Waiting for a proper introduction.

Today I had some more of that amazing corn.
Remember?
I told you about that.
Remember?... It had the lime to squeeze?

I was going to get an iPhone, but I settled on the corn instead.
THAT is how amazing this corn is.
I don't actually want an iPhone, just to clear things up.

I met a man that is in some movies that I like.
I met him this morning and I shook his hand.
He was very nice, and he looked just like he looks in the movies that I like.
It was neat.

That is all for now.
I am just waiting for my laundry to be dried.
Be good.
lovemathew

Friday Night Liars.

What is this about a sport called Baseball?
I have been hearing a lot about it on account of their being two teams in this city.
I never really liked Baseball.
Growing up in Wisconsin, what is to like?
The Brewers?
Give me a break.
In fact that is what I said to Junior when he asked me if I liked Baseball.
Give me a break!

Then he told me that Milwaukee is #1 right now.

Well, shit.
I mean, I still don't really like Baseball, there are too many games and teams and watching Baseball has never been very fun for me to do.
But I have to say that after you are reminded daily of the sport's existence, it is hard to ignore that it exists.

It is no Football.
But, as far as a sport involving a ball and a bat are concerned, it certainly is that.

Did you know that I got a Nintendo Wii today?
I did!
Totally!
Now I just need a TV and I am set!
lovemathew

Fried Rat.

I just clapped my hands together to get rid of a fly, and I got it!
I didn't even kill it, I didn't even mean to!
I STUNNED it, with the power of my clap!
If the Incredible Hulk didn't already have that as a power (the power of his clap) then I would claim it as my own.
Until then, I am a less angry, less green version of the Hulk.
You can tell by my tattered cut offs.
And, of course, by my clapping.

Do you have anything you would like to say, like, surprise wise?

I am making spaghetti dinner tonight, and not even the poor kind!
I am making the slightly un-poor kind.

Do you know anyone that is looking for a job?
Because I got one for them.
As long as they don't mind my powerful clap!
Seriously, antibiotics take care of it pretty quickly if they detect it early enough.

lovemattehw

VIVA FIDEL!

This is me eating the most amazing corn I have ever had.
It is grilled, with cheese and chili powder on it and also...
There is lime to squeeze onto it.
This was at a Cuban place.
After eating this corn, I now love Cuba.

So, as you can see, I am doing alright.
I helped T make some comics.
I ate some corn.
Oh, and I posted the 100th post just...now.
lovematthew

One more to go!

Have you ever seen a whale?
In real life?
I think that is something I would like to do.
I know that it sounds silly, but I feel like if you really tried you could communicate with them.
Whales and dolphins.
Dolefins.
I mean, you would have to be in the water with them first, you know, meet them half way.
And you would need to make eye contact probably.
But after that I am pretty sure that you could start to understand what the other mammal was thinking.

I would rather try to understand a whale than a gorilla or chimpanzee.
Those guys scare the shit out of me.
What's a whale going to do?
You know, if you aren't getting along.
Swim away?
Big deal right?
What would a gorilla or chimpanzee do?
Rip your arms off, or your face, or both.
Maybe eat your face?
No thanks.

Well, I am going to Target tomorrow for some supplies, let me know if you need anything.
lovematthew

Yawn.

No one wants to be a downer.
Fuck man.... Geez.
I like fun!
Shit is not easy you know?
Fuck.

You want to feel the taste?

I would be lying if I said that The anonymous comment left to an earlier post didn't bother me.
I would be lying right to your face.
I read it a couple of times.
Then I went to put my laundry into the dryers and the whole time I thought about it.
Depressed.
Dreamer.
Divorced.
Who DOES read this anyways?

I guess the anonymous poster read it.
At least once anyways.

And honestly, even though it made me feel sort of bad about myself, what does it really matter?
Who isn't at least ONE of the three D words listed?
How am I any different from anyone else in those areas?

I just write this stuff down for myself really.
So who cares right?
Who cares about some anonymous post that may or may not have been meant to be mean and sarcastic?
Unfortunately I know one or two people that would intentionally be mean like that.
That is true.

Dang man, this better not be an indication of what to expect this weekend.

Be good.
lovematthew

TV. Phone.

I was in the truck today and I saw a poster that was for a new phone.
First off, there are a lot of phones huh?
Like, hundreds to choose from.
This poster said "Real TV on your phone."
I thought about that for a long time, I sat there looking at this poster and it's sentence.
I thought about my Mom.
Or at least, Her generation.
If she was a little girl and someone showed her this sentence, what would she think I wonder?
I mean, these two inventions have been around for a long time, and they were around when she was little.
So lil' Cathy knows what these two things are.
But why would she, or anyone for that matter ever think to combine the two?
I mean, a television used to be a piece of furniture, in it's own cabinet.
And phones were big and bulky also.
So I am sure that lil Cathy and I would be having the same thought.
"Why the Fuck would anyone need a TV on their phone?"

