IT HARDLY MATTERS Back to Main Index Browse the Archives	Monday, November 29, 2004 ( 09:33 PM ) If all goes according to schedule, I'll be done with the semester on Thursday. Today: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Special Education (CLD) exam -- DONE! Tomorrow: Finish CLD paper Wednesday: Turn in Practicum in Severe Disabilities term paper Thursday: Challenging Behavior in Individuals with Severe Disabilities exam Turn in CLD paper Friday: Drink all day, woot Saturday, November 27, 2004 ( 01:22 AM ) A couple of my favorite cop quotes: "I don't make things complicated. That's just how things get all on their own." "I shoot the bastard. That's my policy." Thursday, November 25, 2004 ( 12:04 PM ) Happy Thanksgiving, friends. And don't forget: "Brothers don't shake hands. Brothers gotta hug." Ah, truer words have never been spoken. Wednesday, November 24, 2004 ( 10:50 AM ) "Dog shit taco!!!" Tuesday, November 23, 2004 ( 06:10 PM ) I've decided to make a week of it. "Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker." (I haven't made a final decision as to whether or not all entries will contain the F-word.) Monday, November 22, 2004 ( 03:52 PM ) Oh, and you can also add: "Pretty please -- with sugar on top. Clean the fuckin' car." Sunday, November 21, 2004 ( 09:17 PM ) I, for one, am really hoping that "Did he just say 'making fuck'?" makes an appearance. Saturday, November 20, 2004 ( 06:19 PM ) Megan and I have been sitting next to each other at our respective computers working away for most of the afternoon and evening. We're still in our pajamas. Mates of State are playing on iTunes. Yoshi is resting on the floor and Claire is sitting impatiently nearby, waiting for me to go downstairs to serve up dinner. Our lives are pretty charmed, I must say. ( 12:00 PM ) So the new Keanu Reeves/Rachel Weisz movie, Constantine (which is based on the comic book Hellblazer) has the potential to be very good despite the huge disparity between the production staff and the actors that will appear in it. Sounds amazing... Producers: The respectable Akiva Goldsmith Lauren Shuler Donner (She did X-Men, that's all you need to know) Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot (check out that resume!) Okay, here's where it gets interesting... Director: Music video director Francis Lawrence Writers: Relative newbie Kevin Brodbin Frank Cappello, writer of Suburban Commando Now check out this supporting cast (!!!) Shia LaBeouf Djimon Hounsou THE Pruitt Taylor Vince!! GAVIN ROSSDALE, yes of BUSH Tilda Swinson Suzanne Whang, host of everyone's favorite show "House Hunters"!! and of course Peter Stormare as the Devil Friday, November 19, 2004 ( 09:09 AM ) A while back I bought the Transformers Season 2 Part 1 DVD set because it was insanely cheap. When I was a kid, Transformers was my FAVORITEST show. So far I've watched only two episodes. And man, were they terrible. I think the worst part is that in both episodes, the Autobots must travel to places that are located on other continents and they DRIVE there. From North America. I mean like they drove to frickin' Africa!! And they get there in a couple of hours! Damn, back then little kids must have been way gullible and/or they didn't know shit about geography. Wednesday, November 17, 2004 ( 10:27 PM ) I had the most boring dream ever this morning. Like nothing exciting was happening. NOTHING. I remember I went to an art exhibit and I was at some meeting where people discussed political science. Not politics, but political science. And some other things happened but they were so lame that I don't remember them. Now, I've had plenty of uneventful dreams in my lifetime, but this one was just terrible. It was actually aversive, that's how bad it was. I couldn't necessarily tell you what set this dream apart from all of the others, either. All I know is that when my alarm went off, I said, "Whew! It was just a dream!!" Tuesday, November 16, 2004 ( 11:22 PM ) From the Onion: Ghost Can't Make A Simple Cup Of Coffee Without Everyone Freaking Out BOUTTE, LA—Former police chief Robert J. Kensworth, whose specter still roams the top floor of the old Third Precinct station, said Monday that he is unable to make a cup of coffee without everyone freaking out. "Can't a man make himself a cup of joe without some cleaning lady screaming her head off or some bandy-kneed recruit falling all over himself?" asked Kensworth, who was knifed to death by a convict in the third-floor hallway six years ago. "So there's a cup and saucer floating in midair... What do they want? I'm supposed to drink out of my hands?" According to Tom Carlton, who has worked at the Third Precinct for 17 years, "old hardnosed Kensworth" loved his coffee. ( 02:01 PM ) SWEET. ( 12:10 AM ) Partially in response to Cactushead's post about the Jimmy Eat World: As some of you may know, I have been cuckoo over Jimmy Eat World since I was a freshman in college (1996-7, hell yes!!! I'm so old school EMO). That being said, I think they are still one of the best bands ever to exist. Which brings me to their newest album. Some of the songs are just superb, others are mediocre, and still others just should never have been committed to tape. So I put it upon myself to come up with a better version of Futures which kills part of how distractingly over-produced the record is as well as keeps the record from losing momentum at the end. I truly love some demo versions of the songs much better than the album versions and there are some really superb bonus songs that are available from their secret website... 