IM'ing from London (ahhhhhhh), Reed Carey reported that Buck, an alterego known to occasionally appear while drinking is no more. "I think Buck was also a product of rowing-angst working its way out," said a reflective Carey, "without that, Buck's life blood is gone." In another startling development, Carey reported, "I've been trying to cut down on the stare."
Carey didn't entirely rule out the possibility of a Buck reappearance, say if Comeau was with him and encouraging him with the phrase, "TOMBS...NOW!", but for the time being the small trees of London are safe.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Probably drank beer in a plastic cup
Once again I'm pleased to quote David Lowery, "Happy Birthday to me". Unlike some people that don't make it to at most 31, (and everybody that was born on the last day of February during a leap year), I have the pleasure of celebrating the only year in which my birthdate and age will coincide.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Muppet Guide
Bill/Will = Statler and Waldorf
Brad: Rowlf
Sahadi: Dr. Teeth
Alan: Swedish Chef (c'mon, Bill, you could have figured THAT one out)
Eddy/Dave: Kermit and Fozzie (or Ernie and Bert, if you go by the letters over their beds)
Yon: Sam the Blue Eagle
Adrian: Animal
Comeau: Judge Reinhold
Rod: Dr. Bunson Honeydew
Justin: Beaker
I think John Ngo might have been Rizzo the Rat.
I'm sure Reed must have had a muppet counterpart, but I can't think of who it would have been. Maybe the boomerang fish guy?
Brad: Rowlf
Sahadi: Dr. Teeth
Alan: Swedish Chef (c'mon, Bill, you could have figured THAT one out)
Eddy/Dave: Kermit and Fozzie (or Ernie and Bert, if you go by the letters over their beds)
Yon: Sam the Blue Eagle
Adrian: Animal
Comeau: Judge Reinhold
Rod: Dr. Bunson Honeydew
Justin: Beaker
I think John Ngo might have been Rizzo the Rat.
I'm sure Reed must have had a muppet counterpart, but I can't think of who it would have been. Maybe the boomerang fish guy?
More news from Senior Ted
Ted's still having difficulty creating a blogger account, but in the meantime he sent this along to me for posting:
Hiya Bill,
I've been trying to set up a blogger account but it just isn't happening. Not sure if it's the old Mac I'm using, the Japanese instructions I'm trying to translate, or the Japanified blogger website. I guess just post this letter until I can figure it out. I didn't make it that long in london. I started to get itchy about having something worthwhile to do, and picking up the odd jobs that entail illegal work just wasn't cutting it. I called it quits and headed back to the family in St.Louis. My parents are selling their house, so I went home to pack up my stuff and haul it into storage, and give em a hand moving everything. I was home about 3 months when over the phone I landed a job here in Japan teaching English with the stipulation that I had to be in Hiroshima in 10 days. I said some quick goodbyes, got things in order, and arrived here in late May. Had a two week training period, then decided on taking a post in a town of 50,000 just outside of Hiroshima and moved out here last week. For the most part I'm an elementary school teacher at a couple different schools, teaching 1st to 6th graders. It's pretty fun work, just play a lot of games with em and then at recess I head out for some baseball or kickball. I do a couple evening
classes, adults, corporations, high schoolers, in all I only teach 22 hours a week which is sweet, but in the country side it takes forever to get places, so I'm on buses or trains about 10 hours a week. The plan is to be here about a year or so and save up as much as I can. Tentatively I'm hoping to backpack across Asia and through North Africa with the money I save, but a plan can change quite a bit in a year. So here's some odd things I've observed since being here.
- Some 7-11's sell dried seahorses as well as soup flavored pringles for snacks.
- All my elementary schools have a fleet of unicycles, which the kids use in gym class or recess.
- There's a surprising equivalent to a wet willy here called concho. A boy will clasp his two hands together in a fist, extend his index fingers, and proceed to run up to another boy and stick his fingers up the boys asshole. That's right. And it's only boy on boy, and sometimes the receiver will proceed to bend over and ask for more. One of the male english teachers got conchoed the other day, and I think it's
only a matter of time for my concho cherry to be unexpectedly popped, not something I'm looking forward to.
