News You Can't Use

I am sick of community newspapers tossing their product into the driveways of every single household in our area. No one subscribes to these papers. They may as well have tossed a chunk of trash into everyone's yard. It's incredibly wasteful and also polluting, and can be an indicator that someone is on vacation, if it sits there too long.

And in a "green" city like Austin? It's embarrassing. The very idea that in this day and age, someone can drive around and throw trash in a plastic bag into the yard of every single house is ridiculous. Incidentally, plastic bags are prohibited in Austin retail establishments due to their non-biodegradable nature. It's downright environmentally irresponsible.

And ANNOYING.

Stop trashing up our neighborhoods with papers to which we haven't subscribed. If you want to give me a free paper, mail it to me like Community Impact does.

Wait. Have I ranted about this before?

I'm probably just crabby because Crystal is leaving for a fancy new job. Well, I'm very happy for her, just sad she'll be leaving. Only a few more weeks before she's gone. Waaah.


Saturday 9: No Myth (1989)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) The girl in this song is "just looking for someone to dance with." Who was your most recent dance partner?
Probably Jeff. I can't even remember the last time I danced with someone. Ha! I last danced at work as I walked into a meeting last week and some really jammin' tune was playing as the hold music on our conference call. :D

2) Michael Penn wonders if he'd do better with the ladies if he was Romeo or Heathcliff. What fictional character represents your romantic ideal?
Christian in Moulin Rouge

3) The lyrics refer to "knots I have yet to untie." Do the shoes you're wearing have laces?
Nope. Flip flops.

4) Name a character from mythology.
Venus

5) Michael Penn is the brother of Oscar winner Sean Penn. Give us the title of a Sean Penn movie.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

6) Their father, Leo Penn, was a busy TV director from the 1960s through the 1990s. He specialized in detective shows (Magnum PI and Cannon) and medical shows (Trapper John and Marcus Welby, MD). Are you more likely to watch a program with lots of car chases, or one that's set in a hospital?
Definitely one set in a hospital. He did Trapper John? Wow. One of my early celeb crushes was Gregory Harrison. Just saw Gregory the other day in something. Still gorgeous!

7) 1989, the year "No Myth" was popular, is the year of the first HDTV broadcast. Do you watch many shows in "high def?"
Yes. As many as possible.

8) 1989 was also the year The Simpsons premiered. Who is your all-time favorite animated character?
Bugs Bunny

9) Random fill-in the blank: If I never had to ______________ again, it would be too soon.
...kickbox with gym rats...