tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58524732011-11-27T19:02:11.503-06:00Poking Badgers With Spoons...and other original sins from MadisonCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.comBlogger8881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-61449097907549913572007-11-19T21:39:00.000-06:002007-11-19T23:13:16.599-06:00It certainly has been a while, hasn't it? I find that, in my times of crisis, writing has always helped me figure things out. Let's hope it can work its magic again tonight.I currently feel quite overwhelmed. The deadline for application into Madison's Grad school programs (the whole reason I'm here) is rapidly approaching and I am scrambling to get everything together. There are tests to be CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-86915675239554041192007-07-20T00:21:00.000-05:002007-07-20T00:30:27.755-05:00Remembering the Good Ol' DaysBig changes are coming up for me... and for the blog, too. I just want to further prove how awesome Abi is, to let her husband spend the hours before their wedding by playing Halo.Staff Sargent: They were planning on releasing Halo 3 with online multi-player... but it might not be available at launch. Looks like one of us is going to have to fly across the pond in CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-62097942846280967982007-06-27T01:55:00.000-05:002007-06-27T02:22:50.439-05:00She Called Me Sir..."Excuse me, sir?" she asked, as I held open the door to the Mobil Station for her and her brother, a Rockstar energy drink in one hand and a Dean's Chocolate Milk in the other. "Excuse me sir, are we in Iowa or Illinoise?" What immediately struck me--as her uneducated-sounding accent hit the end of Illinois so it sounded less like a state and more like a phat beat--was the oddCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-30973475107535468852007-05-03T22:00:00.000-05:002007-05-04T10:40:00.846-05:00The Packers Draft... Who?With respect to the Packer's draft: Ted Thompson seems hell-bent on trying to find 'hidden gems' to the point that he's going to reach for, and take, players far before they need be drafted. I was happy when we (meaning the Packers... when I say "we" that's who I mean) traded down in the second round because I figured we wouldn't draft anyone worth drafting in that spot CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-58939097581918229522007-05-03T09:55:00.000-05:002007-05-03T08:47:11.386-05:00Paperless Transactions... Thanks For Nothing?I'm sure all of my readers are aware that the newest rage in billing is to go 'paperless.' Credit card bills, cell phone bills, cable bills, Bill bills... have all started asking their customers to go 'paperless' and pay their bills online. Why would they do this? Are Americans so in love with new technologies that we'll change an entire history of CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-71938907282762982782007-04-26T13:27:00.000-05:002007-04-26T14:12:31.229-05:00Riddle Me This...Hello people inside the internets. Let me walk you through a mental exercise. Picture a round food... pizza, cake, pie--anything round and edible will do. Now cut that aforementioned round food so that you may share and consume it. Let me ask you, dear reader, how were those pieces cut? Did you cut that round object into squares? NO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE STUPID! So riddle me CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-6368236728039814242007-04-20T09:37:00.000-05:002007-04-20T08:59:26.685-05:00(This is a post I wrote about two months ago, but for some reason didn't publish until now)It's Official: I Am Way Cooler Than You By, Like, A LotLast Saturday afternoon I was invited to a special pre-screening of a mystery movie. I would tell you how I was invited, but I'm not going to. Let's just say I'm awesome and I've got connections. Regardless, ALL I was told was that this movie was going CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-17938365596757237062007-04-06T10:14:00.000-05:002007-04-06T10:31:12.273-05:00And You Wonder From Where I Get It...I had to share this story. It seems as though Ferris State University, the great enabler of my college educational monies, just recently won the Rube Goldberg competition. For those of you who don't know (a group which included me just half an hour ago), Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, who created and drew elaborate machines to perform very simple tasks. StillCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-29255066195090279082007-04-04T10:16:00.000-05:002007-04-04T11:30:30.889-05:00I'm Sorry... WHAT?!?I don't know if you've seen this article or not, so I thought I would bring it to your attention (pointing to one person reading this blog). The title of the article itself is confusing, so I'll clarify it for you: Keith Richards: 'I snorted my father'. I thought it was a typo... but the story is actually exactly what the title makes it out to be. Apparently, Keith Richards (CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-29108786330192135422007-04-02T13:11:00.000-05:002007-04-04T11:46:35.029-05:00Grace AngelinaOn last Thursday, March 29th, my sister gave birth to a healthy baby girl who they named after my paternal grandmother, Grace. She was seven pounds seven ounces... which means absolutely nothing to me, but people kept repeating her weight as if those are magical numbers. I'll tell you what a magical number is: One. As in I am now the number one uncle on the planet Earth. Eat it, CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-70364633803900667882007-03-20T10:36:00.000-05:002007-03-20T11:40:53.494-05:00It's Time To Go Dancing... With The StarsWith the next season coming up of Dancing with the Stars, excitement is in the air. That air, unfortunately, is not the air that I breathe... but there's excitement. Why comment on it then? Call it professional courtesy. Or say that I want to mock the 'stars'... it doesn't matter. The point is that I'm going to climb this mountain, because it's there.In CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-11103651342327249032007-03-15T11:10:00.000-05:002007-05-04T10:41:04.708-05:00Time To Go Dancing!As everyone who follows sports knows, this past Sunday was Selection Sunday for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament--affectionately known as The Big Dance--which begins today! Every year, tens of thousands of people fill out brackets at home or at the office filling it out on everything