Friday, December 29, 2006

2006: A Survey For The New Millenium!

Third year of me doing this survey. Off we go!

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
I snowboarded. The first two days were really tough, but the last two days were super-fun. This was back in January 2006 and I told myself, "See, Paul, it's good to try new things. Keep it up." It's now December 2006 and snowboarding has remained the only "new thing" I've tried all year. Oh, well. Snowboarding was fun.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I guess "trying new things" was sort of 2006's New Year's Resolution, so... no, I didn't keep that. My resolution for 2007? MORE SNOWBOARDING!!!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No. But by the looks of it, this question's answer will be three paragraphs long next year.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. But by the looks of it, this question's answer will be three paragraphs long next year (psssst - I'm murdering all my friends and loved ones)

5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (21 dollar signs)

6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory?
April 14, 2006

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Neil and I selling show ideas

8. What was your biggest failure?
Neil and I not getting into the Aspen Comedy Festival.

9. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yet another clean bill of health. My secret? Eating a lot of food that's bad for you and rarely exercising.

10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Earth, Fire, Water, all my Wiccan brothers and sisters

11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Air. Sometimes I wonder why we even praise you every fortnight!

12. Where did most of your money go?
Rent. Not the Broadway musical, but for my apartment... which is located directly underneath the stage for "Rent," the Broadway musical.

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Writing and performing

14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
"Common People" by Pulp

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
Happier! Paul Rust: Increasingly Happier Since 2000.
b) thinner or fatter?
The same.
c) richer or poorer?
Poorer! Paul Rust: Increasingly Poorer Since 2004.

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Practicing my magic skills, so I can become a more responsible magician (particularly my skills at making audience volunteers disappear)

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Sending that small child to Magic Land: Level 7 and not being able to bring him back

18. How did you spend Christmas?
Having fun with friends and family in LeMars, Iowa.

19. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Nope. Did America fall in love with Benji? Definitely!!!

20. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
THE BACKSTREET BOYS, N'SYNC, AND ALL THOSE ANNOYING BOY BANDS!!! SOMEBODY STOP THEM!!! PLEASE!!!!

21. What was your favorite TV program?
Stella

22. What was the best book you read?
Do all the Wikipedia entries on Oasis count as "a book?"

23. What was your greatest musical discovery?
"The Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance. Best album of the year. (Yes, snobs, I'm being serious)

24. What did you want and get?
Sexual intercourse - every single day, 365 days of the year.

25. What did you want and not get?
Acceptance into the "I'm Addicted to My Sex Robot" support group.

26. What was your favorite film of this year?
"The Departed"

27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Celebrated with friends at Chuck E. Cheese, then watched "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie." Quarter of a century.

28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I don't know about "immeasurably," but it'd been nice to own a beagle.

29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
"Celtic Pride" (I wear the VHS around my neck on a chain)

30. What kept you sane?
Www.Google.com!

31. What political issue stirred you the most?
Unfortunately, politics weren't discussed much in those Wikipedia entries on Oasis that I read

32. Who did you miss?
Friends and family not living in Los Angeles

33. Who was the best new person you met?
The fellas of Hendershaw

34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Um, I'm just beginning to understand things I learned in 1996.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Last week, I read Pitchforkmedia's "200 Best Singles of the 1960's." I like lists like that. It helps me understand a very wide canvas through key examples. I wanna' make a list like that, but I probably don't have the authority to do so. Because I don't have that breadth of knowledge on any topic.

Except, of course, my own life. I know that pretty well.

I'm considering making a "Top 10 Most Pivotal Moments in My Life" list - although as I wrote that right now, I wanted to punch myself in the face. That's pretty dumb, huh? Awfully narcissistic, too. And who cares outside of me? (These are the main reasons I haven't regularly written in my blog for nearly two years now)

The idea would be to choose specific scenarios that shaped me as a person (for good and for bad). I think I'd be interested in reading that if somebody else did it. I'm 25 years old. Seems like a nice, round year to do some reflecting.

