i don't really have a good concept of what days seperated what events in the past couple weeks.

all i know is, as i write this, its about 28 and three-forths til the superbowl o'clock. i'm sort of curious on the weather forecast, but local weathermen will only speculate on how the weather will look in 28 DAYS, YOU KNOW DUDE WHEN THE SUPERBOWL IS HERE AND SHIT.



i can't believe channel 4 weatherman tim deegan said "dude" and "shit," but i mean shit.

that's football, dudes.



here's what i did before 2004 ended.



i resigned myself to jacksonville's superbowl FEEEVAH at the aiport last week. i was running late and just turning in circles looking for clocks, but could only find a giant red LED display that dutifully counted down the minutes until superbowl XXX.. (and some other letters probably).

if i remember correctly, this was 39 days before the superbowl - the 39th if you will. i took a plane to western illinois.

katie was at the airport, and was exactly the same as months ago, except she had replaced one of her car's tires with a totally cute and adorable spare tire. it was later revealed she ran over something sharp while picking me up.

it's cold, but i love the midwest. countless good times.

until that very scary new years eve, best summed up by michael jackson's thriller:

it's close to midnight. something evil's lurking in the dark.

under the moonliiight. you see.. --

oh wait. you know, actually, that song reminds me of my birthday one week earlier.



christmas eve, my birthday, the 44th day before the big game, i was on a cruise ship. i tried to have people describe the size of cruise ships to me before, but i think i've nailed it: it's a mall. a floating mall.

my fondest birthday memories from childhood have all been replaced with this:

- the cruise ship docked in nassau, bahamas
- i immediately found my way to an amazingly fast and tiny boat called the THRILLER

and if i had a boat named 'thriller' i'd probably incorporate michael jackson's song somehow. and they thought of that.

- thriller took us to a unthrilling, but peaceful island for the afternoon.
- then we got drunk
- a few hours later we were led back onto the speedboat.
- because this is thriller. thrillllller niiiIIIiight.

simply amazing. we boarded our giant cruise ship again, and then we got drunk.

and then on christmas it was 43 DBS, and jacksonville lost it's playoff chances. our boat set sail back for florida.

and then we got drunk.



getting drunk on a cruise boat is amazing. the boat is constantly moving and you feel drunk before you should. i highly reccomend it to all.



so after that cruise bullshit, i flew to illinois, and rode on over to iowa city.

36

the 2004-2005 transition had those amazing heartrbreaking moments that spur people to create amazing music and literature about heartbreaking moments. it was no sweet boat ride of a holiday.

but it was fun. iowa, i still love you.

you fat goth kid of a state.



getting home from iowa was complicated beause the rain froze.

it took 2 rescheduled flights, a missed plane, $150, mechanical difficulties, and a hotel room in atlanta. 33, 32, 31.

i overslept on my final flight departing from atlanta. i was the last person on the plane. the ground i covered at atlanta's insanely busy airport in the 45 minutes i had was remarkable.

crowds parted, room was made on shuttles. stangers wished me good luck. people knew what was up.

and then! for some reason, during the confusion, i was upgraded to first class.

the liquor was free, so then we got drunk.



theme parties are so goddamn lame. the only ones that work are 80s, but that's too easy.

i'm organizing a mod party, or maybe it's a sock hop. either way you need to dress classy and bring a flask. music will be some straight up rock and roll, no keyboards allowed.

if this is a good idea give me absolutely no sign.



i could rant about music in 2004, but everyones already done it. i really liked the xiu xiu album, and you didn't.

tv on the radio are the MVPs of '04. a better band is not going to come around for a long time.

i like devandra banhart, but i hate joanna newsome. and i misspelled both of their names.

the arcade fire wasn't that great, but track 9 is amazing.

i saw the mountain goats three times. he's incredible.

you should really listen to the frames (song above). i really think this will be their year. and if you dig "fighting on the stairs", try "santa maria," too. i haven't gotten excited by a straight up rock band in some time.

that's it.



if you have a yahoo account send me a text message!

3196211606, and my carrier is virgin mobile.

it's incredibly easy and brightens my day in ways you can't imagine.

i like mom jokes.



oh, here's what i did just after 2004 ended.



on new years morning on amanda's couch i watched iowa win it's bowl game in the closing motherfuckin' seconds!

college football is not important, but i got into it. i wasn't even drunk.

and it reminded me there are only 36 days until the superbowl.