Author: briancollapsing

i spent about the past five hours working on a web page (not this one), and i’m sick of being at this desk, and since i’ve been at it all day there’s really nothing for me to report either. i amaze myself though at how long i can work at a computer when it’s not homework without seeming to care at all. it’s almost fun, which is definitely sort of creepy. i need to get out of this room, so i’m going to pizza hut express at taco bell. brian’s a hungry bear.

and if you for some reason want to see the pictures of my friends and i that i’ve been slapping together, be my guest.

oooh oooh. i just found out that this page is listed on google now too. although i tried the search for my name and see what comes up game, and other than my own stuff, it seems there’s no record of any other brian longtins on the web. i’m special.

first off and maybe most importantly, two.points.collapsing has two new friends (even though that second one seems to be having some technical difficulties today. what happened to the whole last week?…good luck with that). thank goodness! i think that makes five now. a tidy bunch, for sure.

so last night was great. dom’s friends were here when i came home, and they’re really rad. no wonder dominic is so cool. so the four of them, dom, dustin, me and my girlfriend went to dinner at roscoe’s chicken and waffles. if you’ve never heard of this place, don’t be scared. i too doubted the combination of chicken and waffles as a dinner menu item. i mean who would think to serve chicken with waffles? well, roscoe, that’s who. and thank goodness he did. i suspect the only reason he (they, i guess. i wish it was just this one guy named roscoe serving up the food, but it’s just not true) can pull off the mingling of chicken and waffles is that the chicken is really really good, and the waffles are really really good. so since they’re both so good, you don’t really notice how absurd it is to be eating them both during the same meal. and it’s pretty reasonably priced too. good place to check out if you’re in LA. yummy.

then we went to see made, which if you don’t know is another movie by jon favreau and vince vaughn of swingers renown. it was pretty decent, but that’s as complimentary as i can get. i was expecting a little more out of it than i got. although p-diddy (listed in the opening credits as “sean combs”, which got a laugh from me) turned in a surprisingly adequate performance as the new york crime boss. maybe if he had started out just acting instead of ripping off a police song to pay tribute to biggy smalls, not to mention being a complete fool and calling himself p-diddy, i would have liked him and not thought he was such a complete fool. the movie was entertaining though with or without any combseses so you might want to check it out.

now it’s past noon on friday and i think i might be about ready to start my day. it’s gonna be a lazy one though i can tell you that right now.

i am so out of here. thank you, this week, for going by so quickly and for causing me minimal stress or pain. and thank you, this weekend, for looking so promising.

it’s time to go wait for the bus.

listen to the first three tracks of the new rxbandits cd, and i dare you not to feel like getting up, running, jumping, screaming, kicking, throwing your fists in the air and otherwise moving wildly filled with a jolt of rock and roll. sure they have horns but they could still beat your ass if they had to.

i’m pretty much ready to go home now. 2:30 is just the technical term for time to stop working and just sit here with my headphones on and screw around on the internet. it was also when batman beyond was on the wb at one point, i think. but i wouldn’t know now because i’m an adult with a job that prevents me from watching cartoons and being a kid. in that sense.

but i do have the dvd of return of the joker among my library of films, and it’s a great movie with a very cool cast. not that i should have to validate myself. i just want it to be clear that they haven’t got me yet.

crisis averted, i think. i hope so anyway. things aren’t so good when things are bad.

but about last night. it was fabulous. the family guy was on and the difference between this week and the past few weeks it was on was that this time i remembered it was on, and watched it. that show is brilliant. my two favorite lines: (1) “this is asian reporter (insert her name here) reporting live from”(gets smashed and blown offscreen by car flying through hurricane), and (2) “you don’t even know who i am, do i”… said by some british guy writing at a desk during a classic referential cutaway after one of peter’s comments. and he was right, i really had no idea who he was. marvelous.

plus i did spend most of the evening just sitting around and reading just as i hoped to, which was nice. very nice. reading and listening to music could easily comprise 80% of my waking hours and i think i’d still be pretty content with my life. of course human contact is nice too so i’d need some of that sometimes, but last night i had all three so i was pretty much entirely satisfied. and that’s a rare and precious thing. it made me feel good.

and we had koo koo roo for lunch. do they have those in other parts of the country? i don’t really know. i’d never been there until i worked here. it’s basically the same as boston market — although based on past experiences at boston market including good memories and the food itself (also good), i’d have to say i like boston market more. the carver sandwiches there are top notch. can somebody who lives near a boston market send me one?

