with about three minutes left to go before halftime.

it was an adventure riding the subway on a sunday because even thought the metro gets a million dollars a day in tax revenues they refuse to believe that people actually ride on the weekends, but they do. she and i were, at least.

the seats were great. everyone was there, including affleck (pictured, dork.)

i used to have a belief in isla vista that if i was at a party that marc brown was at, then i was probably at the cool spot to be at.

in LA i get nervous if im ever at the same place that affleck is at because its instantly not cool if he’s there. for example, somehow it was more cool to be rubbing up against j.lo’s side when puffy was doing it, but not when ben ben was.

didnt matter, lakers won by 21 and i got to hang with my pal karisa alone for a few hours on a gorgeous day in LA, which is rare. we barely kick it on the weekends. god only knows why.

so clipper girls cousin called while we were coming home and she was all, what are you doing when you get home. and i said just drinking with karisa.

and she was all, how long do you think you’ll be doing that for.

and i was all, maybe an hour.

she was like, i was thinking about coming over

i was like, i like how you think.

she was like, i want to bring my roommate and we can hang out.

and i was like, uh

she was like, dont get any dirty thoughts, its not going to be like that.

and i wanted to be like, we have the best thing going, we watch a little tv and drink some shots and make out and get it on and spend the night, why would you want to ruin that good thing.

but instead i said, are you guys going to be coming over in seperate cars

and she laughed

and i said are you trying to bring us into the world of exhibitionism?

and she laughed even harder

like i was the crazy one.

i havent had sex in like 27 hours. im not the crazy one to want some

am i?

anyways, two super hot girls are coming over to my house and im pissed off about it.

only in my world.

freeway slowdance + glowstick + mouthy

woke up this morning with a hot girl who is so honest with me that she said, dont take this the wrong way but ive been trying to date this guy and the only time that he’s available is on sunday breakfast. and he doesnt have my number, so he knocks on my door on sundays to ask to walk me to breakfast, so i have to make sure that im home in time for the knock.

so she ran off this morn and i called my mom to wish her a happy mothers day and we talked about flowers and house prices when i get a click on my call waiting. and i see that its my old college roommate sam. as much as we love each other, we really dont call each other much except regarding lakers tickets and tsar shows.

now everyone knows that today at twelve thirty pacific the lakers are going to take on the defending champs the san antonio spurs who are up 2-0 in the western conference playoffs.

and i think to myself in a split second that sam just might have an extra ticket for me.

so i ask my mother if she wouldnt mind hanging on for a second as i answer the call on the other end, which is a rude thing to do, particularilly to your mother, especially on mothers day, but shes a sports fan and i thought that she would understand.

and it is my pal sam, and not only does he have a ticket, but he has two tickets.

free.

so i say yes, how do i get the tickets. he says great, all you need to do is give me your email address and then you print them out.

i say oh but i dont have a printer.

he says what? they cost like $40 now. i say i know but i never print anything.

so he calls will call and they say that they will have the tickets under sam’s name.

so then i called my true love to see if she wanted to go, and there was no answer.

no answer? oh thats right, she probably spent the night at that nogoodnick’s house.

so i left a message along the lines of

had laker tickets for us today but youre too busy with boring people. caio, bella.

then called the cuban girl, but she was too busy with another as well.

i guess when people think of getting a phone call from me, its not pre-noon on sundays since im probably reading my bible.

so i called clipper gir’s cousin but she was at the farmers market in pasedena for some reason.

so i called my man welch and his beautiful wife emmanuelle told me that he was on his way to the angel game, so i asked her if either he or she was writing Defamer and she said no and showed me why and i was all oh well, see you at tsar on wednesday.

so then i called my wife moxie and she said she just wanted to soak in the rays on this beautiful game, and she reminded me that we never got karisa a proper birthday gift that perhaps i should ask her.

so i called karisas house and got no answer, and i never do this but then i called her cell phone. i never do it because karisa is xbi and she does some hairy undercover work that even i dont know about. and you never know what she is up to so i never call her xbi cell but i had to, and she told me she was just getting back from the gym, whats up?

