only you could find gold fodder amongst cat shit
I got a lot done, but was reading God is not Great in bed by 10pm and asleep about an hour afterwards. This rest will come in handy as my kinetic short people will be here tomorrow! I was productive though: taught a guitar lesson (and Carolyn brought me a box of dark chocolate mints from Reilly’s), a quick fix for the Battleship NJ, phone meeting with the owner of NitroVideo (who it turns out is a ranked Brazillian Jujitsu Fighter), fix for a new client, cleaned the lizard cage, did yoga, and watched a good film.
If you’ve never read mamatulip’s blog, you should go punch yourself in the face. Below is a transcript of an email exchange mamatulip and I had yesterday which displays the wit and the power that will rock your ass in half.
My comment on her blog post : i caught my big fat cat peeing in the corner of my front room the other day for no damn good reason. at least your cat has a reason.
mamatulip : And what reason would that be?!
me : He just can’t stand how much Dave [mamatulip's husband] rocks. That makes me poop in the basement too.
mamatulip : Don’t tell anyone, but…me too.
me : Was it really Chewy [mamatulip's cat]? Do you really have a cat? Or is he much akin to Tyler Durden?
mamatulip : Bwahaha! (I wish)
me : this little email chain would make a fine blog post you know
mamatulip : only you could find gold fodder amongst cat shit.
me : somewhere in jersey there is a man curtseying to the north [she's Canadian]
mamatulip : curtsying? listen van, don’t make me go all chuck norris on you. man up.
me : ok, i’ll fart in approval and slap some A-1 steak sauce on my balls
mamatulip : now that’s more like it.
Movie Review…
The Jacks were not happy with my movie selection last night. La Faute à Fidel! (Blame it on Fidel) is not only another subtitled French film, but also about a scowling little 9 year old French school girl struggling with her parents’ decision to become communists in the early 1970s involved with Chilean Allende supporters. I don’t think you can upset an NFL linebacker than that… well maybe if it was animated too. Nina Kervel-Bey is a really, really talented young actress. The film was decent, the idea of a movie about political upheaval told from a 9 year old perspective was refreshing.
- Nuclear blast door art
- The Muppets Revive Another Classic
- Cube Wars Just Got Cooler – (thanks Bill)
- Creative Ads Around the World – (thanks Chris)
- Beyond the Lanes
April 4th, 2008 at 9:03 am
You’re welcome! Hee hee – I’ll have to start saving all those email conversations for slow blog days…
Happy Kinetic Short People Arrival tomorrow!
April 4th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Dude, given your goal of bagging a Brazilian model, I’m not certain why you are watching all of these FRENCH films. They speak PORTUGUESE (and a few native languages that even the people who speak them don’t recognize) in Brazil.
Here’s a link to pop culture via the Harvard Portuguese department: http://fas.harvard.edu/~rll/resources/portuguese/pop_culture.html
I just didn’t want to say for the billionth time this week – Yippee the kids will be here. Will Van get his tonsils/adnoids done on this trip?
April 4th, 2008 at 9:17 am
i’m very upset there’s no pic of the Brazillian Jujitsu Fighter cuz i was thinking if were hot, you could totally hook me up and i could totally take him on a double date with my ex and his new wife and then my ex would straighten his shit up cuz i was dating a Brazillian Jujitsu Fighter. that would be so cool.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Mamatulip is awesomely funny and so are you!
I am so happy your kids are going to be with you soon. That is wonderful!
April 4th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Oh yeah, totally related to your MamaT conversation.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Sometimes, especially when I have pms, I fantasize that I am Jackie Chan or Jim Carey. Is that weird?
April 4th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Cats always have a reason for the things they do! Generally their reasons are related to not being worshipped and paid homage as they believe they are entitled, so they may not seem like good reasons to us, but they are reasons nonetheless…
April 4th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Chris – I think that KSPA Day (Kinetic Short People Arrival) should be a national holiday… well it definitely is tomorrow in Vanada
On a Limb with Claudia – hmm, good point. Although I’m still holding out hope for Audrey Tautao. no, no surgery this week
Franki – how about a picture of George the Animal Steele instead? he could kick your ex’s ass too I’m pretty sure and he has a green tongue.
Chris – ha!
The Smirking Cat – not all reasons are good ones afterall.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:45 am
It’s great the kids will be there so soon. I guess this is their spring break? My head’s turned around, because Sarah’s semester ends at the end of April. I have to keep reminding myself how early that is.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Apertome – yep, it’s Bub’s spring break
April 4th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
BEST. POST. EVER.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
mamatulip – i’m out of A-1
April 4th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Well, fuck. What else do you have? (Just stay away from the Frank’s – FYI)
April 4th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
mamatulip – I’ve got some Montreal steak sauce, I think that’s a little spicy. You know thinking of that, has anyone approached the band Of Montreal to make their own steak sauce? Just makes a shitload of sense right?
April 4th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I’d say you and Mamatulip are a well-matched pair. The “bunghole” photo is a scream.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I just punched myself in the face..
I’m so stupid
April 4th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Is it bad I am jealous of MamaTulip?????
April 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Jocelyn – she’s like the sister I never had, please don’t tell my sister I said that
Cynnie – don’t do dat
Claudia – mamatulip does rock the party, but you rock it proper as well lady
April 4th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
damn prican internet..
okay..I didnt punch my face..
i fed it toast
April 4th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Nue propriété – I dunno- angry and wallowing.
Blue State – Angry and entertaining enough.
Cat Pee– can’t stand it.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
so, do me a favor and clean up the potty mouth alphabet soup in the kids’ bathroom. the last thing you need is bubs walking around giggling and saying “bunghole.”
April 4th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I wish I could find gold in cat pee. I’d have a lot of gold. See, because I have a lot of cat pee, I’d as a result have a lot of gold.
And I clicked on that Muppets link. What a pleasant little ditty that is.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
have fun with the arrival of the short people tomorrow!!~!!!!! (and don’t poop on the floor)
April 4th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Bunghole could be a word you might regret later…as to agreeing with Liv above. Very cool that your kids are coming. Just remember BUNGHOLE could come back to haunt you for YEARS.
And you and Mamatulip, perhaps a road act?
April 5th, 2008 at 1:15 am
So far my cat hasn’t peed outside the box. At least not that I’m aware of. He did, however, launch a poo at me this morning. He was trying to cover it up and FWINGGGG, it came flying at me and landed at my feet.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Cynnie – like I always say, toast is better than fists, except when you’re in a hockey fight, then you’d just confuse the other guy with the toast
lu – i was thinking about blue states, so think it’s worth a view?
liv – as flattering as it is to be confused with him, that’s dave, not me
dorky dad – that sounds like the associative property of cat pee there
gigglechick – deal
JCK – it’s not me in the pic, but yes
Mary – you know, i woke up in the middle of the night wondering, “what does Mary’s cat’s poop sound like when it’s flung?” and now i know.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I am so excited for you, your kids being there. Weeeehooooooo!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Christy – they should be getting in this evening around 5ish, depending on which flight they get on