I thought V was for Van

Right now I’m trying to type this blog entry, but after Sarah’s post about Puscifer, I am listening to Cuntry Boner and well my mind is in a state of disbelief listening to Maynard James Keenan singing about doing Minnie Pearl and Glen Campbell… ok, it’s over now… Jeebus, that’s so irreverently great. Do yourself a favor, listen to V is for Vagina… hey wait, they can’t take my letter.

Stopped by the library and happily picked up my reserved copy of The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox. I need to finish Enemy at the Gates (which is great BTW) first, but I can’t wait to dig into what is hopefully a nice full plate of nasty sarcasm.

I got home and did another short run of 2 miles. My wet footfalls in the unlit trails of Medford Lakes were made all the more surreal by having Mr. Bungle on the iPod, I was half expecting a psychotic clown to leap out and start juggling chainsaws and prescription bottles. Thursday before stuffing my gullet, I’m going to do 4 miles and really test my ass out, (hopefully sans psychotic chainsaw and prescription bottle juggling clowns).

I had a quick phone call with Terry from NitroVideo about a couple new projects. I also talked to a new client about several business ideas. I headed over to Mom and Dad’s for dinner after the run. I headed home and finished the (hopefully) last item for Zeropercentcards.com and spent some time working on NitroVideo’s PERL script too.

Yogi is still coming down from the kid visit high. He had Viv hanging on him the entire visit. He loved it. One of the great things about Yogi is that to make him seriously happy, I mean seriously… all you have to do is suddenly break into a run. He usually will try to get in front of you, to get to this unbelievable goodness you are hurrying towards. The conversation I imagine in his orange furry noggin is something like this… “Are we running? WOO!!!! WE ARE RUNNING!!! FUCK YEAH!!! RUNNING!!! WHAT ARE WE DOING??? WOOOOOO!!!! RUNNING!!! …. oh you were just going to throw out the junk mail… oh… awesome. Can I eat the mail?”

I zoned out for the rest of the night after doing some stretching, pushups and crunches. I finished 28 Days Later (which I think is my favorite zombie movie now) and also watched Mr. Arkadin (artsy, but not my favorite Welles movie).

30 Responses to “I thought V was for Van”

  1.  Chris Says:

    Here’s hoping there are very, very few psychotic chainsaw jugglers in your future! Although I suppose one is all it takes…

  2.  Carolyn Says:

    Elementary school, huh? I won’t tell you that mine came up genius…

    And did you work busting stash into your conversation yesterday? “The cops showed up while I was busting my stash…”

  3.  Mike D. Says:

    Have a happy thanksgiving, man!

  4.  Franki Says:

    I’ll be waiting for your review of the Maddox book. I yuv him.

  5.  furiousBall Says:

    Chris – one with bad aim

    Carolyn – I probably broke the scale and it went too high and came back around to elementary

    Mike D – stop being so bossy ;-)

    Franki – well, why don’t you yarry him then

  6.  Carolyn Says:

    I knew it was something like that…you do use big words like NitroVideo, surreal and psychotic…

  7.  furiousBall Says:

    Carolyn – it also might have something with my blog having categories for farts, dog shit, cat shit, and spongebob.

  8.  Bud Buckley Says:

    Oh, great! More cool stuff I have to check out. Love it but I’ll NEVER catch up. Thanks, Van

  9.  Jenny Says:

    I’m junior high level. Or at least my sense of humor is.

    Also, I cannot stop giggling at your dogs running commentary. Yogi cracks me up. He needs a blog.

  10.  Franki Says:

    Ummm…didn’t we already have the marriage discussion?

  11.  furiousBall Says:

    Bud – what’s this catching up you speak of?

    Jenny – if Yogi had a blog he’d probably make fun of my underarmor pants I wear when jogging, because he’s jealous they don’t make them in a four legged version. now that i write this, i better head home, i left them on top of the laundry, he might try them on…

  12.  furiousBall Says:

    Franki – touche, but i still think you should propose to him

  13.  Dyna Girl Says:

    Vagina Van.