After all, at "Motown 25," Michael Jackson moonwalked to "Billie Jean." The least I can do for "Pauly Dangerfield 25" is write a few blog entries.

Monday, December 11, 2006

What's that called when prisoners carve lines onto their cells walls to indicate how many days they've spent in prison? Y'know, the four vertical lines and then a fifth line across them? I can't remember what those scratches are called. They're not exclusive to prisoners. I mean, people use them all the time - like to keep track of points during a game of "Hangman" or something.

But it's been on the tip of my tongue for the past 5 days now and I've been avoiding writing this particular blog entry ever since because I can't remember the term.

Anyway. Trying to remember the term isn't the point of this blog. This is:

Ever since I was a kid, I thought about how if I was a prisoner, I'd be bad at scratching lines onto my cell wall. Physically, I could do it. But mentally? No. Like my first day in prison, I'd be like, "Alright, one scratch" and then I'd do it. But I bet it'd be kinda fun (carving walls is cool) and since prison is boring, I'd be like, "Okay, I'll carve one... for tomorrow. And then I just won't do one tomorrow." But then the next day would come and I'd be kicking myself for having done it the day before and not getting to have the fun for that day. So I'd be like, "Okay, one more. Then that's it... for real."

But then I'd do another one. And another.

Until I'd be like on my 17th scratch, but only on my third day in prison.

It's like eating Flinstone vitamins as a kid. You only get one a day, but you're like, "They taste like candy! I want another one!" In that case though, I'd control myself from taking another Flinstone vitamin. Because I thought it was like real medicine and if I had more than one a day, I'd get really sick and overdose or something.

Fortunately, I never overdosed or something.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

We all know that "BRB" means "Be Right Back" in Instant Messenger speak...

But it could also mean "Bath Room Break," which is often why we have to write "Be Right Back" during IM conversations.

I'll BRB from my BRB!

Thursday, October 05, 2006

I like Rube Goldberg machines a lot, so I've been watching a bunch of them in action on YouTube. Which is pretty cool.

You know what's NOT "pretty cool?"

Folks who make digital versions of Rube Goldberg machines with their computers and then put them on YouTube. Rube Goldberg machines are neat because you get to see it all clicking before your eyes with the possibility that things could go awry, but with a computer-generated Rube Goldberg machi

(Um, I honestly got so annoyed by these fake Rube Goldberg machines that I didn't want to write about them anymore. I'm cranky now and don't want to finish this blog. They're that stupid to me. Bye)

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

I saw one of those plastic cups on the ground. The ones that are red on the outside and white on the inside?

And I thought, "Oh, that's cool. Netflix is making cups now."

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Do any of you live in NEW YORK CITY?

If so, I'm performing comedy in "The Giant Apple" soon.

You can see me here:

HERE'S THE THING
(stand-up comedy)
SUNDAY, JULY 23 - 8pm
FREE
Rififi/Cinema Classics
332 E 11th St btwn 1st & 2nd Ave
more info


NEIL AND PAUL: GROWING UP IS TOUGH

(sketch comedy)
MONDAY, JULY 24
8:00 PM
$5
(with FAT LIP)

UCB Theatre - NEW YORK
307 W 26TH ST
New York
(212) 366-9176

Two teenage brothers run away from home and discover a valuable lesson:
Sometimes growing up ... doesn't involve any actual physical growth at all.


Written and Performed by Neil Campbell and Paul Rust
Featuring Nick Wiger
Directed by Owen Burke

RESERVE YOUR TICKETS HERE!!!




LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

(improvisational comedy)
SUNDAY, JULY 30
1:00 AM (late Saturday/early Sunday)

UCB Theatre - NEW YORK
307 W 26TH ST
New York
(212) 366-9176
more info


And if you don't live in New York City, but know some folks who live there (and think they'd like this sort of thing), please tell 'em to go.

