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January 24th, 2006 -- The more you eat, the more you toot

So anyways, yesterday when I was at the Ray, I was on a bench next to this one guy, and as he was pushing up, I guess he "released," if you know what I mean. I heard a little tootles...a farticle...a "pootie," if you will. It wasn't a real "rip," or anything. It sounded like a wimpy cartoon fart. El fartito, for the Espagnol-speaking readers of the site. Anyways, I didn't laugh. I wanted to. So badly. But I controlled myself. I did lose muscle control and almost dropped weights on my head, but I didn't. So that's where the title comes from.

Today, though...I met someone from Thailand. Like...straight frickin' from. This is his first month here. I was changing, and he just came up to me with his Thai shenanigans. He asked me for my name, to which I replied concisely, "Derrick." His name was Ping. Yeah, I know, right? Let's get more stereotypical. I'm sure he just talked to me because I was Asian. But he was a cool guy, though. His accent was under "wraps." Seriously. I didn't even think he was straight from Thailand. Hees accksayint wos baytehr dan my payraints'. Ich bin ein impressed. I also met a Chilean on Friday. I don't know what it is about me and immi'gants. Well, technically he wasn't an immigrant, as he's only here for a temporary exchange program. His name was Francisco. He was a pretty cool guy, I 'spose. I'm pretty sure he thinks 'Zannah is a lesbians.

Gross, this entry is sounding just like a normal blog. I'm sorry. Anyways, speaking of gays and lesbians, I got to witness this travesty on the train the other day.

Sick shit, huh? Yeah, for reals. I bet it was the guy who stands outside of Old Navy on State Street and preaches against gays and people who have reefer madness.

I got myself one of them "Wii"s on Sunday. It is awesome. I don't even play real videogames much anymore (it's basically just Guitar Hero nowadays), and I laid down like 9 hours playing Tennis and Bowling and Boxing and Zelda.

Sorry about not writing much and pretty much dropping off my schedule already. I wanted to update this thing weekly, but I'm never home any more, and when I am, it's usually for homework and sleep (AND Wii.). But maybe I'll try to stick to a weekly schedule from now on! I can't promise the entries will be good...hey, but you know what? Maybe YOU guys can suggest what I write about! That would be sweet, huh? And with this comments shenanigans, it'll be easy-peasy Japanesey! Awww shiiiet.

So today's song is by Murder By Death. I like them a lot. The song is Shiola. I am convinced that the lead singer, at times, will sound incredibly like Johnny Cash. This song is one of the most exemplary of that notion (fancy!). Come on...tell me that doesn't sound like Johnny Cash. Honestly, Kevin Brody. Booty in yo' mouth. Yeah yeah, whatever...this is two folky songs in a row. I'll put up something poppy for you next time.

Also, I need a frickin' haircut. This is getting out of hand. I feel like I'm going to have to buy a Telecaster and sing about things that are ironic.




OK bye.

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December 31st, 2006 -- Hello!

It's been a while, hasn't it? Six...seven months? Whatever, it's not like anyone was counting. I'm sure most of you (including me) have long forgotten about this site. Whatevs. Anyways, so here's the story. A few weeks back, I was up late at night, procrastinating an essay and talking to people over AIM, as per usual. I figured that I absolutely had to check up on my site. I mean, for all I had known, my site had gotten up and ran away. Just to be sure, me and someone else read over some of it. Fortunately, my site was still there. It had not run away.

That got me thinking, however. Running this site was pretty fun, back in the day, huh? We shared some laughs, told some stories, drew some pictures, wrote some odes...Plus it sharpened my wit and my writing skills, to boot! I figured why not start my site up again...heck, maybe I can even be as gut-bustingly hilarious as I used to be.

Since that late night a few weeks/months back, the topic of my site had been coincidentally coming up on random occasions. People'd ask me about my site every so often..."What happened to your site?" "Where is your site?" "Are you going to update your site?" and what have you. And the most random occurrence that was one of the most major deciding factors in resurrecting my site happened like two weeks ago at Returning Scholars at Leyden. As I was leaving the poor excuse for a secondary education facility and walking down the stairs, Mr. Narter yelled at the top of his lungs (with random students still there, mind you),

"HEY DERRICK!"
"Whaaaat?"
"I FORGOT TO TELL YOU."
"Huuuh?"
"I READ YOUR SITE."
"What? Why?"
"BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY AND EASY TO READ."
"What? I haven't updated in half a year."
"I guess I don't read it that often."

And thus, my site has been reborn. I'm sure the first thing you noticed is the radically different new layout. It's web- standards compliant! A few of you who are 'big followers' of the site might have remembered that I mentioned something about a big surprise a long while back. Well there you go. It was this layout. I designed it around April...it's been sitting on my hard drive ever since. I'm kind of already not fond of it. I like it a lot more than the old layout, but I think I might change it again. Then again, I am lazy. So I might not change it. I worked long on it, so I hope e'erone'll think it's nicer than the old one. The menus are fancy though, huh? One of the biggest additions to the site, however, is the little comments page that I've added. That's right! Comments! Now you folk can tell me how absolutely awesome I am. Pretty sweet deal, huh? So USE THOSE COMMENTS. I LEARNED A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE TO IMPLEMENT COMMENTS, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WASN'T COMPATIBLE WITH MY WEB HOST. I WAS VERY MAD. So now I just took someone else's. So use it. I went through much trouble.

I was considering doing a New Year's entry like I've done in the past, but I think that would be too much for one post. I mean, surely the resurrection of the site itself is good enough to satisfy your needs. Sexual or not. Gross. Anyways, I think that'll do it for this entry. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things and update my site like I use-ta.

The song for today is From the Cell Door to the Gallows by William Elliot Whitmore. I had the pleasure of seeing this feller back in November when he opened up for Lucero. I like him a lot, but then again I'm weird when it comes to music. I'd put up a seasonal song, but the only one I can think of that I have is One Hundred Resolutions by The Lawrence Arms... and I already used that one for last year. Wah wah. Enjoy, or not.



And that's it for this entry. Hoorah!

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