So a couple days ago I noticed my car wasn't as loud and when I checked I saw that I blew both of my subs. So I went to best buy yesterday and exchanged them, god bless my 4 year warranty. I've already exchanged them twice and the amp once. I can't help it I like my shit loud and sometimes make it too loud and blow shit. I just need a super system like I had in my first car. The car almost fell apart from the music. I did blow a couple of speakers on that too. Anyways I picked up a couple of Cd's too. And this is music that I think most of you would actually like. It is mellow. I like some mellow once in a while. Well I got 3 kind of mellow and haven't quite listened to them all though they are on my computer on shuffle. I like what I've heard so far. I think all of you should go out and pick them up for yourself. I am sure you'll enjoy it. Well except for Chris and maybe Zefyur if you guys even read here anymore. Bitches. Oh yeah Zefyur sent me a t-shirt and hat from Hard Rock cafe Kuwait, I had no clue they had one there. They really are everywhere! But here's the CDs, check out the bands give them a listen. I need to go to Uncle Tom's going away in a bit.
Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance
The Fray - How to Save a Life
Elefant - The Black Magic Show
Really good shit. I will try to take a bunch of pics of my and Uncle Tom's last go round with the Black Cat, I will hopefully be going back but it will be sad being sans Uncle Tom!!
Oh yeah go over to HB's blog and check out my sexy goggles I had to wear after my eye surgery!
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Some New Music
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Monday, April 24, 2006
Yep it's Monday
Good weekend, about the same as all the rest which is good. Saturday I went to my other job and the owner of the company got to see my new hat since I forgot I was wearing it. But when I saw him glance up to read it I took it off. He was nice to me though since I saved them from having to call a locksmith. A guy got a key stuck in a door and me being the criminal I used to be attempted breaking in by sticking my arm and pliers through a mail slot. It almost worked but not quite, my forearms are pretty big from....*cough* working out. But then I used the pliers to get the key out without breaking it which I was close to doing with only my hands. So he gave me fruit and bottled water and called me by my name which I think he didn't know but the other guy probably told him that I was attempting to fix the problem. The rest of the time was spent chilling with HB and her boy. I've got some music news that people may or may not care about:
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is doing a US tour where he will play the complete Dark Side of the Moon album. I'd like to see that, but I'd like to see the whole band a lot more. Smashing Pumpkins are reuniting and trying to start doing another album. And KoЯn, Deftones, Stone Sour, Flyleaf, and Dir en grey is on the Family Values Tour.
I asked HB about going to see Ozzfest and Warped Tour in August since we won't have kids. Ozzy is on Aug 6 and Warped is Aug 10. I really want to see Ozzy! And there are other bands too, and Warped Tour has bands I wanna see, plus it looks like this year you are allowed to bring in a backpack and a sealed bottle of water so maybe we won't get our camelbacks taken away this year. Plus I won't have Chris saying come on lets go up and fight thousands of people to get close to the stage and sweat our balls off in 90 degree boiling sun. HB and I can just hang out and listen and watch from a distance and not have to spend $100 on bottled water. It says you can take one bottle, I'll take a fucking water cooler bottle. I am excited. I guess it's good that the future excites me. I keep creating things to look foreward to. Moving in, in a couple of weeks, then going to Texas, then getting my son, then time without kids, then concerts. Lots of exciting things...lol. I just ate 3 pieces of pizza before I started writing this and I am already hungry again. I think I have a tape worm or something.
Tomorrow is Uncle Tom's going away lunch from work. I will go have some Vietnamees with him and we will go for his final time to the Black Cat with me that night. We will be seeing ISLANDS (ex-Unicorns), WHY?, CADENCE WEAPON, pretty much no names though Islands had some help on their album from a couple members of the Arcade Fire. It should be a good night, some beer, pinball, and after concert pizza!!! So we will bid Uncle Tom a good farewell. And try not to get raped by the penis tree agin...
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Me and my hat
My hat, Mike and me in San Antonio
My hat and me on our Vegas trip
Before the burial
Before the burial
The first pic of my new hat and me
In the bag
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Friday, April 21, 2006
End of an Era
That's right. Since I stayed at work way to long yesterday due to my dental appointment and everyone else was gone today the guy in charge of me told me to get my shit done and go home. So I did and was gone by 10 for my "eye appointment". I came straight to my other job and clocked in and then went to the mall since I was gonna get a new hat tomorrow but now am gonna watch Hbs boy so I won't be coming in. So I went to look at Hot Topic and was gonna swing by Spencers but I couldn't find it and was too lazy to walk all over, it was a big ass mall. So I went back to Hot Topic, they didn't have really cool hats so I had to get the one that was my size and fit great and that is this one:
I know HB isn't gonna like it but hey it's a new hat. And it's probably better than the fuCKYou one I wanted from Spencers. So My hat will be retired this weekend. I am trying to break in this new one. I will take pics of the retirement ceramony and post them. I am gonna miss wearing that hat. I can't find a good one of it posted anywhere. That hat has been with me for 6+ years, it is soaked with my blood, sweat, and tears and it shows. I will miss it but I will not throw it away, It will go in a ziplock bag and I will put it away and keep it forever. And watch as the germs on it turn to mold and then to the cure to cancer, AIDS, and every other disease because that it how awesome my hat is! I'm gonna go cry now so I can start to break in my new hat with my tears.
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
The greatest band EVER!!!
Ok so I came in to work this morning and was very disappointed that the internet wasn't working and I was forced to finally file the pile on my desk. When that was done I needed to kill more time so I put in the DVD from the Paste Magazine Uncle Tom gave me, I already watched all the videos and movie clips but there was something else on there so I watched it. It has changed my life. Who ever would have thought that anything would ever come out of Norway, who ever would have thought that Bonnie Tyler power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" would ever be cool. Well click HERE NOW witness the greatness that is Hurra Torpedo. If you are like MartiniLove and can't listen to it because your at work and don't have speakers then as soon as you get home you must run in and get on the computer, come back here and click that link. If not then you hate music and will spontaneously combust tonight while you are sleeping. You have been warned. And you should all also pass this band along to all your friends because they need to see this to change their lives around completely for the better. I don't know how any of us have survived this long without witnessing this. They need to come back the the US and do another tour. I will seriously drive halfway across the country to see them. This would be the greatest show ever. Plus they really sound good. So please everyone for your own sakes don't ignore my plea or else your gonna die tonight!
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Your still reading?
After 427 posts, wow! Especially since it's lost all of it's entertaining value what so ever, but then again it really didn't have any to begin with so I guess your not missing anything. Not much been happening on my front. I guess things have mellowed out a lot since I don't have my partner in crime here anymore. I need to start packing my lunch of bring in sandwhich shit. I've been buying lunch like crazy and between Subway, Taco Bell, the occasional salad, and the chicken I got today I spend anywhere between 6-8 dollars a day on lunch, lets do some math shall we. We'll round that to 7, that's 35 a week, 140 a month, 1680 a year. That's over twice my current rent. It's retarded not to mention I buy all kinds of stupid shit that at least entertains me for a couple weeks or months, but food, shit that keeps me happy for only an hour tops. And this shit isn't really delicious especially after eating it every other day. Steak and cheese sub, or grilled stuffed burrito. I tried some of the other stuff today, I got chicken and rice, it goes by weight, cost 9, for 2 pieces of chicken and some rice that did fill me up but wasn't really that good or that much. The rice is the main thing that filled me up. Fucking people, I tried last week to go to the little shop and buy a small sandwich and a bag of chips, it still cost 5.50 and was no where close to filling me up or good. Bags of chips cost .99 for a decent sized bag but when you open it, it's all air, it has a much chips as the little snack bags you used to be able to get for .35 back in the day but now cost .60 in the vending machines. It's fucking retarded. I really hate this inflation shit and not really the fact that yeah cost and demand and shit but the fact that it jumps so high and the quality and quantity gets smaller. I think when I get out and HB decides where we're gonna live I am buying a gun and killing my own food. I have never hunted well I kind of have I shot birds, fish, and people with a bb gun. Yes fish, it flooded and fish were in puddles near the creek and we shot them. I think I shot a squirel or 2 but don't remembered if they died. I'll start stealing peoples farm animals or pets or whatever. Hopefully I will be able to find a doritos farm. MMMMMmmmmm Doritos. It'll all be free after the cost of the gun, bullets and fines for hunting on people property and theft. Whatever I think it would still be cheaper that 140 a month, and Think of all the more stuff I will get and how many times I'd get away with it before getting caught. Just a thought. The only problem is my lazyness, but I do overcome that when I'm fighting anything like "the man" that is jacking up my costs. Well I better go, I need to go syphon some gas out of the car next to mine, I'm getting low again. I'm not paying fucking 3 dollars a gallon!
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Monday, April 17, 2006
Useless Facts
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.
