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Musings of The Day

2009-10-07T11:48:00.003-05:00

When trying to catch a cat, don't be gentle. Go for the head and if you're lucky you just might catch him by the tail.

A Glorious Dawn

2009-09-24T01:09:00.002-05:00

There are some people doing some pretty entertaining but mostly just funny remixes of popular video/audio mostly using a backing beat and an autotuner but this guy made something that I find to be pretty awesome.

Here's his channel.

Horton Hears A Who

2009-09-23T23:08:00.002-05:00

A while back I watched the old animated version of Horton Hears a Who with Laurel. I remember being particularly moved by the story and Laurel even cried a little. The Whos' struggle to be heard and Horton's efforts to save them from a doom brought on by their obscurity really highlighted a myriad of social injustices. Homosexual civil rights, class warfare, healthcare tragedies, etc. are often ignored by the good while the evil people of the world tramp all over them. We should all strive to "hear a Who."
Not long after watching it, though, I began to think that it could have been intended as an anti-abortion story especially with the oft-repeated line "A person is a person, no matter how small." I began to wonder if one of the beloved Dr. Seuss classics was actually just a pro-life whining session. The book was written in 1954 but the "abortion debate" is a lot older than some of us realize.
No worries though, a little internet research cleared that shit right up. It seems that Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was inspired by the mistreatment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII and the post WWII US occupation of Japan. He even dedicated the book to a Japanese friend of his. Given the original sentiments of the story I'm sure he intended to highlight the abuse and exploitation of all the world's downtrodden minorities.
Of course, I wasn't the only one to notice the apparent apt-ness of this story in relation to the abortion debate and pro-lifers everywhere have taken up the mantra "A person is a person, no matter how small." to support their case. Even though I had settled the question of the original intention I still wondered how Seuss would react to this usage of his work. Alas, the internet has come to rescue once again. Philip Nel is a Seuss biographer and according to him Seuss threatened pro-life groups with a lawsuit for using his words on their stationery. Audrey Geisel, Seuss' widow, even said that the good doctor did not approve of these groups using his words to support their point of view.

Well there, it's ok with Dr. Seuss if you kill your fetus.

This Guy's Head Nearly Explodes

2009-09-10T12:14:00.003-05:00

This is a little old as Rev. Manning makes references to Barack Obama's upcoming loss in the presidential election but you should totally watch this if you want a good laugh. It's a little long at almost 7 minutes but it seriously keeps getting better and better and better.

Black People Slap Obama's Mama - Watch today’s top amazing videos here

Technology!

2009-09-08T23:37:00.002-05:00

Hmm. I'm attempting to post from my phone but it won't recognize the box you type in marked "compose" but it will let type in it when I select "edit HTML" so we'll see what happens.

Ok I just previewed the post and it works. This means I can avoid writing in a blog even from my bed!!!

THESE ARE SOME MOVIES I WANT TO SEE

2009-09-07T14:12:00.002-05:00

The Men Who Stare At Goats

Zombieland

Inception

The Wolfman

Capitalism - A Love Story

Bronson

Big Fan

Law Abiding Citizen

Where The Wild Things Are

Good Hair

A Serious Man

Thirst

...and some others but i got tired of making this retarded list.

POSTED WITHOUT PERMISSION

2009-09-07T14:08:00.002-05:00

This man raises some very good points and adds tremendously to the civil debate over God.

I Hate Saxophone Music

2009-09-04T15:22:00.002-05:00

Marcus Miller - Run For Cover
by Jayvee

This video is cool in almost every way. The drummer supports the rest of the band very nicely, the trumpet is just superb and Marcus Miller, of course, is slapping that bass like a back talking bitch. I just can't stand saxophone music so the cool level of this piece (and any other I can think of) goes from sky high to a cheesy low whenever the saxophonist starts playing.
I don't understand it, I love horns. You put almost any kind of horn in anything and I'm moving, man. I dig it. I just feel exactly the opposite when that horn is the saxophone.

Anybody feel the same way?

They Might Be Giants - "Science is Real"

2009-09-03T12:17:00.000-05:00

Amazon.com : Entertainment : They Might Be Giants - "Science is Real"

Man, I wish I could embed the video for this great They Might Be Giants song so you wouldn't have to click a link and visit another page. I know, it's terribly bothersome to have to do something like that.

