Monday, February 28, 2005
When you stare into the abyss...
I'm so discouraged that no one reads this blog. I thought someone might stumble on it at some point. I've given the address to several non-blogger friends and none of them has checked it out. Superweak.
Adventures in Playstation Land
So as some of you know my Playstation took a crap not to long ago. I tried all kind of things to fix it but finaly broke down and bought a new one. That one took a crap too. No I'm not an idiotI know how to clean discs and try discs on other machines and all that. It was broken trust me. These sort of things happen all the to me. I have to return things all the time. If there is a defective model in stock, its almost gauranteed to be the one I pick. I have a theory that my whole life is constructed like the Truman Show and that I'm actually part of some psychological experiment to see how many of life'd little inconveniences it takes to drive a person mad. So anyway when I went to exchange the Playstation they didn't have any left. So I went to two other places that also didn't have any. I finally got one at Target and it seems to be working fine so thats good.
Right now I'm at Randy and Alex's drinking beers and watching TV. Alex isn't drinking but he's eating my peanuts.
Right now I'm at Randy and Alex's drinking beers and watching TV. Alex isn't drinking but he's eating my peanuts.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Look Out Tokyo
Are you sure you want to be messin' with Godzilla? Because... I mean... He breathes fire, you know that right? Alright then it's your ass not mine.
A shitty experience (pun intended)
Don't you hate it when you just have to crap in a public place. Like a bar where the urinals are always being used and there is only one stall. You want to hold it in but your body says, "No, we're gettin' rid of this and right now." You know if its that urgent that its gonna be bad. So there you are a thin piece of plywood separating you and 5 drunk dudes. You concentrate all your power on making this silent... its not gonna happen. You concentrate like Luke Skywalker trying to get his X-wing out of the swamp. But like Luke, you find its just too difficult. You rip one... a loud one. Better to get it all out right here right now than to have to make a return trip. The sounds from that stall are so bad you now have to wait until everyone leaves before coming out because you can't show your face after that. You'll be the dude that tore up the bathroom. Your identity must remain a secret. You are the mystery crapper.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
What's your Hawaiian name?
Check out this pretty cool site. You can get your name in the Hawaiian language. My name is Lanaki. Pretty cool, I think.
http://www.alohafriendsluau.com/names.html
http://www.alohafriendsluau.com/names.html
School and Such...
School can be so boring from 8AM till 12PM, especially if the class you have is Economics. Nothing against any economists who may be reading this but your subject needs some serious adrenaline. Anyway so I was just half listening to this lecture while talking to Lauri on AIM and besides talking to Lauri it was pretty boring. But everything can't be exciting in life. I have a quiz to take now that I know nothing about. Fun stuff be back in awhile. Yeah I am back so that quiz sucked I am not sure I did too well, but there are more important things than school sometimes.
I am seriously stoked right now and I will tell you why. With only three classes left my last quarter is officially approaching. Once this quarter is in the books which is in like 3 more weeks. I will only be 11 weeks away from graduating. I can't really tell you what this feels like especially since everybody had basically given up on me ever getting a degree about 4 years ago. It is really exciting. Alright enough about me and my euphoria.
So this past week I worked an awful lot. On Wednesday night I worked a Speaker Series show, the speaker was John Glenn, on Thursday I worked some Financial Celebrities show which was basically a way for the rich to become richer and make the less fortunate think they could make all this money too. What a scam! Then on Friday, Saturday and Sunday I worked The Fit Expo. You may have seen ads in the LA Weekly or what not about this show. It is basically just a bunch of people who either want to be fit or are either in a totally fit state. It was a bit depresing but funny too. Depressing cause I am so far from fit it is crazy, funny cause some of these people were so musclebound they had trouble walking up stairs. Hey instead of benchpressing 400 lbs. Try some cardio once in a while buddy. It was a fairly simple show just stand in a spot and check for wristbands, badges and what not. A very interesting event.
So this weekend I am working The Knife Expo. I wonder what kind of people will be there, that is the most interesting thing about my job. The people I end up meeting at these shows are always different. We shall see.
If it seems to you like I am writing more than usual you get a gold star. I am because as you know if you keep up daily with out AWESOME blog. You know my hard drive crashed so pretty much the only time I have now is at school in between breaks or during Economics (ha,ha,ha). So I might try to get something done between now and Tuesday. Hopefully I will have a new HD by then and can start posting at home again. OK I gotta go now because I feel like I am rambling.
Peace Out to all my homies and keep it real dawgs!!
I am seriously stoked right now and I will tell you why. With only three classes left my last quarter is officially approaching. Once this quarter is in the books which is in like 3 more weeks. I will only be 11 weeks away from graduating. I can't really tell you what this feels like especially since everybody had basically given up on me ever getting a degree about 4 years ago. It is really exciting. Alright enough about me and my euphoria.
So this past week I worked an awful lot. On Wednesday night I worked a Speaker Series show, the speaker was John Glenn, on Thursday I worked some Financial Celebrities show which was basically a way for the rich to become richer and make the less fortunate think they could make all this money too. What a scam! Then on Friday, Saturday and Sunday I worked The Fit Expo. You may have seen ads in the LA Weekly or what not about this show. It is basically just a bunch of people who either want to be fit or are either in a totally fit state. It was a bit depresing but funny too. Depressing cause I am so far from fit it is crazy, funny cause some of these people were so musclebound they had trouble walking up stairs. Hey instead of benchpressing 400 lbs. Try some cardio once in a while buddy. It was a fairly simple show just stand in a spot and check for wristbands, badges and what not. A very interesting event.
So this weekend I am working The Knife Expo. I wonder what kind of people will be there, that is the most interesting thing about my job. The people I end up meeting at these shows are always different. We shall see.
If it seems to you like I am writing more than usual you get a gold star. I am because as you know if you keep up daily with out AWESOME blog. You know my hard drive crashed so pretty much the only time I have now is at school in between breaks or during Economics (ha,ha,ha). So I might try to get something done between now and Tuesday. Hopefully I will have a new HD by then and can start posting at home again. OK I gotta go now because I feel like I am rambling.
Peace Out to all my homies and keep it real dawgs!!
Monday Night Madness
blog blog blog all day long
blog blog blog while I sing this song.
I never did turn in that paper for California History on tues. I'll finish it tonight at work and turn it in late. Oh well.
On Sunday me and Lauri were in the apartment all day. We left three times: once for lunch, once for dinner and once to buy a new playstation2. Then monday when I was supposed to be writign that paper I got caught up in watching a president's day West Wing Marathon. I finally got to see the ones where Zoe gets kidnapped and John Goodman becomes president. Anyway, by monday night I was so sick of TV that I almost ran ot of the house screaming when 7pm rolled around. I told Lauri to get her shit together we were going out in the city. I was feelin kinda shitty and didn't really know what to do. Our first stop was Vroman's so I could look to see if they had Fear and Loathing on the Campaign trail '72 by the recetly deceased Hunter S. Thompson. I'm sure they did have it but I didn't know what section to look in and becasue I'm an introvert I really didn't feel like asking anyone. So we just looked around for a while. I haven't read anything good in a while and once you get off the scent of good books its hard to get back on it.
After that I really had no idea where to go. We drove through old town just to see the city. KROQ was still playing there 90's flashback weekend and we heard that song by Space Hog I can't remember the name of it, but it has that line "Okay Okay, I'm not Okay." and for some reason that got me pumped up. So I said lets go pick up Randy and we cold have a sing along to 90's songs in car and go to the crown for a beer. And then Lauri said lets go pick up Sheila, who in relation to us lives in BFE but was house sitting. I thought what a great idea we could be like back in high school when one person had a car had to drive around and pick up everyone before going anywhere. So we would have 90's music and car full of people, how nostalgic would that be? But Sheila wasn't feelin it so we called Randy, who while not overly enthusiastic was willing to roll. So we drove from downtown Pasadena to Arcadia and back to downtown.
