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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>66</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-664237147101103902</id><published>2008-03-11T15:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T15:26:22.905-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Story time!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;Cee-Lo Phoenix’s Groovy Hotel Heist&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;It was unusually dry in the small town of &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Kissing Key&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Florida&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt; and the lack of humidity had caused the air to become electric.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It still smelled like the ocean, which is typical of Florida, and the salt still shrank out of the air and stuck to the skin like craft glitter, which is also typical, but now those guests who inattentively dragged their feet along the fresh red carpet in the lobby of the brand new Healthy Inn™ found their hands zapped as they reached for metal door handles or vending machine buttons.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Gavin, who worked at the front desk, knew this better than anyone else, as he stood explaining nervously to a German couple that he could do nothing about the unusual static electricity.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That was how everyone had described it: &lt;i style=""&gt;unusual&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And this description in itself seemed unusual.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But that was how the whole morning had been: highly irregular, at least in terms of weather.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;For one thing, the sun seemed more intense than usual, almost as though it was trying very hard to make everyone uncomfortable.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And it wasn’t the ordinary friendly yellow color of a fried egg on a dark blue plate, no sir, the sun that had come up this Tuesday was almost completely white with intensity, and the sky around it had become a strange sort of yellow, as though stained with dust.&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;This strange baking sunlight made a special point of sneaking in where it wasn’t welcome, more invasive than regular sunlight, thought Gavin, more like fiery kudzu creeping in off the street and growing up the walls and along the floor of the hotel, further and further along with each hour on the clock.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He stood quietly and wiped beads of sweat off his brow.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The hotel maintenance man passed by the desk with his blue uniform and the walk of a man wearing a belt full of tools and the confidence of knowing exactly what to do with each one.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Gavin watched, a little jealous, a little self-conscious of how thin his 19-year-old self felt in his Healthy Inn™ standard polo shirt. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Ksht.&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“Report of minor flooding on third floor, rooms 33 and 37.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Maintenance requested,&lt;/i&gt;” said the maintenance man’s radio. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Weird&lt;/i&gt;, thought Gavin. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;On the second floor in room 25, somewhere vaguely above Gavin’s sweating and somewhat self-conscious head, Cee-lo &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; had found beauty.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;His hotel room, paid for by the kind producers at the Tommy Bender show, had come with all the hotel standards: towels, shampoo, little soaps, a mini bar, two queen size beds, a desk, a Bible, and this.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“This” was a brand-new 48” plasma TV, standard with every room in the Healthy Inn™ and made possible by the General Improvement Initiative proposed by the Board of Directors of the Hahn Hotel Group.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Cee-lo didn’t know these things, but he knew that he was entitled to “this.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He had even named it the most beautiful name he could think of: Jamie Lynn, which practically made it his.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He just needed a way to get it out.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Here’s a quick fact about Cee-lo, and I’ll stick to the weird: out of all the people in Kissing Key, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Florida&lt;/st1:State&gt;, Cee-lo &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; had arguably the biggest dick, which seems strange for a man hardly four feet tall.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Furthermore, he himself was not aware of this fact, only that it dipped in the toilet bowl from time to time when he wasn’t paying attention and that annoyed him.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;His two girlfriends however, were quite aware of it, but they weren’t very expressive when it came to matters of sex or Cee-lo’s junk, so he went unknowing.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;Starla and Ray, his girlfriends, were gorgeous.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Each took up a single queen size bed on her own, and in fact, they just barely fit through the door of the hotel room.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Starla had brown hair and Ray had blond and Cee-lo loved them both.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Just the night before, in fact, he had ridden them both like trampolines, bouncing from one to the other, just covered in sweat and so in love it hurt a little.&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;The girls had done such an amazing job on Tommy Bender’s show.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The way Starla had burst on stage when Cee-lo professed his love to Ray, and how she hadn’t even held back when she swung at him, beating him with her pillow fists until the bouncers held them all back and the crowd cheered and Tommy Bender made a face like he wanted no part of it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That was how the show got ratings, and in exchange, Cee-lo and Starla and Ray got room and board and some money and a little fame.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;The whole thing was a sham, and they went from show to show, playing the parts of their one-act like seasoned actors.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;First, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;: Jenny Black, Tommy Bender, &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Marshall&lt;/st1:City&gt; in the Morning, Jackie Noon, and so on and then to Europe, and back to &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;But now he was concentrating on this TV and he wanted it so bad his stomach was starting to ache, and it was annoying the girls a little.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“Why don’t we just cover it up and carry it out with our other shit?” asked Starla.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“Because, baby, precious, because they put this fucking thing on the back that’s fucking just creating a whole fucking fuck-load of problems.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;The thing is this: Cee-lo never swore.