Regardless, DO IT!

GET SMART, PEOPLE!

Capital Fuck Ups

2009-09-03T10:41:00.000-05:00

A recent broadcast I just hear on NPR tells the story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man who was executed for an arson that killed his family. The thing is, recent evidence shows that he was most probably innocent. In fact, he was convicted solely on the testimony of a forensic investigator which was shown to be full of junk science and false assumptions. This information was submitted to the governor while he was still on death row yet was not investigated.

At best this can be seen as an extremely unfortunate occurrence but one that cannot justify the abolition of capital punishment as an effective means of delivering justice and preventing future crimes. Or, one may say, that this is a horrible miscarriage of justice carried out by the Texas judicial system and a thorough investigation should take place on this isolated case and bring the negligible parties to justice.

But the thing is, this isn't a freak occurrence.

According to an article published by The American Bar Association states that in the past four years alone 17 death row inmates have been found innocent and released. If there are that many that are fortunate enough to have outside assistance in finding new evidence that vindicates their false convictions, exonerates them and saves their lives then how many more didn't get that treatment and ended up being executed for crimes they did not commit.

How many innocent people have to be murdered by the government in order to abolish capital punishment nationwide? In my opinion, the possibility of a single person suffering this fate is enough to ban this barbaric practice. I'm not saying that there aren't people who commit crimes great enough that I would want them dead. Surely if someone tortured and killed my family I would personally want them to suffer for a long time and know they they will be killed by my own hands. That being said, we cannot go through with these urges whether they be administered by vigilantes or state sanctioned executioners. There is just no way to know for sure that the people we are prosecuting, convicting and sentencing to death are actually guilty. Every American has the "right" to a "fair" trial but, there are no agents within the judicial system that actually try to find out the truth of what happened. There is the defense attorney who tries to get defendant off the hook and the prosecutor who tries to convict them. Neither of them is trying to find out what actually happened.

Fortunately for Cameron Todd Willingham, there were people outside the trial that tried to find out the truth but, unfortunately they were a little too late.

GET SMART, PEOPLE!

Wait, what??

2009-09-02T12:22:00.000-05:00

I found this little map that shows how states are graded according to the standards imposed on science education in our public schools. I am not surprised at all that my home state of Louisiana got an F. What really surprises me is when the same study was done back in 2000 we got a C!
We were about average in science education in 2000 which is still pretty piss-poor but now we've slipped all way down to an F! WTF is going on?!?

2009-09-02T11:51:00.000-05:00

I will start out by saying that this administration's proposed health-care reforms are NOT everything I want from our country. However, I am flabbergasted and enraged at the amount of bullshit that is coming from a lot of other people who are opposed. There are so many incredibly false and inflammatory claims about what this bill does that are easily refuted and clearly false. The outrageous thing is that when someone opposes this bill based on points that are irrefutably shown to be false, the opposition still stands. This makes me think that the opposition comes not from a disagreement about issues and methodology but, rather, from partisan differences and in some cases, possibly, racist motivations.
Try it yourself.
Find someone who is opposed to the healthcare plan.
Ask them WHY.
If they answer with anything like "DEATH PANELS" or "The government will provide health coverage to illegal aliens." or "I don't want the government deciding what doctor I can see and what treatments I can have." or "I don't want government plans forced on me." simply show them the facts.
Be astonished when they still oppose the plan despite the fact that every reason they have to be against it is patently false.
You may find some people who oppose the plan because they favor something that is even more radical: Completely Universal Government Run Health Care.
Those are few and far between depending on your social circles.
I have often used the analogy of the fire department and the police force to illustrate why the current way of doing things is utterly ridiculous. Suppose your house has caught fire. The first thing you do is call 911 and get the fire department there to put the fire out. You would not worry if this particular fire is covered by your insurance or, worse yet, freak out because you don't have fire fighter insurance. Same goes for the police department. If you get attacked and harassed and you call the police and they swoop in like magic heroes and catch the bad guy, making you safe and sound once again, you do not expect to receive a bill in the mail for thousands of dollars because you don't have police insurance. This is because both of those vital services are provided by the government automatically, no questions asked. These services are expensive and they are paid for by the government using your tax dollars. The same should go for healthcare. Your body and well being are vastly more important than your home and all your precious stuff in it so, to not have that covered by the same provider that catches your bad guys and puts out your fires is freaking STUPID.
Then just this morning I find a video made by the guys at Earthly Comics that uses the exact same analogy but explains everything in video form so people don't have to use their looking balls to read stupid wordz, ugh! It's a pretty great video and here it is.