The Crown was its usual fun self I was looking for fun events on monday night around Pasadena in the Pasadena weekly but we had missed a poetry reading at the library. The only problem was that there were these yuppies sitting next to us that had never been in The Crown before. They kept ordering these obscure forign beers and then complaining that they tasted like shit. And then one of the chicks started getting loud about how bad the backed beans tasted and told Oscar ( the FNG bartender) to tell the cooks how to make baked beans. Then Lauri got mad because I was eves dropping on them and not listening to her. I'm just glad that Tim or Troy wasn't bartending for those yuppies or the whole thing might have ended in violence. Anyway, I'd had enough of thier yuppy talk so I got up and moved. I had three PBR's and some chicken fingers and some nice conversation. They were getting ready to close early because it was monday and there wasn't anyone in there except us and the yuppies (Do people still use that term?) BUT, right before we left someone called Oscar and asked how late they would be open and he said twenty minutes. Now, someone tells me 20 mins and I'm not going to show up there for a beer. But wouldn't you know just was we're walking out the door in come these fucks from the yardhouse. I felt bad, Oscar had dealt with those yuppy fucks all night and now as he's trying to close in come more people. Ah well.
I decided I wanted to play some pool at the bar formerly known as Tailgators because it was early still (10pm). But this was a dangerous proposition because it was just as likely they would be closed and because after more beers I would have to take Randy home. So we went and it was closed so we headed back to Randy's for a little DVR watching and a couple more PBR's. All around it was a pretty good night if you dont count the fact that i should have been writing a paper.
I got me a chicken infection.
-Meatwad
blog blog blog while I sing this song.
I never did turn in that paper for California History on tues. I'll finish it tonight at work and turn it in late. Oh well.
On Sunday me and Lauri were in the apartment all day. We left three times: once for lunch, once for dinner and once to buy a new playstation2. Then monday when I was supposed to be writign that paper I got caught up in watching a president's day West Wing Marathon. I finally got to see the ones where Zoe gets kidnapped and John Goodman becomes president. Anyway, by monday night I was so sick of TV that I almost ran ot of the house screaming when 7pm rolled around. I told Lauri to get her shit together we were going out in the city. I was feelin kinda shitty and didn't really know what to do. Our first stop was Vroman's so I could look to see if they had Fear and Loathing on the Campaign trail '72 by the recetly deceased Hunter S. Thompson. I'm sure they did have it but I didn't know what section to look in and becasue I'm an introvert I really didn't feel like asking anyone. So we just looked around for a while. I haven't read anything good in a while and once you get off the scent of good books its hard to get back on it.
After that I really had no idea where to go. We drove through old town just to see the city. KROQ was still playing there 90's flashback weekend and we heard that song by Space Hog I can't remember the name of it, but it has that line "Okay Okay, I'm not Okay." and for some reason that got me pumped up. So I said lets go pick up Randy and we cold have a sing along to 90's songs in car and go to the crown for a beer. And then Lauri said lets go pick up Sheila, who in relation to us lives in BFE but was house sitting. I thought what a great idea we could be like back in high school when one person had a car had to drive around and pick up everyone before going anywhere. So we would have 90's music and car full of people, how nostalgic would that be? But Sheila wasn't feelin it so we called Randy, who while not overly enthusiastic was willing to roll. So we drove from downtown Pasadena to Arcadia and back to downtown.
The Crown was its usual fun self I was looking for fun events on monday night around Pasadena in the Pasadena weekly but we had missed a poetry reading at the library. The only problem was that there were these yuppies sitting next to us that had never been in The Crown before. They kept ordering these obscure forign beers and then complaining that they tasted like shit. And then one of the chicks started getting loud about how bad the backed beans tasted and told Oscar ( the FNG bartender) to tell the cooks how to make baked beans. Then Lauri got mad because I was eves dropping on them and not listening to her. I'm just glad that Tim or Troy wasn't bartending for those yuppies or the whole thing might have ended in violence. Anyway, I'd had enough of thier yuppy talk so I got up and moved. I had three PBR's and some chicken fingers and some nice conversation. They were getting ready to close early because it was monday and there wasn't anyone in there except us and the yuppies (Do people still use that term?) BUT, right before we left someone called Oscar and asked how late they would be open and he said twenty minutes. Now, someone tells me 20 mins and I'm not going to show up there for a beer. But wouldn't you know just was we're walking out the door in come these fucks from the yardhouse. I felt bad, Oscar had dealt with those yuppy fucks all night and now as he's trying to close in come more people. Ah well.
I decided I wanted to play some pool at the bar formerly known as Tailgators because it was early still (10pm). But this was a dangerous proposition because it was just as likely they would be closed and because after more beers I would have to take Randy home. So we went and it was closed so we headed back to Randy's for a little DVR watching and a couple more PBR's. All around it was a pretty good night if you dont count the fact that i should have been writing a paper.
I got me a chicken infection.
-Meatwad
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Sorry
Wassup people? Just wanted to let you know. My hard drive is dead. But don't fret i will be buying one this week, probably Thursday. So I will be back on the blog soon. I will update tomorrow during my boring Economics class tomorrow. I will tell you about the exciting weekend I had at the Fit Expo and the Ironman Competition. So stay tuned!!
This is just great
Randy and Alex are out of the blogging business until Randy gets a new hard drive on the computer. His old one is fried. So its up to me keep this alive (once again).
Monday, February 21, 2005
What's New...
So we finally broke down and got a new playstation2. Thats all I want to say about that except to say I will not be buying Playstation 3.
I'm supposed to be working on a paper on the effect of the railroad in California but I'm just not feeling it. I think this one's going to have to turn out to be late. The great thing about being an English major is that a lot of the time deadlines are more a suggestion than a rule. English professors would much rather have a good paper a day late than a bad paper on time. Other disciplines are not so leaniant. This paper is for history so I'm probably going to have to take a deduction in grade. Oh well. Not much else new. This raid is preventing me from going hiking and I don't really like any other kind of exercise so I'm feeling a bit sluggish. Shit man, I wish i had something entertaining to say but I don't today, maybe later.
I'm supposed to be working on a paper on the effect of the railroad in California but I'm just not feeling it. I think this one's going to have to turn out to be late. The great thing about being an English major is that a lot of the time deadlines are more a suggestion than a rule. English professors would much rather have a good paper a day late than a bad paper on time. Other disciplines are not so leaniant. This paper is for history so I'm probably going to have to take a deduction in grade. Oh well. Not much else new. This raid is preventing me from going hiking and I don't really like any other kind of exercise so I'm feeling a bit sluggish. Shit man, I wish i had something entertaining to say but I don't today, maybe later.
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Shit List? Yeah right!
One I don't think someone that drives someone all over god's creation should get punched twice!! I drive him everywhere and I was having a fine time but he punched me twice didn't even think about it or said sorry so I left him. He paid the bill we were on the same bill anyway and I paid him when he got back home. I was going to sit down and I tried to move him but when he turned around he punched me. I did nothing and there was no reason for him to punch me. I know if it was you it would be different you are used to your brothers and you fighting. But I'm not and I'm sure you weren't fighting when you were driving your brother or brothers everywhere. So before you put me on the shit list think about that. I was going to punch him back but he would punch me back harder then a fight would break out would you rather have that. Sorry I'm acting like an ass but everytime I leave it's because I don't want to get into a fight or have a bad time. I don't like being treated like shit and then acting like nothing happened. I know you are probably thinking grow up. But maybe you should tell Randy it first. I don't like when anyone talks shit about me and you've been there before. Also it's the first time he punched me and I din't like it that much. If you are mad at me for saying this I'm sorry. I just thought I should tell you why I left.
I'm Drunk
I drank too much tonight. I don't really care tonight, but tommorow I'm going to regret it. Anyway, as you know Randy doesn't have a car. alex drove him to the crown tonight but then got pissed over some stupis shit and left without paying his tab and with me and Lauri having to take Randy home. Thats some fucked up shit. I'm not supposed to use the term "shit List". But...
Friday, February 18, 2005
Okay So...
