Ain't Life A Mystery, Yeah

Awwwwright.

Got the big TV hooked up in half an hour. Took a little longer to hook up the comp, and I need to find out why my speakers won't play.

But other than that, and completely changing the look of my bedroom, the kid is back.

Onward and upward.

Mercedes Ruehl and A Rented Lear

My day off yesterday was 9 off-and-mostly-on hours of me moving everything in my room. I found a AP referral from '96. We had seven bags worth of stuff for Goodwill and I got to move it all out myself. After four and a half hours of sleep my mom woke me up to do six minutes of moving stuff in the bathroom (was our life really incomplete without bathroom carpeting?). And if you wonder why I didn't roll over and go back to sleep, you're lucky enough to have not met my mother.

So of course, I can't go back to sleep now, and it's not exactly like I have to work 8.5 stagger home when Letterman's interviewing his first guest and move the shit back into my room. And then spend tomorrow putting everything non-essential back in the room.

Someone remind me why matricide's illegal again.

hello it's me I'm not at home if you'd like to reach me leave me alone...

Ambient music: Travis covering "Baby One More Time" live & acoustic

Pocket 10

Obits: "99 Problems", 8; "Walk Idiot Walk", 9

(10) Green Day --> American Idiot (debut)*
(09) Juvenile --> Slow Motion (7)
(08) Beastie Boys --> Triple Trouble (6)
(07) Black Eyed Peas --> Let's Get Retarded (1)
(06) the Killers --> Somebody Told Me (10)*

(05) Pitbull ft. Lil' Jon --> Culo (4)
(04) Jadakiss ft. Anthony Hamilton --> Why (5)*

(03) Terror Squad --> Lean Back (debut)*

(02) Kanye West --> Jesus Walks (3)*

(01) Maroon 5 --> She Will Be Loved (2) [2w]

Ambient music: Talking Heads - And She Was

The Week That Was Since The Last Post

Ahhhhhh...fun to be off again. Nothing beats waking up at the crack of 10. Kids, don't let them tell you any different.

My fantasy football team won. 619? 1 and 0! In a stirring bit of Morrissettian irony Rob said I was crazy trading Dillon, Santana, Portis & Aaron Brooks for LT & McNair, then lost to the team I traded them to. Now let's all point and laugh at HIM! HA-ha! Had to drop Charles Rogers (dammit) so I picked up another Tennessee receiver to double points when McCyborg throws, Bledsoe for the bye week, and Eddie Kennison to run WR. The guy I traded with, Aaron, I am of course playing next week. He's not starting Santana Moss. Against the Chargers. *raises eyebrow*

Action Sports was in town, and this year thanks to my new "Bond camera" I got some pictures of the various babes in the joint. The next one in January cannot get here fast enough if you ask me.

Eli Manning won't need a watch for Christmas, 'cause he just clocked. And clocked. This is God punishing you for not coming to San Diego, punk-ass buster.

Anyway, you should start looking for Matt's comprehensive football reports week by week at TJD. It's so good it's almost like he does this for a living.

Audi.

Ambient music: Weezer - Say It Ain't So

Well He's Back dunna nunna nunna nunna nunna

According to reports, the "new season" of Jeopardy starts up today. PGE faithful and those of you who don't get your mail sent c/o Van Down By the River know what THAT means: Ken Jennings.

For you Matt Foleys, Ken Jennings ate Jeopardy alive over the summer like a Weight Watchers client having a relapse at a Dairy Queen. The Mormon computer engineers current tally stands at 38 games in a row and $1,321,660.

The big question: will he last the next two weeks before a pre-programmed tournament? SUBquestion: is he going to be the entire Tournament of Champions?

So grab a beer, a BBQed rib, and watch history in the making tonight.

Ambient music: Diddy, Busta, & Pharrell - Pass the Courvosier

Village Voice/Pocket 10

****.

It's an M. Night film: there's a Swerve and there's a Real Swerve and to talk about them pretty much ruins the flick. You should get the Swerve. The Real Swerve is sort of brilliant and the fact I came close to figuring it out but not quite angers me greatly. I like the underlying storyline about humanity slash lack thereof. William Hunt's really good. It won't break my top 3 but will probably get a place in my top 10 at the end of the year.
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Seeing a current best friend meet the old best friend is a real Back to the Future moment.
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Obits: "Take Me Out", 8; "Mass Destruction", 9; "Float On", 10

(10) the Killers => Somebody Told Me (debut)*
(09) the Hives => Walk Idiot Walk (6)
(08) Jay-Z => 99 Problems (7)
(07) Juvenile => Slow Motion (2)
(06) Beastie Boys => Triple Trouble (debut)*

(05) Jadakiss f. Anthony Hamilton => Why (debut)*
(04) Pitbull f. Lil' Jon => Culo (5)*

(03) Kanye West => Jesus Walks (4)*

(02) Maroon 5 => She Will Be Loved (3)*

(01) Black Eyed Peas => Let's Get Retarded (1) [6w]

Ambient music: the Doors - Roadhouse Blues

Starfuckers Inc.: September '04

Security!:
Christina Aguilera, 13; Stacy Keibler, 16; Monica Bellucci, 17; Halle Berry, 18; Kim Smith, 20; Rebecca Romijn, 24

25) Jennifer Walcott (debut)
24) Jennifer Garner (last month 24, peak 24)
23) Vida Guerra (10, p6)
22) Cameron Diaz (21, p9)
21) Pam Anderson (debut)

20) Alyssa Milano (re-entry, 12)
19) Beyonce Knowles (11, 4)
18) Anna Kournikova (23, 7)
17) Sarah Chalke (debut)
16) Maria Menounos (19, 8)
15) Jamie Pressly (7, 7)
14) Kitana Baker (22, 14)
13) Gail Kim (re-entry, 13)
12) Josie Maran (12, 12)
11) Heidi Klum (15, 10)

10) Kristanna Loken (9, 9)
09) Carmen Electra (14, 5)
08) Natalie Portman (debut)
07) Eliza Dushku (8, 3)
06) Adriana Lima (5, 3)

05) Trish Stratus (3, 1)
04) Lindsay Lohan (4, 3)

03) Angelina Jolie (1, 1)

02) Brooke Burke (2, 1)

01) Jessica Alba (6, 1)

Ambient music: the Clash - Death Or Glory