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October 29, 2004

Whats in the ally?

Fridays are interesting days here in S.E. Friday is the day i see the most crack activity, people dancing in the vacant lot across the street, and just generally humorous stuff.

why should today be any different.

what was in the ally today you ask? i'll tell you. i found a person today. there was a guy laying against a garbage bin. i should also point out that it is raining today. so there is a guy passed out on the wet ground snuggled up against a garbage dumpster. now generally i would feel pretty aweful with myself if i was taking joy in seeing this, but he was not a homeless person. he looked like a regular guy i would see on the street down here. i can only assume he has had his fair share of the "friday treat" that is so plentyful in this area. so i do not feel bad at all. maybe he will wake up later and swear off using all together, seeing that he woke up soaking wet, drooling on a dumpster on the streets of DC. so in a way i am happy for the guy.

it did not occur to me until this post that he may actually not be alive. if he is still there when i leave this evening i will surely give him a poke with the umbrella and run like hell. that way i will have done my humane deed for the day.

damn i wish i had a camera.

October 28, 2004

RaAaAaAance!

Jamie is Welsh.
Jamie "likes" sheep.

This is Jamie on holloween.


*thanks kim, you do not know what you started...

makes me laugh

from Conan

October 26, 2004

i wonder

i wonder who Eminem is voting for this year? lets look at his new video and see if we can tell...

Eminem "Mosh"

October 22, 2004

please do not all jump at once

there is a room available at the Youngblood house! yes one of our roommate is leaving and that means good times for one lucky person. you can have all the tard watching, blue carpet sitting, filth living, playboy looking, and HD viewing you can handle!!

rent is cheap and you get to experience all the good times first hand. let me know if anyone is interested.

Whats in the ally?

i saw these items this morning on my way to work, not from the famous ally i have refered to in the past, but interesting specimins none the less. i will consider changing the title to "Whats on the street?"

naw

Item #1: empty box for a womans "personal massager"
what kind of horny hurry does one have to be in to rip open your new toy on the streets of DC? "oooh i just cant wait! pull the car over! pull the car over!!!"

Item #2: can of mase
i can only assume that the mase did not work since it is laying on the sidewalk. wonder what happened to the person that was carrying it? did they use it and break free from their attacker, or fumble while trying to retrieve it and get dragged off into the night? my personal theory is that someone used it for their challupa when the bell was out of fire sauce. i forgot my CSI kit this morning.

October 21, 2004

best costume ever

via chip, via collegehumor.com

best costume ever.jpg

October 18, 2004

elections

this is about as political as i am going to get...

The Washington Redskins have proved to be a time-tested election predictor. In the previous 15 elections, if the Washington Redskins have lost their last home game prior to the election, the incumbent party has lost the White House. When they have won, the incumbent has stayed in power.

This election year, that deciding game takes place on Sunday, October 31 ... vs. Green Bay.

instead of voting i am going to get one of those big foam fingers!

found it on this website, sounds right although i am way too lazy to verify

October 15, 2004

Whats in the ally?

last month i had this post about what i found in an ally i ocasionally use as a shortcut.

this month was no let down. walking through i found a hypodermic needle.

just to further support the fact that i am a product of a sheltered middle class existance, i had no idea this stuff actually happened! luckly i resisted the temptation to pick it up with my tounge.

i will be accepting donations for the purchase of a camera phone. at least once a day i find something that is picture worthy.

finally

day 3 the BMW was finally moved from the bush in the front yard. we were defiantly getting dirty looks from the neighbors every time they had to push their strollers over the curb and into the street to avoid the obstruction.

roommate chip knocked on the tard house, but no one was home so he left a note on the car. i did not read the note, but if i know chip it was probably polite on the surface with a "get your car out of my front yard you fucking retards" undertone. either way it worked. unfortunately, our timing last night was off. all of the roommates were gone and i was watching a movie in the basement. away from the 70" tard TV i call a window. somehow they managed to move the car to the correct side of the street.

last night my theory of the lost keys was proven. tards needed something from the trunk. we were drawn outside by extremely loud banging at 10:30pm. tards were doing some locksmithing. from what i heard last night and what i saw this morning, a variety of instruments were used. i will try to get a pic, but until then, this is what i think happened.

they used a screwdriver to try to break the lock, then tried to cut around the lock by punching holes in the metal (like a can opener). they tried to go at the hinges of the trunk b/c the metal is bent up 45 degrees. and the last attempt, one that brought me outside, was the skill saw. do you know what a skill saw is? it is the shit you use to cut 2X4's and other wood. it is definitely not a metal cutting device. either way it is a tard with a power tool. he basically tried to cut through the trunk lid.

they got in eventually. i hope whatever was in there was worth it.