So normally I try to keep a fairly positive outlook and when I'm feeling shitted on I try to count my blessings, but as of late things are starting to pile up and really starting to make me angry. First of all, I smashed my car and now it looks like shit and I have no sideview mirror. AND I no longer have the money to fix it. Second, my back brakes have gone to hell and are probably ruining my drums and I have no money to fix them either. My classes this quarter completely suck, I have no interest in either of them, yet they are required courses. Strange how that works out. My job makes no sense to me anymore, people tell me from one day to the next that I'm superfluous or that I should be making more money. Fuck all of you mind your own goddamn business. Over the last 3 months I think I've gained twenty pounds and I have no desire to go through the hardship of losing it again but I'm no longer comfortable in any of my clothes. Lastly and foremost on my mind at this moment is the issue of my playstation. Even as I write this I see how trivial some might find this... The problem is that the fucking thing does everything except the one FUCKING thing I want it to do. I tried to fix it today with a fix I found on the internet. It was working great, I felt so happy that I had accomplished something. I bragged to everyone how I had fixed it myself. When I got home a few hours later, it was right back in the same state it was before I left. If its going to be broken, be broken. Don't do everything but the thing I want it to that's just cruel. I'm pissed. I know it sounds stupid but I'm fucking pissed. I'm sorry if this is a downer and I know its too personal but that's what this blog is about, everyday shit, and right now the everyday shit is about to make me lose my everyday mind. motherfuck motherfuck mother mother fuck FUCK!
Thursday, February 17, 2005
King of the Tyrant Lizards
How would you like to come across that while walking through the woods. Trust me you wouldn't... Its a friggin' T-Rex!
Lament for an oil filter wrench
An oil filter wrench is not like other wrenches in that it serves but one purpose, to change oil filters. Once I owned an oil filter wrench. It was beautiful. It had a shiny orange plastic handle and was the perfect size for 4-cylinder vehicles. Alas, when I when looking for my oil filter wrench, which I had hung neatly on a nail in the garage, it was lost. Anyone who has seen my garage knows its not a good place to be lost in; rather like falling into a black hole. Fruitlessly I searched, hoping against hope that it would be found. It was not to be. I went to get a new tool that could only be used for thing today, because someone had thrown away my oil filter wrench. I, of course, bought the wrong size and had to exchange it later in the day. This new wrench could be good too...I suppose. Missing is the shiny orange handle; replaced by a clunky black one. I don't want to rule out that there may be god times with this new wrench... But it will never be as special as it was with one who is now lost.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Work
Hey guys it's Alex. Sayin wussup to all the pretty ladies who read this...if any do. I worked Entourage today and I realized that they were all kinda cool. Mostly Kevin Conolly (Unhappily Ever After, John Q) who took time out to say Hi to all of the extras which doesn't happen a lot. Also Freddy Carrera(don't know anything else he was in) who was talkin to some people (including me) about video games. Kevin Dillon and Adrien Grenier didn't talk to me. Adrian was fighting with the producer about using his sidekick (the text,phone,web thing) before the scene. Kevin Dillon was busy trying to make a deal for an X-Box (we were working at a game store) he said he was tired of his PS2 or maybe he knows X-Box is far more superior. Whatever. Tommorrow I'm going to The Fuse VJ casting call all the way in San Diego and I'll try to post tommorrow what happened. Later!
Waiting...SUCKS!
How much of our lives do we spend waiting for something? All I know is it is a lot I hate waiting. Right now I am waiting to go catch the bus to go to work. If I go now I will get to work super early and I would rather not get there too early. So I have about 54 minutes to kill. So since I have been neglecting my blog I figured why not write about some shit. One problem I can't seem to think of what to write about. I hate it when this happens. I sit down planning to kill time on the best blog in the universe and can't think of a fucking thing. So instead of talking about the present I will regale you with a tale from my past.
Hmmm... Nah I changed my mind maybe later tonight, right now I am going to play some GTA San Andreas. Peace Out homies!!
Hmmm... Nah I changed my mind maybe later tonight, right now I am going to play some GTA San Andreas. Peace Out homies!!
Movie quote
Hey lady you ever had your asshole licked by a fat man in an overcoat?
-Jay from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
-Jay from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Thought for the Day
Do you ever think to yourself what if this existence isn't real. What if we are all completely oblivious to the signs or what if we see the signs but choose to ignore them because acknowledging them would lead us to an answer we might not like?
Back on the horse
A few days ago Pete and I were working oh wait he already told you about all the sick people and apathetic people who use wheelchairs instead of walking. Skip that.
Am I the only one out there who thinks that Valentine's Day is a bunch of horseshit. It is like candy manufacturers, florists and card companies got together and said how can we sell more of this shit during February. I for one HATE Valentine's Day. If you are lucky enough to actually have a girlfriend most of them excpect you to go out of your way to do something nice for them on this day. WHY? What makes this one day of the year so damn special. Nothing, it's crap.
Lately school has been getting on my nerves I have like 5 months left or so but I am so tried of it. The fucked up thing is I have no god damn clue what to do once I do get out of school. I feel lost and it is only getting worse. I have no direction. It is like I am just floating along but up ahead is fucking Niagara Falls and I am doomed.
Ok enough gloom and doom and how my life is FUBAR. In all reality my life really isn't that bad. I just like saying my life sucks cause I don't know why I really have no reason to be so melodramatic.
I was thinking today (don't worry I didn't hurt myself) and I don't have too much to complain about. I got a piece of cake job that I enjoy most of the time, I got great friends even when they accuse me of neglecting the blog, my own apartment that is clean now thanks to Pete, going to school and doing well I might say, and my future though I like to overdramatize it's gloominess actually looks fairly bright. Sure I don't have a girlfriend or a car but those are 2 things that are easily fixable. For the most part I got it good. So I am going to stop being so depressed all the time cause shit could be worse.
Am I the only one out there who thinks that Valentine's Day is a bunch of horseshit. It is like candy manufacturers, florists and card companies got together and said how can we sell more of this shit during February. I for one HATE Valentine's Day. If you are lucky enough to actually have a girlfriend most of them excpect you to go out of your way to do something nice for them on this day. WHY? What makes this one day of the year so damn special. Nothing, it's crap.
Lately school has been getting on my nerves I have like 5 months left or so but I am so tried of it. The fucked up thing is I have no god damn clue what to do once I do get out of school. I feel lost and it is only getting worse. I have no direction. It is like I am just floating along but up ahead is fucking Niagara Falls and I am doomed.
Ok enough gloom and doom and how my life is FUBAR. In all reality my life really isn't that bad. I just like saying my life sucks cause I don't know why I really have no reason to be so melodramatic.
I was thinking today (don't worry I didn't hurt myself) and I don't have too much to complain about. I got a piece of cake job that I enjoy most of the time, I got great friends even when they accuse me of neglecting the blog, my own apartment that is clean now thanks to Pete, going to school and doing well I might say, and my future though I like to overdramatize it's gloominess actually looks fairly bright. Sure I don't have a girlfriend or a car but those are 2 things that are easily fixable. For the most part I got it good. So I am going to stop being so depressed all the time cause shit could be worse.
Sorrow of the Insomniac
Don't you hate it when you send an email you think is important to someone and then get no response. I got a page last night from work at 2:45am about some issue that was going on with a show moving out. I handled the issue by phone and sent an email to the event manager. I feel like I should have gotten a "thanks for handling that..." or a "got your email and will look into it..." Instead a got squat. nothing. Like the feedback to my entire blog, nothing. Messages into the abyss.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Well Then...
Less whining and more blogging.
So Randy and Alex got a DVR box (aka TiVo) for their cable. The best part of which is the ability to, at 11pm, record the Simpsons while watching Family Guy or vice versa and then watching the other at 11:30pm. I think this may represent the height of human technology. Aside from medical advancements, what else do we really need?
