WHOA! (an entirely original post)

Remember when that Joey Lawrence guy used to say "WHOA!" on that show Blossom? Oh wait, I forgot Kevin already touched on that subject. Remember when that Kevin Chan guy used to say "WHOA!" on that blog Caruthers World? Cause I don't.
I'm gonna devote the rest of this post to shout-outs.

-Shout out to Jesse Littlewood for his constant forwarding of spam emails containing hilarious illustrations in advertising for penis pills. One of them had some kind of snowman with a giant boner. One of them had Daffy Duck (I think?) doing some nasty business to Jessica Rabbit (I think?). They are so crude, that in a way the pictures are endearing and kinda cute. They remind me of passing notes back and forth to people like Dustin and Vantri back at Lewis School. Thanks Littlewood!
-Shout out to Judi Lieberman, one of our favorite readers here at Caruthers World. She sent us a lovely postcard the other day. Here is a link to her jewelry biz website. I am majorly impressed!
-Shout out to our clean ass kitchen. Way to go Emily, on being productive this weekend. Too bad I can't say the same about myself.
-Shout out to QB Eagles on a productive recording sesh (possibly the one thing I did right this weekend? I sure as hell know that there was nothing right about my loss to Madison at Tecmo Super Bowl yesterday. Rotten ass Ken O.Brien!). Just think, with the right combination of songs on a myspace.com page, and there's no telling what we can accomplish! Now if only we could afford some of that pro gear out of the Musician's Friend catalog, then maybe we could actually play some decent shit. Oh, and private to Joe- Why wont you stop talking about how valuable my sweaters are? It's just embarassing for the both us, you really should stop fixating on it so much.
-Shout out to Yuji Hori and all at Square Enix. Dragon Quest 8? You done it again! 45 hours deep, and I'm still questin' like a madman! Evil doers, beware!
-Shout out to Scoops, AKA Abra "Sod-buster" Cooper. Looks like I biffed it with sushi night. You need to do a better job of being my life-boss and getting my priorities straight. That goes for you too, Jojo Kwong (shout outs to you too, my soul sista.).
-Shout out to Caroline at Chicken Club Wednesdays. We were absent this week (for good reason, mind you.. taco night at The Slammer!), but we will make sure to not fail you in the future. Anyone in the Portland area want to get down on some bomb-ass fried chicken, the club is always open to new members. Just remember that Wednesday night is Lost night, so don't dilly dally in that pitcher of beer. Also: There is no talking on the island, so keep your mouth shut till commercials. (Shout out to John Craig on learnin' me that policy, even though I am pretty sure he doesn't read this blog.)
-Shout out to anyone I forgot. You know I ain't no rasclot. I come strapped with uzis and grenades, and I always give mad respect to those in need.

love, BSB

WHOA!

(Do y'all remember when Joey Lawrence's character on "Blossom" said "Whoa!" all the time? I do.)

Anyway, not to get all up in Abra's internet grill (meaning: not to post right after Abra), but I mean, is anyone else (answer: no) excited about the Canadian federal elections taking place AS I TYPE!?

I don't know what I'm eating for dinner and really need to go to the supermarket, but instead I'm rushing home to watch the elections returns on CSPAN. This should be so exciting as twelve years of Liberal rule ends and bad guy Conservative Stephen Harper looks set to become Prime Minister. I have been wondering who I would vote for, even though I always have told myself that I'd vote for the NDP. However, I think a lot of people will be tempted to vote strategically in order to stop the Conservatives.

So if you're a nerd and enjoy elections like I do (I can remember watching the 1997 General Election in the UK), tune into CSPAN's simulcast of the CBC at 7pm PST. My broadcasting hero Peter Mansbridge should be there, although my broadcasting crush, Christina Lawand, hasn't been seen in ages.

Love,
Kevin

PS -- Who am I kidding? I would totally vote for the NDP. Stupid Liberal party! Also, fun fact! As much as I love Québec, I think I generally am opposed to an independent Québec.

