Clutter and Email and Musak

As I ponder why my to-do list at work is never ending, why my to-do list at home is too long to even write down, why my answer to any question about internet usage is usually 20+ hours, and why I have no room for stuff in an1800 sq ft house with only two people living in it, I thought I would leave you with some more interesting links and randomness like I did in my last post:
...short article on boycotting email (or at least using it way less)http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/19/lightman-technology-email-comm05-cx_mh_1024lightman.html
...short article on the evils of email
http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/19/goodall-jane-email-chimpanzee-comm05-cx_de_1024goodallemail.html
...and because I went to forbes.com to see what the current articles are, I found something for you I-Pod users
http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2005/11/03/ipod-porn-digital-cx_pk_1104iporn.html
...and back to the discussion at hand, or at least the thought that prompted this post, clutter (aka: stuff, crap, shit, etc.).
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2005/10/25/this_day/news01.txt
This article has some really good points, and makes me think about moving, just so I could go through all my crap and have a huge garage sale before I moved. My biggest problem is that I am convinced everything I own is worth something, and I can't just get rid of it, but I don't have time to sell it. Anyone want to go shopping at Casa de Erik? It also had some good links in the print version, but they don't appear to show up online, so here you go:
www.clutterersanonymous.net
www.messies.com
http://organizedhome.com/
www.mindoverclutter.com

The quote that describes my habbits: "People hold onto stuff like their kids' old clothing as a way of holding onto the past. Or they keep things they think they might need someday as a way to control the future." -PeterWalsh, psychologist and organizational consultant

Basically I don't need most of the crap around my house, but am too stubborn to get rid of it.

The National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization, an association ofprofessional organizers, has established a household clutter assessment scale. http://www.nsgcd.org/ and http://www.nsgcd.org/pdfs/fs006.pdf Are you a level 2 or a level 5?

Also, Musak played I Love That Old Time Rock And Roll on Friday. It made methink about my wedding, and for those of you out there that have gottenmarried, what songs did you tell the DJ or Band that they had to play,besides the first dance song or other required tunes?

one more, sent in by Todd http://www.moviewavs.com/TV_Shows/Simpsons.shtml

Movies

"I know, it's hard to imagine a magical-talking-airplane movie letting you down, but there you go." -Eric Snider, efilmcritic.com, about the movie Stealth.
From www.minerwerks.com/mess.html Critical Mess
(taking 100% realmovie quotes and using them to make very funny movie posters.)
featured on http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/ (from Kevin Smith's View Askew site)
Damn, that's 2 more sites for you, plus view askew and movie poop shoot have tons of links just by themselves. I expect people to read a lot of shit I find. Finding great sites on the internet could be a fulltime job that Smoot and I would be good at, and would enjoy.

Or my new favorite as I read a few
"Mr. Schneider, You're movie sucks!" Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times, about
the movie Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/mess/31.html

upcoming movies:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808475610
harry potter goblet of fire
I'm a Harry Potter geek, which I read doesn't make you attractive to the opposite sex, but I don't care, because I don't need to care.
So I will watch kids movies and read kids books, and go see this on opening day.
also, Office Space (Special Edition) is on dvd now, including how Swingline Staplers now sell red staplers and they are their number one seller, all because ofthe movie. http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/officespacedvd.html
I'm also excited about this;
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808556813
Pirates of the Carribean 2
also Tripping the Rift season one is on dvd, link already on the site.

Try to follow me on this one

- Busy Busy Busy with many random thoughts floating through my head. The most recent, that Abby just got offered a job. SHIT YEAH! It's only half-time, but it gets her in the system so The Man can't keep her down any more. Call her and congratulate her if you know her number.

- http://www.angelfire.com/ma/justliving (my website) has been updated, well at least a little bit. This includes a dorky temp/clock for Longview, and some new links.
(and no, I still haven't gotten the other wedding pictures up on my site. I am lazy and I procrastinate. And although I apologize for it, I am not sorry enough to change my ways.)

- http://www.tvguide.com/News/Insider/?cmsGuid={AE026F8A-1D75-4F5D-B4E9-55C1E6579C99} http://blogs.nbc.com/office/ These two are blogs by people on the show The Office, which follows Earl and I have mentioned before I think.