- Much like the bill murray commercial in lost in translation, i saw a commercial which just showed a bald bruce willis coolly taking off his sunglasses, then a shot of him standing next to two cars and all he says is Congratulations, wtf is
that.
- Similarly they have a thing for Jean Reno who has his own line of perfume here called "I love Jean Reno"
That's it for me, I'll try to give updates of weird Japanese shit when I encounter them. On other notes, Eddy, are you moving to St.Louis? Reed, I too am currently dating a girl named Emily. And a Creek reference, when I was in london, Joshua Jackson was starring in "A Life in Theater" with Patrick Stewart. The Captain reportedly had no idea who Josh was and completely upstaged Pacey.
Ted
Hiya Bill,
I've been trying to set up a blogger account but it just isn't happening. Not sure if it's the old Mac I'm using, the Japanese instructions I'm trying to translate, or the Japanified blogger website. I guess just post this letter until I can figure it out. I didn't make it that long in london. I started to get itchy about having something worthwhile to do, and picking up the odd jobs that entail illegal work just wasn't cutting it. I called it quits and headed back to the family in St.Louis. My parents are selling their house, so I went home to pack up my stuff and haul it into storage, and give em a hand moving everything. I was home about 3 months when over the phone I landed a job here in Japan teaching English with the stipulation that I had to be in Hiroshima in 10 days. I said some quick goodbyes, got things in order, and arrived here in late May. Had a two week training period, then decided on taking a post in a town of 50,000 just outside of Hiroshima and moved out here last week. For the most part I'm an elementary school teacher at a couple different schools, teaching 1st to 6th graders. It's pretty fun work, just play a lot of games with em and then at recess I head out for some baseball or kickball. I do a couple evening
classes, adults, corporations, high schoolers, in all I only teach 22 hours a week which is sweet, but in the country side it takes forever to get places, so I'm on buses or trains about 10 hours a week. The plan is to be here about a year or so and save up as much as I can. Tentatively I'm hoping to backpack across Asia and through North Africa with the money I save, but a plan can change quite a bit in a year. So here's some odd things I've observed since being here.
- Some 7-11's sell dried seahorses as well as soup flavored pringles for snacks.
- All my elementary schools have a fleet of unicycles, which the kids use in gym class or recess.
- There's a surprising equivalent to a wet willy here called concho. A boy will clasp his two hands together in a fist, extend his index fingers, and proceed to run up to another boy and stick his fingers up the boys asshole. That's right. And it's only boy on boy, and sometimes the receiver will proceed to bend over and ask for more. One of the male english teachers got conchoed the other day, and I think it's
only a matter of time for my concho cherry to be unexpectedly popped, not something I'm looking forward to.
- Much like the bill murray commercial in lost in translation, i saw a commercial which just showed a bald bruce willis coolly taking off his sunglasses, then a shot of him standing next to two cars and all he says is Congratulations, wtf is
that.
- Similarly they have a thing for Jean Reno who has his own line of perfume here called "I love Jean Reno"
That's it for me, I'll try to give updates of weird Japanese shit when I encounter them. On other notes, Eddy, are you moving to St.Louis? Reed, I too am currently dating a girl named Emily. And a Creek reference, when I was in london, Joshua Jackson was starring in "A Life in Theater" with Patrick Stewart. The Captain reportedly had no idea who Josh was and completely upstaged Pacey.
Ted
Muppets take the Crapulence Meter
So Reed's girlfriend proved to be a blog killer -- so much so that not even Reed would comment on her. Anyway, I am hopeful the following will meet with more response. In an attempt to remain relevant movies.com has introduced a new movie review feature which I feel might be of interest to you all. FYI, movies.com is a combination of a number of different studios online efforts. Being a joint partnership in Hollywood basically means it is just window dressing that nobody actually wants to succeed, but I'm quite taken with their latest offering, Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony. Anyway, this got me thinking; I recall Will and I being the aformentioned muppet duo, but who was everybody else? All I can recall at the moment was Yon being Sam the blue eagle, who were the rest of you?