from actual basketball knowledge to mascots to uniform colors. Usually, college basketball CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-49191411037513172192007-03-13T09:47:00.000-05:002007-03-13T10:45:44.187-05:00Boost Mobile's New GPS System Eliminates Need For TalkingChicago, IL -- Telephone company Boost Mobile's new product, titled 'Loopt', has added global positioning capabilities for their mobile users. Subscribers to Loopt are able to find the locations of their Boost Mobile friends displayed on a map allowing users to instantly find out where their friends are located. However, the Loopt CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-41978485530580585802007-03-11T11:05:00.000-05:002007-03-12T09:39:42.494-05:00Happy 3-11!As everyone knows, March 11th is 311 day. The 'Purpose' of today is to 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' that 'Life's Not A Race.' Don't feel 'Down' today, even if your future 'Seems Uncertain,' today is a day that there's no need to 'Reconsider Everything' because today you should look 'Beyond The Gray Sky' and realize that you've been 'Strong All Along.' So 'Don't Stay Home,' today grab 'Six'CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-43163616571120772072007-03-09T09:06:00.000-06:002007-03-09T10:46:27.374-06:00The RichesHave you seen this??! Apparently, comedian and executive-transvestite Eddie Izzard has decided to settle down and do a crappy (no offense Eddie) sitcom on FX called The Riches. The premise of the show is that Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver (no shit, Minnie Driver) are parents of a family of travelling con-artists. One day, they accidentally drive a couple--Doug and Cherien Rich--off theCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-73926108760582403092007-03-08T09:26:00.000-06:002007-05-04T10:40:35.699-05:00My Team SucksAs the NFL's Free Agent season heats up, I find that my beloved Pack are conspicuous in their absence. How absent have the Packers been? Absent enough to lose their entire starting backfield (Ahman Green to the Texans; William Henderson cut on Wednesday) without making any waves of their own in Free Agency.Ahman Green enjoys Free Agency and a Houston Rockets game. If this had been a CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-25017792700591587712007-03-05T12:13:00.000-06:002007-03-07T14:01:58.282-06:00I. Hate. Soup.I don't feel well. I started feeling sick during a very long audition/trip to Naperville day on Sunday. I hate not feeling well (who doesn't?... Eeyore?). I know what I'm supposed to do to make myself feel better: soup, juice, and sleep. The only problems with this plan being the high cost of juice, my negative feelings towards sleep (waste of time!), and my hatred for soup. ChickenCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-42873894359444896192007-03-02T08:42:00.000-06:002007-03-02T10:04:36.462-06:00Perpetual First Day of SchoolIn a way, we can learn a lot about ourselves by remembering our first day of school. This day is important because whatever our feelings are on that day, they keep coming up throughout our lives: first day of college, moving to a new city, first day at a new job, etc. And how we handle that day may very well dictate how we deal with all these other days.Case in point,CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-51152199563651748412007-02-28T08:34:00.000-06:002007-02-28T10:18:29.076-06:00Sign Of The Impending ApocalypseAs the NHL deadline approached, I was pleased to think that my Red Wings weren't making any desperate attempt to add a veteran player to help us during the final push towards the playoffs. And then, when I woke up this morning, I heard probably the worst news I could have ever imagined: my Red Wings traded for right winger Todd Bertuzzi. I think the most horrifyingCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-61704465814505849442007-02-22T10:27:00.000-06:002007-02-22T12:05:17.943-06:00Chief Illiniwek's Last DanceLast night was the last time University of Illinois mascot, Chief Illiniwek, will be mascoting at a school function because of the, frankly, racist nature of having a Native American caricature as a mascot. But, you see dear children, I have already started down a slippery slope. While the caricature of Chief Illiniwek (and having white dudes dance around in face paintCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-71048747383620629892007-02-20T20:27:00.000-06:002007-05-04T10:41:31.249-05:00Sir CharlesCharles Barkley on Dwight Howard:"If I had a body like Dwight Howard, I'd go around the country beatin' the hell outta people."Easy to see why he was Knighted.CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-50453906697553294562007-02-20T08:18:00.000-06:002007-02-20T08:52:21.369-06:00FAT TUESDAYFor those non-Catholics out there (notice not "Recovering-Catholics"... that is me), today is Fat Tuesday. Today is the day before Lent begins, the day before Ash Wednesday. The way I have always understood Lent is that the 40 days of Lent represent the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness being tempted by the Devil... as such, we spend 40 days being tempted by whatever CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-28016048304651981262007-02-13T19:30:00.000-06:002007-02-13T19:39:39.805-06:00Setting The Debate To RestI know this has been the question on everyone's mind and I just wanted to take the time to finally put it to bed. Okay, fine, here it is:I'm Anna Nicole's baby daddy.Phew. I'm glad that's off my chest. You don't know how much keeping that secret inside had bothered me at night... keeping me awake, thinking about my baby's dead, vapid, huge-breasted Texan CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-29292596521343102262007-02-04T10:26:00.000-06:002007-02-04T12:14:29.116-06:00The Last MinuteThere's nothing like waiting until the last minute to talk about the Super Bowl. But, here I am, doing just that. Here are the teams (keeping in mind I've been forced to see Bears games all season):The Bears Offense--Grossman does suck, we've had that checked out. But, if the Bears great run game gets going (a combination of the highly under-rated Thomas Jones, and the guy everyoneCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-58741037070691376792007-01-26T19:07:00.000-06:002007-01-26T20:22:46.755-06:00The FireTonight, Chelsey and I walked to the local Chipotle. As we were getting ready to leave, we heard at least half of a dozen emergency vehicles (a far too common sound in the city, I'm afraid). I made some off-hand comment about how close the location of the emergency probably was. As we left the building, we noticed a few people on the corner looking up at a high-rise building a block away.CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1165177141769169902006-12-03T13:02:00.000-06:002006-12-03T14:19:02.053-06:00ROCK STARLast weekend my latest Donny's Skybox show opened here in Chicago. I had been worried about it because the writers/director decided to change the running order two days before the show (and after our last rehearsal). Needless to say, I didn't tell anyone about the show (and I don't think the other actors did, either)... so I wasn't expecting much of an audience. I was quite surprised CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1155876382479516852006-10-17T14:30:00.000-05:002006-10-17T15:18:23.623-05:00I've Been Tagged... And Other Childhood NicetiesLike a month ago, my friend Katy sent me what she referred to as a "blog tag." The premise being that she makes a post and then I post the same list of ten questions and answer them (think: survey but with better title). So here it is in all it's glory.Note: The fact that 'books' are the subject makes me feel a little self-conscious. As a writer, I CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1160750595121325982006-10-13T09:31:00.000-05:002006-10-17T14:54:00.520-05:00Um... BRRR!It seems like just a short time ago when I was able to go outside and enjoy a beautiful day in the mid-70s or even a day with the temperatures spilling into the 80s. In fact, that was only one week ago. But yesterday's high in Chicago was 41... and right now it's only 39 (all temps Fahrenheit. Take THAT, rest of the world!). I suppose where this hits home the most is in my actual CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1160585685432892172006-10-11T11:50:00.000-05:002006-10-12T10:24:02.490-05:00Unfinished BusinessRecently, after watching X-Men 3 on DVD, I remembered a little video game called X-Men Legends. It's 'hack and slash' meets 'role playing game'... as you basically go around and punch stuff, level up your X-Men character, and use the X-Man's special talents and powers to punch more stuff. It's a lot of fun in its mindlessness... and being able to use new and more powerful CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1160056928361219512006-10-05T09:00:00.000-05:002006-10-06T12:55:12.886-05:00Two And A Half Blocks In The RainI've decided that the above distance, about two and a half blocks, is the perfect distance to really mess up your clothes in the rain. Consider: anything more than three blocks--four or five CITY blocks, for instance--is too far to even attempt running through the rain. You look at outside, you've got four blocks to go, and you say "There's no way I'm walking thatCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1159800151190460572006-10-02T09:35:00.000-05:002006-10-03T23:57:46.240-05:00How Quickly Two Weeks Can PassMy last blog post was during the push to finish my sitcom spec for class. What followed was a busy weekend where I tried not to think about my story... trying to give it air so that, when I came back to it, I'd have a new perspective. I saw an improv show at Donny's Skybox on Friday night consisting of many of the women with whom I graduated the program... and then CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1158958853850529632006-09-22T15:28:00.000-05:002006-09-22T16:14:02.226-05:00One Of Us Is AfraidAnd it's me. It's been such a long time since I sat down and actually wrote with any regularity that I now fear the blank page. The blankness of it... is overwhelming. I look at my sitcom spec (I've only got until Tuesday to finish an episode of "Family Guy" for class) and I'm completely intimidated. So much so, in fact, that I find myself crippled to move forward.Why bring it CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1155679490610643742006-08-15T16:34:00.000-05:002006-08-15T17:05:02.826-05:00PERSONAL New Apartment, New Topics!Just as the true test of a quarterback is his arm-strength, or the true test of a Texan how many guns he or she owns, the true test of a microwave--as we all know--is the popcorn button. Yes, nothing more simple for a microwave than popping a bag of popping corn into it and hitting the one magical button... to be treated by wave upon wave of fluffy popcorny CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1155186092589814542006-08-09T23:24:00.000-05:002006-08-10T00:01:32.800-05:00PERSONAL I Can Feel It...Around this time, every year, I can physically feel football season coming. I know that sounds lame and ridiculous... but it's real to me. I can almost smell the leaves falling off the trees, I can feel my body longing for the cold (and, as a result, sweating more profusely)... and I don't want to watch anything that isn't football related. It's the time of year that ESPNCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1155051795693341382006-08-08T13:07:00.000-05:002006-08-27T19:21:49.720-05:00PERSONAL I Have a Job!... MostlyOn Wednesday of last week (at around 2 in the afternoon), I was contacted by a temp agency that saw my resume on CareerBuilder and wanted to hire me to temp at another company. I was so shocked that someone actually read my resume and WANTED me to work for them that it basically didn't matter to me what I would be doing. And, even though it didn't matter, I thoughtCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1153140746861147542006-07-17T07:44:00.000-05:002006-08-07T15:07:48.870-05:00PERSONAL Another Weird DreamI actually just awoke from this one, and it's too odd not to get down somewhere. The dream opened as me and someone else (some dude who I don't know) are crawling through the grass in dress clothes. I'm telling him about my experience hosting the Daytime Emmys in New York. (At the time, during the dream, it was the only reason that made sense why I had been to NYC CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1152714426934137412006-07-12T09:25:00.000-05:002006-07-12T09:55:21.853-05:00PERSONAL Weird Dream CentralI had two weird dreams this morning. In the first dream, I started in a very basic looking room. I felt like it was a bedroom, even though the walls were bare and painted a cream color. I also got the feeling that it wasn't my bedroom, but some place I was sleeping while with my family... perhaps a guest bedroom of a relative. I knew I was running