June 2008
34 posts
Sublimely ridiculous and also kind of awesome. And also now I understand what the mustache is for. He’s playing a character!
Weezer performing (and I do mean ‘performing’) Miss Sweeney on AOL Sessions.
CLIFF RESCUE 6/23/2008 →
lafd:
*UPDATE: 2800 E. Observation Rd* Horse located 30 feet down hillside, upright, no visible injuries. Hoist operation canceled, trail cut and ropes used to lead horse down trail. - d’Lisa Davies###
Yay! The horse is okay! On the minus side: he doesn’t get a helicopter ride. Boo. “Dude, thanks for saving me. That really sucked. Phew! I thought I was going to die. Anyway, so how am...
Come on feel the Illinoise. All things go in Chicago as the Cubbies take on the...
– SportsCenter’s John Buccigross catering to the surely-massive ESPN / Sufjan Stevens crossover audience. Tomorrow’s plan: name-check blind tenor Andrea Bocelli and Henry Jaglom during the report from Raiders minicamp.
Dark Thought I Had Upon First Listening To The New...
When did Weezer become Everclear?
Rapper Young Jeezy charged with DUI in Atlanta →
Um, personal heroes of mine. You may stop failing me anytime now. Thank you. Fuck.
(Old Jeezy would have never pulled that shit, I’ll tell you what.)
Getting Straight To The Point
On the YouTube page for CBS’ new fall show “The Ex List,” the description tells you everything you need to know…
“‘AND there’s a cat!’ you lonely TV-watcher ladies. Boom. Dating and a cat! What else do you need to know? Nothing. Cats. Disasterous dating. Fuck you, you’re watching. Put on a pot of Tummy Mint and log off eHarmony. You’re...
NYU Journal 1992
Wordle makes cool word clouds out of text or uploaded documents. This is the journal I kept on my Mac Classic in college. I’m particularly proud of the fact that so many words are dirty words and girls names. And that “Kerouac” was written enough times to make this word cloud. And by proud, I mean deeply ashamed. (via: here)
Something Interesting I Learned At Pub Quiz Last...
Jane Austin was a lonely-puss woman whose only surviving image was a sketch made by her sister.
Mary Shelley was a dirty whore who had tons of absinthe-drinking artsy friends who presumably made tons of paintings and sketches of her being all popular and stuff.
So don’t write down “Mary Shelley” for that answer, because you’ll be wrong and the team with the sweaty guy who...
Physical Rescue 6/6/2008 →
lafd:
*UPDATE: 7601 N. Figueroa St.* Reports of plane down is a MOVIE shoot. Accidental false. - d’Lisa Davies###
I love LA. We love it!
Jumper 6/2/2008 →
lafd:
*Jumper* 7400 N. Sepulveda Bl.; TG 531-H4; FS 90, Man reported on 3rd flr balcony threatening to jump. No additional info.; Ch:8,17 @ -d’Lisa Davies###
The LAFD feed is my new favorite read. All day dramatic and cryptic little mini-tales.