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Tuesday, 25 September 2007

Come again?

"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country."  Aberminjanad or whatever his name is.  

Forgive me for being political, but man, Iran has lately been sparking some fierce debate.  If you feel like reading a whole bunch of nonsense coupled with a spackling of reason, read the Post's PostGlobal blog, specifically this post by Dr. Ali Ettefagh, who accuses the US of living in a isolated bubble and compares Iran's treatment of women favorably to that of Saudi Arabia. 

And since I always have to come back to the lowest common denominator, how does this not read as a segment from Chappelle's Show "When Keepin it Real Goes Wrong"? 

Iran: You don't know me! You'll never know me!!  I'll show you how much you don't know me! I got nukes, snitches!! Nukes!! They are for peace but just FYI, I got nukes.  I keep it real. 
by: DJGroovySlug at September 25, 2007 13:02 | link | comments (2)

Monday, 24 September 2007

Life Imitating Art

Possible headline from The Onion :

Conservative Pundit Shocked to Find Black People Restaurants Same as White People Restaurants.
"There wasn't one person in [the place] who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea!'"


 Real life headline:

O'Reilly surprised "there was no difference" between Harlem restaurant and other New York restaurants
"There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.'"


via Media Matters
by: DJGroovySlug at September 24, 2007 11:59 | link | comments (1)

Thursday, 20 September 2007

Spotted at Target last night:

Pretend and Play Office Set



I know when I was a kid, only thing I wanted to do was sip out of my cup of coffee that read "World's Greatest Boss" and take conference calls.  Screw Discovery Zone! [Ed. note: do they still have Discovery Zone?]  It's time for the quarterly audit!  WOOHOO!

Forget playing fireman or safari, I know my job is done the day my kids announce  "When I grow up, I want to be middle management!"   Look at the perks!! Donuts!! Pointer!! CHECKBOOK.  Score.
by: DJGroovySlug at September 20, 2007 14:37 | link | comments (3)

Tuesday, 18 September 2007

Save the San Acitos Dirt Shrew!



Moment of silence for the Dirt Shrew
by: DJGroovySlug at September 18, 2007 22:13 | link | comments (3)

Sunday, 16 September 2007

An Open Letter to my Thai Food Take-Out Place

Dear Bangkok 54,
While I appreciate your timely effort in delivering my fiery kaprao and vegetarian pad thai, I couldn't help but feel a bit of a sting when you included not one but two chopsticks in my bag.  I'm not sure if I should feel good that you think there's no way in the world I would be spending a Saturday night alone or bad because you clearly think that the amount of food I ordered was more than enough for two people.   And maybe I should feel like a loser because I was spending my Saturday night alone (BY CHOICE) or maybe because I'm a giant pig who ordered two entrees and an appetizer.  But in all fairness, you, Bangkok 54, forced me to order so much, what with your $20 minimum delivery rule.  And we all know I wasn't going to leave the house.  Because then I would have to change out of my sweats and stop my Anthony Bourdain marathon.  So, um.  We'll call this one even.

Arlene
by: DJGroovySlug at September 16, 2007 13:44 | link | comments

Friday, 14 September 2007

This is one of those WTF IS GOING ON moments


I laughed myself silly over this.  I know what I'm doing next time I get into a fight with The Boy. 
by: DJGroovySlug at September 14, 2007 10:29 | link | comments (2)

Wednesday, 12 September 2007

Well I know all of you have been tossing and turning at night, wondering "How is Arlene enjoying school?"  Allow me to ease your fears: it's been great, more or less, minus the complaining and whining and the schoolwork and dropping to 6 hours of sleep a day.  Oh, and the fact that driving home from school? Looks totally different than driving to school. I now have a 50% success rate of getting home on the first try.  On a related note, the new baseball stadium looks great. 

Speaking of driving, negotiating through the UMD campus via car, is, I've found, exactly like playing Paperboy.  You're driving along, minding your own business and no one's around.  All of a sudden some kid darts in front of your car, popping up like a god damn magic trick.  And you're all "WTF" and it causes you to miss a house, hitting the window instead, ending your perfect delivery streak and the bonus without which makes it impossible to get an extra life. 

I thought I would write that inevitable Compare This School to My Last School paragraph, littered with prejudices and assumptions because here in the Virginia, there's high school curriculum dedicated to how to make sweet tea and Yankee Hatin, 'specially them Merrlyn kids.  But honestly those little Maryland students have been nothing but cute and I want to collect all of them and pet them, with their cute little outfits and shiny hair.  Except for the ones driving around in brand new BMWs.  Because fuck them.

So yes, I'm finally getting in the swing of things, staying on track and not losing my head.  Which means it's time to add: Photography Class next week!  Pshaw, I say to you, sanity.  Pshaw.
by: DJGroovySlug at September 12, 2007 10:40 | link | comments (3)

Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Well I had to write something else today, even though I'm swamped, because I don't want the first thing on my page on the anniversary 9/11 to be something about eliminating threats and sniping and whatnot, even if it was cute hamsters.  I was thinking more along the lines of Jason Bourne because when I took that picture of Gadget, it ended up looking like a mug shot.  But, as always, I'm the Queen and Almighty Ruler of Bad Timing Land.

There's really nothing I could say about 9/11 that someone else hasn't already said more eloquently.  And I don't want to put up some random "Remember 9/11" image without comment, as though that's all I need to do to sufficiently honor the tragedy.  So this post is it, this is all you'll get from me.  I love each and every one of you. 

And if you like pictures of cute animals that look like mug shots, scroll down further. 
by: DJGroovySlug at September 11, 2007 15:18 | link | comments

Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Wanted: Level Four Priority



[If you have to ask....well.  Just don't.  We are strange people.]
by: DJGroovySlug at September 11, 2007 13:25 | link | comments

Monday, 10 September 2007

While no one cares what I think about clothing since I wear the same five things over and over again, I'm pretty sure that we could trace all the problems of the world back to the fact that this is considered high fashion: the high end Sacktm. I am 107% sure if I go searching through my mom's Closet of Things Not Allowed to Be Thrown Away, I would find a dress exactly like that, worn circa April 1983, when my mom would've been about 7 months pregnant with me. 
by: DJGroovySlug at September 10, 2007 14:58 | link | comments (9)