Each year the Pentagon estimates their computer network is hacked about 250,000 times annually.
From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas.
The average adult has approximately six pounds of skin.
Pretzel snacks have been around for over 1300 years. A European monk invented the snack using used leftover bread dough.
If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears Towers.
Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V. show "Friends" were Six Of One, Across the Hall, and Insomnia Cafe.
Iguanas can recognize their human handlers and greet them differently, compared with strangers.
In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters.
The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes.
In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage.. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts.
During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water.
Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.
Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy would be saved to have a TV run for three hours.
On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime.
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Labels: Useless Facts
Damn cops!
Another decent weekend has passed. Pretty laid back. Saturday I went to my other job so I can get some extra money for our move next month and to start paying for my eyes, which are still getting better everyday. They are pretty much like new now except still a little blurry at furthur distances. But on my way to work I got pulled over for doing 80 in a 55. Cop was being a dick like most of them, this was a younger buff guy probably was a high school football player who wanted to feel like he had power so he became a cop. Well The guy must not know how to run out of state license. He told me that Ohio didn't have record of me or some shit and that he could take me to jail and have my car impounded and shit. I told him to look at the license it's good til 2007 plus I am in the military so even if it was expired it was good with my military ID, he threw a bit of a fit and told me to fix that shit or whatever than reduced my speed to 74 so my fine is only $80. So I immediately called my aunt who works for the DMV back home, she was off but called the highway patrol because she used to work there and still has friends there, they said everything was ok and the guy was a dumbass. I said that's what I figured and went on my merry way. So I had to stay at work for 4 hours to earn enough money to pay my ticket, it was a beautiful day so I left and went back home to HBs. We watched some movies, read our books and just chilled. Yesterday we did the Easter thing with a friend from work. It was fun, we went to the park ate some Popeyes hid some eggs and let the kids find them and then let them run around the park and play. It was fun. She served me breakfast in bed yesterday and it was delicious. I wok up ate it and went back to sleep, not very thankful I guess but I was tired. Well I'm at work now and a little stressed, I fucked up, but trying to fix/cover up. Everyday I have to fill shit with liquid nitrogen and I filled it friday but the tanks were low so I didn't fill them all the way and when I came in this morning the shit got too hot, which requires us to do all kinds of shit for a week to fix it. I don't want to so I just refilled them this morning and am trying to reset everything on my own even though I don't really know what I am doing and hoping it fixes it. It was looking better but now I've got another error that I am trying to fix. I have to go back down soon and hope it works. It's hard work being lazy. Oh well shit happens. I do this shit everyday for a machine that we use like one every couple of months, it's kind of bullshit. Plus I got plenty of other shit I can do instead, like blog. But wish me luck on covering up my fuck up and hope everyone had a good weekend and have a decent Monday, I know it won't be good because let's face it, it's Monday.
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Thursday, April 13, 2006
An Update
Above is a pic that I got through a link from CJS It's kind of neat, I think it just takes words from your sidebar. My eyes are kind of getting better, it comes and goes. The pain is mostly gone, it's down to an irritation. It just sucks because one eye will get clear and the other blurry and then they switch, it reminds me of when you have a cold and one nostril is plugged and that shit always happens. But I go tomorrow to get the contact bandaids taken out, hopefully it will be better then. I have been wearing my sunglasses at work, its fun people look at me funny but it helps, the florescent lights are irritating. The computer screen is really bad. I found that if I peer barely over my sunglasses at the computer screen there is kind of a shadow and if I use the eye that is clear for the moment it is easy to read the screen but I look funny doing it. HB has some pics of my glasses that I have to wear at night, they are cool, clear goggle with white foam shit around them. It's so I don't rub them while I sleep. Plus it helps prevent smoke from getting in my eyes. I'll tell you guys what I don't deserve HB. As many have noticed that when one of us has something wrong so does the other. Talk about conjoined souls. When we met we were both sick, she has woman problems, I get the eye thing, she gets sick so do I, She has surgery, so do I. But even though we are both messed up she still tries to baby me. I try to do the same for her but she usually won't let me. She offers massages and I do too but she turns it down. The other day I mentioned that one side of my shoulder hurt and she was rubbing it while I did dishes. I love those little moments like that. Last night she called to find out what seasons of the Simpsons I had, I told her and she bought all the rest because they were on sale. I mean yeah if I see their on sale I may pick up one or two but she bought like 4 of them, thats over $100. She really didn't need to do that but it does mean alot. She knows what I like. She is way too good for/to me. But I try my best to treat her the way she should, like the goddess of the world. But I am getting handed anotheer pile of shit to file. This is really dificult to do when it's blurry but hey I still gotta do my job. I wanted to add another countdown to this page but it messed up my HB counter and that's way more important but I only have 271 days left in the Navy then I am a civilian!!!! I can't wait! I leave you with a song dedicated to HB and it is as if Weezer crawled into my head and stole this....
My Best Friend - Weezer
When everything is wrong I'll come talk to you
You make things alright when I'm feeling blue
You are such a blessing and I wont be messing
with the one thing that brings light to all of my darkness
You are my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
There is no other one that can take your place
I feel happy inside when I see your face
I hope you believe me
Because I speak sincerely
and I mean it when I tell you I need you
You are my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
I'm here right beside you
I will never leave you
and I feel the pain you feel when you start crying
You are my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
You are my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
Yes I do...
Yes I do
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
I can see!! Well kind of...
I had my surgery. My eyes do hurt, it hurts about like when my eyes were fucked up except now it's in both eyes. But things are pretty clear just a little blurry. Looking at the computer is a little hard but I still have to be at work. I am so lucky to have HB babying me and driving me around though it was kind of torture yesterday because I just wanted to go home and take a nap and we had to wait on food. But I still love her. And for those of you who don't know....Percocet, coffee and cigarettes don't make a good breakfast. My stomach hurts. I didn't want to take the percocet this morning but it hurt pretty bad so I did. Well I have to get ready for my appointment, I gotta go back so they can make sure I'm ok. It was wweird but quick. Have a good day peoples.
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Monday, April 10, 2006
It's Monday
So I'm back from my trip and I'm not sure how much I am gonna remember of what all I wanted to type, because I am really nervous about my eye surgery today. My stomach has been really queezy since I woke up and I've been lightheaded and all that shit. But the drive was ok. I didn't get any speeding tickets so thats great. Most of the driving was clear minded, I didn't think at all except when trucks blocked both lanes and I was pissed that I couldn't keep flying between 80 and 90. It was a nice meditation, then when I got into Ohio the ex kept calling me to tell me she couldn't get ahold of my parent to drop my son off before I got there. I started thinking about her. I realized that I am pretty sure I never actually loved her. The thing was I really like someone else I couldn't have and well she(the ex) really wanted me. That was the first time at least that I noticed that a girl wanted me. I liked her best friend, she was way hotter! But the feeling of being wanted is something that I always wanted and it was a great feeling and I thought that was love. But if it was love then why did I always think about "what if I was with..." I mean it was everyday I wished I was with someone else, we fought a lot and all that shit. I think I just wanted love so bad I made myself believe that that was it. Then thinking about how Hb and I started and how it just happened. It truely was just tripping and falling into love, when you least expect it. The feeling is so much more than what I thought was love back then. Obviously there is no book that says this is how love feels. But with HB I can tell. It hurts when she is not around, I think about her all day everyday, I constantly feel wanted, like I wanted, but not only wanted but needed to survive as I feel that I need her to survive. I'm sure I am making everyone nauseous now but that is just the tip of that thought that lasted for a couple hours. I made great time, 7 hours there and 7 back. It kind of sucked being just a short weeekend. Of course I spent it all with my boy who was great for me except one incident of him stealing his cousins change which I did the same thing and got my ass beat for but I just yelled at him and told him next time I was gonna beat his ass. What does a child not even 5 yet need money for, I did it because you learn at a very early age that money is everything and you need as much as possible. But we played and wrestled and had a good time, I saw my grandparents and only one of my cousins. I wanted to see my other one that I've been talking to on myspace and email that I recently found out is going through the same shit I did at her age but when she called saturday night my parents were gone so I couldn't leave even though my son was in bed so I told her we'd catch up in June. That's pretty much my trip, nice and boring yet fun to just see the family. Well I finally finished the huge stack of files that have been piling on my dek, well they are in the computer and now I need to try to file as much as possible before I leave at 2 to go to my eye appointment. If I can see to type tomorrow I may post an update if not then I'll catch up later. HB brought her camera so she can take pics of my eyes when they are all jacked up so maybe we'll post them so people can see what I am going through and decide if it's worth it or not.
