last night i’m talking to my friend charles on the phone and we (not so much we, as much as he) decided i should right a book. so write a book i will do. i’m hoping i’ll have enough content to fill enough pages to constitute a book. i’ve got some good stories down already, i just have to work with them a bit. i hear you say “but ryan, who the hell will buy your book.” and to that i say “you will. and if you don’t buy it in the bookstore then i will photocopy it and coil it and charge you $20 for it.” yeah, i’m that good of a friend.

i feel a need to be creative. i need a way to exert creative energies. i’m bored now that i’m done with school and i have 15 hours of my day free to spend as i choose. that’s 13 hours more than i’m used to. i need a second job. but not something horrible like working at mcdonalds. i need something fun like writing on my own Web site (and getting paid for it) or a job where i’d get paid to criticize/review people and/or things. i’m going crazy here. something’s missing. i just need something else.

something came over me today and i decided my room needed to be cleaned. apparently it’s a two day process. i made a decent amount of progress today but i still have some tidying up to do and a lot of laundry.

i was starving earlier but it was already 10:30 in the evening and i didn’t want to eat something heavy, since they say it’s so bad for you, so instead i just ate a handful cookies. look, in my mind it makes perfect sense.

you’re boring me. off to do some reading and/or writing.

i’ve decided to join the YouTube generation and start posting hilarious videos. i will attempt to limit myself to the best of the best. my choices for the moment are from the 28 aug episode of the daily show with jon stewart:

lewis black’s take on advertising today:

future shock with samantha bee:

and what was the most obvious missed opportunity for a laugh?

weird guy: i became very intrigued with the process with just putting machines into our bodies and using them for your own personal use.

HOLY SHIT. i totally just had two GINORMOUS paragraphs written and then i hit the button that closes the window like the dumbass that i am and lost it all.

before i get into any story, let’s talk about how fucking amazing justin timberlake is. that man has single handedly brought sexyback. how can you not love that song?!? it’s so good it scares me.

in other news … the other day i was going to mcdonalds for lunch. as i proceeded through the revolving door i pass this large man with a mcdonalds bag in one hand and a soda in the others. for a split second i see my future self. and then i proceed to the elevator to take me to the seventh floor food court heaven in the sky.

yeah, i know i really need to stop with the horrible eating habit. i went to the doctor last week and weighed in at 167. minus the complimentary 6-7 pound clothing/show allowance that puts me around 160. i look MUCH heavier than that. in my dreams i look much more fit than i do. when i was at the driver’s license office a couple of weeks ago and the man asked me how much i weighed, i lied with way too much ease. the number 150 just slipped out of my mouth way too easily.

okay i don’t feel like writing anymore [fat fingers make me tired].

more later. the end.

p.s. i enjoy vanilla mint listerine in a way that’s very unnatural. wait, that sounds wrong. i’m not a pervert, i just like the stuff a lot. i wonder if i could get paid for product endorsements. i’m in the market for a secondary source of income.

this is a tad bit silly (although i think i’m just saying that because they installed it after i left): sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/08/26/texas.godzillatron.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

in case it’s not obvious i’m going for more frequent posts via shorter random thoughts, with a mixture of larger posts thrown in. i forgot how much fun i have writing down all my random thoughts. i really think i’m going to have to buy myself a blackberry for xmas. i need to be able to write at a moment’s notice, i tend to forget the good things by the time i get home and find time to make an entry. i’m really getting back into making entries though, trying to make it more interesting than in the past. because i’m doing such, check out some of the links i’m trying to include in the entries. for example, in this entry alone i have a link to a futurama fan site and a stephen colbert site. i’m keeping a running list of random things to discuss so this should be some fun. moving on …

i’ve decided that i’m going to follow in the footsteps of the best satirical news anchor ever Stephen Colbert and create my very own version of “on notice/you’re dead to me”. i’m developing a “the [bad] list” page and when something crosses my path and pisses me off, it gets added.

and now for my very first addition to “the [bad] list” (whose link has been moved to have priority placement on the sidebar):

Vonage - charge me for service a month after i called and spent more than half an hour on the phone cancelling my service?!? Vonage, your shitty customer service lands you in the inaugural spot on “the [bad] list”

i’ll start a “the [good] list” when a situation warrants it.