October 14, 2004

tard update

two days after the incident...

the car is still in the bush. i really do not mind it there. every morning i leave, everyday i come home, i snicker and remember that we have tards across the street. lets see how long it actually stays there.

October 13, 2004

tards

i will do my best to document the events of last night. it will be broken into chapters because that is how my brain works.

Chapter one - background:
the tards have a BMW convertable that does not run. they have had it sitting on the street (which is basically on a hill) with a tarp over it for some time now. apparently they received a note informing them that it will be towed if not moved yesterday. i also believe that they have lost the keys to the BMW. i will explain that hypothisis later.

Chapter two - the anticipation:
roomate pops comes running down the stairs about 7pm tuesday evening with an enthusiasm that can only be brought on by a tard sighting. he screams "both the tards are home! somethings going to happen!" it is a commonology in the youngblood house that when two tards are in plain view outside, something is going to happen. so we gather the roommates by the picture window in the living room, turn off the TV and all lights, open windows, and get into our favorite tard watching positions (we have done this a few times in case you cannot tell). we were expecting a fight, none of could imagine what came next.

Chapter three - attempt number one:
none of us knew how right pops was to call us down to the tards. it seems as if they wanted to get the BMW moved so it would not be towed. parents are gone, just the two tards. they removed the tarp and proceeded to climb into the car through the roof (lost keys assumption #1). put the car in neutral and let the e brake off. we are on a hill here. of course the car takes off backwards towards our house. the stearing wheel was locked and the wheels were turned (lost keys assumption #2). the car rolls back into the curb infront of our house and is now perpendicular to the road. back tires on the curb and the front end blocking most of the road. there is just enough room for one car to pass. this is a pretty busy road. they have moved 10 feet and are stuck. they immediatly start fighting with each other insisting it was the others fault. they try to push, but that thing is not moving. traffic is backing up. they are screaming FU at the top of their lungs. roommates and i are sure this car is going to end up in our house.

tards screem on for another 30 min. steph comes home, charlie comes home, we fill them in and the audiance in the living room is big. we typically park cars on the street infron of our house, but luckily today we had the foresight not to. all cars in the driveway and down the street a bit.

Chapter four - attempt number two:
"parents" come home. drunk father figure wants to attach a rope to his pickup and pull it out of the way. good idea. keep in mind that the cussing and screaming does not stop when the "parents" come home it only gets louder because now you have drunk father figure screaming "shut up ~insert tard name~!!!" and the random but always ammusing "god dammit!!!" out of nowhere just adding fuel to the fire. they manage to get the car back where it was, but this is now not good enough. they want to get it into the driveway. they hooked it up to the pickup and pulled it about 20 feet down the hill until it was right infront of our house and thiers. they live across the street, we now have optimum viewing. except the nose was still in the road.

at this point chip and pops leave for a softball game. another 20 min or so, more screaming and cussing.

Chapter five - attempt number three:
since the wheels are turned and locked any movement they have made in a straight line is a direct result of dragging the shit out of it. they decide to get this thing in the diveway, they need to hook it to the pickup again and drag the front end 45 degrees into the driveway. this went on for several minutes with the rope breaking 3 times. never got it in the driveway, now all they have to do is get the front end of the car out of the street. pickup truck has had its left turn signal on the entire time (just thought you would like to know).

the back wheels are on the curb again, we are on a hill, and the wheels are turned in such a way that the trajectory takes the car directly into the area of our driveway where twin Tahoes sit side by side.

Chapter six - the finally:
how would you move the front end of a BMW out of the road. ram it of course! they pushed the pickup into the front quarter pannel of the BMW in an attempt to push it in to the curb. what they did not see was that the curb was all that was holding the car on the hill. no e-brake! the car poped up on the curb and set down the hill. TOWARDS THE TAHOES!!! SHIT!!!! this car missed chalies Hoe by about a foot and slammed into the bush beside it. where it sits today. burried in a bush in our front yard is a tard car. huge dented in trunk and does not run, windows down and roof half open. we narrowly missed one catastrophic collision of a BMW and two Hoes.

the pictures below were taken last night. i have since moved my Hoe but it was even with the sidewalk and another one right beside it next to the BMW.

Image #1

Image #2

note the broken tow ropes
Image #3

Fucking Tards...