In other Brad related news, Reed tipped me off to the fact that Chrissy Boyle (tho apparently she still goes by her maiden name) has a blog all her own (which even links to this one). Anyway, since Brad appears unable to operate a computer, if you're looking for an update on his live you may find it at her site. The site contains a rumor that Beggar's Ride had reunited (although it was sketchy on details). Either way, I am anxious to hear a follow up to the musical masterpiece Could I Fall (If). If nothing else, you can stop by to check out her review of my wedding, where she deems Eddy the greatest partier alive, albiet one that couldn't pronounce her name correctly.
In other Brad related news, Reed tipped me off to the fact that Chrissy Boyle (tho apparently she still goes by her maiden name) has a blog all her own (which even links to this one). Anyway, since Brad appears unable to operate a computer, if you're looking for an update on his live you may find it at her site. The site contains a rumor that Beggar's Ride had reunited (although it was sketchy on details). Either way, I am anxious to hear a follow up to the musical masterpiece Could I Fall (If). If nothing else, you can stop by to check out her review of my wedding, where she deems Eddy the greatest partier alive, albiet one that couldn't pronounce her name correctly.
Friday, June 17, 2005
Overstepping
So as to not let us fall into the old habits of ignoring the blog for a month, I thought I'd post again, even if the details should really be shared by Reed. So I was IMing with Mr. Carey early this week, and he shared with me that a) he was dating someone, and b) that person was living in Los Angeles. Anyway, since my internship starts monday I probably won't have the requisite time available to actually stalk anyone, so if any of you have any free time, here she is, her name is Emily (convenient for Reed, as that was also his last girlfriend's name), and she lawyers in Los Angeles:
Sorry I'm light on details. The picture fails to tell us if she has as hot an ass as Reed's brother's girlfriend from back in the day. Perhaps Reed can share more revealing information about their bi-continental romance.
Sorry I'm light on details. The picture fails to tell us if she has as hot an ass as Reed's brother's girlfriend from back in the day. Perhaps Reed can share more revealing information about their bi-continental romance.
Monday, June 06, 2005
Back in the Swing of Things
I'm not sure why posting dropped off so drastically, but I will try to get back in the habit.
I changed the format of the blog because I was kind of getting sick of the old one. The current formatting is intended to be interim until I think of something more appropriate to the level of crapulence that is our hallmark. Any ideas are welcome. Bill, I think you should have rights to change things on your own, soo feel free to. Anyone else who wants admin privileges, let me know.
My own personnel crapulence has been quite high lately, as Comeeau was in town over memorial day weekend, and last weekend I was in Cleveland for a bachelor party/wedding combination. Reed, Eddy, and Bill, if you ever make it to C-Town, I recommend Christie's in the Flats. (Note to Eddy -- Christie's is not affiliated with Brad's wife).
I assumed that Bowman going pro was just a lark so he could participate in pre-draft workouts and camps. Unless he's been performing drastically better than I would assume he's capable of, I have to think he will withdraw from the draft. But stranger things have happened.
Reed, how long are you in London for? I may come visit.
I changed the format of the blog because I was kind of getting sick of the old one. The current formatting is intended to be interim until I think of something more appropriate to the level of crapulence that is our hallmark. Any ideas are welcome. Bill, I think you should have rights to change things on your own, soo feel free to. Anyone else who wants admin privileges, let me know.
My own personnel crapulence has been quite high lately, as Comeeau was in town over memorial day weekend, and last weekend I was in Cleveland for a bachelor party/wedding combination. Reed, Eddy, and Bill, if you ever make it to C-Town, I recommend Christie's in the Flats. (Note to Eddy -- Christie's is not affiliated with Brad's wife).
I assumed that Bowman going pro was just a lark so he could participate in pre-draft workouts and camps. Unless he's been performing drastically better than I would assume he's capable of, I have to think he will withdraw from the draft. But stranger things have happened.
Reed, how long are you in London for? I may come visit.
London (ahhhh London)
Bill is right - the level of crapulence has been disappointingly low for too long. I can only assume that the crapulence meter graphic was removed due to the almost total lack of crapulence. Having said that, this post isn't especially crapulent.
London has been outstanding so far; being a summer associate is all I thought it could be and more. For the summer I have a great flat in the Spitalfields area of London - which has actually gotten to be quite a nice neighbourhood. Britain in the summer is lovely, of course. And being back in Europe is, as usual, fantastic. I went down to Barcelona this weekend for a wedding, and I can say that the city is quite nice. (ahhhhh Barcelona?) I few more weekend trips around the continent are definitely in order, and I think I might get a few visits to the firm's other offices too - maybe even Frankfurt and Moscow, which would be really nice.