- My Name is Earl is still very funny, and between that and The Office, I actually plan to watch TV tuesdays if I can remember. I told myself I didn't want to be that guy who plans life around a show, but that was before I set my phone to remind me it was 9:00 last Tuesday, and now Abby has me watching Lost and Invasion on Wednesdays, I plan to watch Cougar Football on Saturdays, and I plan to watch the Hawks on Sundays. So between that, weddings all summer (including one more this Saturday), being busy with work for 5- 6 months straight, after-work hobnobbing at Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club funcitons, and club volleyball coming up, I pretty much get nothing done now. (In fact, I typed most of this last night, and just added the below stuff in a quick couple minutes...)

- I may have mentioned before, that now we have MUSAK (elevator music for offices) at the bank now, and how 5 in 100 songs are actually songs I enjoy, and another 15-20 songs are ones I make fun of, and the rest are just horrible. Well...right now Pump Up the Jam by C&C Music Factory is playing...in a bank...at 9:15 in the morning. And my boss doesn't understand why I like Dilbert. Man looking on the positive side of things and having inside jokes just makes my warm inside. Kind of like Liquor.

- Dodgeball tonight. We are gonna smoke them, and I plan to wear wristbands that are red,white, and blue. Partly because thats the only ones I have, and partly because I watched Best of the Best last night. Did anyone remember that Amahd Rashad (ESPN) was the announcer in that movie? Man he was young then. And that movie is so horrible, but still brings a tear to my eye when the Koren fighter says "To save a life in defeat, is to earn victory and honor" or some shit like that. So touching. Eric Roberts and Chris Penn are very good actors...(that's sarcasm Nate in case you don't get it...)

http://www.clerks2.com/ I plan to check out more about The Passion Of The Clerks (Clerks 2) which is in production. Man I can't wait for this movie.

Busy couple days...Go Cougs

Busy couple days...First off, Cougs need to go make a donation to hurricane relief, if you are so inclined, because it will also help the cougs get the space needle painted crimson & gray for apple cup http://www.spaceneedle.com/(The cougs play Arizona St. this weekend, so maybe we will finally win...)

other busy type things. Abby's C-squad team is done for the year, but now she is one of the assistant coaches for the varsity team, who is headed to Tumwater to try and win districts and a spot at state for the first time in 8-10 years. If you happen to read the sports section tomorrow, look for R.A. Long to see how they did.

The Blazers opened the season with a loss. Their first home game is saturday, which I hope to go to, but with Abby at Districts that day, and another wedding here in town that day, I am not sure what the weekend holds for me yet. Probably drinking somewhere.

I bought a 2005 Ford Escape. Anyone in the market for a 2000 VW Jetta VR6, or a 2000 V6 Explorer? Cause Abby wants a new car also and we need to sell both our rigs.

And dodgeball again this Friday, with all the teams in the league splitting their matches last week, Team McNeely hopes to break the 4-way tie with back to back wins this friday.

Found an Old Email

Anyone find an old email or joke and re-read it and find it still funny?

Top 15 Star Wars Euphemisms for Masturbation

1. Shooting Womprats in Beggar's Canyon
2. Grooming the Wookie
3. Making the Kessel Run
4. Polishing Vader's Helmet
5. Evacuating Tatooine
6. Unsheathing the Meatsaber
7. Releasing the Special Edition
8. Jumping to Delight Speed
9. Communicating with Red Leader One
10. Lightsaber Practice with Captain Solo
11. Tinkering with the R2 Unit
12. Manually Targeting the Rebel Base
13. Performing the Jedi Hand Trick
14. Scratching Yoda Behind the Ears
15. Test Firing the Death Star

I would say 14, 12, 6, 3, and 1 are the funniest. I would post something more original, or maybe a funny original comment, but I have to go consume halloween cookies and candy and not get any work done. Happy Halloween.

okay, one original one...Using the Force on Obi-One-Eye-Kenobi

okay one more, but not star wars related...Shaking Hands with the Unemployed