late, right away, butCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1152566202873555972006-07-10T16:08:00.000-05:002006-07-13T21:51:12.026-05:00PERSONAL A Productive WeekendI suppose the weekend really began Thursday night. It was the last show of our Skybox run for my Improvised show... and I think we went out with a bang. The show that was reviewed (and, thus that we improvised) was a play about a theatre group who thinks they're going to perform King Lear only to find out that they are instead doing a show based on the novel Moby DickCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1152125129406925252006-07-05T12:56:00.000-05:002006-07-05T13:50:55.210-05:00NATIONAL HOLIDAY Happy Independence From The British Day Everyone!It's rare that Chelsey gets a day off during the week, so we wanted to make the most of this one. Yesterday we headed to Gurnee Mills (a huge half-outlet mall/half-mall mall) and spent the better part of Independence Day out there. We decided to see two films while there: Cars and Superman Returns. I liked both movies, even though CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1151595116416360452006-06-29T10:28:00.000-05:002006-06-29T11:10:33.280-05:00NATIONAL NEWS The Supreme Court Rules!... and they also made a rulingThe Supreme Court ruled today on the Ahmed Salim Hamden case. Hamden was the driver/bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden and was detained as an "enemy combatant" at Gitmo in Guantanama Bay (Prisoners Of War have to be part of an army and al Qaeda, while highly organized, is somehow not considered an army). And, because of the symantics-CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1151375877186487772006-06-28T09:01:00.000-05:002006-06-28T09:06:30.753-05:00LOCAL NEWS I'm Thinking PinkWhether you know it or not, over the weekend the CTA opened a brand new train line: the Pink line. The Pink line was named by a local middle school which is, as far as I can tell, an all girls school. There are some ads up on other trains (i.e. the Brown Line) that supposedly show why Pink was picked. The reasons include that Pink is happy; that Pink should be said CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1150919934778719652006-06-21T14:44:00.000-05:002006-06-24T00:35:20.553-05:00PERSONAL Goin’ to CaliforniaAs you can see, I’m back from my first visit to Los Angeles. Friday was a very long day. We finished our Skybox show Thursday night at around midnight, and then I headed back to the apartment and packed (who does things last minute? This guy). It was probably around 1:30 by the time I was done packing and ready for bed. That’s normally not so terribly late for me, CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1150494773921675532006-06-16T16:42:00.000-05:002006-06-16T16:52:53.950-05:00PERSONAL 24 Little HoursWhat a difference a day makes. Wednesday was such a hard day for me: a day where nothing seemed to be going right. Then Thursday came. And Thursday was a nice change in perspective: I was able to finish a fifteen minute workout in the morning; I ate good, healthy meals all day; and, most importantly, I have a lead on a job. I would be working from home (bonus!) and I wouldCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1150346019152237362006-06-14T23:32:00.000-05:002006-06-14T23:53:36.796-05:00PERSONAL John and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayHave you ever had one of those days where it seems like nothing is going right? Nothing is going your way at all and you just want to go to sleep and start over in the morning? Such was my day Wednesday. I started the day with a cardio workout (or, at least, most of one). My new cardio DVD has two settings: Ease me into it; and CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1150321027083013762006-06-14T16:33:00.000-05:002006-06-15T12:13:16.746-05:00PERSONAL I'm Back!That's right kiddies, your ol' pal John is back and with a brand new look. I've been wanting to change the format of this blog for a while and just haven't spent much time on it lately. But here it is, in all it's shiny new glory. What do you think of the title? Pretty sweet, huh? The old title didn't seem to fit me anymore--I'm less crazy now and more of a depressed drunk (i.e.CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1148886830200031062006-05-29T01:42:00.000-05:002006-05-29T02:17:48.586-05:00PERSONAL On The Road Again...Hey kids... it's your ol' pal Crazy here in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. Chelse and I are half-way through our vacation and have been spending some quality time with Mr and Mrs Staff Sergeant USA. Their house on base is very nice... and their hospitality has been even nicer--we've seen the strip; hiked the Red Rock Canyon; cooked our own pizzas; and been introduced to CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1147901939502068892006-05-17T15:57:00.000-05:002006-05-17T16:47:13.180-05:00PERSONAL/VIDEO GAMES My Thoughts On E3E3 is over. After watching hours of seemingly repetitive E3 coverage ("Let's go to Adam and Morgan" who then say "Let's go to the floor" and that person says "Let's kick it back to Olivia and Kevin" who banter for two minutes about nothing and then say "Let's kick it over to Adam and Morgan" and so on), here are my thoughts on the Electronic Entertainment CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1147191489991167132006-05-09T10:03:00.000-05:002006-05-09T11:40:28.206-05:00VIDEO GAMES Prepare For A Nerdgasm… Here Comes E3 Sony's PS3 Peaks Interest in NextGen Consoles at E3 2006If my life had a magic rainbow, the Electronic Entertainment Expo would be at the end of that rainbow. Every year, Los Angeles is host to, basically, a very large, week-long, video game expo. All the big hardware companies are there with large booths where Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1147108480288777692006-05-08T12:05:00.000-05:002006-05-08T12:14:40.316-05:00PERSONAL LA BoundLast night I had my first rehearsal with my new, completely improvised show. The hot topic at rehearsal is the fact that our show has been asked to perform at IO West on June Ninth in some kind of improv festival. Where is IO West, you ask? Well, the smart kids who get gold stars today have already put the title together with what I’m talking about. For those who aren’t getting CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1146844395540474412006-05-05T10:48:00.000-05:002006-05-05T11:08:02.390-05:00PERSONAL 11-Month Anniversary--Breakfast