The Churning
5Jan/0618

No Blogging Today

Well, I'm not actually taking the day off I guess, but I'm not going to write anything coherent. Here's some shit I've been thinking about lately. And no I'm not going to mention that I was born on this day in 1976. And no I'm not going to point out that 1976 was thirty fucking years ago.

  • Momo has some sort of birthday surprise planned for me. She says it'll take all weekend. I tried to fool her into revealing the secret.
    Me: "I talked to Mom today. She told me what the surprise is."
    Momo: "No she didn't."
    Me: "Seriously. I said, 'Ma I'm so psyched about this weekend. Momo just told me what the surprise is and I can't wait!' She was like, 'I had a feeling Momo might tell you...' Then she said it."
    Momo: "What did she say the surprise was?"
    Me: "I'm not saying. You'll just get pissed at her for telling me."
    Momo: "She didn't tell you. I'm calling her right now."
    Okay game over. So I couldn't trick Momo into telling me. At least I tried.
  • If a football player is tackled right as he's about to get a first down, the ref should call it one way or the other. Fuck the chains. It's pointless, because the spot of the ball (line of scrimmage) is totally arbitrary anyway. If the ref's going to eyeball it when he spots the ball, then he should eyeball it when it's close to a first down. Chains? Fucking ridiculous.
  • I can't seem to find a decent leather jacket anywhere. I've been shopping around and I thought I found the perfect one online. I placed the order, but got an e-mail saying the order was canceled because the jacket is out of stock - permanently. Seems a little odd. If they sold out, then you'd think they'd make more.
    "Sir, I've got a plan for 2006. You know how we sold out of that great jacket in the fall? Well, I think we should stop producing those and we should cancel any pending orders."
  • An electric blanket is only useful if the heating element part works. Otherwise it's just cold, plasticky and crunchy feeling. FYI - 'plasticky' is in the fucking dictionary. Score!

That's enough for today.

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  1. happy birthday.

    i don’t envy you.

  2. 1976 was thirty fucking years ago. Happy birthday.

  3. bi-centential boy!!!!!!!!

    get over it. 30 is 30. yesterday was yesterday.

    seize the fucking day!

    “oh know, i’m gonna be 34 and three fourth’s soon!! gulp.”

    i mean this is a positive way. you know this. you have a great life, a sweet wife and good friends. enjoy it.

  4. Happy Birthday and kwitcherbitchin. I was in the effing 6th grade in 1976… at least you were an infant!

    Seriously though, have a GREAT birthday and I hope you’re not hungover tomorrow!

  5. Happy Birthday, you cockswain.

  6. Happy 3oth birthday. 30th. THIRTIETH.

    Just think what you’ll be like next year on the OTHER side of 30.

    And I notice that I’ve been linked to. Hurray! Have a beer on me. And another one since it’s your birthday! But if it’s not too much trouble, could you change it to read “theZEBRA” rather than “I Eat You” cuz the latter’s just a tagline, plzthnx.

    *Blows a kazoo*

  7. Antickpix:
    Yeah, it’s a dark day in Churning-land.

    Ranting:
    Thanks.

    Jimmy:
    You’re right. I’ve got a lot to be happy about. I just like to sulk sometimes. Frankie says I’m a “fatalist.”

    Mooalex:
    I may end up hungover in the morning. But that wouldn’t be much different from any other morning.

    Ev:
    I’m no steersman of a boat or a a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew!

    Jamie:
    Done. Everyone else – go check out Jamie’s “Dead Meat” post. Fucking funny.

  8. Happy birthday! It’s nice to have some company in the 30 age bracket. Have your cats arrived via FedEx yet?

  9. Hee hee, Evan called you a cockswain. That’s not nice Evan, it’s his birthday!!

    So Feliz Cumpleaños!!!!

    You don’t look a day over 22, so don’t sweat it!!

  10. Happy Birthday JJ! Do a search on motorcycle leathers- they’re not just for S/M anymore. LOL

  11. Happy Birthday to JJ, an oldie but goodie.

    Thirty’s nothing these days. Forty. That’s the one you gotta watch out for.

  12. wonder what the situation in Japan is.

    ‘shit, I’m 30′

    ‘crap, I’m 40′

    ‘fuck, 50′

    ‘hmm, 70′

    ‘oh, 80′

    ‘i’m still going? 90′

    ‘whoa, 100. sheesh, to think i fretted abt turning 30′

  13. Happy Birthday, JJ!!

    Ah, the good ole days when your mom’s friends donated egg carton matresses to the garage band to keep the neighbors from going ballistic and calling the posse, the days when your dad come got yo entire arse from the skatepark downtown (um…school day??), the diatribe at the kitchen counter about how cool it would be to be 21 and be able to order a Guiness in your own right at the Fox and Hounds when we all went.

    I’m with the rest. Kwitcherbitchin’ and enjoy your b’day. AND you did NOT guess and Louise didn’t tell you what yer getting, either, old man.

    Love,
    Queenie
    who’s farting on 60 – twice your dilemma!!

  14. Happy birthday, Enabler. Enable yourself and get loaded.

    Wish I was there with you, but I’m still recovering from New Year’s. still don’t have my voice completely back. Now, at 32, I can’t party like I used to, even though I try. Maybe it’s my age or the fact that my job kicks my ass every day.

    Stressful work => drink more => less stress => hangovers from hell.

    Despite that, life is pretty fucking good right now. Go Cougars!!

  15. Happy Birthday! And great work on trying to get Momo to give up the goods (no innuendo there…). It might have worked on a lesser woman :) .

  16. 30 doesn’t seem so old.

    …I’m gonna keep telling myself that for the next 6 years and hopefully by then I’ll believe it ;)

    happy birthday!

  17. Happy belated birthday!!

    Some of my best friends are 30+… we still go out and have a good time, and then I make fun of them for being old. It’s this fun game we play. Now your friends can play it too.

  18. Eddie:
    I refused shipment. :)

    April:
    True. I have a babyface.

    Diane:
    Thanks. I think I’ve found one. But it’s pretty expensive….

    Cinders:
    I may start crying when 40 hits.

    Antickpix:
    100 is way too long. I’ll definitely burn out before then.

    Queenie:
    True true. I didn’t guess. It was a total surprise.

    J.Mo:
    You’re right. Life is good.

    Mojotek:
    Yeah. At least I tried.

    Carrie:
    It actually doesn’t feel old either. (That’s what I keep telling myself.)

    Marcia:
    I don’t think I’m going to like that game. :)


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