Gotta watch out for the Sierra Nevada. It's not for everyone. It tastes like someone spilled some Drakkar Noir in the brew kettle to me, so I can't stomach it.

thats my beer of choice!

yuppie

agreed. but i think its caloric content is akin to that of six loaves of soy sauce soaked pumperknickle bread per bottle- so it might not be the best beer to hang from your carabiner.

Isn't all beer just liquid bread anyway? Daily staples of the everyday man.

God wants us to drink beer, man.
Yeah... its like in that poem, man.

It sez:
Give us this day, our daily beer.

You can't not drink beer.
It would be blasphemy.
That's why you get that wine in the church dudes

i thought beer was old bread.

The key is to drink beer at a fast enough rate that you no longer care what it tastes like.

I've actually been trying to sober up a bit lately... only drank Friday night. Granted, I woke up face down on a couch with a girl I despise, but um... it's an improvement.

i too have taken the party down a notch. feel great. except getting up early has given me way too much time to drink too much coffee. i spent sunday on the couch with a coffee hangover.

i feel like less of a man these days. I just can't seem to drink much beer anymore, not on the lash anyway. It just fills me up so i prefer to get a nice bottle of white or have a few beers and then some vodka but i got mocked for my dwindling beer drinking over the christmas.

Sailor, i hear you on the coffee. The one good thing about where i live is the cafe 1 min away..fresh mocha every morning.

That's why i'm grateful I hate coffee with a passion. I stay away from soda, too... all the sugar gives me the worst headaches. Sometimes you just need to stick to a little blow for your morning pick-me-up. Holla.

if i had an immigrant fluffler boy living at my frat i'd take that morning blow myself! go jay.

I wish I was serious. Besides boozing, i've gone sober. Not even ganj anymore.

Where are my balls?

they're taking a nap, and when they wake up they will thank you for taking better care of them.

its nice to know sailor cares about your balls as well jay.

He's like the older, gayer brother I never had but always wanted to watch from under his bed while he tagged his high school girlfriend.

tagged like in facebook?

anna just called... she's offended, and a little turned on.

Oh boy

I just got my GCI order confirmation through my Gmail account and I looked to the left side of my screen to see what links they had related to the subject/author of the e-mail. I had one link and it was for a diet pill like the phentermine. Coincidence? I dunno, but it kinda freaked me out and made me chuckle at the same time since the boards were changed on account of all the spam bots we were getting.

I was so high last night that i now feel ashamed of myself

this is pure genius, i love watching everyone talk about everything

finally

I just shaved my head. If any of you know how much hair I had, you'll also know how retarded I look right now.

word up. new aleda site is up.

very nice, i like!

likey likey or wink wink i like?

Can't it be both?

The smilies *so* don't work...

I hate being tired and feeling like balls.

My English Professor smells like dog.

My Logic Professor looks like a female version of Danny DeVito. She is the oddest little creature I have ever met. And I have never been in such a useless class. Anyone else taken a Logic class before? The course title is rather deceiving.

i haven't had a logic class- i'll admit i don't even know what it is really- but i am in a class to learn excel. that's all, just excel.

Yeah, I had to take one this semester since I'm in Computer Science. I enjoyed it, but then again, it'll be useful to me later on. Not to mention I had a very good prof.

[Edited on 4/17/2007 by Kimari]

i just saw something i really really didnt need to see before going to sleep. dang you interweb.

Hrm, I didn't know there were variations of what could be called a logic class. Mine has nothing to do with music and/or programming.

It involves proofs using symbols (similar to algebraic proofs) and figuring out if sentences using symbols are valid or invalid. Among other things. It's a required course for undergrads and somehow is considered part of the Philosophy department. Shrug.

But yeah, I somehow have to very stealthily take a picture of my professor. She's something else. Really.

Yeah, I did the same thing.

The reason CompScis have to take is it because the thinking process is critical in designing/debugging program features...also systems like fuzzy logic are pretty crucial in making a lot of automated systems.

Well I obviously no nada about programming. *cough stupid freshman cough*

I just do truth trees and proofs. I have no idea how apply them to anything. I think I just learned more about logic in those posts than I have thus far in the semester. My professor is great.

You mean logic and being logical or Logic, the music program?

it's 4 am... riiiiiiiigggggghhhhhtttttt...... now.

Why does it seem impossible to make a band aid that will actually stick to your knuckle?? This friggin thing will not stay on dang it.
Also, this cut was not itchy at all, until I put the band aid on. Now, I feel like I wanna scratch the skin off my thumb.

bleh....

just use duct tape..it fixes everything (ESPECIALLY a band aid on the knuckle)

wow... I must have been gone awhile, spiffy new site here!

is it just me or does beers look a lot like tim curry in this pic?