GET SMART PEOPLE.

Somebody buy this for me

2009-09-02T10:50:00.000-05:00

The Book of Genesis
Illustrated by R. Crumb

Book of Genesis illustrated by R. Crumb from Mark Frauenfelder on Vimeo.

Paradox of the Day

2009-09-02T10:35:00.000-05:00

I recently had someone try to get all smart on me by asking the old paradoxical question "What happens if an unstoppable force meets and immovable object."
My answer was rushed and not completely articulate but was as follows;

The real and practical answer is that there are no unstoppable forces OR immovable objects so it's obviously not a rumination on physical possibilities. It's just a logic exercise with no real answer. That's just a paradox. They're cool but it just shows our imaginations ability to create situations that could not possibly exist. Like, "Can God create a stone so heavy that not even He can lift it?" The paradox is a challenge to those who believe in god and that he is all powerful. He obviously can't be all powerful because he either can't make a stone that heavy or he can and therefore can't lift it.
Back to the physical possibilities of the original paradox though. As I said there are no unstoppable forces or immovable objects. All objects with mass have inertia. An object at rest has inertia that keeps it at rest and will stay that way until acted upon by an outside force. It's "amount" of inertia comes from it's mass. So, if an object could not be moved that means it has infinite inertia and therefore infinite mass. We're not being crushed by it, therefore it doesn't exist.
Also, an unstoppable force would require infinite energy and we won't even go into the problems with that concept right now.
Now, assuming in some hypothetical universe that there were an immovable object and it was met with an unstoppable force. Energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only be transferred from one form to another, right? We all learned that one early on in high school at the latest. So if an unstoppable force with infinite energy were to meet and immovable object with infinite mass the energy would be transferred from kinetic energy that would normally move the object to other forms like heat, light and radiation. So, the immovable object would immediately begin to glow with infinite brightness and would create the most intense heat for infinity and this light and heat would radiate from everywhere since the object has infinite mass.
So, basically, hell would form. LOL

Any thoughts?

You damn dirty apes!

2009-08-22T00:50:00.000-05:00

Don't you just miss Charlton Heston's paranoid rants about Big Government supposedly trying to take his precious rifle?

Well, fret no more. Enter Jon Voight. America has gained a new inflammatory right wing extremist in Hollywood to counter the "liberal elite." He's falsely claiming that the new health care reform will "force" government plans on the American people. At a recent GOP fundraiser he called the president a "false prophet" and called for an end to "Obama oppression."

This guy is a joke but the fact that he represents an alarmingly large portion of the American people is no joke at all.

I had a wonderful dream last night.

2006-12-12T11:28:00.000-06:00

Practice Mug Shot

2006-12-12T11:25:00.000-06:00

I just took a test this morning.

2006-12-12T11:20:00.000-06:00

At the free clinic, for hepatitis.
I kicked ass too. I got an A, two B's and a C.

Living FUCK

2006-11-26T05:18:00.000-06:00

It's 3:11am.
My teeth hurt like bastards so I can't sleep. I need to sleep because I have to go to work in the morning. But these teeth!
How could anyone sleep with the feeling of having half your face chewed off by a bulldog?
I've smoked some pot and now have some mixture of Sprite and Rum preceeded by a Rum and Mint Tea.
I don't smoke pot or drink so I got a strange urge for blogger.
An urge that passed as soon as I began typing.

Conversations with History: The Peace Movement in Historical Perspective, with Linus Pauling

2006-08-01T20:08:00.000-05:00


In this 1983 interview, Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling joins U.C. Berkeley's Harry Kreisler for a discussion of the role of scientists in the peace movement. Series: "Conversations with History" [Humanities] [Public Affairs]

Seriously, I really hate titles.

