What Really Grinds My Gears

happy good friday!

2009-04-10T14:56:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite ways to celebrate religious holidays is half days at work. so i was pleasantly surprised to find the following email greeting me this morning:

"It is official. Due to the holiday weekend, we've decided to do what Jesus would do, let our wonderful people start the Easter weekend at 2pm"

HURRAH !!!!!

i thought i would spread some holiday cheer by sharing the good news with derrick.

"GUESS WHAT. i'm leaving work at 2 today!!!! are you soooo jealous nah nah nah."

i anxiously await his text back...will he say i'm so lucky? he'd kill to be me? will he cry at the injustice of it all?!

finally i get his response, "orly i'm leaving at noon."

-____-

bah humbug.

Previews: WTWTA

2009-03-27T14:00:00.000-07:00

There aren't many books I remember from my childhood. Some that I do remember include:

- The Little Engine that Could

- Curious George

- Dr. Seuss

- The Giving Tree

- Goodnight Moon

And... the one in the trailer below!! I'm not a fanboy of "Where The Wild Things Are" but this looks really amazing. In fact I'll say that it really does not gmg :-)

(btw does anyone know how to change the width of this blog? the video is truncated on the right side... and that really gmg!)

gmg: skinny jeans

2009-03-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

Jeans... they're versatile, durable, and comfortable. So why am I posting? Because ever since my high school days "comfortable" morphed into "tight" and now jeans not only gmg, they gmb*!! *ballz

I miss the baggy Oprah jeans. They fit like sweat pants and didn't cause boxers to ride up. Now boxer briefs are the norm unless you roll commando style and risk "pulling" a something-about-mary. Whether you wear Diesels, True Religion, or Rock & Republic *ahem jonathan* one thing is for sure: prepare for pain!

To summarize, skinny jeans should only belong on hot girls. Agree?? Ok... so now instead of my original pic of Megan Fox wearing jeans, here's a cool video.

Please contribute to the Dyson fund!

2009-03-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

You know what really grinds my gears? Vacuum cleaners! After consulting with my local vacuum expert *ahem James*, I determined the following types:

1. handheld ones that barely suck that's what she said

2. regular bag ones that weigh more than Oprah

3. bagless ones that lose suction after 6.37 seconds

4. robotic ones that get full before they start

5. "dual-cyclone-centrifugal-particle-separation" ones (aka Dyson) which cost more than Flora's shoes

To illustrate my grief here's an actual pic of the bathroom floor: *warning NSFW*

Yup, that's a lot of black hair. So as of today, I am establishing the Dyson fund. For every dollar a kitteh is saved!

what really gmgs my coworker

2009-03-16T18:25:00.000-07:00

Computer freezes. They're probably at the top of everybody's gmg lists but some instances are more inopportune than others. Like say when you're in the middle of a very important powerpoint presentation. Or when you're about to totally pwn someone in WoW.

They can also happen when you're surfing NSFW websites at work:

"sup jhobbs. how's your---woah what are you looking at?"

jhobbs said that if i posted this it would really grind his gears. In fact, he said it would really g-m-g.

gmg...it's spreading like wildfire.

GMG reviews: Heroes

2009-03-16T17:57:00.000-07:00

I'm conflicted. I've been watching this little show called "Heroes" and it's alright. Yep, it's okay. But as with most decent shows (i.e. not "the hills"), once I found episodes online suddenly Arthur Petrelli not only absorbed powers, he absorbed my time!!

In a week Flora & I watched an entire volume in crappy youtube quality. Technically, she fell asleep before the finale (it was past her 8pm bedtime) but nothing... not even 72-minute-quota-interruptions... could stop me! It was 1am when Sylar *spoiler warning* killed Arthur and I was like "OMGWTFBBQ I must continue" and now I am falling asleep at work.