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Friday, April 07, 2006
I'm ready for my trip
So the plan is to ditch out of work around noon. This should get me to Ohio by 8 or so. It appears that it will be raining the whole time. The green is all ove my path but hopefully it won't be anything too bad, not like it's stopped me before. I've kept cruising at 70 while people were pulled over on the side of the road from not being able to see. I am kind of looking foreward to it. I seem to meditate when driving, well I guess when I'm moving. Last night traffic was bad and while I sat there I just kept getting the urge to stomp on the gas pedal and ram the cars in front of me. I don't know why but when traffic is stopped on 4 lanes of traffic it pisses me off because there is absolutely no reason that should happen short of an accident which there wasn't. But back to my point. I will have a clear head with my favorite rainy weather, though I don't really like driving on major highways with a lot of rain. But it's supposed to be a lot colder up there as well. I'm just pretty excited to see my boy. I miss him. I hope he likes the Easter basket that HB helped me make for him. Though I guess she deserves total credit, I just bought a bunch of candy and some movies and she bought the stuff for it to go in and it was her idea. But she tries to help me the better dad I want to be by helping me see my ignorance. I am nervous about money becoming tight this summer. with us moving and shit, needing to get everything turned on and U hauls and all that crap. And then also having to pay for my eye surgery. I thought we'd be all good until they jacked us on the security deposit but I know we'll make it through. I just can't wait til I go on terminal leave from the military and start working my other job full time. My god I will be raking in cash, especially if I can get like 2 months!! It will be a good Christmas with me getting paid for 2 jobs full time. But I am thinking way to far ahead, though June is coming up fast! Hmmmm I just thought of something, we don't have to cut our Texas trip down anymore since my ex doesn't have a job anymore, she probably doesn't have to go wherever she said she needed to then. But I guess I'd still like to go about the same time, that way HB will be on leave and we can stay a few days there and she can meet my family and see the wonders of Defiance. Well hope everyone has a good weekend. Hell I hope mine is good to, I think it should be, though I will miss HB.
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
busy.....
Yesterday was very busy. Well work wasn't too bad, I had quite a few things to do but most were easy and didn't take much time but afterwork was when the craziness hit. So I left work and went back to my place to start laundry since I had no more jeans or boxers. I posted the pics from YYYs and left. I had an appointment at the eye doctor at 4. I got there early and everything was good. My new surgery date is Monday and I swear to god that if it doesn't happen people will be injured severely!! I went from there to meet HB at the base so we could go sign the lease for our new townhouse at 430. I forgot the directions to the realators house and number luckily she remembered the number and got us there around 5. Signed that gave them a shitload of money and I ran out the door by 530. I had to be at counseling by 6. I was a little late but they didn't care we just watched a movie thing which was kind of neat. It was about the life of Rayful Edmond who was like a huge cocain druglord from here in DC in the 80s. It was actually pretty cool. One of the guys in the class used to run around with him. He said he knew all the people they interviewed and the actors who played them were also from the same block and shit. It was interesting. But I am going to miss the end of the movie since we only watched half and it was my last fucking night of that shit!! No more counselings, no more forging AA slips, no more random drug tests!! Now all I have to do is get off probation, I am gonna call my PO today and see about it. He better let me off. I am going back to Ohio for the weekend to see my boy. I am gonna try to get out of here early on Friday to make the 8 hour drive. I will be back Sunday though. I think it should be good. I need to get some tax shit from the ex anyway so it works. Well I am tired as shit since Chris kept me up late playin Halo last night so I am gonna go smoke and wake up. Happy Thursday fuckers!
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Yeah Yeah Yeahs!!

I need a new camera, all pics are dark and really shaky, I need a stabilizer thing or something to help fight with the crowd! Damn blogger is too slow pics are HERE!!
So last night was the Yeah Yeah Yeah's concert. First band up was Blood on the Wall Who were different and by different I mean they sounded like everyone. They reminded me of some classic rock band that I still can't name, then some songs sounded like Pixies and Sex Pistol, and Breeders. The big guy had a cool ass voice though. Nice screaming and fast paced somewhat punk music. Then it slowed down and the chick would sing. It was pretty good, but nothing exciting. Oh yeah I almost forgot this concert was lesbian fest 2006. I mean everywhere, and not the cute lipstick ones either, the really scary butch ones. A couple points the sight of a couple of them really made me nauseous. But it did make it easier to make our way up closer for the YYYs. Although some were pissed and Uncle Tom heard them bad mouthing us but I don't listen to shit like that. The show was great. The part I love the most about concerts like this is when you see them smiling and having a good time. And Karen O was smiling the whole time. Guitarist Nick Zinner was shredding the shit out of that guitar. I mean that guy could play like hell!! I hate him for being talented. Drummer Brian Chase had his girl watching from up in the balcony Karen told us before Maps when talking about everyones love and of course she said I was her love, she looked directly at me and ointed and winked. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!! After they were done we hung around up front, I really wanted a drumstick but they wouldn't give me one, Uncle Tom got a setlist which I stole from him and claimed as my own for getting the tickets. But it was good I ripped some poster off the wall for him so he was happy. The whole concert was recorded by NPR, you can listen to it HERE If you listen carefully with it turned up, before and after Phenomena around 25,28-29 minutes you can hear me yell out for canowine, though I used his real name. I wanted to give him a shout out because I figured he'd find the recording and might hear it. Ha Ha we went and saw them and you didn't :P But yeah, I got a lot of pics and hopefully they all come out and I will post them tomorrow. It was the perfect finish to a Monday!
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Labels: Concerts
Useless Shit
Things I wonder:
Who decided that eating animals was ok but eating humans isn't? And for that matter who decided fucking humans is ok but fucking animals is wrong?
How did society evolve so much, we used to hunt with sharp sticks and shit and now we have skyscrapers and airplanes and shit. How do things like that come together, it baffles me. Someone said hey lets put these metal things together and add this fuel thing and hey look it's a car that moves on its own and shit.
Why the fuck to people pay so much money for "fashionable" shit. Look at my $1,000 suit that is made from the same shit as that $50 one there but it's Gucci or whatever.
How did people find medicine, people just got sick and they gave them random shit to see if they died or got better?
We've evolved so much where the hell are my flying cars and telepoter things so we can solve this traffic and gas problem! Well Here's the car but it needs to be more affordable!
Useless Facts:
A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of wood.
The most valuable painting made by a female artist is "In the Box," painted by Mary Cassatt. It was sold for $3.67 million at Christie's in New York City.
By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for seventy-two years.
The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried.
A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.
India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980ft plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and slight concussion.
All polar bears are left-handed.
An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
An ear of corn always has an even number of rows because of the genetic formula which divides the cells.
Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee every year and around five million bottles of soda.
An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.
A whale's penis is called a dork.
An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Random shits
Well we'll start with the latest thing that pisses me off and that is just a minute ago I bought 2 tickets to see 30 Seconds to Mars in May for HB's Bday. For anyone who doesn't know it's Jared Leto's band and it really surprised me that he was actually good. But anyways 2 tickets $15 a piece and a total of $16.50 for convenience charges. What is the fucking deal with this shit. I am really fucking sick of it. Really what more do they need than 39 cents for a fucking stamp to mail them, hell they don't even need that ticketmaster has emailed tickets to me before. But it didn't give me the option this time. Seriously why don't they just make ticket prices higher or some shit instead of it looking like hey, these tickets are cheap and then charge an extra 7-8 bucks per ticket. Fuck you corporate america, fuck you in the ass with a 4x4 wrapped in razor wire while someone rams a 12 in wide dildo down your throat, lets see how you like the way you rape us for fucking tickets!!
Ok we apparently got the townhouse, we should be signing the lease next week or so. I am really fucking excited about it. We should start moving in the middle of May. It's closer to work than HB's, about the same from mine. I am excited, we will have like 2 weeks to get everything fairly settled before we go to Texas and then when we get back, I kind of just want to leave from the airport to go pick up Aaron and bring him back but I'm not sure if I can con HB into that. We'll see. Yay for us!!
It is beautiful outside, and they still have the heat on in our office. So it feels like I am back in hell. I thought when I escaped last time that I had a lifetime before I went back but apparently not.
So I did pick up YYY- show your bones yesterday and here's my review of it. I listened to it the rest of my day at work but I couldn't pay it it's due because of efveryone talking and shit. But when I put it in my car and got the chance to listen to it. it was a different experience. Now the first time I heard YYY was seeing the video for Maps on MTV as probably most the rest of us. I dug it because it was really different. Upon hearing the rest of the album I fell in love with it. Here's this 3 piece band with a crazy chic singer screaming and it was pretty much punk rock. Which of course was my fav choice in music. When I saw them, they were the best performance at the festival. Well after what seemed like forever they've got a new album. Now this isn't as punk or hard as fever to tell but it definately shows a growth and change in the band. It is more musical and a little slower. There is still some screaming and shit but it's just not as fast paced. I think this concert Monday will be the best. I mean both CD's are only about 35 minutes long which is why they weren't on stage for long last time, so now they got over an hour of music and will be able to go back and forth from the fast paced fever to tell and the slightly slower show your bones. I'm pretty sure Karen O will be on and full of her energy the whole way. I'm excited!