I just feel like there are things that make me proud to be a part of human kind.
Certain steps in progress are great, remarkable, amazing and helpful.

Then there is a phone that you use to watch TV.
What good is this? Why is this what we are working towards? Who does this help?

I like technology. I do.
I enjoy video games and computers.
I am sure there are more things than I can think of that utilize the latest technology and I am unaware of it.
But honestly, I would trade it all to play in lil' Cathy's world.
Simpler times, less swearing on the streets, actual human interaction, possibility.

Maybe that is what bothers me.
What makes me sad.
That wee had a world of possibility, and we could go in so many different, possibly better or worse directions, and this is where we ended up.
A phone that plays TV shows on it.
Complex times, swearing and violence everywhere, automated everything...
It seems like there is not a lot of possibility left without renouncing all of the progress we have made and money that we spent to get there.

be good guys.
lovemathatew

Across 15 yards.

Did you know that I am coughing my brains out?
I am coughing so much that I gave myself abs of steel.
I went to do laundry.
The laundromat was closed, and I almost got upset.
Then I remembered my Abs and I just went home, got in the shower, and I washed my clothes on my stomach.
Truth!

I went home... back to Wisconsin.
I know I told you that. But I wanted to say that I thought maybe I got my cough from being in cleaner air, and then coming back to dirty air.
I know, who cares?

Don't get your hopes up, but let me ask you about presents.
Yay or Nay?
I say YAY! A thousand times YAY!
Bring them over, leave them at my house, and let me open them.
ALL OF THEM!
I was told that I am a hard person to buy presents for, and THIS is why I receive no presents!?
I think that is BC! I was raised to believe that it is the thought that counts, So let me say this: IF it is the thought that counts, then I have no issue with your crappy present but instead I am disappointed in your crappy thoughts.

I mean, you know me right? We have been friends for at least 95 posts, right? You know my likes, my dislikes, my hopes and dreams.
And knowing that stuff should make it pretty easy to pick out a little something, it could be anything, to say "Hey Matthew, I was just thinking about you today and I saw this little thing and I thought maybe you would like it since you were having a bad day... yeah, I just found it on the street, but I remembered how you are always picking up garbage off the street and I thought of you, so her you go."
Then I say "Awwwww...Thanks! That is really nice. I really appreciate it or something."

I think it seems pretty straight forward.
And you know, it really isn't about buying something for someone, or the act of giving and receiving, and it really doesn't matter to me what the present is, I am not very materialistic, It is just the THOUGHT that counts. The fact that someone went out of their way to show you something, or tell you something, or share something with you... to me all of those things are presents, and behind them are usually very nice thoughts.

You know, I consider my postings to be presents to you the casual reader.

anyways, I have to go, I got a cold cookie waiting for me.
Cold is the new hot.
lovematthew

Glue trap.

This morning there were two rats stuck to glue traps set by the garbage cans.
They seemed dead, but I didn't get too close.
One was small, the other was large.
They seemed almost hairless.
Maybe it was their summer hair.

I walked to work this morning by myself.
Lately, T has been walking with me.
We get a cup of coffee and she talks to me the whole way to the company.
This morning she slept in.
I think this was for the best since she would have been upset by the dead rats.

You know that good feeling of a productive cough?
I love that feeling.

I think for dinner I will eat something light.
Like some fruit and cheese and crackers maybe.
Or maybe a bowl of Apple Jacks.
Just kidding, I don't have any AJ's.
I wish.

T is leaving soon.
For maybe like, 8 or 9 days.
Maybe even 10 days!
I don't know what I will do with myself.

Be good guys.
lvoematthew

See Green Foam.

I went back to Wisconsin for a visit.
Did you ever visit before?
Wisconsin I mean?
It is a nice place.
My first job I ever had was at a flower shop near my house.
Do you know that material that they put flowers in?
Like, fresh cut ones....?
It is this green foam, it is like super compacted styrofoam and it sucks up water.
It is like a cube of water by the time it is done drinking.
It is a good invention for the flower industry.
Keeps them alive longer.
This foam had a really soft feel to it, it conformed to shapes, it was very heavy when it was full of water.
When you stuck the flowers in, if you removed them, the shape of their stems remained perfectly shaped.
I always wanted a bed of the foam, soaked in cool water for me to lay down on during a hot day.

I thought that when I left Wisconsin that it would hold my shape, just like the foam and the flowers.
I would return and people would smile and remember me and say "Hello".
It is just what I saw in my mind.
The things that would happen after I left.
A note in the paper to let everyone know what was going on with me and that I was alright.

be good.
lovematthew