I bought a book called The Best American Essays of 2004, aside from one good essay about the Matrix I find this book to be pretty lame. Most of the essays start out pretty good, if not a bit self consciously stylistic, but then they go on to ramble terribly. What happened to brevity being the soul of wit? In contrast The Best American Science and Nature writing of 2004 was chocked full of great articles. I thought that an essay was meant to elucidate a point of view; most of these are just rambling remanisances. Or maybe they are just over my head. Oh, you're so bloody brilliant with your symbolism and your allegory.
Okay im writing this at work and I share a desk with the dept. secretary and on her desk is a copy of the latest Star magazine with a picture of a seemingly distraught Jessica Simpson, the headline is: "Fighting and Crying". Yes, I'm tempted to read it even though I know its a bunch of crap. I must resist...must not dumb myself down...Oh, fuck it.
So apparently Nick is sick of Jessica's whining and has been hanging around with other women at parties. Scandalous. Plus, there is a riff involving Jessica's dad. Nick thinks he's too invovled in Jessica's life. Sooo exciting.
Movie Quote of the Day:
"Any man doesn't wanna get killed better clear on out the back."
-Unforgiven
So Randy and Alex got a DVR box (aka TiVo) for their cable. The best part of which is the ability to, at 11pm, record the Simpsons while watching Family Guy or vice versa and then watching the other at 11:30pm. I think this may represent the height of human technology. Aside from medical advancements, what else do we really need?
I bought a book called The Best American Essays of 2004, aside from one good essay about the Matrix I find this book to be pretty lame. Most of the essays start out pretty good, if not a bit self consciously stylistic, but then they go on to ramble terribly. What happened to brevity being the soul of wit? In contrast The Best American Science and Nature writing of 2004 was chocked full of great articles. I thought that an essay was meant to elucidate a point of view; most of these are just rambling remanisances. Or maybe they are just over my head. Oh, you're so bloody brilliant with your symbolism and your allegory.
Okay im writing this at work and I share a desk with the dept. secretary and on her desk is a copy of the latest Star magazine with a picture of a seemingly distraught Jessica Simpson, the headline is: "Fighting and Crying". Yes, I'm tempted to read it even though I know its a bunch of crap. I must resist...must not dumb myself down...Oh, fuck it.
So apparently Nick is sick of Jessica's whining and has been hanging around with other women at parties. Scandalous. Plus, there is a riff involving Jessica's dad. Nick thinks he's too invovled in Jessica's life. Sooo exciting.
Movie Quote of the Day:
"Any man doesn't wanna get killed better clear on out the back."
-Unforgiven
Why has my blog Forsaken me?
Oh Lord, How many times must I check this blog only to see my own postings.
Alone in the blogosphere...
My "blogmates" have abandoned me. I'm not even sure they even read it anymore. What a sad situation. I will soilder on in the hopes that they are struck with a rejuvenation. This was suppposed to be a written exchange of ideas, but now whenever I check it all I get to do is read my own thoughts. At least Lauri and Sheila comment on it thats some consolation.
So many things...
Well kids lots to talk about here. I hope I can keep my attention focused long enough to write it all down.
Sickness
In my job I work with the public and I think a strange trend has emerged in the American public. This weekend I had about 5000 people come through my venue over the course of the weekend. Three people vommitted and not because they were drunk. Because they were simply sick. What's disturbing is that they didn't know their bodies well enough to know that they were too sick be in public. One lady vomitted on herself and all over the floor inside the theater and then made her family clean her up. People sitting around her had to smell vomit for the rest of the show. Thats just bad form. Additionally, I find that more people under the age of sixty claim to be completely unable to climb stairs, up or down. They buy tickets for the balcony and are completely offended at the prospect of having to climb a single stair. Five years ago, if we got a patron in a wheelchair they were more than 90% likely to be sat in the wheelchair section because they were unable to transfer to a regular theater seat. Now its just the reverse, almost everyone who arrives in a wheelchair is able to stnd up and transfer to a reagular theater seat. Have these folks simply given up being ambulatory and are they so content to give their mobility to others. I know and have known people who are confined to wheelchairs and would probably give anything to not have to be. I find putting someone in a wheelchair that can actually walk sickening. I'm not going to mention people who let themselves get so fat they can no longer walk. I've seen too many of them already in my lifetime.
Then there are those that are not physically disabled but are so emotionally and mentally unprepared to be in public that they require constant babysitting by the strangers around them. Case in point, we had an elderly woman come to the show this weekend who had hired a driver to bring her to the show and pick her up a the end. Huge surprise when the driver no showed. Problem one: She was too sick to wait outside for the driver. Problem two: She had no cell phone and no way to get a hold of him. Problem three: her personal belongings were left in the car. So even when we called a cab for her she wouldn't be able to get into her condo. Problem four: She was at my facility so now all of her problems were now my problems. She had put her well being in a stranger's hands. Something I would never do.
Frickin' Fake Guide Dogs
Rich fucks have found a new way to bring their toy dogs into public facilities. Some asshole company is selling little doggie jackets that resemble the ones worn by guide dogs. As if a fucking pug can be a guide dog. Again, I find it repugnant. If you rich fucks are trying to mock the blind you've find a genius way to do it. Bastards.
There were a thousand other examples of people making nuisances of themselves this weekend, but most of it was just the usual customer service bullshit we always put up with so I'll spare you.
Movie Review: Million Dollar Baby
I saw the movie with Lauri tonight. I really liked it. I especially like the fact that its pissing so many people off. I admire Clint Eastwood for making a movie that starts out like Rocky with a girl and then becomes something serious that asks serious questions. By not advertising it that way its as if Eastwood is tricking the public of their comfortable happy endings. I like that, we need to be kicked in the ass when it comes to what we see at the theater sometimes. The script is great, its very truthful. The acting is great. The best part of the movie is the character study. The characters are nuanced in a way thats rare in movies. Like the best characters they are neither all good nor all bad they are simply very human.
One of the questions the film asks is "Is religion the best guide for morality?" This really got me thinking. I think I might get some thoughts down on that in a bit. But for now, I'm going to leave you with a message for the filthy fuckers that talked behind me during the whole movie. I hope you fucking rot in hell you ignorant...I can't think of a curse strong enough to describe how much I fucking hate you.
Sickness
In my job I work with the public and I think a strange trend has emerged in the American public. This weekend I had about 5000 people come through my venue over the course of the weekend. Three people vommitted and not because they were drunk. Because they were simply sick. What's disturbing is that they didn't know their bodies well enough to know that they were too sick be in public. One lady vomitted on herself and all over the floor inside the theater and then made her family clean her up. People sitting around her had to smell vomit for the rest of the show. Thats just bad form. Additionally, I find that more people under the age of sixty claim to be completely unable to climb stairs, up or down. They buy tickets for the balcony and are completely offended at the prospect of having to climb a single stair. Five years ago, if we got a patron in a wheelchair they were more than 90% likely to be sat in the wheelchair section because they were unable to transfer to a regular theater seat. Now its just the reverse, almost everyone who arrives in a wheelchair is able to stnd up and transfer to a reagular theater seat. Have these folks simply given up being ambulatory and are they so content to give their mobility to others. I know and have known people who are confined to wheelchairs and would probably give anything to not have to be. I find putting someone in a wheelchair that can actually walk sickening. I'm not going to mention people who let themselves get so fat they can no longer walk. I've seen too many of them already in my lifetime.
Then there are those that are not physically disabled but are so emotionally and mentally unprepared to be in public that they require constant babysitting by the strangers around them. Case in point, we had an elderly woman come to the show this weekend who had hired a driver to bring her to the show and pick her up a the end. Huge surprise when the driver no showed. Problem one: She was too sick to wait outside for the driver. Problem two: She had no cell phone and no way to get a hold of him. Problem three: her personal belongings were left in the car. So even when we called a cab for her she wouldn't be able to get into her condo. Problem four: She was at my facility so now all of her problems were now my problems. She had put her well being in a stranger's hands. Something I would never do.
Frickin' Fake Guide Dogs
Rich fucks have found a new way to bring their toy dogs into public facilities. Some asshole company is selling little doggie jackets that resemble the ones worn by guide dogs. As if a fucking pug can be a guide dog. Again, I find it repugnant. If you rich fucks are trying to mock the blind you've find a genius way to do it. Bastards.
