January 2009
68 posts
G.P.O.Y.W. New Years Eve Edition
let’s fucking party, 2009.
December 2008
47 posts
new years eve part 2
i’d like to thank all the hundreds who applied to be my new years eve kiss. we have just finished tallying the votes and the winner is… KENNY! yes, my roommate kenny! there is some suspicion that there may be some voter fraud involved. regardless, kenny.. get ready for the kiss of your life.
2008 in review.
2008, you are a shit year. i will be glad when midnight hits and i can officially roundhouse kick you in the FACE. i can say without a doubt that 2008 was the most difficult year of my life. the good news is that here i am, december 31st, still alive and still kicking. i have a positive attitude. i see good things on the horizon. so if that was the worst life has to offer so far, then...
holy shit.
it’s almost 2:00am. i wish someone would write this on the wall of my apartment. i wouldn’t even be mad if we didn’t get our security deposit back.
2k9 party anthem
i tried making this the 2k8 party anthem, but i don’t think it took hold, so i’m gonna try again this year. this video is totally ridiculous, but the message is crystal clear. having a real job is the new sexy. i’m all about spreading this message.
new years eve kiss.
as you may or may not know, i’ve been off work since before xmas and now i’ve got this entire week off, which is quite possibly the best thing ever. i made no plans, no travel, i’m literally just relaxing. some might call this laziness, but the time was needed to recharge my batteries and tackle the incoming new year with renewed vigor. one of the unintended effects of the...
brother appreciation post.
hey, so .. i don’t think i’ve talked much about my brother on this blog. in case you didn’t know, he’s a fucking rad dude. my brother and i have had our ups and downs over the years, but in the past 2-3 years we finally got over our teen angst and realized that we get along really well and have a lot of fun together. over the past two years, when i was home in between...
yo gabba gabba
bill has been singing the praises of this show for months now, but i had never seen it until this week. this show totally rules. now that i know that this show exists, i feel hopeful now about having kids. even though the economy is fucked, we’re destroying the planet, and everything else is going wrong. i know that there is quality children’s programming available, so my kid will...
time to go!
christmas restlessness is officially in full effect. i’ll be making my escape tonight around midnight. don’t get me wrong, i love my family. and they’ve been nothing but gracious and amazing during my visit here. but i miss my apartment and my richmond life and i’m ready to get back to it. tonight the family has tickets to go see a show together and then i’m going...
a little lost.
top 5 records of 2008
it’s the end of the year, which means it’s time for all those end-of-the-year music lists. i don’t imagine too many people will be super interested in mine, but it’s my blog, so… BOOYAH! i was going to do a top ten but i found out i don’t own ten records released this year. go figure. hopefully 2009 kicks things up a notch. anyway, ENJOY: 1. hot chip - made...
G.P.O.Y.W. XMAS EVE EDITION
new burberry scarf! best xmas gift ever. thanks samm/spencer!
christmas eve
oh shit! christmas is here! i think i spent so much time trying to survive UNTIL christmas, that now i’m actually here and i’m off work, it’s like christmas totally snuck up on me. i got home from dallas safe and sound. there were no travel nightmares, even though i was bracing myself accordingly. i seem to have all the travel luck. hopefully that’s something that...
hello from dallas!
so i made it safe to dallas. i’m chilling here in my hotel room. it’s under 20 degrees here right now and i don’t have anything more than a hoodie. it’s cool though, i don’t see myself spending any significant amount of time outdoors. i can tough it out here and there. the flight was… interesting. i sat next to tyler. tyler was in 3rd grade and flying by...
so full.
this is the face that i make when i can’t believe how fast i ate that chipotle burrito. i am concerned for my well-being. i can feel the brick moving down my digestive system. but it was so delicious.
RIP SPARKS: 2002-2008
sparks, we came a long way. you got me completely crazy drunk on a lot of brand new disaster tours. we had a falling out about two years ago, but i still have a lot of love in my heart for your tasty sticky sweet malt-beverage goodness. i salute you, sparks. for all the good times. you will be missed.
XMAS FEST 2008
in case you missed our xmas party on saturday, try not to be depressed when you look at these awesome photos by karen.
today has been fucking AWESOME
man, the clouds finally broke. shit’s been crazy at work, but today i finally can see the finish line and we’re on track. we’ve been thrown some crazy curveballs with deadlines and things getting behind schedule and we were like, “you know what, curveballs? fuck you.” so we’re good. this relieves me to no end. friday is upon us tomorrow where i will be out and...
as cities burn.
i hesitated posting this video, because i’m not sure if it translates to someone that doesn’t know the band. it’s a live performance, and it’s not the best quality, but it’s so fucking amazing to me. i don’t know.. i hope it translates in some way that you might appreciate it. only way to find out is to post it, i suppose. i spent a month of my life...
hiding out
i’ve been hiding from the blog lately. lots of things swirling through my mind and all of them break the “do not make your blog into a livejournal” rule of my blog. my life is in a holding pattern. i can see things starting to take shape ahead of me, but it’s too early to do anything about it. the anticipation combined with the inaction is something that’s hard to...
things making me happy right this second.
going shopping for records with bjork today would be pretty fun.