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Ever.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He thought it was bad luck.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But when he was frustrated, the dam had a tendency to burst.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“What kind of a thing?” asked Ray, rolling her bulk over slowly on the bed like a rotisserie chicken and propping her head up with one hand so she could watch Cee-lo. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“The kind of a thing that would set off a goddamn alarm in the building.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They would catch us before we took three steps.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It’s wired in there, so I can’t remove it without ruining the TV.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Fuck.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;Cee-lo had begun to swear less, as an idea was forming in his head.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;At the same time, a puddle was forming on his head.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;The water was dripping through from room 35 and in to his room, like deliquescent spies checking up on him.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He looked up and a drop caught him right in the eye.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“Why are you crying baby?” asked Starla, pulling her sun dress down over her thick thighs a little.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“Shut the fuck up,” said Cee-lo.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;God he loved them.&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;I’ll make this quick, because Johnny Rivers disgusts me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I hate his music, I hate his lifestyle, and I hate him as a person.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Oh right, and he’s staying in Room 35 of the Kissing Key, Florida Healthy Inn™.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;According to Johnny Rivers’ drivers license, his real name is Harold Jonathon Fogel, he is, in fact, a male, he is 6 feet tall, he weighs 180 pounds, he is not an organ donor, and he was born on the eighth of May in 1967, which makes him forty years old.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Not according to his drivers license, he was the guitar player for the band “Sisyphus” during the 1980’s when they became quite popular. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Also not according, he’s a womanizer.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Also, he has a drug problem.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Thanks to sound investment and a trustworthy accountant, he’s still worth around $5 million.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;I’m also pretty sure his drivers license will not tell you that I hate him.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Well, I do. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;According to the drivers license of the dead blond girl in his bathtub, the one who is responsible for all the flooding, her name is Julia Marie Faith, and right now she’s doing a spot-on impression of a drowning victim.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She is 5’3”, 105 pounds, an organ donor, and she was born on the fourth of July in 1992.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you’re bad at math, that places her at fifteen years old.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Not according to her drivers license, she likes having parades on her birthday, even if the parades aren’t for her. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Also, she looks old for her age and she loves Johnny Rivers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Well, loved Johnny Rivers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Twice.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And once in the hotel pool. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Also, drinks of vodka and Robotussin courtesy of Johnny Rivers make her sleepy.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Very, very sleepy.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;Sleepy enough to drown in the bath tub in fact, and leave the water running.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;Johnny Rivers is realizing all this just now.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The sun snuck in through his window and lit his face on fire (figuratively) just twenty minutes ago, waking him from a deep sleep.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“I can’t believe you could do this to me.” &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;That’s all he’s been saying for like, twenty minutes.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It always has to be about him.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;And now he’s saying, “Shit.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Fuck.” &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Knock knock&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;That’s the door.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Shit.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Fuck. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;I’m guessing that Zachary and Samuel skipped the &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Sodom&lt;/st1:City&gt; and &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Gomorrah&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; section of the Bible, which is weird for two members of the Junior Jesus Mystery Solvers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The fact is, I’m happy for them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Zachary has liked Samuel for a long time, which is probably why they always buddied up to solve religious mysteries together over the last three summers (The Abortion Conundrum, Non-Believer Enigma, The Sin Stumper, etc.). &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;You look confused, let me explain.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;The Junior Jesus Mystery Solvers is not an accredited crime-fighting organization, it’s just a summer camp where Christian parents can send their children ages 12-15 to learn about Jesus in a fun and innovative environment, so says the pamphlet.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;The summer camp puts the kids up in a hotel over the course of a week, and during the day the kids run around town and solve conservatively-themed “mysteries.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This week, they’re under the watchful eye of Pastor Roy, whose watchful eyes are presently busy in Room 47 with the mystery of “Where Are the Call Girl’s Panties, oh God, oh crap,” or so he’s been calling it (mystery not approved by the JJMS).&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;That’s probably how he missed Zachary and Samuel hooking up.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He shouldn’t feel too bad, I missed it too.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We can’t be everywhere, we’re just men. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;And when that sun broke into their room this morning with its fire tendrils, burning every corner, they couldn’t help but notice that their girl roommate was gone, her bed oddly unoccupied.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What was her name?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Jesse?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Jacquelyn?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Maybe it was Julie.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Or Julia.