There were a thousand other examples of people making nuisances of themselves this weekend, but most of it was just the usual customer service bullshit we always put up with so I'll spare you.
Movie Review: Million Dollar Baby
I saw the movie with Lauri tonight. I really liked it. I especially like the fact that its pissing so many people off. I admire Clint Eastwood for making a movie that starts out like Rocky with a girl and then becomes something serious that asks serious questions. By not advertising it that way its as if Eastwood is tricking the public of their comfortable happy endings. I like that, we need to be kicked in the ass when it comes to what we see at the theater sometimes. The script is great, its very truthful. The acting is great. The best part of the movie is the character study. The characters are nuanced in a way thats rare in movies. Like the best characters they are neither all good nor all bad they are simply very human.
One of the questions the film asks is "Is religion the best guide for morality?" This really got me thinking. I think I might get some thoughts down on that in a bit. But for now, I'm going to leave you with a message for the filthy fuckers that talked behind me during the whole movie. I hope you fucking rot in hell you ignorant...I can't think of a curse strong enough to describe how much I fucking hate you.
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Sorry...
Sorry we haven't posted lately, Randy and I have both been working all this weekend. And Alex is just apathetic (It means you don't care Alex. Thats right, I went there.) I'm sure I'll have some stories from the weekend on Monday; but for now, back to work.
Friday, February 11, 2005
Top 5
Ha Ha made you look. In due time Pete. What about yours Pete? Everybody has one. But I might have it on friday but who else needs to know it I thought I told everybody who read this blog it.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Movie Quote
"What's that your teddy bear?'
"No, it is my soul."
"I hope you don't lose it."
"So do I."
-Joe Vs. The Volcano
"No, it is my soul."
"I hope you don't lose it."
"So do I."
-Joe Vs. The Volcano
Reparations For Lost Time
So I know I've gone off on group work in college classes before but today was a new low. One hour and 15min into class the professor decides he's actaully going to leave class and leave us to work in groups. THE FUCKER LEFT CLASS. If he doesn't care enough to be there why the hell should I? So there we are... not talking...staring at each other...wondering who's going to take the lead. I volunteer to write down whatever we decide on. The problem is no one is working on the assignment. Who the fuck is going to work on an assignment after the teacher leaves class. At the end of the class we have absolutely nothing done. Someone is supposed to read the work to the class the next class period but we all decide that we are probably not going to class anyway, why would we the professors clearly doesn't give a flying fuck. I want the two hours of my life I've wasted back. I want all the time i've wasted in bullshit classes, i want all the time I've wasted at Red Lights, and I want all the time back I've wasted waiting in line at the DMV. How easily we give up the fleeting moments of our fleeting lives and how hard we pray to have that time back at the end of our lives.
Right now I'm listening to the new Killers CD. I really didn't like the first single but I have to ad mit the album is growing on me. In track 5 there's a line that says "I wanna shine on in the hearts of Man." I think thats pretty cool.
I'm not sure what else to say now. The battery is dying on my discman. Red Hook is good beer. Beauty is Truth; truth beauty. Other than that...
Right now I'm listening to the new Killers CD. I really didn't like the first single but I have to ad mit the album is growing on me. In track 5 there's a line that says "I wanna shine on in the hearts of Man." I think thats pretty cool.
I'm not sure what else to say now. The battery is dying on my discman. Red Hook is good beer. Beauty is Truth; truth beauty. Other than that...
Point Pleasant
Wussup everybody. Sorry that this is short notice. Everybody that reads this should see Point Pleasant tonight on FOX at 9:00pm. I'm not on it. But it's a REALLY GOOD show. Well written the story is great. It contains almost every genre in it. The main star is also HOT! There are some good looking guys for the girls that read this. Watch it tonight!
Movie Quote
What's with the knife? We havin cake or somethin.
--Jay, from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
--Jay, from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Movie Quote Of The Day
I know it's 1:08 am but i thought of a cool movie quote: Dammit Matt if you don't fuck her I'll kill myself Please Matt!! Fuck Her!! Fuck Her For Me!!!
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Just a post
Wassup homies? Not much is going on here. We just got a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) kind of like TiVo I guess. So we have been recording shows we normally miss and basically watching a lot of TV lately. I have been shirking my duties as a founding team member of this blog. But with being able to watch my favorite TV shows whenever I want has been a bit of a distraction NO MORE though. I will not shirk my duties.
This blog is intended to change the world and I am an important part of that plan. Anyway now that all that is out of the way, on to more important things. The quote I posted today is a good one, it is in a movie, a little fart of a computer movie known as "Hackers". The movie is possibly one of the worst movies having to do with hackers and computers ever, although lets give "The Net" it's due it sucks balls too. The singular bright spot in "Hackers" is Angelina Jolie and even she is really not worth watching the movie for, especially with her short man-like haircut. Anyway enough about crappy hacker movies. So what else is new?
I finally got my laptop back in working condition except for one small problem I can't get on to the Internet, this is quite a problem as when in Economics I need something to keep me awake cause that subject sure won't do it. I apologize to any Economists or Economics majors who may stumble across this page but that shit is so boring. So yeah my laptop works but I can't surf this really perturbs me but hey I guess that's life, right? Some people have luck some have not as much.
Man I want to talk about something interesting I really do but seriously people my life as of right now not always but as of right now is just not too exciting. I will not say it sucks cause that it does not. Pete and I went to Vroman's (bookstore) today, it was very unfulfilling. Pete found a book with a bunch of essays in it, he bought it. I unfortunately found nothing.
I got a paycheck today $480 which for me is pretty sweet. Alright well I am just boring you people now so I am going to buzz off. Before I go however I have a cool little haiku for you, haiku's rock.
My laptop works now (5)
But no Internet access (7)
Must find other fun (5)
I will work on it. It is just a rough draft right now. Alright peeps, PEACE OUT!!
Big ups to my Grove St. homies.
This blog is intended to change the world and I am an important part of that plan. Anyway now that all that is out of the way, on to more important things. The quote I posted today is a good one, it is in a movie, a little fart of a computer movie known as "Hackers". The movie is possibly one of the worst movies having to do with hackers and computers ever, although lets give "The Net" it's due it sucks balls too. The singular bright spot in "Hackers" is Angelina Jolie and even she is really not worth watching the movie for, especially with her short man-like haircut. Anyway enough about crappy hacker movies. So what else is new?
I finally got my laptop back in working condition except for one small problem I can't get on to the Internet, this is quite a problem as when in Economics I need something to keep me awake cause that subject sure won't do it. I apologize to any Economists or Economics majors who may stumble across this page but that shit is so boring. So yeah my laptop works but I can't surf this really perturbs me but hey I guess that's life, right? Some people have luck some have not as much.
Man I want to talk about something interesting I really do but seriously people my life as of right now not always but as of right now is just not too exciting. I will not say it sucks cause that it does not. Pete and I went to Vroman's (bookstore) today, it was very unfulfilling. Pete found a book with a bunch of essays in it, he bought it. I unfortunately found nothing.
I got a paycheck today $480 which for me is pretty sweet. Alright well I am just boring you people now so I am going to buzz off. Before I go however I have a cool little haiku for you, haiku's rock.
My laptop works now (5)
But no Internet access (7)
Must find other fun (5)
I will work on it. It is just a rough draft right now. Alright peeps, PEACE OUT!!
Big ups to my Grove St. homies.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Whats going on?
How is it there are no new postings here. I posted that last one at like 5:30pm...Its now like midnight and I know you clowns have been sittin around all night with plenty of time for movie quotes or some funny stories. Top 5 lists? no? FINE.
I got my paper back today on the California Indians. I got an A- despite a lot of technical errors I should have caught in proof reading.
Im not going to get into the play by play today. We did get Alex to post finally so thats good. We'll see if he can step it up.
