Tuesday, February 27, 2007

I have a hiccup in my brain

I'll post about the trip later, maybe tonight at the earliest.

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Today is THEGIRL's third birthday. Hooray! I'm told she's taking cupcakes to school. We won't have a proper celebration today, as I won't get home from school until afer 9pm. Tomorrow night we'll do it up right though, with cake and all.

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I have a hiccup in my brain. I can't say... cupcakes. I mean, I CAN. But... every time see them, my brain goes, "Muffins!" So I usually call them muffins, until someone says something. Then I pause, squint, and eventually spit out the word "cupcakes." Even when writing this I had to pause to remember the word cupcakes. Well, the first time anyway.

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I'm listening to Jason Falkner again. This is Can You Still Feel?, the CD I was listening to back in late '04 and early '05 that somehow played an instrumental role my decision to go back to school and leave the cesspool that is television behind. Man, those years in commercial TV were just like a bad dream.

This is still a brilliant, lush, gorgeous little CD. Falkner's finally releasing the followup--in Japan.

I'm sure it'll make its way over here.

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And now for a survey, ganked from Whit:

1. Height?
5'-11"

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
Noooo. My last name is Briscoe, not Burroughs.

3. Do you own a gun?
Yes, a 9mm

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
No. Why would I?

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
They're warm and brown, and sometimes they're a meal.

7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
Little Drummer Boy

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Orange Juice. Most mornings I'm also having hot tea now, and let me tell you, TEA AIN'T COFFEE.

9. Can you do push ups?
Sure. How many do you want? 50? 100?

10. Is your bathroom clean?
Not so much.

11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry?
Wedding band, though it no longer fits my crooked finger now that I've lost weight. Need to get it re-sized.

12. Do you like painkillers?
Anti-inflammatories? I don't take them much. My liver goes bananas for as-yet-undetermined reasons, and some of these can provoke that. As far as heavier stuff like opiates or benzodiazepines, well, yes I like them, but I no longer take them. That dance ended years ago.

13. Oregon or Maine?
Do what now?

14. Do you have A.D.D.?
No

15. What's your favorite State?
Texas!

16. Middle Name?
Douglas

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
I don't want to go to cla ss tonight
I don't want to go to class tonight
I don't want to go to class tonight

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought?
A couple hoagies, a tank of gas, and some shrimp fried rice

19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink:
Water, Orange Juice, and the tea

20. Favorite food?
Tex Mex or pho

21. Favorite way to unwind?
What is this "unwind" you speak of?

22. Current worry?
Nothing I'll get into here

23. Current hate?
I'm not so big on hate

24. Favorite place to be?
In the arms of any or every member of my family

25. How did you bring in the New Year?
I'm told I didn't snore

26. Where would you like to go?
Tokyo!

27. Do you own slippers?
Yes, some nice warm ones that MOBB got me for Christmas

28. What shirt are you wearing?
A blue Nike polo

29. Do you tan or burn
Tan mostly

30. Favorite color(s)?
Blue, maroon

31. Would you be a pirate?
For a little while. After the 10th consecutive time my wife molested me wearing that getup, I'd have to take it off and rest.

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" by Merle Haggard

34. What did you fear that w as going to get you at night as a child?
80s music

35. What's in your pockets right now?
Coins, hand sanitizer, moisturizer, cellphone, and a very angry looking tactical folding knife

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
Shekina's presentation in class last night was quite amusing.

37. Best bed sheets?
Flannel

38.Worst injury you've ever had?
I am impervious to injury.

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Three

41. Who is your loudest friend?
Dunno, though my son is the loudest human on the planet

42. Who is your most silent friend?
Again, dunno.

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
No way Jose

44. Do u wish on shooting stars?
No. When I see shooting stars they stop, do figure eights, zig-zag, then zip off across the sky while the pilot shoots me the bird with one of his 19 fingers.

