Staff Letters: Phil

...The sea was warm, so warm, you bathe your soul again...

Well, well, well. I haven't writing one of these in so long, I may have forgotten how. I missed the site, I really did. It's fun working on it again! Even when I was on the road I called Dave a few times to make sure there were no big problems. Ok, enough with my dorkyness...

So, my lil' 1990 Mercury Topaz made it all the way across country, with only one small problem. I had a few problems after I got here but I fixed them myself and the car is still running tip-top! I'm alive too. So let me tell you a little about the trip:

First thing was that I got to see a kick ass guy named Matt who will be doing some graphics work for the site really soon. He'll be picking up some of the work that Nat started, and either working with Nat or taking over for Nat depending on what's going on with Nat. Matt and the IPOM Gimp Dave, and I have all been friends for a while now and it was cool to finally meet the redneck with red hair! =) So then up to Atlanta where I saw (very briefly) Jeff McNeil, the kick ass webmaster (when he has time) over at Inter Sandman, and his beautiful wife Julie... thanks for having me over at fuckign midnight when you had to get up the next day at 5am! You rule! So I drove across the eastern half of the country to Dalals, TX where I visited old friends you don't care about, then through Houston to visit brothers, then to LAS VEGAS for GAMBLING and STRIP BARS (and you thought this story was gonna be boring!)!! Vegas is really expensive, but it's really amazing, beautiful, and a LOT of fun. On our way to Vegas we drove through the Hoover Dam (we stopped to have a look at it), and all we could say was: "damn." It was really fucking cool... and there's no better word to describe it than "damn." If you're in Vegas, and you're not 21 yet (meaning you can't get in anywhere that serves alcohol) head over to Deja Vu. See, the law in vegas is that if you have a totally nude bar, you can't serve alcohol, but if it's just topless, then you can serve alcohol. Deja Vu falls into the former category, so you can get in if your 18. My best friend Josh accompanied me on the trip and met my friends, had fun in vegas and helped me carry all my worldly possessions up 3 flights of stairs to my dorm room! It was one of the greatest experiences of my life, thanks for being there with me Josh!

Ok, so on with other stuff. The site will be going through some changes soon, and very shortly I will start working on the Catalog again. But college is bogging me down with LOTS and LOTS of homework. There is also one other BIG difference. I have a life again. My friends, and my girlfriend, and everyone else keeps me kinda busy, so just be patient, I promise you some really kick ass things in the upcoming future.

I'd like to point out that for the month of July (the only stats I have in front of me) we got 197,000 hits, and that our Lyric Theories section has nearly a thousand theories in it (945 to be precise)!!! You guys are awesome, thanks for your support. I will be weeding through the theories this weekend and pulling out the pranks, gags, and other misc. crap, so expect there to be like 50 less theories come Monday morning.

Well, I'm gonna cut it off here. It's great to be back, and I look forward to some new changes in the site!

GOOD

KRISTEL (my girlfriend)
Friends
Moving out
College
Got a job for tech dept on campus
Being Back
New computer

BAD

The Pacific Ocean is COLD!!!!
College is a LOT of work
Calculus II
Homework

MOVIES I SAW SINCE JULY

Shaft
Being John Malcavich
Dogma (again)
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Mall Rats
(note: the above 4 are all my Kevin Smith)

BABE OF THE MONTH

KRISTEL (ya know I had to! =)

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

"Cheerleaders have an on/off switch... they're always on off..." - Josh
(note: it was soo good I had to use it twice)
Person 1: "Do you spell your name C-L-E-V-E-R?" Person 2: "Cleaver?"
(note: names censored to protect me from getting my ass kicked =)

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