Glee & Need (click!)

And so as I while away my lunch break and think back to 20 minutes ago when I was eating some primo pork lee shaing, my restless fingers tap loudly upon the keyboard and transmit my thoughts into digital reflections of where my head is currently at...

So.

I listen to a lot of random music and the legendary ballad by the Rolling Stones entitled "You Can't Always Get What You Want" has really struck a chord as of late. For those of you who (a) actually read these notes I assemble and (b) have never heard the song before, the chorus is as follows:

"You can't always get what you want (x3)
But it you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need"

Aside from a very interesting story about how the then- little town of Excelsior, MN (with much of the color added by a "Mr. Jimmy") stymied a 4th of July concert the Rolling Stones were supposed to play there, the lyrics are truly poignant. We spend so much time and so much effort wanting things-- of both material and less tangible natures-- and in some cases that drive and desire can truly commandeer the driver's seat of our conscious thoughts and actions.

During this last Holiday season, I looked around and noticed more than ever how hungry people seem to be to accumulate possessions and spend money. A resolution of mine in 2010 is best summed up as "Less Is More;" I want less clutter, less boxes, less stuff. Even amidst a few buying spurts on eBay, I'm doing ok. I believe Cheryl Crow sings the words, "It's not getting what you want/ It's wanting what you've got," and that is a principle I strive to keep in mind... retro video gaming not included.

Let's all worry less about what we want and search instead for the things we truly need-- health, happiness, family and friends. Because in the end, all we have is each other.

Encino Man: Better Than Ezra, But Not By much

I'm watching Encino Man. It's actually a pretty good movie. Paulie Shore, Sean Astin and Brendan Frasier all had break-out roles... kind of. I am only 20 minutes in, but David (Sean Astin) said that hosting a pool party on the last day of school to become miraculously popular would make his life worth living. He also got pinned to a wall by a roughneck crew with knives and had "EAT ME" written on his forehead with a Sharpie. Stoney (Shore; even his teacher called him that) announced the 4 Food Groups:

"Look at what we have here. Dairy Group-- Milk Duds. Hide these under your pillow. Fruit group... Sweets Tart. Mmm, so citrusy they will bite your head off. Over here we have the vegetable group... veg-e-ta-ble group. Corn Nuts. Aww, put 'em on a pedestal, bro! *Ding* Meat group. Mmm burritos, these are my favorite. Eww, figures-- hot on the outside, icicle in the middle."

Best dialogue:
Stoney:"He doesn't know what high school is."
David: "He doesn't know what anything is. He doesn't know this is a room."

It was weird how easily and seamlessly the Cro-Magnon Man assimilated into then-current Encino, California. Also weird was that before they found Link (Frasier), we found the crazy crew in class as the teacher pulled down a cartoon rendering of the Cro-Magnon man from the map roll above the chalk board. The girls in the class then commented on how sexy the drawing was and how they'd love to get "dominated" by that primitive man. A glimpse of things to come, surely.

The sister was full of jerkish quips. Seriously, she was awful.

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