Sunday, January 3, 2010

Doing it again in 2010?

Happy 2010, I'm still not keeping it very professional but I've still got the eccentric thing going as always. I'll be on indefinite hiatus to focus on the DGAF blog. I'll be chronicling my misadventures there, and believe me there will be many more on the way this year. I also have a few other surprises in mind... so stay tuned and stay professionally eccentric.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Back to the '90s pt. 2

Like I needed any more proof that the '90s are back?

Well, apparently we're going to witness the return of Vh1's Behind the Music soon...

Is Silversun Pickups heralding some kind of revenge of popular 90's style anthemic indie rock?

I went to see Ponyo the other day, and noticed a trailer for a movie directed by Spike Jonze (Where the Wild Things Are), followed by Disney's return to traditional animation (The Princess and the Frog), and then of course it was announced that Toy Story 1 and 2 were going to be back in theaters... in 3-D.

So I guess the 90's are back but with a twist. And a burning vengeance. Underworld even said that it was like the early '90s again. I think MIchel Gondry should hurry up and direct some epic film so he gets the recognition he deserves (as if his videos weren't enough?).

Sunday, August 16, 2009

3 drinks i am not down for

1. gin

2. whisky

3. wine

got it?

i had bad hangovers and/or experiences with all of these and i will drink them in mixed drinks (long island iced teas, sangria, etc.) but i refuse to drink any of these straight or with just tonic.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

things i will not do for $10 an hour

i had a SECOND job interview for a job that pays $10 an hour today.

i was required to do research because the owner would meet me and ask me questions.

when i got there, i had to wait for over 15 minutes.

i finally meet the owner, and he doesn't ask a single question about what i had to research. instead, he asks me how i would market his company to various demographics and how their website could be improved to improve marketing.

this was NOT any kind of marketing job. it required no degree or knowledge in marketing. it is supposed to be a customer service job.

also, if you own a company, it would help if you actually knew about your market rather than act like you know everything about it and ask potential employees for free advice.

are you fucking kidding me? if i got hired, what else would i have to do for $10? turn the company around?

it's nap time!

speaking of the '90s, i can't believe how long green day have been around. my dad listens to them now.

i can smell my laptop burning. no, seriously, it's really scary. i think my face will melt with it too.

this new hand soap i bought from Walgreens, it's lime and coconut scented. which sounds delicious. and so is thai food. but when your soap smells like cheap thai curry, it's kind of creepy.

what if i went around telling people my name was andromedè?

remember when going to england seemed like a good idea?

i have a job interview in less than 5 hours and i'm not done researching vintage clothing.

it's also past 5 am.

and i can't get my blog on DGAF about ODB to look good.

could someone get "Flat Beat" out of my head already?

Hey mom, can I have some money? The ice cream man is coming!

"Watch these rap n*ggaz get all up in your guts
French-vanilla, butter-pecan, chocolate-deluxe
Even caramel sundaes is gettin touched
And scooped in my ice cream truck, Wu tears it up"

I can't stress how much it is the '90s again. I can't get Mr. Oizo's "Flat Beat" out of my head, which came out in 1999, and I've noticed that music videos haven't really moved on much from the '90s. A lot of them still take place in the desert, and the cinematography hasn't changed all that much. If you haven't noticed, not a lot of ground is being broken. But then, it's all been done before... And so I'm still cracking up at South Park, but instead of the movie it's Gay Fish, and well I found out about Louise Brooks 10 years ago only to find myself really discovering her now.

Anyway, the point of this blog is that I saw this stupid new baskin robbins commercial on tv and thought it fucking sounded like a stupid fucking miami bass song from the early '90s and i wanted to put it on my stupid fucking blog:
and i stumble upon THIS:
http://www.brvideocontest.com/
another freaking video contest. when i said this has been the summer of stupid contests, i meant it. but i didn't expect them to keep coming like this.
here's the roll call so far:
1. Wendy's Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty Remix Contest (Pending)
2. Loud.com LMFAO LA LA LA remix contest (Lost)
3. HARD Summer I Can't Fucking Wait Video Contest (Won!!! WTF???)
4. Visitor Remix Contest
5. LMFAO "I'm in Your City, Trick" Video Contest (ARGH ANOTHER LMAFO CONTEST???)
6. Stupid Baskin Robbins Cake Dance Video Contest

I haven't entered contests #4, #5 or #6 yet. So is this what the professional eccentric does? Enter contests all the damn time? Is that what an eccentric does for a living? Because I'm totally down. If I win the Wendy's one, it's $3,000. Baskin Robbins will shell out $10,000. I can't believe this is my life. Now all I need to do is win that trip to Paris. Or do i?