crank dat

This Week: 13-12-1 (.500)
Last Week: 23-5-1 (.793)
Rolling 3 Week: 53-30-2 (.623)
YTD: 57-28-2 (.655)

Regressing to the mean^sd. I sorta knew that after last week's absolutely wonderful week last week that I would suck this week. Though it is kind of weird that the week RN takes off, I have a week where I go .500. So, I'll take whatever rabbits I'm supposed to get.

Seriously? Sado Bunny? Was it that bad?

It was? Ok. Fine.

Last Week: 23-5-1 (.793)
Previous Week: 17-13 (.567)
Rolling 3 Week: 57-28-1 (.663)
YTD: 57-28-1 (.663)

Picks below the fold. I mean, I know I'm normally more verbose, but I have nothing really to say.

Last year, I decided to come up with resolutions for 2008. Seeing as the year is almost over, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit some of these plans, and see how well I did.^sd1

1. Win more often
Let's just say that I completed this goal. Seeing as its pretty much a standing one for me, and if I lost more often than I won this year, then I'd just be sad and depressed and do something lame like read the Book instead of going out for NYE^sd2

2. Liveblog a movie while in the theater
Sad to say, I didn't liveblog anything this year. So complete failure on this and #9

3. Go another year without watching the samizdat
SUCCESS! Unless, of course, some random Nuck grabs me off the street and forces me to watch it tonight. We'll see!

4. Claim that "This is Sparta" as often as possible.
Yeah, the appeal of doing this for me ended about January 2^nd. I'm pretty sure Bizzo still does though.

5. Nickname someone Sloopy. Tell her to hang on as much as possible.
Sadly, I didn't do this. This is definitely going on the list for next year.

6. Go to NASCAR race. Do not get lynched.
I now live closer to a NASCAR track than ever before, and didn't even watch one race this year. One. Nor did I play the video game at all. I think I'm the only one who finds this sad. The whole me not going thing. Not my NASCAR fandom. Pretty much everyone I know finds that sad.

7. Find it necessary to do the Super Bowl Shuffle while at work at least twice.
See #4. Except w/r/t the Bizzo part. The only Super Bowl dances he knows go right. Wide Right even.

...

Thank God he's in Seattle right now. And not, you know, on the way to kill me. Not to say he isn't, just that it will take him much, much longer than if he were in NYC.

8. Restart the "Tuesday Night Drinking Club".
I totally did this. And, I know what you're saying "You only had like four meetings". This is wrong I personally went to 11 meetings of the WNDC. Not my fault if other people didn't show up for 6 of them. Or 5 of them. I'm not quite sure at this point in time.

9. Liveblog both the commute to work and home on the same day
See #2

10. Purchase St. Patrick's Day Tree. Watch as Hilarity ensues.
I wanted to do this, but couldn't find the perfect tree. Plus, my problems with the St. Patrick's Day Holiday and all.

11. Learn how to play tennis.
Granted, all I really want to do is learn how to is lob really well so that I can play Eschaton. Nevertheless, I still want to do this.

12. Write an entire craigslist ad without using the letter "e".
...

Man, if you people only knew how many CL ads I wrote before deleting/burning them. And one didn't have the letter 'E'. Honest.

13. Write more parody songs.
I did write one, "Lush". I love it. So, technically, I guess I did write more than I did in 2007.

14. Find PGOAT.
Scarily, I think that I've already done this. While at fucking Kenyon. More to come. Probably via 2160 and not cofabg. And, trust me, it's totally not what you think. Because I'm almost positive that I never, ever talked about this while sober. And like only once drunk. As opposed to, you know, everything else in college.

15. Find more weird things to Liveblog.
See #2

16. Give more leeway with Rule #2 than Rule #1

Hmm. Time to come out of the basement methinks.