45. What is your favorite book?
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
I don't recall what, if anything, got played. I hope it wasn't "It's Raining Men."

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
"Jessica" by the Allman Brothers

49. What were you doing @ 12 AM last night?
Sleeping

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up??
Must... pee...
Second thing was: Why didn't the alarm turn on???

4 comments:

Geoff said...

She's Three????

WOW.

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday to the young lady!

Anonymous said...

1. Height?
Five ten.

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
Hell no.

3. Do you own a gun?
Another hell no.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
Not usually, unless I already suspect something's wrong.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
I'll eat 'em if that's what's available, but I don't seek 'em out.

7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
Vince Guaraldi's instrumental version of "What Child is This."

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Orange Juice.

9. Can you do push ups?
Not really, no.

10. Is your bathroom clean?
Except for the beard trimmings, yes.

11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry?
I don't wear jewelry.

12. Do you like painkillers?
If it's Tylenol or Advil killing my migraine pain, sure. Opiates make me sick, though, and I'd rather deal with the pain.

13. Oregon or Maine?
I assume this is some sort of joke because both states have a city named Portland? Oregon.

14. Do you have A.D.D.?
Probably.

15. What's your favorite State?
I haven't been to enough to say.

16. Middle Name?
William.

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
Why is my eye itching?
Can't wait for the cookies this afternoon.
Ah, "Astronomy," one of my favorite Blue Oyster Cult songs.

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought?
Groceries, gas, a bad Chinese buffet dinner.

19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink:
Water, orange juice and lemonade.

20. Favorite food?
Tex Mex.

21. Favorite way to unwind?
Listening to music and reading.

22. Current worry?
Nunna yer bidness.

23. Current hate?
I try not to waste my energy on hate. Though the continued arrogant recklessness of our current presidential administration makes my blood boil when I let it.

24. Favorite place to be?
Bed. At least for 8 hours. Then my back starts to hurt.

25. How did you bring in the New Year?
In a cart? Hell, I dunno, I think I was in bed before midnight.

26. Where would you like to go?
Sweden, Ireland, Japan, Scotland, Germany, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, back to Portland, Switzerland...

27. Do you own slippers?
No.

28. What shirt are you wearing?
A purple plaid button-up over a purple Rocket From the Tombs T-shirt.

29. Do you tan or burn
Fry like a lobster.

30. Favorite color(s)?
I don't bother with such trivialities.

31. Would you be a pirate?
And have no indoor plumbing? No thanks.

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don't usually, though lately I've been singing Music Lovers tunes to myself constantly.

34. What did you fear that w as going to get you at night as a child?
I didn't think about it much, but I did have a brief period when I was afraid a vampire was going to reach out from under my bed and grab my ankle when I got up to go to the bathroom.

35. What's in your pockets right now?
Pocket knife, chapstick, breath mints, keys, coins, wallet, comb. Jeez, I might as well carry a purse.

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
Some of the prose in the Joe Lansdale novel I'm reading.

37. Best bed sheets?
Flannel in the winter, cotton in the summer.

38.Worst injury you've ever had?
I broke my toe by stubbing on my bed once. It turned bright purple and swelled up to three times its normal size.

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
One.

41. Who is your loudest friend?
My niece.

42. Who is your most silent friend?
Death.

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
Not that I know of. I'm not the type women get crushes on.

44. Do u wish on shooting stars?
I don't even notice them, let alone wish on 'em.

45. What is your favorite book?
Jeez, I dunno. Too many to list.

47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
"Let's Get In On" by Marvin Gaye.

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
"Kick Out the Jams" by the MC5.

49. What were you doing @ 12 AM last night?
Sleeping.

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up??
I'm not ready to get up yet, godammit.

Michael

Anonymous said...

Flannel sheets in Texas? God you are a wimp!

Happy birthday to those who shall not be named!

By the way, I choose Oregon over Maine in the category of most peculiar question ever ganked...no idea why.

Jeff P.