February 2009
52 posts
oh my god.
who needs a snuggie when you can get one of THESE? i can’t stop laughing about how awesome i would look in this wearable sleeping bag. please buy me one immediately, mom. thanks to karen.
dance party friday! the contest!
i started a dance party friday competition at my work. people submitted videos! so stoked!
Dance Party Friday from Phil Williams on Vimeo.
phil collins dance party / marshmallow roast 2k9
i don’t even need to explain this evening to you. you should know from the title of the post just how amazing it truly was.
can you still feel the butterflies?
so amazing. this is from the DC show.
yankee gal.
Yankee Gal from Yankee Team on Vimeo.
i'm exhausted.
i was going to write a big long blog, but in the interest of self-preservation, i have decided instead to go to bed before 11:00pm in an effort to save my body from destroying itself. last night’s concert had me up till 2:30am and i’m just dead tired. so, for those who wondered, the jimmy eat world concert was fucking FANTASTIC. it was exactly what i had hoped for and more. from the...
i have so much to blog about.
but i just don’t have the time. expect a more thorough life update perhaps later tonight. in the meantime, i was very surprised to find this clip from an interview with bjork from back in the day when we were dating. yes, i know.. a lot of people don’t know this about me, but bjork and i had a brief fling in the mid-90s. i was just a teenager and she was a grown icelandic elf...
oh my god oh my god oh my god
TONIGHT! i think i’m more excited about this show than i was the first time i ever touched a boob.
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#1 reason to leave richmond
vampires. i don’t think much about vampires at all, but i’m not sure i feel comfortable living among them here in richmond. first, i read marisa’s blog about THIS SCARY SHIT. then i see this on missed connections today: the only vampire i do like is bill compton from true blood. but i think that’s only because he fought in the civil war. yikes!
weekend recap.
this weekend was pretty tame, but it was good nonetheless. after the crazy stressful week i had, it was nice just to not be at work and to have a few days to not think about all the crazy shit going on. friday we started the night out with a little rock band and headed off to cous cous. we made a half-hearted attempt to stop by the dance party at 534, but saw the line and thought better of it. ...
kathleen edwards.
i’m driving up to DC tomorrow to see kathleen edwards with my family. my brother got tickets for the entire family for christmas. i can’t say for certain, but i’m pretty sure this is the only time in my life when my entire family is going to be attending a music performance that wasn’t a broadway musical of some kind. needless to say, i’m really excited. she writes...
why i hate gchat and love ichat.
here is the fundamental difference between ichat and gchat and something that aggravates me to no end. hey! you’ve got an ichat: (woooop!) hey! you’ve got a gchat: BONK!
it's friday.
it’s friday. and i want to dance. and so does this guy:
BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo. thanks to kenya!
it's that time of year.
it’s time to talk about girl scout cookies. the roommates and i had a heated discussion on the merits of various girl scout cookie flavors. the hierarchy of flavors, in my mind, are as follows: 1. samoas 2. do-si-dos 3. thin mints 4. tagalongs 5. all other flavors of girl scout cookie 6. no cookies at all 7. vomit-flavored cookies 8. broken glass cookies 9. poison cookies 10. trefoils...
intensity recap.
okay. fuck. i made it. so, two really intense things happened today. one i can talk about, and one i can’t talk about. first thing’s first. intense thing #1 that i can’t really talk about on here. it went better than expected. i was over-prepared and everything went much better than i ever thought it would. so THANK GOD for that. i still won’t know how things are...
posi-blogging
okay, sorry dudes. this blog has gotten way too fucking melodramatic around here. we’re putting a stop to that shit. at least for the time being. let’s lighten it up with my latest endeavor. PROJECT ROBOT! i’ve decided to have a little fun on facebook. for the next week or so, all my status updates will reference the building of a robot. i will be posting new updates daily on...
intense.
tomorrow is a big day. due to sheer luck/chance/whatever, it just so happens that multiple things are occurring tomorrow that will have a direct and significant impact on the next 3-5 years of my life. i have no idea how any of them will turn out. wish me luck.
sad.
hey phil, why the long face? i have made the decision to end the long beard experiment early. starting tomorrow, the beard will be returning to its normal length. i have an important meeting coming up where i need to look conservative/presentable and well, the beard just isn’t going to cut it. i started growing the beard out as a symbol or a protest of some kind and i’m not sure i...
pimp my ride
YO DAWG! WE HEARD YOU LIKE SKELETONS, VIKINGS, AND DRAGONS SO WE PUT A VIKING SKELETON FIGHTING A SKELETON DRAGON ON YOUR CAR! (as seen on the corner of 7th st. and main st. in richmond)
"internets"
phil: alright, i’m going to go upstairs and check my internets before we leave. mom: internets? there’s more than one? phil: just one, mom. mom: okay, i was just making sure. phil: ……
happy valentine's day blogworld!
QUIT THE INTERNET.