17. Watch my back as I walk through the garden.
mo-zilla: it might help your street side that ive always considered you more of a stringer than an avon
mo-zilla: without the looks or height of course
mo-zilla: so as long as you dont make enemies with assassins and stick-up men you'll come out of this fine
ditriech: that's because you dont see me around non-nortonians really
ditriech: im definitely more an avon
mo-zilla: i just wanted to use assassin in a sentence
mo-zilla: assassin
mo-zilla: assasin?
mo-zilla: bollocks
ditriech: assassin
mo-zilla: mmm
mo-zilla: ass
mo-zilla: ass
mo-zilla: in
mo-zilla: brb

He never did come back.

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^sd1: The original resolution will be in italics, and commentary below. Where italics were used in the original resolution, they will be bolded. (back)

^sd2: I know that before I've stated that I hate NYE and St. Patrick's day for the same reasons: The fact that it's amateur night/day and unbecoming of a drinking professional such as myself, but that's not totally true. The more I thought about it the more I realized that I don't hate NYE, I just place it in the same category as birthdays (for myself that is). Why celebrate something that happens every year? And that everyone else is celebrating? Personally, I like celebrating weird things that no one else really does. Or just getting drunk on a Wednesday Night because I want to. Not because its a special day or anything. Also, it is really fucking amateur night out there and pretty much everyone acts like a fucktard. (back)

I’m well aware that this is the third Right Side of the Tree video that I've posted on cofabg. But this is an acoustic version of "Crank Dat Soulja Boy". That's awesome. And I'm really upset I didn't find this before.

In honor of Independence Day, I bring you our unofficial national anthem.

You keep being shiny America. I’m getting drunk in about 50 minutes. And I’m well aware that its early in the morning. You can’t say you've been drinkin' all day unless you start in the morning.

I CLAIM VICTORY AND MY OHIO RESIDENCY!!!

SUCK ON THAT BITCHES!!!!

Good Morning,

Based on your email dated 04/17/2008, Ohio BMV does not issue identification cards via mail. You may hold an identification card from multiple states without losing your Ohio permanent residency (not allowed to hold multiple licenses).

If you have any additional questions, please contact (614)752-7600.

Thank you.

Nancy Dixon, CSA 2
License Support Services
PH#(614)728-9426
NDixon@dps.state.oh.us

>>> "[ditriech]" 4/17/2008 11:25 AM >>>
Question/Comment:
I lost my Ohio State Identification card. I live out of state temporarily and do not want to lose my state residency. Is there any way for me to receive another identification card via the mail or some other alternative?

Thank you,
[ditriech]

(11:58:35) YoungerSpyKnots: Oh, I also bitched out ABC News for the debate last night.
(11:58:39) YoungerSpyKnots: Comment forms are fun.
(11:59:05) ditriech: haha
(11:59:23) YoungerSpyKnots: Because honestly.

Upon further review of this post, I think it might be NSFW. So just in case, I'll adding this happy little jump tag

Remember before when I was talking about 'musical freedom' and 'unhealthy addictions' and such? Sure you do, it was just last week. Anyhoo, as you well know by now, the primary beneficiary of this addiction is the greatness that is Nirvana. Nirvana is pretty much regarded as a good band by most critics (and by most critics I of course mean myself) so that one is at the very least understandable. However! This love also apparently extends to Soulja Boy's song 'Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)'.

I admit, this isn't even a good song. On my iTunes playlist it only has about two stars (I actually use my stars quite a bit, there is actually this whole process I go through with the playlist being multiplied by 10 percent and those songs getting 5 stars and then the songs that sit in the 10-30th percentile get five stars. Its a really involved and totally ditriech-esque process. None of you are actually surprised though.) But that hasn't stopped me from playing it, and for whatever mindless and weird reason tuning my mental radio to it and hearing it in my odd little head. It also hasn't stopped me from converting anything that rhymes (proper or slant) to you into YUA!!!!! which is sad for various reasons. Anyhoo, as part of this affliction, I give to you two of the shirts that the Soulja'd one is losing vast amounts of money by not selling. After the jump that is.