i told her and she said hmmmm. i asked her if she had other plans and she said, yes but not as good as that.

and now shes coming over and id take pictures for you but my cameras in the shop and the new camera fund is hovering around $300 with $666 to go.

now finally the cuban girl calls but its too late. shes got big plans today though, so she says its all good but that we must have dinner tonight and i say cool.

and heres what the lakers need to do to beat the spurs today.

kobe needs to shoot the damn ball.

shaq needs to concentrate at the line.

gary payton needs to remember that hes the glove and no french mother fucker named tony parker can score no fucking thirty points on four mvps any more.

and some malone elbows need to be thrown, some blood needs to flow, and some feelings need to get hurt.

this is the playoffs baby

win

or retire.

hairwax + zulieka has an interesting proposition + aaron clemens

the secretary of defense donald rumsfield got his righteous ass handed to him on capital hill yesterday.

and if you missed it, you’re not alone.

matt drudge, blogger and towel boy to the right took the day off to get his kneepads restuffed apparently because if you go to his blog today all you see is a headline saying “More Photos, Videos Coming” linking a 6 1/2 paragraph breif of the 3-hour drubbing the senate armed services committee delivered onto the architect of americas last two “wars.”

but drudge isnt the only one to ignore what some reporters called the most fascinating testimony they’d heard in 20+ years of covering american politics.

instapundit called in sick but his blog ads to the new republic and “say no to daschle’s gang” kept on blinking. although this morning he did have enough strength to get a jab in on michael moore.

the new republic’s blog “a daily journal of politics” didnt even blog yesterday… for some reason. maybe they have a new definition of daily.

sgt. stryker‘s only post was a link to timmers weekend caption contest which is a picture of sen. kerry shaking a young boy’s hand.

josh marshall completely missed the boat by becoming distracted by joe leiberman’s opening buffonary, but he did remind us about a long peice of fluff the defense secretary did for the washington post on 1/29/01 where he wrote, “In the execution of presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone. If you foul up, tell the president and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.”

and since it metafilter is so paranoid about turning into newsfilter they completely ignored it. cuz theyre too damn cool for news.

this was a day where in the morning the new york times ed board said simply “Donald Rumsfeld Should Go” that afternoon the Washington Post’s editoral board wrote a little bit called “An Inadequate Response,” and the day before the Economists cover story was titled Resign, Rumsfeld.

so wtf, a-list political blogs? the secretary of defense gets berated in an allstar gangbang of bitchslaps from ted kennedy to hillary to even libby dole the post and the times and if people clicked around the blogosphere this morning you’d think that nothing necessarilly out of the ordinary went down in dc yesterday.

scooped by quote unquote journalists?

are you all on the fucking take?

all of you?

say it aint so glenn.

fucking wonkette got it right three fucking times yesterday and shes a fucking girl.

the blogosphere is in very deep shit when the fucking busblog has to deliver the goods on whats happening in washington dc. ive got teenagers to date.

instalinker really must be sick because today he sends us to donald sensing cuz his boy said rumsfeld did a good job yesterday.

really? a good job?

the secretary of defense had information in january that us military personel were abusing iraqi prisoners of war in a way that most americans deem vile, outrageous, and unamerican. only after the pictures came out did rumsfeld say anything. before that he didnt tell the president, didnt tell the congress, and didnt tell america.

he sat on it as someone who was responsible for it would sit on it.

just like all the a-list bloggers are doing, weirdly.

the best summary of the asswhipping Rummy & Co. got could be best encapsulated during an exchange near the end of the proceedings surrounding the curious moment when Gen. Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed finding out that 60 Minutes was going to do a story on it and asking them to delay the broadcast.

MEYERS: I called CBS to ask them to delay the pictures showing on CBS’s “60 Minutes” because I thought it would result in direct harm…

Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.): Mr. Secretary, is that standard procedure for the military command of this country to try to suppress a news report at the highest level?

MYERS: It didn’t — let me just — Senator Dayton, this is a serious allegation…

DAYTON: Sure is.

