9:51, thanks for laying all the blame on me and "Anon henchmen".
I don't know who a single "anon" is around here. Well, no that's a lie. I know who at least two of them are.
And they're no friends of mine.
I don't control what anyone thinks on this blog. I definitely don't control what anyone says on this blog.
Ever consider that maybe Mayo and SS don't hang around because of the way they are talked TO? I wouldn't, if someone spoke to me in my own house that way.
Frankly, I don't need support from anyone to think what I think, or say what I say. I don't have henchmen. And nobody follows me, because they know I don't need a "fan club".
No Smoke FUNNY is you guys getting called on talking behind everyone's back. You just don't get it do you. FUNNY is Amyranth standing up to you and your little 'group'.
Yeah, that was pretty funny to me but probably not the way you meant. It's all good though.
Why does it matter what we were talking about? You don't like us. You think we're pathetic so why do you care? And for the record, we were talking about the blog because, God, I know this is just so out-there but: THIS IS WHERE WE MET. Jesus.
Looks like it’s another quiet night. Of course various anons had to chime in with their opinions. “It’s all so and so’s fault”, “No, it’s because of you know you did you know what”. Shit at times it’s like a fucking pre-school here. Oh whatever. I’m sure it can’t possibly be because it’s the holiday season and people are out doing things. No, that can’t be it. Once again I say, whatever.
So since there seems to be no one here to talk with I think I’ll go watch a movie. Hopefully there is something on HBO that hasn’t run 10 times already. You would think with 8 different HBO channels something good would be on. If not, I’ll watch a DVD. The house is empty tonight so I can do whatever the hell I want.
I just have to say this – please remember that even if it seems empty there is always someone here for you if you need us.
My top 10 clichés and other annoying things that people say for 2008:
1) “Are you still working on that?”
Paraphrased: “have you finished?”
Why it’s annoying: Am I still working on it, like a beaver working on a dam, or a miner on a coal face? It’s annoying because “have you finished?” is perfectly adequate, plain English and, if you bothered to look, you’d see that I haven’t put my knife and fork together which would mean … I have finished.
2) “It ain’t rocket science”
Subtext: I heard someone say this and it made them sound sharp witted. Significance: the glorification of ignorance.
3) “I’ve turned on the seatbelt sign ’cause we’ve just hit some bumpy air”
… BUMPY FUCKING AIR???
4) “Enjoy”
Enjoy what?
5) “Party’s over”
Because it’s just so sad
6) “Would you?”
No, would YOU actually? Would you mind finishing your sentences please?
7) “Are you who I think you are?”
Why? Who do you think I am??
8 ) “Have a good one”
A good what, exactly?
9) “Can I put you on hold?”
For the obvious reasons
10) Nope, sorry I can’t do ten of them; you’ll just have to make do with nine.
Another goodnight letter to another man who isn't here, from another woman who's alone with her thoughts. That sounds almost poetic...but that's not my intent.
What my intent IS, I'm not sure. I never am until I start typing.
It's rainy here tonight. I like listening to the rain at night; it comforts me, gives me a feeling of peace. Even a gentle thunderstorm soothes me, it makes me feel secure and cocooned when I'm under my covers.
Wherever you are tonight, I hope you're feeling secure, comforted, and peaceful, even if it's not raining.
That's what I call the video of the Porkies backstabbing everyone on this blog and talking behind their backs.
December 27, 2008 10:06 PM
I'm sorry but that is the funniest thing i have read here. Do you have nothing better to do than think of things to make up about others? Someone posts a video without sound,and you know exactly what they are saying. Yes, instead of calling each other on the phone,they spent their money on airfare, so they could talk about people on this blog. LOL! Please people don't flatter yourself.
Wanted to share a few photos. The first two are the kittens. The second are photos I took this morning of the sun shining through the ice. Looks so pretty but what a pain for driving.
Is everyone trying to get back to normal? Have you put away all your Christmas decorations? I think I'll leave mine up just for a few days more.
I don't always have the time to back-read on here, so I apologize for not being up on everything that is going on with everyone. But, I trust, or hope, that everyone had a great Christmas!
Man, do I envy Wendy! What a wonderful trip she is off on! I can't wait to hear all about it and see lots of pics!
Elena, that Siamese kitten is gorgeous!
Kapunua, I guess I missed the video at your blog. Did you remove it? I would've enjoyed seeing all of you in motion!
Although it wasn't entirely what I anticipated, the holiday came to pass with all the bliss I had hoped it would.
There were quiet private moments among swells of the best commotion family and friends can deliver.
And now with the New Year approaching and nostalgia settling in, I look forward to every experience, to life and to anything and everything that crosses my path.
2008 was a really weird year though. So many completely fucked up things combined with so many completely amazing fantastically wonderful things. Still, I do find myself looking back and I tend to notice more things that I fucked up rather than fixed.
Not a lot of moving forward on my part. I will admit that shit. I moved out and away but not forward and past it.
2:42, if you're still around, something that you said got me to thinking.
What would you consider wasting moments? I think we all waste time sometimes. I know that I do, and I don't even mean to. I'm not talking about mindlessly doing pleasant things to pass the time, but actually wasting it by doing and feeling negative things.
Like for instance, my biggest time-waster is worry. I worry over things I can't control, like what if someone gets sick, this or that. Admittedly, I waste my time thinking about stupid people and what I'd like to say to them, too. Ultimately, usually I don't say anything at all, talking to them being an even bigger waste than thinking about them.
But it's hard to help it sometimes.
Are you certain you won't waste any of it? Because I can be pretty sure I will have nights of just lying there in bed going, "Gosh, what if something happens to so and so?" or "Jeez, what a jerk, I should really tell her this or that." Instead of sleeping, or studying, or some such thing.
Can we really help those things? And what do you consider a waste of time?
Solly, then you're like me. Don't you wish you could just stop worrying about when you're going to lose people and other stuff, and just enjoy them while you have them with you? That's one thing I wish I could do.
I really do. I will wake up in the middle of the night in a panic about the craziest of scenarios. I swear this can't be normal. I'll go from worrying about dying and sickness and like a real legitmate irrational fear to worrying about OMG my oil needs changing and my truck is going to blow up, or just something really silly like that.
Because the moment that I wake up, do I go change my oil, um nope, I just put it off til tomorrow. It's insanity.
Solly, I do the same exact thing. It's such a bother. I think when we take to worrying about those minor things, maybe we do it on purpose to distract ourselves from the other really awful thoughts that we don't want. Like, "Okay, well I'll worry about the oil. This way I won't be wondering when this or that person is going to die / get sick / get in a car wreck / some other random thing."
Damn, Jules, I just wish I could stop it, or at least tone the shit down a bit. Don't get me wrong. I don't want to be the person who goes around not worrying about anything, but isn't there some kind of in between/right down the middle with this shit. Why must we be to the extreme?
And it's almost like if I didn't take something to help me at least fall asleep, then I would never ever get to sleep, because I would sit there and dwell on shit. And if I ever wake up and get to thinking, well it's done and over with. I might as well wake up and get dressed, because all I will do is sit there and think and think and think.
Only once in a while it keeps me from sleeping, but I do spend a lot of the day walking around going, "Gosh, I hope so and so doesn't have cancer" or I imagine the worst possible scenarios for my young cousins and I try to think about how I would deal with it (not well,) and then I spend all this time trying to figure out crazy ways to prevent bad things from happening.
I'll tell you another weird thing, and maybe you do this, too? I sometimes think that as long as I keep worrying about it, then it won't happen. But if I become the kind of person who goes happyassing around thinking that no harm can ever befall me or my loved ones, then karma will go, "Oh yeah? Well watch THIS!" Even though I don't believe in that kind of higher power, I still feel like that. It's totally irrational.
Knowing that it's irrational should be enough to make you quit, but it isn't, you know?
Nope it's surely not and I don't know if I so much as think that worrying about it might keep it from not happening as maybe I think in my twisted little head I can stay one step ahead of it, ya know? Like nothing will ever be unexpected.
A man I know has many talents: music, art, acting, he has a quick wit and he is gifted with an enormous intelligence.
He has a loving and patient wife and two healthy, bright, good and loving children.
But, unfortunately he wastes his life complaining that it is never enough. He thinks he is always getting the shaft. He has been afforded so much opportunity, and he just doesn't appreciate it.
His glass is always half empty. Somebody else always has it better. It is never enough.
He is a fortunate man and he just doesn't see it that way.
Yeah, yeah! Staying one step ahead, that too! So that when it does happen, you've already sorta been there.
Gosh, that's so messed up of us.
I used to spend a lot of time dreading work, too. That's one thing I'm so glad I don't have to do anymore.
What's up witchyoo? I'm STILL trying to synch my iPod. Somehow iTunes screwed up all my files and got them out of order. Then I tried to upload some songs and it made like eight separate folders everytime I converted the damn files to play on them. Then I discovered that The Bird And The Worm magically god deleted and my CD drive no longer works so I had to go and re-download it.
That is a shame, Anon. And I don't think that people do that intentionally. It takes losing something sometimes to make you realize what you've got. Or almost losing it. Makes you think.
4:02, I know people like that, and I don't get them. It bothers me. Especially when it's someone who has something I've always wanted (children,) and it came so easily for them, and they take it for granted.