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Something with a “J”.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“Looks like a real live mystery, Samuel!” said Zachary. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“What did we do last night?” said Samuel, seemingly less enthusiastic. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“How exciting!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Mystery of the Missing Girl!” said Zachary, “I’ll get my mystery-solving gear!” and he jumped out of bed. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Are you a fucking Hardy Boy?” asked Samuel, but he followed reluctantly.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He liked something about the enthusiasm.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Maybe we should get Pastor Roy!” said Zachary. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“No, no.” said Samuel.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He had a thick feeling in his stomach that he didn’t like.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was worrying him quite badly.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He had seen her, the missing girl, with a guy the night before, down by the pool.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There was another feeling he’d had then, watching her in a cute pink bathing suit, her wet blond hair winding down her back, flirting with a guy much older than her.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The bathing suit made her look even older than she already did, but in a way that he liked.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Then Zachary showed up, and the night was all mini-bar wine and Truth or Dare. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Let’s go look for her, and cut the Junior Jesus Sherlock shit.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And take off that hat, you look gay,” said Samuel.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“I am gay,” said Zachary, and they were both quiet for a minute.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The words were strange to hear and they cut through everything else in the air.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Even the sun seemed to edge out of the room a little as a lazy yellow cloud passed in front of it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Zachary’s mystery solving hat suddenly seemed more ridiculous given the serious tone and he regretted wearing it for a minute.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“I’m going,” said Samuel. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Then the cloud passed and the sun blazed back through.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The room once more lit up with intensity.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Shortly after, the fire alarm went off.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;Cee-lo &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;’s plan would have been genius in the hands of a genius.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But Cee-lo &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; was no genius, just a little guy with a big dick and two obese girlfriends.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;All things considered though, it could have gone worse, and I give him credit for that.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Here’s what happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“I need a diversion,” said Cee-lo, pacing back and forth in the room, “but it has to be good.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Really fucking good.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“What about pulling the fire alarm?” suggested Starla. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“No.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There would have to be a real fucking fire, otherwise they would just shut it off.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And if we have a real fucking fire, the real fucking sprinkler system will ruin everything, including Jamie Lynn.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“What about in the basement?” asked Ray. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“What about in the basement fucking what?” said Cee-lo.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He was getting impatient.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He was swearing a lot. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“Some places have their basement sprinklers run up on a different system.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you set a fire in the basement, it would set off the alarm and the basement sprinklers, but nothing else.” &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“How the fuck do you know that,” said Cee-lo.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“The boys at the firehouse like me,” said Ray.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;“Fucking convenient development,” said Cee-lo, and he stared at her real hard.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Ray pulled at her sun dress nervously. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;But that’s exactly how they did it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Twenty minutes later, a fire set from a pack of bar matches, a bottle of floor wax, and a bag of clean towels from housekeeping in the basement set off the fire alarm and the basement sprinklers. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;And then the lobby sprinklers. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;And then the second floor sprinklers. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;And then the third floor sprinklers. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;And even the fourth floor sprinklers until everything was soaked and continued to be soaked, including Cee-lo’s precious Jamie Lynn.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;In room 35, things had gone from bad to worse, which is surprising considering that Johnny Rivers had already woken up in a house-ton of trouble.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;His mistake, he was thinking to himself, was in answering the door.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Two boys from the floor above had come down and asked him about the very nice puddle outside his room, and how they might get one of their own.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The one kid had a hat on that Johnny thought looked gay.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It said “mystery solving hat” on it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He didn’t like the sound of that though.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And then the other kid had been staring at him pretty hard, like the way a jealous ex-boyfriend stares down the new boyfriend.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He was just telling them both to piss off when the fire alarm went off, followed shortly after by the sprinklers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And then the jealous looking kid, much to the shock of Johnny and the other kid, had dashed into his room and around the corner.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;There was nothing flirty about the Julia that Samuel found.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Same pink bikini and blond hair but the way she was just staring at the ceiling like someone had surprised her and she got stuck, it creeped him out and poked holes in everything else he’d woken up feeling that morning, like pins in a water balloon.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And he leaned over on the towel rack and started to cry some but then stopped.