[img]http://www.aleda.net/images/pop/Aleda08.jpg[/img]

hahah somewhat.

it's gorgeous here today. 62 degreeeeeeeeeeeeees!

theres a funny story behind that pic.

Do tell.

the reason why joe has a shit grin on his face is because:

1. he was drunk as a skunk.
2. the shot was taken 2 seconds after he punched me in the back as hard as he could. thats why im squinting trying to hold back tears.

3. i'm a fat fuck in that photo. just about 200lbs baby. im down to about 180 now.

180 is awesome. How tall are you?

how tall do you want me to be? ; )

Smooth, dude. I was just sayin, if your like 6'2, then thats a super healthy weight to be at.

looks like you rolled up your sleeves ready to give him a pimp smack back

as for group photos, this one takes the world title.

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/incuchelsea/IMGP2790.jpg[/img]

[Edited on 18-4-2007 by tommygunns]

[Edited on 18-4-2007 by tommygunns]

WOO HOO!

I just bombed a lesson I was teaching in my Instructional Strategies class on the Molly Maguires. I want to crawl in a hole and die.

oohh, that sucks. Nobody enjoys bombing anything. Instead of crawling in hole to die, you should seriously concider crawling into a hole filled with cupcakes, or fluffy bunnies, or women- what ever floats your boat. We should all be comfortable in our misery.
I really need a nap.

i just bombed the mens room. ee gads batman.

Good job.
Good job.

i took it to brown town. imus would be proud.

Oh, and I'm proud too.
I think were the only ones here, Beers. I know I love wasting my employers payroll with my internet wanderings.

give me a kiss.

MMmwwwahhh!

Kids.

damnit, our secret's out.

i can't believe it's not butter

i hate going for a dump at work, the toilet paper is so cheap.

oh wow.

wait....

i'm not surprised.

secret seventtyy seeevveeen

check out bad brains 'the youth are getting restless' - that is my saturday night record.

your saturday night record will probably change when you get the invention of time.

possibly, i can imagine that to be a drunken tuesday night out record.

I got stoned out of my mind a while back to it and was tripping for an hour. It rotted my brain.

Then I've got to listen to that album.

yeah, brain rotting sounds excellent.

dang you angell LOL....sall good...

my brain is swollen...Can I act stupid now?

horry crap! I go on vacation for a week and when I return....

Bam! New board AND new Aleda record is out!!

fantastic~

kind of like going to the bathroom at a restaurant and having your food ready when ya come back...

[img]http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/pulp-fiction/pulp-fiction04.jpg[/img]

[Edited on 20-4-2007 by jayjee]

tortilla espanola in barcelona is like..wow..yum

My mum asked me to go shopping with her today.

Guess who came home with a hula hoop, a cd on conversational Russian and three different kinds of lip gloss?

Jackpot!

I'm gonna knit that woman a fetching pair of socks.

Awesome. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being no comparison, are the socks gonna be as rockin as the ones you did on New Years?

And to add to theme of this whole thread, let me once again reiterate how fantastic Kozy Shack rice pudding is. Yeah, it's just that good.

"I heard that their periods attract bears. The bears can smell the menstration!'

Today, someone called a cockroach a "New York butterfly"

I have to give a presentation on Anheuser-Busch's marketing strategies and their worldwide appeal in about a half hour. I know more about this company and their alcohol than I ever wanted to know. However, I did get to do pretty thorough 'research' on their products. Best project ever.

This new board is full of interesting signs and coincidences...

I am user ID #69 which just happens to be the year I was born (shut the hell up all of you youngins, cause I was born in the summer of '69 and I rule) and well 69 is just an awesome number all around. It represents balance among other things.

I think it's quite fortuitous that I'm doing a rotation in a medicinal marijuana lab just in time for today.

My mom just got her medical marijuana licencse recently. It's pretty sweet. My parents now have a grow room. I cant wait to visit them!

doing it in the butt!

Cripes! It's California cold right now!

whats on the agenda for this evening?

timbaland is producing duran durans new record?!?!

Dang, he's really expanding his musical genre expertise. Sounds like he's trying to compete with Rick Rubin in that dept.

Oh, and for some reason, whenever I see Dublin, I say to myself, "I come from Dublin." But it's not in an Irish accent but in an Indian accent. I can't help it.

fiesta broadway anyone? Ozomatli and Reik. hahha

Until recently, I've had no idea of the true power of speculation. Good grief it's worse than actually knowing something!
Also, everything is about to completely suck and I'm not sure what to do.