Good job, health, family, talent; why is that just not enough for some?
And you can remind them all you want that there are people who might not even see tomorrow, and yet still they will find something to be discontent about.
I don't get it because, the neurotic worry aside, I'm cheerful by default even when things are looking down. But then I guess some people are just built that way. You know?
it's very sad, they are never happy with their little lot. i feel they will never be happy whatever, they are always looking for more and more and i think that is very sad!
Well, I'd be lying if I said I hadn't felt that way at some point. Always thinking somebody else has it better. And some people do but I've learned over the years that the big house and the fancy car and tons of money aren't the things that are gonna keep me happy and take care of me. Sure, they help but it's the simple things. A healthy, happy family. Love and laughter. Those are the things that matter.
I think that goes for some people, Solly. I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum: I will happily sit in the mud thinking how awesome it is and going, "WOW! Mud is great, and there's just the right amount of it!" when there's a free palace around the corner. That's how I was with my job for so many years.
Then there's that other part of my neurosis which is hating how I look. No matter how happy I am to be where I am, doing what I'm doing, etc. in the back of my mind there is always, constantly, never-not-there thought of, "If only I looked better while this was going on."
I will wake up or be sitting here and suddenly, I will be scared shitless that I am destined to be alone, because nobody is never ever gonna fall for me. But it's really silly because I know all that shit about how you have to love yourself first and all that, but I guess I still don't. And in reality, we're pretty much alone most of the time. And I was pretty miserable some of the time when I was with him. He never gave me any type of security. I never felt that it was going to be forever, yet here I am shocked and stunned that it's over.
My mind is really crazy. It's like it is permanently stuck on rewind and fast forward.
Then there's that other part of my neurosis which is hating how I look. No matter how happy I am to be where I am, doing what I'm doing, etc. in the back of my mind there is always, constantly, never-not-there thought of, "If only I looked better while this was going on."
Kapunua i am like you in that way.
although i can be very happy, i will never be totally happy cos i am plagued with loads of insecurities. i have many, and some are more important than others. and then occasionally a whole brand new one will come along which leaves me wondering why i worried about the others!!
Solly, that's exactly it. It's conditioning, you're made to think you're a failure because you haven't lived up to this silly standard and you haven't passed on your genes into an already overpopulated world.
Yet I still want to have a kid, go fig! O_o
FASC, I just don't see it in you; you are so pretty. I love that picture of you with your kid. But I understand what you're saying!
There are days I don't even go out, because I don't want to be looked at.
The other night I was out with my friends and one of them interrupted me and said, "I'm sorry, but you are such a stunning woman."
I damn near spit my drink. Then I felt all stupid and didn't know what to say, then I got a little bit mad like I always do when someone says that. I mean, why say something like that? It's not going to change how I look after all. It's not going to change how I feel.
I know she meant it in a nice way but it still always bugs me when people feel like they need to say things like that.
Nah, I see what you're saying and that is exactly the word that I get a lot. I am stunning. The black hair, the height, the dark eyes and the sweet rack. "Stunning" is the exact word; people often go O_O at first. I'll accept that.
It's when people really look at my face that up close that they can see everything that's wrong with it. And that's when it really counts.
K you are crazy!! you are really attractive. not pretty pretty i'll admit but you have something. you have grace and beauty in a different way. you aren't perfect but slight imperfections make people more attractive in my eyes.
but again i totally get you. and thanks for the compliment also. i just have the same weird insecurities you have i guess??
i can't let it go, probably never will!
oh and also whenever i watch you video-ing stuff and you are always laughing in the background. your laugh cracks me up. that is such a me thing to do, chuckling away in the background, but not quietly cos i can't be quiet!!
FASC, you should have been with us at Epcot. We were laughing constantly, mostly at ourselves. It was hilarious. We're all such nerdy goofballs with the same sense of humor.
Oh man, at Epcot it was just a bunch of dorks walking around drinking sake. The only downer was that Fimmy was starting to get sick. We went on a quest for Tylenol! It was so sad when she had to leave.
Later on though, when we were sitting at the bus stop, and that huge freaking bug went by! Oh my gosh. And then every damn store was closed except the ice cream store. I was so mad when White Basin was closed. The ice cream was fantastic though!
And then Solly staying up till all hours singing in bed. Too funny!
Smoke and I were laughing at that just yesterday, about how all the stores were freaking closed. We laughed so hard thinking about that and our adventure to get ice cream.
FASC, how awesome would that be if we could all hang out, seriously? I know you'd be cracking me up constantly. And I hear what you're saying about the beauty thing: I absolutely hate that it bothers me, too. I want it to not matter!
Solly, to this day I wish that store had been open or we'd set out a little earlier. What was it, around eleven when we left the hotel room? WTF were we doing? I wanted to kick that locked door down.
I seriously thought that bug was going to bite through one of our shoes or something. That bastard was HUGE.
Remember how we met up in the hotel lobby and you guys were watching that little TV? That was of course after you had gotten lost and were calling Fimmy going "WHERE IS MICKEY MOUSE?!" And I kept telling her, "Ask them if the road signs are purple yet!"
I know that I would probably get lost there. Everything's purple and green with all these weird backroads and whatnot. O_O Not conducive to tourists driving safely!
hello everyone, i managed to grab some time on the internet at the library today!
mayo, hello!! elena told me about your holiday pictures, and they're better than she described. what anmazing effects you managed to capture. when i was a kid, i used to love to sit in the dark family room and look at the christmas tree, the lights were my favorite part of the holiday. beautiful.
i miss this place so much i can't even begin to describe it. i miss writing my good nights to you mayo, miss sharing my days. the twitter is fun, but it doesn't compare to sitting on the couch here.
i feel more out on the road these days than i did when i was actually travelling, that's the truth.
so many things i needed to do on the computer, not enough time to do them.
i have so many things i wish i could say right now. i miss you guys all so much, i really do.
i never truly realized how much this place felt like home, even though i talked about it that way all the time, until now. sometimes i sit in my room -- because i haven't even found a place yet to live, still just in motel rooms -- and i remember sitting here, and having so much fun just talking with you guys, and reading mayo's posts.
and writing good nights made every day an adventure, i was always looking for something to share. i miss that.
kapunua, i hope your school is fun, and your classes interesting! i passed the crocodile last week and thought of you. :)
elena, i missed you here, but i'll catch you tonight!
ergo, thank you again for the call, that was truly awesome!
mayo, be well. have sweet dreams, every night. over on my twitter, i called the string on my wrist silly -- can you believe it's still there? -- but it's just because i'm silly, and sentimental.
Crapola, I missed TJ! Aww! I was practicing scales on my guzheng. Jesus, that thing is so hard.
And you thought of me when you went past the Croc! That place must be all boarded up. I figured it would be something else by now. Ahh, that was a whole era for me. I spent so many hours there.
Nice to hear from ya, TJ.
Elena, I loved your iec storm photos. I know how destructive ice storms are, but they are so beautiful and are my favorite weather phenomenon to photograph. Nice work!
L, not bad. Just trying to find a suitable picture to use for Mister's birthday cake. I think I'm going to have to raid his comic collection at the rate this is going.
Also, he's a huge TF fan, so I was thinking a shot of Starscream and Megatron together, but you know, they spend a lot of time drawing pictures where they look pretty gay.
Carrie, by New Year's Eve, it'll be -30 here again, with another 10 cm of snow on the ground. It should bring us up to around 45-50 cm when all's said and it's 2009.
Oh ha, yeah, ONE Monopoly game is all it takes us. And don't even get me started on Risk. And I really wish I had paid more attention to the metric system, Amy, but I'm just gonna assume that's a buncha snow.
Carrie, it's about another inch, spread out over a 3 day period.
L, maybe I should send you a copy of Arkham Horror. The rules alone will take you an hour or so to learn. Gameplay is minimum six hours.
Monopoly doesn't stand a chance in this house. If you can't be eaten by Yog-Sothoth, chased by crazy Cultists, or come across a rare copy of The King in Yellow, it's not entertaining.
Carrie, it is definitely a piece of work, and that's just the main board. There's two expansion packs, The Dark Pharoah and The King in Yellow, and 2 expansion boards that add onto the city of Arkham, Dunwich and Kingsport.
And yes, it's heavily based on the Cthulhu Mythos, so while you don't have to know everything about it, it helps if you've read a little bit on the subject.
Carrie, Wikipedia. But if you want to read an actual story of Lovecraft's, I was able to sit through "The Rats in The Walls".
However, one of my favorite works that is in Lovecraft's Mythos, wasn't done by him at all. Google "The King in Yellow", there is an online version on a University website somewhere. That is some amazing stuff right there.
Oh, dang, this part, it cracks me up, in reference to this here place:
Camilla: You, sir, should unmask. Stranger: Indeed? Cassilda: Indeed, it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you. Stranger: I wear no mask. Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!
Carrie, that's part of where the story for The King in Yellow comes from. Initially it was a play, and parts of it were written, but nobody has ever seen the whole thing, or read it, because in the third act, you go crazy.
(Not a true story, but it's the story behind The King in Yellow)
Well, thanks, Amy, cuz I need a new hobby. Crocheting kinda bores me, so I guess I will become a Lovecraft scholar, and possibly scare the husband even more.
