| July 23, 1999 | E-mail me! or if you can't e-mail from your browser, fill out this form. | |
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Notify List Stuff: Remember, if you want an e-mail every time I update my journal, go here. Plus my notify list might get extra little tidbits from time to time. If you want to get an e-mail every time I upload something Real World related, go here. You can be on both mailing lists, one or the other, or neither. It's all up to you. As a service to you, my readers, I am going to save you from buying the July issue of Details magazine. Because Details is terrible. It used to have good writing and interesting stories about 2 years ago, but these days it's all about T & A. I don't even mind that so much if it's well done - FHM (or For Him Magazine) out of England is a funny and interesting magazine that tries to appeal to men, and even has mostly naked women. But it has a sense of humor about the whole thing. The new Details tries to appeal to the same class of man that worships Craig Kilborn - if you're unsure how I feel about Craig Kilborn, check out my review of his show. The only person I hold in more disdain is possibly Bill Maher, who is a useless, disgusting pig. So anyway, back to Details. There is one really funny thing in the magazine and I'm going to reprint it here, copyright be damned. Because that's the kind of sacrifice I'm willing to make for my readers. When the feds are busting down my door to drag me away to prison, I'll yell out, "It's all worth it! For my readers, anything!" The editors at Details decided to put together a list of the 49 Best Albums of All Time, but practical rankings like "Best Album to Put On During Make-Up Sex" or "Best Air Guitar Album". Great concept, right? But the only funny one is this:
Those last three sentences are brilliant. Brilliant. Jim read that out loud to me last night - he barely had the category out of his mouth and I yelled out "Rush!" but I would have guessed the album to be 2112. Silly me. Jim and I were discussing whether we should lease a car this fall so that I can get a part time job. I will only have classes one day per week, so I'm going to have lots of extra time on my hands, and we could use the money. The thing is, I'll have to make more money than it would cost to lease, register and insure the car, or it's not quite worth it, right? So Jim and I were talking about how we feel about leasing. Neither of us is really comfortable with the idea because we both come from families where you drive a car until it dies. But it would be nice to have 2 cars and leasing is so much cheaper than buying. Then as we were driving into work, Jim said, "Of course, I would have the new car and you could use this one." Oh no! I said, "Oh, no! I would get the new car. THIS is your car. We bought it from YOUR parents. It's YOUR car." So now we have a dilemma. I say we lease a new car, and insure it in my name which will be cheaper as I am a female and over 25. Of course, I don't think I would get approved for the lease without Jim's income, since I am unemployed. Any suggestions on how to resolve this issue? I should mention here that those of you who can't e-mail by clicking on a link for whatever reason can now go to this page, where you can fill out a form to send me comments, questions, etc. It will be linked at the top of each entry on the right hand side above the sidebar. Now you all have no excuse! Let's hear from you! I had breakfast with Mary and Terry this morning. They are leaving today to go to Phoenix for a week to visit Terry's parents. I will miss them! If you guys read this, have a safe trip and have fun. And if you win a million in Vegas, put some aside for your good buddy, Kim. |
Warning: clicking on these links will launch a new browser window. A lot of people have been finding my Real World summaries through search engines. The most popular cast member? Amaya. What's up with that? You can see a picture of me on cal-mum.com. I'm in the third picture down, with my grandmother and my Uncle David. This link is only good until 7/28 so hurry! I found this yesterday: alt.culture is a cool website that is like an encyclopedia of youth and alternative culture of the past few decade. If you're too lazy or don't have time to browse the whole site, you can use the autopilot feature, which gives you a new random entry at a specified interval. I discussed yesterday how much I hate Jennifer Love Hewitt. So I found this site that lists some of the more inane things she has said in interviews. How have I missed Rough Cut before? I knew about the TV show on TNT, but this site gives great movie news and insider info. From CamWorld: Instant Messaging Wars. People are saying AOL is going to discontinue ICQ, but I doubt it. Doing so would piss off a HUGE installed user base, and since there is competition out there, AOL would never get them back. Salon gets theirs: After publishing an inane article claiming that the Blair Witch buzz was faked, these letters came pouring in. If I had any Mac software, and if it didn't look so stupid, I might be excited about the iBook. But I like to be able to play games, and I don't need my computer to be a fashion accessory, thanks. The reviews have been very positive. I would be a bit embarrassed to carry around something so trendy though. |
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