And A Gratuitously Violent MovieNear the end of April, Chelsey and I celebrated our 11-month anniversary. That weekend Sarah and Eli were in Chicago, so we headed to Navy Pier to meet them for a fun-filled romp. Err… no romp atall. Whatever. Anyway, we met Eli and Sarah at Charlie’s Ale House—which is quickly becoming one of my favorite bars/restaurant in CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1146764549733058952006-05-04T12:26:00.000-05:002006-05-04T12:57:59.196-05:00SPORTS Pistons Advance; Wings Let Me DownWhen this postseason started for the NBA and the NHL, I was pumped. For the first time in the history of the universe, one city had the best team in both basketball and hockey. New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago… they’ve all never done it before: it was Detroit, baby. D-Town entered the postseason with the Pistons having the best record in the NBA and CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1146683940906250172006-05-03T14:17:00.000-05:002006-05-03T14:39:56.943-05:00FOOTBALL NFL Draft... Packer's StyleAs some of you may know (read: hardly any of you), this past weekend was the NFL Draft. Some time in either middle school or high school, my dad and I went to Lambeau Field for the draft... and we were able to watch the draft from the Club Boxes (it was a draft-day thing). This year, my dad and I decided to go to Lambeau Field again for the draft. This year's CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1145378501606205272006-04-28T10:00:00.000-05:002006-04-28T11:09:35.666-05:00FOOTBALL Favre To Return: Packers Sign Woodson To 7-Year DealYes yes... just like me, Brett Favre is making a triumphant return. Unfortunately, looking at the free agent moves of the Packers this off-season (or lack thereof), only leads me to think that the Packers' management didn't want Favre to return. I mean, let's think about it: Favre took a long time deciding because he wanted the Packers CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1144479374694693952006-04-18T11:55:00.000-05:002006-04-18T11:58:04.706-05:00PERSONAL Mystery Shopper Extraordinaire!This week I agreed to do some mystery shopping for a friend of mine from the SC Conservatory. It involves, basically, going to bars and ordering a specific drink with bourbon and seeing if the bartender (or wait staff) recommends a particular brand of bourbon. If they do, great! I'm done! If they don't... I end up spending five minutes trying to look like CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1144773561739972062006-04-11T11:16:00.000-05:002006-04-11T11:39:21.880-05:00PERSONAL Lazy DaysJim Gaffigan, the comedian, has a bit about what I call "lazy days." To paraphrase, he says "You ever have one thing to do all day and you just can't do it? 'Oh I have to go to the post office... but then I'd have to put pants on. I'll do it next week when I'm not so busy'." That was me yesterday. I had, essentially one thing to do (go to bank--deposit check and change my CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1144350482651949922006-04-06T14:05:00.000-05:002006-04-06T14:08:02.670-05:00POLITICS So Good, I Wish I Had Said ItHere's something my dad sent to me today:On March 1st in Annapolis, Maryland, a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage was taking place.Jamie Raskin, professor of constitutional law at American University's Washington College of Law, testified as to why the amendment should not be passed.At the end of his testimony, Republican CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1143753152671860362006-04-05T15:38:00.000-05:002006-04-05T15:36:11.196-05:00PERSONAL Turn The PageThe title of this post refers to two major chapters in the novel that is my life: 1) I have successfully completed all of my training at The Second City Training Center; and 2) I have completely moved out of my old apartment. Yes, last week was my final Second City Conservatory show. Rather than tell you all about it, you can view it in its entirety here. The link will only CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1144180551464677642006-04-04T14:50:00.000-05:002006-04-04T14:55:51.486-05:00USELESS FACT Set your clocks!Here's something my dad emailed me this morning: "This coming Wednesday, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06. This won't happen again for another 1000 years." As such, I know it sounds lame... but I will most probably be up at 1 AM, just to celebrate this historically useless tidbit of knowledge.Additionally, it's CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1143124986554048062006-03-24T16:14:00.000-06:002006-03-24T16:24:02.200-06:00PERSONAL A Sick Chelsey Is Not A Happy ChelseyThursday morning, around 11 AM, Chelsey called me from work sounding very weak. She felt ill and wanted me to pick her up from work. No problem... but I was a little worried. She sounded like it was more than just being ill... but I couldn't put my finger on it. When I got to her office building, she climbed into the car and was almost CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1142791752911446312006-03-19T23:57:00.000-06:002006-03-20T09:54:34.333-06:00PERSONAL Movin On UpSaturday afternoon, I received a phone call from the company that manages my apartment building. I didn't answer because I didn't recognize the number. The person who called left a message about how someone was interested in seeing my apartment, and would it be possible to come up Sunday at 1. As such, I spent much of Saturday cleaning, packing, and moving things around in my CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1142613902397859362006-03-17T08:48:00.000-06:002006-03-17T10:55:12.520-06:00PERSONAL Happy Saint Patrick's Day... Time To Pretend YOU Are IrishIt's here again, kiddies: Saint Patrick's Day. If you know me, you know that I love this holiday as much as I hate those who bastardize it. By "those", I mean the people who celebrate St. Patrick's Day as if all it means to be Irish is to be drunk and wear green. Those people don't even know who St. Patrick is and, probably if CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1142225441364169002006-03-15T08:44:00.000-06:002006-03-15T11:02:46.200-06:00PERSONAL Beware The Ides Of March... AgainIt seems like every year I say the same thing, but this year is different. This year, I really do have to be wary of the middle of March. At the end of March, I'll be moving out of my home for the past two and a half years--and into Chelsey's apartment. The