tally hall
Working It Into Casual Conversation
Not sure if any of you caught it, but the Tally Hall boys were on Craig Ferguson last night promoting their new Internet TV show, which you can find on TallyHall.com.
I’m trying to imagine what I would do if I were going to be on network TV one night, how I’d subtly work it into conversations…
BARISTA: What can I get you?
ME: Grande coffee.
BARISTA: Room for cream?
ME: I’m on TV!
Something like that. I haven’t done any TV spots for Lawyer Boy, but I have done three radio interviews so far. One of them STARTED off like this:
DJ: I’m here with Rick Lax. Rick, I hear from a lot of people that you’re a total stitch. Everybody says you’re such a funny guy. Is that true?
ME: Wha? Uh, yeah. I think so.
Wasn’t pretty. But what was I supposed to say?
Random Photo Roundup: Competition Edition
Last week the majority of the band Tally Hall stayed at my apartment, which looked like this:
Today I bought a new short sleeve shirt and skinny tie combo, which looks like this:
I also bought this:
(1 Bonus point for the first blog reader to guess what it is.)
LASTLY, my apartment mates put this sign on their door, which is right across the hallway from mine:
The sign is clearly for my benefit. They clearly put it up to rub their happy marriage in my single face.(2 Bonus points to the blog reader who comes up with the funniest response sign I can put up on my own door.)
Lollapalooza Party: Hot Dogs, Tequila, and Wannabe Models
The guys from the band Tally Hall are staying at my apartment over the weekend for Lollapalooza. They’re playing on Sunday, and I’m told I’ll get an “Artist Pass” that day, which will all but guarantee that I’ll be best friends with Kanye West by the end of the evening. (He performs Sunday at 8:00).
Last night we went to a party at the Hard Rock hotel and I had an awesome time. See, usually I have this ‘grass is greener’ thing where I always imagine that I should be at a different party, that elsewhere people are having more fun, that elsewhere, the people are prettier and more charming. But I’m nearly certain that last night I was at the best party in Chicago. The VIP section, too. Free tequila, coffee & vodkas, tattoos (took a pass on that one), Berry Chill yogurt, and hotdogs. Saw a few minor celebrities (most notably—for me, at least—the guys from the sketch comedy show Human Giant), and met lots of cool people: musicians, a few students, a model, a wanna-be model, and somebody who, for all I can tell, attends parties for a living. Which must be difficult. But something tells me…not quite as difficult as practicing law…
There's nothing quite as
Submitted by Steve Pirates (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 23:54.
There's nothing quite as interesting as living in the periphery of the celebrity world. Where it's not like you can just up and go hang out with famous people or go to the best parties... but when your friends are in town then you can, so it happens regularly enough to sort of be part of your life. It can be surreal to hang out one night with people that you'll see on television the next day.
Alright, the red thing is
Alright, the red thing is easily one of the more entertaining games to come out of the 21st century...the old "last person to hit the button (or prematurely) gets electricuted" game. For a sign response i'd keep with the dream motif and keep it simple with "my toilet seat's up...livin the dream"
1) Do you really want us
1) Do you really want us identifying this sexual contraption which is most likely illegal in the state of Illinois?
2) "To help celebrate sarcastic door-sign month, please create your sign in the following format:
..."Blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah"
(Space for somebody to make a sarcastic response)"
I'll go with the serious
I'll go with the serious guess and say the red thing is some sort of trivia game thing where you buzz in?
Your neighbors' door sign got an "awwwwww" from me. You need to put up one on your door that says "...this is the home of a dude who can leave his underwear on the floor and not get hen-pecked." (Yes, I am a woman and yes, I hen-peck).
Also, why is your apartment always a wreck in every picture you post? Is this some sort of sadistic joke you play on your mother???
Lyn, I dont blame you for
Lyn, I dont blame you for thinking the "electrocution" guess for the red thing was not a serious one. However, it is the case. I've played it at a friends house up north multiple times and until yesterday had never seen it outside of that cabin before. Now saying "electrocution" may have been a bit of an overexaggeration, but you get the point. The game can get real fun, I suggest you look into one for a rainy day.
Its one of those stupid
Its one of those stupid games that vibrates in the hand of the last person to press the button on their handle thing. the light in the middle flashes (green, i believe) and when the light in the middle turns red, the players have to press the button on their handle thing. the last player to press that button gets buzzed, electrically shocked if you will. stupid game, i lost every time I played in and I hate it.
Jon, you're right, I would
Jon, you're right, I would have never believed that such a thing as an "electrocution game" actually exists. I will NOT be featuring that at my next cocktail party. ;-)
The shocking game is
The shocking game is actually pretty fun.
For reply signs you could either go "funny" or "direct attack".
"....Actually, this is the home of the most beautiful woman in the world. The chick across the hall is just aight."
"....This is the home of the guy that is having an awesome and torrid affair with the most beautiful woman in the world."
"....The chick across the hall has a wang. True story."
"....The door on the other side of the hall lies."
"....The people across the hall apparently don't understand the meaning of the word "beautiful"."
Big fan of pretty much all
Big fan of pretty much all those, Counselor Pirates. Can anybody top 'em?
As for the electricution game....hmmm...think I might have a party on the 27th or 28th in which we try it out...
The pirate gave me a good
The pirate gave me a good idea:
"One of these door signs always lies, while the other always tells the truth. What question could you ask either sign from which you could deduce where the most beautiful woman in the world lives?"
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