my only concern about include all these proper nouns in my entries is that i’ll start getting e-mails from these corporations. companies use robots that search Web sites for their names and then caches them for review. i got an e-mail one time from a customer service rep with a company that i mentioned. luckily it was a good one that was in response to me lauding a company.

i am oddly amused by this old navy commercial. what’s even more odd is that it’s from deutsch and i like it as much as i do. i normally don’t like their work, not because it’s bad or anything, just because donnie comes off like a pompous douche bag (like the little play on words?).

there’s this show on the discovery channel, extreme engineering, that i just happen to think is pretty much the best show ever. plus, the host, danny forster, is quite possibly the most adorable guy ever. totally have a thing for him. where have i been that i’ve missed this show all this time?!?

i LOVE my american express one card. it’s weird how they can trick you into spending more just to earn more. i’m going to go do a million hail mary’s as punishment for my sins (no, not really). but i have to say i equally heart my usaa platinum MasterCard. it all balances out though. my loyalties still lie where they should. i hate using caps and i was even kind enough to respect the brand trademark and use appropriate upper case letter.

i’ve never been more proud of being able to call myself a longhorn *tear*

 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Party-Schools.html

i think my sense of smell is coming back! oh wait, have i discussed this yet? upon coming back from my trip to austin last month, i got a bit ill. it wasn’t good and i lost my sense of taste and sense of smell (as is common when one has the common cold). well, i couldn’t smell or taste for nearly two weeks. finally those senses started coming back but still very weak. this evening i’m discovering that perhaps i’m getting better. it smells like play-doh in this condo. i think it’s the paint. i can’t be sure but this smell tends to penetrate everything, or at least i think it does.

anyway … so i’m watching it’s always sunny in philadelphia … tonight’s episode (the season finale) was freaking hilarious. SPOILER ALERT (roll over for spoiler): couldn’t believe that charlie might be dennis and dee’s brother. next season is going to be great.

seriously. television is amazing. there’s so many great shows out there. i mean i watch these reruns of grey’s anatomy and i’ve seem them already but i’m still moved to tears sometimes. then you have great shows like the office and gilmore girls and bones. i don’t think i could live without tv. i can admit it. i’m an addict.

last night a magazine rep took me out to a wine tasting class. it ended up being quite great. i think we’re turning it into a usual thing. i even got a bottle of wine from sarah, a woman after my own heart. funny enough, there was a couple sitting across the table from us and they were engaged. i think they thought me and sarah were together until sarah started talking about her husband. the guy looked a bit confused and it made me giggle. good times.

i can’t believe i’ve put this story off until so late in this entry. i guess i could move it up to the top but that takes out all the fun. so today was great fun. the day couldn’t have started off any better … so i get on the train and start my normal commute to work. i transfer onto the red line at the belmont stop and i unknowingly stepped into the funniest situation. so there’s this drunk irish guy sitting there yammering about. freaking hilarious. this guy was probably early-20s. his poor girlfriend (also irish) was trying to control him but i think she was a bit tipsy as well. it’s 8am and this irish man on the train is drunk! does it get any better than that?!? i think not. the rest of the day was quite amusing as well. got a good amount of work done and had some funny moments along the way.

i see sonic commercials. are there sonics here in chicago? i have yet to see one. oh sonic, how i miss you.

wanna hear something nerdy and exciting? i’ve made $2.66 in my 401k in the three months that i’ve had one. i’m totally obsessed with checking on it everyday, those who really know me shouldn’t be surprised … i’m quite OCD like that.

there’s this play-doh 50th anniversary kit that has 50 little tubs of play-doh. i think i want it. i’m trying to make my office feel as comfortable and inviting as possible and i think it would be a fun little display/toy. i have a list a mile long of things i need to make things decent, a lamp (i can’t stand fluorescent lights) being the most important. i think i’m hands down considered the weird one in the office. i think people look at the christmas lights i have strung up and think i’m weird (mainly because those are the only lights on, other than my toy story alien lamp). i think the walking around in socks thing is starting to increase the weirdness factor. for some reason i work a million times more efficiently without shoes on, so whenever the two VPs on our side of the building are out i like to see how long i can go without putting on shoes. back to my play-doh story … so it’s available online from toysrus.com but the shipping is as much as the actual kit. i think i’m going to see if there’s a toy store somewhere downtown and take a visit.

that’s all, i think i’m too tired to type now. i’m basically just typing to entertain myself now.

gnight.