move makes financial sense and emotional sense... and I'm not really having problems with it CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1142130665443609192006-03-11T20:29:00.000-06:002006-03-11T20:31:05.456-06:00PERSONAL (Kind of) In Honor of 3/11Here's a video from two of the guys in my Conservatory class--Fernando and Thomas. This is actually the start of our Conservatory show... and is what happens when two guys are hangin out before class. I was there when they came up with the idea for it. They're funny.CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1140827725655320992006-03-11T12:25:00.000-06:002006-03-11T12:56:17.820-06:00PERSONAL Second Chances"Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort"--Mr. RogersFirst of all, Miss me? Sorry about the hiatus. I'll get into that later (a later post).Secondly, as we all know, I am currently jobless. In addition to my own laziness, one of the biggest problems I've been having is figuring out what I can/should do. Normally, the road a CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1140795670210421262006-02-24T09:12:00.000-06:002006-02-24T09:52:43.753-06:00SPORTS Feel Good Story Of The Year... Read This Even If You Don't Like SportsIt's the way we all dream it: it's your senior year in high school. You've been involved with your high school basketball team all year because you were the "Team Manager" (giving players towels or water, doing laundry... that sort of thing). It's the final home game of your high school career, so your coach lets you CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1140708672140403102006-02-23T23:23:00.000-06:002006-02-23T23:39:30.743-06:00PERSONAL Song Gets Ripped Apart One Week Too LateThursday evening was my last Conservatory class... e-var! As such, it was the last chance we'll have to put up new things in class and get Norm to see them so he'll put them in the show. Things went pretty swimmingly until the end of class, when Norm wanted to talk about one of my songs. Last week, I had two songs in the show: "Race To Win" a rock CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1140299251976926442006-02-21T13:16:00.000-06:002006-02-22T12:45:05.243-06:00PERSONAL Good-Bye Old ReliableEver since I moved to Chicago, two things have remained a constant retreat--a mini vacation, if you will--allowing me to escape any and everything going wrong. The first was my large picture wall--the entrance to my apartment--which was loaded with pictures from Big Rapids and Albion. When times were hard, right after moving to Chicago, I would spend time putting CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139945242220039782006-02-15T15:52:00.000-06:002006-02-15T16:05:30.476-06:00SPORTS USA Women's Hockey Gets A Scare Against FinlandValentine's Day, I watched the entire USA/Finland hockey game. Yes, the final score was 7-3 USA... but if you just see the final score, you don't know the whole story. Finland scored 13 seconds into the game off a stupid turnover in the USA zone (one of the US players tried to pass across the ice from behind her own goal... tsk tsk). As such, CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139802843344076672006-02-13T10:38:00.000-06:002006-02-13T10:59:34.573-06:00SPORTS *Cough* *Sneeze* I've Got Olympic Fever!So much so, in fact, that I will watch Italy play Sweden in hockey. Oh, excuse me, WOMEN'S hockey. I actually fibbed a bit... I don't have Olympic fever... I just love women's hockey. It is one of the few women's sports that I'll watch whenever I can find it. I don't know what it is about women's hockey... but I love it. I'll scour the Olympic CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139519891647652332006-02-12T19:57:00.000-06:002006-02-12T22:11:38.130-06:00PERSONAL Booking Agency: Scam Or Big Time Scam--You DecideA friend of mine who worked at Coldstone with me is now a talent scout for a booking agency. Last week, she gave me a website and a "code" to get started. I went to the website, uploaded my headshot and a few acting resume items, and seemed to be all set. Then something odd happened... they asked for my credit card number and information. CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139338738996229282006-02-09T10:32:00.000-06:002006-02-09T15:36:02.156-06:00PERSONAL Lindsey, The Talking SausageTuesday afternoon, I was walking back from having lunch with Chelsey, when I saw three costumed people standing on a street corner (a street corner which I was approaching). As is my gameplan against panhandlers, I approached and ignored... looking straight ahead. But I heard one of them say "... in a show with my friend Heather" and so I turned to see if I CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139288229006681452006-02-06T22:49:00.000-06:002006-02-07T09:14:43.086-06:00PERSONAL Disappointment StationMonday night was supposed to be my first 45-minute sketch set with my Conservatory class. The reason I say "was supposed to be" and not simply "was" is that our class shows need 25 tickets sold by 7:45 PM or else there is no show. And, guess what? If you said "you didn't have a show because you didn't sell 25 tickets by 7:45 PM" than give yourself a gold star for CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139195954292718442006-02-05T21:03:00.000-06:002006-02-05T21:19:14.346-06:00FOOTBALL Congratulations Pittsburgh Steelers, Superbowl XL WinnersThe Pittsburgh football Steelers just won Superbowl 40. I voted for Hines Ward as Superbowl MVP (which he won), even though I could see it going to a few players. Hines was THE reason they won this game... and if you give me three Hines Ward's and a Brett Favre, and I'll give you three Superbowl rings. I have a great respect for CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139193303982158612006-02-05T20:32:00.000-06:002006-02-05T20:35:03.993-06:00CommercialsMACGYVER!!! That one takes the cake. Seeing Richard Dean Anderson, with the tan leather jacket, and with ridiculous use of household/common items... made my night. I love you MacGyver. MacGyver's cool. Don't die MacGyver. Don't die, indeed.CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139191371515587312006-02-05T19:58:00.000-06:002006-02-05T20:02:51.530-06:00CommercialsThe Hummer commercial with the monster and robot falling in love and making a baby (which was the new H3) was going to be my favorite commercial until I saw the product. I thought it was hilarious and clever and then... BOO!!! it's a Hummer commercial. Hey Hummer! Take a page