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That was when Zachary and Johnny found him. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Fuck,” said Johnny.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Zachary said nothing. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;The mystery solving hat now seemed fully ridiculous.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;They all stood for almost a full minute, staring at the girl in the tub.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Then Johnny spun around, walked out of the bathroom, slammed the door shut, and jammed it with a nearby hotel chair, trapping the two boys inside.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Fuck, fuck, fuck” he said to himself, grabbing his wallet and things from the bedside table and running out of the room.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This felt wrong.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He ran down the stairs, past the empty checkout counter and out into the bright sunlight.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Very wrong.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;The sun ignored the water on his skin and he shivered despite the searing heat.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Then he ran off down the sidewalk.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;This was very wrong.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;The fire was spreading.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Five minutes after it started, the sprinkler system abruptly cut off and the dry air began sucking at the moisture like a nursing baby.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The sun that had lounged in the lobby and hallways all morning now turned arsonist, and busily began spreading fire like graffiti on any surface that would take.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The black smoke from the Healthy Inn™ began to mix with the yellow clouds in the sky.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;From two blocks down, Johnny Rivers saw the plume of smoke rising above a line of palm trees and he hesitated.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Then, like a train thrust into full reverse, he slowly began to head back towards the hotel, walking at first, and then running.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This was wrong, but it didn’t have to be like this.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“&lt;i style=""&gt;Fuck fuck fuck&lt;/i&gt;!”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Don’t swear baby, it’s bad luck,” said Starla.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Neither she nor Ray had ever seen Cee-lo this angry.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“&lt;i style=""&gt;Fuck!&lt;/i&gt;” he yelled in her face.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They were moving as quickly as they could down a stairwell.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;They only had a few flights to go, but the girls were moving very slow.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Cee-lo could smell smoke and it was making him incredibly nervous.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Plus the sprinklers had cut off; none of this was going right.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;The steps felt like forever but they finally made it to the door at the bottom and burst into the lobby.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The lobby doors were very close.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Cee-lo could make it, but the lobby was already looking pretty bad.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The girls were moving slow and wheezing hard.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There was no way they could make it, not at all.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Baby slow down, you’re going too fast,” said Ray. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“My legs aren’t as long as yours babes,” said Starla.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;They were fighting hard for breath.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Cee-lo didn’t look back, he just kept walking as fast as he could.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Baby?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Where are you going?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Baby?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Are you coming back for us?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Are you going to get help?” the girls words fell into the distance, crested, and fell away like waves on a beach.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He was halfway to freedom.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Flames burst from the door to the basement.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He was so close.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;And then he was out.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Cee-lo looked back.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The girls were only halfway across the lobby.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He saw the fire break through the basement door and explode into the lobby, tearing down on the girls in their red sun dresses like a bull on a wounded bull fighter, twisting around like a spin cycle, cleaning everything out of the lobby.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Cee-lo kept going and got in his van, parked out front in the parking lot.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He put it in drive and peeled out, watching the hotel in his rearview mirror.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;None of this had gone right.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;None of this.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And the sun was so fucking bright, seemed like he was driving right into it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He watched in his rearview mirrors as a single figure ran back through the crowd outside the hotel and into the lobby and disappeared in the flames.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The crowd surged in surprise, like they were going in after him, but held back.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;A few minutes later the figure re-emerged with two others, two boys it looked like.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The one had on some kind of stupid hat.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The crowd poured forward and enveloped them, surging and pulling them back from the burning hotel.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Then the whole Healthy Inn™ went up, flamed, spired like a dragon, reached for the sky and then it was too bright for Cee-lo &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; to look anymore and his eyes began to water.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-664237147101103902?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-7791935993766434394</id><published>2007-09-22T16:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-22T16:05:28.111-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday's column, unedited.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;    “My name is Chris, I’m 21, I’m an English major, and this girl won’t next me because I have a huge Dick…ens collection.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you’re familiar with some version of that line, oh man is this article for you.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If it was lost on you, just forget it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Go look at the pictures.