He actually loves this here blog and all the peeples herein, he said it all brought me out of my shell and stuff. Heck, he bought me a laptop last Christmas to facilitate the whole experience!
Carrie, you're lucky. Mister knows of the blog, and peeks over my shoulder once in awhile, but for the most part, thinks he's a little deprived because of it.
The Wii rocks, totally, we got the Wii Fit, and the fam is having good times with it. I'm surfing about Amazon, and trying to decide what Lovecraft books to buy, any suggestions?
Well that just sucks. There I was enjoying talking with friends and the Internet went out. You know I find it a tad bit strange that just when Hughes Net comes out with a new system that they want everyone to use I start having all these probelms. Okay, translation - Hey pay more for our new system and you won't have any trouble. For us they are the only game in town and they know it. Oh well, such is life.
Did you see TJ was here today? It was so great seeing her name in blue. Uh...there is someone else's name that I'd like to see in blue...Yeah, I know you're busy. It's okay. Got a feeling you're here more often than we know.
Well anyway, I really hate typing on this laptop so I'll be brief. Hell, I really don't have much to say tonight but I did want to leave this goodnight just because I'm a creature of habit and because I like to let you know I'm always here, for real or in spirit.
Have a nice Monday. I'm smack dab in the middle of one of those spots where I don't have or can't find anything useful to say, so I'll just keep quiet for now.
Maybe I could use a little shaking or even a little provoking.
I am sooooo excited for 2009. I can't wait. New Taking Back Sunday. New The Used. New 30 Seconds To Mars. And maybe eventually a new MCR? Oh. My. Gawwwd. Tours. Road trips. NEW MUUUUSSSIIICCCCC!!! EEEEEKKKK!!!
Can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait.
LHM might get to go to his first show in 2009. I might finally get to see Bert McCracken and Brandon Flowers and Jared Leto. And God help me if Jack White comes back to Georgia. I remember my first show. I was his age and it was Motley Crue. Oh, yes. Motley Crue. He wants to see Jack. Can you blame him? ^_^
Anyways. Just had to get that out.
*squeezes Mayo*
*squeezes SS*
I know you guys are excited for me. Am I right? Yes! Of course you are! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Hey guys! Jo-chan is coming by so I won't be around too much but I wanted to pop in and say HI!
Princess, new 30STM? Dude where did you hear that? I didn't even hear that! O_o That makes me psyched.
I've already heard the new TBS song Carpathia, have you heard it? You can find it on youtube. ^_^ It's different, and it gets really good about twenty, thirty seconds in. Their new sound takes a little getting used to.
And The Used, yay! My three favorite modern bands. :)
And guess who else? No one here cares about this but me, but the Lo Fis are releasing their new album this year, too. Whoop!
Just wanted to stop in and say a late Merry Christmas and a early Happy New Year!
We are all still away and hard for me to get online, but i do miss all of you and still keep reading the post on here when i can.
Seems i have missed so much not being here and i know most of you have forgotten me by now!
But i still think of you Sdock and Smoke and all the rest of you i have known from the beginning. Look how far we have come, it still amazes me it has lasted this long.
I will be around, just wanted to say hello!
Op, loved the snow pic, reminds me of somewhere special, i just may be soon!
Wendy, I miss you babe!
Fasc, Show Windy the special edition of Alice in Wonderland, she might enjoy reading it.
It's weird, ain't it? Damn, some of us have been here a long time, haven't we? Hahaha!
Mayo,
I'll have you know that Solly wanted me to tell you that your name was Archibald. I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was actually Billy Bob. Snap! Just playin'.
It was really Beezlebub. Come to think of it, that may not be the first time I've called you that. Huh.
*looks at Mayo all serious like*
Kinda freaks me out a little. Can you see me?
*waves*
Oh well. Anyhoo!
You know I ♥ you! ^_^
I heard Jason Mraz on the radio today and totally got sad because I miss Mustard. :(
The New Year is approaching and instead of looking forward, I have been looking back. Not just over this past year, but much further than that.
I miss my younger years. Or, the freshness of those years. It was new and exciting.
I've been listening to the music of my youth, the music of the eary '70's. The music that touched me, influenced me, inspired me, and brought out my own creativity.
Gram Parsons, Emmylou, CSN&Y, Linda Ronstadt, Eagles, etc. I can't even begin to name them all. The common denominator = great vocal harmonies.
I hardly ever pick up my guitar anymore... I was never an Albert Lee, but when I listen to the old stuff, I get that urge to grab my guitar and start singing... If only for a little while...
It was a magical time for me, that era, when I was young and full of hopes and dreams, and anything seemed possible. It is nice to go back there and visit every now and then. And remember...
I suppose I get that, but I think I'd prefer Azazel.
And Mya,
It appears you are a bit nostalgic, as well.
But, I don't think possibility is defined by age or amount of time lived or amount of time that remains.
I think possibility is created from what we do now.
And, new and exciting are not exclusive to youth. I think that when we are young we are often living too fast to really experience life as exciting as it can be.
XO will do well simply because Leathermouth is the side project of My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero. Right there, that will garner the band a lot of fans. However, strict MCR fans may not be ready for an abrasive record like XO. Instead, in an odd turn for the worse, those who are ready for a record like this and would thoroughly enjoy it may actually pass on it because it is Frank Iero's side project.
But really, the fact that it is Frank Iero's band is just some extraneous information. As soon as the first second of 5th Period Massacre plays through, you know that there isn't a slight similarity to My Chem on the record. If you wanted to stretch you could say there's some moments that are distantly related to I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (see I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States of America); but even that is stretching it.
Instead, XO is exactly how Iero described it: raw, confrontational punk rock. The ten track record passes by in twenty three minutes and is filled of eighties hardcore punk rock. Heavily distorted and heavily disjointed guitar riffs bounce off each other overtop a staccato drum beat. It is chaos and anger with industrial sounding noises and guitar squeals that sound like sirens. Iero's vocals are raw and spastic, spitting out lyrics of mistrust, anger, rebellion and death with fury and intensity.
Throughout the record you hear flourishes of Refused sounding hardcore -particularly in the vocal department as Iero seems to be taking a giant cue from Dennis Lyxzén (This Song Is About Being Attacked By Monsters). But there are older influences in there too, like Black Flag, SS Decontrol, Battalion of Saints and Jerry's Kids; they've all left their mark on their record.
When punk was young it was hard, fast and angry. Leathermouth bring you back to that time with furious music, incomprehensible vocals with a venomous touch and boiling anger. It's definitely not for everyone, but anyone with a penchant for eighties hardcore will be smart to check this out. It is raw, confrontational punk rock; with an emphasis on raw.
That is sooo true. I've done more in the past year than I have in my entire 31 years. Driving over six hours to go to a show in a place that I've never been. Going to meet someone that I've only talked to on a computer. That's something I never would have done five years ago. And it makes me even more excited for the year to come! ^_^
It's definitely not for everyone, but anyone with a penchant for eighties hardcore will be smart to check this out. It is raw, confrontational punk rock; with an emphasis on raw.
Yes, yes and yes!
OMG. How did I forget Leathermouth in my list of new '09 music? I'm such a doofus. I can't wait for this! EEEEEEKKKKK!!!
"XO" huh? That's a cute name! I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States of America...
Aww, man. I loved that song. That one was my favorite.
Mya, I agree with Smoke, excitement and hope are not the exclusive property of the under 30. Anything is possible at any time. Harder, maybe--and experience can make you cynical or at the very least cautious--but not impossible.
I think there will always be good music, good food, good times, and excitement and hope for the future. ^_^ I mean I realize that there are seasons of grief and doubt in every life, but the good stuff doesn't have a cut-off point and you can always start something new.
Welp! Beautiful Boy emailed and said he is opening the school tonight even though we're closed, so I'm going to go train for a while (ummm, I think I'm the only one showing up aside from him O_O Awkward, not at all!) and then my god(dess)daughter should be over and we'll probably video game the night away. :D
Fasc, Show Windy the special edition of Alice in Wonderland, she might enjoy reading it.
not me babe. maybe lewis??
right i am so very in and out tonight!!
just wanted to say a big hello to all of you. hope you are all good and well and great?!!
i am away tomorrow morning to stay with friends for a few days to celebrate New Year. so no computer for me. so i am gonna wish you all a very
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
hope you all party hard!! gotta do it!
anyway love to you all!
and TJ it was lovely to see you here again!
and i want to say that i do click on photo links and i do enjoy them and then i forget to mention them in my comment! so thanks for the lovely snow/ice photos elena, L and anyone else!! oh and the kittens were cute as hell elena!!
even if no one gets me, if i'm the only one laughing at my jokes, i won't hide myself away from life. it's uncertain and it's dirty and it's fucking exciting, and i want to be a part of all of it.
it's too good to waste in hiding.
toujours February, 21, 2009 1:27 AM
heart full
Today on my way home from class, I stopped off at the petrol station for some petrol. I paid on my card which wasn’t a lot, and then as I was getting into my car, I saw an old man walking past the building. He had a red and green stripy jumper which was frayed at the ends. He was also wearing some jeans that were dirty and had holes all over.
I sat there and became intrigued by him because I didn’t know what he was doing, so as I sat there and watched him, he continued doing what he set out to do.