MYERS: … and it’s absolutely — the context of your question, I believe, is wrong.

DAYTON: I understand the context, General, you…

MYERS: Let me just…

DAYTON: … told us the context earlier. I have very limited time, sir.

(CROSSTALK)

MYERS: I want to take as much time as we need to straighten this out.

This report — the report was already out there, the news was out there about the abuse…

DAYTON: General, if the news had been out there and we had all known about it…

(CROSSTALK)

Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va). (Chairman): Senator, I ask that the witness be allowed to respond to your question. They’re very important questions.

General, would you proceed?

MYERS: Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Senator Dayton.

This was not to suppress anything. What I asked CBS News to do was to delay the release of the pictures, given the current situation in Iraq, which was as bad as it had been since major combat ended, because I thought it bring direct harm to our troops; it would kill our troops.

We talked about it, and I said, “I know this report will eventually come out. But this — if you can delay it for some period of time — it would be helpful.”

DAYTON: What period of time is that?

MYERS: I did it based on talking to General Abizaid and his worry was like mine, and he convinced me that this was the right thing to do. There was no — this report has been around since January. What was new were the pictures. I asked for the pictures to be delayed.

DAYTON: Did you discuss delaying — calling CBS to ask them to delay their report, with the secretary of defense, or the vice president or the president?

MYERS: Of course not.

DAYTON: None of those.

MYERS: Of course not.

DAYTON: I would just say, General — and I agree with your assessment of the consequences of this on our troops, and that’s the great tragedy of this, but attempts to suppress news reports, to withhold the truth from Congress and from the American people is antithetical to democracy.

MYERS: You bet it is. And that’s not what we were doing.

DAYTON: And whatever the intentions may be, sir, the result is always the same. And it’s, I think, terribly tragic that the president, who wants to expand democracy around the world, by actions of his own administration is undermining that democracy in the United States.

DAYTON: That’s always the result when people try to control information, delay it, manage it and suppress it, it has that result. It’s antithetical to a democracy.

RUMSFELD: May I speak a minute, Mr. Senator?

Throughout the history of this country, there have been instances where military situations have existed that have led government to talk to members of the media and make an editorial request of them that they delay for some period disclosing some piece of information. It is not against our history. It is not against our principles. It is not suppression of the news. And it’s a misunderstanding of the situation to say it is.

DAYTON: It is against our principles. It’s against our principles when you come before 40 to 45 members of the Senate three hours before that news report is going to occur and don’t mention one word about it, sir.

That is antithetical to democracy and the Constitution, which has the Senate and the House as co-equal responsibility for this country.

I want to just ask about the escalation of American forces, sir. You’re bringing in, in response to all of this — and this is also important. This is the future of this nation and the people who are over there.

You’re increasing the number of forces, the number of tanks over there. How can this have anything to do but to escalate the level of violence, the opposition of Iraqis, intensify the hatred across the Arab world to the United States, and more atrocities? How can this have any result other than to put us deeper into this situation and make the conditions there worse for our forces and for our nation and for the world?

which was only topped by this earlier salvo between Republican Lindsey Graham (R – S.C.), and the unfortunate general.

GRAHAM: At that time, is it fair to say you knew there was a story about to come out that was going to create a real problem for us?

MYERS: At that time, what my concern was was the impact it could have on our forces in Iraq. That was my focus at the time, was, “OK, if these photos are revealed right now, given the intensity of operations, what could be that impact on our troops?”

And my conclusion was this would be the worst of all possible times for these to come forward, realizing that eventually they’re going to come forward; I understand that.

GRAHAM: Did you feel the need to inform the Congress or the president or the secretary of defense about the potential damage this could do?

MYERS: We had discussed the potential damage back in January, and in February and in March. And as we marched through those events on that chart, a lot of those events were based on our concern with where this might lead. In other words, is there a…

WARNER: We just need to — could you use the microphone, General, we’re missing some of your…

MYERS: OK.