An Update From Abra, Everyone's Favorite Caruthers Enthusiast

Hi everyone! Did you all miss me? I know, I know, silly question. Well, since the current inhabitants of Caruthers have yet again failed their readers by not posting regularly, I guess it is up to me to give you all a little something to brighten your day. I love brightening the days of others. Anyway, not much going on in Eugene these days. I just got back from the library, and am enjoying a little football and some cheese sticks. And no, not string cheese sticks, but deep fried mozzarella cheese sticks. I got a big box of them from Costco when I went last week with my friend Emily. The box contained 90 sticks but I ate a bunch when I was drunk last weekend and brought a few sandwich bags to OC night on Thursday. Oh, and on Thursday after my spinning class I was really hungry but knew I wasn't going to have dinner for like four more hours, so I ate six of them and immediately felt really, really sick. Like I almost had to go sit by the toilet in anticipation of my body's rejection of the sticks. But eventually I felt better and I I just ate 6 of them about 15 minutes ago and am having no adverse reactions.

Let's see... The other major news in my life is that I got a new celly, which is great in that I was convinced old celly was going to die at anytime because it made weird little beeps whenever I talked on it, like it needed to be charged, but it did this constantly. However, my new celly does not have the "Machine Woman" ring tone! I am actually really upset about this. I mean "Machine Woman" was my signature tone! I spent a lot of time and energy on finding a tone that reflected who I was as an individual, and I am not sure I have it in me to do it again.

Ooh, I think I am going to go to New York for spring break to reunite with my Japan buddies. Also, my plant I got for Christmas/Hannukah from Claire is not only still alive, but growing at a tremendous rate! How exciting is that? In a former life, I worked in an office where I was assigned the task of watering all the plants. Even though I watered as often as I was told, I developed a bit of a complex about me being a plant killer. One of the plant owners repeatedly accused me of killing her plants by not watering them. This was mean and hurtful. And a lie. And also a bit odd as she would also tell me to be more careful and not get water on her bookshelves. Anyway, the point is I have always had a rather tenuous relationship with plants, one that my holiday bulb is helping to heal.

Hmm...Not sure what else I can contribute. I am going to be in Portland this coming weekend as I was chosen for this Portland mentor program thing and so I will have to go meet my mentor at a little cocktail party on Friday evening. I wonder what I should wear? I don't want to wear a suit. And to be honest, probably shouldn't. My favorite Vietnam suit, it turns out, is way too big. Last week, I wore just the skirt to this client counseling competition I was in, and it sat so low on my hips (or really more like my thighs) that it was a bit scandalous and unlawyerly. However, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because right before my partner and I were to counsel, I got a giant run in my nylons that was only covered because of how far down my skirt kept slipping.

Ok, well I need to get back to the football game. I'm cheering for the Seahawks. I think they are going to win.
--Abra

Daydreaming

If you've ever been around me, you probably have known me to play one of my favorite games, which consists of me making fictional titles for songs or albums by bands that may or may not exist. This can come from something like hearing a silly line somewhere, somehow or another and deciding suddenly that it would make an "AWESOME SONG TITLE!!!!" or perhaps even an "AWESOME ALBUM TITLE!!!!". Sometimes however it extends into real life, and titles in my mind actual pictures that I receive in my gmail inbox.

Behold! The debut album from QB Eagles, titled "4 SAFETIES!".

Tecmo Super Bowl 4eva. -B

UPDATE!!: Kevin informed me recently that he felt the picture was more of a "back of the album picture", which I happen to totally agree with. It has more of a cuttin' loose kinda vibe to it, where as the cover should be something artier, right? Perhaps 4 football refs doing the safety motion (palms together, over the head).

Carutherz Greatest Hits.

Hey all,

Just wanted to repost my favourite Caruthers World comment of all time, courtesy of Jolina:

"On Saturday night I arrived back at Caruthers around 1 am. Gillian and I did some blow while sitting on Brian's bed. What did everyone else do that night? Apparently, I blacked out before the fun began.
PS Just kidding. Gillian and I didn't do blow on Saturday. I drove Allee home and we all smoke some crank in my car. I don't know why I kid with all of you."

Man, this blog is getting all wack n' shit. Isn't anything interesting going on in anybody's lives? I showed up to work this morning and was sent home because I wasn't supposed to be scheduled to work today, but was. It still seems sort of weird that they would send me home and keep around my co-worker who lost her voice, but whatever.

-- Kevin