This Is A Post Where I Annoy My Friends

So, first things first. Went grocery shopping last night and among the many things purchased were two of my favorite items, shown here:



I love dill pickles. Pickles on sandwiches, burgers, or just plain. They're great. And ranch is a fantastic condiment. And, yes, that is light ranch. That's just how I roll. Why would I bring up these two purchases in particular? Oh, no reason. No reason at all.

Also, the other night while at a birthday party for a good friend I was told by another friend, Hoover, who is a reader that I was slacking on the whole blog thing. Which is true. But then later I was told that all the songs I mentioned in this post "sucked".

Nevermind that musical taste is a completely subjective thing and obviously varies wildly from one person to another. They "sucked." Now, normally, I'd have come up with a sharp rejoinder but I think I was distracted by the very drunk birthday boy groping at my crotch, unlatching my belt and attempting to remove my pants. Why was he doing this? Well, yes, he WAS told by his sister and by me that his birthday present was in my pants. And yes, it was a blatant attempt to make a funny double entendre (I'd like to double HER entendre). But what it really meant was just that the hockey tickets she bought him were tucked into the waistband. PANTS REMOVAL NOT NECESSARY.

So, here is the proper response that should have immediately been given in person (I even thought of it soon after the initial conversation, but the moment had passed and it would have been out of place). I will be DAMNED if I am going to listen to any musical criticism from someone whose favorite band is HOOTIE & THE DAMN BLOWFISH. Yeah, sure, I bought their first album along with most of the entire country. I even bought their second album. And upon listening to it, realized that I had just paid a second time for the same damn album that I already had! And I just read something about how the singer gets annoyed when people refer to him as "Hootie". Hey genius! When you give your band the ridiculous name of Hootie & The Blowfish and you are the frontman for said band, I think its important that you reconcile yourself with the fact that you are going to be referred to by a lot of people as "Hootie". Get over it. Not everyone is going to get your dumb little inside joke. Don't expect me to take you seriously when the most memorable thing you've ever done is a (admittedly, hilariously bizarre) Burger King commercial!



Seriously, WTF is up is up with that?

Ahhhhhhh. All better now.

Don't worry, his feelings won't be hurt (Hoover, not Hootie). He is strangely impervious to criticism.

Quick Updates

Yeah, so the flu bug I had last week is lingering. Big fun. Friday I felt good. Saturday I felt like crap although improved in the evening. Yesterday I felt decent and again felt better in the evening. Today I felt like complete crap at work but I'm starting to feel a little better now. I'm not sure what the deal is with evenings. Although I did just take a bunch of vitamins and a couple of Advil.

The whole thing is massively inconvenient. I haven't had the energy to do things around the house that need done. Cleaning, some weeding...oh, and fixing my damn storm door!

Is it crass to complain about my broken door when others in the area went as long as a week without power and people in Texas had their homes destroyed? I don't care, I'm doing it anyway. The remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through central Ohio last Sunday and mixed with another system from the north and these ingredients resulted in the highest recorded winds in the area's history. Millions were without power yadda yadda. My power went out for about a minute. But during this windstorm a friend dropped by my place and I forgot to pull my storm door shut and make sure it latched because it usually closes really slow. So a few minutes later, the wind caught it and practically ripped it out of its frame. Luckily it didn't break the glass. I took it off the hinges and put it in the garage but now I'm going to have to replace some of the wood in the frame which is going to involve painting and who knows what else. Yes, it's a minor annoyance compared to what others have had to deal with but it's an annoyance nonetheless. And because of this stupid flu I haven't had the motivation to get started on it.

So, that's what is going on.

Now, enjoy this kick-ass song. It's a band called One Day As A Lion that is made up of Zach De La Rocha, frontman of Rage Against The Machine, and a drummer that used to play in The Mars Volta. They put out a 5 song EP during the summer. I like Rage but I wouldn't call myself a "Rage fan". And this is the only song of the five that I like, but I really like it. Flows well, good beat. If you don't like Rage, you probably won't like this though.

Hi!

Hello, internet. And by internet, I mean Shannon.

I feel like crap. Total crap. So, even though I have slacked about posting, you're going to have to endure a couple more days without my incredible insights. It will be hard, but you can do it.

Ok, I'm going to go throw up now.