amusements, musings, and a really big problem.

1) the other day i saw the largest car i've ever seen. an excursion, i think. i wanted to tell its owner off, but i didn't have time. do people have any idea how irresponsible it is to have a car that big? or are we too wrapped up in our pathetic, small lives to care? no, don't worry your pretty little face about wittle old gwobal wawming! seriously, don't do anything. please remain on your ass. unless, of course, your nine by 25-foot hunter green mammoth with monstrous treaded tires that gets half a mile to the gallon is running on empty. then, by all means, remove the empty mcdonalds containers from your lap, turn off american idol, barrel down the street to the nearest petrolium graveyard and fill that shit up. we don't want to live in a world where iraqi blood is spilled for nothing, do we? why does anyone need a car that big? i'm sorry, are you driving up the side of a mountain after soccer practice?

2) this is funny. when i read it i thought it was real, so that might offer some explantation for my amusement, but check it out anyway: http://http:/www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/6/7michalski.html
I always felt that whitney's assertion that she makes too much money to do crack was kind of a quick gunshot to the foot. ok, then she does coke, which she can afford. she is constantly tweaked out of her mind, she's pissed away an unbelievable gift, and she is sad. does anyone really care which drug she uses?

3) i'm going to see ani difranco next week. i'm very excited because i just found out that our show is in a place that only seats 550, so it will be relatively intimate. if we get there early enough, we can reserve a table right by the stage. it's my first time seeing her and the tix were a birthday present from my friend nate, who inspired the deep love i have for this righteous babe. he'll be coming with me, and even though it's his umpteenth time seeing her live, he says that it will be our first time, so it will be special. i kinda wish he was talking about something else. haha, just kidding. except i'm serious. my job is to find touristy things to do in pittsburgh, and to supply the weed. nate's job is to think of everything ani likes and then to research areas, restaurants, bars, shops, museums that correspond to her lifestyle/interests, so that we may stalk her. the goal is to get high with ani difranco.

4) job stuff: they're cutting my position down to 26 hours per week, which means i either need to get a part-time job, which would be difficult, or find something else. if i leave, that will also mean i could do some part-time freelance writing which my position had kept me from doing (tax reasons). now, i'm a writer, so this would be a great opportunity for me and my career. i was hoping, when i took the job, that it would lead to something just like it, so i'm thinking i'm quitting my job tomorrow. comments/advice would be appreciated, and probably ignored.