Monday, August 09, 2004

R.I.P. Superfreak

It's sad that Rick James died on Friday.

What's sadder are the two thoughts (aside from every Dave Chappelle as Rick James quotable)

1) I hope it's of natural causes so i won't have to listen to people say "Cocaine is a helluva drug" a gazillion times.

2) I hope this doesn't effect the planned Dave Chappelle/Charlie Murphy moive based on Rick James' autobiography. I know now that he's dead such a venture would seem kind of tasteless. But I think it's what he would have wanted...

He's Rick James

Bitch

Thursday, August 05, 2004

"So sorry to hear that..."

I think the worse post-breakup thing having nothing to do with the actual breakup is having to constantly tell people who don't know that you've broken up.

I contemplated sending out a press release or little "I'm sorry to inform you that..." (Hallmark is going to steal that idea. Mark my words"

Honestly, it blows.

I am going to write a book/screenplay about a guy who's just broken up with his girlfriend and throughout the movie I'm going to have people inquire about his ex has a truty comic tool.

I find myself actually avoiding calling people who don't know because I am going to have to break the news to them and then deal with the following questions that I don't want to answer.

"What happened?" (I've narrowed my response down to "things just didn't work out")
"Was it mutual?" ("Yes")
"Are you okay?" (I usually lie and say "I'm fine" if only to change the topic)

So, if you still read my website, and I haven't spoken to you in the last month...

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Times a-changing

So it has been a little over two months since I last posted.

Let's see what has happened since then.

I turned 27

Happy Birthday to me.

I am single again.

*groan*

Yeah, that's about it.

So needless to say, i have been too busy moping to post.

I have reverted to my post-breakup college days where I forsook the music of Jay-Z and Outkast for Sarah McLachlan and Aimee Mann.

Yes, ladies and gentleman, I am a little bitch again.

So I will be here a whole lot. Seeing I have nothing else to do.
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"And don't watch the news...unless it's Fox"

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

File under "Only in New Jersey" or "Jersey Sucks"

'Ladies Night' Discount Axed in N.J. Bars
From Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. - The state's top civil rights official has ruled that taverns cannot offer discounts to women on "ladies nights," agreeing with a man who claimed such gender-based promotions discriminated against men.

David R. Gillespie said it was not fair for women to get into the Coastline nightclub for free and receive discounted drinks while men paid a $5 cover charge and full price for drinks.

In his ruling Tuesday, J. Frank Vespa-Papaleo, director of the state Division on Civil Rights, rejected arguments by the nightclub that ladies nights were a legitimate promotion. Commercial interests do not override the "important social policy objective of eradicating discrimination," he ruled.

Gov. James E. McGreevey criticized the decision, calling it "bureaucratic nonsense."

"It is an overreaction that reflects a complete lack of common sense and good judgment," McGreevey said in a statement.

The governor does not have the authority directly rescind the ruling. But he met with state Attorney General Peter C. Harvey on Wednesday, telling him that the civil rights division had better things to do with its time, said Micah Rasmussen, a spokesman for McGreevey.

A spokesman for Harvey did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

The ruling specifically addressed the weekly ladies nights at the Coastline in Cherry Hill, but it carries the force of a court decision and applies statewide. Vespa-Papaleo said state officials would write formal rules after a public hearing.

The restaurant's attorney, Colleen Ready, did not immediately return a telephone message left Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Courts in other states have issued divergent opinions on such promotions.

Judges in Pennsylvania and Iowa have said similar events are illegal, but courts in Illinois and Washington state have said that ladies nights are permissible because they do not discriminate against men but rather encourage women to attend.




Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Shrek 2 & Laughing at the Mentally Challenged

I think I'm going to hell but it's not my fault.

Me and my girlfriend went to see Shrek 2. We were slacking so we got there 10 minutes before showtime (I know. We missed "The Twenty") so we had to sit in the front.

Anyway, a group of mentally-challengened individuals took up the row in front of us.

I didn't notice until one of them occasionally yelled things throughout the movie:

"Nooo!"

"I Hate The Cat!"

"Shhreeeek!"

Now this was fine, albeit annoying.

However, the same child, mind you I did not know it was entire row of mentally-challenged children until after the movie but this girl was the only speaking, said one thing that made me lose my shit.

There was a scene where Shrek was in bed with Fiona and had to get out of bed to answer the door. He was wearing boxers.

The girl then joyously yells out to his companions (and the entire movie theater)

"He sleeps in his underwear just like WE DO!"

Lost it.

Tears streaming down my face.

I felt so horrible.

But I'm laughing right now.

Father forgive me for I have sinned.

Shrek 2 was great and I highly recommend it.

But be careful where you sit.