from the Ford people (with their Kermit commercial) and make a hybrid. Stop wasting gas with your stupid, huge CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139189021226367262006-02-05T19:16:00.000-06:002006-02-05T19:23:41.253-06:00FOOTBALL Wake Me When It's OverAm I the only one who's seriously pissed that the Rolling Stones are performing at Half-time? I mean, even for the Rolling Stones they're terrible. Mic is singing "Mah can get no... sat-is-fak-shun!" and "Cause I try" has turned into what sounds like "Low de twa!" Mic can NOT dance... but instead has decided to convulse not necessarily to the music. Hell, even the CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139184610655000382006-02-05T18:07:00.000-06:002006-02-05T18:10:32.930-06:00CommercialsI spoke too soon. The Diet Pepsi commercial with Diddy is stupid. The commercial with Jackie Chan... hilarious! Having the Diet Coke can be the stunt double was clever... and Jackie Chan is fun to the max! Exclamation points!!!CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139184322857582272006-02-05T18:03:00.000-06:002006-02-05T18:05:22.860-06:00CommercialsThe AmeriQuest commercial "Don't judge too quickly" where the wife and daughter come in to see two doctors who seem to have just shocked the man--"That killed him"--made me laugh out loud! That commercial was hilarious!The Bud Light commercials, as well, continue to be good but not necessarily news worthy.CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139183886305105222006-02-05T17:54:00.000-06:002006-02-05T17:58:06.340-06:00CommercialsIs it just me, or does V for Vendetta look like a super amazing movie? Wasn't that supposed to come out last year? Anyone?The Diet Pepsi and Burger King commercials have both been stupid. I heard a marketing expert say that the Burger King commercial was going to be THE big commercial this year. I think that expert is a moron.CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139182096969435932006-02-05T17:25:00.000-06:002006-02-05T17:28:16.986-06:00FOOTBALL GAG!!!Tom Brady is flipping the coin at Superbowl XL??! Who thought of that shitty-poop-crappy-poop idea? Tom Brady...? Isn't he busy getting surgery on his hernia? Isn't he busy looking like a huge choch in a velvet suit and unbuttoned shirt? What a jerk! I hope his head falls off!CommercialsIn other news, the "I'm going to Disney World" commercial with players from both teams CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139180009698625892006-02-05T16:42:00.000-06:002006-02-05T16:53:29.756-06:00FOOTBALL XL Pre-Game ShowSuperbowl XL is finally here! Detroit has put its best foot forward, certainly... but they're still not the city Chicago would be as host of a Superbowl--but what can be? (Hint: Only Chicago) Of course, instead of having a tribute to Motown during the actual half-time celebration... the Superbowl "heads" thought a pre-game tribute would be good enough. Good thinking... CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1139093036981051992006-02-05T10:11:00.000-06:002006-02-05T15:03:54.750-06:00PERSONAL The Wardrobe MalfunctionFriday night was closing night of SGAG, my latest level 5 writing show. As the show started--it started with just me on stage as "Fats" (a lounge singer) warming up the crowd with bad stand-up and songs I couldn't finish--I figured it was going to be a good show. The crowd seemed into it and seemed to be actually liking me (which wasn't supposed to happen in that CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1138989080383794722006-02-03T11:50:00.000-06:002006-02-03T16:26:32.816-06:00FOOTBALL Super-Weekend And A Crazy PickThis weekend is Superbowl XL (that means forty!). The experts seem to all be picking the Steelers. That's certainly a great pick, after the run the Steelers have had in the playoffs. But here's what I think. I think that the two weeks off have actually HURT the Steelers and helped the Seahawks. The Steelers were on such an unbelievable run at the end of the CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1138894011638492982006-02-02T09:37:00.000-06:002006-02-02T09:38:47.650-06:00NATIONAL "NEWS" It's Groundhog Day... It's Groundhog Day... It's Groundhog Day...According to the accuracy of a small, gerbil-like rodent, and a dependency on a cloudy or clear day in Pennsylvania... we're going to have 6 more weeks of winter. As far as Chicago is concerned, this January of winter is one of the warmest Januaries on record. If we've got six more weeks of that?... um... big deal. ICrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1138809349343179872006-02-01T09:34:00.000-06:002006-02-01T13:51:03.483-06:00PERSONAL The IQ TestAs part of my new campaign to find me a job, today I posted my resume on Monster.com. On the Monster "My Monster" page, there is a link to a self-assessment test called "What's your IQ?" It's a question I've often asked myself... except I substitute the word "my" for "your." Regardless, I spent some time this morning taking the test here. Now I have no idea how accurate this CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1138744724015314982006-01-31T16:19:00.000-06:002006-01-31T16:46:10.380-06:00MOVIES Crash Nominated For Oscar's Best Picture: In Related News, Crazy Says "Um... No"A few weeks ago, Chelsey and I watched the movie 'Crash.' Now if you know the kind of movies I like, you know I don't shy away from movies full of controversial, complicated, or challenging content (alliteration! Bah!). But Crash, I'm sorry, I just didn't like. It's a movie which is a collection of different CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1138393142469738082006-01-31T09:30:00.000-06:002006-01-31T10:03:01.166-06:00PERSONAL The BIG Move BeginsThis weekend, I officially started moving my stuff into Chelsey's apartment. I realize that I'll be in this apartment (my current apartment) until the end of March... but I also realize that a lot of the moving out is going to be done by ME during the week while she's at work. So this weekend I brought up two boxes of books, a huge box of CDs, and a gigantic suitcase CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1138050719739733852006-01-26T12:39:00.000-06:002006-01-26T14:17:52.040-06:00PERSONAL "Fat Bastard" And Other Cute NicknamesMonday night was yet another in the series of 15-minute improv sets for my Conservatory Class. I chose to wear khaki pants to this show, which is something I haven't done for a show in a long time. I've got new black dress shoes, so I've