I've got one more counseling session to go!!! But I have to go in Saturday at like 10 or something for paperwork, which better not take long because I was gonna go to my other job since I have been slacking and cuz I need to get more money before our trip and for moving and hit. Anyone care to lend a hand? I will buy beer and pizza!! You know you want to! But I'm hot and hungry so I am gonna go outside and smoke and then grab some food or some shit. Fuck off, I am always hungry I know!
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Motherfuckin bitch ass doctors!!
So they aren't doing my surgery today. They claimed that my fucked up eye is the same and my other eye now has some shit on it or something. I don't care if they are fucked up I just don't want to wear glasses anymore! But he wouldn't listen to my logic, his whole morale shit or something made him give me more drops and wants to see me Friday down at the DC office. I may have to just metro there, I hate driving and especially a weekday morning I doubt I will find parking. That shit pisses me off almost as much as the drivers around here and thats a fucking lot! But I guess on the bright side I can go to counseling tonight and probably next week and fucking be done with it. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to make it if I did have the surgery. But whatever. I am fucking hungry but what else is new. The townhouse we like sounds like a go. They want a bigger security deposit because our credit isn't good hopefully we offered him enough. If I don't hear back today I'll call tomorrow. I'm just pissed about my eyes! So I can't talk right now. It's nice outside I may walk down to the NEX and see if they have the new Yeah Yeah Yeah's. Hope everyone else has a good humpday, mine would have been better if stupid doctors didn't fuck shit up and worry about patients and just do what I fucking want!
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
New CD's!
That's right there are lots of kick ass CD's that just cam out. Ok maybe not lots but a couple. Last week I missed the realease of From First to Last - Heroine I have their first album and really dig it. The singer has a somewhat higher pitch kind of girly voice that some may need to get used to but all in all I really like them. Anyone who has a song that screams "shake it like a salt shaker!" is badass to me!
But today there are 3 releases that I really may need to stop and pick up on the way home. First is Rob Zombies new album Educated Horses. He played a nice mix of new stuff and old stuff at the concert that I left out of my review he pretty much played a new one than an old one, even playing some White Zombie's more human than human and thunderkiss '65. The new stuff was the same style, just pure Zombie rock!
Today I am Metroing down to get Uncle Tom and my tickets for the Yeah Yeah Yeah's There new album Show your Bones is supposed to be a great follow up to Fever to Tell. These 3 are so fucking talented it's unreal. The energy you get from Karen O is amazing. She can scream like a banshee and yet sing a nice lulaby. I can't wait to hear the whole album. You can check out their new video on yahoo. My comp is slow there so no link find it though!
Third release today is Atreyu - Deathgrip on Yesterday again I own their previous album The Curse and it is good old death rock! Some screaming and some ballads but all great. I regret not getting to see this band at warped tour and thats all My Chemical Romances fault for sucking and being poser pussies. Fuckers! bUT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME BACK TO THE AREA AND i WILL GET TO SEE THEM. Damn cap locks button and damn me for being to lazy to retype. But yeah if you check out these albums you can be my friend if not I don't know just do it! But I need to go pick up my tix. Later.,
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Monday, March 27, 2006
Pics from Zombie
I got to leave work early because I wasn't putting on my uniform so here's the pics, some look artsy! Blogger is too slow and I'm lazy so here's the snapfish version since I took so fucking many!
CLICK HERE AND CHECK THEM OUT
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Labels: Concerts
My weekend, Zombie, and my eye
Had a pretty good weekend. HB had duty, but Saturday we went and looked at houses to rent. We saw a really nice townhouse, the landlord was cool and really liked us. I hope we get that place. I just called to check-up on it becasue they wanted to run a credit check. She said the results were in but she still has to meet with the landlord to see what he wants to do. So everyone keep their fingers crossed. Sunday we had lunch at Jaleo's it was nice. I conned Uncle Tom into going to see Rob Zombie with me. So I didn't have to go by myself. The first band was Bullet for my Valentine who were great. I've heard them before I don't remember if Chris said something about them or if I just stumbled on them on myspace. Anyhow, they kicked ass! I am going to pick up their CD whenever I get the chance. I was suprised as hell that there wasn't a mosh pit. Rob Zombie was up on the balcony watching. It was cool. Next was Lacuna Coil who I've never heard of. They were pretty good but sounded a lot like Evanescence. I mean a lot! Apparently their Italian or something. The chick was a hottie, the dude kept puffing out his cheeks like he had a mouth full of cum but they sounded good. And they were all doing that standing in a line and head banging together, I like that it looks cool. Everyones hair flying at the same time. I told Tom I can't wait til I get out and grow my hair back out but he said HB probably won't let me. The next we had Rob Zombie it won't even let me go onto his webpage from work. Let me first say Damn he looked good for being 40. I remember seeing him on tv when White Zombie first came out and he looked rough and old. He looked good and healthy which is good since most musicians start to go down when they get famous. I'm gonna have to go see Slither next weekend. He plays a doctor in it. But anyway, he kicked ass. It was pure and simple badass rock show. They had a giant screen in the back playing random aneme, how ever that's spelled. Lots of boobs on the screen. Rob was jumping around the front of the stage from one speaker to the next. It was awesome! I talked Tom into fighting through the crowd with me to get up front. We got center stage and like 4 people back from the stage. Hopefully the picks turn out. It's always hard to steady myself with the crowd pushing and then he wouldn't hold very still. Also yesterday I found some spare tickets online for the Yeah Yeah YEah's show next Monday. They sold out in minutes and I was supposed to get tix, I saw them at HFStival 2 years back and have been dying to see them again. Tom has yet to see them. I have to go tomorrow to meet whoever the fuck this guy is and get the tickets at a metro stop. Hopefully HB will lend me a metro check. Today I went for my pre-Op eye exam and they said they may have to postpone my surgery. I am a little pissed off about that. They said my problem eye was inflamed. and they gave me drops. I have to go in Wednesday morning for them to see if they can do the surgery that afternoon or not. They better do it, I want this shit done and over with!!! But yeah thats what it been like so far. I am refusing to wear my uniform today at work. I am wearin my concert T. I am tired as shit. I set my alarm for 5 and woke up a little after 6. Well hope everyone is haveing a great fucking Monday!
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Labels: Concerts
Friday, March 24, 2006
My Blogger Duty
Since my daily reads are becoming more weekly reads because people aren't posting as often, or at least the people I have grown accustomed to reading for the past year, I feel it is my Blogger duty to keep posting stupid shit no mater how insignificant it is. Now as most people have probably noticed this site has evolved with me throughout the time I have been blogging. I think it has actually imatured though instead of maturing. At first I was kind of unsure what I could put, about myself and my thoughts, on the internet. And by this point I just don't really give a flying fuck! Which has kind of made this blog more and more like me. Scary thought huh, if we take a look back, The first month or 2 was mainly about music, which is what I wanted. I wanted to share my kind of music, the underground screamo if you will with the world who may not have heard it, I wanted to stumble across others who shared my taste in music. There were also my concert reviews, which were getting rather good if I may say so myself. I was starting to feel kind of like a real journalist reviewing concerts, but then that dropped off with the number of concerts dropping. Now its just kind of, went was good, here's some pics. But oh well. Now it is pretty much just a journal, with random thoughts and random stupid shit. I'm surprise I haven't recruited more readers. I've had a variety of different things but not many stuck around to read. Although I was competing with Canowine at The Smudge with hits when I had the pics of Ti1a Tequi1a up, but the only looked at the pics and never actually read anything. Oh well, fuck them. This is my place and I have my usual readers and that's all that matters. We should have another blogger get together, I think I read that Blue was moving here to the east coast. But he doesn't even read anymore so... He was the first one who I saw linked to me. I remember looking at my statcounter and seeing people coming from golfmerchant, I was like WTF is that, so I clicked it and read a bit and was just kind of like wow, I have a reader, he was more of a lurker but he doesn't link to me anymore. I must have made too much of an ass out of myself at our blogger meeting. I was pretty wasted but I don't think I made a scene there, it was walking back to the car where it started going wrong. But oh well. Who cares, not me. I do like the way my page looks now though, I am proud of myself. I can't wait to get my eye surgery, I am really tired of wearing my glasses. I only have 2 more counseling left, I'm not sure if I'll be able to go next week, since it is the same day. Maybe if I feel like it HB can drive me and I can sit through it. Just to get it out of the way, I'll just need to wear my sunglasses, I'll be on drugs. Our usual counselor isn't our counselor anymore, from now on it's the other chick that I bitched about before. No one likes her, she just talks about herself and shit. She always tries to talk to me when I'm in early and just reading a book. I ignore her and keep reading and I still hear her talking to me. It's really annoying. I just want to get it over with and try to get off probabtion as a whole. But I just figured we could all reminisce and perhaps people will start blogging again, but if not I guess I need to go out and explore again and see if I can find new people to keep me entertained while I sit here at work and can't surf half the net because it's blocked. But if I do have to do that, please know that I will never forget my first posse. You guys are more than welcome to keep reading and I'll be sure to keep you on bloglines in case you decide to post something again. Happy Friday Fuckers!
