From the title, you probably think I’m going to go on about my gastro-intestinal fortitude, but that’s not the case. I hate gasoline. The reason I hate gasoline? Nothing new I suppose. Just that the shit is getting more expensive than paparazzi photos of Britney Spears over-the-hill body.

For a white boy, I’m not afraid to say that I can dance alright. I think it had something to do with all those african, jazz, and tap dance classes my hippy mother insisted on sending us boys to during the ages of 6 to 12. God I hated that shit… there is just nothing cool about wearing a unitard, EVER! But maybe now I can look back and credit those early forays into interpretive movement for my present day moves.

I’ve had a number of unique friends over the years, and one that really sticks out in my mind is JK-47. He’s one of my youngest brother’s best friends and he just happens to be a DJ and music producer. Besides that, he’s funny as hell and he thinks our family is the “coolest group of white people ever”. I’ve thought that myself, but its nice to have validation. My mom loves him because whenever he comes over to my parents’ place, he always makes a big deal about giving her a hug. And since she’s one of those ex-hippy, artsy-fartsy, touchy-feely types, she absolutely loves it.

The first video game system I ever bought myself was the Sega Genesis. 16 bits of unadulterated gaming power, and I saved up enough money to buy it myself. You want to know what made a 13 year old save up $130 by mowing grass and doing odd jobs around the neighborhood? It was the first commercial for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’. As soon as I found out that the new game was being bundled with the Genesis, my mind was made up. I was gonna sell my soul to get one of those god damn game systems if I had to!

If you haven’t already caught the buzz about Stephen Colbert’s appearance at the Whitehouse Correspondents’ Association Dinner, then you’re really missing out. I was pretty shocked to hear that Colbert, who has my second-favorite show on Comedy Central, was invited to speak at the dinner with President Bush sitting just a few feet away.

I don’t know why I thought this was cool, as I do way too many meme things as it is, but I saw this at Newsome.org and wanted to try it.

Well, I actually have an excuse for another long hiatus between posts, and this time it’s not lame! I was on vacation, or more accurately an extended weekend. Where did I go you ask? Why, to Gatlinburg, Tennessee of course! The non-gambling version of Reno for us Southerners. I swear the place is like an anomaly in the space-time continuum. You would never think a place like that could exist up in the Smoky Mountains.