Street Cred

HiGh- Blasting Nicki Minaj in my car while driving through west philly and turning it down when I passed people that had more street cred than me.  This meant I was really only blasting it in the CVS Pharmacy parking lot and by the dog park.  I have NO street cred at all but I think Nicki Minaj drops some sick beats and rhymes like a piranha in a dog fight.  Her verse in the Kanye West song Monster is too legit to quit. Did that sound street? No? Damn.


LoW- Bodhi got accepted into the members only dog park!  This should be a high but man the people there are obnoxious.  Always wanting to talk about their dog when all I want them to do is focus on my dog.  I wonder if they have ever noticed that their dog is super boring and no one cares about it but them.  Soon they will realize that Bodhi is where it's at and they'll probably just want to give their dog away and focus more on my dog.  I can't stand these people that are so obsessed with their dogs.  Here is another picture of Bodhi.  I took this at the dog park while we were trying to ignore the other dogs that are clearly inferior to Bodhi. 

Don't step on me

HiGh-  you know the "don't tread on me" flag that has become a symbol of the tea party movement?  i think the flag below is a more appropriate one for their cause.  something about the tea-bag movement smells fishy-- or shitty-- and i'm thinking they should consider adopting this flag instead of the historical flag from the revolutionary war that has nothing to do with the crap they stand for.  it could be called the poop-bag movement and just imagining people waving this flag has made my day.

LoW-  hipsters!!  and their fixies!! i have no idea how more hipsters don't perish while whizzing through traffic on their fixies with no regard for their safety or anyone else's.  today i saw a hipster on a fixie tailing a garbage truck and i was willing him to hit the back of the truck with all of my might.  somehow he managed to pass it on the left on a really busy street and when he couldn't get all the way around, he zipped back to the right side and bunny hopped onto the sidewalk and went around.  i have to say, it was impressive, but i was really hoping to see him fly into the trash.  maybe next time.

dog days

HiGh- It was a beautiful day in Philly today.  Mid sixties and fall color everywhere.  I got to spend a few hours outside and it was glorious.  Ivan and I went to the dog park and observed the madness there.  Bodhi made a friend.  Another border collie named Shelby that gave Bodhi a run for her money.  They were soul sisters and it made my day. 

LoW-  After much observation I have come to the following conclusion: If my dog were a person, she would definitely have to wear a helmet during everyday activities.  In fact, she should probably wear a helmet in her dog form too.  Here is a preview made possible by the magic of photoshop. Priceless.

the croatian is here

HiGh!-  The croatian is visiting!  This means plentiful groceries and normal sleep cycles and doing lots of fun things that I don't normally do because I'm too busy pretending to be busy.  Hanging out with the croatian is a joy.  We drink beer and talk and miscommunicate at least once an hour. It goes a little something like this:  Oh, you didn't mean what you just said literally?  No, I meant it figuratively.  Unless you think it's funny in which case I meant it literally.  Ok, I get it.  Ha Ha.  Wait, what were you saying?  I. am. confused.  English is our second language.  But, for the rest of the hour, we are like peas and carrots.  What carrots?  That's an example of an expression that would send us into a tailspin of confusion :)

Last night we went and saw some music and the world cafe live.  It was a great time!

LoW- DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS A NIGHTMARE

I don't usually like to write in all caps but I strongly dislike daylight savings time and the darkness that it brings at 2 in the afternoon.  The above is a photo of what my walk to school looks like.  Very pleasant.  The possibilities are endless on a day like this.  I enter my office refreshed and invigorated. Little do I know that the day is wasting away at an alarming rate.  I will emerge just a few hours later, to this:

There are no more fun outdoor adventures to be had in this black hole of 5pm.  All you can really do is hope you get home alive.  Boo daylight savings time. 

wow!

HiGh-  Oh man!  It has been awhile.  Basically, I had a really fun weekend and then got totally destroyed by the crazy workload I left for myself on Monday!  My friend Dan Burnout came to visit which was definitely a HiGh.  Besides his farting problem he is really great company!  The HiGh of the HiGh visit was definitely the Halloween celebration.  We grabbed some costumes last minute and proceeded to drink beer and be obnoxious all night.  It was great.  I was a whoopie cushion and Dan was a monk of some sort.  A monk with Adidas trainers on.  I went around asking what people were and when they started to answer me a made a huge whoopie cushion sound (similar to a fart sound) and interrupted them.  Only two people out of dozens told me to F#!k off!! Success!  Here are some more pics, they pretty much sum it up. 

 

The baby is fine, no worries!

 

 

LoW-  This last one is my LoW.  It turns out that if you're a whoopie cushion and you lay face down on the floor, you look like a piece of discarded gum.  Fail!

Saying hi to my dear brother davi

HiGh-  This made my night. 

LoW- Sitting. Writing. Trying to convince myself that the proposal I am writing is not complete bullshit.  REPEAT.  ALL DAY. 

Slow Few Days

HiGh-  In order to pass the time today in GIS class, I did about an hour and a half of daydreaming.  The GIS professor is interesting enough, but after struggling with the last assignment until almost three in the morning, the last thing I wanted to do was watch someone show off their proficiency with the program.  After taking a stand, I will obviously be struggling with this week's assignment too. Damn.

Today I daydreamed about what my dog Bodhi would write me if she could text message me.  I think the day would go a little something like this:

Bodhi-- 9:15am: omg you just left

9:15: heard a noise. and another. it's noisy and boring all at once

9:17am: it's ok. i'm  ok. i think

9:23am: i just went through the bathroom trash. no big deal, just looking for something to do

9:34am: hey i was thinking we should do something where are you?

9:38am: i really have to pee. bad

9:42am: i guess you seriously left you a-hole. but i win, i get to sleep all day

9:44am: omg i feel like i slept for days!  where are you? do you want to do something?

10:00am: turns out i actually didn't sleep much and you're still gone. but i don't have to pee anymore! worried?

10:05am: window is open, outside smells amaaaaaaazing. jerk. trying the white chair for a snooze

10:07am: boom. i feel amazing, what a nap! omfg where aaaaaare you?

10:12am: i'm gonna read the koran for a bit, see what that's all about

Me-- 10:13am: really? that's impressive

10:15am: no not really! hi!! omg hi!! when the phone lit up i was like omg omg!!

10:30am:  i took the bear off of your bed again. you should come pick it up

11:00am:  FIRE!!  fire in the building, hurry back! maybe after the fire we can play frisbee!

11:30am:  mouse just ran by, no big deal

12:00pm:  my ass is on your pillow, you should come move my ass... and then we can do something?

2:00pm:  i have been licking the floor for the last 2 hours. fun game. way more fun than your day

4:00pm:  you will not believe the monster nap i just took, i will have so much energy when you get home that you will cry. hurry up!

5:00pm: holy shit i hear you you are here. let's do everything!