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There’s some nice ones on page 2.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But seriously, at one time or another we’ve all sampled from the variety of reality-drama programming afternoon TV has to offer.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Scripted dating shows, scripted makeover shows, and whatever the hell category Real World falls under, at some time or another you’ve probably watched at least one of them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Don’t be embarrassed.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It’s like a $4.99 Chinese lunch buffet, it’s almost impossible for us as college students to stay away.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Drama brings out an animal instinct in us, a voyeuristic need to feed our curiosity.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“But there are so many shows, which one will provide me my drama fix?”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Come along and I’ll tell you.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;As far as pure drama per square inch of programming, it’s hard to beat MTV.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Having been plagued with troublesome music videos for many years, MTV has finally launched an aggressive campaign to return to the quality reality shows that defined their early programming and earned them the name of “Music Television”.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Fan favorite and 20-season-long staple “The Real World” continues to ask the question, “What happens if you put seven college kids in a house together with no supervision and enough alcohol to knock out a herd of elephants long enough to harvest their tusks? Oh yeah, and they have no TV.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So far as I can tell the answer continues to be: they hook up with anything and everything that moves including, but not limited to, the opposite sex, the same sex, rocking chairs, shiny surface reflections, and off-balance washer-dryers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;At this point is anyone still surprised by this?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Is there a guy out there laying his money on “Bible study” each week when he watches “Real World”?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Keep betting on it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They’ll come around soon.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Inevitably, the amount of hooking up and the limited selection of options for hooking up generates an enormous volume of drama.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Crushes are betrayed, backstabbing occurs, and long-distance relationships are rent asunder.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you’re into the pure, undiluted stuff, “Real World” is the moonshine of reality TV drama.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But lets say that’s not your thing.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Let’s say you like your drama a little rougher around the edges but with a hint of strawberries.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;More cat fights, more backstabbing, in general, more skanks.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Let me introduce you to the “Boone’s Farm in a brown paper bag” of reality show drama: Rock of Love with Brett Michaels.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Flavor of Love”, having opened the dams of the river up which the spin-off salmon could swim, paved the way for Vh1’s cutting-edge, “washed up celebrity that people kind of remember from the 80’s in some sort of wacky love situation” formula.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you like contracting venereal diseases through your eyes (not proven by science), I suggest sitting down and taking a gander.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;On a typical episode, Brett Michaels dresses up like a little kid playing cowboys and puts a variety of questionably moralled women through some love tests.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I know what you’re thinking and no, the love tests aren’t Educational Testing Service approved; Brett usually just picks whatever will get the girls most naked or, failing that, muddy.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As you can imagine, the combination of skanks, frivolous competition, the possibility of money, and a values scale based completely on appearance generates an absurd amount of drama, but of a variety that’s much cheaper and dirtier than the unscripted “Real World”.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you want to feel really guilty about your drama fix, then this is the show for you.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;If neither of these options satisfy you, don’t despair, these are but two among the endless options of reality show drama out there.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you like your drama triple-filtered and smooth, try watching an episode of “The Hills”.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you’re content watching two homeless guys fight over a roast beef sandwich, try an old episode of “I Love &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;New   York&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt;” on for size.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Maybe you’re a “40 oz. Steel Reserve with breakfast” kind of person; check out “Blind Date” on late night.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There are all sorts of options and varieties, no matter what your taste in drama.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;But please leave the drama for the reality shows.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There’s no need to bring that into real life.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Seriously, your hook up stories are only interesting to you.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-7791935993766434394?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/7791935993766434394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=7791935993766434394' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7791935993766434394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7791935993766434394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/09/fridays-column-unedited.html' title='Friday&apos;s column, unedited.'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-7899048240920999476</id><published>2007-07-02T21:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T21:22:57.093-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Analogies!</title><content type='html'>Octopus:octopi&lt;br /&gt;Cactus:cacti&lt;br /&gt;Syllabus:syllabi&lt;br /&gt;Jesus:???&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-7899048240920999476?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/7899048240920999476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=7899048240920999476' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7899048240920999476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7899048240920999476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/07/analogies.html' title='Analogies!'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-3113886889677331305</id><published>2007-06-10T11:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-10T11:54:53.673-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I make it rain on these ho's</title><content type='html'>I make it rain.&lt;br /&gt;Not in the Fat Joe, hip-hop sense of the phrase, but in the "I'm a super villain with a weather machine" sense of the phrase.