He walked past the trash cans and first picked out a cup with some drink still in it (one of the cups that you get from burger king that has coke in it). He then walked over to the next trash can and pulled out the end of a half eaten sandwich. In my shock horror, he ate it and then went to sit on the wall to drink the drink he had found.
I felt sad, I wanted to give him my last $4 that I had but I was told when I was younger that you should never give people money, you should give them something they need or can use because that way, if they had an addiction, they would not be able to use the money for their addiction. So I went into the shop and bought a chicken sandwich from their deli counter and then walked out of the building.
The guy was still sat at the wall drinking his drink so I walked up to him and asked him if he would like this sandwich. He thanked me and said that he was hungry.
I should of felt good after that, doing something for someone else but all I could think of is where his next meal will come from or where in fact he will sleep tonight.
Fimble Star September 30, 2008 8:08 PM
(Tonight, although I am cold and my feet are sore, my belly is full.)
It helped.
Jennicula,
Thank you for sharing your story. Although it only appeared briefly, I was lucky enough to have caught it.
Once upon a time, for me, that was the best part of this place...having my words related back to me from another's perspective.
And it never mattered to me who said it, just that it meant something to the writer.
Blog header image by: Anima
I would like to credit the photographer and thank her for sharing her work.
something
Don't let anyone tell you how to live your life. Hold your head up high and be proud of who you are. If you've had a shitty day and you feel like people just don't want you to be happy, and when you find yourself struggling to make it through the day, just keep on believing and keep the faith. Also, from personal experience, don't push people away. When they say they want to help and that they are there for you, let them in. Believe me, I know how fucking scary that thought is, but don't shut others out.
paperheartxx September 22, 2008 11:07 PM
Retro-spectacled
Sometimes, when you look back on stuff in your life, you know, the crap that makes you shake your head and say, "Holy shit, what the Hell was I thinking?" it's part of what makes you - you.
I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. I have made small mistakes and really big, fucking scary mistakes. Would I change those mistakes and blunders?
No. Wanna know why?
Because they make me - me. They help make up the person that I am, what I've learned the hard way. Hopefully I've learned from my mistakes and have become a better person for it. And, hopefully I don't repeat those same mistakes. Although, sometimes I repeat variations of certain ones, but I'm working on that. :)
Jennicula June 11, 2008 11:19 AM
aloft
Blazing against the sun like locusts, samaras swarm the sky and skitter to an earthly end, dry like clever words. I want to make them fly up, flip heaven upside down and dance across the top of hell and sing your thoughts to the sound of thunder that you love so well, rip open the littered sky and bathe in the light or draw across the firmament the blanket of the night.
In only a day they have covered the ground, their brief flight yielding nothing permanent on infertile land, a fleeting moment of swarming glory that calls to mind our own short story: Diamonds and petals, the loom and the light, the inkdark moon, foxfire marsh, an open, waiting hand.
Clever winged seeds of childhood reminiscent-- and like the idiot grown-up heart, as stubbornly indehiscent.
Weaver Girl May 26, 2008 11:27 PM
Electric Blue
…today I saw a ulysses butterfly it was in our yard and settled to feed on our hibiscus. They really are fantastically beautiful things, the electric blue is amazing, however as they sit with their wings closed they are rather nondescript and dull. Sometimes people are like that, from the outside they seem unappealing but within there hides an amazing beauty for those lucky enough to see it. I hope you appreciate beauty in all things, and look for it perhaps where others miss it.
ergoproxy April 29, 2008 4:45 AM
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
I read your post again and suddenly without warning memories of construction paper filled my head. I remembered all the lop-sided flowers my girls made when they were young. Bright blue, yellow and pink flowers that were cut out with blunt end scissors would fill the windows to decorate for Easter. An occasional bunny was attempted but those usually ended up looking like creatures from a horror movie. Flowers were so much easier. I can close my eyes and hear the paper being cut into petals. I can smell the Elmer’s glue squirted on in huge blobs to attach each misshapen petal to form the flowers. We had a huge arts and crafts box full of wonderful items just waiting for their imaginations to turn into something wonderful. In my mind I see my daughters, as they once were, small, blond little girls sitting on the floor surrounded by scraps of paper and other art supplies. They would create their masterpieces then proudly show each other. Oh and Lord the messes that would ensue if the glitter made an appearance. Now, the box is forgotten. I’m not really sure where it even is anymore. The few flowers so lovingly created that survived are faded and dusty and high on a shelf they sit. Time marches on, so many things get left behind.
Today was the first Easter I spent alone. I don’t think it really upset me until I remembered the construction paper flowers. Of course I understand that my daughters are growing up and have lives of their own. But understanding doesn’t make it any easier to accept. I miss my little girls in their frilly Easter dresses. I miss the laughter that filled the house when they found what the Easter Bunny left for them. And I miss making the damn flowers.
Elena March 24, 2008 3:57 AM
From the corner.
I wonder if you noticed all our friends playing Some had never tried before and the result was amazing.
Poems from the corner from the left and right We did our best to keep them flowing Late into this night.
If nothing else was accomplished I hope we made someone see How truly beautiful and amazing a poem can be.
Sdock10 March 13, 2008 11:36 PM
Thank You. Truly.
"This little world has grown around us, out of nothing, and it is a remarkable thing. Even the dark and dirty parts, the violent parts. Humanity will not thrive without passion."
Redrum March 1, 2008 3:13 AM
Uncondensed
Your words are what give value to this space.
Never do that again.
Yes, I am aware.
Character Advocacy.
"Don't ever pretend to be something you're not. You are who you are, and no one can change that. The people who don't like the real you are just gonna have to suck it. Don't take shit from anyone. Don't crumble. Throw a few birds, and walk on.
I'm still trying to do this, so maybe we can work on it together."
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 4481 Newer› Newest»Amyranth said...
9:51, thanks for laying all the blame on me and "Anon henchmen".
I don't know who a single "anon" is around here. Well, no that's a lie. I know who at least two of them are.
And they're no friends of mine.
I don't control what anyone thinks on this blog. I definitely don't control what anyone says on this blog.
Ever consider that maybe Mayo and SS don't hang around because of the way they are talked TO? I wouldn't, if someone spoke to me in my own house that way.
Frankly, I don't need support from anyone to think what I think, or say what I say. I don't have henchmen. And nobody follows me, because they know I don't need a "fan club".
Queen of The Damned Universe indeed.
December 27, 2008 9:58 PM
Not henchmen just people who speak the TRUTH.
BEYOND PATHETIC.
That's what I call the video of the Porkies backstabbing everyone on this blog and talking behind their backs.
9:44 knows.
I think Mayo's is Fixed. ^______^
Amyranth I know ONE, is Kapu but I don't know who is the other one. Probably Fimble Star. Right??
Hey Amy
Funny.
Hallo Elena!
I said it at Kapunua's blog anyway. Don't bother trying to use your stupid tracker, K because I know how to get around that.
What's so funny Smoke, you talking about everyone behind our backs?
Hey Smoke
What is everyone up to tonight?
PATHETIC.
You. You are funny.
Hey Elena!
It was Fimble star right?
No Smoke FUNNY is you guys getting called on talking behind everyone's back. You just don't get it do you. FUNNY is Amyranth standing up to you and your little 'group'.
Yeah, that was pretty funny to me but probably not the way you meant. It's all good though.
Why does it matter what we were talking about? You don't like us. You think we're pathetic so why do you care? And for the record, we were talking about the blog because, God, I know this is just so out-there but: THIS IS WHERE WE MET. Jesus.
Sorry but no one can believe anything you guys say.
And I'm so gonna lose sleep over that. Really. People please, just find something else to bitch about. This is soooo old.
Later Elena!
Later Mayo!
Bye Smoke. Take care and sweet dreams.
Mayo
Looks like it’s another quiet night. Of course various anons had to chime in with their opinions. “It’s all so and so’s fault”, “No, it’s because of you know you did you know what”. Shit at times it’s like a fucking pre-school here. Oh whatever. I’m sure it can’t possibly be because it’s the holiday season and people are out doing things. No, that can’t be it. Once again I say, whatever.
So since there seems to be no one here to talk with I think I’ll go watch a movie. Hopefully there is something on HBO that hasn’t run 10 times already. You would think with 8 different HBO channels something good would be on. If not, I’ll watch a DVD. The house is empty tonight so I can do whatever the hell I want.
I just have to say this – please remember that even if it seems empty there is always someone here for you if you need us.
Night Mayo
Elena (fedele)
goodnite.
:)
Goodnight Elena and anon. OMG my husband just put Fast Times at Ridgemont High on, and I feel hella old.
I bring Joy from DD
Blog from Simon
December 27th, 2008
My top 10 clichés and other annoying things that people say for 2008:
1) “Are you still working on that?”
Paraphrased: “have you finished?”
Why it’s annoying: Am I still working on it, like a beaver working on a dam, or a miner on a coal face? It’s annoying because “have you finished?” is perfectly adequate, plain English and, if you bothered to look, you’d see that I haven’t put my knife and fork together which would mean … I have finished.
2) “It ain’t rocket science”
Subtext: I heard someone say this and it made them sound sharp witted.
Significance: the glorification of ignorance.
3) “I’ve turned on the seatbelt sign ’cause we’ve just hit some bumpy air”
… BUMPY FUCKING AIR???
4) “Enjoy”
Enjoy what?
5) “Party’s over”
Because it’s just so sad
6) “Would you?”