  14.  Lorrie Says:

    Too bad you can’t harness Yogi’s running enthusiasm and teach him to go nuts on falling leaves. “Whoo Hooo!!! another falling leaf. Gotta rake that up!”

  15.  Kevin Charnas Says:

    Yogi is the bomb…I want to be Yogi when I grow up.

  16.  E Says:

    You should have had Mr. Bungle on before your ass was fine and all. You could have run to My Ass Is On Fire.

    Of course Love Is a Fist is maybe more pertinent at this juncture.

    Still one of my favorite albmums of all time.

  17.  E Says:

    Oh yeah… about the best bridge ever in a song is between 3:05 and 3:36 in My Ass Is On Fire.

  18.  furiousBall Says:

    Dyna Girl – that’s alliteration i’ll have you know

    Lorrie – the best I can do with my big orange buddy is getting him to freak the fuck out when I pull out the leaf blower

    Kevin – you and me both, i mean all except the pooping outside part

    E – I knew I’d get a comment out of you by putting a Bungle reference. On my run, Carousel was followed by Goodbye Sober Day which also has one of the choicest bridges from 2:38 – 3:14 CHAK! CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAK! CHAK! CHAK!

  19.  mamatulip Says:

    Dave loves Pucifer. I tease him…I poke him in the gut and whisper “Poooosifer…pooosifer…”

    I’m junior high school reading material. Booya.

  20.  furiousBall Says:

    mamatulip – if you upped the amount of dave farting stories, you could be in my elite elementary level.

  21.  enemy of the republic Says:

    28 Days Later is the best of zombie flicks and one of the most intelligent scary movies of all time. I generally stay away from them, but I couldn’t resist Romero’s work–there is so much political satire there, and I saw the Blair Witch Project which still bothers me. Horror flicks only work when you can actually conceive of them as truth. The Romero films didn’t do that for me, but the first two Alien flicks were beyond scary.

    Have a good holiday, amigo.

  22.  furiousBall Says:

    enemy of the republic – yeah the Romero films are so over the top it’s tough given that criteria, i did enjoy them, but 28 Days was better IMHO. you have a good one too

  23.  Open Grove Claudia Says:

    Well crap, I was here. Did I get spammed or forget to press submit. I have such a problem with submission…. ;)

    What ever brilliant thought I had is gone. All I am left with is a solid wish that you have a wonderful holiday.

  24.  gigglechick Says:

    in response to your comment on my site… just make sure it’s the CHUNKY cranberry sauce in order to get the same effect that I had with the sausage pizza (i swear there’s still some in there.)

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

  25.  Maddy Says:

    Oh dear! I didn’t know that you were one of those! [I'm a relative newbie after all!] Don’t you know that all that running about will wear you out more quickly!
    Happy Thanksgiving

  26.  Jocelyn Says:

    I’ve been waiting for about a year for you to test your ass out.

    There it’s been, sitting in the box on the counter, all this time.

    Put the batteries in; give it a ride.

  27.  corky Says:

    I’m going to stuff my gullet all day and all night. Maybe then I’ll get off the couch and walk 10 feet to get the remote. LOL

    Have a great Thanksgiving. Eat and drink lots.

  28.  furiousBall Says:

    Open Grove Claudia – I didn’t see you in the Spam folder, but who knows.

    gigglechick – chunky, roger that

    Maddy – precisely

    Jocelyn – the batteries really make it uncomfortable to do well, anything

    corky – roger that, happy turkey day to you too

  29.  Maddy Says:

    Ooo what a good egg you are. Fart jokes are one of the best forms of free therapy available. As for the four mile run, I’d be hard pressed to manage a four yard crawl……in fact I’ll just lie down on the kitchen floor and take a breather from the mental anguish you’ve caused me.
    Cheers and happy Thanksgiving

  30.  furiousBall Says:

    Maddy – I need some kind of therapy, i’ll double down on the brownies and hope for a smile in the stink

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