Speculation can rot and fester within your being until you shrivel in a corner, in fetus position, hoping that someone/something will take you far, far away. Or so I've heard. But really, Bren, I'm sorry that everything is about to suck for you. I dunno what it is, but I know you'll get through it somehow.

Assilem: That Fiesta Broadway lineup doesn't seem too bad. I love Ozomatli. Oh snap! And they've got Pepe Aguilar there too? This event seems like it's gonna be big. I'm surprised they couldn't book Los Tigres del Norte there.


My dog just farted right now and she by far would be the one in the family with the worst smelling gas.

You down? I need a companion.

such a random day
woke up at 6am (after 3 hrs sleep), drove an hour to this valley region called the peak district and went on an 8km hike with my flatmate
not that i find hiking particularly hard it was just rather out of character for both of us
then when i got back i decided with another of my flatmates that we are gonna start running
i feel like this is going to be one of these days ill be regretting by this time tomorrow...

sounds like you're a bit tired of being indoors angell. good look to your aching body

there are some rediculously GOOD shows goin down in the next 3 months....yum

Can't make it on Sun. but let me know how my Latino brethren are doing b/c they can par-tay!

ooh, I definitely hate speculation too.

I hope everything goes well, Brenbren. I'm rooting for you!

The Fiesta Broadway looks pretty good. I love Ozomatli too. Calle 13 on the other hand, not so much.

I don't know if it was asked on the old board, but has anyone seen Blades of Glory yet?

saw it last week. it's just what you think it will be. loved it. my only gripe would be that 75% fo the jokes were ruined by the previews.

I thought you hated Farrell?

nah son, not me. i hate the royal tennebaums director guy. though i did like bottle rocket. go figure.

never quote lock stock and two smoking barrels with regards to liverpudlians
they dont appreciate it
my window is now (yet again) egged

^
southern fairies?
northern monkeys?

Turns out I got an 88 on the worst lesson plan of all time. I'll take it.

Very nice!
When are you gonna post pics of your new haircut?

After tonight, I now firmly believe that men have no ability to find/look for things, especially if they are right in from of them.

http://www.break.com/index/love-connection-worst-name-ever.html

That's awesome. That guy needs to have a cage match with Rex Suicide.

Rex Suicide would kill that fagot.

i was gonna type "screw you two sexist bitches" but couldn't find the enter key. ho-hum.

Oh yeah? Well up your nose with a rubber hose. That's right, I said it.

[Edited on 24-4-2007 by Melroro]

Zappa ft. Steve Vai?

THANK THE LORDY THE MAIL CAME TODAY!

you mean THE MALE right?

that too...hahahahhahaa

Sweet. Dissertation handed in tomorrow morning at 10.30. I have a fair amount to do and i'm puking like i'm posessed. Nando's was not a good choice. How's everyone else?

12 page behavior management plan due tomorrow for Instructional Strategies, as well an in-depth unit plan. Two five page papers also due in that class on Monday, as well as a seven page paper for Renaissance and the Reformation. Awesome. Anyone else need a beer?

yessir!

Anyone have anything that can incinerate all the allergens in the air so I can breathe and sleep at night without waking up all dry and scratchy throated and sounding like Steven Wright?

Short of ripping out your carpets; changing your sheets and pillowcases like a crazy person helps somewhat.
There are some pretty decent antihistamines out there too if you want to have a chat with your local pharmacist and make sure you're drinking lots of water.

another random thought- i still haven't done my work.

Theres something so fresh fresh about procrastinating and play with my camera.

Oy vey.

eugh...6am and i'm still up....all i can hear is seagulls and the faint sound of ben folds.

Nice work Dong, hope you can rest up today.

Definitely ignore this if you're not in the mood. It's very rambly and unpleasant. You might want to give this thing a chance though, it's quite random and entertaining in a weird, *guess the horsey muzak* way.

I have to go to the doctor tomorrow to work out what to do about a melanoma we've been toying with for a few months.
Been almost decent about it but about 2 hours ago I got a call from someone I don't know regarding my grandpa who is apparently dying of cancer in New Zealand and decided not to tell anyone about it until after he signed a DNR and promptly fell into a coma.

He's allowed to do that because he's 97, had 6 kids, married 3 times and managed to remain emotionally distant from most of his family but I really don't think I'm going to be able to get away with the same because I'm the only one in my family that was supposed to turn out well adjusted, healthy and good at something and I'm not unless you count having shitty timing as good... So I'm no longer almost decent but everyone's asleep and bestie has problems of his own to deal with so I need to ask something to people that make more sense than I do right now.