(now i imagine opening my mailbox and seeing a sandwich with a stamp on it sitting there with my name written along the top. good for a laugh but probably not for a lunch. i guess you can’t win ’em all).

thursdays are good for a lot of reasons. this one so far has contained me getting my check deposited, which means i have money again. that’s good. it means after today it’s the weekend. that’s very good. and on this specific thursday, it means four of dominic’s friends are coming in from illinois for the weekend, which i’m quite sure will lead to fun. i mean, he’s even renting a car. you don’t just do that for a regular boring old weekend.

but i have to go now, because i’m in trouble. not from writing this from work, at least. it’s a different kind of trouble. but don’t worry about me.

we’re gonna be just fine.

holy crap i almost forgot that it’s my little sister’s birthday. i just sent her a darling d-film to wish her well. they’re better than e-cards because you get to write them. how fun. if you read this, you should email her and wish her happy birthday. it would make me laugh to know that people that don’t know her wished her a happy 15th birthday.

or you could wish her a happy any numbered birthday, really. i’d still laugh.

mmm, root beer.

oooh, it’s almost time to go home. today i got to sit in on more html coding, which is the most useful thing i’ve got out of this internship so far. but i’m looking forward to going home soon and not doing much tonight. maybe watching a movie or just reading a lot. i need to start reading a lot more for a few weeks because school’s starting soon (if 26 or more days is soon) and that means i’ll have to start spending my reading time on selections not selected by me. and those aren’t — usually — quite as enjoyable.

i read not 20 minutes ago an article that the house passed a bill to ban all forms of human cloning outright. god, i hate the govenrment of this country. they’re supposed to represent us, and if they’re doing an accurate job of representing the opinions of the country they’re serving, then i need to find a better country to live in. how can you believe that it’s more moral to not let a scientist multiply embryo cells that would have been discarded anyway, so he can do research on growing replacement organs for terminally ill patients, then letting a large number of fully developed human being continue to suffer or die? i would blame republicans but judging by the votes that’s not the dividing line. it’s probably just good old fashioned ignorance.

dammit. maybe getting my paycheck will make me feel better. that and some root beer. i need some root beer. i’m going to go home and drink some frosty a&w and read a book. splendid.

good morning! maybe that should be a question instead of an exclamation. why is it overcast every single morning in LA? it seems to clear up by afternoon, but it always starts out sullen. i take it as a personal challenge to make my day shine.

does this ever happen to you? you’re sitting in one room apart from some of your good friends. or even in the same room, but far enough off not to be in the conversation they’re having. you can hear them though, and you overhear that they’re having one of those good sharing-personal-thoughts-and-feelings conversations all of a sudden. you know, one of those ones where you feel like you’re becoming better friends with someone and glad you’re so close. only since you’re apart from them, you only know it’s going on, you can’t really just walk up and jump in the middle of it. it’s like you missed the boat on a good moment, or maybe even a good long discussion. that’s what happened to me last night. and whenever that happens, it makes me feel really sad and lonely. i want to hear about your feelings too, i really do…

that’s what i get for retreating to my room for a while to listen to my new rx bandits cd. but at least the cd is really good. and i mean really good. they manage to do pop-punk (with ska touches) better than any of the bands that are actually popular, and they do the sublime-reggae-ska thing better than sublime did. and i’m pretty sure matt embree of vocals and guitar is just a genious. the only problem i see is if you tire easily of songs about tv/radio/corporations taking over our lives. but musically it’s outstanding, and definitely their best. proof that they’re still a growing pool of talent.

also, i made it to the post office today to send a package, and it made me ten minutes late to work. finally! i was actually late! of course, everyone in charge still isn’t here so what does it matter? as long as once they get here they remember it’s payday because i have to buy concert tickets and cds. and eventually food.