UPDATE: Junot Diaz (see last bullet) wins Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I met Junot at Cornell and while we're no more than distant acquaintances, I'm feeling awfully proud of him right now.
Diaz's reaction as reported in the Miami Herald:
Original Post: I have. It's not lethal but it stings!
Sup y'all. We're deep in the '08 campaign and I haven't said shit about shit. Too busy getting drunk. No lie. I don't know what's going on but I've been going through even the dusty bottles in liquor cabinet (liquor cabinet being the retarded cabinets above the fridge that are a pain in the ass to reach). Apple Bacardi (a freebie bottle from a distributor friend - I swear), Sambuca - (with three coffee beans per glass for good luck - as if I believe in luck), a bottle of Cabinet's Choice single malt scotch (which prominently features a portrait of Winston Churchill - a peaty reminder of the shortfalls of our current leadership), Grey Goose (a recent gift and one night project), a killer bourbon (Bulleit for those in the market), several bottles of wine including a 2002 Spanish Merlot that rocked despite its Merlotness, and which I have no recollection of buying, and some less than full bottles of Stoli and Jack. After all this boozing, things are getting pretty bleak. I'm down to some Martini and Rossi, Jose Cuervo, and a nice Tequila I purchased in Mexico but which I am finding hard to tackle (Aha Toro). Might be time for an intervention ...
Enough of that pity party, I promised paint ball splatters:
Diaz's reaction as reported in the Miami Herald:
''I'm completely astonished,'' says Díaz, 39, who heard the news at his mom's house in New Jersey while holding his ''good luck charm'' -- his 2-year-old nephew. ``For a Dominican kid with illegal parents to win a Pulitzer, a kid who grew up in New Jersey in a neighborhood where nobody gave a sh-- about us, a kid who delivered pool tables throughout college . . . wow, man.''
Original Post: I have. It's not lethal but it stings!
Sup y'all. We're deep in the '08 campaign and I haven't said shit about shit. Too busy getting drunk. No lie. I don't know what's going on but I've been going through even the dusty bottles in liquor cabinet (liquor cabinet being the retarded cabinets above the fridge that are a pain in the ass to reach). Apple Bacardi (a freebie bottle from a distributor friend - I swear), Sambuca - (with three coffee beans per glass for good luck - as if I believe in luck), a bottle of Cabinet's Choice single malt scotch (which prominently features a portrait of Winston Churchill - a peaty reminder of the shortfalls of our current leadership), Grey Goose (a recent gift and one night project), a killer bourbon (Bulleit for those in the market), several bottles of wine including a 2002 Spanish Merlot that rocked despite its Merlotness, and which I have no recollection of buying, and some less than full bottles of Stoli and Jack. After all this boozing, things are getting pretty bleak. I'm down to some Martini and Rossi, Jose Cuervo, and a nice Tequila I purchased in Mexico but which I am finding hard to tackle (Aha Toro). Might be time for an intervention ...
Enough of that pity party, I promised paint ball splatters:
- I caught the Amp Fiddler show at the Highline Ballroom Friday night and wouldn't ya know, Tortured Soul also performed. Both acts rocked and there was much boozing.
- Speaking of music, I was browsing through some of the 50 gigs of music my brother Dennis put on my hard drive when I came across It's Never Been Like That, the 2006 release by Phoenix. I likey. The haters would argue I like them because they're French ...
- Check out a new blog friend - the Supercynic - a voice of reason from below the Mason Dixon.
- Hey you poor people out there, will you be spending your stimulus checks, or paying bills/saving? Big D says that Louie bag you're eying was probably made in China so get it from Canal St. and save your money! The Iraq War and the expansion of the surveillance state are often cited as the signature policies of the Bush presidency but wouldn't you agree that this pandering third grade level stimulus package encompasses everything you need to know about our boy George? Depressing, I think I need to pour myself a Cabinet's Choice.
- I'm hoping to have enough Thank You points from Citibank to take a free trip to Buenos Aires this fall. Who's down? Argentina is one country that's still pretty cheap for us with Dollars.
- Speaking of Dollars, I was in Macy's today when a tourist from Australia stepped up to the cash register. The sales clerk informed him that as a visitor, he could save an additional 15% by getting a visitor's pass from the office one floor below. He considered for a split second and then responded he was saving plenty as it was. Oh mighty Dollar, how far you have fallen.