If you were about to lose a family member, would you really want to hear about another's possible health problem or would you prefer some time to pass between the two?
I don't want to be a shit and make things worse but I know they'll be pissed if I wait too long to tell them something's up.

Melanomas are fucking itchy by the way.

Also, $3 for a churro? I hope it was ridiculously large.

hey bren:

i think you should share the information now. i've just lost someone and returned from a weekend of wakes and funerals and all that stuff, and one thing i've taken from it all is an appreciation for doing what you think you should- right now, instead of waiting for the right time.

sometimes there is no right time, and sometimes random shit happens that cannot be forseen or controlled and there will be no more time at all.

so, there's my two cents. and my heart goes out to you.

Thanks. I'll tell them in the morning. Maybe it'll convince my dad to see a doctor about his own stuff.

yep. sailor's right imo...good call.

I hope everything turns out all right Bren. Let us know how the melanoma is turning out too.

yeah, sailor, thats very, very good advice. Bren, i hope that turns out ok...gci is a really good place for getting things off your chest so if u want let us know how it's all going.

coolest bunch of people i've ever encountered on the internet.

I didn't know marijuana had such a history behind it. Which also leads me to the following thought: why build a tomb as a knoll when you can just make the ground flat? Isn't that just misleading and dangerous especially if there's lots of rain and flooding? Who'd want to see a dead body floating down flood waters?
Oh and " regularly" is one of the most difficult words to say, especially when you're coming down from a caffeine high.

lol, "regularly" is difficult without the caffeine.

Anyway I just wanted to say thanks again, you guys are awesome and this board is a treasure.

Today was fine. Everyone that needs to know, now does and it's not getting me out of making dinner so apart from their guilt chocolate, it's business as usual until it isn't and that'll be dealt with accordingly. Dad's likely to go to NZ for a while and mum's being a mum and wearing the socks I made her, even though she probably thinks they're ugly.

I've been referred to a surgeon but honestly, if my Dr had handed me a clean pair of toenail clippers and a magnifying mirror, I would've done it myself there and then. Scarring? Pfft!! Get it outttt! Instead, my new buddy Dr Clapp is going to cut out what's left and then there's some more wait and see time but good things have been said, so no more drama from me.

glad to hear it.

That's great news!

my car got broken into last night
i now have no passenger side window, shards of glass all over, no mp3 player, broken interior trim and its freezing!

Aw fuckit! That sucks dude. Shit. Are you covered by insurance? I know that won't make you feel better...

Its 1am and i still have a long way to go with the last chapter of my dissertation...blasefaih.sfwkan

hmm i should be but its still a tad ambiguous - its meant to be kept back in glasgow so it will have to have been down here "for a short break"
whatever, shit happens, i sat outside freezing and moaning and then wondered how i can be so dang selfish when there are people out there on the streets freezing with nothing to their name

i still have a backup of all my music and am left with most of a car
good luck with your dissertation! im now going to try catch a couple hours sleep before i have to catch the coach to my long awaited sky dive!!

For the love of all that's good with the world, be sure that your parachute is working properly before you dive! I know you're doing this for a good cause, so we want you back in one piece to tell us how it was. Also, sorry about your car. My friend had that happen to her twice in her neighborhood. But the good thing is that they didn't steal your engine or hubcaps so you can drive. Just tape up the broken window with heavy duty plastic and duct tape until you get it fixed.

And to contribute to the randomness of this thread, I'm sitting here in lab finishing some work that I couldn't do because of a midterm yesterday. It's Saturday night, approximately 7:30pm PST, and I've been here since
2:30pm. I honestly thought I'd finish my work within 5 hrs. but it turns out it'll take 9 hrs so I might be out of here by 11pm. So, I'm here alone, with just my music, this computer, a whole bunch of noisy lab equipment, in a building that's locked. To keep me sane, I'll be writing a long ass post so that I can keep in contact with the outside world.

This is the life of a science grad student. You get paid to go to school and do research. The plus side is that I won't be graduating with a huge debt like my medical student friends (which is what I wanted to do until I saw the caliber of people preparing to be doctors, or at least, the majority of them). The down side is that our status is somewhere between student and employee. We don't get paid overtime so we work all the time, in lab, sometimes at odd hours. That's why I'm here right now. Count in the fact that I'm an overachiever and workaholic (only when it comes to research) and you get a deadly combination. I'm afraid that I'm starting to become deathly boring but borderline wacky when it comes down to it. Weird combo, huh?

