i'm just giddy with the quick hits tonight, aren't i? well, this one comes to you tonight courtesy of matt: an article (subscribers only) about competitive eating with what is, perhaps, the best paragraph ever:

Brian "Yellowcake" Subich, a top-twenty eater, tells a story about a baked-bean contest from the summer of 2004. The field included Sonya, Subich, and Cookie Jarvis. After just two and a half minutes, George Shea announced that Sonya was almost done with her 8.4 pounds of beans. "I said, 'You have to be freaking kidding me,'" Subich told me. "What does she do? Pour 'em down her shirt? Put 'em into a plastic bag?" At Shea's announcement, Jarvis lifted his head, glanced at Sonya, registered what Subich calls "the most crestfallen look you could ever imagine," and vomited beans through his nostrils.

indeed.

some thoughts!

sometimes, it's just the little things that make me laugh. i'm a simple girl. and i'm really 26, not 12.

always fun, right? well, when you find out you are the number one result for "how to properly dispose of your girlfriend," maybe not so much. let's try a new word, buddy.

i've been reading the italian web sites today to see what's been going on in that insane country's insane election. of course, as you probably know, the results were astoundingly close (we're talking down to the tenths of percentages here). but what almost bumped the election from the top of the pages was this story about bernando provenzano, a siclian mafia boss who's been on the lam for FORTY YEARS (for those of you in chicago, this makes joey 'the clown' lombardo's nine-month stint on the run look like child's play). he was found in a farm near his home. npr has got more, including an interview with the former mayor of palermo.

for those interested, you can find out what songs are featured in various veronic mars episodes at this here blog. it helped me figure out the song playing at the end of the last episode, when the stadium was being demolished. i was obsessed with that song for days, but couldn't find it until i came across that site. the song was "gravity" by alejandro escovedo, who i've always heard about but never really listened to. any recommendations about any of his cds in particular?

anyways, don't forget: veronica mars switches to 9/8 central tonight. watch it!