&lt;br /&gt;Better grab an umbrella.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-3113886889677331305?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/3113886889677331305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=3113886889677331305' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/3113886889677331305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/3113886889677331305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-make-it-rain-on-these-hos.html' title='I make it rain on these ho&apos;s'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-8419897242627521425</id><published>2007-06-09T11:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-09T12:01:06.303-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What?! What did I say?!</title><content type='html'>How come it's ok to tell your friends that you had sex on a playground late at night, but if you subtract one person and say "I masturbate on playgrounds late at night", they're calling the cops? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Damn moral police.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-8419897242627521425?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/8419897242627521425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=8419897242627521425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/8419897242627521425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/8419897242627521425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-what-did-i-say.html' title='What?! What did I say?!'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-1260268595980276579</id><published>2007-05-16T11:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T11:51:30.540-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Daddy's leaving again</title><content type='html'>The blog is on temporary hiatus. I apologize, but my mind is completely elsewhere. I'll be back in a week or two.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-1260268595980276579?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/1260268595980276579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=1260268595980276579' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/1260268595980276579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/1260268595980276579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/05/daddys-leaving-again.html' title='Daddy&apos;s leaving again'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-4406691907869267977</id><published>2007-05-13T09:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-13T09:56:07.813-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Happy birthing pod day!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-4406691907869267977?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/4406691907869267977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=4406691907869267977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/4406691907869267977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/4406691907869267977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/05/happy-birthing-pod-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-9075396688193669376</id><published>2007-05-07T08:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-07T08:48:06.576-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Daddy's Back</title><content type='html'>Are the Berenstein Bears Jewish? That's just something I've been wondering about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you've read those books and you know what I'm talking about though, don't a lot of those books seem highly improbable? Like in one the Berenstein Bears go for a drive. I mean, bears driving a car? What the heck, that just doesn't seem realistic. And in another one, they're wearing clothes. Those authors have a poor grasp of bears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was one that really got me where Papa Bearenstein mediated a conflict between the children by introducing ice cream to the situation. While this is all well and good, the conflict would have been more constructively mediated if Papa Bearenstein had used reflexive I-statements paired with gentle, but firm consequential punishments. I mean come on, we can only suspend our disbelief so much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly bears don't know nothing about nothing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-9075396688193669376?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/9075396688193669376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=9075396688193669376' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/9075396688193669376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/9075396688193669376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/05/daddys-back.html' title='Daddy&apos;s Back'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-8969261182465893518</id><published>2007-05-05T13:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-05T13:13:22.150-05:00</updated><title type='text'>....................................................................................................</title><content type='html'>Please bare with me. My sense of blog comedy has been a bit off lately. Updates coming soon, I swear. Please don't break my legs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-8969261182465893518?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/8969261182465893518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=8969261182465893518' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/8969261182465893518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/8969261182465893518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title='....................................................................................................'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-3183536009128646344</id><published>2007-04-30T08:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-30T08:16:16.952-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I promise you May will be better</title><content type='html'>I apologize for the lack of April updates, my mind has been elsewhere lately.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-3183536009128646344?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/3183536009128646344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=3183536009128646344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/3183536009128646344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/3183536009128646344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-promise-you-may-will-be-better.html' title='I promise you May will be better'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-7065455654612095277</id><published>2007-04-23T23:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-23T23:47:11.117-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm tired of writing titles for you. Do you think titles grow on trees?</title><content type='html'>The Chinese restaurant down the street from us started giving out these Emotional Damage fortune cookies with every meal you get. I'm not sure I like them very much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other day I had one that said "You walk funny" and I looked on the back for the lucky numbers and it said "fuck you, that's what" in code.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm just not sure that's encouraging healthy behavior patterns.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-7065455654612095277?