So what's the main point? There's none really. Like I said before, I'm just writing to keep sane and awake. Thus, I will be filling this post with lots of words just to pass time. It was a beautiful day outside and I got to enjoy just a bit of it. As I was walking to lab this afternoon, with the perfect CA sun beating down on me, I couldn't help but ironically and sarcastically say to myself, 'Self, it's such a beautiful day outside for you to go to work.' It was true. Here I'd be, cooped up inside, working. And that's the way it has been and that's the way it will be for a bit. Notice how I say " a bit." That "bit" will actually be, as they say an average of 4-5 years which is on the short end. You know what? I'm okay with that. It took me a while to get to this point, but I truly feel like I'm coming into my own. It took a lot of frustration and many tears, but I'm happy. I'm excited to go to work, research papers and do the paper trail for hours on end, and most especially, I really look forward to going to class. I wanted to share that with someone other than my mom. Since I don't get to talk with my friends that much because they're busy, I thought I'd share it with my other set of friends though I've never met a lot of you in person. Thanks for reading up to this point and I hope that you're week is a good one.

Sincerely,
Melroro the lab monkey

my hubcaps got stolen yesterday. who the hell wants vw hubcaps? i hope my insurance covers it. chalk it up to one hella-shitty birthday weekend.

The Irish General Election has been announced for a Thursday, May 24th. Like thousands of other students, I have an exam and won't be able to make it back to my home constituency to vote.


Democracy in Ireland takes another blow thanks to the fuckbag that is Bertie Ahern. I hope he gets hit by a fucking bus.

Can't you just do a postal vote? That's pretty ass to put an election on a Thursday btw.

Oh and guys, so sorry to hear about everyone's dodgy happenings!
Best of luck Angell, I hope you have a great jump!!!
Roro, you are grad student awesomeness! I hope you're in bed asleep now.
Joyful, I'm sorry you've had birthday shittiness and wtf is there big money in stolen hub caps? They'll get what they deserve in time. Stay safe and I hope things cheer up soon.

[Edited on 29-4-07 by brenbren]

*high five*

the jump was incredible - im still finding it hard to put into words and doubt ill ever find a half decent way of describing it
so basically i got there at 8am after having 2 hours sleep, we had our breifings etc and it was just a waiting game for the weather to clear
it was going to look hopeless and be postponed but just at the last minute the clouds opened up and we were ready to go
knowing my luck i was in the first plane of the day and..... the first to jump out
was feeling fine until the moment the engine accelerated for takeoff and my instructor started strapping me to him - and then reality hit
climbed to 15,000 ft or rather 2.84 miles, and without really taking into account what was going on the door was suddenly open and i was leaning out, suspended by my instructor waiting for him to jump
and then i floated.....for a breif milli-second before accelerated freefalling at 125 mph for one minute, cold, painful, shocking - i loved every moment! it was just the ultimate adrenaline rush
once the ground beconed closer the main chute was pulled, taking us from 125 to 3 mph in less than 4 seconds putting a real strain on my crotch
then we were gliding for a few moments, the guy decides to pass me the red straps and take control of the chute, turning round in circles etc until finally we were close enough to do a gentle landing, accompanied by a standing ovation by all spectators (the advantage of being first to jump)
somewhere along the way i bit my lip a little hard with excitement and landed with a nice blood streak down my face
i hate the ground, it sucks compared to the air - i believe its where i am just meant to be
peace out x

WOOO! Go Ben! *claps*

I have to do that sometime!

That sounds fucking amazing. You do belong in the air. I was gonna ask if you were hitting terminal velocity, but i wiki'd it and found that its 200 mph. God dang. Tuck in those arms and straighten out those legs, just dive face first to the ground.

I heard a freeway exploded/collasped in the bay area. What happened?

I believe this was the cause, im not sure though.

[img]http://www.myclassiclyrics.com/artist_biographies/Godzilla_biography.jpg[/img]

That sounds crazy awesome, Angell! Ive always wanted to do that, maybe some day I will work up the courage to take the plunge.

Ive put off going out all weekend except to go to work with the hopes that I would get a bunch of work for finals done, but I havent done shit...total lack of motivation! I thought it would be a good idea to get a few drinks in me, but now Im REALLY not motivated, just want to ramble on to you fine people!

Anyone heard the new John Butler Trio cd? Pure awesomeness, cant stop listening to it! I looked them up the other day to see if they were coming close to my area, and saw that they are playing a free show in Boston called Earthfest sponsered by Guster, WOOT!

Bren and Sailor...sorry to hear about what you guys are dealing with, hope it all works out!

