The joys of three day weekends

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. For my own part, my time was spent catching up on all my movie watching, cleaning my room, helping clean out my dad's apartment in preparation for his move to California later this week, getting blown off by my friend Gina when I tried to get her to join me for dinner Sunday night, and getting my mom's cold. I hope my next holiday is this much fun.

I am not so good at opening up

It has occured to me that my online writing tends to be more along the lines of writing about pop culture and politics, and not a thing about myself, which may be one reason why all my blogs up to this point have withered and died. As such, I open the floor up to the group: ask me anything about myself, and I'll tell you. What scandalous things have I been up to since college, how shockingly trained-monkeylike is my job at work, what's my favorite color, anything you ever wondered about me. I do not know how to say these things more naturally, so take what you can get.

what does your wishlist say about you?

I'm totally just guessing what it says about us (cept for me, b/c um, I know). Here are our most recent additions to our Amazon wishlists:

ZACH
DVD: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
This says that Zach has unusual taste, and that's an understatement. But if you've seen the man in person, he's got a wonderful sense of humor and a flare to him that can't be matched. By flare, I don't mean gayness or blinky pins, but it's a certain je ne sais whatever. Zach's a film buff too, no doubt. And his wish list has a long list of films I've never heard of. Oh, but what else does this movie say about him? I'll let you read the plot synopsis and you tell me. Here goes: This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood to make it big. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. It has women posing as men. It has lesbian sex scenes. It is also written by Roger Ebert, who had become friends with Russ Meyer after writing favorable reviews of several of his films.

STAY-C
Serving Dishes: Set of 4 Mini Trifle Dishes
This says that Stay-C is trying to expand her baking horizons. Not only does she take the love and effort to prepare something tasty, she is also detail-oriented and cares about the presentation.

KEVIN
Electronics: Sony PlayStation3
There are 77 Kevin's w/ the same first and last name on Amazon--only one who wrote that he lives in our state. But it's not the same town that our Kevin lives in. Kevin may not have a wishlist. There again he may b/c there are other Kevin's w/ the same last name who didn't put down any other identifying information. Anywho, let's pick one at random and pretend it's our Kevin. The Sony PlayStation3. It's an expensive gift for yourself. Kevin works hard and he plays hard, I'm guessing about the latter.

EMMY
Book: "Thinking with Type : A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students"
Just look how long that title is! This says I'm a wanna-be type nerd and desperate art director who's trying to learn new, better things.

the other justice league

I accidentally forgot our site name (yah, I know I'm the cheesy one who came up w/ it, and I mistyped it). I typed in www.thejusticeleague.blogspot.com, and got some other guy's blog. Of course, he's not as cool as us. Oh, no way, not even close!

What's the holdup?

Want to know one of my biggest gripes about driving? The unexplained traffic gridlocks! I'm talking about the ones where out of nowhere you slam on your brakes and are not moving for what seems like forever. Then when the cars finally start moving slowly, you look around and see that there wasn't an accident or traffic buildup from a nearby exit. Can anyone explain where these holdups come from and how they suddenly free up? I mean, I understand when there's an accident on the other side and everyone and their moms feel the need to drive slowly as they drive past it. But how is it that for 40 minutes you're not moving and then "baam" it's metal to the pedal? I can only explain it as spontaneous dispersement.