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Surgery and more
So Yesterday I talked with the Laser eye people that I went to see Tuesday. I filled out a form for a loan to pay for it, it costs $4,000. Wells Fargo denied the loan application. I don't really know why my Loans keep getting denied, my credit isn't that bad. I need to go out and start getting loans for as much as I can and put it into an account and set it up to automatically pay the bill back, damn that's a great idea, except for intrest. But they tried a different place and it was approved. So Monday I have my pre-op appointment where the look more in depth at my eyes and the Wednesday I will have the surgery. I am having PRK instead of Lasik, because apparently my corneas are steeper than most and they don't want to slice that much of it. PRK is cheaper but apparently because it is more painful, but it is safer so it's got it's ups and downs. The custom PRk has a 10 year warranty thing, so it my eyes fuck up or get worse in 10 years they will fix them, so that is cool, I figured I'd better pay the extra for that, this isn't a stereo that if it breaks I can buy a new one. So that's gonna be awesome! I am excited and nervous, but they'll give me valium and percoset so it's cool.
Let's see there was more shit.... HB has been stuck with me for 5 months now, and we are looking for a place to move in together. QUite a bit of changes going on, but I am kind of excited about each one, which is kind of unusual. I like keeping things the same, but I figure that if we change them not and I get into the routine and then all will be better. Or something like that, I don't know. I am excited about this summer. Go meet her family, hang out with Specy, come back maybe she will meet my family and then Aaron will come stay with us for a while. It should be fun, she will get to stop stressing out about Gabe doing things and I will start stressing out about Aaron and well the house will probably just remain a disater zone stamped by the kid. I just filled out a thing online to become an ordained minister, so once they send me my certificate in my email I can officially marry people and shit, just to be sure that in case we have a situation like at Uncle Tom's wedding, where the chaplin was late, I can step uo and perform the ceremony, sure I may not carry a bible or whatever they read from but I am sure I can wing it pretty good. So now everyone needs to refer to me as Father Randy, or Father RC666. Wow that has a nice ring to it. I can't believe I haven't done this earlier. I'm sure there was more shit I wanted to say but fuck it I'm getting distracted by the people in my office talking loud and arguing and I have to keep putting my burns in on this guy who talks way to much shit.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Regular scheduled nothingness
So I believe I am getting back to normal, well normal for me anyways. I am kind of anxious and nervous about my son coming to live with me. I don't really know why, I seemed to take care of him most the time except when I was gone to the field or schools. I think I am just nervous that I am rusty, but I talked to him last night and he's excited so I am too. HB and I need to start looking for a new place, and I need to find someone to move into my place. Hopefully we can do it right before or after Texas. I've got my consult for laser eye surgery today, I think my eyes all better, they've both just been dry, it's a little blurry but I think thats just because my glasses are old and my eyes probably changed a little bit. Hopefully they'll say they can do it soon and have a cool payment plan and not charge me too much. It kind of sucks that it seems most bloggers are blogging less and less. I kind of get it though, I am slowing down, running out of things to talk about, but fuck it, this is nothingness so I can make a whole post about random shit. Yesterday I was thinking about one I did a long while back about things I wonder, I think one was who decided to suck on a cows tit and did they try it with a bull. I may need to start that again yesterday I was wondering if why you never see women giants, like over 7 foot and if Guy giants have an average sized penis, if they do that has to look funny, I wonder about midgets too, I've only seen female midget porn, I don't remember seeing a guy in there but I was wasted out of my mind then also. How did Adam and Eve feel when they decided he decided to put his dick in that hole and then found out a couple a months later that putting it in that whole made a baby come out 9 months later. Yeah I defianately need to start a draft of some of that shit and wait til I get a bunch of good ones. And please if anyone can answer any of these please feel free or to at least give me you opinions about it. That is if anyone still reads after I make them throw up in their mouths a little bit. That's always fun though. Yeah I'm thinking of more and more of those so I need to write them down before I forget. Happy whatever day of the week it is, I forget.
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Monday, March 20, 2006
Bad Daddy
I am. People try to ague my good points to me but I don't need convincing and I already know the truth. Why does it always take a slap in the face for me to open my eyes and realize shit. I guess I just prefer to ignore problems most the time. Saturday my ex and I got into an argument on the phone after I talked to my son and he was talking about living with me. She says he thinks I don't love him because I'm always at work. And here I am trying to put off him coming to live with me during the summers for another year. Why well many reasons. I have a small ass apartment that I never stay at, and I am selfish. I am very selfish actually though I never really realized it. I sit and complain about missing him and what not but do I ever get up and actually drive back to see him, it's really not that far. No, why because I am doing my own thing, living my life, having fun, working. But I need to step up and start being a dad. I need to drive back at least once a month, I've been seeing him twice a year, for a week at a time. That's bullshit. I'm missing his life. I am a piece of shit. I called to try to get him back in the daycare on base for this summer. so he can come stay with me. I won't be able to go to my other job for the time he's here but oh well, that money is just a luxury. I really don't know what to say. I am kind of just shocked and disgusted with myself. Especially at the fact that I just kept putting it off, and ignoring it. I am going to start trying to be a good daddy. I am going to try to be a better person in gerneral. Yesterday I was upset thinking about all this so I ran away to my apartment by myself to drink. I needed to escape. I realized thats what I do, when I am down I just exile myself and try to get fucked up and forget. I have been slowly getting better. In the olden days I'd be getting stoned, tripping, coke, special K, or even huffing to escape. Then it became alcohol since it is legal but I'd still go drive around and dod stupid shit. Now it's down to drinking, playing Halo, and smoking a pack of cigs. But nwo I need to start going to the gym or some shit. Lifting weight to relieve stress or hell run even though I hate it. I need to make changes. I need to talk about it with HB. I tried but the more we talked the more I wanted to escape, fighting back tears. I don't know why but no one needs to see me cry. But I need to get my shit in order, I am a very bad procrastinator until I want/have to do something right now. But this is my son's life, I can't put it off or put my life in front of his. I need to grow up and be a daddy.
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
Revenge of the Eye Part 2...*UPDATED*
So Yeah My eye problem is back except in the other eye. And it's back with a vengence. Last night it hurt but was just more irritating. I woke up around midnight and completely out of control and half asleep I started digging at it and thought my contacts were still in, obviously nothing came out since I took them out earlier. So I jumped in the shower hoping to wash them out. I knock of the shower curtain and shit in the bathroom and proceded to the freezer where I grabbed my Jim Beam and chugged straight from the bottle. I went back to sleep still not fully dried from my episode. This morning I didn't want to get up it hurt so bad. It is pretty much the same thing as last week but the pain and light sensitivity has doubled or tripled. So I tried to go to the eye people this time to get it looked at but they don't see people until 8, so I will be going back in an hour. Looking at the screen is killing me, the floresent lights, I don't know how I made it in this morning, the headlights and everything seem to make me double over in pain. Just a little bit ago I was walking through the halls, blinded by pain, I couldn't keep my good eye open and almost fell to the floor crying. I pride myself on having a high tolerance for pain but this shit is killing me. It's already as if I'm crying, the watering and the sniffeling from my sinuses. I just want to sob in pain, but I know that won't help any. Well I am tired of looking at the screen, I may type more after I see the doc, hopefully he will send me home, though I won't appreciate a 3 day weekend when I feel like this it would be better to be at home. FUCK YOU EYES!! I have an appointment Tuesday for my Laser eye surgery consultation too, hopefully it will be better by then.
So Doc said it's not pink eye, it's corneal epithelial defect from wearing my contacts or some shit. So I am not allowed to wear my contacts. I thought about asking for an eye patch but didn't. It fucking hurts! Good thing I decided to move my Laser surgery sooner, I don't wanna wear my glasses, I can't wear sunglasses and the sun is bright as shit!Ah, I still want to stab it and pull it out with a fork!