Monday, June 19, 2006

From Wikipedia:

On March 24, 2004, Richard Simmons was arrested and charged with assault after allegedly slapping a motorcycle salesman at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. The salesman, Chris Farney, spotted Simmons in the crowd and said, "Look, Richard Simmons! Drop your bags, let's rock to the '50s." Simmons replied, "It's not nice to make fun of people with issues." He then lightly slapped Farney's face. Farney, who was uninjured, called the police. All charges against Simmons were dropped.

I will go ahead and state the obvious: That motorcycle salesman is the funniest person in America.

"Drop your bags?" Hilarious. "Let's rock to the 50's?" Genius. What an amazing, amazing thing to say.

True, I don't necessarily care for Farney's mean-ness. I'm sure Richard Simmons is a nice guy and doesn't deserve public ridicule, but...

"Drop your bags, let's rock to the 50's" is the funniest statement I've heard in 15 years.

Monday, June 05, 2006

I picked up a book of matches the other day.

And I realized that the total amount of matches I've lit through my entire life has been...

Thirty. Under thirty, easily.

I dunno. Fire really scared (scares) me, so I avoid lighting matches at all costs.

Then I lit a match and it burnt my thumb.

Burn me once? Shame on you. Burn me twice? Shame on... ewe.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Watching Lou Reed perform on one of those mid-80's Saturday Night Live reruns last night, I recalled a misperception I had as a child.

I thought Lou Reed and Joe Piscopo were the same person. Take a look:





Those pictures don't really help my case. At all. But trust me... they look a lot alike.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Let's say I had the power to re-shoot all the TV shows currently on Nick at Nite. And let's say I could re-cast the show... entirely with babies. So yeah, all the characters are portrayed by infants (6-10 months).

What Nick at Nite show would I most like to see with babies?

... Murphy Brown.

Nick at Nite! I demand a Baby Miles Silverberg!

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

You know that Smashing Pumpkins' song "1979?"

It was released in 1995.

So there's a 16-year difference between 1979 and 1995.

That'd be like if somebody today in 2006 wrote a song called "1990."



... Gross.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Just a moment ago, I was logging into my blogspot.com account and I typed my username as...

"Blogger."

For the record, my username is not "Blogger." It was one of those "brain farts" you hear about in the news.

But man, I wish I had the confidence to have my blogspot.com username be "blogger."

"That's right, blogspot.com! I'm all about blogging! You shall know me as blogger!"

And oh, my password would be "blog-opolis."

Sunday, April 30, 2006

"May Day" is tomorrow, which if you remember, is that special day when we leave baskets of candy on people's doorsteps, ring their doorbells, and run away. If we get caught, we get kissed.

Call me wily (Pauly T. Wily), but I got a few tricks up my sleeve for this year's "May Day."

Yeah, I'm gonna' leave some baskets of candy on some doorsteps. And sure, I'm gonna' ring some doorbells. And hell yes, I will run away - but just one catch: I'm gonna' run away reeaaaaal slow. I'll surely be caught!

You see, I wanna' be kissed!!!

And I won't be leaving baskets of candy on no ugly folks' doorsteps. No, no, no. Only the hottest babes will be visited by me on this "May Day." Have you forgotten I live in Los Angeles (AKA "The City of the Hottest Babes")?

So who will be getting surprise visits from Pauly T. Wily on May Day? How 'bout Cindy Crawford? Ever heard of her? Oh yeeeeaaah! I know she has a husband, but she's Fair Game in my book!

Then I'll take a little stroll around Kathy Ireland's neighborhood. Aye-chi-mama! What a hot tamale! I hear Ms. Ireland likes to kiss a little rough. Yes, her kissing requires some Necessary Roughness.

And last, but CERTAINLY NOT LEAST... Miss Bo Derek. On a scale of 1 to 10, she's a total... Bolero!

