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Summertime (Part II of II) 2008-06-30 08:25:19 Summertime (Part I of II)This is the first year when the excitement of another school year ending, of my summer break beginning, isn’t there. I can no longer section the calendar year based on my school status, like which semester I’m in, which makes each day flow into the next like a continuum. The last day of spring has turned into the first day of summer without me even realizing it. Maybe Read more:Summertime
Summertime (Part I of II) 2008-06-29 23:20:48 It was more exciting than the gorgeous Orange talking to me, or sitting down with my own pepperoni pizza. I stepped off the bus and for the next 12 weeks I was on summer break.I didn’t see time the way I see it now. There was the school year and then there were the summers when suddenly I was defined by the next grade level. “Isn’t it crazy that now we’re seventh graders?” I said to Colo Read more:Summertime
Angelina Jolie, Will You Marry Me? 2008-06-29 10:49:36 The new movie Wanted made me rethink the one thing in this world I knew to be true. I’m not talking about the secret to life, or the purpose of human existence in the universe, or how to survive cancer.Is Angelina
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, and not someone else who goes by the name of Jessica, the sexiest woman alive? Read more:Marry
Deez Nuts 2008-07-16 20:47:46 When I was younger I’d get frustrated at myself for playing poorly in games like putt-putt or bowling. And I sucked. My average putt-putt score was 20 over par and I never broke 100 in bowling.Fortunately, it no longer bothers me when I stink, which isn’t to say I’m not competitive. I want to win and I want to do well, but I know that win or lose, I’ll still have both my nuts in the end.My
Goose is Dead, You Gotta Let him Go 2008-07-23 12:42:48 These are my new mirrored, polarized, aviator sunglasses.I request that I now be referred to as Maverick.I am currently accepting applications from anyone who wants to be my Goose. And my hot teacher-girlfriend.“I think I’ll go embarrass myself with Goose.”“Goose, even you could get laid in a place like this.”“Sorry Goose, but it’s time to buzz a tower.”“Goose: the need for speed Read more:Gotta
Visit my Blog, Tell your Friends, Buy my Future Book 2008-07-23 12:40:37 Last year, soon after I created this blog, I promoted it at my school, the University of Virginia. It began with an article I wrote for The Cavalier Daily. Then there were the flyers.If I had it my way I would’ve hired The Martin Agency—the advertising firm that created the GEICO caveman ads—to market my blog. I imagine a Jewish fellow frolicking through cyberspace minding his own business p Read more:Friends
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Inked 2008-08-11 18:46:32 After getting my radiation tattoos seven years ago—six blue dots—I considered getting a more fashionable one. Many cancer patients receive tattoos before radiotherapy to make sure the invisible beams strike only where they need to, and not where they don't, like my nuts, for example. I’d rather not have to change the title of this blog or my book.I thought about connecting the dots to make a
'Knight' Soars Despite Darkness 2008-08-08 08:38:13 When Heath Ledger passed away in January, my friend said, “I sure hope it doesn’t affect the new Batman movie.” Her insensitive comment had nothing to do with distaste for the late Ledger, but rather her anticipation for The Dark Knight
, which is poised to be one of the highest-grossing blockbusters in years.I was certainly part of the hype, proudly predicting on my blog that it would be one Read more:Darkness
Ode to College Football 2008-09-08 09:31:06 The Virginia Cavalier football team lost last weekI was thereThey played maybe the best team in the country, USCSo I didn't careI expected them to lose by 40 pointsKeeping it to within 20 would've been a moral victoryThey lost by 45This may be the worst UVA team in historyMaybe I'm speaking too soonI like the quarterback, who looks like a boyI like the runningbacks, tooIf Hamburgers and I suited u Read more:College
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Griffey '08 2008-08-31 19:00:07 It's about that time when people argue which presidential candidate is better. They may feel strongly one way or the other, and if passionate (crazy) enough, volunteer their time or money to the cause.Take my parents, for example. My mom is on the Obama train and my dad is on the Geezer train. She wants the government to dig everyone out of trouble and he wants to blow shit up. It's a classic Demo
He'Brew: The Chosen Beer 2008-08-28 19:44:21 You know, I am feeling a bit more Messiah-like.The label says it was "Concieved in San Francisco." That must be the new Holy Land. Spread the word.
I Hate Snakes 2008-08-21 15:46:32 Five years ago, while watching TV in my basement, I felt something fall on me after opening my glasses case. I looked down at my chest and saw a tiny ringneck snake crawling on my sweatshirt. I did the only sensible thing — shriek like the Wicked Witch of the West, scurry out of the room, close the door and wait for my dad to come home. There were two flaws:Closing the door would not prevent him Read more:Snakes
Road Trippin': The Lost Stories and Photo 2008-08-19 15:59:06 Two months ago, my friend T2theZ and I went on a road trip to Minnesota. We had goals we wanted to achieve, like eating at Giordano’s in Chicago. We accomplished that one. We also wanted to eat a “Roethlis-burger,” named after Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. I’m sure there are countless variations of this sandwich in the city and some of them must be good. The particular one we de Read more:Trippin
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A Birthday of Sorts 2008-09-26 18:49:29 I remember what my adolescent brain understood on my first visit to my soon-to-be cancer hospital, and the rest is a blur. The main floor was enormous. It had an auditorium, a coffee bar, countless waiting rooms and at least three sets of elevators. The floor was granite tile.Then there was the other half of the main floor with standard hospital flooring and countless corridors where the sick peop Read more:Birthday
The Rug 2008-09-25 19:30:32 Meet Link, the ferocious dog of my friend, Formula-6.Link stays in Formula-6's office during the day. The women who come in for appointments go ape shit over this dog. They talk to Link like they would talk to a baby human, which I've always found odd. "How's my little Linky Linkster doing today? Taking a nap, huh? I bet you're glad I just woke you so I could talk like this! Yes you are you tiny l
From Sydney to Beijing 2008-09-12 18:20:10 American track stars were on the TV, but I didn’t watch. The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
symbolized the end of summer and the peak of human performance. The best summer of my life was ending catastrophically and I was in a waiting room about to get a CAT scan of my lungs to determine, effectively, if I would live or die. I didn’t care that Maurice Greene and Michael Johnson were about to wi Read more:Beijing
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