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Hump me it's Humpday
No humpin this humpday or the next 4 of them. HB had her surgery, doc said no humping for a month. Zefyur got his package, I think he was sadly disappointed but it included the one thing he asked for as well as random shit... you know the usual... a blowup doll, some KY, lubriderm, a hat, and porn. He only asked for porn. I'm sure most of it found the trash already but thats cool, I'm sure he at least laughed at the shit. Not much really happening in my world. The usual shit. Glad HB's surgery is over so she doesn't have to worry about that anymore. I miss Chris, talked to him for a quick minute last night. I saw he audioblogged but I can't listen to it at work so I'll have to listen to it tonight when I get home, I'm sure he yelled at me for being a fag and not staying up to talk to him after he was done with his girl. Oh well, I'll call him tonight in between Halo games after counseling. HB and I need to find a place, she wants me to move in with her, and I want to but I'd rather if we had a bigger place, and perferably closer to work. I need to talk to my landlord tonight if I see him. I'd rather us move while Gabe's gone, it would just be eaasier and the weather would be nicer. But the problem is I woun't have anyone to help me. Getting my shit out of my apartment shouldn't be as hard as getting it in but it will still be a pain in the ass nonetheless. I just ate me some Taco Bell...MMMMMMMMM. Thanks to HB I got out of work yesterday. Her appointment was supposed to be at 9 and not take that long, So I talked to my partner here at work and told him the situation, he said cool. Well I sat outside OBGYN reading my book surrounded by pregnant people until around 11 and then she came out, we got some food and went to my place. I decided I didn't want to go back to work so I called him and said I was disappearing for the day, he said cool, so we took a couple hour long nap. It was excellent. Today he didn't come in til like 10, he said that he overslept and not he is leaving about an hour and a half later. So I guess I just repaid him. It's pretty cool. Rob Zombie concert is next weekend, the 26th. That should be fun except that I don't have any concert buddies anymore! HB can't go because it's a Sunday night, so I will go by myself. I went to HFStival by myself a couple years back and Slipknot as well, so I will be ok. I may have to go to Ozzfest and Warped tour by myself unless HB comes with me, both are in August. I hate Warped Tour because of last year but there are gonna be a bunch of great bands again so I may have to put up with the Nazis. Well I suppose I should get back to work. Fuck you Humpday!
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Monday, March 13, 2006
Useless Facts
In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."
The CIA has made a disk camera that is as big as a quarter. This gadget can take many pictures at a time when the disk is opened.
In China, pancakes are generally served as side dishes. They are stuffed with meat, bean sprouts, and other vegetables.
Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person.
Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards.
St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.
The lining of the a person's stomach is replaced every 36 hours.
Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia.
Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.
The oldest roller coaster in the world is the Leap-The-Dips roller coaster located in Lakemont Park in Pennsylvania. The roller coaster was built in 1902.
Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century.
215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton.
One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving.
The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.
The peregrine falcon can spot its prey from more than 8 km away.
Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
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My 3 amigos and I
So the bachelor party had all the elements of a normal bachelor party, we had 4 guys, all good friends, a hotel room, a bunch of beer, good resteraunt, and a strip club. But it wasn't really a normal one, why is that... because it was in Dover, Delaware! Let's recap, we decided to only stay for one night since we all have women we wanted to be with, though we knew a guys night out was needed especially since Uncle Tom is going to Korea soon, plus poor canowine being stuck in Dover all by his lonesome. So I get off work early and told Tom I was going to his house, I stopped and got some beer. Get there drink one before he got there, we drank some more while waiting for his brother to get off and home. We watch some tv and bullshit. His brother gets home and we have a slight buzz so he has to drive, which was the plan. So We leave off for Dover around 5 or so. Light traffic, nice ass weather, his bro got directions from a guy so we could take back roads. We got there around 7 or so, so by Dover Downs, the casino thing that's there to get a room, they were booked due to basketball and a tournament or some shit, so we headed down the road to a budget inn, got a room for less than 50. Great! We call canowine and he headed over, meanwhile we drank and watched "I love toys" on VH1. Toms laughing about how lame this bachelor party was. Outside we noticed thug wannabes walking back and forth since our curtains didn't close all the way. It appeared that drug deals were going down and possible blowjobs in cars. I called a cab for us to head back to the casino. We go and gamble for a short while, break about even, then get hungry. We walked down the road and got some seafood. We decided to go check out the local strip club because there seemed to be nothing else to do in Dover except sit at a slot machine for hours on in. Slots suck ass because there is no skill just luck. So We call for a cab while waiting on the check, they said half an hour, the restraunt kicked us out because they closed, it is now 1130, the cab gets there around 12, we were getting tired because we aren't quite young pups anymore and had been up since 5 am. So the cab takes us to Classics, Dovers strip club. While getting out of the cab these thug wannabes on there motorcycles start talking shit. We just ignored them, walk in and there is a fat chick on stage wearing her thong and making it disappear and reappear under the folds of her body, we kind of look at each other and knew the cab was gone, so we sat for a beer. half way through the beer they switched strippers and the next one wasn't as fat but still nasty ass shit so I called the cab back, we finished our beer and waited outside for the cab. The door man was telling us how this wasn't the best strip club but the best in the area, the other one had old fat chicks, an 80 year old lady owned it and would flash her saggy tits and rub them on guy faces. The cab driver confirmed it, we joked about taking Tom there but just headed back to our room. Canowine sat for a while while we bullshitted and watched tv then took off around 2. The rest of us played some cards, kept drinking and after 2 hours of arguing about sleeping arrangements and fighting over everything we passed out around 530, with me on a mattress on the floor, Uncle Tom on the box springs, and his bro on a bed. We woke up to people screaming outside but fell back asleep woke up just in time to check out and head to Denny's. Then back to the casino where I again broke even and they lost some money. We decided to head to a beach on the way back since it was nice. We drove and then stopped for a map and found the closest beach, Slaughter Beach. We stopped, it was chilly with the wind blowing off the water, we sat for a while then headed home. Tom tried to take a nap in the backseat, I got a pen from his bro since he didn't have any markers and I turned around and went to write on his face but he woke up and jumped. Then we all parted our ways to our women. May not have been normal but it was a great adventure.
The rest of the weekend was pretty uneventful, just hung out with HB, yesterday I got on my rollerblades again, first time in a long time. I stayed up and didn't wreck so it was fun, I just went around her neighborhood. But good times, the weather is nice as shit out! It's perfect, not hot no cold! Well I guess I need to do work so, Have a good Monday!
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Friday, March 10, 2006
Am I settling or is this the eye of the storm
So I am starting to calm down. I am feeling better though I continue to wear my glasses until my eyes stop being so dry. It seems I am regaining my sanity. I am catching back up at work and getting the things done that need be. I don't think I was cranky with HB yesterday, though I did fail my piss test. Yes America I am an Opiate abuser! Ok not really I just forgot one of the many meds they gave me was Robotussin with Codeine, so it popped but they told me to just bring my perscription in next week and it wouldn't be a problem. We watched Elizabethtown finally, as most Cameron Crow flicks it was pretty good until the abrupt ending. It was sad, funny and wierd but good until it just ends. I still enjoyed it. I am kind of sad that I won't be spending time with HB this weekend. I haven't been spending much time with her. But it's pretty much been goodbyes on the weekends. Goodbye Specy, goodbye Uncle Tom's manhood, just kidding. I'm sure this trip will be fun, liquor, hookers, strippers.... Just kidding. Guys, drinks, gambling. One of us is bound to win big and I think it's gonna be me. Since I didn't win the big lottery I have to win something soon. It is boiling hot in my office yet again. It is really nice outside it's like 65 already. Jackass is taking duty today so I can bolt a little early, I went home yesterday and got Zefs address so I can mail his package today. I'd like to thank him for adding blogupload music to his site so I could steal it and do the same on mine. I added what I think is the best song on Chiodos album, it's got the eerie piano and screaming. His voice kind of sounds like the guy from From first to last kind of high pitch, but after a while it sounds cool. Gives me some hope of becoming a huge rock star someday. Me, Spec, Zef need to start up a band. Spec can scream, I'll sing and play guitar badly and we'll give Zef a drum set to bang on and he can grunt and shit since he wouldn't scream for us last time we took him out and I puked all over Spec's car. But I am getting off subject, oh wait I don't have/never have a subject so I guess I am ok. All I can say is Thank satan it's friday! I hope everyone haas a good weekend, I may audioblog from Dover, I don't think I've been to Delaware yet, I may have passed through it and not paid attention since it is only as big as my little toe. CANOWINE! We're comin to get ya!
