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Mr. J. Strauss

Well, excuse me, Judge Reinhold...

About Me

Here's all you need to know...I hate mayonaisse and birds, and I love Rebecca, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and my cat. And unless your name is Caroline, I like better music than you. Everything else, I haven't formed an official stance on. Although if you want me to form an opinion on YOU, please feel free to leave a comment, or at least come inside for some hot cocoa... You'll catch your death of cold out there.

My Interests

music, movies, photography, hockey, katamari damacy, my oversized cat, down pillows, Bombay Sapphire, Tanqueray no.10, The Pittsburgh Penguins, nicknames, stuff, junk, crap, and miscellania...

I'd like to meet:

A wealthy widow who, at first, can't stand me, but goes on to accept, and ultimatly appreciate my gruff, inner city upbringing. Then, she'll unexpectedly leave me the bulk of her fortune. I like that Facts of Life episode the best. Except for the one where Blair dates a retarded guy. I guess I'd like to meet Blair. or possibly a retarded guy.

Music:

Superchunk, RFTC, Archers of Loaf, Aereogramme, Rilo Kiley, the Faint, Crooked Fingers, Portastatic, Morphine, New Order, Apples in Stereo, The Ivory Coast, Reggie & the Full Effect, The Rosebuds, The Beans, Hot Snakes, Rock *A*Teens, Pavement, Blues Explosion, Circus Monkey, Spittle, New Bomb Turks, Karl Hendricks, East River Pipe, Imperial Teen, Butterglory, The Clean, Elvis Costello, Arcade Fire, Boss Hog, Drive Like Jehu, Flat Duo Jets, Stray Cats

Movies:

..Troll 2, Fight Club, Dark City, Bandwagon, Bring it On, The Ring, Evil Dead, The Exorcist, Bikini Carwash Company, Busty Cops, High Tension, Bubba Ho-Tep, Shaun of the Dead, Zoolander, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Super Troopers, Club Dread, Total Recall, Teenage Caveman, Last Action Hero, Humpin', Tromeo & Juliet, Wet Hot American Summer, A Quest For Sleep, Slither, Audition, Ski Patrol, Rumplestilskin, Night of the Creeps, Night of the Demons, Clue, The Aristocrats, Lollilove, Thank You For Smoking, Cannibal: The Musical, The Descent, Hot Fuzz, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Television:

Arrested Development, Mr. Show, America's Next Top Model, Ghost Hunters, Law & Order SVU, Iron Chef, Scrubs, She-Spies, Celebrity Poker Showdown, The Office, The Facts of Life, Good Eats, Cheap Seats w/out Ron Parker, Mythbusters, Brainiac, Masters of Horror, Heroes, Flight of the (motha' flippin') Conchords, Big Brother

Books:

I'm getting into these things more and more. Apparently, they have things called "pages" with "words" written on them that tell "stories" or "tales"... Anyway, I've read the Illiad more times than i care to count. I just finished The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, which was quite tasty. I also enjoyed his book, IT. I read the odd short story.

Heroes:

the guy who does the wierd robot dance at the end of Footloose...

My Blog

thoughts on the big holiday week

firstly, i'm glad it rained all day on the 4th... ruined all those BBQ's that you fuckers who didn't have to work were trying to enjoy.  secondly, I wouldn't recommend working 2 10 hour shif...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:24:00 PST

a fact!

if you go out shopping for anything other than groceries during, or just after a snowstorm, then you are, in fact, an asshole. 
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:27:00 PST

big news pt.2

after almost exactly 5 years to the day, we say goodbye to a constant thorn in my side.  I refer of course to my crap-tastic '96 sunfire, affectionatly known as Gurgles.  This car has c...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:04:00 PST

big news on the job front

found out thursday that i FINALLY got promoted at my job.  i get to go to a new store, away from certain assholes at my current one.  And working with assholes makes me an asshole, and i lik...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:09:00 PST

vacation... had to get away...

much needed week off from the horrible garbage pit that has been my job for the last 6 weeks.  (sorry that you have to fill in, Erin)  Even better... since my vacation actually started on a ...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:10:00 PST

keep piling it on...

so today at work sucked.  nothing like your boss's boss sitting you down and explaining why you didn't get a promotion to brighten up your day.  then, to add a little chocolate sauce to this...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:10:00 PST

on the verge of a nervous breakdown

back in recieving now... the 7th rotation i've had in the last year... it's real fun when they say on my review that i have inconsistent performance when i change positions every 2 months.  I'm n...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:01:00 PST

sick in summer

ugh.  I've spent the vest majority of the last 2 days in bed and running back and forth to rite aid buying gatorade and tissues.  I seem to have sweat most of it out, but i still feel a bit ...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:10:00 PST

five years is a long time to waste...

this coming thursday will make it 5 years at my current job, the last 4 being without a promotion.  to celebrate, i plan on getting drunk by myself in the dark.  it seems appropriate.  ...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:07:00 PST

holy crap... i have a new hero

so i got resident evil 4 a while back, which is a great game.  it has a mini-game in it called The Mercenaries, where you just go around killng people ant try to get the most points.  My hig...
Posted by Mr. J. Strauss on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:15:00 PST