- On the cooking front I've been working on my braising technique - to great success I may add - the past few months. The latest, chicken with Rosemary and olives slow cooked in the oven with white wine and chicken stock until falling off the bone (a variation of this Rabbit recipe). Wow. I just realized that I may be the world's worst person; I regularly talk about my cooking but rarely share it. Take my word for it, if I ever invited you over for dinner, it would be pretty good.
- As this is a book review site (lol!), I may as well give a couple of recommendations since there is little chance of a review these days. First, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the critically acclaimed novel by Junot Diaz that lived up to the hype. Some cute feminists I know recommended Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga and I am happy to spread the word. Great reads each of them.
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I hope you are joking about the boozing cause you have made so much progress on the health tip. :-)
Paintball..yeah it stings..I tapped Eric S. in the groin (not on purpose of course) when I played and I think that's why he hated me forever. I got tapped on the head but fortunately I had a helmet..it was at point blank range!
Sambuca crushed me at Bart's wedding..but not as bad as Jim Beam during second year of law school...that's when I part ways with Jim Beam forever.
Argentina--I would love to go, especially since everything in Europe is insanely overpriced (yeah mighty dollar has suffered).
the War/Elections--the media has stopped giving coverage to the war and instead it is focused on the economy--even though ending the war would a) help our economy, b) rebuild our international credibility and c) let us focus on the real threats against us.
McCain is on fucking crack. he is taking over as the liar. he is already using buzzwords like "retreat". how the fuck are we retreating from what was a Mission Accomplished? why is McCain using Bin Laden to support the war? McCain said that Bin laden considers Iraq the battle ground for AQ..but violence in Iraq stems from a religious conflict between different groups within Iraq..Shame on him. he of all people should know Iraq is our Vietnam! a civil war which we can't police nor end. McCain talks about AQ gaining a presence in Iraq---well no duh, Saddam had them in check and out of Iraq but most fucking people think he was somehow involved with them. can you believe that shit?
We went to war for the wrong reasons and we are staying the course for the wrong reasons. Don't get me wrong I feel sorry for the people of Iraq...there country is in shambles and the violence is insane. but this adminstration considers it progress when the figthing factions take a few weeks off...aint that some shitty logic? does it really take 5 years to train security forces?
4000 dead american soldiers, billions of dollars wasted while our economy slips into a recession, our credibility shaken, our civil liberties violated and our true enemies are just growing stronger elsewhere..stay the course?? that's exactly what AQ/OBL want--it is to their benefit that we are focused on a civil war in iraq (and Iran).
but McCain is too fucking stupid to figure that out. instead he wants to win the office on people's fear of AQ thus he says, OBL has declared Iraq the battle ground, so lets go meet the enemy. sure thing cowboy...too bad we will be spending our time ducking out of the way of the figthing factions (sunnis and shiites) and capturing a few AQ operatives while the rest of AQ grows without any problems elsewhere...OBL might as well as have declared the north pole as the battle ground to get us out of his hair....does anyone else find the notion of our international policy being influenced by the rantings of a mad man on the run a bit fucking disturbing?
The 2008 elections is there for the taking for the Democrats, especially if they don't hold back and attack every single problem with this country. But I am already very troubled that the Democrats could only mustard Hillary (a woman, Clinton's wife, carpetbagger) and Obama (African American often confused for a Muslim despite his statements that he is a Christian!!) when a less problematic candidate would have done the trick. I am not convinced that this country is ready for such change. McCain is going to win unless Democrats campaign like the GOP and/or the masses wake the fuck up.
A war started on false basis, continued on false basis and on the advice of God (as Bush stated) can only lead to dozens of more 9/11s. To think otherwise is just fucking naive and stupid.
PEACE!
your duck recipe sounds delicious -B
ahem, your rabbit recipe sounds delicious :) B
lol, yes it does. I've tried it with chicken and it was pretty good. who you be, b?
trab...he gets lazy like that sometimes...
I be a she, not a he
I may be quirky, but never lazy
-B
Big D - might we see a review of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" on this literary site of yours?
I've been on an Irvine Welsh tear of late. I just finished Glue (which might be his best) and started Porno. I definitely feel like a perv reading that book on the train. I had to take the dustjacket off of it - it featured a blowup doll. Too many Mommies with strollers on the train to keep it on. HA!
Whassup w/your atty gig are ya hired or not?
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