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Thursday, March 09, 2006
Random hells
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Back to the Grind
What is grind and why is that referred to work? I don't know but that was the first thing that popped into my head. I am back to work, my stomach is still a little queezy. All the damn meds. My eye is a little better it just feels really dry. I'm still wearing my glasses that I hate with a passion. I'm pushing up my laser eye surgery, I was gonna call to make my free consultation this week but with all this shit I'll wait until next week, especially because I almost forgot that I am taking a trip this weekend for Uncle Tom's bachelor party. I wanted it to be full of all the usual bachelor things just to see Uncle Tom freak out, he wouldn't even go to a strip club for my birthday when we were out in San Antonio on the last day of the exercise, Bitch I'll never forgive you for that. But we are going to see canowine and do some gambling and shit. Maybe I'll win big and be able to pay cash up front for my laser shit but I doubt it. My days off weren't quite as relaxing as I'd hope. Monday I went home and messed with the computer and got some more shit ready to send to Zefyur, hopefully should be able to send it out at the end of the week. I'm still downloading a bunch of porn for him, since that is the only thing he actually told me he wanted, I threw a bunch of random crap in as well and am gonna put together a couple CD's that he may like. Yesterday I spent most the day at the MVA to get that title for the minivan so that is over with. It took some lying but I finally got it, since my ex's name was on it too. But I sent that off and finally got back to my place around 1, I got there at 830. So I did some more shit on the computer and called Specy since his audioblog was him crying about missing me. He just can't audioblog without me drunk screaming or us getting attacked by God. Ah, good times. He said that if HB and I still want to make a side trip over to Vegas when we're down there in June he'd see if he could go. That would be some good audioblogs again. I get back to work with a bunch of shit on my desk for me to do. I just wanna sleep or eat, My stomachs been fucked up. I get hungry but nauseous. I got my counseling tonight, it will be my 22nd, which means 4 more!! 26 weeks of hell, gone! Then hopefully I will get off probation, I haven't talked to my PO in like 2 or 3 months anyway. But I need to get back to finishing all this shit. Oh I've got my advancement test tomorrow, I haven't even looked at a book or thought about studying. There is no point, I could ace the test and still not advance because of my DUI eval, people could say well try your best for the test in Sept, but if I aced that one too and get a better eval in July, I wouldn't put it on until January and guess what in January I will be a civilian, I tried to put a countdown to that when I fucked up my Template last week, I may try again later today if I get a chance, Happy Humpday all!
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Monday, March 06, 2006
Some bad pics from a while back
If your eye looks like mine does today:
You get all these meds and 2 days off from work, yes that is a Z-Pak
After Black Cat Pizza!MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!
HB, Sugarduck and Uncle Tom
HB and I enjoying pizza!
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Friday, March 03, 2006
Fuck
I think I fucked up my Template because this computer is a piece of shit, need to post something to find out. If it is I'm fucked!
I hate this fucking computer and internet. Luckily I had a backup but as you can see was the original before I tweaked it. I'm gonna puch a fucking hole in something, fuck this I'll fix it later!!!!!!!!!
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It's fucking Friday
I hate the fucking military! Yesterday I had an appointment to get my taxes done, I went with everything and the guy didn't know what the fuck he was doing so he asked if I could come back later, I said yeah but I had a dental appointment so I wasn't sure when. So I went to Dental and they did a pulpectomy, starting my root canal. It took forever. I got out of there about 330 or 4, went back to the tax place and he wasn't there. OK So I went to the pharmacy to get my motrin, the doc forgot to write motrin, it just said 800mg tabs. So They wouldn't give me them. I was pissed and went to go smoke and write motrin on the slip. I didn't have my lighter, it fell out in the dental chair. So I went back got my lighter and had them write motrin on the slip, went back and got them and left finally about 430, when I was supposed to get off at 2 and go to my other job. Today I find out that the other guy I work with who said he'd do duty this week was on leave and didn't tell or ask me shit. So I need to stay and do his shit today. I went back by the tax place and he wasn't there, they couldn't find all my paper work shit! Then tell me that they don't like to and probably won't do state taxes. I got pissed and asked what the point was if I had to go pay HR Block to do my state anyways, I might as well had them do federal. Fucking piece of shit people. They told me that guy should be in Tuesday or Thurday. Then Friday I have to go back and have them work on my tooth some more. They said it would take quite a few appointments. The denist was awesome though, the best I ever had. When it hurt and I groaned or made a sound, she was concerned when others would just say, deal with it. That was cool, she gave me another shot to numb it more when they were done since it took them a while and she knew the pharmacy would take their sweet ass time. It hurt last night but feels normal today, my jaw is just a little sore from being streched open for so long. She took a break halfway through because her pager kept going off. I got to get up and strech and looked in the mirror, it was pretty cool. I kind of looked out of Saw 2. I had a big blue tarp thing halfway in my mouth and my tooth was hollow, I wish I had my camera to take a pic. I was pissed I missed work but HB made it better. She cooked some chicken that was awesome and nice and tender for my tooth. I was gonna go to work today to make up for it until I realized that fuckhole is on leave. Plus I am supposed to go to Chris's. I need to call him and find out what time. So HB is just gonna come chill at my place until whenever. I am hungry but not, it's weird. My stomach is a little upset. I've been feeling like an old fuck lately. Pain switches from my knees and ankles. I don't know why I don't excercise or anything.
I finished my Richard Brautigan book, it was strange. They all have slow beginings and then get good, and then have crappy endings. I don't know if I'll read anymore of his work. Now I can start on the Kafka book HB gave to me. The Hawthorne Heights album is pretty good. I don't think I like it as much as the first one, maybe it will grow on me. I think the need to let the guitarist scream more, he sounds the best. The CD sounds a little different. It doesn't have quite as much screaming but has more hard metal guitar and shit. I still like it. What else has been going on that I've been forgetting to post... I think if I get money back from this tax shit, or if I ever find out I may push up my laser eye shit. I am tired of wearing contacts. Well I can't think of anymore so I better get started on filing this huge stack of papers, I can't wait to be done with the military shit! Maybe I'll go get a snack to eat. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Fucking Humpday!
Pretty bad day so far. Hb and I were running a little late this morning that caused us to be slightly cranky. Get to work and have a bunch of emails about shit they want me to do, I have a stack of my usual work that I need to do. I figured whatever they can wait and I'll get to them. I went down to play with my liquid nitrogen shits and found out that I left one open last night after I filled it so it leaked. No problem it disinegrates but that meant that I had to use the other one and then fill them again. Not too big of a thing but a pain in the ass. I come back up and do my hourly blog surfing and shit. Then I went back down to do my checks and they were jacked up. That meant I had to fucking around with this machine and try to remember the one time I was showed how to adjust it because I didn't feel like going all the way back to my office to get the sheet I wrote it down on. It is a long walk, it's a big hospital! Well it took me a long while but I fixed it and went and filled my liquid nitrogen. I get back to my office here about 15 minutes ago and I have another stack of shit and more request to do shit while the other guy sits at his computer and watches a season of Angel! Fucking ass wipe, I can't ask him to do half this shit because no one trusts him to, he fucks things up. Fuck it, it can wait til tomorrow, why, because it's about time to change and go to my LPOs going away at a china buffet. We better be able to go home after that. I've got shit I need to do, not to mention sometime really soon I've got to go sit at the MVA to get the title for my van. They called again today, I figured if I ignored it, it would go away, it didn't. So I need to get the fucking title. I need to do laundry, dishes, clean a bit, get some shit online and shit at home, take a piss test and counseling tonight! I think a nice Beam and coke will be great after all that shit and maybe a couple games of Halo! Friday I will be crying like a bitch because Chris and I are gonna hang out and he leaves next week. FUCK!! Silverstein concerts tonight and tomorrow! HE never told me which one we were gonna go to, fucker skippin out, I knew he would because he's a fuckin pussy. Can't take it, well time to change, hope everyone else is doin better!!
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Message from Hawthorne Heights on myspace
Hello,
This message is going to all of our supporters so we apologize in advance if it seems impersonal.
Tomorrow, our second album, “If Only You Were Lonely” will be in stores. We are reaching out to you because Hawthorne Heights can use your help. We need you, your friends and anyone else you know that likes ROCK music to buy our album tomorrow. The only reason we are able to be a band is because of your support. Without you we would not be able to do what we do.
You buying our album tomorrow has much greater meaning than simply supporting Hawthorne Heights. ROCK music needs your support. Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner. If our album can debut at ..1 all of us will have taken ROCK music back to the top of the charts where it belongs. You might ask, how has ROCK been put on the backburner? A current example is an artist that we are up against called Ne-Yo. Many people are saying that Ne-Yo is going to outsell us because Ne-Yo has had a tremendous amount of over the top, mainstream media coverage. His album will be in stores tomorrow. Radio has played his single 160,000 times. Our single has been played 3,800 times. We know that does not seem possible but it is the truth. Ne-Yo is on a major label. Hawthorne Heights is on an independent label. ROCK music needs to win tomorrow. Independent needs to beat Major tomorrow. If all of you take action we can create history. The mainstream media may not choose to fully embrace this ROCK band from Dayton, Ohio but all of you have. No one can take that away from us. It cannot be bought because it comes from the heart. That is what makes us different. Your support means everything to us and is the most valuable thing that we have. You are the people that we depend on. This is as much about you as it is about us. You hear our voices every night. Now, we need to hear yours. You see us at our merch table every night. We need to see you in the stores tomorrow. We cannot come out on top without you. Passion and music with real meaning has a chance to beat out what the media forces down our throats. No one expects us to win. We need to prove them wrong. They underestimate us. Please help us create history tomorrow. This is a ‘call to arms’, a ‘battle cry’, not just for Hawthorne Heights but for all of the other great ROCK bands and independent labels that we all love. All of us deserve this and it is something that we can do together.