Addictive TV shows really grind my gears. They think they're so clever with their engrossing plots and dramatic cliffhangers! Maybe I need Hiro Nakamura's power so I could redo the weekend...

or maybe I need the power to resist Heroes!!

KROQ

2009-03-11T18:05:00.000-07:00

So last night Flora asked if I heard the new Killers single and I said "I don't think it's on KROQ" (the biggest alt-rock station in LA.) But the truth is... I just don't listen to that station anymore! Why? Because they've slowly morphed into the Krappy Redhotchilipeppers Obsessed statiQn (sorry about the poor acronym.)

Seriously though, I know mr. Kiedis loves CA but hearing "caaalifoornia shoooow your teeeeth" or "dream of caaalifooornicaaation" overplayed not only grinds my gears... it grinds my ears!! It's sad to see other alt-rock stations (103.1 and anyone remember Y107?) leave the air, but judging from yelp reviews of KROQ we sorely need an alternative alt-rock station!

(btw, robert downey jr. should be added to the post below.)

gmg: javier bardem vs jeffrey dean morgan

2009-03-10T18:26:00.000-07:00

The other night i had a rather heated dinner conversation discussing who was in vicky cristina barcelona...javier bardem or jeffrey dean morgan & wait, who was that guy in gray's anatomy? or iron man for that matter? j-k i know who robert downey jr is.

well after some research here it is....indisputable google image proof that they are either twins / clones / the same person:

can you tell them apart? i didn't think so.

& the gmg part is when i'm like "jeffrey dean morgan is so awesome in vicky cristina barcelona"....only to be corrected by some know-it-all-twin-id-master...uh that's actually javier bardem, didn't you know.

well no i don't know. & that really gmgs.

pikturs

2009-03-09T11:33:00.000-07:00

blogs without pictures really gmg. in today's society where our attention span has reached ridiculously short levels (see: twitter), pictures speak a thousand... ok here's a pic.

comment away...

gmg: "experts"

2009-03-08T20:50:00.000-07:00

derrick and i were munching on some bay city sandwiches today when he tells me he's awesome at id'ing sandwich meats. i pick up a piece & ask him if its prosciutto. he says of course its prosciutto don't be retarded

it was a piece of tomato.

-___-

the remote

2009-03-07T15:00:00.000-08:00

every time i watch tv with my girlfriend, the remote magically disappears in the endless folds on her bed. i place the remote on the nightstand, but she places it on the bed. and then i end up suffering through shows on E! (please refer to post below.) That really grinds my gears.

running in heels... seriously?!

2009-03-07T14:57:00.000-08:00

So there's a new show on E! called "running in heels". It's about 3 interns at marie claire and somehow it's more retarded than the hills. This show really grinds my gears. The end.

my top GMG moment of 2008

2009-03-02T23:07:00.000-08:00

fidelity...merrill...etrade...I don't know why any of these other investment companies didn't pop into my head when I thought 401k rollover. instead I chose trusty old wamu and grasped within 10 seconds how this bank ended up poised at the brink of bankruptcy.

Strike 1: My account rep types with 2 fingers.

Strike 2: then, she incorrectly inputs my zip code and claims that there's no way to edit the info without completely starting over. To quote erin from the city, i smell ahi tuna

Strike 3: She calls me 5 minutes after I leave the bank and apologizes for "spacing out" while she was opening my account.

Strike 4 (see how understanding i am?): She calls me 2 days later and sounds surprised to hear my voice, "oh hmmm..." she says "I meant to call someone else." She hangs up.

!!!!!!!

I now do my banking somewhere else.

once upon a time,

2009-02-19T23:15:00.000-08:00

derrick and i were out & about...very likely on our way to our fav bar with small dance floor - arsenal? hollys? zanzibar? He was driving and I was providing very important navigational cues...okay, sleeping..when i hear him roar like ari gold when he's really really mad at lloyd. I look up to see a car cut us off & he says, "you know what really grinds my gears?!"

and that was the beginning of our GMGs.