2006-06-04T21:28:00.000-05:00

Today I woke up and did activities with my girlfriend.
Then I went to the bank and deposited three $5 checks from Pincone Research.
Then I walked to the MAX station at Pioneer Square.
I had a few minutes before the train came to take me to work so I went into the Rite Aid and bought a 20oz Diet Coca-Cola and four boxes of Hot Pockets.
I boarded the train headed for Beaverton and arrived at my stop at 1:50pm and walked to work.
I work at Stream International.
After arriving at work I have been sitting here at my desk doing nothing important.
I've just been looking at shit on YTMND and listening to my Les Savy Fav mix CD.

I can't really document my entire day yet because it is only a quarter till 8pm but, I'm fairly certain it will turn out like any other day before and countless days to come.

Here's a picture to distract us.

Seacrest Out

Why I don't tip anymore.

2006-05-25T23:23:00.000-05:00

Before you start getting pissed off or comparing me to Steve Buscemi let me say that I have been a server a few times. I know how hard it is and I know how appreciated tips are.
But you know what? I was a server in Louisiana where the wages earned are $2.13 per hour.
Now I live in Oregon where servers make minimum wage, which happens to be $7.50 per hour. If you're a server in Oregon then you will bring home, on a bad day, $60 in wages and $20 tips for a total of $80. While I, on the other hand, am making only $76 a day.
$80 is a very conservative figure. That assumes they only made $20 tips that day. A server can bring home upwards of $300 in tips in one night in certain restaurants.
But we'll take the meagerest of estimates and go with $80.

My next step involves a mathematical equation so I'll try to go slow.

$80 > $76

I'M NOT TIPPING YOUR RICH ASS

I'm onto something.

2006-05-13T23:21:00.000-05:00

So, I think I've figured out the secret plan.
In my job we are supposed to be reviewing text advertisements and approving or rejecting them but, there are very few ads. In the past week I've only done six ads and that is not a whole lot at all! (You can do one ad in like 3 minutes tops sometimes. It's actually more accurate to count how many keywords i've gone over since some ads have thousands of them and some ads have like one but whatever this thing is going on too long and I don't think you're allowed to have over a certain character limit inside parenthesis.)
Anyway, they let us surf the internet when we don't have ads, which is usually all damn day. The trick is they don't allow certain things; porn is forbidden because we are at work (duh) and they don't allow streaming audio or video because they say it takes up too much bandwidth. I can understand these two but the other things are a bit more fishy. We can't check Myspace (not that I'm crying about it, it's just a rule) and we can't play flash games or chat or even write in blogs. I am breaking that last rule right now, sshhhh.
So, basically my hypothesis is this.
This is all an experiment. The ideas is that the internet has a much grander use than what it is most commonly being used for so, they take away the biggest distractions (porn, audio, video, MySpace, flash games, chatting) to find out what we do with this wonderful tool.
I think the outcome of our work will be very important but, I'll never contribute to the answer if I keep breaking the rules and writing in this blog and chatting with my friends on my Gmail account.
Back to work!

TEH LORDS PRAEYR

2006-05-06T22:06:00.000-05:00

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Would you look at that.

2006-04-28T20:25:00.000-05:00

That's my oldest little brother and his pregnant wife and his very pregnant beard.

Some things you may not have known.

2006-04-28T17:21:00.000-05:00

In the near future people will have the option to choose certain small characteristics for their children based on our knowledge of the human genome.

Our techniques will improve with time because we will have more experience in the field.

Only rich people can afford this for their children.

Then the next generation of genetic manipulators will improve intelligence, possibly by figuring out a way to increase the size and surface area of the neocortex without having to be hindered by the birth canal of the mother.

Rich people will have awesome children.

Kinda like some shitty movie by friend saw and said was "okay". Sounds like Galaga. Gattica?

Over time, methods will improve but will still be expensive. A whole group of people will be enhanced, hyper-evolved through artificial selection and almost a completely different species from your average everyday middle class population.

The technology now isn't that hard or expensive, but we keep the lower class species of human around for menial labor and entertainment.

People like you are funny looking now, like monkeys riding bicycles and smoking cigarettes.

There are a couple of the advanced guys who recognize the injustice and want to help the lower class attain everything that they have now.

So they go and steal a time machine, which was invented about a decade prior but outlawed by the world legislature because time machines would totally fuck with everything, especially those in power.

Or something like that, shutup.

