'when i was working at chase, one night at like 1.30 in the morning an associate calls up the analyst sitting right up in front of me. from this side of the phone line the conversation went something like, "uh-huh.... yes.... okay.... right.... no problem.... i'll have it for you first thing in the morning." nothing different or special, just the normal yes-man kind of response we're expected to make. but this guy just lost it. after hanging up the phone he grabbed the receiver, got on his knees, and proceeded to beat the living shit out of the garbage can with the telephone--all the while yelling at the top of his lungs, "I HATE BEING SOMEONE'S BITCH!!! I HATE BEING SOMEONE'S BITCH!!!"
u2, hands down, not only has one of the firmest grips on the tail of the zeitgeist, but they practically dictate how it will change from year to year. on that note, here are a few quotes from the band from the 43rd annual grammy awards:
"you're much smaller in real life. i would like to thank God and my mother also. but i just have this feeling, this picture in my head of God looking down on people like us on occasions like this and going, 'uh-oh. don't thank me for that song. there's no hook, the chorus is weak and they'll never play it on the radio.' thanks for playing it on the radio."
-- u2's bono, accepting the award for best rock performance by a duo or group
"on a personal level, this century has been going so well for us. we finished our album. i had a little baby boy a little while ago. the jubilee 2000 work has been incredible. just everything's going great. there's been also some really great breakthroughs in science. the disposable mobile phone's come through, the three-blade razor and now the female orgasmatron, which is great."
-- the edge, accepting u2's award for song of the year for "beautiful day"
"it's a very unusual emotion i'm feeling right now. i think it's called humility. i'm completely not used to it."
-- bono, accepting the award for record of the year for "beautiful day"
it was a par three hole, slightly uphill with the wind blowing from the northeast. 152 yards, i gauged it at a 6-iron. after teeing up the ball and taking a couple of practice swings, i took one last hard look at the flag. the game was "closest to the pin", and the two out of the foursome had already landed on the green. a slow backswing, eye on the ball, feet shoulder width apart....
four inches from the pin. i passed the series 7 with a 74%. four points to spare.
to my surprise i have discovered that there are actually people who still read this site. to my devoted fans ("thank you!" [insert bowing motion] "thank you all!") i've decided to recommit myself to more frequent updates.
okay, i'm really not that pretentious. seriously. no, this time i mean it.... and no, it's not the same kind of "i mean it" as when i said i'd quit smoking. and drinking. and playing with sharp objects that repeatedly find their way into my brother's abdomen.
relatively shallow political insight for the day: has anyone noticed that clinton seems to be getting more media attention than the current president? considering that the town idiot (or President Bush as the media likes to call him) has been surprisingly proactive (though probably misguided) during his first couple of weeks in office, i'm hearing a great deal about 'Ol Billy. Granted, it's mostly about a huge-ass office right in the middle of prime manhattan real estate, a bunch of questionable pardons, and $86K in gift repayments. but come on, there's a new guy in office frantically trying to make this broken corporation know as the united states work again. i guess one could easily insert a social commentary about the average citizen's lack of interest in meaningful politics, preferring drama and scandal to something that might actually matter. but without getting on top of my little soapbox (i fear that might be too late), i do have to say that "slick willy" never ceases to amaze, n'est pas?
i'm really not that pretentious. seriously. no, this time i mean it.... and no, it's not the same kind of "i mean it" as when i said i'd quit smoking. and drinking. and making obscene jokes at the expense of clergymen, nuns, and presidents.
