Glen Phillips is awesome!

Glen Phillips - yes, the one from Toad the Wet Sprocket - and i are playing a game of scrabble via facebook....

no, i don't know him.  i've met him a few times at shows, and even sold merch as an Aware Records Rep for once, but none of that has anything to do with how i find myself playing scrabble with him.

a friend had mentioned that she noticed he was using the scrabble app in facebook....since i like to play scrabble i started a game with him that i named, "i'm just a fan" and then took my turn, and in the chat window i wrote:

"i don't really expect you to play this given how many people out there probably have asked, but i thought i would try - even if you want to just play one word every few months when you might be unable to sleep on tour..."

lo and behold, i log back in today and find out he took his turn and i'm up!  no comments from him yet, but just the fact that he's playing....very cool....

yes.  i'm a fan-boy.  shut up.

insomnia, you win again...

why am i still awake?  i don't know.  well, i have some ideas, but....

since i'm up, i thought i would write a quick haiku:

not able to sleep
ab rocket on tv screen
tomorrow will suck


later.

Team Coco!

Conan O’Brien has released a statement, just published by The New York Times:

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.

Yours,

Conan

shout. shout. let it all out.

Tear For Fears.  who didn't enjoy at least one of their songs back in the day?  whatever.  shut up liar.

i've realised that in the few weeks that have elapsed since my "journey of self-discovery" that i seem to have started a slide back towards a more negative outlook on life - and that is not good.  luckily i have recognised it and i can take steps to reverse it.

the first step is that i am going to try and be more self-aware.  if i find myself getting frustrated or angry about something, i need to stop and ask myself why it is happening and then see if there isn't a different emotion that would be better suited to handle the situation - like maybe laughing?  i know, it might not always work, but most of the time when i am getting angry it has to do with another person or their actions to be more accurate, and i think laughing at it instead will be better for me (and it might serve the added bonus of frustrating them - lol).

as for right now, what i am doing is taking the half-day off i had scheduled to go to the Pete Yorn concert in columbia, and just having a relaxing, 70 degree, late october afternoon with the top down on the car; running errands and just generally relaxing.  granted i would have like to see Pete Yorn, but my ankle is still too jacked up from the fall last week to handle a concert - or at least handle a concert and enjoy it.  

a nice relaxing afternoon will do just fine though, and that's what i'm off to do...

BEN FOLDS TONIGHT!

i'm actually really excited about the show tonight.  even though i've seen him, something like 10 times now, seeing Ben Folds in concert just doesn't get old.  the crowd he draws is [almost] always full of like-minded people that are there to listen to good music and have a good time WITHOUT the drunken, macho, BS that can so often show up at events like this (see DMB fraternity fanboys if you need an example - which is why i'm still debating going to Farm Aid, but i digress...).

tonight though, there should be little to no fanboys, very few drunk chicks yelling loudly, and a whole bunch of Ben's fans grooving to some of the best nerd rock of the last decade - and i can't wait.

shut up and stop smiling

no, i'm not talking to you.  i'm actually not talking to anyone.  i just don't have anything to say, or rather, i have plenty to say, but i don't know where to start.  sooooo, i thought i would just start typing something random and see where it went.  apparently the answer is no where....i apologise for wasting your time.  

then again, it's not like i held a gun to your head and demanded you read this, so maybe i don't need to apologise.  in fact, if anyone needs to be sorry, i think it would be you - how about giving me an apology for attempting to make me feel guilty in the first place?

jack ass.

this is for you little guy...

ode to a db....

you are small in stature
and smaller in frame,
always overestimating your own fame.

if you were half as smart
as you believe yourself to be
you might be able to converse with me.

but the sad thing is
and it's the worst of all,
your the tree from which your apple has to fall.

see he's a good kid
and deserves a shot,
but to overcome your DNA will be a lot.

so my only option now
is supporting him and being there,
consoling him when he grows your back hair.

now you're threatened and don't want me around
but he likes me and that is true,
and so is this: fuck with any of us again, and i will BURY YOU.