They go back in time and try to implant genetic boosters in people of the lower to middle class. The ancestors of the ones they are trying to help.

That's why backwoods hicks and lower class rednecks of today always report being abducted by aliens and probed.

Time Machine

Future Dude

Redneck

Wakka Wakka Wakka

So like, there I was...

2006-04-28T17:12:00.000-05:00

That's when it hit me.

"I'll make a pointless blog post! That will dispel my boredom for almost 15 seconds!"

Johnny Come Lately

2006-04-24T14:14:00.000-05:00

For the real instigator, check out this dude.

money money money money

2006-04-22T19:29:00.000-05:00

I got a job.

2006-04-22T13:02:00.000-05:00

What We Need More of is Science

2006-04-21T23:14:00.001-05:00

I’m fairly positive that everyone who is reading this has become frustrated at times with the apparant inability a lot of people have reconciling hard facts with their steadfast belief system. A lot of people are brought up and taught the biblical creation story from Genesis and continue to hold these beliefs for the rest of their grown lives. The overwhelming evidence of the obvious facts never quite break through that.

Okay, people, I know it’s hard but, YOU’VE GOTTA STOP TRYING TO KILL SCIENCE SO YOU CAN FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOUR BELIEFS!

Instead of asking “What would Jesus do?” people should be asking “What would Kepler do?”

Johannes Kepler was raised in an extremely superstitious time (1570-1630) and was, like most others, enamored with the idea of God’s perfect creation of the universe. He was obsessed with trying to make his beliefs fit into a scientific model. He wholeheartedly believed that God had designed and created the universe and orchestrated the solar system based on his perfect solids model. He tried for years to get his model to work based on current observations about the solar system and after failing was finally convinced that it was the accepted observations that were flawed and not his model. His belief system almost triumphed over science.

Where Kepler differs from the rest of today’s willfully ignorant is that, no matter how much it anguished him, he could not ultimately ignore measurable fact. No matter how much he really wanted his beliefs to be true, they simply were not and he knew it. After finally abandoning his notions about God’s perfect solids model for the solar system, Kepler was able to use the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe to come up with the three basic laws of planetary motion that is the basis of all we know about how planets move. It was even the base work that Isaac Newton used when building his three laws of motion and universal gravitation.

This little rant is more than just trying to suck Kepler’s dick though. It’s an example of the kind of scientific breakthroughs that can happen when the shackles of religious beliefs are not allowed to hinder critical thought and observation skills.

Alright I guess that’s about it.

Gettin back to work now.

And we're back

2006-02-09T19:50:00.000-06:00

jump ahead, blah blah blah
got kicked out
blah blah blah
lost my job
etc., etc.
said "fuck it"
yadda yadda yadda
moved to Portland

stayed in a hostel for a week
that was cool

met some people
most of them were cool

got an apartment

now I'm looking for a job

but man, all these people,

it's making it fun to be an amateur philosopher

The Time Has Come

2006-01-03T17:53:00.000-06:00

The inevitable has happened. Francisco has gotten us kicked out of our apartment.
Of course, I'm not surprised.
I've warned him multiple times that if he can't keep his shit together when he's drunk he's going to get us kicked out and after the New Years night fiasco it finally happened.
Fran and his girlfriend came home TRASHED and stomped the whole way up the stairs. And after his girlfriend threw herself into my bed, with my naked ass comfortably inside, Fran just lost his shit entirely. He ripped the door off the hinges and yelled and screamed and stomped around for an indeterminate number of hours. This wouldn't be overreaction except that I was underneath the covers and she just fell down onto my bed from being so wasted. She was doing the typical drunk person thing where you tell the other people where you went and exactly what you drank and say "fuckin'" a lot.
Anyway, I knew this was going to happen at some point. I just figured we would get at least one more noise violation notice before being evicted.

Well, at least now I know that my insecuritites about the stability of my life weren't unfounded. Maybe I'm not so crazy afterall.

Movies these days.

2005-12-21T19:44:00.000-06:00

I just watched A History of Violence starring Viggo Mortensen.
I tell ya, I was a little surprised at the graphic nature of the sex and violence in this movie. While there certainly weren't as many dead bodies in this movie as others out there, it was pretty graphic for what I was expecting. There was a pretty cool scene where a guy got his nose bashed in. He pretty much got his shit ruined.
Also there wasn't very much nudity at all but the sex was still a bit graphic. Pretty early on in the film the main character and his wife start getting heavy with the sixety-nine position and there's a pretty good hate-fuck scene.