Go Sisina! I used to be boring and unhappy before but now that I drink, I'm a better person.
Angell: That sounds like some adventure. I'm glad you survived. I'm sorry that your crotch had to suffer a little. I used to want to sky dive until I realized that I didn't like the sensation of free falling. You are a brave man.

well ill be damned, I won concert tickets on the radio tonight (Live105 in San Francisco)...I never win anything.

Also, weird as hell to hear yourself on the radio...just thought i'd share...

[Edited on 30-4-2007 by Bassface]

What did you win tickets to?

i just partied with the antibalas boys.

if they are coming through your area...go see them.

best show i've been to. ever.

http://myspace.com/antibalas

they reside in brooklyn and haven't heard of root valdez OR aleda. what kind of crap is that?!

the "I" band in Berkeley in July, I was listening to Live105 and in order to win em you had to be caller number 10, my girlfriend was just like "ahh come on just try it" first I got a ring and was caller number 2..I guess I jumped the gun, hung up, called back once, busy signal, called back again and low and behold I was caller number ten. Sounded completely lame on the radio. Had to go to blockbuster and rent Ray for a jazz history class to write a bs essay and the radio host was like "what are ya doing "uhh im in my car, just was at blockbuster"...hes tells me "well i think you should pull over cuz well, you don't wanna crash your car right after winning this" and then 3 minutes later after the song was over I heard my voice, ugg, that's why I know I will never be a good singer, Ill just stick with guitar.

It's funny, I've tried to do those types of things before and always got the busy signal, and always got mad at the people who actually got through cuz I never recieved so much as a ring when I call. But now its me, and I hope there are people out there upset that they couldn't get through.

The new John Butler Trio CD definitely rules. I dig it a lot.

thats awesome bassface

OTP - i was under the impression that we were going to hit terminal velocity but we didnt for various reasons
they release something called a drogue parachute early on to slow you down
the principle behind this is that when there is the force of 2 people travelling at t.v. - if the main chute was pulled it could cause it significant damage
it also allows a longer and more comfortable freefall and finally it allows the video dude to travel at the same speed as you (even though i didnt get one)

Sisina - hows your work going?

then i guess Stewart the horn player is an idiot since we've played together...

my friend colin use to play with them too, now hes in arcade fire playing french horn..

57

that's really funny because stuart was the one that i asked.

The dissertation is done, babyyyyyy!!

Now for the spanish oral tomorrow...


and then...ULTIMATE DRUNKENNESS!

thats one wacky city you got there. i was amazed that we (Aleda) were actually looked down upon by San Fransicans for not giving the homeless money.

East coast homeless dudes get no love. Some crackhead in Pittsburgh came up to the Saturn when we were listening to The Invention of Time and Joe shooed him off. He just wanted to get his face melted off.

pipe down taco boy.

Who looked down on you? I normally just ignore all the homeless people who ask me for shit. But, the other day some dude wouldn't leave me alone so I had to tell him to move before I got angry. I look down on people who DO give money. The city gives out vouchers for everything, so all that cash must go to beer and smack. Not that I look down on people who like to get f'ed up, but I need my money to buy my own for myself.

Suck it Beersy.

i'll try anything once!

Dinosaur Jr.'s new album is up on MySpace.

ok, there's so much here to digest...

Bren, stay positive. From what I know of you, this unexpected life event will give you a cause to champion.

angell, The jump sounds awesome. It makes me want to try skydiving.

Courtney, I think that Aleada and Root Valdez need to play a gig in brooklyn so that we can attend and then you could invite Stuart.

Jameson, Are you going to the Berkeley show?

On the SF Homeless subject;
There's so much wrong with the situation in SF, BUT our climate is mild and relatively dry, with liberal laws so it's no surprise they love it here. My grandmother still says to this day, if you want to give $$, then give it to St. Vincent De Paul. They would use the cash to feed people.

What they need is a mental facility for most of these guys. Shit, Reagan released a whole bunch of mentally unstable people in the 80's to cut the budget. They should just suck it up and put them back.

Dinosaur Jr. just rocked it on Letterman. J Mascis still had the price tag on his guitar strap. I wonder if he's taking it back tomorrow.

Nice mood and signature, big guy. I think a thread v. 2.0 is in order.

[Edited on 1-5-2007 by Jay]

pick me up is awesome.

I think my dog used to be a cat in a past life. She likes to sleep or wait for us underneath the car in our garage. It's odd but very endearing considering that she's a lab/Australian sheep dog mix and is about 75 lbs (34 kg). I'm surprised she even fits under there.

Thanks Terri!!