October 11, 2004

advice

as most of you know I am in the market to buy a home. YES STILL! and since i was both too poor and lacking the foresight to break in before the big housing boom, i am thoroughly screwed.

that being said, no one can predict the housing market. especially in NOVA, even more in an election year. what i do want is for some of your thoughts on the matter. i know many of you have recently purchased homes, some looking to do it soon, and some just know what the hell they are talking about. let me hear your thoughts on what the market will do. intrest rates, housing prices, northern Va sprawl, anything you think is valid.

the soapbox is yours...

hmmm...

so there are two of us, that does not mean we can't co-exist.

actually it is not that bad, i am not sure of the eminem ref, but whatever.

check out big B's new albumn "cold as ice"

the world would be a better place if...

government workers were always off.

it is like a different world here in DC on this Columbus Day. the ride in to work was 20 min instead of 45. there is parking all over the city, and i am pretty sure the meter maids are not on the beat (i'll let you know later if i get a ticket). no clients in the office means we actually get to have a jeans day! BP has company-wide jeans day to which you pay $5 on a friday, but we here in the DC office are unable to participate due to all of the Navy personel we have here. so i type to you now as a less stressed, more comfortable little worker who will probably do some work today to repay the gratitude BP has granted me. or i am going to surf the internet because no one is here.

peace!

October 7, 2004

i am too late

"maw! go fetch my scatter gun, and fire up the time machine. i'm going gigantic deer hunting! oh, and we need some more shit tickets for the outhouse."

these things had 88lb antlers. the antlers of this beast weigh more than deer i have killed.

story via fark, via yahoo, via reuters, via some guy in london, via some archiologist, via his mama and daddy doin it all night long... (you get the point).

October 6, 2004

holly crap

there was a bear walking around a hospital in Roanoke, Va.

can you imagine being the guy standing next to it when he finally realized?

what a crock of $#!%!

here is the link.

here is the basis:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fined for swearing on national TV after winning the race at Talladega. the fine was $10,000 and 25 points, which takes him from a 13 point lead over Kirt Busch to a 12 point deficit. this is the finals for NASCAR. with the new points system in place, the top 10 drivers have a 10 race shot at the Nextel cup. they took away all points earned in the regular season and once the finals started, they awarded a stagger-start type point system. if you finished 1st in the regular season the you were awareded more sterting points than the 2nd place finisher. point it that the points in these races mean more. but i digress.

here is the quote:
Asked Sunday by NASCAR broadcaster NBC about the significance of his fifth victory at Talladega, Earnhardt said, "It don't mean shit right now. Daddy's won here 10 times."

here is my thoughts:
with only a few races left to the cup, taking 25 points away is like pulling your starting running back in the playoffs. the points he earned by racing suffered from a slip of the tounge. the races should be won on the racetrack not in politics. no he should not have said it, yes he should be penalized, but charge him money. they did not take away janet jackson's record label did they?

i do not know what NASCAR expects, but i watch these guys on sunday because of the grass roots of the sport. the herritage of it all. if there were 30 jeff gordons (from cali) all politically correct and straight arrow, i may not watch. i like it when there are fights in the pits, drivers talking shit (oops $10,000 please), and crashes! you know you like it too. they are trying to take the good ol boys out of the sport they created. problem is you will be taking NASCAR's true fans from the sport as well...

October 5, 2004

tard update

guest author pops:

Another night in the life of the tards

4 police cars round one, 2 cars round two.... Several hours of non stop cursing, threats and just plain retards in front of our house led to us missing most of monday night football.

Some great quotes beside "I'm going to fn kill you" were

tard #2 to tard#1 "I'm goin to break your fn neck"
tard#1 to the police "He destroyed my moped"
Drunk Dad to tard#1"You're a fn liar"
Cops to tard#1 at the end of round two "Go to bed"

Life is good across from the tards.

October 1, 2004

out of the red

hotmail has increased my online storage from a measly 2mb to a less measly 250mb! i was in the "red zone" with my hotmail account for some time now, which ment that i had to pick and choose what i saved and did not save. this forced me to move towards my beloved google accounts. but bringing more storage has breathed new life into my poor old standby.

this does not seem to be the case for every hotmail user. am i just special?

aside from more storage, hotmail seemed to have beefed up its spam protection. i recieve A LOT LESS spam then i did last year. and believe me, i have put that poor hotmail address in every account request i could.

let me know if anyone else got thier account supersized. i am too lasy to research it today.