http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup Just another Square Tire Music Blogs weblog Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:32:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've recently self-imposed a diet, just out of curiosity.  Specifically, I'm curious as to whether or not I have abs.  So for breakfast, I usually just have one of those cups of sliced fruit you can get in the produce section of Ralph's.  Mostly grapefruit, sometimes peach. Anyway, in order to get at ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/08/27/eric-gives-up-on-his-morning-fruit-cup/ I was gonna do some stuff over the weekend.  I had all these grandiose plans about the doing of stuff.  But really, what I mostly did was watch Top Chef.  They made stuff out of vending machine food!  There was molecular gastronomy!  There was a wild boar sous vide!  It was ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/08/10/eric-gives-up-on-every-tv-show-that-isnt-top-chef-masters/ Thanks to my well-placed sources, well-connected minions, and network of informants, I was able to find something very very interesting.  It's an assignment Michael Bay did in his freshman English class in high school, and seems to be a sequel to the poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/07/28/eric-gives-up-on-hollywood-again/ It may not have been obvious, but the reason my victim in the post below will be headless is that I will have forced him to eat his own head. Just thought I should clear that up. --Eric http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/07/02/one-other-small-detail/ ...before I get into an elevator that contains somebody talking on a cell phone, and then the door of that elevator opens on my floor, and only I exit the elevator, and the walls of that elevator are coated with blood, and the floor of that elevator features a headless, ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/07/01/its-only-a-matter-of-time/ I've decided to do something useful and contribute to "society" for a change.  To this end, I've created a "Suck Scale." This handy 1-10 scale will allow you to gauge and categorize your daily irritations and annoyances, and I'm adding examples for each numeral value to give everything some perspective.  ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/06/22/the-summer-suck-scale-s3/ So, I borrowed the complete box set of Robotech DVDs from a friend.  I am not a fan of anime, but Mike recommended it, so I figured I'd give it a shot.  I thought, "Hey, giant robots that turn into jets and also half-robot half-jet things... Can't go wrong there!"  ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/06/18/eric-gives-up-onthat-chick-from-robotech/ See below. http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/06/15/eric-gives-up-onhis-own-ability-to-write-florid-victorian-style-prose/ This may at first sound like nitpicking, but please hear me out.  This intersection is a serious thorn in my shoe.  A nail in my side.  A slug in my hair.  It sucks. It all started one hot August afternoon in early October, when I found myself in the air-conditioned splendor ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/06/12/eric-gives-up-onthat-traffic-light-at-the-intersection-of-st-george-and-tracy/ First, McG tries to do an American version of Spaced. Next, I hear a rumor that Christopher Guest may not be directing any more movies.  And today I catch wind of an evil plot by Kaz and Fran Kuzui to do a movie relaunch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer without ... http://squaretiremusic.com/blogs/igiveup/2009/05/28/eric-gives-up-onhollywood/