IT HARDLY MATTERS Back to Main Index Browse the Archives	Sunday, July 31, 2005 ( 01:32 PM ) Like the pills in your hand I'll never let you down And like the bugs in your bed Under my skin now They're devouring all that's left of me - Alkaline Trio Friday, July 29, 2005 ( 07:18 AM ) Nicole Kidman is set to star in a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (not that the flick hasn't been remade enough already). My question is: hasn't she learned her lesson about starring in remakes yet??? Thursday, July 28, 2005 ( 05:54 PM ) In California I dream of snow And all the places we used to go With the night falling down With the night falling down Now I’m living in Korea Town Waking to the sound of car alarms I remember your face when I showed you the ticket Said you were happy for me, your heart wasn’t in it Just a phone call away Now there’s nothing to say As the days roll by disconnected In the land where the sun's always shining I'm crying alone Palm trees are laughing at me Another fool playing songs don’t that don't matter For people who chatter endlessly Another suicide on the 405 The Black Dahlia, she smiles and smiles It’s the same old town that bled her dry One more starlet one more time Bound to make it do or die Talk a walk to Bonnie Brae Try to wash these dreams away They tell me L.A.'s beautiful When it rains - Neko Case Wednesday, July 27, 2005 ( 04:53 PM ) Sucker love is heaven sent You pucker up, our passion's spent My hearts a tart, your body's rent My body's broken, yours is bent Carve your name into my arm Instead of stressed, I lie here charmed Cuz there's nothing else to do Every me and every you - Placebo Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ( 07:36 PM ) Gems from the most recent issue of the Onion: and Monday, July 25, 2005 ( 10:46 PM ) One of my favorite Simpsons quotes dates all the way back to the monorail episode of '93, when Homer was at the controls of the runaway monorail and it was up to Marge to find someone to get it to stop: Marge: [on the radio] Homer, there's a man here who thinks he can help you! Homer: Batman? Marge: No, he's a scientist. Homer: Batman's a scientist. Marge: It's not Batman! So you can imagine my utter delight today when we went to see Batman Begins (finally!) and the Batman done stopped the monorail!! Saturday, July 23, 2005 ( 09:33 AM ) Demetri Martin is one of the funniest people on the earth! A drunk driver's dangerous -- everyone knows that -- but so's a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive. "Dude, make a left." "Those are trees." "Trust me." Wednesday, July 20, 2005 ( 02:03 PM ) RIP James Doohan -- see you at the Final Frontier. Monday, July 18, 2005 ( 09:58 PM ) Bob Balaban. Need I say more? Sunday, July 17, 2005 ( 07:29 PM ) My Audioscrobbler profile says I listened to Low a whopping 93 times last week, which is completely inaccurate...in reality, it was closer to 20! Same goes for Counting Crows. I swear, I listened to probably 5 of their songs last week... Saturday, July 16, 2005 ( 11:12 AM ) Here I come, so you better break North As I stride, my gold chains glide back and forth I care nothing bout you, and that's evident All I love's my dope and dead presidents Sound crazy? Well it isn't The ends justifies the means, that's the system I learned that in school then I dropped out Hit the streets, checked a grip, and now I got clout I had nothing, and I wanted it You had everything, and you flaunted it Turned the needy into the greedy With cocaine, my success came speedy Got me twisted, jammed into a paradox Every dollar I get, another brother drops Maybe that's the plan, and I don't understand God damn -- you got me sinkin in quicksand But since I don't know, and I ain't never learned I gotta get paid, I got money to earn With my posse, out on the ave Bump my sounds, crack a forty and laugh Cool out and watch my new Benz gleam Is this a nightmare? Or the American dream? - Ice-T Friday, July 15, 2005 ( 09:38 PM ) If you really care about life, you should go over to toothpastefordinner.com and sign up on Drew's mailing list. Every Friday you will receive a great big ray of sunshine in your inbox!! Excerpt from today's email: i am not lying, there is a monkey on the loose. it has been all over our local newsmedia here. he escaped from somewhere and now he's been running around for days and days. the monkey is unrestrained and free-floating. he sleeps whenever and wherever he