Update 37

I finally wore my new pair of Seven jeans. I'm so excited today. So excited that I wore them to work and its a Wednesday. (I've been pushing the envelope here at my deadly-boring-just-waiting-around-to-hear-when-they'll-fire-you job.)

I mean, yeah, they cost a little more than your normal pair of Levis. But not that much more than a pair of Gap jeans. And they are SO MUCH BETTER. You can look at it with two different perspectives:

A) I just paid an ungodly amount of money for a pair of pants.
B) I just got an awesome deal on a new nice ass -- without exercising! Or invasive surgery!

See, having a happy, guilt-free life is about choosing the correct perspective. How cool is that?!

--Em


3.31.04 4:43pmpst



Update 36

eleven song on song of the month

i've just heard this great band--BR&ON, i think it's called--on this very site, right here on cubby.net. it's a song called "the little rave that went to eleven," and it's so good. it can really put one through it.

it features a distorted kazoo and a succession of rich '80s pop samples. at the same time the tune evokes '90s grunge, electronica, and the innocence of ecstasy. i like this song.

--jol


3.30.04 8:50pmest



Update 35

Oh my God. "Leotards Shiny" is so going to be the name of my new band. Or my first published novel. Or my first-born child. Or whatever. And I'm going to copyright the name this very second.

--bk


3.30.04 11:24ampst



Update 34

cubby.net ranked # 67 in Yahoo for leotards shiny

I was just doing some research about leotards shiny in Yahoo and found your domain, cubby.net ranked 67...which got me thinking...

I published a informational site about Apparel. We've got a very strong following, primarily because we only produce informational content, since you also produce a quality site in this category, I'd like to exchange links with you. I get a pretty good amount of visitors to my property, so if I link up to your site you should benefit from a traffic standpoint.

Please take a look at my site when you get a chance -- I think you'll find it to be knowledgeable and useful. If you like what you agree, please link to it -- I'll send you all of my info on your request.

I've already linked to you to get the ball rolling. I'll keep it up a few days until I hear back from you.

Thanks for your time.

--Kelly White


3.29.04 5:17 pmest



Update 33

More free stuff bestowed upon yours truly: Hollywood-hot couple Cyrus and Emily gave me a monitor for my computer. Why? Because they're just that generous; they're just that cool. They also invited me to the Zeitgeist, but I had to decline since I don't like drinking beer next to (much less pouring my own urine in) porta-potties. Ew. Also, I had a very lovely and very exclusive dinner party to attend -- where I feasted on salmon, wine, and pot free of charge -- so I couldn't make it.

And Alissa bought me a rather clever root beer float, too.

--bk


3.29.04 1:34pmpst



Update 32

Today is my dad's birthday. I just thought I'd say happy birthday to him too.

--Jol


3.27.04 10:57ampst



Update 31

My dad just called me from Boston. He was downtown, and everything was all blocked off because Bush was speaking somewhere. There were some protesters, he said, though "not as many as you'd think. Maybe he already spoke and some of them had already gone home."

But the church on the corner of Boylston Street was definitely representing. First the church bells played "Give Peace a Chance." Then they played "Blowin' in the Wind."

I was really glad he called.

--alk.


3.25.04 6:01pmest



Update 30

American Beauty

I work on the 26th floor in an office building in the Financial District of San Francisco. I moved into an office a while ago with windows that look out over market street and give me a view of the apartments across the way, and the sky.

Yesterday I watched a guy on one of the balconies of the corporate apartments across the street. He was leaning out, looking at Market Street, smoking. He does this once a week or so. He always wears a white robe, a hat, and latex gloves.

Today I watched a piece of garbage flutter around outside my windows. It was a little red, white and blue piece of plastic - the kind that might be wrapped around a piece of butterscotch candy. It fluttered past my windows and out over Market street, over the building across the way, and and up to 101 California, a big cylindrical building made mostly of glass. It spent some time right up against the windows of 101 Cal, and then started to fall. From far away, it looked like a butterfly, catching the light as it fluttered around. It finally curved around 101 Cal and I lost sight of it.

It was pretty. It reminded me of American Beauty.

--Emily


3.25.0411:17pmpst



Update 29

"FDA wants tough labels on drugs for depression; physicians are warned of suicide danger in early stages of therapy" --SF Chronicle

Thank the sweet, bloody, bludgeoned, skin-peeled Jesus up above for making the FDA put warning labels on antidepressants, namely Prozac. I was all out of whack during my three-month sojourn on it: acting out like a toddler, making inane statements, snorting everything appearing ivory and pulverized in site just to feel something, feel anything. God, I'll sure miss those days. That was some fun, kids.

--bk


3.24.04 5:17pmpst



Update 28

>Subject: Smart Oregonians >Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:19:14 -0800 > >my brother sent this to me. it shows how smart we Oregonians are. > > > > > >exploding whale


3.24.04 11:50pmest



Update 27

Happy birthday, Todd Payne! Thank you for being a friend.

--Jol


3.24.04 7:53amest



Update 26

rain over venice

yes the rain is falling here as we prepare to board the train for rome, where we will catch our plane home. did get some decent weather before, though. very beautiful city (as everyone says) but its a little bit like disneyland, with all the tourists. the crafts here are in full effect, with lots of glass blowing and mask making and lots of other stuff, but somehow it all gets weird in the atmosphere of the mercantilism. i guess this is an old unanswerable, but i do wonder about the relationship of cash and craft and whether they are forever like oil and water. or maybe more like yogurt and battery acid.

bologna, on the other hand, has an incredibly happening contemporary arts and nightlife scene, and i'm looking forward to going back there someday. didn't get enough time there.

anyway, i'll be back in the states on wednesday night, but i will be incapacitated by jet lag for a while. then i will be very excited to start new projects with y'all.

hope the television missalette submissions are pouring in.

love,
bill


3.23.04 12:05amest



Update 25

Sink or Swim

I don't own a television (not because I'm a snob, because you wouldn't leave an alcoholic locked in a liquor cabinet if you get my drift) so I don't know if what I saw is a new trend or just a scary hallucination.

It was a commercial. There was a boy and a girl in a row boat having a romantic afternoon when there boat springs a leak. The guy is looking around for something to bail out the water with. While his back was turned, his lady friend pulls a McGuyver and promptly plugs up the hole with a tampon. Disaster averted.

Am I the only one that finds this really disturbing? Everyone I've asked about this commercial has never seen it but they all ask if it's European. I don't really see where that makes it any less gross. If I'm being a prude please tell me and I'll shut up and let it go.

--Rha Sha-Shaw
rhachel@sbcglobal.net


3.19.04 9:15pmpst