been wearing black. Regardless, I was going to wear khaki to this past show, right? So Chelsey nicely ironed my CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1138211145391406972006-01-25T12:34:00.000-06:002006-01-25T12:39:47.920-06:00PERSONAL Skybox Proposal Rejected; CrazyJohns Ask Themselves "Now What?"Last night I got word from the Skybox committee that Rob and my proposal for our show was not accepted. I'm trying very hard not to become discouraged, but Rob and I worked so damn hard for months on this show... and I honestly can't see the flaws in it myself. As such, the most frustrating part of the whole process is that ICrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1137971102145956332006-01-22T17:20:00.000-06:002006-01-22T17:26:18.610-06:00FOOTBALL Steelers Going To Super Bowl; Crazy Told You SoWell, maybe not you specifically... but I certainly told Randi in an email this past week that I thought these Steelers would be the first ever sixth seed to make it to the Superbowl. When they beat the Colts (in my opinion, the best team in the league) so convincingly and IN Indianapolis, I figured the Broncos probably wouldn't be able to CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1137918956278632302006-01-22T14:33:00.000-06:002006-01-22T14:31:21.133-06:00PERSONAL Skybox Proposal... But Not The One You ThinkRob and I submitted a show proposal to Donny's Skybox this past week, but that's not to what the title refers. This past Friday night was week three of my SGAG/writing five show run. After the show, one of the writers--Francis--has been thanking the audience and thanking one of the show's sponsors (we have sponsors for this show!). But, this CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1137780583103157952006-01-20T11:42:00.000-06:002006-01-20T14:52:30.713-06:00FOOTBALL Lions Hire MarinelliIt looks like the Detroit Lions have ended their coaching search in Tampa Bay--with defensive assistant/line coach Rod Marinelli. Do I think Marinelli is the right man for the job? I honestly have no idea. Marinelli preached discipline in his press conference, something that the Lions desperately need. He's also a defensive mind with a defensive line specialty. The CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1137702950852256262006-01-19T14:15:00.000-06:002006-01-19T14:35:50.950-06:00PERSONAL Albion Account Is Clearly PhukedMy Albion Alumni account in addition to receiving around forty or fifty spam emails every day, is--most probably--sending out spam. Now, it is my understanding that one needs a virus on ones computer to send spam from one's email account. I do NOT have any viruses on my computer... it's checked once a week for viruses and I have the best virus software CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1137613013368986192006-01-19T12:36:00.000-06:002006-01-19T13:04:28.803-06:00LOCAL NEWS Chicago Named Nation's Fattest CityHere's a story about Chicago being named, recently, the nation's fattest city. The story is actually about how Baltimore is America's fittest city... which surprised everyone--especially the people in Baltimore. But, upon hearing that Chicago is America's fattest city, everyone in town had two brats, some deep-dish pizza, and a beer or three. It's a CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1136785874683062532006-01-18T11:54:00.000-06:002006-01-18T13:39:22.930-06:00FOOTBALL Black Monday Brings A Sherman Firing/Hello Mike McCarthy? While I lament the firing of a good man, I think the firing of Mike Sherman was the right move. When he had a good roster, he was fine... but so would anyone be with a good roster full of talent. When that talent left (a la this season), Sherman proved himself to be a below average coach. Granted there were tons of injuries this CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1137359133662730522006-01-15T15:01:00.000-06:002006-01-15T15:48:35.496-06:00FOOTBALL Ding Dong The Pats Are Done... FinallySaturday night, I was lucky enough to watch the Broncos (who I hate) beat the Patriots (who I REALLY hate). I was NOT impressed by the Broncos. You hear sometimes about how certain teams can only lose when they beat themselves... and that's what the Patriots' five turnovers tell me. Add to that a phantom pass interference which gave the Broncos a CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1137353219536511642006-01-15T13:10:00.000-06:002006-01-15T16:02:23.780-06:00MUSIC Eminem RE-MARRIES (!!!) KimWHAT? No... wait... WHAT?!!?? I saw this story from Yahoo! and almost fell off my couch. Slim Shady remarried the woman who, in a song, he called crazy. Mr. Mathers remarried the woman who, in a song, he inferred was an unfit mother. Eminem remarried the woman who, in a song, he killed. I'm floored!But, then again, I'm not surprised. He obsessed about Kim... even CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1136921480338678702006-01-11T14:49:00.000-06:002006-01-12T09:00:24.890-06:00LOCAL NEWS Sandwich Board ResumeI saw something very interesting on my way back from lunch with Chelsey Tuesday afternoon. There was a woman standing in front of the Chase bank on LaSalle with a sandwich board on. The sandwich board read like a resume. I didn't have enough time to read it, but it included things like: "Can type [X] words per minute," "Have experience with [X]," and "Please ask meCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1136870859486558632006-01-09T22:43:00.000-06:002006-01-09T23:27:39.576-06:00PERSONAL "Mark, Why Did You Die?" And Other SongsHey kids... I know it's been a long time, but I needed to let you know about my first Level 5 Conservatory show. Yes, I've finally made it this far... the end is neigh, indeed. At any rate, tonight was the first of our Level 5 shows and it consisted of 15 minutes of improvisation. My class went second... but, for some reason, being on the etc stageCrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852473.post-1135805392011691842005-12-28T23:14:00.000-06:002006-01-04T13:06:14.740-06:00PERSONAL Chicago Rains On My Birthday ParadeToday is my twenty-fifth birthday. Happy Birthday to me, indeed. There are a few things to which I am accustomed on my birthday: 1) I don't work... it's three days after Christmas and I've never had to work [or go to class] on my birthday; 2) I sleep in... don't wake me up on my birthday--I'm sleeping in; 3) It's always cold and, more often than not, CrazyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011542206165735877noreply@blogger.com0