Lauri wants to join our blog because she thinks no one will read hers besides me. You can check hers out at http://ahgeez.blogspot.com So theres that issue to consider and the larger issue of who we want posting on the site. Are we going to open it up as forum for our larger group of friends or are we going to control the posts and just let them comment. Let me know what you guys think.
Today's quote comes from Shakespeare.
"Life is a tale told by an idiot, filled with sound and fury, signifying nothing"
I got my paper back today on the California Indians. I got an A- despite a lot of technical errors I should have caught in proof reading.
Im not going to get into the play by play today. We did get Alex to post finally so thats good. We'll see if he can step it up.
Lauri wants to join our blog because she thinks no one will read hers besides me. You can check hers out at http://ahgeez.blogspot.com So theres that issue to consider and the larger issue of who we want posting on the site. Are we going to open it up as forum for our larger group of friends or are we going to control the posts and just let them comment. Let me know what you guys think.
Today's quote comes from Shakespeare.
"Life is a tale told by an idiot, filled with sound and fury, signifying nothing"
Pete Randy and Alex's Recipe for Nachos
Ingredients:
Two Jars Tostitos Cheese Dip
1 large of bag of chips
1 jar salsa
1 pound ground beef
1 can refried beans
powdered taco mix
Guacamole (optional)
Jalepenos (optional)
Prepare the ground beef according to the directions on the powdered taco mix.
Spread half the chips evenly on a pizza pan.
Heat the jar of cheese dip in the microwave.
Heat the beans in a sauce pan.
Spread half the cheese meat and beans over the chips.
And a second layer of chips and spread the remainder of the ingredients on top.
The most important thing is to layer everything; you don't want to get half way through and have half a bag of dried chips.
Make sure you have 911 on standby in case of heart attacks.
Serves 3-4.
Two Jars Tostitos Cheese Dip
1 large of bag of chips
1 jar salsa
1 pound ground beef
1 can refried beans
powdered taco mix
Guacamole (optional)
Jalepenos (optional)
Prepare the ground beef according to the directions on the powdered taco mix.
Spread half the chips evenly on a pizza pan.
Heat the jar of cheese dip in the microwave.
Heat the beans in a sauce pan.
Spread half the cheese meat and beans over the chips.
And a second layer of chips and spread the remainder of the ingredients on top.
The most important thing is to layer everything; you don't want to get half way through and have half a bag of dried chips.
Make sure you have 911 on standby in case of heart attacks.
Serves 3-4.
Best Superhero
Hal Jordan a.k.a The Green Lantern is so cool. He can do so many things. Fly, shoot rays from his ring,make his ring morph into a gun, lantern, sword, whatever. Don't confuse him with the punk Kyle Rainer, Guy Gardner, or that one on the JLA cartoon show. He's the true Green Lantern.
Okay Lauri this post is for you. Lauri is my girlfriend of seven years. She got all bent out of shape that I didn't mention her anywhere in the previous posts. But yes I do have a girlfriend I don't spend all day hanging out with Randy and Alex. So there it is... Lauri is my girlfriend... and she's great... and I love her. :o) Love you babe.
Landmark Day...
It was a bit of a landmark day in that it was epically uneventful and yet not so. I showed up at Randy and Alex's at about 12:30; the primary concerns at that point were:
Number 1: Get in some GTA San Andreas playing time. (I can only play it there because my playstation is dying and refuses to play that game in its last days)
Number 2: Lunch. Always a topic of intense debate. Some of us are picky eaters and some of us refuse to give any input at all, other of us just want speed and convenience.
Number 3: Get the blog up and running properly.
Frankly, I just didn't know what to do first. I guess I got to gaming first, I hadn't had a fix in quite a while. Then I got the blog up and running properly. It was quite a task creating a whole new blog and copying and pasting the old posts, but here we are no worse for the wear.
Of course, the day was wearing on and lunch became a concern. Alex couldn't take the waiting anymore and made himself some cheesebread from Clearman's. I was like "Hey, make me some of that bread." But he was like "No!"
I continued working the blog and playing GTA. Alex was getting upset because it was 3 o'clock and we hadn't had lunch or made plans to do anything. I offered to go the Natural History Museum but was heartily rebuffed, Alex firing off a tyrade about how there were no "friend" Dinosaurs. Randy was as confused as you are right now so I suggested that perhaps Alex was referring to characters like Denver the last Dinosaur. He was your friend and a whole lot more. The Norton Simon and Getty Museums were similarly scoffed at as possible activities. Was I serious in my offerings? It's hard to say.
At four o'clock I decided it was time for more action and less talking; we piled into Alex's car without a destination in mind other than the bank. Suggestions for eating ranged from Sushi to Red Lobster to Claim Jumber happy hour but in the end I pitched a bit of a fit about spending too much money and we ended up with fast food. Oh well.
Back to more blogging and gaming back at the house. As you can see we got these nifty comic book pics on the site. We thought it prudent to reveal early on our favorite super heroes. Otherwise how would you REALLY get to know a person.
Alex wanted to pick Havok from the X-men but couldn't find a good pic so he has yet to post...anything. He really does exist and is not a figment of my imagination. Or is he?
One of the greatest experiences of my life was ordering Dominoes 555 deal. At first I was skeptical, it sounded too good to be true. But as it turns out its a pretty good deal. There really is noting like having your own pizza pizza right in front of you. I didn't even need a plate. I offered to trade Randy a piece of my peeperoni for a piece of his sausage but he was not havin it. We watched 24 and then a bit of wrestling (I don't usually watch wrestling, but will not apologize for finding it oddly entertaining from time to time. Keep your highbrowed judgements to yourself.)
Converstions ranged from "Is that Eric Roberts in that Killers video?" It is, Alex checked. To "Who would win in a fight Nelly or Ja Rule?" The answer is Nelly he would bite JaRule with his metal teeth.
Oh sure, there were times during the day when panic set in when I came to realization that I was doing absolutely nothing productive but thats just stinkin thinkin. There were some great coversations and I laughed a lot so that can be important for mental health right. Am I right?
Number 1: Get in some GTA San Andreas playing time. (I can only play it there because my playstation is dying and refuses to play that game in its last days)
Number 2: Lunch. Always a topic of intense debate. Some of us are picky eaters and some of us refuse to give any input at all, other of us just want speed and convenience.
Number 3: Get the blog up and running properly.
Frankly, I just didn't know what to do first. I guess I got to gaming first, I hadn't had a fix in quite a while. Then I got the blog up and running properly. It was quite a task creating a whole new blog and copying and pasting the old posts, but here we are no worse for the wear.
Of course, the day was wearing on and lunch became a concern. Alex couldn't take the waiting anymore and made himself some cheesebread from Clearman's. I was like "Hey, make me some of that bread." But he was like "No!"
I continued working the blog and playing GTA. Alex was getting upset because it was 3 o'clock and we hadn't had lunch or made plans to do anything. I offered to go the Natural History Museum but was heartily rebuffed, Alex firing off a tyrade about how there were no "friend" Dinosaurs. Randy was as confused as you are right now so I suggested that perhaps Alex was referring to characters like Denver the last Dinosaur. He was your friend and a whole lot more. The Norton Simon and Getty Museums were similarly scoffed at as possible activities. Was I serious in my offerings? It's hard to say.
At four o'clock I decided it was time for more action and less talking; we piled into Alex's car without a destination in mind other than the bank. Suggestions for eating ranged from Sushi to Red Lobster to Claim Jumber happy hour but in the end I pitched a bit of a fit about spending too much money and we ended up with fast food. Oh well.
Back to more blogging and gaming back at the house. As you can see we got these nifty comic book pics on the site. We thought it prudent to reveal early on our favorite super heroes. Otherwise how would you REALLY get to know a person.
Alex wanted to pick Havok from the X-men but couldn't find a good pic so he has yet to post...anything. He really does exist and is not a figment of my imagination. Or is he?