is tired out from being crazy all day. he is pretty much a vagrant. this monkey is exactly like your friends who describe themselves as "free-spirited" or "freelancer", which are both codes for "free-loader". Thursday, July 14, 2005 ( 10:56 PM ) DU JOUR AROUND THE WORLD!! Tuesday, July 12, 2005 ( 01:06 PM ) Do you see, Brad? Do you see what happens when you go to third world countries without being properly immunized first? You get malaria, mister, that's what! Get well soon!! Brad Pitt Hospitalized in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES - Actor Brad Pitt has been hospitalized with a flu-like illness. Pitt, 41, checked himself into an undisclosed Los Angeles area hospital Monday night complaining of flu-like symptoms, his publicist Cindy Guagenti said Tuesday. There were no other details and the name of the hospital wasn't disclosed for security reasons. Pitt was in Ethiopia last week with his "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star Angelina Jolie to pick up the actress's newly adopted baby girl, the second child she has adopted. Guagenti said it wasn't known if the actor contracted the illness while in Africa. Sunday, July 10, 2005 ( 11:08 PM ) Well we found out today that we have new member to add to our family! A giant Cicada Killer wasp has moved into our patio!!! It was flying around our back window today, occasionally bumping into and trying to get inside. The thing is huge like a cockroach, no joke! The picture at Wikipedia does it no justice. Freakiest thing I've seen since moving to Texas, especially since not even Megan knew what it was. It's burrowed a hole down underneath the concrete, and that's how I figured out what the heck that thing is. I would've gone out to water the plants today but that thing is just wayyyy too big for me to want to get anywhere near it (even though they're not known to sting people). Saturday, July 9, 2005 ( 10:48 AM ) Oh yeah, the Hot Snakes broke up this past week. I've been curled up in my closet crying every day. ( 10:11 AM ) We ain't going to the town We're going to the city Gonna track this shit around And make this place a heart To be a part of again - Interpol Thursday, July 7, 2005 ( 07:20 PM ) After not having any sort of rain for almost a month (an alarming dry spell for these parts), it's finally thunderstorming! And the crazy bastards are still up on the roof of our apartment complex replacing shingles. And it's like 100 degrees outside, too. Totally awesome. Wednesday, July 6, 2005 ( 08:33 PM ) I am one of the hugest fans of heat and humidity. And Austin's got a lot of both. Dress me up in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts and I am ready for it! Normally it's not too bad being outside in weather in the upper 90s, so long as I'm in the shade. At that temperature there's just no way to stay in the sun for more than a minute. But today, with temperatures way into the 100s and the weatherman saying heat records are being broken, it was just plain F-ing MISERABLE all around!!! Sunday, July 3, 2005 ( 11:12 PM ) Taking pretention to all new levels!!! If only their music was good, then this wouldn't all be in vain. ( 01:54 PM ) Back when I was college, and when Adelphia cable carried The Sundance Channel on the basic cable package, there was a time when they showed The Big Lebowski regularly. If I was ever bored and channel surfing, and I came across Lebowski, I would leave it on until the movie finished no matter what point of the movie I turned it on at. It's just one of those movies that you can't turn off, I guess. I love that movie so much. Well, Comedy Central is playing Super Troopers a lot lately and every time I come across it I can't help but watch it!! Farva: [In an Irish accent] I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet! Captain O'Hagan: Does it really sound like that when I say it? Saturday, July 2, 2005 ( 08:41 AM ) So yesterday I was at the PCL using the fine lavatory facilities. As I was conducting my bizness at a urinal, some dude walks up and says "What's up man!" and begins to take care of his bizness at the urinal next to mine. I said "Hi," and returned to minding my bizness. The noteworthy part of the story, I guess, isn't the fact that the guy said hi to me. It was the tone of voice in which he said it. He said it in a tone like he knew me, not like it was just a random greeting to a fellow peer (that's a pun, in case you can't tell).