theJEDMAN NATION-A New Wave Manifesto

Documenting the JED Experience

Thursday, January 30, 2003

This is an old one, but it is pretty good. I found it in a file the other day. I didn't live in Overland Park at the time, but you can see how I yearned for Overland Park.I hope you enjoy it. theJEDMAN

I only party in Overland Park.
Images race through my mind of Overland Park.
From the velocities on concrete,
to the curbs and landscaping, to
the fiberglass.
I am Overland Park.
Although now my travels have led me far away to other states.
Visions of Overland Park still run through my mind.
I lived in Overland Park.
I worked in Overland Park.
I went to movies by myself in Overland Park.
I went to Tanner's by myself in Overland Park.
I saw Iron Maiden by myself not in Overland Park.
One day I will return to Overland Park.
Until then, I only party in Overland Park.

.: posted by Jed 8:51 PM

Tuesday, January 28, 2003

The girl that works at the pharmacy is so beautiful that I've been thinking about getting sick on purpose just to see her a lot when I pick up my prescriptions. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 3:11 PM

Sunday, January 26, 2003

I was torn between two Super Bowl parties and I felt like a fool. All week I had an invite from MANINO. MANINO is the greatest. On Super Bowl Sunday, I get an invite from QUICK. QUICK is also the greatest. Both parties would have rocked. I had already committed to MANINO and his party was likely to have better snacks, so I went there. I wish I could have gone to QUICK's house too. He rocks. He's fun. If you want to know where the fun is. It is at QUICK's house.MANINO is great also. So, I was torn between two Super Bowl parties and I felt like a fool. I pretty much feel like a fool all the time anyway. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 10:15 PM

Wednesday, January 22, 2003

I got to hang out with QUICK last weekend. QUICK is awsome. QUICK made pizza. I watched many movies with QUICK including MEATBALLS. Me and QUICK spent NFL Conference Championship Sunday together. QUICK has those good pickles. Dill pickle spears are awsome. QUICK is the greatest. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 6:40 PM

I've come to realize that I'm not as good looking as I think I am. The body is better than it was, but my head is too big. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 6:36 PM

I was driving home from school and I thought how great it was that the BACHELORETTE is on tonight. Then, I thought, man, I really got nothing going on when I look forward to a TV show. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 6:34 PM

Saturday, January 18, 2003

I'm the man. I did the Public Address announcing at a high school basketball game last night. I was great. I really only made one mistake. It was a close game. The Pumas beat the Pitbulls by one. This could be a second career for me. I was born to do this. At the game, there were scout from ESPN, ABC, FOX, Lifetime, and the Superstation checking out the talent of theJEDMAN. You'll be seeing me on the big screen soon. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 11:45 AM

I watch too much TV. While partaking in this bad habit the other day I caught this new reality show. It had MC Hammer, Webster, a 90210 reject, a playboy chick, a couple of other rejects and Vince Neil. It is awesome. The premiss is that they all live in a house in L.A. It is great. It is a self-parody machine. A juggarnaut of self-parody. I wish that I had been famous at one time in the past, so that I could parody myself. I wouldn't be a good celebrity, but I would be a self-parody phenom. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 11:40 AM

Thursday, January 09, 2003

I committed the bonehead move of the century last night. I took my wallet out of my back pocket to get something. I then put it back in what I thought was the same back pocket. Instead. I put it in over the waist band down into my pants. It sat there for awhile then I got up to go to the bathroom. Later on, the wallet was not in my back pocket. I looked all over the place. I picked up furniture. I got a liitle upset. I even thought that somehow I flushed it down the toilet when I was in the bathroom. I figured it was lost, but it would turn up sometime. I took my pants off to go to bed. The wallet fell out. It had been lodged between my pant leg and ankle. Boy did I feel like a dope. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 8:24 PM

Wednesday, January 08, 2003

I'm an idiot. Sometimes, I watch bad TV. I can watch Springer for about two minutes sometimes. The other day I was watching that new Bachelorette show. Of the 25 dudes that the Trista woman gets to choose from, there was not one bald dude. That is ridiculous. Plus, there are some dudes with really over the top haircuts. Ooooh, I have hair and you don't. Bald dudes are where it is at. Bald dudes know the score. Anyone can have hair, but a bald dude is a real man. Once you go bald you never go back. I'm really upset with the lack of bald representation on the show. Poor little Trista is not getting a fair shot at finding love. Bald is where it is at. Bald is beautiful. Bald kicks butt. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 8:25 PM

Sunday, January 05, 2003

It was cold when I saw this dude at the park on the walking trail. He wasn't walking for fitness as his girlfriend was with him. He had a stocking cap and gloves on with a sleveless T-shirt. Genious in the JOCO. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 4:31 PM

Saturday, January 04, 2003

I don't get designer coffee very often. I'm lucky if I get one 2 or 3 times a month. It took me years to figure out the ordering procedure. I usually get a tall skinny decaf latte. For awhile, I would add moca to that combination. The long-haired coffee maker boy would just make my tall skinny decaf moca latte. Well, there was a new coffee maker at the shop and she didin't get my order and said, "What do you want, a moca or a latte?" Long-haired guy told her to just make me a moca. The long-hair let me order wrong for a long time. This was devestating. I'm all about figuring out the ordering procedure when I go places, so I don't look stupid. I got screwed and I was embarrassed this time. I'm a nimrod. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 10:08 PM

Thursday, January 02, 2003

I ruined my brother-in-law's New Year's Day football watching. He made the mistake of inviting me to watch the games with him and his friends. He prefaced the bash with call before you come, because if no one shows up, then I might go somewhere else. So, I went. I've never hung out with my brother-in-law before when it has been just us. I've always avoid this situation. I got there and there was one of his neighbors there, but the neighbor left before the Rose Bowl started. So, it was just me and my brother-in-law for the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. I stayed until the end of the Sugar Bowl. This ruined his day, because I was there he could not go anywhere else or do anything else. He was forced to entertain me, because he messed up and invited me over. It was great. We went dutch on a pizza. I should have made him buy, because he has to impress me, I don't have to impress him. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 11:34 AM

My head is too big. I have just realized this. I've lost some weight in the last year and a half and this has made my big head bigger. I look like a cartoon character. All this time, I've been making fun of people with big heads. It is impossible to make your big head smaller, so gosh, I might have to be nice to people now. That is going to be really hard for me, because I can dish out putdowns, but I can't take them. theJEDMAN