One of the greatest experiences of my life was ordering Dominoes 555 deal. At first I was skeptical, it sounded too good to be true. But as it turns out its a pretty good deal. There really is noting like having your own pizza pizza right in front of you. I didn't even need a plate. I offered to trade Randy a piece of my peeperoni for a piece of his sausage but he was not havin it. We watched 24 and then a bit of wrestling (I don't usually watch wrestling, but will not apologize for finding it oddly entertaining from time to time. Keep your highbrowed judgements to yourself.)
Converstions ranged from "Is that Eric Roberts in that Killers video?" It is, Alex checked. To "Who would win in a fight Nelly or Ja Rule?" The answer is Nelly he would bite JaRule with his metal teeth.
Oh sure, there were times during the day when panic set in when I came to realization that I was doing absolutely nothing productive but thats just stinkin thinkin. There were some great coversations and I laughed a lot so that can be important for mental health right. Am I right?
Monday, February 07, 2005
Time to Kill
Wassup homies? This is Randy here. I have some time to kill right now so I figured what better time to write in my blog. Let's see what's been goin' on.
Yesterday I went to Tim's house and watched the Super Bowl, actually I barely watched any of the game I was more concerned with drinking beer and then getting rid of my hiccups. From what I heard it was a good game. Whatever I didn't care. So anyway it was fun I never really got past a light buzz though because of the fucking hiccups. It was really annoying. But all in all I had a good time.
Today has mostly been a day of relaxation. I played GTA San Andreas a lot but really didn't pass any missions just screwed around, killing people and blowing stuff up. Pete has been over more or less all day which is cool. So far though it has been a fairly uneventful day. But it's all good sometimes I need days where I don't do anything at all except hang out.
Alex is supposed to post his best superhero later tonight but we'll see if he can follow through. Anyway I do not have much more to say for now so LATER.
Yesterday I went to Tim's house and watched the Super Bowl, actually I barely watched any of the game I was more concerned with drinking beer and then getting rid of my hiccups. From what I heard it was a good game. Whatever I didn't care. So anyway it was fun I never really got past a light buzz though because of the fucking hiccups. It was really annoying. But all in all I had a good time.
Today has mostly been a day of relaxation. I played GTA San Andreas a lot but really didn't pass any missions just screwed around, killing people and blowing stuff up. Pete has been over more or less all day which is cool. So far though it has been a fairly uneventful day. But it's all good sometimes I need days where I don't do anything at all except hang out.
Alex is supposed to post his best superhero later tonight but we'll see if he can follow through. Anyway I do not have much more to say for now so LATER.
Best Superhero
The Punisher is the best superhero because he is just a regular guy. He doesn't fly around in space on his surfboard.
Okay...
Okay so this is what happened. Our Original blog, Life Outside the Rat Race, wasn't working properly because we couldn't invite new members. So we copied and pasted all the posts on to here. Thanks to Pete for all his hard work. So blog on you beautiful Blogging Bloggers.
Okay...
Okay so here's the deal. Our last Blog titled Life Outside the Rat Race wasn't working properly because we couldn't invite new members. So we started this new blog and copied and pasted all the posts. The comments, however, were lost. Pete would like to thank Pete for all his hard work in transfering the material. So Blog on you beautiful bloggin blogger fucks you.
Pete: Well here is something Interesting and annoying
Randy-
So you know how Lauri created a blog so she could post on our blog? Well I was messing around on it to see if I could invite myself on to her blog and I did and it worked, but it still won't work for ours. My guess is to change the frickin URL and start clean. We can copy and paste our posting to the new one. I don't know. Maybe we could just take over Lauri's since we know its working. Let me know what you think.
So you know how Lauri created a blog so she could post on our blog? Well I was messing around on it to see if I could invite myself on to her blog and I did and it worked, but it still won't work for ours. My guess is to change the frickin URL and start clean. We can copy and paste our posting to the new one. I don't know. Maybe we could just take over Lauri's since we know its working. Let me know what you think.
Pete: A Long Day's Journey into the End of This Freakin Shift
Well, I'm at work. On Super Sunday. Yep Yep Yep. You know working on Sundays here isn't so bad. You come in, you say hello to the clients and you go to Starbucks for a Cup of Coffee and a Sunday paper. You can kill a good two hours playing with the paper. The problem comes at lunch time when you realized you haven't gotten a single call and probably won't all day. Which I haven't. I just finished with the paper and am staring down the barrel of 4 more hours to kill. Meanwhile my brothers are probably drinking bloody Marys and gearing up for the game.
I guess I could think of a movie quote for the day...Lets see...Here's One...
I don't know if this is exact so my apologies to Donald Sutherland
"Quit hittin' me wit dem negative waves Moriarty...It's a mother beautiful bridge... and it's gonna be there."
Its from Kelly's Heroes
I'll Post again in a few when I have something deep to talk about.
I guess I could think of a movie quote for the day...Lets see...Here's One...
I don't know if this is exact so my apologies to Donald Sutherland
"Quit hittin' me wit dem negative waves Moriarty...It's a mother beautiful bridge... and it's gonna be there."
Its from Kelly's Heroes
I'll Post again in a few when I have something deep to talk about.
Pete: The Elusive Alex
Pete: The Elusive Alex
Alex thinks we should post a Movie Quote of the Day on our Blog and I told him to go head and do it but he still hasn't. I'd like to say more at this point but fear retribution. Its either lack of interest or laziness, either way the apathy of his generation is staggering.
Today's Movie Quote of The Day:
"Mos Eisley space port...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villiany. We must be cautious."
If someone wants to chime in and tell us what movie thats from, well, you'll get nothing from us you greedy bastard.Tommorow's post by Pete will set records. Im working a 7 hour shift in which very little will happen. Imaginations will run rampant. Be prepared.
Alex thinks we should post a Movie Quote of the Day on our Blog and I told him to go head and do it but he still hasn't. I'd like to say more at this point but fear retribution. Its either lack of interest or laziness, either way the apathy of his generation is staggering.
Today's Movie Quote of The Day:
"Mos Eisley space port...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villiany. We must be cautious."
If someone wants to chime in and tell us what movie thats from, well, you'll get nothing from us you greedy bastard.Tommorow's post by Pete will set records. Im working a 7 hour shift in which very little will happen. Imaginations will run rampant. Be prepared.
Hangin Out: Randy
So it's like noon on Saturday and I am just chilling because I have this online midterm to take but I am waiting for a friend to sign on so we can work together on it and make it a bit easier on the both of us. So while I was waiting I figured I could update our blog some.So yesterday was an all around OK day. It started of pretty much like Thursday with me having to work a morning shift again, I was done by 4 so it was really no big deal. Anyway though at 4 there were some people coming into relieve the people like myself who had been working all morning. Unfortunately though, the company I worked for overbooked the staff. So more people came into that needed to which presented a problem, too many employees not enough shifts. So I was supposed to send two people home but I couldn't, I felt bad for them. Then as I left I realized what I had doneand what hadto be done to fix the situation. Basically my boss will be pissed at me because now the client is going to have to pay these people they didn't need, so I called back and got a hold of the supervisor and told him he had to send those two people home, so he said OK. I have to work tonight and I can only imagine the reaming I am going to get from my boss because of this trouble, but I guess that is just the way it is somethings will never change.Anyway I am starting to get pissed now because if I don't take this midterm soon I am going to have to take it tomorrow and I do not want to take a test on Super Sunday, speaking of Super isn't the Super Bowl just another reason to have a party and get trashed. I mean are there that many people out there besides the Philly area and the Boston area that care who win tomorrow, unless you bet on the game the only reason to watch is for the commercials. Oh well at least it is another reason to get trashed and have some fun.Last night my buddies and I (Alex and Pete) went out after Pete got off of work. We went to our local hang out, the CCB. I love that place, we know everyone there, ervyone knows our name and you just feel comfortable there. It is kind of like our very own "Cheers". A place where we can just get together hang out talk and have some good beer.OK I am starting to ramble now so I am going to sign off and hopefully I will be hearing from Mandie(my midterm friend) soon. Well peace out to all my homies out there and keep ya' head up.GROVE ST FOR LIFE!!