Your Friends,
Hawthorne Heights
Hey everyone,
I know you've been bombarded with messages from our label all day long about our new CD coming out. If you didn't know, our new CD, If Only You Were Lonely, comes out tomorrow, 2/28. As our label pointed out, we have a legitimate chance of debuting at ..1. If we do great, if not, who cares. We want our fans to listen to the music we've created. Chart numbers aren't important to us, playing music is, that is what drives us. Would it be cool if we beat out Ne-Yo and were ..1...sure, it would be a dream come true, I'm not going to lie. Everyone at some point in their life has dreamt big. To be in the position we're in is a huge accomplishment in and of itself...the fact that there are people predicting us to actually debut at ..1 is insane to even think about. At the end of the week, if we are ..1 or ..2 or .. whatever, it doesn't really matter. We're still the same band that you either love (or hate) and the chart .. will not change your mind about us. Charts are for industry people, not music fans. So, go buy our album if you like us, not because we're "ROCK". We hope you enjoy what we created!
Eron
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Monday, February 27, 2006
Stars and lazy weekend
Friday was very pissy. I get off from work and drive towards Uncle Tom. I was hungry and keeping in touch with HB, she was working on getting a babysitter so she could come with us. I stopped at Wendy's by Uncle Toms and kept trying to call him but his phone is stupid and just kept giving me static. I ate and kept trying to call, I knocked on his door and no answer. HB got a babysitter who was on her way and I sat in my car. Eventually Tom called and said he was asleep, him and his girl came out and we went to my place to wait for HB. I lazily looked up directions towards black cat from my place to find a faster way. I put in 14th st, DC. Big mistake. Anyone who knows DC, there a 4 sets of every street, one for each, NW NE SW SE. Well apparently I am close to NE and Black Cat is in NW. It gave me directions to the wrong one, we get lost, I get pissed. I start back tracking, we are running very late. Streets change names on me too many times, I make a bunch of Uturns. Eventually I give up and start back tracking actually attempting to go home. Well I find our way there. When we got upstairs Magnet was just ending. We get drinks and shirts and head towards our spot in a big crowd. Couldn't quite make it, pretty sure the few pics I took probably didn't turn out. Stars were very good. I thought it was amusing that they acted like they were playing hard rock but it was pretty melow. I really don't feel like going into details but it was a fun show and I got some pics of the pizza afterwards that I will probably post Wenesday.
Saturday and Sunday I didn't get dressed I wore my old sleeping pants since I had to watch Gabe and couldn't be naked. Saturday was at my place and then HB took me to Target and her place where I still wore the same thing. Sunday I just watched movies and played with Gabe all day and never left the apartment. It felt good to be lazy! She bought me a couple gifts yesterday that were great. She finally got the new Action Action CD I've been looking for as well as one from a group called Chiodos and a new book since I am almost finished with the one I have now. It was really nice except it was in a gay bag but that was ok...lol. Well Hope everyone has a good Monday!
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Friday night Live
I know I was gonna bitch some shit about stereotypes but I'll save that for later. I've just been bitter lately and I have no clue why. But tonight I'll be going to a concert so maybe some live music and a couple beers will chill me the fuck out. TOnight we will be attending the Black Cat again to see the Stars and Magnet. Neither are really my type of music but I like the Stars, I only gave them a chance because their album was called "Set yourself on fire" so it sounded cool and Uncle Tom said the chick was hot. She's got a really good, smooth, calm voice. I like it. I was listening to Magnet a little this morning. He's pretty much the same, Kind of reminds me of Jack Johnson or something. I thought it was a band but apparently it's just one guy, must be like Final Fantasy or some shit. But it should be a good show, It sold out a couple weeks ago. Tom's got 4 tickets, was supposed to be him, his girl, me and HB but HB can't make it and he doesn't know if his girl is gonna come. SO it may just be the 2 of us, with 2 extra tickets to a sold out show. You know what that means, FREE DRINKS! Someone asks for tickets and you say ok, first rounds on you, someone else they have to get second round. Tickets were like 12 or 15 bucks so it's almost the same. 2 drinks are 9 I think. Tom doesn't believe in being greedy like me. I can't help it though when people walk the line offering twice the price. Like if no one goes with me to Rob Zombie next month. It sold out in seconds, $40 a ticket. I can probably sell the extra for 100. For Manson at the 930 club was the same deal people were offering 150-200 for a ticket. SO I hope I will make some money at least if no one comes with me. And I won't get as fucked up as I did for Manson.... ah, good times! Anyway, so hopefully I will be nice and relaxed after tonight at least for a while as long as no one starts shit there we'll be ok. Well I need to get started on some of this work shit so I can maybe take off a little early today! Happy Friday, hope everyone has a good weekend, If I still have readers afetr the last 2 posts which no one gave me any responses to, except take a barbituate and that Chris is a fag, but I already knew that.
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Black History Month
SO if I didn't piss everyone off yesterday, here's another shot. Just kidding I'm not trying, just expressing my views. SO Last night as I was tossing and turning trying to go to sleep when I had a 3 hour nap after work my mind was wondering all over the place, I realized it was still Black history month. This shit pisses me off. I hate how it's cool to be black and proud, but if your proud to be white, your racist. America doesn't have a white history month, we don't have a strictly white Miss America pagent, and we don't have a white entertainment channel. Why because if we did it would be considered racist. This thing has constantly upset me. I don't consider myself racist, I do say some racist shit while I'm driving or playing Halo but they are just words to me and whatever. I don't judge people based on their race though I see alot of people meeting their stereotypes. That's how they get stereotyped because a lot of people have set it, like last night at counseling... nevermind I'll save that for tomorrow. Right now I'm on racism and mostly Black reverse racism. Slaves were freed in 1862, that's 144 years ago. People make mistakes, it wasn't us today it was our ancestors, why must we pay for their mistakes. Groups like THIS ONE are still fighting for reparations. SO sorry that our ancestors took your ancestors out of Africa, I'm sure you would rather be back there on a continent that has 25.8 million people infected with HIV. That's more than 60% of the total HIV population in hate world. Not to mention the poverty over there if way worse than here. You would almost think that we should charge them for the free trip over here. But a lot of people want to bitch and moan about shit that cannot be changed. Yes slavery was bad, it's not nice, we can't fix the past, but your not a slave now and you and your family have a better life because of the suffering that your ancestors went through. Be happy for that fact. How many people come and try to have a better life in America, a lot. So I think a Thank you should be given instead of a plea for money. But I would like to promote White Pride but that would sound racist so I just say fuck everyone reguardless of color!
On another note, I just found out today is national chilli day! SO I need to get some chilli!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
To be or not to be....
Gay. That's right gay, homosexual, fag, lesbian, dyke, and whatever else they are called that I forgot. It seems homosexuality has been a big thing lately with them trying to get married and all that happy horse shit. Now I am not particularly fond of the whole thing. I don't think they should be allowed to get married. I've met a couple, not many, but they are usually ok people, it just freaks me out a bit. And most people try to play it off so they don't seem "predjudice" or some shit, but it depends how far you take it. I'm not gonna run away saying "Don't touch me, I don't wanna catch Gay!" or anything like that it just makes me uncomfortable. Now many of you are probably wondering why I'm talking about Homos. Well THIS is the reason. So studies are finding that people are gay based on a cromosome now they will eventually pin it down and then maybe soon after that be able to fix this problem. Ok say let's say hypotetically that we can do that, we can prevent baby's from growing up to be gay. Now this is my question to those who so far are starting to hate my guts and getting ready to leave me a comment calling me a fuckin bigot. Still hypotetically, If we could stop babies from becoming gay, would we. Now I think the obvious answer for everybody should be yes. I mean it would solve the marriage issue, for one. B) One less hate crime to be commited III) Do gay people really enjoy being gay? Now since I don't have any to ask I ask of my loyal few readers to ask the ones that they know and report back for me. Again I am not trying to be a dick or an ass, or a dick in... nevermind that may have crossed the line. But I really wonder if this thing did end up happening it may be another thing for homos(not trying to use it negativly but faster than typing homosexuals everytime) to unite and try to fight against. But most of them when they realize they're gay hide it and deny it and all that other shit. They get discriminated, they always say they didn't choose to be gay. Well what if you could choose not to be gay, would you.
Sorry I have been having writers block lately as you can see by my last several posts, so this is my topic of the moment. *Some disclaimer about if anyone is offended it's not my fault*
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Marriage Contract
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