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/7065455654612095277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=7065455654612095277' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7065455654612095277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7065455654612095277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/im-tired-of-writing-titles-for-you-do.html' title='I&apos;m tired of writing titles for you. Do you think titles grow on trees?'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-6078550091964101396</id><published>2007-04-19T15:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T15:40:59.057-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fitness Made Slightly Easier</title><content type='html'>I realized yesterday that if you have enough buff, tan, oily people in swim trunks, you can sell anything as exercise equipment, especially if you put "ab" in front of it. I'm pretty sure I saw an ad yesterday for an exercise thingy called the "ab hammock" and they had a bunch of buff oily people laying in an ordinary hammock, contorting and supposedly burning fat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to sell my own exercise equipment called "ab donuts". It's a box of glazed donuts, also available in chocolate frosted, that will help you lose pounds from your waist in minutes a day. What you do is you eat the donuts, and because buff oily people are doing it in my commercial, you will pay money for these donuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results may vary.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-6078550091964101396?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/6078550091964101396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=6078550091964101396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/6078550091964101396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/6078550091964101396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/fitness-made-slightly-easier.html' title='Fitness Made Slightly Easier'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-555380751428775584</id><published>2007-04-17T09:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T09:51:37.758-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"This is a tragedy in American history. So for today, forget any and all of your college affiliations. For today, we are all Hokies." &lt;br /&gt;-CNN&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-555380751428775584?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/555380751428775584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=555380751428775584' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/555380751428775584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/555380751428775584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/this-is-tragedy-in-american-history.html' title=''/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-9131628146776226467</id><published>2007-04-16T17:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-16T17:28:15.341-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tech Tech VPI</title><content type='html'>Please pray for those affected.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-9131628146776226467?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/9131628146776226467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=9131628146776226467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/9131628146776226467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/9131628146776226467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/tech-tech-vpi.html' title='Tech Tech VPI'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-7125672767547411571</id><published>2007-04-12T22:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-13T08:40:15.181-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Scuse me, while I kiss this guy..." wait, that's not right.</title><content type='html'>"I don't practice Santeria, I ain't got no crystal ball, if I had a million dollars well I'd...I'd invest it wisely in mutual funds and annuities"&lt;br /&gt;-Sublime, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Santeria&lt;/span&gt;, First Draft&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-7125672767547411571?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/7125672767547411571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=7125672767547411571' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7125672767547411571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/7125672767547411571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/scuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy-wait.html' title='&quot;Scuse me, while I kiss this guy...&quot; wait, that&apos;s not right.'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-91093977018400445</id><published>2007-04-12T22:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T22:22:54.365-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can't believe another Easter's come and gone</title><content type='html'>I already ate the ears off my chocolate Jesus.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-91093977018400445?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/91093977018400445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=91093977018400445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/91093977018400445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/91093977018400445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-cant-believe-another-easters-come-and.html' title='I can&apos;t believe another Easter&apos;s come and gone'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-3689543853704701231</id><published>2007-04-12T22:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T22:22:19.419-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Real Breakfast of Champions</title><content type='html'>Rest in peace Kurt Vonnegut. You truly were a perfect writing machine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-3689543853704701231?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/3689543853704701231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=3689543853704701231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/3689543853704701231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/3689543853704701231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/real-breakfast-of-champions.html' title='The Real Breakfast of Champions'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-2182437760933145339</id><published>2007-04-10T14:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-10T14:10:45.303-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Double park like it's a car show...</title><content type='html'>Is using the handicap bathroom stall morally akin to parking in a handicap spot? Will God judge me harshly if I happen to like a slightly roomier-than-average stall? I sure hope not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's so much space in those.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-2182437760933145339?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/2182437760933145339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=2182437760933145339' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/2182437760933145339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/2182437760933145339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/double-park-like-its-car-show.html' title='Double park like it&apos;s a car show...'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-2603187142821190729</id><published>2007-04-08T16:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T16:19:05.992-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bean bag chairs are the manatees of the sofa kingdom.</title><content type='html'>What do you think is in a bean bag chair? I don't think it's beans because I cooked one the other day and it definitely didn't taste like chili. Maybe it wasn't a bean bag chair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't you hate that though? When you cook one thing and it turns out to be something else?