Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Memphis Grizzled.

Somebody care to tell me why this guy is still on a roster? Albeit for the Memphis Grizzlies, but still! Damn! Yo, and he's not on some Zeke-defying "Golden Oldies" shit, like Deke is either, uh uh, McKie oughta be fuckin' flipping burgers if he still has that drive and passion. Wait, according to the wiki on dude, he was just some spare parts sent over in the Gasol trade. "Phew."

As Midwest as Urban Decay

One of many shitty photos of pandas I took in San Francisco, thanks a lot technology!

Back from California last night and discovered that not only had all of the snow from Chicago's abrupt and not-so-mysterious blizzard of last Friday melted, but also, that in spite of being drunk for four days in a row I could still go out for a few beers at the Green Eye. An even better discovery was made while still in San Francisco yesterday morning, when, my friend and partner in nepotistic notions, Alex called me and congratulated me on being selected as one of two male bloggers selected to write about being a dude, single and, presumably, awesome for the Tyra Banks Show's website. I'm really not sure what to expect at all, except I feel as though this whole situation has the possibility of hilarity. In any case, I'm getting a digital video camera I can take out and horse around with.

As for the rest of California it was fantastic. Easter was spent at Santa Monica Beach and at the dinner table with six great friends. [Shitty Metaphor Alert -Ed.] San Francisco was clear at first but became as hazy and confusing as a bank of fog rolling off the Pacific. And I honestly can hardly remember the experience except that I enjoyed it and found myself in a Chinatown Dollar Store at 6 pm PST taking pictures of stuffed animal pandas kissing and then picture messaging them to friends. Jesus, who the fuck am I? Peter King on acid? In any case, I ended up loving my visit to California and walked away from O'Hare with the same feeling I get after returning from NYC: It's great to visit, but to live there? No thanks.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

California Update

Just got back from the LA Gun Club and HOLY SHIT are Glocks fun to shoot. Easily the most awesome thing I've done this year is shoot this handgun. Exhilarating. That's all I can say. Beyond the firearms Los Angeles has been great. Hung out in Echo Park with my old friend Bobby and his wife at their apartment yesterday during the day and went out a couple of douchey LA celeb-wannabe bars last night. Made our own fun by telling lies and sipping ryes.

Goin' to the beach tomorrow. More to come. Also, took some video at the gun club-loud as Gods fucking is one way to describe it- in any case, I'll try and get it posted on the site next week when I'm back in Chicago.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Live! From Oklahoma City

Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, Detroit? Those skylines are mere sand castles compared with Oklahoma City!

Greetings from Will Rogers World Airport [World? Not International? Weird- Ed.] I'm in Oklahoma City's airport on a layover between Chicago and Los Angeles. And, yes. Oklahoma is flatter than even the other parts of the Midwest. Furthermore, I've heard "Big'Un" once and "not those kinds" once. It's as if every yokel in the state descended en masse and via tractor to this airport to witness the spectacle of "them thar flyin' contraptions." All that being said, the airport has OMG TEH WIFI! and a sports bar with the NCAA tourney on. "Hello, Beer. Old friend, trusted lover!" In any case here's what's been going on with my life:

Going to LA to visit this roguish character: Ted

I scored an internship with this record label. Yeah, me and Public Relations, we're like Starsky and Hutch or Peanut Butter and Jelly.

And I threw my hat into the ring for a blogging job with the Tyra Banks Show. (fingers snappin') "Oh, Girrrll!"

Monday, March 17, 2008

Just Like Cooked Crack, We're Back



Hey, we were talking to the brainiac staff over at dport7 last week and realized that we missed blogging. So, yeah, we're here and are going to be talking a lot about the NBA and Chicago; just not this week. We're taking off for sunny LA and San Francisco on Thursday, so -no surprise here- posting should be erratic this week.

Love,

Tony Ritz and Staff