Group Work:Pete
So in college they have this thing called group work. Its where the Professor gets take a little break and we all benefit from "collaborative learning. " Riiiiiiight. The reality of group work is that you get into groups and no one wants to be the leader because if you appear to confident then you'll get stuck with all the tasks. Most of the class time spent in groups is spent talking about other classes and majors and other professors. This group work model is a joke. The fact is, sometimes it works in your favor and sometimes it doesn't sometimes you are the guy who does all the work and sometimes you are the guy that doesn't do crap. It worked in my favor the other day in Spanish class but I didn't feel good about it and I didn't learn anything.We were supposed to write this paragraph in spanish in a group. Well I got put in a group with two native speakers. They had the paragraph done in 5 minutes and i didn't have to do anything. Whats the point. There was this other time where we were supposed to work in groups and make a presentation. We assigned duties to each other and the other dude showed up eith no work done, I had to give the entire presentation.Give up the group work.
Skipped: Randy
Yo homies what up? So I know I promised y'all a dope ass Day Two Part II, but the lowdown is nada happened. I started watching TV ate some chicken fell asleep around 9:45 or so. Woke back up around 10:30 decided to go to sleep. So I went in my room and went to bed. Day Two Part II was a bust, just thought I would let you know what happened to Part II. So peace out and keep it real homies!!
Day Two: Pete (or where the hell are my videos)
So First off Randy, this Invite shit ain't working and until it does no one is gonna post except for you and me.So I was planning this movie night where we would watch the Spaghetti Westerns with Clint Eastwood. I went to the Blockbuster and Hollywood videos near my house and they didn't have them. Then I went to one in BFE because I remembered they had a lot bigger selection. The only one they had was Fistful of Dollars. What the fuck y'all these are classics of American Cinema. I can friggin rent Short Circuit 2 if I wanted to but God forbid I rent a western dubbed like a Kung Fu movie and shot in Italy. Of Course I could buy them at Tower records for like $30 each but who wants to do that? So movie night is going to be put on hold for the time being until I can figure something out. Maybe its worth looking into NetFlix. Hey Ed has Netfilx thats an interesting idea. Right now I'm listening to the new Death Cab for Cutie CD. Its fairly good, nothins really jumped out of the speakers at me yet though.I wanted to say a few words about school today but like Randy said I ain't feelin all that hot so I'll maybe save it for tommorow.Peace out to all my dogs from Grove st.
Day Two Part I: Randy
Wassup homies? So we are now entering Day Two of the blog, pretty exciting stuff so far I would say. Unfortunately as far as Day Two Part I goes not too much.I went to work this morning at 8 in the freaking morning. It was still dark outside when I woke up what the fuck is that all about? Anyway so I drag myself out of bed and start to get ready for work, when I am all done getting ready I go to wake my brother, Alex, so he can give me a ride since I am the loser with no car. So he rolls out of bed and we go. There are no words spoken on the way to work because it is still too early to actually even talk.So I get to work check in, get a walkie you know all that jazz. And then basically I stand at a door for one hour checking to make sure people coming in have a badge if not they have to go around the building to registration then they can come back, fun job yeah? Obviously a few of the nerds (Videomakers West 2005 is the show) coming are none too happy about that but there is nothing they can do about it because I am their GOD, not really but I like thinking I am. So once some of my fellow employees arrive I have nowhere left to stand so after posting them all I walk around the show for a while then I give breaks, basically I walk to each post tell the person to go on break stand there doing what they were doing and wait for them to come back. And yes again I was checking badges.Anyway so after doing that from 8AM-4PM my shift was over I happily skipped back over turned in my walkie, checked out and pondered how to get home( my brother was at work). So I called up my good buddy Pete who is supposed to work tonight but is not feeling well and he offered to pick me up from the Gold Line station and I thought Wow, what a guy. However I only had 75 cents and as anyone knows the Gold Line costs $1.25. So I had to borrow fifty cents from my boss which in retrospect was pretty sad. But she gave it to me and I went to jump on the Gold Line. Got on the Gold Line rode it home, Pete picked me up dropped me off at home and here I sit now.So Part I is now over, kinda long and uninterseting but Part II of Day Two...WATCH OUT NOW!!
Day One: Pete
So I just got back from Vegas yesterday where I puked my guts out so hard i pulled a muscle in my back. It was that moment when most of the puke is out but your stomach still wants to get rid of that last little chunk and so you hunch over the toilet with your mouth open and your muscles all clenched until it works its way up. Yep. Thats when it happened. Today was all about De-tox. I got up late and read the paper. Randy called and said he would be home by like Two so I decided to go over there. First I wanted to rent that new Mettallica documentry so I went to Blockbuster. I looked all around but they didn't have it. So on my way out the blockbuster dude was like "Nothin' today?" (He recognizes me cuz I rent games there a lot and he's a gamer.) And so I asked him about the Documentry and he told me that its not available for rent because of Lars Ulrich not wanting people to copy the video. You remember Lars he's that fuck nut that sued Napster and ruined a great thing for all of us. Now I can't rent videos because of him. I hate that guy. Then I went o 7-11 so I could pick up a Recycler for Randy so he could get a car. I didn't find much in the way of affordable cars in the recycler I had much better luck on CraigsList where you could actually se pictures of the cars. Randy and I were watching that Movie Species for a little while. I hadn't seen since it came out on video. MAN! Natasha Henstridge really likes to show her boobs. Marg Helgenberger from CSI even shows her boobs in it. Not only that, but its got like an Indie movie all star line up: Ben Kingsley, Micheal Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker... Its still a piece of crap but its pretty funny how she sticks her tongue through that guy's head. We also watched the state of the union address. Then played GTA. Then set up this blog. Then watched Family Guy and Aqua Teen Hunger Force which is the best new show since South Park.Tommorow I gots school and work so thats all for now.Lates
Oh By the way. This blog has three original characters and I'm sure other will be added as this blog begins its domination of the Internet world. Randy
Age: 27
Primary Occupation: College Student
Secondary Occupation: Security Supervisor
Real Occupation: Currently Rollin' with the Grove St. OG's of GTA San Andreas. Working his way through the beers of the world (actually I pretty much stick to Pabst, Miller High Life, and Old Milwaukee. Who needs that high priced microbrew at home when the old school beers do the job just as well.)
Pete
Age: 28
Primary Occupation: College Student
Secondary Occupation: Events Supervisor
Real Occupation: Structural Engineer and City Planner. Naw just bullshittin' I try to occupy my time with a lot of movies and a lot of video games and alot of reading. Then I over analyze all things pop culture and annoy Randy and Alex with my sublime observations. Someday I'll be recognized as a genius of Cultural Analysis. Someday. Oh, and I too enjoy beer. Sometimes I like to drink 'til I can't feel feelings anymore.
Alex requested that his original character profile be deleted for this updated version. Still waiting for his first post.
Age: 27
Primary Occupation: College Student
Secondary Occupation: Security Supervisor
Real Occupation: Currently Rollin' with the Grove St. OG's of GTA San Andreas. Working his way through the beers of the world (actually I pretty much stick to Pabst, Miller High Life, and Old Milwaukee. Who needs that high priced microbrew at home when the old school beers do the job just as well.)
Pete
Age: 28
Primary Occupation: College Student
Secondary Occupation: Events Supervisor
Real Occupation: Structural Engineer and City Planner. Naw just bullshittin' I try to occupy my time with a lot of movies and a lot of video games and alot of reading. Then I over analyze all things pop culture and annoy Randy and Alex with my sublime observations. Someday I'll be recognized as a genius of Cultural Analysis. Someday. Oh, and I too enjoy beer. Sometimes I like to drink 'til I can't feel feelings anymore.
Alex requested that his original character profile be deleted for this updated version. Still waiting for his first post.
Startin somethin'
This is the first posting of a blog intended to comment on the everyday experiences of those that live outside the Rat Race. Part time jobs, school, pubs, girls, TV, movies, and video games is what we will be musing on in this forum. We will rarely tackle politics or current events, but rather comment on the smaller things that make up the experience that is everyday living. Sound boring? You'd be surprised.
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