Al Gore III drives like a maniac...

but at least it's in a Toyota Prius.

According to the AP yesterday, Al Gore's son was driving 100 miles/hour along the San Diego Freeway. When cops pulled him over, they found something like four or five different illicit drugs that he claimed were for treating his ADD including Vicodin, Xanax and Valium.

I mean, my immediate reaction to this SHOULD be sentiment for this guy who obviously has a little bit of a drug issue. However...the fact that he was arrested driving a hybrid car does seem to diffuse the heat of the scandal, doesn't it?

At least he's listening to dad and driving a socially responsible vehicle.


Photo Credit: AP

After a brief hiatus...

this blog is back in action.

So, after having my wisdom teeth gently yanked out of my jaw three weeks ago, I didn't feel much like writing. The trend continued on until well after the percocets had diffused their power and I was left understanding why prescription drugs are the socially acceptable addiction.

I feel as though on one hand many interesting and bizarre things happened over the last month, but strangely, at the same time, I can't remember any of it.

That's what happens when you live in a void of boredom. It's like, you know you're awake and that your body is performing certain functions (eating, sleeping, clicking remote) but none of it seems so remarkable that you'd remember it much beyond a day.

I DO know that I spent $400 in about 20 minutes yesterday buying a plane ticket for Chicago and a 3-day pass to Lollapalooza. Not even any good bands playing ( with the exception of Pearl Jam, Daft Punk, and Amy Winehouse). However, that money is going towards four full days of savory fun with my best friends. It's worth it.

My job situation is no brighter, however, I feel as though I'll gets some hits this month. Ideally, I'd like to get a job starting in September or late August and just travel like crazy for the rest of the summer. I'll let everyone know.

Other than that, I watch a lot of Bravo, TLC and Animal Planet. I have fallen in love with Kathy Griffin and the Houston SPCA...judge me if you will.

Mark Rausa, Most Attractive/Masculine/Legendary Wolverine Yet

And you thought Hugh Jackman did him justice?

I found this old Halloween photo yesterday as I was flipping through forgotten iphoto files.

When I came upon this classic image of Penn State ridiculousness, my heart was filled with equal parts nostalgia and "what the hell?!"

I simply have no idea what's going on here, but if anyone wants to fill in speech bubbles to polish off the scene, I welcome your thoughts.

In short, I miss my friends.

And even though I vaguely remember him trying to slice me with his adamantium claws, Rausa represents Wolverine at his finest.

Man in Wheelchair Gets Stuck In Truck Grille, Goes For Ride

I wish I saw this....

According to the AP, a disabled man's wheelchair became lodged in the metal grille of a semitrailer at a gas station in Paw Paw, Mich.

The truck driver, unaware of this, drove off and continued down Red Arrow Highway for 4 miles at about 50 miles/hour with the man attached to the front of the rig.

Police were notified by another driver on the highway who called in with what I'm assuming is disbelief.

Police initially suspected it to be a prank call but when more people called in with the same story, they set out to rescue this poor guy.

The unidentified 21-year old man was fine.

After the incident, he told police that, "It was quite a ride."

Wow.

I suppose this is the kind of incident that one would normally NOT wish upon themselves, but given that the guy was OK afterwards, I could take a spin myself on that thing.

I'd make the driver go right through downtown State College, just so I could wave to people I know.

I'd be a legend in that town for centuries.


(Photo/Story Credit: AP) Found at philly.com

The Tremendous Venezuelan Goon We Call Hugo Curbs Free Speech

Why do some lefty college kids with berets and beards hold this guy up?

It's probably the same crowd that keeps Hot Topic in business by buying Che Guevara and Emiliano Zapata t-shirts...

So the man called George W. Bush the "devil." While immediately this puts a delicious smile on my face as I nod in agreement, this Chavez character also compared Bush's presidency to the Third Reich.

If I can take a moment to throw on my half-Jew hat here (and while I'm at it, my decent human being pants) this comparison, rightfully so, makes me question the mental stability of this man.

George is a schmuck, yes, but Hitler? More like Peter Griffin.

So when Mr. Chavez closed down a private media organization, Radio Caracas TV, a couple weeks ago, people were rightfully pissed off.

On a mission to "democratize" the media by attacking privately owned groups, Chavez's only tangible reason for shutting down Venezuela's oldest TV station was the damaging comments aired at his expense during an attempted coup in 2002.

In short, Chavez is blaming private media groups like Radio Caracas TV for supporting the coups against him and ripping their licenses away in a desperate attempt to keep public information stifled.

According to a BBC Report, Chavez said, "That television station became a threat to my country so I decided not to renew the license because it's my responsibility."

What a prick.

This is the same man who has his own TV show called "El Presidente" and who publicly declared his similarity to Jesus Christ as a "socialist and a revolutionary."

Hugo, babe, if Jesus were alive today, you're probably right. He would be that kid who read Marx & Engels at 15 and listened to a lot of Tool.

But I like to think he'd be of sound mind to recognize the difference between a man who, while taking the US down more than a few notches in the global spectrum of respectability, is a pure idiot and one who is a psychopathic Jew-hating vegetarian.

I mean, this is my sincerest hope.



Picture Credit: AP (taken from bbc.co.uk)

Reality Bites

Well la di da...here I am in the, um, blogosphere? I'm pretty far from hip and don't know these terms, even though my degree is in "communications."

Even more ridiculous..here I am...at home.

You know you're back in downstate New York when everyone drives and Escalade, uses a Nextel two-way phone, gives a shit about baseball, and all the bars are called "O'Connors," or "Flannigans."

Le sigh. I feel like a cliche, like those dumb moody post-college kids in St.Elmo's Fire or Reality Bites. Yes, that's me, wearing flannel and listening to the Violent Femmes. Although Ethan Hawke was sort of a babe in that movie.

Even typing the word "cliche" makes my aforementioned sentiment all the more annoying. I promised myself this blog WOULD NOT BE like a live journal. That's right, no boo-hoo shit, just insightful, provocative and inspirational thoughts.

These efforts will probably yield less than positive results, but I'll still try.

Objectives for Blog:

1) Fill others not in the Putnam County area in on the adventures (or lack thereof) of my life including job prospects, pictures, and general updates etc.

2) Provide links to some of the most compelling/ridiculous news clips/photos of the day and try my hardest to make some commentary on them that's worth something.

3) Prove to my parents that I'm not a total waste of life and that I can do something productive with thousands of dollars worth of education. (Sad fact: blogs = jobs in communications).