No, would YOU actually? Would you mind finishing your sentences please?
7) “Are you who I think you are?”
Why? Who do you think I am??
8 ) “Have a good one”
A good what, exactly?
9) “Can I put you on hold?”
For the obvious reasons
10) Nope, sorry I can’t do ten of them; you’ll just have to make do with nine.
whooosh
Dear SS,
Another goodnight letter to another man who isn't here, from another woman who's alone with her thoughts. That sounds almost poetic...but that's not my intent.
What my intent IS, I'm not sure. I never am until I start typing.
It's rainy here tonight. I like listening to the rain at night; it comforts me, gives me a feeling of peace. Even a gentle thunderstorm soothes me, it makes me feel secure and cocooned when I'm under my covers.
Wherever you are tonight, I hope you're feeling secure, comforted, and peaceful, even if it's not raining.
Goodnight, baby. I love you.
My heart to yours, always.
BEYOND PATHETIC.
That's what I call the video of the Porkies backstabbing everyone on this blog and talking behind their backs.
December 27, 2008 10:06 PM
I'm sorry but that is the funniest thing i have read here. Do you have nothing better to do than think of things to make up about others? Someone posts a video without sound,and you know exactly what they are saying. Yes, instead of calling each other on the phone,they spent their money on airfare, so they could talk about people on this blog. LOL! Please people don't flatter yourself.
Good Morning All
Okay it's a new day, the sun is bright, the ice is thick and the snow looks beautiful.
New day, new start.
Hope everyone makes this day a good one.
Wanted to share a few photos. The first two are the kittens. The second are photos I took this morning of the sun shining through the ice. Looks so pretty but what a pain for driving.
Lumpy
Tucker
Ice
More Ice
Hello, all!
Is everyone trying to get back to normal? Have you put away all your Christmas decorations? I think I'll leave mine up just for a few days more.
I don't always have the time to back-read on here, so I apologize for not being up on everything that is going on with everyone. But, I trust, or hope, that everyone had a great Christmas!
Man, do I envy Wendy! What a wonderful trip she is off on! I can't wait to hear all about it and see lots of pics!
Elena, that Siamese kitten is gorgeous!
Kapunua, I guess I missed the video at your blog. Did you remove it? I would've enjoyed seeing all of you in motion!
Ergo, I am so glad you are enjoying the soaps!
Miss T: You are so funny and sweet!
J and L: Love to both of you!
Everyone: My best wishes for the New Year!
Good Day Everyone, Anyone.
Although it wasn't entirely what I anticipated, the holiday came to pass with all the bliss I had hoped it would.
There were quiet private moments among swells of the best commotion family and friends can deliver.
And now with the New Year approaching and nostalgia settling in, I look forward to every experience, to life and to anything and everything that crosses my path.
I won't waste a minute of it.
HiYa!
Hope ya'll are having a nice warm lazy Sunday. If I could, I would bottle up some sunshine and ship it to ya'll. It feels like spring here.
Anon, I agree with ya. Let's bring on 2009! I can't wait to see what happens next!!
2008 was a really weird year though. So many completely fucked up things combined with so many completely amazing fantastically wonderful things. Still, I do find myself looking back and I tend to notice more things that I fucked up rather than fixed.
Not a lot of moving forward on my part. I will admit that shit. I moved out and away but not forward and past it.
Spree candy canes are da shit!
And they are 75% off now!
Just in case you didn't know....
Hiya, Solly!
2:42, I'm glad to hear it. The same went for me. What was your best gift this year? A new iPod? Some other gadget? A reindeer sweater? ;)
Solly, I'll bet you did a lot of good this past year and you don't even realize it. In fact, I know you did.
2:42, if you're still around, something that you said got me to thinking.
What would you consider wasting moments? I think we all waste time sometimes. I know that I do, and I don't even mean to. I'm not talking about mindlessly doing pleasant things to pass the time, but actually wasting it by doing and feeling negative things.
Like for instance, my biggest time-waster is worry. I worry over things I can't control, like what if someone gets sick, this or that. Admittedly, I waste my time thinking about stupid people and what I'd like to say to them, too. Ultimately, usually I don't say anything at all, talking to them being an even bigger waste than thinking about them.
But it's hard to help it sometimes.
Are you certain you won't waste any of it? Because I can be pretty sure I will have nights of just lying there in bed going, "Gosh, what if something happens to so and so?" or "Jeez, what a jerk, I should really tell her this or that." Instead of sleeping, or studying, or some such thing.
Can we really help those things? And what do you consider a waste of time?
I spend lots of time worrying too and it's so crazy. And the things that I worry about are completely ridiculous.
Would you believe that I am kickin it old school today and playing the Gamecube? Luigi's Mansion is kicking my ass!
But back to the time thing, I mean, don't you have to waste a little of it to be reminded how precious it really is?
Gamecube! That was such a great system. :D
Solly, then you're like me. Don't you wish you could just stop worrying about when you're going to lose people and other stuff, and just enjoy them while you have them with you? That's one thing I wish I could do.
I really do. I will wake up in the middle of the night in a panic about the craziest of scenarios. I swear this can't be normal. I'll go from worrying about dying and sickness and like a real legitmate irrational fear to worrying about OMG my oil needs changing and my truck is going to blow up, or just something really silly like that.
Because the moment that I wake up, do I go change my oil, um nope, I just put it off til tomorrow. It's insanity.
Solly, I do the same exact thing. It's such a bother. I think when we take to worrying about those minor things, maybe we do it on purpose to distract ourselves from the other really awful thoughts that we don't want. Like, "Okay, well I'll worry about the oil. This way I won't be wondering when this or that person is going to die / get sick / get in a car wreck / some other random thing."
You know?
Damn, Jules, I just wish I could stop it, or at least tone the shit down a bit. Don't get me wrong. I don't want to be the person who goes around not worrying about anything, but isn't there some kind of in between/right down the middle with this shit. Why must we be to the extreme?
And it's almost like if I didn't take something to help me at least fall asleep, then I would never ever get to sleep, because I would sit there and dwell on shit. And if I ever wake up and get to thinking, well it's done and over with. I might as well wake up and get dressed, because all I will do is sit there and think and think and think.
Only once in a while it keeps me from sleeping, but I do spend a lot of the day walking around going, "Gosh, I hope so and so doesn't have cancer" or I imagine the worst possible scenarios for my young cousins and I try to think about how I would deal with it (not well,) and then I spend all this time trying to figure out crazy ways to prevent bad things from happening.
I'll tell you another weird thing, and maybe you do this, too? I sometimes think that as long as I keep worrying about it, then it won't happen. But if I become the kind of person who goes happyassing around thinking that no harm can ever befall me or my loved ones, then karma will go, "Oh yeah? Well watch THIS!" Even though I don't believe in that kind of higher power, I still feel like that. It's totally irrational.
Knowing that it's irrational should be enough to make you quit, but it isn't, you know?
Nope it's surely not and I don't know if I so much as think that worrying about it might keep it from not happening as maybe I think in my twisted little head I can stay one step ahead of it, ya know? Like nothing will ever be unexpected.
I spend too much time dreading something that doesn't even matter like going to work. And it's sad.
Sooo, wassup? ^_^
A man I know has many talents: music, art, acting, he has a quick wit and he is gifted with an enormous intelligence.
He has a loving and patient wife and two healthy, bright, good and loving children.
But, unfortunately he wastes his life complaining that it is never enough. He thinks he is always getting the shaft. He has been afforded so much opportunity, and he just doesn't appreciate it.
His glass is always half empty. Somebody else always has it better. It is never enough.
He is a fortunate man and he just doesn't see it that way.
It is a shame and a waste.
I don't worry enough sometimes. I put off worrying. It can wait until tomorrow, right?
*sigh*
Yeah, yeah! Staying one step ahead, that too! So that when it does happen, you've already sorta been there.
Gosh, that's so messed up of us.
I used to spend a lot of time dreading work, too. That's one thing I'm so glad I don't have to do anymore.
What's up witchyoo? I'm STILL trying to synch my iPod. Somehow iTunes screwed up all my files and got them out of order. Then I tried to upload some songs and it made like eight separate folders everytime I converted the damn files to play on them. Then I discovered that The Bird And The Worm magically god deleted and my CD drive no longer works so I had to go and re-download it.
GAH!
That's what I'm up to.
That is a shame, Anon. And I don't think that people do that intentionally. It takes losing something sometimes to make you realize what you've got. Or almost losing it. Makes you think.
hello hello!!!
hiya guys!
Oh, gosh. I'd be ill, Jules. >.< I'd be ready to throw it or stomp on it.
Hiya FASC! :)
smoke i just had a conflicting error with YOU my friend. twas a pleasure!! i refreshed and got the chance to publish again! clever ey?!
4:02, I know people like that, and I don't get them. It bothers me. Especially when it's someone who has something I've always wanted (children,) and it came so easily for them, and they take it for granted.
Good job, health, family, talent; why is that just not enough for some?
And you can remind them all you want that there are people who might not even see tomorrow, and yet still they will find something to be discontent about.
I don't get it because, the neurotic worry aside, I'm cheerful by default even when things are looking down. But then I guess some people are just built that way. You know?
mother fuck!! seriously it happened again proncess!
i conflicted with you a fuckin gain!!