GRAHAM: Long story short, I do trust the people in uniform to get it right. And I want to take the time necessary to make sure the people responsible are brought to justice and anybody innocently accused has their day in court.

You’re right, Secretary Rumsfeld.

Here’s the problem: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the explosive nature of these photos apart from court-martial, apart from legal proceedings. And most of us here found out about it on television. And if we knew enough to say, “Don’t air a show that’s going to be bad,” why did we not call the president, call senior members of Congress to prepare us for what we were eventually going to see? That’s the essence of my concern about all this.

get well soon, prof. reynolds.

🙂

the transcript of the rumsfield hearing + video of protesters who got into the hearings + dan from real world miami arrested in xxx movie theatre and wrote a very funny post about it in his blog

have asked why i think i can put pictures of what karisa calls “thin” young women on the busblog, and simultaneously berate women for constantly being obsessed with their bodies.

easy.

just because you see pictures of models or actresses or sports people or politicians in a blog or a magazine or on tv or on a billboard doesnt mean that you have to a)feel bad about yourself b)run out and try to look just like those people c)quit eating foods that you like.

unless your goal, of course, is to be a billboard model.

i put pictures of lots of people on this blog. i put friends up here, i put sports heroes, i put pictures of monkeys on here.

i put tons of pics of george bush up here and i dont see one person saying, “the media through its proliferation of photographs of the commander and cheif have forced me to enter my name to run for the president of the united states.”

they dont say it because it would be ridiculous.

i started a little thing called Lick Magazine a while back and this year i brought it back.

one of the beauties about it is that it’s not only written and designed exclusively by women, but it’s anonymous.

im quite aware that readers project ideas on writing when they think that the author is “hot”, similarilly, they might ignore good writing if they judge an author as not being hot. this is also ridiculous.

as much as i love raymi’s favorite blog, madpony.com, it is safe to assume that they might not be getting 1,300+ hits a day (even though they havent updated in nearly a month) solely because of the insightful, humorous, and tight writing. some of their popularity might be due to the fact that both the madpony sisters are relatively attractive young women.

ridiculous.

Lick is anonymous for many reasons, primarilly because when authors can write with the freedom of anonymity they might write freer, and therefore, better. but also because when there’s not a name attatched theres also no baggage and the writing simply gets read for what it is.

Lick is not like life.

in life we do judge people and things by their appearances.

sometimes we judge positively based on what the worldview of what “pretty” or “hot” or “sexy” is. i invite you to determine your own realms of beauty and celebrate them and ignore the trends made up by fat old men of madison avenue and their kin.

and i also suggest that if you see me putting pictures of the olsen twins on this blog, perhaps im doing it sarcastically, cuz thats probably the case.

earlier this week i raved about the pixies and implied that i was sexually attracted to the far-from-anorexic kim deal. in the comments my words were echoed by a male reader. neither of us were being sarcastic.

later in the week i gave out some sex secrets that i learned from my former girlfriend, tennis star anna kournikova who looks nothing like kim deal.

this should tell you something about the nature of men. we like all sorts of people. and some of us are attracted to a wider variety than some would expect.

the easiest picture i could put up on the busblog is one of a bikini girl sipping a marguerita from a straw. sometimes i put a picture like that up to get people to stay on my page for one more second, sometimes i put a picture like that up to titilate the baser desires of my highschoolboy readership, sometimes i put a picture like that up because it’s a ridiculous image.

if you, dear reader, judge yourself based on what pictures i put up, youre in very deep doo-doo because there might be a day when clown suits become all the vogue and where will you be without your chanel red rubber nose?

heres my advice: be yourself. quit hanging out with people who judge you positively or negatively because of your appearance. in the same sence, quit judging people by their outward appearance. look at people’s hearts, their acts, their ways, their beliefs.

i wear wrinkled ugly clothes that my mother buys me at target. i have a gut that sticks out and i call it my baby. i wear the same pair of shoes every day. i eat what i want.

i suggest that its different for boys because boys demand that it be different for boys.

but kim deal proves that there are exceptions.

