The Black Hounds of McAdoo
some things I've been digging lately (at the risk of being hopelessly behind the times on all of them)
1. The book I am reading right now: Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel. I'm 50 pages in and loving it, just waiting for it to ascend into total awesomeness (I'm betting on it). Other possibility: it remains amusing as a series of observations but never really finds its plot. Worst case: it becomes totally annoying.
2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High -- no more than usual, but still a lot.
3. The baguette at Le Pain Quotidien. Sure it's a chain and it can get crowded and the service is spotty, but that bread is zee best.
4. My iPhone. Even though it seems to have slowed down pretty dramatically, I love the hell out of that damn thing. Here's me: walking down the street, boppin' the head, surfing the internet, smiling. Here's you: look at that fucker with his iPhone, what an asshole. (Then, deep inside your soul, here's you again, quietly: I wish I had one too.)
5. The song "Needle In Your Eye #16" by War on Drugs. Know nothing about this band, got the song on some compilation CD that came "free" with a $10 music magazine, and I was immediately like, hell yes! Good stuff, sounds like it could have been recorded any time in the last 40 years.
6. Budweiser beer. Yeah, I am back to the Budweiser beer. Fuck CoorsMiller or whatever it's called now, they're bad people. Plus, the Bud just goes down so easy. It basically drinks itself. That's how they should market it: Budweiser Self-drinking Beer. Also: work-drinking is something I'll miss when I someday move on to another job. We actually call a deli and have them deliver us beer at the office! We're the best!
7. NBA League Pass. I will be resubscribing unless they jack up the price.
8. Playing basketball. Had my best performance in a while the other day, although I rolled my ankle towards the end.
9. My real last name. It's always been a real clunker as far as I am concerned, although other people seem to get a kick out of saying it. But I have some little Irish name chart thing which includes two factoids that have made the name immeasurably more satisfying. One, that it roughly translates to "Black Hound." Two, that one of its variants is McAdoo. How awesome would it be if I changed my last name to McAdoo? How badly would you want to hang out with me? Badly, pal.
10. Walking to work in my newest pair of knockaround sneakers.
1. The book I am reading right now: Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel. I'm 50 pages in and loving it, just waiting for it to ascend into total awesomeness (I'm betting on it). Other possibility: it remains amusing as a series of observations but never really finds its plot. Worst case: it becomes totally annoying.
2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High -- no more than usual, but still a lot.
3. The baguette at Le Pain Quotidien. Sure it's a chain and it can get crowded and the service is spotty, but that bread is zee best.
4. My iPhone. Even though it seems to have slowed down pretty dramatically, I love the hell out of that damn thing. Here's me: walking down the street, boppin' the head, surfing the internet, smiling. Here's you: look at that fucker with his iPhone, what an asshole. (Then, deep inside your soul, here's you again, quietly: I wish I had one too.)
5. The song "Needle In Your Eye #16" by War on Drugs. Know nothing about this band, got the song on some compilation CD that came "free" with a $10 music magazine, and I was immediately like, hell yes! Good stuff, sounds like it could have been recorded any time in the last 40 years.
6. Budweiser beer. Yeah, I am back to the Budweiser beer. Fuck CoorsMiller or whatever it's called now, they're bad people. Plus, the Bud just goes down so easy. It basically drinks itself. That's how they should market it: Budweiser Self-drinking Beer. Also: work-drinking is something I'll miss when I someday move on to another job. We actually call a deli and have them deliver us beer at the office! We're the best!
7. NBA League Pass. I will be resubscribing unless they jack up the price.
8. Playing basketball. Had my best performance in a while the other day, although I rolled my ankle towards the end.
9. My real last name. It's always been a real clunker as far as I am concerned, although other people seem to get a kick out of saying it. But I have some little Irish name chart thing which includes two factoids that have made the name immeasurably more satisfying. One, that it roughly translates to "Black Hound." Two, that one of its variants is McAdoo. How awesome would it be if I changed my last name to McAdoo? How badly would you want to hang out with me? Badly, pal.
10. Walking to work in my newest pair of knockaround sneakers.
posted by hans q. bungle at 02:47
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