Two things before I sprint toward the finish line of the "Review Ten Albums in 24 hours" race which by the end of the night will undoubtedly be re-named the "Sucking Wind Tour '05":

1.If you're a guy, and you go over to a girl's house, and you drink of her two liter bottle of coca-cola: when you screw the cap back on the bottle try to remember that the girl who will want to drink of that bottle tomorrow has hands half your size and can't bench press the remote control. Don't screw it on too tightly! She probably gave you flat coke anyway, but she's not gonna know that and feel stupid about it if she can't open the friggin' bottle because you were trying to impress her with your brute strength! (Oh, on that note: whenever you think of doing ANYTHING to impress a girl--like getting your eyebrows plucked or talking loudly on your cell phone on a street corner--DON'T BOTHER! We pretty much know if we like you before you even notice us. Honest.)

2.Over the weekend, my roommate Allie and I learned we have a ghost in our apartment. Allie was afraid of all the noise he--it's definitely a he--was making at first, but then she warmed to the idea of having a friendly ghost around to watch over the place. I named him Jeff, after her favorite singer--and mk.com resident heart-throb-- Jeff Tweedy, and I say hello to him when I come home from work, and goodnight to him before I hit the sack. You probably think I'm nuts, but I'd like to keep him happy. The only thing worse than having a living enemy is having a dead enemy.

.....segue to anorexic girls!

The first rule of Mary-Kate Olsen club is you don't talk about Mary-Kate Olsen club.

Last night the Dodgers snapped a six game losing streak (dating back to the playoffs last year) at Busch Stadium in St.Louis, thanks to Hee Sop ("He might not really suck") Choi. In the 5th inning Choi scrambled Cardinal Scott Rolen's omelet, sending the mighty slugger to the ER after a nasty collision at first base. Choi stayed in the game with a bruised shoulder, and then hit a three-run homer a few minutes later. The (still in first place) Dodgers went on to win by one run.

After the game, Choi (who barely speaks English) summed his heroics up concisely, poetically:

"If I come out of the game, then no homer," the South Korean native said. "Good for me."

Isn't it obvs. why he's quickly becoming my favorite player? Repeat to self: If I don't go to work today, then no pay check. Good for me!

In the article, the L.A. Times went on to explain: What's good for Choi has been good for the Dodgers (20-12). Playing primarily against right-handed pitchers, he continued a hot streak in which he has batted .378 with five home runs since he was mired at .200 on April 25.

Choi's response? "There were tough times," he said. "Now I feel good. Let's keep going."

Indeed.