01. Futures (demo) 02. Just Tonight (album version) 03. Work (album version) 04. Kill (demo) 05. The World You Love (demo) 06. Pain (album version) 07. Drugs or Me (album version) 08. When I Want (studio version; bonus track) 09. Nothingwrong (demo) 10. You (demo; bonus track) 11. 23 (album version) Monday, November 15, 2004 ( 11:55 PM ) So Scott Peterson was convicted. Proof that that the American justice system isn't entirely flawed when a white man can still be found guilty. At least November 2004 wasn't a complete insult to all of us sane folks. Megan and I celebrated with two pizzas from Papa John's. Sunday, November 14, 2004 ( 06:31 PM ) My ten-year-old Pioneer 6-CD changer just died. Boo hoo hoo. Friday, November 12, 2004 ( 05:18 PM ) In the news: Can't a brother catch a break? Okay, it's benign. But still. I think the most unfortunate part about this story is the fact that the girl's name is Breez. and Us special education teachers have needs too, you know. ( 02:27 PM ) From David Germain's review of The Polar Express. We caught a preview of a scene during a commercial break for Gilmore Girls and dude he is right on with his assessment: When the nameless children of "The Polar Express" stare you in the face, they're unsettling, stuck in some shadowy zone between flesh and figment. They have lifelike parts — hair, mouths, ears, noses — but the pieces fit together rather formlessly, like the indefinite features of the embryonic pod people of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." And there's something eerie and dead about these children's eyes, making them resemble those evil, stoic kids of the 1960 horror flick "Village of the Damned." Some family flick, huh? ( 02:04 PM ) Scientist: [regarding the shark Zissou is hunting] What would be the scientific purpose of killing it? Steve Zissou: Revenge. - The Life Aquatic Tuesday, November 9, 2004 ( 11:35 PM ) Yesterday morning I had apple pie for breakfast. Sounds good, yes, except the crust was gluten-free. Yick. Monday, November 8, 2004 ( 02:39 PM ) Well, the polar bears are fucked. Maybe if they're lucky they'll all be able to avoid extinction and just be sent to rot in zoos throughout the world. It pisses me off just as much that there are a lot of (rich) people out there who will not feel a thing when they see the words "indigenous peoples" and "habitats of animals and plants," but when they see "easier access to oil and gas deposits" they'll get instant wood. Well, the word "gas" may make them go limp (if they even comprehend what it means) but screw them nonetheless. And it warms my heart to know that instead of trying to compromise and work to make adjustments to the Kyoto pact, President Bush done gave up and washed his hands of the whole thing entirely. Some leader he is. Sunday, November 7, 2004 ( 06:15 PM ) Weak. TOTALLY WEAK. Dear Jeff, It was so nice to talk to you about the 3-Tier winter testing position. Although you were a fully-qualified and top-level candidate, we will not be able to hire you for testing this winter. We had a problem that has never happened before - we actually had such an overwhelming response from the initial emails I sent out that we were left with too many good candidates to choose from. In the end, I had to make selections based on who had responded to my email first, because there was really no other way to choose. I am so sorry that we will not be able to have you test for us this winter. I hope you would be willing to consider testing for our project this spring, at the end of the school year. Thank you, Jeff. Please do not hesitate to call or email me if you should have any questions. Kim Saturday, November 6, 2004 ( 12:18 AM ) I've managed to avoid illness for at least six months. That is, until I worked a substitute teaching gig with 4-year-olds this week and now I feel myself on the cusp of getting sick. Seriously, little kids are walking germ bags who want nothing more than to get their saliva on your hands. Just goes to show: work with the cute ones, you pay the price. Wednesday, November 3, 2004 ( 09:35 PM ) Here in Texas, the polling computers give you the option of voting straight on through for either the Democratic, Republican or Libertarian parties. Being a tree-hugging, bleeding-heart liberal all of my life, I opted for voting straight Democrat. My beloved Megan, on the other hand, is an anti-baby-killing Republican to the core. Like "George W. Bush Is A Great President" kind of Republican. So imagine my surprise when she told me that she voted straight Libertarian on the ballot (with the exception of throwing in a vote for W)! MY BABY'S AN ANARCHIST!!! Tuesday, November 2, 2004 ( 05:29 PM ) Ugh, I cannot wait until all this election business is over and done. I voted for this "Kerry Edwards" person who has all those bumper stickers out there. I hear she's been doing good stuff lately.