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't have any examples of that, those questions are just rhetorical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry to get your hopes up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;No I'm not. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-2603187142821190729?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/2603187142821190729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=2603187142821190729' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/2603187142821190729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/2603187142821190729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-do-you-think-is-in-bean-bag-i-dont.html' title='Bean bag chairs are the manatees of the sofa kingdom.'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-5562822300587288569</id><published>2007-04-08T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T16:19:51.014-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You seem more confident Bob...</title><content type='html'>Blog and I got haircuts today. Blog only wanted a little off the top, but the lady took a whole bunch off and now it's different, but maybe in a good way. Anyway, now the colors are all crazy. Hopefully we'll all get used to them.&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Chris&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-5562822300587288569?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/5562822300587288569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=5562822300587288569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/5562822300587288569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/5562822300587288569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/something-seems-more-confident-about.html' title='You seem more confident Bob...'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-4005979513132441924</id><published>2007-04-07T19:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-07T19:26:30.122-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I know there's an update in here somewhere...uh...yep there it is.</title><content type='html'>You know how when they sell beef and beef cows, they always detail what the cow ate earlier on that day?&lt;br /&gt;Like, "This burger is made from 100% corn-fed Iowa cows and is made of extra tender beef."&lt;br /&gt;I love that, knowing exactly what the cow's been eating. I wish they did that for dogs, when you went in to the pet store to buy one.&lt;br /&gt;"This is Buddy. He's 100% golden retriever with a handsome coat. He eats mostly kibble but today he also had some Snausages, a stick of butter, an entire Easter ham, and some cat poop."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Can I have a dog that's maybe eaten a little less poop?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Certainly sir."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And they could have different grades of quality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You don't want that dog sir, he's grade D meat. Just yesterday he ate two mittens and a golf ball."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ew."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That would definitely make it easier to pick out pets.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-4005979513132441924?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/4005979513132441924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=4005979513132441924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/4005979513132441924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/4005979513132441924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-know-theres-update-in-here.html' title='I know there&apos;s an update in here somewhere...uh...yep there it is.'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-6613652899544560146</id><published>2007-04-06T11:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-06T11:37:44.868-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Easter</title><content type='html'>How come Christianity is the only religion that features retarded secular versions of all of its holidays? Why aren't there people who believe in the Hannukah Bear? Or the Kwanzaa Lynx? I would totally celebrate those holidays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, now I want salmon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-6613652899544560146?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/6613652899544560146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=6613652899544560146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/6613652899544560146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/6613652899544560146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/happy-easter.html' title='Happy Easter'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-6055344307729713930</id><published>2007-04-02T20:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-02T20:08:42.367-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You can't fool me, English.</title><content type='html'>The ampersand is definitely just a guy trying to lick his own feet. Look:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's so close too.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-6055344307729713930?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/6055344307729713930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=6055344307729713930' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/6055344307729713930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/6055344307729713930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/04/you-cant-fool-me-english.html' title='You can&apos;t fool me, English.'/><author><name>Chris Gustin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903119364572844162</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00739186679705881315'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257219936253681065.post-5068491154083282239</id><published>2007-03-31T09:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T15:02:34.446-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I would look quite the fool. An April fool as it were.</title><content type='html'>April fools is right around the corner, which means that your friends are going to pull stuff on you. I suggest buying a gun. Or, if that's not your kind of thing, you can just pull a prank on them. I pulled a prank on my grandma this one year. I went to her house and set all of her clocks back 3 hours. You should have seen her waking up at 11 o'clock thinking it was 8. I popped out of this closet like, "Oh man Grandma! April Fool's! I got you so bad hahahaha!"&lt;br /&gt;And she was all "My heart pills, my heart pills, need...pills....you...evil boy".&lt;br /&gt;I think she appreciated the humor of it.&lt;br /&gt;So I wish you a happy and safe April Fool's day. May your pranks bring shame and embarrassment to those closest to your heart.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257219936253681065-5068491154083282239?l=testoesorotica.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/feeds/5068491154083282239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=257219936253681065&amp;postID=5068491154083282239' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/5068491154083282239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/257219936253681065/posts/default/5068491154083282239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://testoesorotica.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-would-like-quite-fool-april-fool-as.html' title='I would look quite the fool. 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