Maybe it wasn't as shocking as I'm making it out to be.
My head is a little funny right now because my world has been turned upside down. I have a new live-in girlfriend which has pretty much taken up all of my time. This has also changed my relationship with my best friends. I just don't get to interact with them as much anymore and I fear this has caused a strain.

Pretty strange situation but we'll just have to see how it all works out.

Well this is strange.

2005-12-08T16:53:00.000-06:00

Okay, it's official.
She's my girlfriend.

Okay, I'm only saying this once.

2005-11-30T05:47:00.000-06:00

A girl is moving into my apartment with me. She is doing this because she wants to move to Portland but has no one in the area to stay with except me. I am helping her get on her feet in the northwest. I also think this chick is cool and attractive. There is nothing else that anyone should assume past this.

Now, let the harrassment begin!

I can't do this.

2005-11-20T15:17:00.000-06:00

I really need to clean my room. It's gotten to that point where it has a smell now.
It doesn't exactly stink, but it does have a smell. But, I don't know where to put all this stuff. I mean that's why it's just laying around in the first place.
Well, I'm not doing it now I gotta go to work and clean other people's rooms.

You've never been to Texas, boy!

2005-11-19T03:12:00.000-06:00

I just got my Bobby Conn & The Glass Gypsies Live Classics Vol. 1 cd in the mail today. The extras include two videos. YES!!
Goddamn, I love me some Bobby Conn.

Homework?

2005-11-14T05:45:00.000-06:00

So, I just got finished with a bit of homework.
Well for those who may not know but for some reason give a shit, I work as support staff in a group home for adults with developmental disabilities and mental retardation (for lack of a better diagnosis). I am also an advocate for one of the clients which means that in addition to my normal duties I handle specific needs for him.
For legal reasons I'll just say his name is Ethan.
Ethan is in his early 50's and diabetic but not insulin dependent so part of my advocate duties is to keep an eye on his diet. I just spent a few minutes researching healthy foods for him, specifically ones that are low in carbs and have a low GI (glycemic index). I have found some pretty good options and am looking forward to putting his new diet in action. I will also be purchasing a soymilk maker for him since soymilk is better for you than cow's milk and homemade soymilk has fewer carbs and a lower GI rating than store-bought soymilk. This purchase also helps another of my advocate duties because I am responsible for keeping his finances in order.
Purchasing this soymilk maker will be a good spend down for him because he can't have over $2,000 in his bank account or else he stops getting his social security checks and I've already got his account up to just over $1,900 with another check in his money pouch that I can't deposit until I've spent some of that.
Which brings me to the second part of my homework. I was researching hotels and activities in Newport, OR. I will be taking Ethan out to Newport to stay in a hotel for the weekend. This will be a good spend down for him because he pays for all the expenses like the hotel room and the aquarium and restaurants, etc. It will be a much needed draw on his bank account so I can finally deposit that check and I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun spending a weekend together. This also takes care of another one of my advocate duties: community outings. He's already looking forward to it.

Me: "You want to go to the coast and walk on the beach?"
Ethan: "Shall we?"
Me: "It's gonna be cold!"
Ethan: "It's gonna be coooold! Now, you laugh!"
Me: "HA HA HA"

I love my job.

I Just Wanted To Show This To You

2005-11-13T04:40:00.000-06:00

I've had nothing interesting to say as of late so I'll just post up some weird shit.
No, make that awesome!

If you are prepared for the next wave of badassedness in music and video art then give ole Leslie a click.

Damn

2005-11-11T03:34:00.000-06:00

Okay be prepared to get warped to your favorite memories of childhood. Retrojunk offers viewable and downloadable commercials, intros to tv shows and movie trailers from the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Man I spent hours checking that shit out.
Specifically, be sure to watch the intro to The Super Mario Brothers Super Show.
The memory machine indeed.

Although, fair warning, this site kinda made me depressed because compared to back then my life sucks now.

Naughty Me

2005-11-10T07:39:00.000-06:00

I realize that quite a few of my posts have been related to activities or made references to things that could be considered vulgar, or at least had some "bad words".
So, uh...
Whatever, that's me I guess.
Who knew?

