April 2005


What I need to be doing vs. what I’ve been doing should make me go cry in the corner, but I usually reserve that behavior for post-coitus. JK. I drank booze last night, thus resulting in one of my uniquely misaligning hangovers. These things kill my productivity, but I have spent a collective four hours on MySpace. I am getting paid to sit in front of a computer, if that makes anyone (me) feel any better. I’ve been looking for people with over 3,000 friends (usually bands, labels, and for some reason, Brian Teasley, oh yeah, he’s in a band - HE’S IN THREE HUNDRED BANDS!!!). I invited both Candlebox and forgotten boggy footnote Skin Yard to be friends. I invited a lot of complete strangers; many of which complied without so much as a “who are you?” message. I will have a lot of friends. I’m averaging five new acquisitions per hour.

Here’s what I did to MySpace Tom:

Is everyone’s first friend a robot? In order to find out, I sent him this message:

Hey man…

I’m going to be passing through Santa Monica soon, and was wondering if I could stay with you. It’s just for about six, seven weeks. Eight tops. Aside from my very sick cat, I’m coming alone. I don’t have much cash, but I do carry a Diner’s Club card, so maybe I can buy you dinner at a cafeteria or something…but don’t push it. See you soon.

-Andrew Earles

As per usual, there is a TV running in the background - the premiere of Stacked. Well, I think it’s the premiere. This is Pamela Anderson’s book store sitcom. Er, it also stars Christopher Lloyd (Taxi, dipshit). This appears to be the only thing that I can concentrate on today. I can’t even pour over the new Pelecanos book, and those are usually like candy for me.

I’m not sure what happened, but I used to be funny. While wasting time at work one afternoon, almost six years ago, I submitted a review to Amazon.com. I’ve always found this particular comic strip to be creepy. I wrote the second customer review. The three star, “1 out of 17 people found this review to be helpful” review.

Tumbleweeds

“Fans of poorly drawn, vaguely racist old west humor should look no further than this example of ultra-depressing mediocrity. Move over Momma’s Family, for the bowel-evacuating intensity enjoyed by this brand of surgically precise anti-humor is simply amazing. T.K. Ryan’s studyhall F-Troop imagery rivals that of what a fifth year rehab patient etches into his nightstand with a pair of tweezers.”

Ground-To-Air Missile Launcher (”Death Wish 3″)

Normal Eating Utensils…a lot of them (”Stepfather 2: Make Room for Daddy”)

Spear gun Delivered through Floor Vent into Kid Sitting Indian Style and Dressed as a Giant Bumble Bee (”Happy Birthday to Me”)

Umbrella (”Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2″)

Throwing Nails (”When a Stranger Calls”)

Hugs (”The Children”)

Boot with Razor Lodged into Sole (”Road House”)

Tank (”Tank”)

The Beach (”Blood Beach”)

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