Hiya FASC and Princess!
phew not that time though!!
anon i know a few people like that.
it's very sad, they are never happy with their little lot. i feel they will never be happy whatever, they are always looking for more and more and i think that is very sad!
hello K and proncess!
We're conflicted, FASC! Bwahaha!
Hi FASC!
Hi Smoke!
Hi 4:02!
All this looking at the glass, why can't we just see it as a glass with something in it and be grateful it's there when we're thirsty?
hey solly dick!
But isn't there some truth in that people always seem to want what they ain't got?
Or once they get what they think they want, they find out that it isn't what they wanted after all.
I think that's part of my problem. I have no clue what it is that I'm supposed to be wanting.
Well, I'd be lying if I said I hadn't felt that way at some point. Always thinking somebody else has it better. And some people do but I've learned over the years that the big house and the fancy car and tons of money aren't the things that are gonna keep me happy and take care of me. Sure, they help but it's the simple things. A healthy, happy family. Love and laughter. Those are the things that matter.
I think that goes for some people, Solly. I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum: I will happily sit in the mud thinking how awesome it is and going, "WOW! Mud is great, and there's just the right amount of it!" when there's a free palace around the corner. That's how I was with my job for so many years.
Then there's that other part of my neurosis which is hating how I look. No matter how happy I am to be where I am, doing what I'm doing, etc. in the back of my mind there is always, constantly, never-not-there thought of, "If only I looked better while this was going on."
Weird!
You're too right, Princess.
Look at all the rich, famous, thin, beautiful people and look at how troubled they often are.
Money, fame, beauty and the hot girl/boyfriend are not the solutions after all.
We know this, but it doesn't stop us from wistfully fantasizing sometimes, right? :)
Whooohoo! Suppertime! Back in a bit!
Too true!
I will wake up or be sitting here and suddenly, I will be scared shitless that I am destined to be alone, because nobody is never ever gonna fall for me. But it's really silly because I know all that shit about how you have to love yourself first and all that, but I guess I still don't. And in reality, we're pretty much alone most of the time. And I was pretty miserable some of the time when I was with him. He never gave me any type of security. I never felt that it was going to be forever, yet here I am shocked and stunned that it's over.
My mind is really crazy. It's like it is permanently stuck on rewind and fast forward.
Oh Solly, I think I've known for quite a few years now that I was never going to marry, but that does not equal "always going to be alone," you know?
You've got friends and you've got a really close family. Whether you marry or not, you're not going to be alone!
I squared with that one a long time ago and it's pretty cool. :D I can't imagine up and marrying now. It would be such a hassle.
Yeah, and I wonder how much of that is just what is conditioned in me, like because, that is "what I am supposed to do." Get married and have kids.
Then there's that other part of my neurosis which is hating how I look. No matter how happy I am to be where I am, doing what I'm doing, etc. in the back of my mind there is always, constantly, never-not-there thought of, "If only I looked better while this was going on."
Kapunua i am like you in that way.
although i can be very happy, i will never be totally happy cos i am plagued with loads of insecurities. i have many, and some are more important than others. and then occasionally a whole brand new one will come along which leaves me wondering why i worried about the others!!
fucking crazy!!
enjoy supper proncess!
getting married and having kids aint the be all and end all of being happy guys! well you know that.
Solly, that's exactly it. It's conditioning, you're made to think you're a failure because you haven't lived up to this silly standard and you haven't passed on your genes into an already overpopulated world.
Yet I still want to have a kid, go fig! O_o
FASC, I just don't see it in you; you are so pretty. I love that picture of you with your kid. But I understand what you're saying!
There are days I don't even go out, because I don't want to be looked at.
The other night I was out with my friends and one of them interrupted me and said, "I'm sorry, but you are such a stunning woman."
I damn near spit my drink. Then I felt all stupid and didn't know what to say, then I got a little bit mad like I always do when someone says that. I mean, why say something like that? It's not going to change how I look after all. It's not going to change how I feel.
I know she meant it in a nice way but it still always bugs me when people feel like they need to say things like that.
I'm looking at the year on photos.
God, what a year it's been! The world is so amazing, so harsh and awesome at the same time.
The Chinese used to toast, "May you live in interesting times." We really do, don't we?
Check out this photo.
A college student holding up a sign that reads: "I've got a 4.0 GPA, $90,000 in debt and no job. Where's MY bailout?"
Too right.
Jules,
You are stunning!
PSSSSHHHT!
Nah, I see what you're saying and that is exactly the word that I get a lot. I am stunning. The black hair, the height, the dark eyes and the sweet rack. "Stunning" is the exact word; people often go O_O at first. I'll accept that.
It's when people really look at my face that up close that they can see everything that's wrong with it. And that's when it really counts.
K you are crazy!! you are really attractive. not pretty pretty i'll admit but you have something. you have grace and beauty in a different way. you aren't perfect but slight imperfections make people more attractive in my eyes.
but again i totally get you. and thanks for the compliment also. i just have the same weird insecurities you have i guess??
i can't let it go, probably never will!
oh and also whenever i watch you video-ing stuff and you are always laughing in the background. your laugh cracks me up. that is such a me thing to do, chuckling away in the background, but not quietly cos i can't be quiet!!
very funny anyway!
FASC, thank you; that makes a bit more sense! ^_^ True that; I am usually laughing like a jackass, because everything amuses me sometimes. :D
Jules,
OH MY GOD, you are completely beautiful.
And same goes for you, FASC.
You guys are gorgeous.
This topic makes me feel uncomfortable.
FASC, you should have been with us at Epcot. We were laughing constantly, mostly at ourselves. It was hilarious. We're all such nerdy goofballs with the same sense of humor.
Bwaha, it makes me uncomfortable too, Solly, but sometimes I just go there anyway. ^_^
That's like the "worry" neurosis. "If I acknowledge it, it can't catch me."
O_O
Oh man, at Epcot it was just a bunch of dorks walking around drinking sake. The only downer was that Fimmy was starting to get sick. We went on a quest for Tylenol! It was so sad when she had to leave.
Later on though, when we were sitting at the bus stop, and that huge freaking bug went by! Oh my gosh. And then every damn store was closed except the ice cream store. I was so mad when White Basin was closed. The ice cream was fantastic though!
And then Solly staying up till all hours singing in bed. Too funny!
Jules,
Smoke and I were laughing at that just yesterday, about how all the stores were freaking closed. We laughed so hard thinking about that and our adventure to get ice cream.
oh man i am jealous!!
i would have spent my time with you being loud and crude and laughing at everything!!
amd i'm shy really!
and lets not talk about the beautiful/ugly thing.
i hate that it even bothers me like it does!!
i am completely ridiculous!
FASC, how awesome would that be if we could all hang out, seriously? I know you'd be cracking me up constantly. And I hear what you're saying about the beauty thing: I absolutely hate that it bothers me, too. I want it to not matter!
Solly, to this day I wish that store had been open or we'd set out a little earlier. What was it, around eleven when we left the hotel room? WTF were we doing? I wanted to kick that locked door down.
I seriously thought that bug was going to bite through one of our shoes or something. That bastard was HUGE.
Yeah, I have no clue what the hell we were thinking when we set out on our midnight journey, but it was damn good times, that's for sure.
Remember how we met up in the hotel lobby and you guys were watching that little TV? That was of course after you had gotten lost and were calling Fimmy going "WHERE IS MICKEY MOUSE?!" And I kept telling her, "Ask them if the road signs are purple yet!"
Good times for sure. :D
You have no idea how hard it was to find that fucker. We almost ended up in Tampa.
O_O
I know that I would probably get lost there. Everything's purple and green with all these weird backroads and whatnot. O_O Not conducive to tourists driving safely!
Gonna go ride the golf cart in seach of Phantom and Mayofeetz.
Be back later!
Okay, later, Solly! Have fun. :) I'm going to eat my veggie lasagna that is way too hot. ^_^
shit sorry guys, wandered off!
maybe one day we will unite in all stupid giggly craziness!
seeya solly and K!
gotta go now guys, it's 22.07 here already!!
gonna watch some telly with the bloke!
mayo and SS hope you are both having a wonderful Christmas time?!
*hugs* a plenty to one and all!
hello everyone, i managed to grab some time on the internet at the library today!
mayo, hello!! elena told me about your holiday pictures, and they're better than she described. what anmazing effects you managed to capture. when i was a kid, i used to love to sit in the dark family room and look at the christmas tree, the lights were my favorite part of the holiday. beautiful.
i miss this place so much i can't even begin to describe it. i miss writing my good nights to you mayo, miss sharing my days. the twitter is fun, but it doesn't compare to sitting on the couch here.
i feel more out on the road these days than i did when i was actually travelling, that's the truth.
and now my time is almost up, crap!
so many things i needed to do on the computer, not enough time to do them.
i have so many things i wish i could say right now. i miss you guys all so much, i really do.
i never truly realized how much this place felt like home, even though i talked about it that way all the time, until now. sometimes i sit in my room -- because i haven't even found a place yet to live, still just in motel rooms -- and i remember sitting here, and having so much fun just talking with you guys, and reading mayo's posts.
and writing good nights made every day an adventure, i was always looking for something to share. i miss that.
kapunua, i hope your school is fun, and your classes interesting! i passed the crocodile last week and thought of you. :)
elena, i missed you here, but i'll catch you tonight!
ergo, thank you again for the call, that was truly awesome!
mayo, be well. have sweet dreams, every night. over on my twitter, i called the string on my wrist silly -- can you believe it's still there? -- but it's just because i'm silly, and sentimental.
be well everyone! until next time!
much love!
