- ...officially,
now, a lifetime.
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- Anyway,
afterwards we grabbed a bite at Dupar's
and from our seat I saw this lady...
recognize her? Mary Tyler Moore show? Her
name is Georgia Engel and when I was
a kid this lady creeped me the fuck OUT.
Strangely, watching her now, she reminds
me of my grandmother, Nana. As a kid
however I focused on her cadence and that
constant creepy smile and it just really
weirded me out for some reason. Even
watching her while in Dupar's however, it
was clear how incredibly sweet and kind
hearted she was. She smiled at everyone
who passed and is just one of those people
you're certain never has a harsh
word.
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- Nana
was one of those people and believe me,
Timmy and I (my uncle) could get her to
say some harsh words... but she was the
most glass half full woman I've ever
known. She dealt with some pretty big
storms in life with an incredibly calm,
smooth demeanor. I imagine Georgia to
be the same...
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- 7)
CarmaAWESOME.
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- Holy shit let
there be a monthly Carmageddon in LA 'cause that
was the SHIT. People stayed the fuck home and off the
streets which made those of us who did have to drive?
Feel like we were in DELAWARE. If you have any
LA friends on Facebook it was pic after pic of
clear roads and incredible records for getting from
one place to the next. Of course you could never
actually have a monthly Carmageddon because
people would all want to DRIVE on it, but for one
brief moment - this city ran beautifully. I will never
forget it. :-)
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- 8) Negative
Nancies
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- You know, some
people really do just want to bitch. So many people
would comment about Carmageddon "See, the media
over-hyping everything AGAIN." And you just want to
say "No, fucktard, everything worked exactly
the way it was supposed to." Our local government
planned extraordinarily, it publicized it
extraordinarily, it executed it extraordinarily
(opening nearly 24 hours earlier than expected) and
they deserve a "Way to go!". There was nothing
overhyped about Carmageddon, it was a massive
undertaking to shutdown the 10 miles of the biggest
artery in this city, both ways, for 53 hours - and
they kicked ass. So, I'll be positive - congrats.
They're doing it again in 2012. Let's hope it's just
as smooth.
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- 9) Run Adam,
Run.
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- Speaking of
smooth... started the ol' workout again. 'Bout the
same time as last year too, strangely... Running 2
miles a day before eating, and eating less. Like
I always do, losing weight the exact same way
I always do down to the day. Zzzzzz. It's funny,
but what to most people would be awesome - having an
exact guide as to how to lose weight and keep it off -
takes every bit of fun out of it. I know exactly
what days in the future I will be what weight.
Almost exactly down to the day. The averages are
always the same, I always keep the same log, and
the rate and speed is identical since the first time
I logged it in 2001. Now, maintaining it?
Whatever. The stress of that isn't even worth it.
I don't even mind the mini-cycle so much anymore.
You work out pretty intensely for 2-3 months of the
year, and stay semi-active the rest of the year. I
fluctuate 25-30 pounds during that "rest of the year"
but that's simply how my body works. Why fight it? I'd
like to shrink that fluctuation to 15-20 so it doesn't
take over 2 months to get back, but otherwise? I've
grown to like my Favreauitis. It keeps me sane. It
works for me. If my calculations are correct I'll be
breaking 160 on September 20th.
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- 10) Fuck the
GOP
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- Seriously fuck
them in the mouth. I'm done being moderate about this
issue. The GOP is taking a routine,
been-done-60-times-before-for-decades vote to raise
the debt ceiling and trying to cut social programs
instead. It's buying 5 new cars and telling your kids
they need to "tighten their belts" when it comes
to buying name-brand or generic cereal. WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE CONSERVATIVES?
Seriously, this is so fucking aggrivating to me. When
Bush cut taxes on the rich and started two wars he
created a debt. If you cut your hours at work, to
spend more money at the casino? In a matter of time
you will be fucked. The obvious solution to this is to
go back to full-time at work, and cut out the casino
time -
NOT TELL YOUR KIDS TO EAT LESS.
And you know what? Obama if this ends badly? Obama
clearly made a MASSIVE blunder by agreeing to
extend the Bush tax cuts for 2 more years. Granted he
passed a tremendous amount of legislation in
that deal... but it clearly delayed recovery and may
end up costing him his job. If you are on the side of
the GOP in this fiasco - you are NOT paying attention.
This coming from a guy who will argue the conservative
side on soooooo many issues. Here's a good one for
ya...
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- 11)
LET THEM FAIL
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- I've been tuning
into conservative talk radio because I'm dying to see
their spin on this. It's stupid, don't bother. But I
did hear a woman talking about an old school
conservative vs. liberal argument that I have always
enjoyed: overprotecting our kids from getting hurt or
failing. Playgrounds now might as well be made of
jello and cotton balls. Monkey bars? Fahgeddaboutit.
You know what you learned when you played on blacktop
and metal? Cause and Effect. Failing and getting up
again. And ya know how good it felt to get all the way
across those bitches without falling? Or <GASP>
getting on TOP of them and sitting?!!!? Half the
reason I climb on my roof and use a chainsaw as
an adult is because as a kid? I fell on my ass.
I skinned my knee. I thought I could BMX off
my front porch and nearly broke my nose. I ate
dirt. And I got sick less because of it.
We coddle kids to a point of protecting them from EVER
failing and then when they do? They curl up into a
ball and quit trying. Now, granted, I'm in the midst
of a 12 year story where I fall from
unbelieveable heights and keep going - so I'm a bit of
a freak in this sense, but seriously being a kid in
the 70s and 80s looks like modern warfare compared to
a playground today. Some things, yes,
I understand were kinda death traps. Even
I stayed away from see-saws after a fat-kid
incident. But the point was? I understood the dangers
because I fell on my ass. You keep protecting
your kids from anything that might hurt their feelings
and you're gonna be taking care of them (like still in
your house taking care of them) until they're 30.
Birds kick their kids out of the nest for a
reason.
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- OK, I'm done now.
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- Next up:
HBO meeting.
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- Adam
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