rarely do i do these things called “memes” on my blog, but if my new favourite blog the zenformation professional tagged you, which could mean me, who am i to argue?

Write down five (or more) of your own personal idiosyncrasies. Then, if you wish, tag five people from your blogroll or friendslist to do the same.
1. i will not take notes in anything other than black ink. no pencil, no other colour. it bugs me that we only have blue pens at work, but i brought a black pen in from home.
2. i cannot stand, nor will i abide by, the colour combination of navy blue and black. i will not wear black shoes with navy blue pants, nor will i wear navy blue shirts with black pants/hoodies.
3. i loathe the colour purple. i refuse to own anything that’s purple, aside from organic things like fruit or flowers.
4. i won’t wear white tube socks anymore. when i was a freshman in college i vowed to stop wearing them, so i had to buy all new socks. the only white socks i own are shortie socks from multi packs that came with black and black and white socks. i rarely wear them because…
5. i think white socks with dark shoes look funny. i could wear them with my checked vans, but not my new all black pair. white socks and black shoes make me cringe for some reason.
6. i think it’s a sign of a bad day when my underwear clashes with my outfit, which is most days.
7. i want to snap somebody’s thong (like a wedgie) when i see them sticking out of the tops of their pants.
8. i used to use fake names when i was a kid.
9. i do not like eating a sandwich of any sort, such that the contents fall on the plate/floor/ground. i must eat slowly/carefully so that i don’t drop any of it.
10. noisy eaters/people who chew with their mouth open are the easiest way to make me irrationally upset.
11. i still think about getting the first and second germanic sound shift tattooed on my arms.

if you see this, you should do it too.

ok, so i’m watching the world series, waiting for h-dawg to pick me up so we can go get some shirt for some screen printing. hiz-h-dawg is that awesome.

anyhow. they just had a tribue to rosa parks. it was nice. barbara bush was there, even though her family’s had money in the other texas team. and aaron neville sang one of the weirdest versions of “god bless america” i’ve ever heard. it didn’t even sound like he was singing the song, just sorta making odd harmonic noises. i know i was missing the point, but that “singing” combined with the cross tattoo on his cheek- it was too much.

seriously. a cross on his cheek? who does that? aaron neville, obviously. why? (nevermind, i think that’s also obvious… sort of.) but when? he’s must have had it for a while. ok. i won’t ever understand it, i guess.

stupid sox. don’t lose this now! i mean… go white sox!

here are ten songs from the podjoey:

• operation cliff clavin- “i’d like to see you”

• nick lowe- “half a boy & half a man”
• avail- “connection”
• big black- “texas”
• palomar- “static”
• t. rex- “diamond meadows”
• sweet baby- “the way she gets around (traction)”
• the outsiders- “you remind me”
• helen love- “greatest fan”
• patsy cline- “faded love”

what does this list say? not much. this week is as “caucasian” as last, but i’m resigned to that fact. it’s also more punk than not, or at least guitar driven. it just makes me happy that big black and sweet baby are on it. you know i like those bands, yeah?

yeah…

those of you who spend extended periods of time around me (ie joe), and hear me complain about boing boing (ie joe), might know that i have some irrational bias against cory docotorw. he’s just one of the various things i complain about. why? i don’t know really. i guess it’s because it seems like he’s the biggest offender of third person self promotion on boing boing, and it always sounds sort of awkward. (xeni jardin is a close second.) it’s not that i don’t think that they shouldn’t mention their doings and going ons, that’s what blogs are for, but it just seems that every day it’s another post about cory’s book, cory’s talks, xeni’s regular radio spots, cory’s world traveling, usw. for some reason they just stick out from the normal boing boing posts about neat and “wonderful things”. i’ve been very close to talking about it for a while now, usually just whining to joe, but today i feel compelled to finally blog it.

i always chalked up my dislike for cory to the fact that he’s not my kind of geek. he’s into slick cutting edge tech, the hottest gadgets, and it seems like those geeks who try to be cool (or hot like xeni). there’s nothing wrong with it, but i just don’t get it. i would think as a geeklebrity of the world, cory would have been familiar with the classic game set. apparently, he wasn’t until last week. (he first played it last week on a friend’s houseboat in amsterdam, of course- yes, i wish i were in amsterdam last week playing set, and kicking it with amina.) i just can’t fathom anybody so entrenched in the nerd/geek world not having played it before. i guess it’s because i first played set (and developed the subsequent addiction/obsession) 13 years ago. i used to spend my days playing it alone while watching star trek, a practice i revived this summer.

though i might not like all of his blog posts, he seems like an interesting guy and i credit him for doing lots of stuff. it’s good that cory is now a devotee. if i ever have the please of meeting him, i’d love to play a game. i bet he’d beat me- he strikes me as somebody who could be that good.

i’m watching a very good documentary called night of the living dead. from it, i’ve learned a very valuable skill- how to kill a zombie.

1. Zombies can be killed by a bullet or sharp blow to the head. “Kill the brain, and you kill the ghoul”. Smash their heads!
2. Fire may also kill a zombie, but it is unclear as to how effective this is.

if only i had a gun. at least my trusty crowbar can help me out. here’s to frying a zombie!