He likes to keep his fire engine clean, it's a clean machine

above from "Penny Lane" by the Beatles.

If cleanliness is godliness, consider my home a holy shrine. 3 out of the 4 rooms in my apartment are now pretty and beautiful and clean. Woo hoo. The bedroom and the vacuuming are gonna be the toughest to tackle, but I'm up to the challenge. Up next, after the apartment gets in order, is tackling my car. That may be a much more daunting task than my apartment. I'm thinking of paying my sister 50 bucks to detail it for me.

Just saw the trailer for 'Walk the Line', the new Johnny Cash biopic. I'm going to see this movie for 2 reasons....First and foremost, Johnny Cash is the fucking man, hands down. Secondly, Joaquin Phoenix. He's yummy and I want to lick him. But moreso for the first reason. Johnny Cash. Fucking man.

Just got done watching Farenheit 9/11. I thought it was very well done. I love Charter on Demand. I demanded Farenheit and got it. It was on my free movies this month. Thank you Charter and Showtime. You are both lovely.

This time tomorrow, my trivia team and I may be enjoying a delicious win at O'Leary's trivia night. I'm not counting my chickens yet, but I'm confident that we will do well and will drink the sweet sweet nectar of victory.

I'm a big nerd. Can't wait to get back to school. I drove by the university the other day on my way to the Loop and I wanted to go in and go to school right then. 2 problems..it was nighttime and school doesn't start for another 3 weeks. I get this way about this time every year. Summer is way too long for me. I thirst for knowledge and right now, I'm 99% parched.

Had a strange dream last night. Remember bits and pieces of it. I remember being in a class at school with John Boyer, a guy I used to work with at KCOU, and some friend of his that I've never seen before in my life. We had fun in class. Then, I remember walking into Kurt from GBQ and Elements Of's practice at Kurt's apartment, opening the fridge, popping a beer, and leaving. Strange strange dream.

Nix let me borrow one of his books -- "Dave Barry's Guide to Guys". If you want a good laugh, read Dave Barry. He's hiliarious. Now, I know what you're thinking...if anyone needs a guide to guys, it's certainly not me. [insert Andrea is practically a guy joke here]. He just talks about being a guy and the ins and outs of being a dude. It's hilarious. It's written in such a way that girls could enjoy it too. That makes 5 books I'm currently reading. I need to finish them. I'm currently reading

--Dark Tower III
--Sixpence House
--D.B. Guide to Guys
--Invisible Monsters
and Doing Our Own Thing : The Degradation of Language and Music

I'm closest to finishing Dark Tower III, with Invisible Monsters a close 2nd. I've barely scratched the surface of the other 3.

The doctor comes back to work tomorrow, which means it is going to be hectic as hell around the office. All the freakshows will be out too. I think I'm gonna close the door to my office, put on KSHE, and tune everything out, just focus on my work.

Saw 2 movies this weekend -- The Island and Wedding Crashers. I'm not a movie reviewer. If you like mind-bending sci-fi flicks, go see The Island. If you want to pee your pants from laughing so hard, go see Wedding Crashers. It's fun. And it has Christopher Walken, who can take any movie and make it worth watching. I love me some Christopher Walken. And Vince Vaughn. I want to lick him too. He's money. (If you don't get the 'money' thing, watch Swingers and you will understand).

I've been contemplating burning some new theme CDs or even some genre or decade CDs. I've been playing the fuck out of Abbey Road and Janis Joplin's greatest hits that I think I've officially burned myself out on them. I don't like a lot of the new shit that's out today -- emphasis on the word 'shit'. so I think a move back to the classics is in order. Also been listening to a lot of techno lately. No, I'm not going 'rave-tastic' on you all. It's just really fun music to listen to. Mainly Fatboy Slim, Crystal Method, and Moby. Moby may be a uber-vegan wuss, but some of his stuff is cool. I'm listening to Moby right now as a matter of fact (thank you Joseph for putting Moby and other neato techno tunes on the server when we lived in Columbia).

Word on the street is that Pink Floyd just may be getting back together for a reunion tour. The original lineup. I would give both arms and my first born to see Pink Floyd in concert. Now granted, I'll be sober as a judge when I see them (notice I said 'when' I see them). Everone else will be getting all psychedelic and acid tripped out. Why alter your perception to see a band? I'm there for the music, not for the drugs. I could trip acid in my room and listen to Floyd. Anyway, that's besides the point. Should Floyd come to town, I will sell whatever belongings I need to sell and forego paying any bills that I have in order to have money to see Floyd. I don't need electricity for a couple days. I do need to see Pink Floyd.

I remember : going to see the Pink Floyd laser light show at the Science Center with Sparkamus, Yoda, Josh, PV, and Chuck. Now, that was good times indeed.

I think my I remember feature may become a semi-permanent fixture on this blog. It's good to wax nostalgic once in a while.

Mark your calendars -- August 19th to 21st. It's my birthday weekend. Now, I know the 20th is Quill Day and I respect that and will give Quill tons of birthday fun times. However, I will be celebrating mainly on the 19th and 21st. Plans are up in the air currently. I do know that Joe's Crab Shack is a contender for eats, and martinis at Rue 13 may also be in order. Yeesh, I'm gonna be 24. Oh, the humanity. Anyway, I will post further details when they become available (i.e. when I make up my mind on what the fuck I want to do.)

Well, I guess that's it. I"m a bit sleepy, so I'm gonna go fade into yet another dreamscape.

Music : Moby - Honey
Link : Yahoo! Movies (so you can watch the Johnny Cash movie trailer, cause i know you are all just dying with anticipation. I know I am)

There, Beaver. I'm done updating my blog. Hope you enjoyed reading it.
HIZZ