The Smudge Report

Throughout the spring I will be posting links and videos to the soundtrack for the summer of 2008.  With self-proclaimed impeccable music taste I feel that it is my duty to provide this service. Without further adieu I present Say Yeah by Wiz Khalifa.  The producer behind this track had the genius to sample Alice Deejay’s “Better Off Alone” for the lead single for Wiz’s mainstream debut.  This Pittsburgh artist has been generating buzz regionally and has even made it out of Pennsylfucky and on to the major Philly radio stations.  Trust me, that sort of intrastate support is rare.  “Better Off Alone” was a fun party song when that came out in the days of my youth and hopefully this update will serve a similar function.  The video is a bit low budget but I can’t fault,  after-all the guy is from Pittsburgh.

I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus.  With tantrums at falafel houses and romps at Hooters I’ve found myself neglecting my literary duties. For that I apologize.  Notwithstanding the jaunt to Pistolvania the bulk of my inactivity can be attributed to my pay schedule.  This Monday when i miraculously made it into work I discovered that it was payday, a day earlier than I had anticipated.  The only way to celebrate such an occasion is by a week long binge reminiscent of carnival.  Monday, a bottle and a half of Chardonnay.  Tuesday, happy hour followed by Pilsner.  Wednesday, Merlot( good for the heart). Thursday, magnum bottle of Chardonnay then whatever followed at the bar.  Later that night there was something involving apple juice and tobacco but whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Today…well we know what’s going to happen later.  Despite my imbibing I managed to make it into work, granted I was late three out of five days this week but that is to be blamed on DC’s public transportation and not my own lack of respect for corporate America.  This morning after being a whopping half an hour late I’m called into the small conference room by my manager. Uh oh! I’m forced to shoot off one of my prepackaged excuses that my parents and Deans have heard for years and it seems to do the trick.  He then proceeds to tell me that I am very intelligent and articulate and whether I plan on being with the company for the long or short term, that I have a future.   To this I want to reply, “no shit Sherlock”, but I simply sit in silence fussing with a button on my blazer.  No good deed goes unpunished so the reverse must be true as-well.