Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Henno Tours Mid Atlantic, Plays Upper Darby.
JTL introduced me to his boy named Henno. Our cat Him seemed a little distressed by the boy’s presence in our house. All MrsH could say was ‘ Sorry, but this is the shape of things to come.’
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Consider the Wii
David Foster Wallace by Nick Maniatis…via Kottke.org’s celebrity mii contest.
So if I get a wii, I can ‘play’ tennis against David Foster Wallace.
I need a wii. even worse now.
Seriously though at $250, this console is going to utterly dominate. Who’s gonna pay 5 hundie for an xbox 360 or a PS3?
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
R.I.P. The Wizard
Now, I don’t know about you, but to me the ‘Are you talking to me?’ seen in Taxi Driver is a little over done. However, the scene where Travis is trying to explain to the Wizard ‘the bad ideas in [his] head’…that scene sticks with me alot more, and maybe even goes to the core of what the film is all about. To wit:
- Yeah? - I know you and I ain’t talked much.
But I figured you’ve been around a lot so you could–
Shoot, that’s why they call me the “Wizard.”
I got– It’s just that I got–
- I got– - Things got you down?
- Yeah. - It happens to the best of us.
Yeah, it got me real down.
I just want to go out and really, really do something.
Taxi life, you mean?
Yeah, well–
No, it’s–
I don’t know.
I just wanna go out…
and really–
I really wanna–
I got some bad ideas in my head. I just–
Look at it this way.
A man takes a job, you know?
And that job– I mean, like that–
That becomes what he is.
You know, like–
You do a thing and that’s what you are.
Like I’ve been a cabbie for years. Ten years at night.
I still don’t own my own cab. You know why?
Because I don’t want to. That must be what I want.
To be on the night shift drivin’ somebody else’s cab.
You understand?
I mean, you become– You get a job, you become the job.
One guy lives in Brooklyn. One guy lives in Sutton Place.
You got a lawyer. Another guy’s a doctor.
Another guy dies. Another guy gets well.
People are born.
I envy you your youth.
Go on, get laid, get drunk. Do anything.
You got no choice, anyway. I mean, we’re all fucked.
More or less, ya know.
I don’t know. That’s about the dumbest thing I ever heard.
It’s not Bertrand Russell. But what do you want? I’m a cabbie.
What do I know? I don’t even know what the fuck you’re talking about.
Maybe I don’t know either.
Don’t worry so much. Relax, Killer. You’re gonna be all right.
I know. I’ve seen a lot of people, and–
- I know. Okay? - Yeah.
Thanks, man.
I guess–
Yeah, you know. You’re all right.
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
woohoo, I’m going nowhere
I’m going to know stage 17 of this past summer’s Tour De France by heart before the end of the month. basebuilding. heh.
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
The Judas Goat
I’m kind of a dumb animal and I’m not really sure how I got here. But you all look very nice.
Do you mind if I join your herd?
Why, Thank you. Yes, I just kind of woke up with this thing on.
Yeah. I hear that sound. Its strangely familiar. I wonder why…