i cannot implore to you more this one plea: in every aspect of your life be the exception

and quit listening to the demons in your head as they convince you that you are anything other than beautiful.

the detox + sex and depression + lil mija

tonight 5/7

andrew w.k., el rey

megan mullaly, knitting factory

dan band, avalon

snow patrol, ameoba (free)

tomorrow 5/8

einsturzende neubauten, el rey

megan mullaly, knitting factory

lazy cowgirls, thunderbird

john hammond, mccabes

mary j. blige, universal

sunday 5/9

chris pierce, little temple

the constantines, spaceland

monday 5/10

danger mouse, amoeba (free)

ben lee, the hotel cafe

tuesday 5/11

slipknot + fear factory, universal

the mooney suzuki, roxy

bryan adams, wiltern

wednesday 5/12

TSAR – SPACELAND 9PM sharp

graham parker, knitting factory

thursday 5/13

the mars volta, wiltern

after the debauchery + tina give tips to men + spit circle

said about the pictures of the american soldiers humiliating iraqi soldiers?

you know the ones, the naked guys tied up with bags over their heads forced to pose in homosexual poses?

Mr. Rush Limbaugh said, “This is no different than what happens at the skull and bones initiation and we’re going to ruin people’s lives over it and we’re going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I’m talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever need to blow some steam off?”

and this is what tony pierce has to say

if the democrats cannot regain the whitehouse against perhaps the most worthless jackass of a president ever

during a time when rush limbaugh is self destructing before our very eyes

while the country is trillions of dollars in the hole

with gasoline prices soaring

and censorship spreading like communism

and a war spiraling out of control with no end in sight

then the democratic party needs to decide to go the way of the whigs.

i cannot imagine a more easy choice in november than to kick george bush off american idol, and if no one wants to be the simon cowell and cross their arms and say

dreadful

dreadful

dreadful

in a way that people get it, and agree, then the democrats dont deserve to exist any more

cuz this should be a cakewalk.

and rush limbaugh knows it

which is why he’s falling apart like a bitch.

sk smith + states with higher iq’s vote democrat + sean bonner

turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:

heard. A guy went in for a drink and they charged his ass off. both – south of no north, bukowski

Now try again with a second book:

answers – give us the intelligence to support those answers.” – the five biggest lies bush told us about iraq

Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?

a cover of Stuff Magazine from november 2001 with brooke burke on the cover

If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?

a pepperoni pizza, extra large.

Tell me something about you that I don’t know.

i had to spend an extra six months in junior college because my history teacher said i couldn’t write an essay. and she was right.

Do you name your vehicles? What are the name(s)?:

only girls do that shit.

What are the last films you saw?

kill bill 2 + the hairdressers husband + the basketball diaries

What time is it?

1:44am

Name as it appears on birth certificate:

Sonny I. LaVista

Nicknames:

loc, which i dont like

tp3, which just reminds me of high school

Number of candles on your last birthday:

so many

First Pet:

angela romano, over the sweater

Hair color:

i have 1mm of jet black stubble

Favorite restaurant:

m&m’s on crenshaw and mlk

Favorite flower:

the asian one on playboy’s nightcalls 411

Favorite non-alcoholic drink:

cherry coke

Disney or Warner Bros:

todd francis

Favorite fast food restaurant:

jack in the crack

What color is your bedroom carpet?

oriental from ikea, $49

whom did you get your last e-mail from?

zulieka, because i dont check anything other than my busblog at gmail account nowadays

What do you do most often when you are bored?

i havent been bored in years

Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?

credit cards are against the bible

Most annoying thing people ask me:

when are you going to quit the xbi and get a real job?

Bedtime:

2am if i dont lay on the couch and watch tv, midnight if i do.

Town you live in:

hollywood, california, two of the greatest places i could think of

Favorite TV shows?

sopranos, pardon the interruption, real world, howard stern show, best week ever

Last person you went out to dinner with:

karisa and her friends

What are you listening to right now?

my keyboard keys clacking happilly

How do you take your coffee?

fuck coffee

Morning or Nighttime person?

i write better in the morning

Where you plan to vacation next?

hopefully new york, otherwise anywhere with a hot tub

How many partners have you got it on with this year?

two.

