Date: 07.24.2009
Status: i heard that motherf**ker had like 30 goddamn dicks
Source: Brad Neely's Washington (link)
Significance: Every summer, William and Mary alumni put together a team for an ultimate tournament on the beach in Wildwood. This team's name was Opponents Beware; our jerseys featured George Washington's likeness brandishing a smoking revolver.
Date: 07.27.2009
Status: static progress
Source: Dream Theater - Lines In The Sand (link)
Significance: I was probably just listening to the song.
Date: 07.29.2009
Status: You ruined my perfect season, Senor You-Just-Ruined-My-Perfect-SeaZON
Source: Not Another Teen Movie (link to later on in the same scene). Starting quarterback and dumb-jock-type Austin spends the first half of the movie saying clever things like "Miss Run-Home-To-Her-Daddy... just ran home to her daddy." When Austin gets injured during the last game of the season, main character and backup quarterback Jake Wyler screws up his big chance (he throws an incompletion on the last play), and Austin responds with this gem.
Significance: None
Date: 07.29.2009
Status: i'd rather get a hundred thousand paper cuts on my face
Source: "Weird Al" Yankovic - One More Minute (link)
Significance: Dying of boredom at work.
Date: 08.02.2009
Status: how we feeling out there... how's your drive-time commute? i need a saga. what's the saga? it's "songs for the deaf." you can't even hear it!
Source: Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire (link). This is the first track off QOTSA's "Songs For The Deaf." The album is tied together as though the listener is scanning different radio stations -- the DJ on the first radio station says the quote above right before the main guitar riff kicks in.
Significance: I was listening to the album and felt like putting it up as my status.
Date: 08.03.2009
Status: nine hundred and ninety-nine thou short of a mill
Source: The song is "Ante Up" by M.O.P. However, I was made aware of it when I discovered this video.
Significance: ??
Date: 08.05.2009
Status: want me to punchicize your face, for free?
Source: Super Troopers (link)
Significance: I don't remember how this came up at all.
Date: 08.06.2009
Status: let's talk about real shit
Source: The Professor Brothers - The T.A. Interview (link)
Significance: Astute readers will notice this is a creation of Brad Neely's (see the aforementioned Washington video).
Date: 08.10.2009
Status: summer ain't as hot as you would think
Source: Atmosphere - Vampires (link)
Significance: It was hot out.
Date: 08.11.2009
Status: my dogs are KILLIN' me!
Source: Strong Bad E-Mail #182: "business trip" (link)
Significance: Homestar Runner says this when he puts his feet up after a hard day's "work." This status message went up when I got home from the office.
Date: 08.13.2009
Status: no, you know what? everyone eats fruit. fruit for points.
Source: Video Game Developers' Conference 1979 (link)
Significance: None
Date: 08.14.2009
Status: a wagon fulla pancakes? in the champeenship?! id like to see you try!
Source: Strong Bad E-Mail #117: "montage" (link)
Significance: WAFC Advanced League Team PANDORA'S PINK BOX (link) had just won the championship.
Date: 08.17.2009
Status: who did what, Pop?
Source: Family Guy 70x - I Dream of Jesus (link)
Significance: Have you, or have you not heard?
Date: 08.19.2009
Status: http://www.doghatesme.com/.a/6a01156fe52312970c0120a50429a0970b-pi
Source: see above
Significance: Three accurate statements about my life.
Date: 08.24.2009
Status: the blue pill opens your eyes
Source: Queens of the Stone Age - Better Living Through Chemistry (link).
Significance: We were listening to this album on the way home from a wedding.
Monday, August 24, 2009
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