Yep, all three of those babes are gonna' have their lipstick on my cheeks... and the lipstick will be in the shape of their lips!

May Day Forever! (May 1, 2006 - Forever)

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Sorry, folks. I'm retiring my Celebrity Cited list. It got to be a burden - seeing a celebrity and then feeling obligated to remember him/her. Took the fun out of it, y'know? I knew it got bad when I saw a guy from Alias and I turned my head, pretending I hadn't seen him.

For those who are interested though... a couple of the celebs I saw in the interim: Zach De La Rocha eating salad and Corey Feldman having lunch in Toluca Lake.

Don't worry! This blog will still continue. I'm gonna' try to be better about updating, too. Now that I've said it, I'll be forced to do it. Gotta' be true to my word.

Love Always,
Paul

Tuesday, April 11, 2006



Written and Performed by Neil Campbell and Paul Rust
Directed by Owen Burke

Two teenage brothers run away from home and discover a valuable lesson:
Sometimes growing up ... doesn't involve any actual physical growth at all.

FRIDAY, APRIL 14
8:00 PM
$8
(with Derek Waters The Show)

reserve your tickets here!


UCB Theatre - LA
5919 Franklin Ave
Hollywood, 90028
(323) 908-8702

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Ricky recently asked me: "What Saved by the Bell episode would you most want to be in?" What a qreat question!

Here's my answer... ten times over.

10. "Save That Tiger" (original airdate: 12/16/89)
It's the annual Bayside vs Valley prank war. Meanwhile the girls try to come up with a new cheer in the annual cheerleader competition.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
All my life, I've wanted to participate in a Prank War. Why doesn't anybody do these? Seriously. This spring, I'm gonna' get get my shit together and do one. With a group or by myself. Doesn't matter.

9. "The Will" (original airdate: 10/24/92)
A favorite graduate dies and leaves $10,000 in his will. This creates a battle of the sexes to see who gets the money.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
The team cheers are really funny in this one. And I'd like to be able to say them with everybody.

8. "The Fabulous Belding Boys" (orginal airdate: 12/9/90)
The gang is in trouble. If they fail a test by an obnoxious teacher, they won't be able to go on a class fieled trip. On the day of the test. the teacher doesn't show, so Belding's brother Rod takes over.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
In the final act, everyone meets up at Bayside High before dawn. Basically, I just want to hang out in a school before it gets bright outside.

7. "All in the Mall" (original airdate: 11/9/91)
Zach finds $5000 in the mall, and plans to use the money to buy and then scalp tickets for a U2 concert.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
As much as I wouldn't want to be pursued by bad guys, it'd be really cool to sleep in a mall overnight.

6. "Rockumentary" (original airdate: 11/30/91)
Casey Kasem as himself hosts a biography of Zack's rock group called The Zack Attack.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
Sure, part of it is getting to be a rockstar, but it's mostly to hear this dialogue live in person:
ZACK: You really think we could be famous?
ROCK MANAGER: Does Bart Simpson have animated zits?
ME: Yay!!!!

5. "Cut Day" (original airdate: 12/7/91)
It's senior cut day. Zack tries his best to go through the day without being caught by Belding. Jessie and a boy protest the use of plastic cups.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
I wish my high school had a "cut day."

4. "Day of Detention" (original airdate: 10/3/92)
If Zack can just get out of detention with Mr. Belding, he can win a trip to Hawaii. Instead the whole gang ends up in detention with him, trying to get him out.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
This episode is full of escape plans, which I love because I can't ever think of them myself in real life. So it'd be great - to sit back and watch somebody come up with these amazing ideas. Like, I want to come up with a fake/joke escape plan right now and I still can't do it.

3. "Myster Weekend" (original airdate: 12/21/91)
The gang wins a mystery weekend at a mansion where they are all part of a murder mystery. The trouble begins when the game goes awry and Zack is left as the prime suspect.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
There's secret passages in the mansion. Hey - have you guys noticed that most of my reasons have nothing to do with "Saved by the Bell?"

