Lately I've become completely entranced by eBay listings for Mariner tickets. Because of the negative sentiment toward the team, prices for the most marquee games are having trouble getting much past face value. I've been toying with the idea of how to model this phenomenon - team gets crappy and open market ticket prices tank.
OCD - Outstanding Calexico Disc
The new Calexico EP is great, esp. "Alone Again Or" and "Sirena."
OCD - Overnight Channel-switching Dilemma
When baseball games get into the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th inning, you have to keep watching them, because of the amount of time you've already invested. It's like building a hotel. You don't just stop when you're 90% done because the estimated time to completion has passed or the cost of concrete goes up (the opportunity cost of watching the game is not watching some other show - as the game gets longer, this probably increases). You have to watch it. You HAVE TO.
OCD - Ordered Clothes Diagram
All of my clothes are in a closet - I have no use for a dresser (or "bureau"). And the bulk of them are on hangers. And probably once every 2 weeks I go through and sort these by purpose ("to be worn on one's body, so as to not have to be naked in public") or usefulness.
OCD - Occupational Culinary Dividends
In roughly 9 months at the firm, I've been taken on what amounts to a tour of the better restaurants in Seattle. I'm waiting for this to get old, but it just doesn't. At some point it has to stop, too. I don't really want to think about that.
OCD - Obviously Cannot Distinguish (between when he should continue and when he should stop)
Here's a thing that had a bunch of questions, but it takes too long so I only answer some of them.
1. What is your full name? Kid Leviticus Tetris
2. Nicknames?: Tex
3. B-day: Nov 1980
5. Sex: mayle
6. Who do you live with? Todd, a neglected sourdough starter who resides in my fridge
7. Where do you live?: Seattle
8. What school do (did) you attend?: UW, others
9. Siblings and their ages?: Boy 20, Girl 14
10. Righty or Lefty: right for most things, left for hockey sticks
12. Hair color: brown
13. Height: 5'9"? i don't really know
19. Do you wear any rings?: men with jewelry are creepy
26. What song are u listening to right now?: "If She Wants Me", Belle & Sebastian
27. What was the last thing u ate?: cake and beer
30. Last Dream you can remember: Jamie and I were watching "Some Like It Hot" - which in my dream was a slasher movie that had a lot of stupid foreshadowing things. we were drinking root beer.
44. How many kids do you want to have? 0
45. Sons names? Declan, Archie
46. Daughter's names? Veronica, Betty
49. What sport do you hate the most to play? basketball with an axehead instead of a basketball
50. What are you most scared of? fatherhood, failure
55. Who do you dream about? friends, movies and food/drink
68. Do you have a crush? YES
69. Who is your crush? not telling, stupid
71. Where do you want to get married: somewhere boring and sensible
72. Where would you like to go on your honeymoon? Iceland or Hong Kong
73. What is the most important thing he/she has? sticktoitiveness
74. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? teeth
75. Longest crush:? 2000 - present
76. Who do u want to spend the rest of your life with? someone who is clean and, like me, has a good credit score
137. Cake or pie: pie (also "cheesecake" is a pie, not a cake - but i prefer fruit pies)
WHAT COMES TO MIND
175. Water: sailboats
176. Blue: sailboats
177. Rock: hard place
178. Cat: carpet
179. Red: General Tso's chicken
180. Cow: yeomanry
181. Socks: hospitals