Holy Crap!

2005-11-10T03:35:00.000-06:00

So I was walking home from my friend's apartment tonight when about halfway the sudden and unstoppable urge to urinate hit me. There was no way I was going to be able to hold this all the way home. This neighborhood doesn't really provide any well hidden places to urinate in public and there were no public restrooms anywhere in sight. I held it in and continued down the street with a wide eye open to any spot to pee unnoticed. I must have looked like I was inventing a new funny walk for Monty Python. Well after a few blocks it became too much to hold and I whipped around and started pissing off the sidewalk but, no sooner had I began the awe inspiring torrent of urine I noticed a couple walking towards me. I couldn't very well stand there with a giant arc of golden relief gushing forth from my exposed genitals so I tried my best to quell my activities and stuffed it back in my pants. It was to no avail. I had to walk the rest of the way home in near freezing weather with piss soaked pants, socks and shoes.
Oh well, it was about time for a shower anyway.

Say it aint so.

2005-11-09T22:41:00.000-06:00

Depeche Mode is playing in Seattle on the 16th but the tickets range in price from like $200 - $300. What the fuck?
WHY???
Remember that song "Everything Counts"?
C'mon that made me think they weren't down with all that shit. Hopefully they're just clueless and their tour manager is being a douche behind their backs.
I know, I'm grasping.
Shutup.

THIS is truth in advertising.

2005-11-08T07:04:00.001-06:00

Whoops!
I just ate two of these big burritos from the local CircleK called The Bomb. They always give me heck of gas and I have a staff meeting tomorrow morning. I may have to excuse myself a few times or I could just be punk rock about it and give everyone a taste of my butt stuff.

My queer relationship with friends.

2005-11-08T02:50:00.000-06:00

So my L.L.Bean coat is pretty cool but tonight it iced over and I was glad I was wearing my other coat that my friend Chuck sent me. I like it better because not only is it heavier and warmer but it was his coat he had from childhood. It has more soul. I wear it over my t-shirt that another friend gave me. He lost his virginity in that shirt. It's a The Queers shirt.
I love my friends.
What the hell have you got to say about that?!?!

OMG Ray Smuckles

2005-11-07T06:51:00.000-06:00

Everyone must read Achewood. That is linked to the archived page of the first strip in the series. I feel that you should read them sequentially as there are story arcs and you should know the characters and previous events to truly appreciate the later strips.
So, go read them all.

The Birth of the Cold War

2005-11-07T06:43:00.000-06:00

When you look at that famous picture of the Big 3 during the Yalta Conference doesn't it just look like Stalin already knows that he's not going to be friends with these guys for very long?
I think so.
Also, it looks like they're waiting for a bus.

L.L.Bean actually makes a quality product.

2005-11-07T06:20:00.001-06:00

My grandmother sent me a coat from L.L.Bean. I always thought of L.L.Bean as more of a social symbol like Abercrombie and Fitch or Old Navy. I mean, they even have their own dumbass SUV. But I've got to admit this is a damn fine coat. It's a dark green hooded coat with an orange fleece liner, lots of big pockets, real warm and rather fashionable. After undoing a couple hidden zippers and snaps the orange fleece liner comes out and is it's own nice peice. This leaves the outside part of the coat as a light jacket. Seperate, these are two nice additions to anyone's wardrobe and together make one hell of a coat. I was all showing it off to a coworker today and she was like "Yeah, they do that." I didn't know they did that!!111 Turns out, L.L.Bean actually makes a quality product. I still threw away the catalog that came with it though.

The most overrated Beatle.

2005-11-06T06:23:00.000-06:00

From a recent interview with Paul McCartney in the October 18, 2005 issue of Paste.

Though they may not be as groundbreaking as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or have the same nostalgic appeal as Rubber Soul, McCartney insists these new records are all part of the same trip. "It's like sort of stepping on a train," he tells Paste. "I don't worry about other trains I've been on, just this new train, and that's exciting."

What the fuck is his problem? That guy still rides trains? And what's up with not giving a shit about the last train he was on? What a locomotive slut. If you don't have proper respect for rail transport then you're no friend of mine.
Fuck you, Sir James Paul McCartney.
Fuck you.