"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness on Nov 16th, 2009
And I’m not counting the fact that I can’t sing for shit. The five reasons I can’t and won’t do Karaoke are that basically, the only songs I know well enough to sing are: 1. meant to be sung horribly 2. really annoying 3. socially inappropriate 4. too obscure to be on a Karaoke playlist […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Party, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Nov 15th, 2009
Half of a grocery cart, laden with a passenger, being towed behind a bicycle makes a pretty distinctive sound. A grinding, rattling, metallic rumble, sometimes accented with whoops, yelps, shrieks, and cursing. Like this, basically. We’d convened on Friday night as planned in Korruption, a fine and choice dive bar in the West Bottoms. It’s […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness, videos on Nov 15th, 2009
I’ll be back later on to write up the Chariot races, but in the meantime, please enjoy one of my new favorite videos on the entire Internet: It’s kind of like the old Hamster Dance, but better. With ferrets! And Weezer(ish). For comparison. And now, I’m off, to go be a productive member of society. […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness, videos on Oct 3rd, 2009
I guess you all probably know the Bert & Ernie “Banana In Your Ear” sketch: I never considered that the “banana in your ear” bit might have come from somewhere else, so imagine my surprise when I encountered it during a bit of Grand Ol’ Oprey schtik research:I’d fortuitously come across an entire episode of […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Costumes and disguises, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Sep 15th, 2009
Now for the big question: petticoat or no petticoat? (feel free to click any of the above pictures for a bigger view) So feel free to weigh in: DiscussionsView Results
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Sep 4th, 2009
IMG_0511, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I pushed my way through a home-made revolving door into a diaphanous, amorphous, rustling pink antechamber. It was not unlike being encapsulated in a gigantic chewing-gum bubble. This was the entrance to Jaime Burkhart’s conceptual installation project, “Great Accommodations!“ The piece takes its form as a large, inflatable maze, a […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness on Aug 30th, 2009
I downloaded some tiny animated GIFs for the sheer and utter hell of it. Basically so that I can, if the spirit moves me, add cutesie little touches to this blog. I’ll try to use them in moderation, so that this site won’t become a nauseating eyesore I’d hate for people to come here and […]
Posted in Distractions, Fashion, nostalgia, Utter Silliness, videos on Aug 28th, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYkWMAbFVc0] ABBA and I have a slightly stormy history. I loved them as a kid, of course. Their sprightly, catchy, danceable tunes get young and old alike up and moving. When I was in college (undergrad) we used to play ABBA’s Greatest Hits in the costume shop when we were working on costumes for plays. […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done, Party, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness on Jun 21st, 2009
The formidable prow of my trashboat veered toward a parked car. I corrected, and the whole thing lurched toward the oncoming lane. I corrected again and nearly lumbered straight into the curb in my own lane. I could see that this was going to be a very long half mile ahead of me, and I […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Family, Party, Redline Monocog 29er, Utter Silliness on May 26th, 2009
I rode the Redline to work today to make sure that all is in good order for the Dirty Kanza, which is only days away at this point. All, indeed, is. That bike is such a pleasure and a joy to ride in any of its many guises. For the upcoming weekend, it’s done up […]