2. "Save the Max" (original airdate: 9/22/90)
Zack and Screech discover that Bayside once had a radio station called KTTY. They convince Belding to put it back on the air. Meanwhile, Max is in trouble of losing his business.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
It'd give me a serious sense of pride to save a friend's business.

1. "The Wicked Stepbrother" (original airdate: 11/2/91)
Jessie meets her new stepbrother Eric but soon discovers that he also has a darkside in him when he uses blackmail to get his way.
WHY I'D WANT TO BE IN IT:
I want to be in my favorite episode! All the components of a great "Saved" episode: schemes, backstabbing, schemes, romance, and more schemes.


Bye, dudes!

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

So Amanda and I have been watching "Roseanne" on Nick at Nite. A lot. Like, every night. 2 - maybe 3 - episodes per night. It's great.

Recently, we entered the "New Becky" years - y'know, that period when Lecy Goranson (Becky #1) left the show and was replaced by Sarah Chalke (Becky #2).

Anyway, in this run, during the famed opening title sequence (where the camera rotates around the kitchen table as the family eats dinner, plays cards, etc.)... Becky #2 enters the kitchen, then John Goodman looks at her and - I swear - mouths the words:

"It's the New Becky! Becky is a new person!"

Seriously.

The theme music plays, so you can't HEAR him say it. But I KNOW he does.

Anyone else watch "Roseanne?" Care to confirm what I already know is true?

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

For those who are interested, you can see me...

1) On ESPN. During their Pro Bowling Association (PBA) coverage on Sunday afternoons, the network airs a series of bowling commercials that I appear in. Look for me slipping on the floor and falling.

2) On an Easy-Life Furniture commercial. It only airs locally in the Los Angeles area and I haven't seen it yet, but if you're watching "Oprah," you'll probably catch it. In it, I share a bed with an elderly couple making out.

3) On the Aquafina website. In an online video for their New Year's Resolutions campaign. It's the "Air Guitar Champion" mockumentary video (second from the left).

And I should be appearing in an upcoming "Drake and Josh" episode on Nickelodeon. I'll post the airdate when I know it.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

I saw all these movies from 2005! And I ranked them in the order that I liked them! Read it and weep, Roeper (of the Ebert and Roeper syndicated TV show).

28. THE CORPSE BRIDE

27. WHITE NOISE
Not based on the popular Don DeLillo novel, but rather, two subpar Amelia Bedelia books. "I didn't want you to LITERALLY draw the curtains, Michael Keaton!"

26. SYRIANA

25. THE INTERPRETER

24. INSIDE DEEP THROAT

23. KICKING AND SCREAMING
Sure, there was kicking. I mean, it's a movie about soccer. But there wasn't much screaming outside of Will Ferrel's character who --- oh, I get it!

22. CURSED

21. LAND OF THE DEAD

20. STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH

19. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Reminds me of the day I visited the Chesterman Coca-Cola factory in Sioux City, Iowa. Except in this movie, the employees didn't pour 7-UP on Charlie's head and write racist words on his t-shirt.

18. FUN WITH DICK AND JANE

17. WALK THE LINE

16. HIGH TENSION

15. BATMAN BEGINS
In this movie, we learn that Bruce Wayne based his name "Batman" on a childhood fear. In that case, my superhero name would be "Deep Freezer in the Basement-Man."

14. MUNICH

13. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

12. HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

11. THE WEDDING CRASHERS
These fellas need to learn one important rule: once you leave the reception, you can't come back in. Even if you're just getting something out of your car. Rules are rules, boys.