Sorry I didn't make it home in time to talk to you here, TJ.
It's so wonderful to see your name in blue. I've miss that so much!
Damn, I missed Teej too!
Glad to hear you're going strong!
Hopefully soon you'll have a key to tie to that string on your wrist, yes?
-A
Whooohoooo! TJ! Good to see you! :)
OMG, my husband is laughing so hard at 'Who Framed Roger Rabbitt?' right now. O_o
TJ,
It's so great to read/see you around!
SS,
My husband was watching Blackadder earlier because of you.
Well, you and Hugh Laurie. :)
Hee-hee.
Jeez, I know I said that it was really sad to complain and dread going to work all the time but damn. I really don't wanna go tomorrow. :(
L
It is great to see you here....welcome home!
I don't so much dread the going to work as I do the staying at work once I get there.
The hours from 10 to 2 are the worst.
Well, about that time. Booo!!!
Night Mayo!
Night SS!
Hope you are both doing well and I'm sending you both lots of hugs and high fives!!! ^_^
Un-freaking-believable.
There's a lady in the USA who has her deceased husband's Transformers Collection, that she was trying to sell on eBay for 1 million dollars.
Over 270 MIB toys, and she's not splitting them up!
*waves her arms in the air*
I wanna bid....no I can't
LOL Elena. Some little Canadian kid beat you to it.
Then he retracted his bid on the grounds that he doesn't have a million dollars.
A MINT MEGATRON. She's got a mint-in-box Megatron!
Mister is having fits on the floor right now.
-A
Crapola, I missed TJ! Aww! I was practicing scales on my guzheng. Jesus, that thing is so hard.
And you thought of me when you went past the Croc! That place must be all boarded up. I figured it would be something else by now. Ahh, that was a whole era for me. I spent so many hours there.
Nice to hear from ya, TJ.
Elena, I loved your iec storm photos. I know how destructive ice storms are, but they are so beautiful and are my favorite weather phenomenon to photograph. Nice work!
Hey K
Glad you liked my photos. It was so beautiful this morning.
Hey Amy
Maybe Mister and I can pool our money and buy the Transformers?
Mister says he has 20 bucks.
But, he's at work and could probably get some more.
Tell Mister I'll check around and see if I have any money.
Okay I'm back...nope no money.
Hey L
How's it going?
Hallo L!
He just asked if he could have his birthday/christmas presents for the rest of his life early.
Uh, no.
-A
L, not bad. Just trying to find a suitable picture to use for Mister's birthday cake. I think I'm going to have to raid his comic collection at the rate this is going.
L, good point. I'll have to ask him that.
Also, he's a huge TF fan, so I was thinking a shot of Starscream and Megatron together, but you know, they spend a lot of time drawing pictures where they look pretty gay.
Rule 34, how I rue thee...
Oh rule 34 LOL
Thanks for laughing at my pain Elena.
;_;
I need a shirt that says "FUCK YOU RULE 34"
Rule 34 of the Internet:
There is porn of it. NO EXCEPTIONS
-A
Wow, L!
I wish I had trees like that around my house. It would be nice, sometimes, to live in the country.
That's some nice snow, mine has all done gone and melted, it shot up into the 50's yesterday and it was Weirdville with tons of fog.
Carrie, by New Year's Eve, it'll be -30 here again, with another 10 cm of snow on the ground. It should bring us up to around 45-50 cm when all's said and it's 2009.
Oh ha, yeah, ONE Monopoly game is all it takes us. And don't even get me started on Risk. And I really wish I had paid more attention to the metric system, Amy, but I'm just gonna assume that's a buncha snow.
Carrie, it's about another inch, spread out over a 3 day period.
L, maybe I should send you a copy of Arkham Horror. The rules alone will take you an hour or so to learn. Gameplay is minimum six hours.
Monopoly doesn't stand a chance in this house. If you can't be eaten by Yog-Sothoth, chased by crazy Cultists, or come across a rare copy of The King in Yellow, it's not entertaining.
Amy, now that sounds intriguing!
hey everyone
Hey BC! Amy, I looked up that game, it sounds pretty damn cool.
Carrie, it is definitely a piece of work, and that's just the main board. There's two expansion packs, The Dark Pharoah and The King in Yellow, and 2 expansion boards that add onto the city of Arkham, Dunwich and Kingsport.
And yes, it's heavily based on the Cthulhu Mythos, so while you don't have to know everything about it, it helps if you've read a little bit on the subject.
Goodnight L! See you later!
Night L! Sleep well. And Amy, tell me what to read. I have a tangential knowledge of Lovecraft, and that's it.
Hiya Carrie! Thanks L, goodnight and sweet dreams to you! I shall be looking forward to that email.
Hallo Amy!
Hallo BC!
Carrie, Wikipedia. But if you want to read an actual story of Lovecraft's, I was able to sit through "The Rats in The Walls".
However, one of my favorite works that is in Lovecraft's Mythos, wasn't done by him at all. Google "The King in Yellow", there is an online version on a University website somewhere. That is some amazing stuff right there.
Coolness, Amy, thanks!
Oh, dang, this part, it cracks me up, in reference to this here place:
Camilla: You, sir, should unmask.
Stranger: Indeed?
Cassilda: Indeed, it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.
Stranger: I wear no mask.
Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!
Sorry I disappeared but it was that time of night. *rolls eyes*
Goodnight L
Amy about 34. I always heard it as - If it exists, porn of it exists. LOL
Carrie, that's part of where the story for The King in Yellow comes from. Initially it was a play, and parts of it were written, but nobody has ever seen the whole thing, or read it, because in the third act, you go crazy.
(Not a true story, but it's the story behind The King in Yellow)
Well, thanks, Amy, cuz I need a new hobby. Crocheting kinda bores me, so I guess I will become a Lovecraft scholar, and possibly scare the husband even more.
*giggles* Elena, regardless of how you slice it, it's true. People don't realize it because of Google's Handy Image Filter, thank god.
But I have seen Transformers Fanfic and Fanart that depicts one or more Autobots making out with Decepticons.
I guess everyone needs love? O_o
*dies*
From crocheting to Victorian Horror Stories. You're husband is going to send me a Thank You card for this one, isn't he?
True Amy but all you have to do is disable that filter. Oh my the shit you can find then. Especially the henti.
Elena, I thought you were Pure?
He actually loves this here blog and all the peeples herein, he said it all brought me out of my shell and stuff. Heck, he bought me a laptop last Christmas to facilitate the whole experience!
I am Pure...
Pure evil
Oh Great.
Elena's channelling again, head for the hills!
Carrie, you're lucky. Mister knows of the blog, and peeks over my shoulder once in awhile, but for the most part, thinks he's a little deprived because of it.
Hence the Wii for Christmas.
Hi elena :)
The Wii rocks, totally, we got the Wii Fit, and the fam is having good times with it. I'm surfing about Amazon, and trying to decide what Lovecraft books to buy, any suggestions?
Hey BC
How are you?
Amy I'm not channeling. I'm just being honest.
Carrie, any of the collected works would probably be best, because that way you get a good mix of stories.
Even check out the works of August Derleth, he expanded on HPL'S ideas a lot, and did a good job too.
Thanks Amy! I'm bailing now, trying to ease myself into a more reasonable schedule so the after holidays won't hurt so much. Night, guys!
I'm doing okay, elena, thanks. And you?
Night night carrie!
Night Carrie, sweet dreams
Goodnight Carrie.
I'm going to crawl on the sleepytime train too. Stupid.. argh. And... stuff!
Never mind. Goodnight everyone!
I'm okay, BC
Just sitting here relaxing after a day of running my mom around. She needed a new coffee pot. Ten stores later she found one she liked. LOL
Night Amy
Tell Mister if I win the lottery I'll buy him those Transformers!!
Lol elena. And how was your christmas?
Goodnight Amy sweet dreams.
Mayo
Well that just sucks. There I was enjoying talking with friends and the Internet went out. You know I find it a tad bit strange that just when Hughes Net comes out with a new system that they want everyone to use I start having all these probelms. Okay, translation - Hey pay more for our new system and you won't have any trouble. For us they are the only game in town and they know it. Oh well, such is life.
Did you see TJ was here today? It was so great seeing her name in blue. Uh...there is someone else's name that I'd like to see in blue...Yeah, I know you're busy. It's okay. Got a feeling you're here more often than we know.
Well anyway, I really hate typing on this laptop so I'll be brief. Hell, I really don't have much to say tonight but I did want to leave this goodnight just because I'm a creature of habit and because I like to let you know I'm always here, for real or in spirit.
Night Mayo
Elena (so what was your best Christmas gift?)
Mayo,
Have a nice Monday. I'm smack dab in the middle of one of those spots where I don't have or can't find anything useful to say, so I'll just keep quiet for now.
Maybe I could use a little shaking or even a little provoking.
I dunno....
Sounds dangerous for all parties involved.
Love to YOU Always,
S
Mayo,
I had a dream last night. It was funny, too. You actually told us what your first name was. Wanna know what it was? Ha! I'm not telling you.
