Waiting for his Time

Who would have thought that Richard Marx would be making an acceptance speech at the 2004 Grammys? The only thing that could have been better was if he had saved that mullet and given it time for its own acceptance speech.

Standard Programming

Where there's no drama, there's no story. Network television is getting prepared for February Sweeps, when everything maniacal and tragic and suspenseful and monumental is written into the tenth-edition scripts. Phoebe is getting married to the guy from Clueless. Regis wants you trying to be a millionaire again. The old vixen from Sex and the City has cancer. ER decided to show you a boob (though those plans are nixed now that "I'm sorry" Ms. Jackson beat NBC to the punch).

It's an effort to attract viewers. People want to see the ends of the dramatic spectrum. We're not interested in the middle, which in actuality makes up 90% of the time for 90% of us. The big suits upstairs fear that we'll grow tired of a flat storyline. Gradual life evolutions don't get ratings, so execs feel compelled to deliver sharp turns and big bangs into their characters' lives.

We've all heard the cliche variety is the spice of life, but what that implies is that all the drama, all the variety... it's just a miniscule coating on a much greater, much more important mass. All the spice in the world can't cover up a poor piece of meat. And accordingly, some of the most splendid pieces of meat need little spice to make them special.

My life is currently, though surely temporarily, absent of drama. Grad school applications have been sent, I'm taking a light courseload, and now I have a rare opportunity to just relax and enjoy my life. I practice my trumpet, play Madden 2004, drink Yuengling, work out, listen to music, and go to usual hangouts with my friends. There's not much to write about, but no matter. My life is good, and for now that'll have to be enough.

Rereleased with Additional Footage

Thanks to a recent trip to Best Buy, here's my new list of my top albums of 2003:
10. Rosie Thomas- Only with Laughter Can you Win
9. Outkast- Speakerboxx/ The Love Below
8. The Raveonettes- Chain Gang of Love
7. Switchfoot- The Beautiful Letdown
6. Over the Rhine- Ohio
5. The White Stripes- Elephant
4. Belle and Sebastian- Dear Catastrophe Waitress
3. The Shins- Chutes too Narrow
2. The Strokes- Room on Fire
1. Rufus Wainwright- Want One

Putting the "Party" in Political Party

If these guys get elected into UF's student government, I'll be able to say that during my first weekend in college, I saw my future president's bare ass... while he was passed out... in his own vomit... on the bathroom tile... nowhere near a toilet.