Last cds you downloaded

d-12: d-12 world, talking heads: remain in the light,

Person you stole this from

flagrant, who rules

is that i often find myself lunching with some of the hottest chicks in hollywood.

while the women that i have had the pleasure of dining with last night ordered their atkins-friendly meals and discussed how trimspa was different than slimfast and how one gym was better than another gym, i found myself in a familiar situation as somehow the discussion usually gets directed toward me as im either the sole male at the table or the least likely to be politically correct.

last night at karisas birthday dinner i had to lay it out in the really-real manner that you have all become familiar with.

i looked at the ladies of the table and i said, you girls need to learn a few things about men.

there are no longer “leg men” or “breast men” or guys who like eyes. there are only vagina men. we like pussy and we like it as much as we can get it.

one young woman nearly dropped her grilled chicken with nofat dressing on top.

heres what you need to learn: not how many carbs are in a slice of pizza, but how to suck a cock and act like the fountain of youth is in our nads. you need to learn how to not start fights over minute little bullshit, you need to learn how to talk dirty and you need to learn how to cook.

(similarilly dudes need to learn how to go down on a girl and how to fuck with a capital f.)

fuck this bullshit catty madeup competition with other women about who has better clothes, fancier purses, and more successful men. learn how to appreciate the pick n roll, the glory of steak and eggs, and the spontenaity of road head.

los angeles and specifically hollywood is the only town other than possibly new york where you could seriously find a table of 3-4 extremely beautiful women who in their hearts are not happy with their looks and therefore unsatisfied with themselves because of some unattainable physical goal that theyve convinced themselves that can be reached.

the belief is, once theyve starved themselves into the size zilch lil black dress they will feel better about themselves, the men will come pouring out of the woodwork, the women will be jealous and envious, and everyone will want to either hire them love them or want to befriend them.

even though every size zero woman in hollywood is villified worse than slow drivers in the fast lane dialing up their shrinks on their cellphones.

“you know she binges and purges,” they whisper. “eat much?” they sneer. “i didnt know lara flynn has an Older sister,” they hiss.

one reason i love karisa is she doesnt buy into that crap which is why she smiled at me when i was explaining to the girls that in order to love yourself you need to forget about these bizarre beliefs about bodytypes and start dating black men exclusively.

karisa might have it easier because she likes to run in the mountains and is addicted to Abs of Steel and only dates guys who appreciates a little meat on the bones. karisa could use a little more junk in the trunk to some tastes but shes a great cook so i let it slide.

first thing women need to do is quit competing with other women. whats the point? and how does anyone know who won?

what ever happened to bake-offs?

next thing women need to do is wear shorter skirts. everything is forgiven in a short skirt. the fatter you grow the shorter your skirt needs to be. i live in a latino portion of hollywood. trust me when i tell you that the above theory works in practice.

probably the most important thing that the modern woman needs to do is quit dating guys who flinch at cellulite, belly rolls, or wrinkles. not only are those guys probably gay and should just come out of the closet like tom cruise is about to, but theyre just going to dump you once you go up a dress size. why should they get rewarded with the hotties as they do the dance of denial?

finally the young women of america need to learn how to cook. and cook their asses off. everyone knows that sex naturally leaves relationships the longer that the union is together, but eating is a constant. if you dont want to eat breads and rices and beans and fatty foods, the best way to control it is to make healthy meals yourself and then feed them to your man who will be yours forever.

centerpoint + insIDEAmind + tina

karisa: thank you, tony!

karisa: i loved your story on your website 🙂

karisa: thank you!

tony: you did?!

tony: good

tony: i was hoping you wouldnt hate it

karisa: haha- not at all!

karisa: that pic is wicked funny.

tony: when i think of you, thats normally the spirit that i think of

karisa: haha- good!

karisa: that makes me happy.

tony: can i interview you quickly for the blog?

karisa: what are you going to ask?

