5 THE HARD WAY

1) iTunes - I finally signed up on iTunes yesterday and have already spent like fifty bucks. I love it though, I am finally catching up on like a million bands I've been meaning to check out. I've felt so far out of the music loop. Now if only you could download porn on the internet my life would be complete.

2) Disgusted by the RNC - Now I guess they have all the right in the world to parade 9/11 around like THEIR victory but I can't watch it. I don't care what they do but I want THEM to know that I am disgusted at THEIR exploitation of OUR national tragedy. I find this ploy inexcusable. But my fear is that people are buying into it. My fear is that it may work and we may have to live with another four years of this tyrant and his knights of the crime table. Damn you Bush, you you evil genius. Stupid in most respects but a genius at evil.

3) T.J. Maxx - I went to the Maxx tonight and picked four designer shirts for less than eighty bucks. The kicker, they actually had my fucking size. One advantage to having monkey arms is that places like T.J. Maxx get all the clothes real stores can't sell and shirts designed for monkey arms fit very few people. Real stores, however, rarely have my sizes in stock. So I say, god bless the Maxx. And my every one have an exxtra x in their name.

4) Joel Stein - I loved Joel Stein's articles in Entertainment Weekly and am still pissed that they cut him. His column was the one thing that made Entertainment Weekly feel like a real magazine be and not another star fucker rag. Anyway, every once in a while he shows up in Time Magazine and it makes me happy. Joel Stein's article this week reminds me why I've missed him so. Damn you EW.

5) The Drive-By Truckers The Dirty South - I must have lived in the south too long, or perhaps not long enough, because The Drive-By Truckers give me everything my life has been missing. The new album may not be as great as Decoration Day or Southern Rock Opera but it still tells a great story. I implore everyone to check them out. "The Sands of Iwo Jima" is the stand out track off this new album. Unfortunately it is unavailable on iTunes. You can, however, download "Steve McQueen" which lays down McQueen's whole life in nine minutes and nineteen seconds.