So long '09

Thurs: 233 lbs.

Ok, so after much deliberation and scapegoating of the holidays, the flu, the cold, the rainy weather, and the pope, i've decided that i need to up the seriousness of my runs and workouts. That is to say, i actually need to start doing it.

Anyway, no plans tonight. So long 2009. Don't let the proverbial doorknob hit you in the proverbial ass on the way out.

I'll have a drink for all of you tonight.

Salut!

Hay mi estomaga!

Wed: 232 lbs.

So, weather permitting, i'm going to run today.

So, stomach permitting as well, i'm going to run today.

I'm getting lazy, and that's not good.

WATCHING:

"Funny People" - Finally saw Apatow's latest. I really liked it. A bunch of folks didn't, but to me it felt like the most personal thing he's ever done. I especially enjoyed the fake movie posters and movie clips that Sandler's character is in, because goddammit, you know he's done shit like that.

"Observe and Report" - We apparently had a Seth Rogen double feature last night. Here's another film that i've read and heard nothing good about, but i liked it. It's an odd little movie, and it was marketed all wrong.

My dog is spazzing out next to me. It's kind of funny.

Post holiday hangover

Tues: 231 lbs.

So, maybe i didn't run today. But it was raining/sleeting and it was cold, so fuck you. There's always manana. If it's good for the Mexicans in that Kerouac novel, it's good enough for me.

LISTENING:

-The Almighty Defenders - King Khan, Mark Sultan (BBQ Show), and The Black Lips join forces to bring you some Garage Gospel Punk! Hearing it on repeat may make your head explode!

Get a free download of "Cone of Light" here!

-The Smith Westerns - I kind of crapped on these guys at first, but now i'm hooked. Google 'em. You'll probably find some free music all over the place.

-Skinny Puppy - "Last Rites" - I loved this album when i was in high school, and it's now available on vinyl reissue! For the first time! Gothic Industrial Dance Metal...it'll tear your face off and then dig it's fingers around in the wound.

Spader.

A few Christmas pics

Mon: 231 lbs. (about to climb back on that workout horse)

Here's the aforementioned snow pics:

A big pile of family members and dogs.

Snoop Paigey Paige

Drew about to introduce me to a snow drift.

Oh, and i guess i should thank the Chicago Bears for beating the Vikings overtime to give New Orleans the number 1 seed in the playoffs since we couldn't seem to do it ourselves for two weekends in a row. Thanks guys.

Cutler's still a crybaby though.

Stuck in Oklahoma?

So far, 11 inches of snow have fallen today. It's just after 5:00 PM and it's still snowing.

Whoo-hoo! Five day weekend!

Merry Christmas

I'll be out of pocket for a few days. I'm going to Oklahomo to visit my sister and her family. It should turn out to be a great 6 hour car trip with my wife, my brother, my mom, my dog, and myself all crammed in there. Sweet.

So, happy holidays to you and yours. Here'a a little Run DMC.

Top 5 B-Movies I can think of right now

Mon: 230 lbs.

It's getting really hard to run, what with the holidays and family and a thousand other things. I seem to have plateaued around 228 lbs. to 231 lbs. Guess it's time to start smoking crystal meth!

Anyway, here's a few B-Movies that i really like:

1. "Phantom of The Paradise" - Early DePalma is awesome DePalma. He hadn't gotten a chance to suck yet. The film is basically a rock opera version of Phantom of The Opera meets Faust with an awesome glam rock soundtrack. Paul Williams plays a record exec who sells his soul to the devil for success. He wrote and sings a lot of the music, and he also happens to be the writer of "The Rainbow Connection." Totally over the top.

2. "Coffy" - Pamela "Motherfucking" Greer is Coffy. This is the best blaxsploitation flick i've ever seen. It's terrifically un-PC in every way possible. Oh, and look for a young Sid Haig in a supporting thug role.

3. "Lifeforce" - The movie that killed Tobe Hooper's career was originally supposed to be called "Space Vampires," and that would have been just as awesome. Look for Patrick Stewart coming on to another man, a shitload of nudity, and soundtrack by Henry Mancini.

4. "Zombi 2" - I've gotta put some Fulci in here, so here's the best. If you wanna see a slow shot of a shard of wood gouging some one's eye out, or a zombie fight a tiger shark underwater, then this is the movie for you.

5. "Black Christmas" - Please, please, please try to forget the awful remake of this classic. Bob Clark basically invents the modern slasher genre here 2 years before Leatherface, 4 years before Michael Myers, and 6 years before Jason Voorhees. Look for a young Margot "Lois Lane" Kidder, and remember that this same director would make "A Christmas Story" 9 years later.

I'll think of some more later.

Goddamnit!

I guess all pipe dreams come to an end eventually. Let us never speak of this game again. No football boner for me.

Let's all beat the crap out of the Dallas Cowboys! How about it?

Here's hoping my Saints can win home field advantage for the playoffs and throw some mud in Jerry Jones's eye while they're doing it. I'm a proud member of the "Who Dat Nation!"

I want the Cowboys to go down like a Boise St. player after a Blount sucker punch!

And now...Mark Sanchez eating a hotdog!