tony: simple things

karisa: ok- it is going to be a slow day- so you can interview me if you would like.

tony: yay!

tony: now that youre 80 years old

tony: what was your favorite memory of being 79?

karisa: hmmmm….

karisa: well, there were a few things!

karisa: falling in love with my hot boyfriend….

karisa: getting the drunkest ever in mass and taking a limo to boston to see the red sox- and later dancing on tables and running through fountains and body shots….

karisa: seeing my bro get married…

tony: very nice

tony: how many times (approximately) have you been in vegas over the last 122 months?

karisa: at least 30 (that i can remember)…

karisa: maybe 35….

karisa: but some trips could count as two 😉

tony: cuz you partied that hard?

karisa: haha- yeah. or just got to do so many amazing things during one trip.

tony: is hard rock still your favorite place to party there?

karisa: i like the hard rock- and it has a cool vibe- but i think the most important thing is who you are partying with and what you make of it when you are there.

tony: is ghost bar still the coolest bar there?

karisa: haha- no- it is only cool if your company rents it out and it is free and ‘no-hassle’ to get in. ‘rain’ is very cool- but you have to work major magic for entry!

karisa: any club that you can work your way into (jumping the long lines) is cool 😉

tony: what was the best book you read this year?

karisa: middlesex was very cool b/c it was so well written… ‘wicked‘ was fun until the end…. when i think the author got bored and just stopped lending to the story…. i really liked voltaire too…. i really liked so many books this year that i read… it is hard to say in one sentence!

tony: did last year convince you that the red sox are truly cursed?

karisa: no. that was strictly bad coaching on grady little’s part. we SHOULD have won that game. i think it was fixed 😉 since my bro has 1918 tatooed on his arm now- i think this will be the year 😉

tony: should grady have been fired?

karisa: yes.

karisa: definitely.

tony: your close friends know about your aversion to blood… will you ever see the Passion of the Christ?

tony: will you rent it?

karisa: i get queasy watching south park the other night. and that is a cartoon.

tony: damn, i didnt know it was that bad

tony: did they have fake blood?

karisa: haha- i hope it wasn’t real! 😉

tony: but it was a bloody scene?

karisa: just they typical kenny slaughter.

tony: ahahaha

tony: what are your top two goals for this year?

tony: other than see me nude

tony: again

karisa: hahah! well, aside from that…. 😉 that is a lot to think about….

tony: maybe youre life is perfect all of a sudden?

karisa: some lady stopped me on hollywood blvd on friday and was doing a survey…. and she asked me my biggest fear in life….

karisa: which i told her was too loaded of a question for my friday afternoon!

karisa: i don’t know if i have any goals. i want things…. i guess.

karisa: i want to see my family in vegas in a couple of weeks….

karisa: i want to go to new york this summer…..

karisa: i want to run everyday and wear a bikini at the beach (and look good in it)…

karisa: i want to take some classes…

karisa: i want to write to my friends more…

karisa: i want to be able to save even $5…..

karisa: are those goals, btw?

tony: yes

tony: good ones too

karisa: i don’t even know how to define them anymore!

tony: i suddenly have a new goal of seeing you look “good” in a bikini this summer now too

karisa: haha- whatever! 😉

tony: other than the busblog, what other websites/blogs do you frequent daily?

karisa: websites???

tony: yes

tony: thats the last question

karisa: i have a lot of ‘free time’ at work so i could literally name about 500…..

karisa: but here are the top ones….

karisa: cnn.com

karisa: iwon.com

karisa: gawker.com

karisa: drudgereport.com (i know, i know)

tony: i hate you

tony: 🙂

karisa: gothamist.com

karisa: theonion.com (on tuesdays)

karisa: nbc4.tv

tony: one final last quesiton

tony: judging from the new beastie boys single

tony: how do you think the new record will be?

karisa: i love the beasties- and i don’t want to talk smack at all… i think that if they bring it back to the old school that it will be awesome 😉

tony: thank you for your time karisa. happy 81th birthday?

karisa: my pleasure, tony baloney 😉