night.... er,hmmm... that may be more than you all needed to know. Sorry. There was just no one around that made me secretly smile.
There is just something nice and fun about having a crush, even if, maybe especially if you know it isn't going anywhere, not wanting it to go anywhere, but deep down knowing the it could go somewhere (that is if I really wanted it to and weren't too chicken to make it happen).
But, I need not fret anymore. I have not one but two crushes. Which, in this case is good, because then they can take turns at night, er I mean... moving right along...it is good because I rarely see either of them. One is a lawyer, who I know if I really got to know him would most likely be either a) an ass, b) gay or c) both (not because all lawyers are gay or asses, rather because he just seems like he would be). But he is nice to look at and seems kind of interesting. The second is someone I will basically never see (he works in a different building and I only learned of his existence a month or so ago), but it is nice to know he is out there. Besides being the perfect fit for the family (from what I can tell in googling him he is a chemical engineer and was in the Peace Corps) he graduated from Michigan, and that would be worth it just to piss my sister off (heh, not that I would ever want to piss her off).
It is amazing how something as small as an unrequited, totally for fun crush can impact your quality of life. I am actually much happier now that I have the possibility of running into either of these people in the course of my day. My advice to you all, go find a crush!
Maybe I should explain the type of crush I mean. The type of crush I speak of is not the "I like X celebrity" (Michael Vartan) or even one on a "normal" person that could transpire to be more. Rather, I just wanted one where I could see the person and smile, but know nothing will ever happen with them... Actually, not even want anything to happen with them, because that would kind of ruin it all.
So, there was a dry spell on crushes of a very, very long time for me. And that made me very sad. There was nothing to look forward to in my day. No random guy I would see on the 'tro or in the office to just lust after. No cute boy along my new route into work to "bump" into. No one to star in my dreams at night.... er,hmmm... that may be more than you all needed to know. Sorry. There was just no one around that made me secretly smile.
There is just something nice and fun about having a crush, even if, maybe especially if you know it isn't going anywhere, not wanting it to go anywhere, but deep down knowing the it could go somewhere (that is if I really wanted it to and weren't too chicken to make it happen).
But, I need not fret anymore. I have not one but two crushes. Which, in this case is good, because then they can take turns at night, er I mean... moving right along...it is good because I rarely see either of them. One is a lawyer, who I know if I really got to know him would most likely be either a) an ass, b) gay or c) both (not because all lawyers are gay or asses, rather because he just seems like he would be). But he is nice to look at and seems kind of interesting. The second is someone I will basically never see (he works in a different building and I only learned of his existence a month or so ago), but it is nice to know he is out there. Besides being the perfect fit for the family (from what I can tell in googling him he is a chemical engineer and was in the Peace Corps) he graduated from Michigan, and that would be worth it just to piss my sister off (heh, not that I would ever want to piss her off).
It is amazing how something as small as an unrequited, totally for fun crush can impact your quality of life. I am actually much happier now that I have the possibility of running into either of these people in the course of my day. My advice to you all, go find a crush!
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