XMAS FEST!
way cooler than the office christmas party… it’s XMAS FEST!
office christmas party
oh the office christmas party.. a time to have awkward conversation with co-workers and drink free beer as quickly as possible. last night was our office’s party. it was a good time. i actually had some great non-awkward conversations with co-workers i don’t talk to very often. also met the spouses of co-workers which is always cool. you start thinking that people work so hard at...
fail magic.
the comedic timing of this is pretty close to perfect. 2 Fails For The Price Of One
a blog message to the past
dear marianne faithfull circa early 1960s, stop. stay away from mick jagger. stay away from drugs. invest the money you’ll save in time machine technology. come find me. i live in richmond. it’s 2008 here. sincerely, phil p.s. - thanks for sharing, sara!
also, while we're talking about bill murray...
i have to quote the end of the article i posted below, because it ends with the most amazing urban legend i think i’ve ever heard. i want it to be true so bad.
It was late one night, a few years ago, when a young man was walking through Union Square Park. He suddenly felt someone behind him, their hands over his eyes. When he turned in surprise, there was Bill Murray, his creased face...
attn: world. step off bill murray.
bill murray’s had a rough year, dudes. he just got out of a messy divorce and there was that whole driving drunk on a golfcart incident. he’s getting older. he’s probably trying to figure important things out about himself and ask himself deep poignant questions about what he wants to do with the rest of his life. but for now, in the meantime, i think bill murray just wants to...
it's cold outside.
time for striped sweaters! i’m sick of everything on my itunes, so this evening i picked through my cd collection to find a rare gem. right now i am listening to the first my chemical romance album. 2002 phil thought this was this the most awesome shit ever. 2008 phil has 20/20 hindsight. today at work was trying, but i pulled up and pulled through it. the next two weeks are going to be...
MOZ!
guess who’s coming to richmond?! march 21. the national. holy fucking shit.
christmas massacre
saw this on the way to work. so tragic.
after iceland..
.. i’m going to whatever country these girls are from .. and asking them to start a band with me.
thanks mari!
iceland
let’s go see the northern lights.
e-mail exchange from work
hey all - want to make sure you guys are aware that everything must be final-approved by 12/19. this means that our offer will have to be negotiated and all language approved by that date. who from the agency will connect with XXXXXX to negotiate the deal? we’re presenting the concept tomorrow and will tell them we need immediate approval to reach out to partners. please advise -...
hey hey it's monday
so monday is turning out to not be so dreadful. the only dreadful thing are all the conference calls i’m booked on - and the fact that i have this scratchy i’m-getting-a-cold voice. i wish you guys could hear the smooth jazzy saxophone solo i’m listening to while i’m on hold right now. it’s so fucking SMOOTH! what a treat.
HAT!
cold weather means it’s time to break out the BEST HAT EVER. i don’t care how stupid i look in it, i love it.
work-related blogging
so a big part of my specific job at my agency deals specifically around marketing cameras and camcorders. the way our team is structured, we’re kinda divided up in different categories - computers, television, digital imaging. i fall into the digital imaging category. cameras have a lot of really amazing features these days and one of the challenges we’re presented with is how to...
sunday. fuck.
sunday, this is so fucking unfair. you at least have to give me a few hours. the sinking dread feeling isn’t supposed to kick in till the afternoon. and here it is, right when i wake up. fuck. fuck sleeping in. fuck missing important texts. fuck working on a sunday. fuck laundry. fuck anxiety. i just need to take a deep breath. eat a sandwich or something. i just want to not show up to...
darth vader
this morning i woke up to a pleasant surprise. there was a christmas parade going down broad st. right in front of my apartment. it was a normal christmas parade until darth vader showed up with a bunch of stormtroopers. this may not be a big deal to you, but it is to me. i PARK on that street. darth vader walked down a street i park on. can you say that about your street? no, you can’t. ...
ugh. caffeine.
battle-worn and fading fast. caffeine is not helping.
thanks to my ridiculous job...
…i will be WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND! doesn’t that sound fun? big meeting on monday. shit’s not ready for said meeting. it is what it is. needless to say, i will only work if i get to wear one of these awesome outfits.
oh, loverboy. why are you so fucking GOOD?
went to bed at 2:00am last night.
god, grant me the serenity to accept the things that i cannot change. red bull, grant me wings.
what's better than videochatting with mari?
videochatting in FULL SCREEN HIGH DEFINITION! WHOAAAAAAAA!
liveblogging the new britney spears album
i have received a downloaded mp3 copy of the new britney spears. i will be liveblogging my first impressions as i listen. 1. womanizer i can relate a lot to this song, because i am a womanizer. and i do, in fact, try to front. but britney sees right through that. which is why she makes millions of dollars and i make something in the mid-$30s. i counted how many times she says...
i take everything back.
life is good. i just got back from a campfire with paramore. we were just hanging out, roasting marshmallows and singing paramore songs. good thing i brought my video camera… RIIIIIIIGHT?
alright, i give up.
this morning on the way to work, this guy on NPR was talking about how civil war is stirring up again in the congo and it may be one more intense world problem for obama to have to face during his term in office. so i changed the channel to the AM station where i heard all about how the economy is continuing to tank. it’s like one thing right after another. my life is STRESSFUL right now. i...
antietam.
so i thought i was kinda coming out of my civil war obsession as of late, but it turns out, it’s still in full swing. for the past few months, i’ve been devouring books on the subject and been on a few civil war-related adventures that i’ve documented here on the blog. in all the books i’ve read, the one that stuck with me the most was a book called “landscape turned...