#43

Football is like, half over.  ALREADY.  So bummed!

Worry not, I am quickly finding that the Lake Show is more than filling that potential void already.  I will admit that haven't I followed a team this closely since my high school basketball team* lost in the state finals [2001] or the the Maryland Terrapins (see also: "tearing it up in the home of...") won the NCAA** tournament my senior year of high school [2002].  Juan Dixon was a total bad ass and there was Lonny Baxter, the once-upon-a-time Shaq to Dixon's Kobe, and Steve Blake filled the role of awkward white guy.  It was magical.  March madness ensued.  

Now I am fully on the Lakers' bandwagon which is a surprisingly easy thing to do from 3 time zones away.  It also helps that the only profesh game I've ever seen (this is something I hope to change on February 2, 2009 --cough--) was the Washington Bullets in like 1994.  Clearly I had no annoying loyalties in this sport*** to abandon.

Bring it on! ****

*The only real notable alum of the TJ basketball team (and he had long since graduated that season) is Terence Morris who is enjoying what seems to be a semi-lucrative career in the Russian League.  Go team?

**I may have erroneously referred to it as the NAACP tournament... but that's another story.  Can you really blame me though??

***Thank you Baltimore Orioles for continuing to suck at baseball, haha.  Why not aim for an even 30 games back next season? 

****Is my nose actually crooked like that?!  I've never noticed it doing that before.

#42

While few people love airdrumming more than me (seriously, I challenge you to find someone), I think investing in one of these bad boys would leave me with no friends. Read on for one of the most amazing things...ever.

According to their website,

We could do what those other supposedly geeky apparel companies do and print a regular t-shirt with a cool looking picture of a drum kit on the front... then say it was trendy, make a few Rock Band references and try to convince you to buy it. But we don't roll like that. At ThinkGeek we know you expect innovative new products and we're here to pony up the goods. So, how about an electronic t-shirt with a picture of an actual playable drum kit on the front? That's right. Hit the drums on this shirt with your finger and they play through the built in speaker... simple but amazing. With 7 different drum sounds you're ready for a personal drum solo on your chest.

Product Features:

• Tap the drums on this shirt and they actually play through the embedded speaker
• All drums on the shirt are playable
• 7 Different drum sounds in all
• Battery pack with speaker stores in hidden pocket near hem of shirt
• Adjustable volume... the top volume level is really loud

I'm sold.

#41

Happy [Early] Halloween!


I'm not sure if this falls under 'awesome' or 'cruelty to animals' but Teen Wolf Pug just made my afternoon!

#40

CAN.

NOT.

WAIT.

Lifted from Peter "Hope Beyond Hope" Hassett

#39

Photos from our Six Flags Great Adventure great adventure!!

Yea, we rode those... That's what she said.



'Cause I'm a vegetarian and I'm not fuckin' scared of him....




Just shreddin' with what looks like a giant blow-up Wiggle.



Sweet hangz, but where's Bleachie?



Group photo!



We'll blow one last kiss to all the beautiful nights like this under the Central Jersey sky... but actually, it's the Central Jersey sky!

#38

Fringe spoiler!

No, not the tv show...  

I just cut my bangs and I won't lie, it sorta looks like I ran out of time on the "My First Day of Kindergarten" episode of Shear Genius.

Oh well.

Asymmetrical is totally in... right?  

#37

R.I.P. EAST VILLAGE IDIOT

It's the end of an era and the end of some pretty great commentary on my neighborhood.