Thursday, December 08, 2005

the calm before the storm


we're supposed to get a buttload of snow tonight. ick. i think the only thing worse than getting a buttload of snow is the people freaking out over the snow. they get all uptight, upset, excited, nervous. it's like, "people. you have been dealing with snow your WHOLE LIFE. clearly, you're not dead. the snow didn't kill you. relax!!" they act like 3-5 inches is a big deal. that's nothing! in my dad's youth, he had to walk uphill, barefoot, through 10 feet of snow every day just to get to school. he even once killed a grizzly bear with his loose-leaf notebook. hell, we don't even KNOW snow!!!

in other news, i had french fries with gravy last night for the first time in ages and it was soooooooooooooooo good. i've never had disco fries, however, which is the same thing but with cheese on it. i must try that one of these days. i've been eating french fries with gravy since i was a little kid...my mom was all about it.


holy crap, shields and yarnell are still mime-ing!

noel gallagher calls out jack white.

the strokes and franz ferdinand to form supergroup?!? ok!

ooooooh yeah.

furby autopsy!

remember the "remember me? i had a report due on space..." kid?? hahahahahaha!!

you know, it's really sad when, out of all the hollywood couples divorcing/breaking up (nick and jessica, paris and paris, nicole and her nobody DJ boyfriend, christina applegate and that husband of hers [whoever he is], eddie van halen and valerie bertinelli, brad and jen [yawn] britney & kevin, etc) that eminem, one of the most screwed up guys on the planet, is somehow managing to make his relationship work. although, his wife definitely has some ammo for the rest of their lives whenever they argue:

eminem: i can't believe you! how could you say that to me/not make my dinner/cheat on me with that 18-year-old abercrombie model/whatever?!?

kim: well, at least i didn't write a song about KILLING YOU!!!

7 comments:

mondo retro said...

i know!!! i love the frantic watching of the news, on every single channel, to see if the amounts are going to be different. "well, channel 6 says 3 to 5 inches." "well, channel 3 says 4 to 6 inches!" WHO CARES?!? what's another inch????

blah. there is a guy i work with that is an infamous liar, and loves to freak people out with incorrect snow predictions. yesterday afternoon when they were saying 1 to 3 inches, he came barrelling in the room and said, "the radio just said we're getting 6 to 8 inches of snow!!!" and it was such a lie.

what do these people think about in the other seasons? "there's gonna be a lot of leaf-fall this autumn!!!"

mondo retro said...

OOOOH, saucy!!!

Joel said...

Thanks for the link to my french fries 'n' gravy picture. :)

mondo retro said...

joel: wow, that's your picture! it's a nice one. i like anyone who knows the glory and wonder of the french fries w/ gravy. and it MUST be brown gravy---NOT chicken gravy. with lots of pepper. mmmmm...

firefighter--yes, we need some viva or something! and all the guys can get baked brie! i'm down, let's figure something out. : )

p.s. apparently 8" of snow is enough to warrant a snow day at my job. woo-hoo! i am *so* chillin' right now, yay! mondo needed a day off.

flatlander said...

You know, here in Canada the Quebecoise have invened a tasty cheese curds with gravy over fries dish called Poutine.

They even serve it at Wendy's now.

You can also spread it over the sidewalk, as an efficient snow-removal tactic.

Or give it to lamazoid rappers to get them to stop singing "Ice, ice baby".

mondo retro said...

mmmmmm...soooooo hungry now...i saw references to "poutine" during my "disco fries" search...i wish one could get that at wendy's in the states.

i love the little differences in fast food depending on your location. for example, near the shore they have crab cake sandwiches at mcdonald's, and in the south you can get sweet tea EVERYWHERE.

and you know what they put on their french fries in holland instead of ketchup? mayonnaise. i seen 'em do it, they fuckin' drown 'em in that shit.

Kirkkitsch said...

OWwwww! Hot stuff comin' through! I used to think Shields was so hot. I think it was the mustache and eyeliner (don't ask). I remember liking their show (appropriately named The Shields & Yarnell Show)

They still look pretty good. They don't have that shellacked G-Force look to them like some of the celebrities of yesteryear do today.