HAHA! YEAH, RIGHT! YEAH RIGHT YOU GUYS! … …. you guys? hello?
it's dance party friday!!!
joaquin phoenix
i posted the video of joaquin phoenix below to illustrate a very important point. a beard, when used properly, can be a beautiful thing. but a beard can also be used for evil. any time an object of great magical power is used, it can affect the user. see, for example, frodo’s ring from lord of the rings. the ring is all-powerful and has the power to change the wearer. this also applies to...
i'm on a boat.
maybe you’ve seen this. you probably have. but just in case…
the first time i watched it, i didn’t laugh all that hard. but then it got stuck in my head later and now i think it’s hilarious. yeah, i never thought i’d be on a boat hit the big blue water and roll posideon, look at me
big beards can transform a man.
bad day.
today has been fucked from the get-go. it all started last night when i was told i had to check my e-mail late into the evening to review some creative that needed to get approved. the creative arrived at like 8:55pm. lost came on at 9:00pm. i did what any 28-year-old bearded underpaid LOST fan would do. i rushed through it and didn’t find any mistakes. three other people had reviewed it...
oh. my. god.
this made me laugh so hard i started crying at my desk. this is so relevant to my life, it’s not even funny.
fuck you, recession.
i’m ready for you. i say bring it on.
forgetting.
this picture is depressing. i remember a time where i could remember with complete clarity every show brand new disaster had played, what bands we’d played with, random stories from the show. now it’s mostly blurry. i remember stories and names of the towns we played, but so much of it has already been forgotten. i wish i’d written more down back then.
reason #1003 to own an iphone
“oregon trail” will soon be coming to the iphone as an app according to the l.a. times:
Oregon Trail, the computer game that practically raised a generation of American youth thanks to its availability in grade-school computer labs, appears to be making a return on the iPhone. Video game website IGN today posted a handful of screen shots of the game — and little else. No info....
cat vs. printer
this is why i love cats. they see something they don’t understand… and their first instinct it to destroy it.
gotta love the bonus sound effects.
mmmmmmmmm...
i’m gonna act like eating this looks gross, but really deep down, it’s the most exciting thing i can think of. thanks to thisiswhyyourefat.com. the URL hits a little close to home though.
kanye's got a posse
it’s gotta be tough being in kanye west’s entourage. i don’t really have anything else to say on this topic. i’m just saying i feel like it would be tough. for many reasons.
museum of the confederacy
on sunday afternoon, sara and i headed out for an exciting daytrip to the museum of the confederacy right here in downtown richmond. a lot of people don’t know about this museum because it’s literally HIDDEN. jammed between four large hospital buildings, the museum and the white house of the confederacy feel a little dwarfed and insignificant in comparison, but once inside i was...
style dudes!
i know most of the readers here come for men’s fashion tips. two of richmond’s style impresarios made appearances in my life this week. on thursday, we went to brett’s house for BYOT night. for those who don’t know, BYOT stands for BRING YOUR OWN TOPPINGS. and oh my god, it ruled. brett turned our grocery bag filled with prosciutto, sun dried tomatoes, pepperoni, and red...
things to do on a friday night.
leave the bar early. come home and watch boy sets fire videos on youtube. and remember when you gave a shit.
david vs. christian bale
“david after the dentist” vs. “christian bale freak out”
I LOVE THE INTERNET!
giraffes hate math and so do i.
totally michael.
i know i’ve been posting only about music lately. but this is important. sunday night at rumors one of my all-time favorite musicians, TOTALLY MICHAEL, is playing a totally sweet show. he’s on tour with japanther and i’ve heard they’re pretty good too. but seriously dude, TOTALLY MICHAEL.
OH MY GOD THERE’S MORE VIDEOS! BONUS: THEY ARE ALL REALLY FUNNY!
SUPERWOLF.
oh man oh man oh man. i forgot how good this record was. it’s been at least a year since i last played it. bonnie ‘prince’ billy and matthew sweeney. great songs. awesome harmonies. sweet guitar licks. i would suggest playing this album right around sunset on a cross-country roadtrip when you are somewhere in the midwest - preferably kansas or nebraska. as it gets darker,...
ida.
i’ve been on such an ida kick lately. i’ve been on some kind of an ida kick for about 6 years now, but it’s been way strong lately. i love them so freaking much. i can easily say hands down they are my favorite band, tied with low. i think those two bands share the top spot because they’re just the yin and yang versions of the same band. low is the dark evil twin and ida...
productivity!
howdy y’all! i have had a TOTALLY PRODUCTIVE morning. ever have one of those days where you’re just killing it right from the start? so far today i’ve: - coordinated shipping things to iowa, arizona, and louisiana, and oddly enough, richmond va. - entered a bunch of estimates into our finance system (SUPER FUN!) - wrote and sent a beautiful estimate for a shipper display (i...
update.
things are getting a little bit intense here in beard country. i had a really good day today. the past couple weeks have been rough, but i can’t help but feel like things are going to get better. especially with this giant beard!
david after the dentist.
so apparently david had a dental procedure and had to get drugged up. david is seven years old. david’s dad has a camcorder. the results are magical. sometimes after a long night of drinking, i feel like david.
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craigslist gold.
today we post a craigslist missed connections from someone who should stop drinking: To the girl I threw beer bottles at in Cha Cha’s - w4w YIKES!
superbowl: a review.
the game: 4 out of 5 stars i didn’t care about either team, but i was rooting for the superbowl itself. i like when games are close and people get emotional and scream at the TV. i definitely screamed at the TV a few times. i like when games have a lot of turnovers and crazy shit going on, and this definitely exceeded my superbowl expectations. ben roethlisburger: 3 out of 5 stars...