10. THUMBSUCKER

9. KISS KISS BANG BANG

8. WAR OF THE WORLDS

7. BROKEN FLOWERS

6. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
In the movie theatre, I sat to the right of two teenage girls. When Daniel Radcliffe took off his shirt in one scene, I heard the following:
TEENAGE GIRL #1: Uh... wow.
TEENAGE GIRL #2: Yeaaaah.
These are your children, America!

5. PALINDROMES

4. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

3. THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN

2. KING KONG
I thought he said ping-pong balls.

1. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE


THE CELEBRITY CITED LIST:
66. Jane Seymour (Monday, January 2nd, 2006)
67. Stuart Charno (Thursday, January 12th, 2006)
68. Chloe Sevigny (Saturday, December 14th, 20006)

Seymour at LAX. Charno at a commercial audition for Skittles. Sevigny coming out of a bar. I'm getting tired of doing this list.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

2005: A Survey For The New Millenium!

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Took an intergalatic ride through the stars... courtesy of the newly-revamped Space Mountain in Disneyland!

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I had no resolutions for 2005. But my resolution for 2006? KEEP SHININ' ON! (senior quote)

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My friend Rick Herbst rented a VHS copy of the movie "Birth." It's a lot like regular birth, but with one benefit: no dirty diapers!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
The one man who gave me my first break in the biz: Mr. Johnny Carson. Thanks, Johnny.

5. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A record deal with Maverick. Excuse me. A BETTER record deal with Maverick.

6. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
a) July 27th, 2005
b) October 17th, 2005
c) December 7th, 1941

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Putting on neat comedy shows. Getting acting and writing jobs. And my joke about "Birth."

8. What was your biggest failure?
Behaving thoughtlessly. And "The Capeman."

9. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I was just about to write "No," but then I chipped my tooth on the computer monitor.

10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Michael Moore for that brave, brave film of his - "Farenheit 9/11." Watch your back next November, President Bush!

11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Bart Simpson. Such a rude, little boy.

12. Where did most of your money go?
Bills, food, and movie tickets. Sorry. Typo. I meant to write: "Bill's food and movie tickets." Boy, does Bill Laimbeer love his chicken nuggets and "Walk the Line!"

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Movies (sometimes referred to as "Mooovies.")

14. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Sister Jack" by Spoon!

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
Happier! Take that, "sadder!"
b) thinner or fatter?
The same. Thatter.
c) richer or poorer?
Poorer!

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Dance!

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Not dance!

18. How did you spend Christmas?
Losing Scrabble.

19. Did you fall in love in 2005?
No. But I'm dating someone special. And although it might not be "love" right now, it is a powerful bond that I cherish more and more with each passing day. Who's your "someone special?" Call them today, won't you?

20. What was your favorite TV program?
"Finders Keepers!"

21. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Bart Simpson. Seriously. Somebody discipline this kid! I'm looking at you, Homer and Marge.

22. What was the best book you read?
"Easy Riders, Raging Bulls."

23. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Go! Team (thanks, Pash!)

24. What did you want and get?
What did I want? What everybody wants... The American Dream, of course. Did I get it? Uh-huh. Do I regret it? Hell yes.

25. What did you want and not get?
Ever heard of The Titanic? Ever heard of RAISING the son-of-a-bitch?

26. What was your favorite film of this year?
"The Squid and the Whale."

27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My friends and I ate at Bob's Big Boy and watched "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." I turned 24 (just like that TV show with Kiefer Sutherland on FOX-TV).

28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A TV series based on "Fox Trot."

29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
"Rad Boy/Bad Boy."

30. What kept you sane?
Twix!

31. What political issue stirred you the most?
"Are Video Games Harming Our Children?"

32. Who did you miss?
Niles Crane. Bring back "Frasier," NBC!!!

33. Who was the best new person you met?
Choosing favorites is your job, Roosevelt. Not mine!

34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
It's probably lame to do this, but I heard this in "Broken Flowers" recently and it made me happy. Maybe you'll like it, too?
"Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn't here yet, whatever it's going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That's it."