Have a great day!
Makes you wonder, doesn't it? ^_~
I am sooooo excited for 2009. I can't wait. New Taking Back Sunday. New The Used. New 30 Seconds To Mars. And maybe eventually a new MCR? Oh. My. Gawwwd. Tours. Road trips. NEW MUUUUSSSIIICCCCC!!! EEEEEKKKK!!!
Can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait.
LHM might get to go to his first show in 2009. I might finally get to see Bert McCracken and Brandon Flowers and Jared Leto. And God help me if Jack White comes back to Georgia. I remember my first show. I was his age and it was Motley Crue. Oh, yes. Motley Crue.
He wants to see Jack. Can you blame him? ^_^
Anyways. Just had to get that out.
*squeezes Mayo*
*squeezes SS*
I know you guys are excited for me. Am I right? Yes! Of course you are! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Hey Smoke
Sounds like you are in a good mood today.
Hey guys! Jo-chan is coming by so I won't be around too much but I wanted to pop in and say HI!
Princess, new 30STM? Dude where did you hear that? I didn't even hear that! O_o That makes me psyched.
I've already heard the new TBS song Carpathia, have you heard it? You can find it on youtube. ^_^ It's different, and it gets really good about twenty, thirty seconds in. Their new sound takes a little getting used to.
And The Used, yay! My three favorite modern bands. :)
And guess who else? No one here cares about this but me, but the Lo Fis are releasing their new album this year, too. Whoop!
Hey Elena! Hey Jules!
Yep, 30STM!!! YAYNESS! They made a new Myspace post last week I think and said they were working on new stuff. I can not wait. ^_^
Just wanted to stop in and say a late Merry Christmas and a early Happy New Year!
We are all still away and hard for me to get online, but i do miss all of you and still keep reading the post on here when i can.
Seems i have missed so much not being here and i know most of you have forgotten me by now!
But i still think of you Sdock and Smoke and all the rest of you i have known from the beginning.
Look how far we have come, it still amazes me it has lasted this long.
I will be around, just wanted to say hello!
Op, loved the snow pic, reminds me of somewhere special, i just may be soon!
Wendy, I miss you babe!
Fasc,
Show Windy the special edition of Alice in Wonderland, she might enjoy reading it.
Got to go!
My heart to yours
PJ
Hi PJ! ^_^
It's weird, ain't it? Damn, some of us have been here a long time, haven't we? Hahaha!
Mayo,
I'll have you know that Solly wanted me to tell you that your name was Archibald. I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was actually Billy Bob. Snap! Just playin'.
It was really Beezlebub. Come to think of it, that may not be the first time I've called you that. Huh.
*looks at Mayo all serious like*
Kinda freaks me out a little. Can you see me?
*waves*
Oh well. Anyhoo!
You know I ♥ you! ^_^
I heard Jason Mraz on the radio today and totally got sad because I miss Mustard. :(
Hello, Mayo, SS, and the rest of the gang!
The New Year is approaching and instead of looking forward, I have been looking back. Not just over this past year, but much further than that.
I miss my younger years. Or, the freshness of those years. It was new and exciting.
I've been listening to the music of my youth, the music of the eary '70's. The music that touched me, influenced me, inspired me, and brought out my own creativity.
Gram Parsons, Emmylou, CSN&Y, Linda Ronstadt, Eagles, etc. I can't even begin to name them all. The common denominator = great vocal harmonies.
I hardly ever pick up my guitar anymore... I was never an Albert Lee, but when I listen to the old stuff, I get that urge to grab my guitar and start singing... If only for a little while...
It was a magical time for me, that era, when I was young and full of hopes and dreams, and anything seemed possible. It is nice to go back there and visit every now and then. And remember...
Yea, I see you...creepy, huh?!
Beelzebub.
I suppose I get that, but I think I'd prefer Azazel.
And Mya,
It appears you are a bit nostalgic, as well.
But, I don't think possibility is defined by age or amount of time lived or amount of time that remains.
I think possibility is created from what we do now.
And, new and exciting are not exclusive to youth. I think that when we are young we are often living too fast to really experience life as exciting as it can be.
I am glad you picked up your guitar and sang.
Or, Iblis?
Bwahaha! Azazel? Nice. ^_^
I wish I could play guitar. I used to know how to play piano. That was a long ass time ago. I like to pretend sometimes that I still know how.
Think I should take up lessons again? Think I could do it?
XO will do well simply because Leathermouth is the side project of My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero. Right there, that will garner the band a lot of fans. However, strict MCR fans may not be ready for an abrasive record like XO. Instead, in an odd turn for the worse, those who are ready for a record like this and would thoroughly enjoy it may actually pass on it because it is Frank Iero's side project.
But really, the fact that it is Frank Iero's band is just some extraneous information. As soon as the first second of 5th Period Massacre plays through, you know that there isn't a slight similarity to My Chem on the record. If you wanted to stretch you could say there's some moments that are distantly related to I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (see I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States of America); but even that is stretching it.
Instead, XO is exactly how Iero described it: raw, confrontational punk rock. The ten track record passes by in twenty three minutes and is filled of eighties hardcore punk rock. Heavily distorted and heavily disjointed guitar riffs bounce off each other overtop a staccato drum beat. It is chaos and anger with industrial sounding noises and guitar squeals that sound like sirens. Iero's vocals are raw and spastic, spitting out lyrics of mistrust, anger, rebellion and death with fury and intensity.
Throughout the record you hear flourishes of Refused sounding hardcore -particularly in the vocal department as Iero seems to be taking a giant cue from Dennis Lyxzén (This Song Is About Being Attacked By Monsters). But there are older influences in there too, like Black Flag, SS Decontrol, Battalion of Saints and Jerry's Kids; they've all left their mark on their record.
When punk was young it was hard, fast and angry. Leathermouth bring you back to that time with furious music, incomprehensible vocals with a venomous touch and boiling anger. It's definitely not for everyone, but anyone with a penchant for eighties hardcore will be smart to check this out. It is raw, confrontational punk rock; with an emphasis on raw.
And, new and exciting are not exclusive to youth.
That is sooo true. I've done more in the past year than I have in my entire 31 years. Driving over six hours to go to a show in a place that I've never been. Going to meet someone that I've only talked to on a computer. That's something I never would have done five years ago. And it makes me even more excited for the year to come! ^_^
I don't want to work
I just want to bang on me drum all day.....
Can I go home now?
It's definitely not for everyone, but anyone with a penchant for eighties hardcore will be smart to check this out. It is raw, confrontational punk rock; with an emphasis on raw.
Yes, yes and yes!
OMG. How did I forget Leathermouth in my list of new '09 music? I'm such a doofus. I can't wait for this! EEEEEEKKKKK!!!
Sure, Elena! Let's see, you drum, Mya sings and plays guitar and I pretend to play piano. We almost got ourselves a band here.
Oh we need a good band name. Any ideas?
"XO" huh? That's a cute name! I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States of America...
Aww, man. I loved that song. That one was my favorite.
Mya, I agree with Smoke, excitement and hope are not the exclusive property of the under 30. Anything is possible at any time. Harder, maybe--and experience can make you cynical or at the very least cautious--but not impossible.
I think there will always be good music, good food, good times, and excitement and hope for the future. ^_^ I mean I realize that there are seasons of grief and doubt in every life, but the good stuff doesn't have a cut-off point and you can always start something new.
Welp! Beautiful Boy emailed and said he is opening the school tonight even though we're closed, so I'm going to go train for a while (ummm, I think I'm the only one showing up aside from him O_O Awkward, not at all!) and then my god(dess)daughter should be over and we'll probably video game the night away. :D
Later all!
Solly says the new Leathermouth record should come with a vile of Frank's spit. It's hypoallergenic, ya know!
Elena,
I think we should totally steal Iblis. Whaddya think?
Later Jules! Have fun! ^_^
Hi K
Bye K
I agree, Smoke. So when do we get to make a video?
Oh, wouldn't that be fun? Hahaha!
Welp, gotta run for a bit! See you later!
Later Mayo! ♥
Thanks for the corrections.
You're all right...
I am just feeling a little melancholy today, that is all...
Crap no one said I could go home so now I'm stuck here for another 3hours.
Was that you, Mayo?
Why do you guys get so excited if he's here?
Big, fucking deal
hey mayo!!
hey SS!
hey everybody!!
hi mya, K, elena, princess and everyone else.
PJ always lovely to see you!
Fasc,
Show Windy the special edition of Alice in Wonderland, she might enjoy reading it.
not me babe. maybe lewis??
right i am so very in and out tonight!!
just wanted to say a big hello to all of you. hope you are all good and well and great?!!
i am away tomorrow morning to stay with friends for a few days to celebrate New Year. so no computer for me. so i am gonna wish you all a very
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
hope you all party hard!! gotta do it!
anyway love to you all!
and TJ it was lovely to see you here again!
and i want to say that i do click on photo links and i do enjoy them and then i forget to mention them in my comment! so thanks for the lovely snow/ice photos elena, L and anyone else!! oh and the kittens were cute as hell elena!!
right i'm gone!
♥
Why do you guys get so excited if he's here?
Big, fucking deal
cos it's his blog anon.
just humour us or don't come here.
that's the answer!
ok
gotta
be
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