Lol Melrose, I can imagine you coming home late one night, trying to be quiet when a dog the size of a 9y/o jumps out to say hello. Good times.

Jameson, I won't be able to see you this leg of the tour either.
What's up with that?!

and Melroro about the 75 lb dog. Can you please take a picture of that, cause it sounds like one of the most adorable things ever! thanks

I'm sending out a 9 fingers shockwave

I just gave my dad a Kit Kat so he would behave, in Kmart.

I'm taking my friends place for this Subaru commercial right now. I look nothing like her, so I hope no one here knows her... It lasts until 7ish so I'm going to be very tired! I can't even say "tired tomorrow" b/c it's already 2:20am

[Edited on 5-2-2007 by BFCBassPlayer]

I'm getting my first tattoo tomorrow for my birthday. Yay!

what are you getting? and happy early birthday!

wh00t, happy early b-day! i want another tattoo, but I'm making myself wait at least a year before i get another.

On the tattoo subject, I Should get mine soon. I've been sitting on the thought for a while. I even think i know what im going to get for my second. Man I dont even have one and i want more.

my lil cousin has just asked me what's the best place to make out with his girl. anywhere you want to dude,duh.

what's a nine finger shockwave?

How'd the Subaru commercial go BFC?

Happy birthday bunnobean! Awesome birthday present.

Like John, I've been sitting on the idea for a long time. I just need to do it.
I'm going to LA in June and am thinking about getting my tatto done while I'm there. Do you So Cal people know of any fantastic tatto artists in the LA area?

I had a friend for a while from Buena Park. He was a tatoo artist too and i was gonna get one. I have the design and everything. Then it turned out he was a complete fuckbag, a thief and a liar. I dont want someone like that tatooing me. So now i don't have one.

if you get a sailor tattoo i'll personally make sure you get into ever aleda show free for life. it's like the band version of that taco/chicken joint in cali that gave free food promises to anyone who got their logo inked.

This one is for you Misty, Halloween 2006, Ligaya my puppy about 1 yr old:

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Bren: What you imagine is true. One time, she ran into my knee full force. That was beyond painful. But she's so dang cute and smart when she wants to be that I can't stay mad at her.

When I got there, I found out it was a print ad, not a commercial. I felt kinda dumb, because I had no idea what I was doing just standing there trying to look "normal" I can't wiat to get paid though! ($500)

Oh, and I got my tattoo done in Berzerkley.

my brothers housemate was making a film for his 2nd yr project
this is the only time in my life i have ever or will ever appear remotely intimidating
just a shame it was taken with a crappy camera phone
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BFC thats not bad at all for an ad! Wish i was paid yesterday

[Edited on 3-5-2007 by angell]

Hahaha that's adorable, Angell. You gotta get him to put the vid up somewhere so we can see.

Are you a fingernail chewer?

i think i may be in my sleep cos im never conscious of doing it during the day

sad story of the day...poor Rose:

Sudan's famous goat 'wife' dies
Charles Tombe
Charles Tombe is refusing to comment on the affair
The best-known goat in Sudan has died months after being "married" to a man in the South Sudan capital, Juba, the BBC has learned.

Local elders ordered a man found having sex with the goat, later called Rose, to "marry" her last February.

"The idea was to publicly embarrass the man," says Tom Rhodes, editor of the Juba Post, which first ran the story.

The BBC's story of the "wedding" caught the public imagination and became one of the best read internet stories.

Rose, black and white, is believed to have died after choking on a plastic bag she swallowed as she was eating scraps on the streets of Juba.

'Sense of humour'

After the marriage, Rose had a male kid - but "not a human one" - Mr Rhodes said, hastily.

The "husband", Charles Tombe, said he was drunk at the time but has since refused to comment on the issue. The kid is owned by Mr Tombe.


Wow - what have we done? We have triggered a monster
Tom Rhodes
Juba Post

More than a year after the BBC story was first published, it is still picked up by various web forums and being emailed across the world. Recently it got more than 100,000 page views for five successive days.

Over time, it has received several million hits - making it historically one of the biggest-hitting stories the BBC News website has published.

A Google search uncovers more than 1m different web pages, based on the same story.

Mr Rhodes, a Briton who helped found the Juba Post in 2004, was shocked when he learned how many people around the world had read the story his newspaper had originally published as a short, light-hearted account and not even bothered to publish on its website.

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"Wow - what have we done? We have triggered a monster," he said.

He said that he had seen that it occasionally returned in the BBC's "Most read stories" and was worried that he would have trouble with South Sudanese, accusing his paper of tarnishing the image of the region - now trying to rebuild after 21 years of war.

