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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

The Shortcomings Of Others Is A Big Theme in My Life

It's been too long kidlets, and I've missed you, as a matronly cheetah misses her tiny cublings, eaten perhaps only days previously by rabid hyenas. Since I'm confident the feeling is mutual, I'm going to share some of my recent adventures, gleaned mostly from a recent Snow Patrol concert I attended. Warning: These adventures may include several individuals who are (big surprise) not up to general standard.

I want to kick things off with a short memo to The Girl At The Snow Patrol Concert who thinks she's at a Jay-Z concert. Yeah, you. No one should be allowed to do any of the following things:

1. Sing "Big Pimpin" lyrics regardless of what song is being performed. To reiterate, Big Pimpin' is what you would sing at a Jay-Z concert, which you were clearly not at.

2. Flash 'West Side' symbol whenever you're really rocking out. Let's save that for when I'm posing for a picture with my cool guy buddies. Then it's okay, and is not lame.

3. Do the slow head bob combined with one-hand-overhead up-down motion. This did not sit well with me, as you are not at a free-style rap contest.

You must understand, this is not about me micro-managing your fun. This is about the fact that you are affiliated with neither the crips or bloods, nor are you a rapper. The lead singer for Snow Patrol is not a rapper, either. I am not a rapper, although the way many women respond to me often makes me wonder if I am. Maybe I actually am a rapper, now I'm not sure.

So, Me: Possible Rapper
You: Definitely Not Rapper

Other persons of low individual worth

Hey Guy At Concert with no ability to sense the presence of other objects or humans, even if they happen to be 1 inch away from you: If you could stash the texas tornado/whirling dirvish dance moves in the tool shed with your other epilepsy-inspired flailings, that would be optimal. Sure, I have some crappy, old-school dance moves too, but I sometimes make an effort to not bash into everything within a 15-foot radius. Thanks.

Hey Guy Making Out With Your Girlfriend for a solid 1.5 hour stretch, also known as the entire length of the concert: I get it, you really like your girlfriend. Or ecstacy. I hope the whirling dervish guy crashes into you.

Hey Guy writing this who is lashing out in frustration due to general inability to secure legitimate work: Nothing should stand in the way of great journalism. Superlative work, really top-notch. Keep it up. I mean that.

Hey Guy(s) who read my online application and resumes, and then delete them because you want to hire your friend: Your friend is meaningless in the grand scheme, and reeks of insignificance. On the flip-side, I am destined for greatness and will not soon forget your repeated snubbings. To summarize: If I see you on the street, there will be conflict.

I guess those are the main people recently who have not been as good as me. Next time I will try to bring a more positive attitude, and dedicate the entire post to raising awareness about homelessness and people having AIDS a lot. But I need to build up to that, and I need your support or I'll kill myself. No I'm kidding. See ya!

9 Comments:

At 4:26 PM, Blogger heatherfeather said...

hmmm... seeing as how i was in san diego and couldn't hang out again, i'm wondering if i smell funny, and if i shouldn't be on your list?

maybe? maybe not? although i did have my eyes peeled for you (ew! i peeled my eyes for you!) when i made the monumental mistake of trying to drive through the gaslamp district on a saturday night.

le sigh. it totally would have been fun.

 
At 1:09 AM, Blogger Rob said...

that was me at the concert, making out with my girlfriend and then later whirly-dervishing around, but the thing is i only did it so you'd notice me. all my life you haven't noticed me. you never even acknowledged my existence until i was, like, 10 yrs old...

 
At 3:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i like "snow patrol" -- were the less-than-standard individuals so intrusive to your concert-viewing pleasure, that it obliterated the show for you? hope not.

i know i'm not as good as you, but i didn't recognize me on your list of persons to be scorned (well, except for "definitely not rapper"). guess that's ONE positive thing i've got going right now...

 
At 9:09 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I once fell asleep at a Spin Doctors concert. People in the bleachers had to step around me. Am I therefore a Person of Low Individual Worth? I want to know so I can put it on my resume.

 
At 2:03 PM, Blogger Lisa said...

ohhhh, I once fell asleep at a Gin Blossoms Concert! It was BO-RING.

dottie, I think we just know what is most important - sleep!

 
At 10:51 PM, Blogger Erik said...

hf-thanks for your message the other week, i had some priors (engagements, not felonies) happening, so it wasn't your body odor that was the problem. it seems like we should be able to make something happen. if you would stop messing it up by picking the wrong time to be in town. thanks for nothing.

si-luckily, serious, unmitigated rocking cannot easily be compromised. snow patrol brought the fury, and nothing can change that.

p.s. thus far, you're on the good list. one way to remain there is buying high dollar christmas gifts for me. but you might not need to do that. it's totally up to you, i'm just throwing out ideas at this point.

bryan-well, you've got my attention now. you didn't necessarily need to go all whirling dervish on me, but i understand how you might've been feeling overlooked. let's put this behind us.

ok, stop making out with her. ok, you can stop. thank you.

dottie-if you fell asleep at a concert, it is presumed that you would not be thrashing about. so, as much as i would like to help you build your resume, i cannot say that you fully qualify as a POLIW.

lisa-i love to sleep too! part of that is because i have sleep apnea, but i think i would love it anyway. i would like to join you and dottie's sleep club. JUST sleeping though! you two are very naughty.

 
At 12:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

man, i knew i shoulda been saving up more for xmas!

 
At 2:57 PM, Blogger heatherfeather said...

yeah, yeah... whatever.

i got the point, i showered.

 
At 5:37 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Taste my flame biatch

 

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