15 June, 2006

The Tiered Nature of Wake-up Times

In light of my and my cousin's general lack of sleep these days, I've decided to evaluate the various time slots for gaining consciousness in the mornings.

1. Before 7am, waking up is really not a good plan and my body sure as hell let's me know it. No matter what time I goto sleep the night before I will not wake up happy or refreshed unless it's one of those like 3am to 6am naps.

2. Between 7-8, wake up feeling functional but not great

3. Between 8:30-10:30, feels good and yet doesn't feel like you're sleeping the day away, optimal wake-up period.

4. After 10:30, don't really want to get out of bed and will go in and out of sleep for the next few hours before finally dragging my ass out of bed or will just lay about for hours.

06 June, 2006

Idlewild is Finally Coming

So after almost a year of speculation and rumor mongering, Idlewild is finally here. Hopefully Dre and Big Boi won't disappoint their fans further by pushing it back again.

I didn't get into Outkast until around 2000, which is rather late for anyone from ATL . But a little red car and a set of sub's, kinda like this . I was motivated to catch up quite quickly.

I can't wait till August.

Travels in Suburbia

Dating women of affluent suburban communities has lead me to several observations, these are general ideas that I find hold throughout many suburbs built after World War 2, what I will call the mass production suburb.

Gadgetry

Your average suburban home is not complete without multiple televisions with viewing angles that rival some fifth graders for size. The average suburban father prides himself on the dominance of his hobby. For example an extensive model train set.

But enough about peres, on my last visit to the lower garden state i was introduced to a revived friend of ma petite amie. This fellow lives in his mother's home, works at an auto repair shop and attends a community college. Entering his room was like walking into videogame, manga, and a Samurai temple .

Every wall was covered with a manga poster or a bookshelf full of magna and video games. A corner desk lurked spanning the two windows with a flat screen monitor and elaborate computer setup, to the left a large television with every videogame system of the last six years sitting underneath it.

We then walked into his brother's smaller room to watch a Formula 1 race replay. This room was a little bit better lit but far more messy and equally littered with gamer/manga/ninja paraphernalia. Our host used a $100+ remote to control the tv and xbox 360 which were at most 3 ft away.

04 June, 2006

An Update on the Blog

I have several post that I'm working on and they will be posted over the next few days.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Le joe

A Bit of Consolation

I would like to offer my most sincere condolences to the Hayes family for the recent string of misfortune that has befallen them. Michelle you are one of the greatest influences upon my life. I deeply regret that I could not be there to comfort you in this time of hardship.