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Mar. 17th, 2005 08:37 pmSo even though the house has already been sold - did I mention that? Because it has been, and yeah, I'm apparently expected to be out by the end of the month - there are people coming tomorrow morning to look at it. GRR. So much for sleeping in on MY DAY OFF.
I am so sick of this. If the place I'm looking at tomorrow is reasonably decent and available right away, I want to move in this weekend. I've had just about enough of my space not being my own and getting jerked around by all this crap. The place I looked at today was nice, but the room is about the size of my laptop and I'm not sure it would be available in time.
If the place I'm looking at tomorrow also contains cable (because I need my baseball) and an Internet connection, then so much the better. Shall update you tomorrow about the situation, and how my online avilability might change.
In news that doesn't make my head explody, the excerpt offered in the Herald from Jose Canseco's opening statement in the Why Is Congress Pretending To Care About Steroids, Anyway? Saga strikes me as pretty solid proof that steroids shrink your brain. I don't know if Canseco was ever even remotely intellgent, but damn, he's a moron now.
I can't seem to find a link at the Herald's site, and I don'tfeel like typing out wish to bore you with extensive quotes, so I'll just offer my two favorite bits and my interpretation and leave it at that.
*reads for usable excerpts* Actually, fuck that, Canseco's prose is tortured and rambling and ridiculous, so I'll just summarize the first point thusly: "OMG I had no idea that dropping so many names of famous, popular players would, like, upset people and stuff! I really really really didn't think it would be a big deal at all! Wow!" This is two paragraphs of painfully written (or spoken, whatever) bullshit boiled down. The man does not know how to communicate at all. I just don't know if he's being disingenuous (probably), or if he genuinely did not expect things to go as far as a Congressional hearing (although, really, why would he?).
The second one is actually worth quoting a little: "The time has come to address this issue and set the record straight about what risks are involved in that behavior [taking steroids, obviously]. To send a message to America, especially the youth, that these actions, while attractive at first, may tarnish and harm you later." The reason this is funny is because, in the introduction to Juiced, he says flat-out, without mincing words, that steroids are good for you. I don't have a quote for that because I don't exactly have a copy of the book lying around, but I remember that statement very clearly because it almost killed me right in the middle of the bookstore. Steroids are good for you. I can't make this shit up. I may not have any special opinion on the use of them, but I think we can all agree that the long-term effects kind of suck a lot. Yes, Canseco, I do think you could do a great deal to discourage kids from considering steroid use, but maybe not in the way you're thinking. The word "thinking," of course, being a generous description of whatever might go on in that enormous cranium of yours. "Steroids killed Canseco's brain, kids. Don't let it happen to you."
I am so sick of this. If the place I'm looking at tomorrow is reasonably decent and available right away, I want to move in this weekend. I've had just about enough of my space not being my own and getting jerked around by all this crap. The place I looked at today was nice, but the room is about the size of my laptop and I'm not sure it would be available in time.
If the place I'm looking at tomorrow also contains cable (because I need my baseball) and an Internet connection, then so much the better. Shall update you tomorrow about the situation, and how my online avilability might change.
In news that doesn't make my head explody, the excerpt offered in the Herald from Jose Canseco's opening statement in the Why Is Congress Pretending To Care About Steroids, Anyway? Saga strikes me as pretty solid proof that steroids shrink your brain. I don't know if Canseco was ever even remotely intellgent, but damn, he's a moron now.
I can't seem to find a link at the Herald's site, and I don't
*reads for usable excerpts* Actually, fuck that, Canseco's prose is tortured and rambling and ridiculous, so I'll just summarize the first point thusly: "OMG I had no idea that dropping so many names of famous, popular players would, like, upset people and stuff! I really really really didn't think it would be a big deal at all! Wow!" This is two paragraphs of painfully written (or spoken, whatever) bullshit boiled down. The man does not know how to communicate at all. I just don't know if he's being disingenuous (probably), or if he genuinely did not expect things to go as far as a Congressional hearing (although, really, why would he?).
The second one is actually worth quoting a little: "The time has come to address this issue and set the record straight about what risks are involved in that behavior [taking steroids, obviously]. To send a message to America, especially the youth, that these actions, while attractive at first, may tarnish and harm you later." The reason this is funny is because, in the introduction to Juiced, he says flat-out, without mincing words, that steroids are good for you. I don't have a quote for that because I don't exactly have a copy of the book lying around, but I remember that statement very clearly because it almost killed me right in the middle of the bookstore. Steroids are good for you. I can't make this shit up. I may not have any special opinion on the use of them, but I think we can all agree that the long-term effects kind of suck a lot. Yes, Canseco, I do think you could do a great deal to discourage kids from considering steroid use, but maybe not in the way you're thinking. The word "thinking," of course, being a generous description of whatever might go on in that enormous cranium of yours. "Steroids killed Canseco's brain, kids. Don't let it happen to you."
