just screwing around on the web tonight, found a blog by an iraqui guy our age who is living in baghdad. go read it. it's current.

1. If you had the chance to meet someone you've never met, from the past or present, who would it be?
that is a tough question. i think it would've been neat to meet dorothy parker, or zelda fitzgerald or eleanor roosevelt, or i think it would be neat to meet one of my donnelly family members that came here from ireland, so i could ask them why.

2. If you had to live in a different century, past or future, which would it be?
i think i would be a guy in the 13th or 14th century, a knight would be cool; or a guy in 17th century paris.

3. If you had to move anywhere else on Earth, where would it be?
paris, france or london, england

4. If you had to be a fictional character, who would it be?
Idgy Threadgood.

5. If you had to live with having someone else's face as your own for the rest of your life, whose would it be?
i don't know, reese witherspoon, julianne moore, maura tierney, gwyneth paltrow... any of these would do.

this stupid war has blocked out both the guiding light and er! fuck it!!

on another note, i need some advice i think. the woman who moved into the apt. across the hall from me verbally abuses her
toddler(s) on a regular basis. we share the wall to our respective living rooms. i hear her scream at them all the time, and them screaming full-on little kid screams all the time, the kind which makes me suspect that if she's not beating them, she's at least manhandling them. i've heard her call them (i think there's two) stupid, cocksuckers, bitches and fucks and she screams at them to 'get your ass back in bed'. should i say something to my super?

i'm morally pretzeled.

band name: sugar-free ezra

shout it a couple times in a monster truck guy voice. i think you'll find it works.....

so my weekend was pretty good. friday i picked up jessie and sauber at the airport (yay!). and then jessie and i went into the city to help dan celebrate his birthday.. it was a lot of fun, we went to spin, and kristen was able to come too - we haven't gotten to play together in quite a while so that was great. we stayed out late, and kristen made crepes in the morning in honor of dan's actual b-day, which was saturday. saturday afternoon, jessie and i left dan's and went to the brookfield zoo. we saw monkeys and elephants and tigers and lions and walruses and sea lions and dolphins and other stuff too :). there were lots of kids there, but most of the time i felt like we were at our own personal zoo. the weather was beautiful and we had a great time. then we went to famous dave's for wings, and home for junior's cheesecake and ocean's eleven. it was a great day.

i was just reading some of my most recent posts, and i realized i forgot to mention one of the things jackie and i did was go to a bookstore in chicago called quimby's.. it's in bucktown and they carry her 'zine esperanza. you should go there, it's off the damen stop on the blue line, and they carry 'zines on everything you can think of... 'zines are pretty cool i think, it's an opportunity for anyone who's got something to say be published and heard for like almost no $$. i took her picture holding her zine and we were total cheesy tourists. it was great. she's now thinking about opening her own bookstore back in baltimore.. so exciting!!

1. Do you like talking on the phone? Why or why not?
i don't mind talking on the phone. it really depends on who it is i'm talking to. and for how long, since i can't switch ears like y'all two-workin-eared people - my ear hurts after a while. sometimes it's nice to hear the voice, but it's easier to excuse yourself out of an email.

2. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone?
ummmmm.......... dan i think.

3. About how many telephones do you have at home?
i have one land line, for online service, and my cell, which is my primary phone.

4. Have you encountered anyone who has really bad phone manners? What happened?
i don't think so, but there is a guy at work who doesn't say "bye" before he hangs up, he just hangs up and that's kind of annoying.

5. Would you rather pick up the phone and call someone or write them an e-mail or a letter? Why or why not?
i think i sort of anwered that in the first question. i'd rather talk to certain people, and email others.