Archive for January, 2003

Hey, Amit. This is what you wrote that I thought was funny:
�I think that if you post a story on your blog, you should no longer be allowed to tell it at parties where people who read your site might be present.�

Someone didn�t clean up after their dog. Someone else took a very small piece of paper, glued it to a toothpick, and inserted it into the mess. The mini picket sign reads, �Step in me!�
Everyone has their hobbies.

L: I used to work for this company called Emerging Growth Management.
Me: What?
L: It was a financial company.
Me: Oh.
L: All my friends would call and say, “Hi, I have an emerging growth. Can you manage it?”
Me: That’s hilarious.
L: It is pretty funny.
Me: Less so after the 134th time. […]

Just wrote a film review for Gerry, an independent flick that you’ll either love or hate. I’m in the former camp.
Also, I’ll be interviewed tomorrow morning on KFOG (97.7 FM if you’re in the Bay Area). I’m showing up at the station at 7 a.m., who knows when you’ll actually be able to hear me. […]

I seen you on this bus before. What’s your name?
Alicia.
What sign are you, Alicia?
I’m a Capricorn. I don’t know much about it, but Capricorn is supposed to be compatible with Aries. My fiance’s a Aries.
Oh yeah?
Oh yeah. I don’t get along with no Virgos. I don’t like them Virgos at all.
Really.
Yeah, my ex-husband’s a […]

E: Is Hedwig and the Angry Inch” still in town?
B: Is it? I think so.
E: Are you guys gonna go see it?
Me: I have no desire to see it at all.
B: I really want to.
E: We should go.
Me: Yeah, please go.
B: But then we’re two guys going to see a musical about a cross-dressing transvestite.
E: […]

This week’s New Yorker is a good’un. “Truth in Architecture” by Larissa MacFarquhar contains a description of Moshe Safdie–who is apparently a world-famous architect–that reminds me of how I’d like to be more mindful:
“He wears beautiful, finely woven shirts that he designs himself and has sewn up by a shirtmaker. He takes great pleasure in […]

Three best signs from the anti-war march in SF:
Calm down, Mr. President.
Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam.
This guy right here don’t want war.
Also, Tom Ammiano barely catches himself:
“We’re here!
We’re�present!
Get used to it!”

B: Have you heard of this Go-gurt crap?
L: Yeah.
J: What? What are they talking about?
Me: It’s like yogurt in a tube so you can throw it in your backpack and go!
B: Every time I see those ads, I want everyone involved fired.
Me: Worst idea ever.
L: They should make ranch-flavored. […]

L: I’m taking off my shoes now.
Me: OK.
L: I’ve got some good-looking feet.
Me: You do have good feet. They’re little. What size do you wear?
L: Eight.
Me: Really? They look smaller.
L: I was kidding, but at least all my toes are the right length. You know?
Me: No.
L: I […]