matt pinfield and i discuss chuck klosterman in the bathroom line at starbucks

just the other day i was standing in line for the bathroom at the starbucks at lafayette st. and astor place when this guy walks up and takes a place behind me in line. he was short, stocky and completely bald and looked so damn familiar to me but i just couldn't place where i knew him from. he was fiddling around on his cellphone and moving around alot. he seemed like a guy who was probably a hand-full for any parent to have to have dealt with as a child. it was killing me to figure out who he was and how i knew him, but i just stood there and said nothing rather than engaging him in any way. i was feeling kind of anti-social i guess. i'm normally not one to ever shy away from striking up a conversation, but on this day, i was.

and then he spoke...

"that's a great book man," the guy said. "that essay that he did on britney spears is so damn funny."

the book that i was carrying of which he was speaking was chuck klosterman IV.

"totally," i replied. "i had tears running down my face from laughing so hard as i read it."

"yeah, chuck's a cool dude," he said.

and just then, as if the moon and the stars within my brain had aligned perfectly and i was able to finally connect the dots by processing the unique sound of his gravelly voice with his face, i spontaneously blurted out "YOU'RE MATT PINFIELD!"

"yep. that's me."

"holy shit i used to love headbangers ball on MTV!"

from there we went on to talk further about the book and some of it's other passages. i also mentioned to him that a friend of mine used to co-host a show with him called "farmclub" and we talked at length about her. he said that he was currently hosting a show on sirius satelite radio. he then proceeded to ask some questions about me and my life. it was a nice conversation. the kind of conversation that you would have with any regular old joe in the line for the bathroom at starbucks.

i suppose that my purpose in telling you all this is that it was just so refreshing to meet a person who was a familiar face and was somewhat famous and was just so real and down to earth. so often, and i've been guilty of this myself on this blog, the only sort of buzz that gets out regarding celebrity is the stuff that deals with prickish behavior or when they do something hideously stupid.

i guess i just felt compelled to tell the world that matt pinfield was a pretty fucking cool guy.


she's so vein

i know that i can't be the only one weirded out by this. seriously, how does one become so vascular as to have the veins in your fucking forehead protruding out? i know that this is gonna sound gross as all hell but am i the only one that is fighting the impulse to run at her with a razor and slice that thing wide open?



i guess that sort of urge is in line with seeing a big juicy zit and wanting to be the one to pop it. whatever...it kinda freaks me the fuck out. i'd love to know what brad thinks about it. as a general rule, i'm personally not all that down with the girls that i'm with being more vascular than i am. but that's just me.






which gotti guido is this anyway?

i really don't have words for this myspace page. guido douchebaggery at it's finest. thanks to bk_kt for bringing this to my attention.

http://www.myspace.com/joeyporsche



everyone is hatin' on the hilton's these days

even my buddy perez is getting it. i was wondering why his site was down yesterday. this explains it....

http://www.variety.com/VR1117967331.html


joe francis

if you've never read this article about joe francis, you should. do so and there will little doubt left in your mind that he is indeed the world's worst person. i hope that his asshole has taken on a canyon-esque quality to it while in prison. i dare you to read this and not feel the same way.

http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,2664370.story


the duke in his domain

an excerpt of one my favorite all-time pieces from the new yorker magazine, taken from a feature that truman capote did on marlon brando. the new yorker used to have the full article available in the archives of the site but for some reason they pulled it down. i have the full piece in PDF form. email me if you'd like it and i'll send it to you...free of charge...ain't i a swell fucking guy?!?!?!

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/07/12/040712ta_talk_capote


gino the ginny part 2

a while back, i posted a video that has been floating around for a while. it was of a kid, gino the ginny, who does a hilarious parody of the guido. here's the link to that posting...

http://cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/03/more-guido-hilarity.html

well, guess what. part 2 has been released. not sure how long it's been out there but i found it on youtube last night. enjoy...