Bill, I'll see what I can do about Wimbledon. Maybe I could go through Maria Sharapova's garbage for you? But really, what kind of stuff would you want? Are you going to be sending us free Universal shit now? Because, I mean, if we don't get free random stuff, what good is knowing someone at a major music label. Congrats on the job, though. Eddy, I can't believe that you have already moved out of New York - who will I go to Score's with now?
London has been outstanding so far; being a summer associate is all I thought it could be and more. For the summer I have a great flat in the Spitalfields area of London - which has actually gotten to be quite a nice neighbourhood. Britain in the summer is lovely, of course. And being back in Europe is, as usual, fantastic. I went down to Barcelona this weekend for a wedding, and I can say that the city is quite nice. (ahhhhh Barcelona?) I few more weekend trips around the continent are definitely in order, and I think I might get a few visits to the firm's other offices too - maybe even Frankfurt and Moscow, which would be really nice.
Bill, I'll see what I can do about Wimbledon. Maybe I could go through Maria Sharapova's garbage for you? But really, what kind of stuff would you want? Are you going to be sending us free Universal shit now? Because, I mean, if we don't get free random stuff, what good is knowing someone at a major music label. Congrats on the job, though. Eddy, I can't believe that you have already moved out of New York - who will I go to Score's with now?
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Georgetown Recognition
Is it just me, or does the addition of the "M.D." make you feel a little ill. By the way Eddy, my youngest sister begins school at St. Louis U. in the fall. Let me know if you need some new undergrad friends, as I'm sure she'd be more than happy to hook you up.
Friday, June 03, 2005
What happened to this blog?
We've gone a solid month without a single post and thats just sad, so I feel the need to fill this personal publishing void:
1. Did somebody actively change the format of the page, or did blogger do that for us?
2. Brandon Bowman is going pro? - I have to hope he isn't serious, but it concerns me that he might be. In other news, Ray Reed and Cornelio are transferring, but I'm not sure anyone will notice.
3. Somewhat related to the topic of Cornelio, I got quite tied up playing the game of Cornhole over memorial day weekend in Cincinnati. If you haven't played (and I doubt you have since it's indiginous to Southwest Ohio apparently), I highly recommend checking it out. Try this online version brought to you by Cincinnati brewer Christian Moerlein.
4. Is Reed in London (ahhhhhh London)? If so, how 'bout sending me something from Wimbledon asshole.
5. I got a job for the summer - Universal Music Group's New Media division was the unluckly loser in my employment sweepstakes this summer. Ironically I'll be working for a woman who graduated with a Masters in Foriegn service from Georgetown. During the interview I commented on how she hadn't updated her address in the alumni database since she lived in Toronto. She replied she didn't want to keep getting bothered by the powers that be in the SFS because she was one of the few grads who went to legitimate employment (BCG followed by Universal) and wasn't just a lawyer or working for the government.
1. Did somebody actively change the format of the page, or did blogger do that for us?
2. Brandon Bowman is going pro? - I have to hope he isn't serious, but it concerns me that he might be. In other news, Ray Reed and Cornelio are transferring, but I'm not sure anyone will notice.
3. Somewhat related to the topic of Cornelio, I got quite tied up playing the game of Cornhole over memorial day weekend in Cincinnati. If you haven't played (and I doubt you have since it's indiginous to Southwest Ohio apparently), I highly recommend checking it out. Try this online version brought to you by Cincinnati brewer Christian Moerlein.
4. Is Reed in London (ahhhhhh London)? If so, how 'bout sending me something from Wimbledon asshole.
5. I got a job for the summer - Universal Music Group's New Media division was the unluckly loser in my employment sweepstakes this summer. Ironically I'll be working for a woman who graduated with a Masters in Foriegn service from Georgetown. During the interview I commented on how she hadn't updated her address in the alumni database since she lived in Toronto. She replied she didn't want to keep getting bothered by the powers that be in the SFS because she was one of the few grads who went to legitimate employment (BCG followed by Universal) and wasn't just a lawyer or working for the government.
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