But he says he has not come across any such anger.

"It doesn't portray Sudan in a bad light - it shows the Sudanese have a sense of humour," he says, referring to the elders' original punishment.

He has, however, had people come up and say to him: "Oh, you're the goat man."

Mr Rhodes explains that South Sudan remains a conservative society.

If a man is caught sleeping with a girl, he is ordered to marry her immediately in order to save her honour and that of her family, he says.

This was the basis for Mr Tombe's punishment, after the goat's owner found him with his animal and complained to local elders.

They ordered him to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50, at the time) and also named the goat Rose.

Afterwards, he left with the goat, not quite hand-in-hand, more hand-in-hoof, to his home in the Hai Malakal suburb of Juba - and not in Upper Nile State as we originally reported.

Oh poor guy, his wife died by choking on a plastic bag. Not a smart move.

Sailor, how big would this tattoo be and when will Aleda be playing shows to get into for free.

I want to know what everyone is getting tattooed! Terri and Bunno, unless it's a personal thing, let's hear it!

I know I shared my idea with the last version of the board.

I want a piece of art that incorporates the elements of water, fire and air. I want the ocean under the sunset. I am an air element, my daughter is a water element and my son is a fire element.

I want something that is beautiful with lots of color that represents all three of us. I want the artist to draw up what would look best in the place that i want it. I don't have a preconceived notion of what it will look like. I want to see what they come up with.

My brother and I spent the entire day watching Robot Chicken.

i'm drunk...period.

I feel like death.

A friend of a friend (that I've never met) wants to come to my graduation because he likes me. I was like, no way! because I thought that was just weird. Graduation's for like friends and family and like people you know
Am I mean?

No. That's just a little too forward, in my opinion.

Graduation time is coming, isn't it? My cousin's graduating this month from college. Four years ago, I remember thinking that his graduation was a long way's ahead. Man, I feel old. And I'm watching Must Love Dogs on HBO for the millionth time.

5:54 am here
doing another bloody lab report
am gonna miss my 8:45 am deadline and have to accept a 20% late submission penalty
still, after this all i got left is 4 exams - got a few days in between just to chillax

Finals week is lame, but I don't have anything bad until Wednesday morning. I spent the day swimming and ropeswinging at the river. Shit was relaxing as hell after a few terrible weeks of constant papers.

I have a Pro Tools final tomorrow and Marketing one Wednesday. I'm really stressing out...

Today I was talking to my mom about music and I mentioned something about "indie music." My mom started going on and on about how much she loves indie music and that really blew me away. I wasn't expecting her to be into anything remotely contemporary. So I asked her what her favorite indie band is and she mentioned this weird band that I've never heard of. After I got off of the phone with her, I looked up the band and it turned out to be all this music that sounds like something you'd belly dance to. I guess "indie" or "indi" is my mom's non-PC way of saying Indian.

lol jose.when i was younger and before i realized that indie stands for independent i also thought that indie is some sort of music from india.

Well, I can put the number of days I've left the house in animal slippers this year to three.

testing from 7 am until 5:30 pm..with 2 10 minute breaks...a random sprint from one end to the other..and no food since 5:30.

Melissa is cranky. Thank you and good night.

I'm really liking VH1's program "Classic Albums" mainly because they show the behind the scenes in the engineering booth how the songs were put together. For example, I was hooked on the show when they showed how The Derek and the Dominos album was put together. The sound engineer stripped down the solos of Clapton and Duane Allman in one of the songs. He first played Clapton's part and then brought in Allman's part to show how the two lead guitars interplayed. Oh shit, wait, that was from the Tom Dowd documentary. Okay, well that documentary got me hooked on the Classic Albums show.

Worked 5 1/2 hours of overtime tonight at my job. Never have I ever had so much fun bossing student workers around and making fun of people!

I pulled two decent finals out of my ass today, then went and rocked the ropeswing and bridge jumping again. It was 83 and not a cloud in the sky, so fuck my 8 am final tomorrow when it's this nice. I've got tonight to study.

dude, wake up super early and revise too. 5am's my time when exams are on. Good luck.

Do you know what's not supposed to be cool but is?
Feeling someone sewing your skin together.

I had such a great time today... if anyone ever needs minor surgery and wants someone there for moral support, let me know and I'll come watch.

I took my Civil Rights and Liberties final at 8. I was on an hour and a half of sleep and delirious... and it's questionable. Three 50 point essay's, and I know I rocked the first two... but kind of struggled through the last one. Whatever. I'm done for the year and I just want to go home and work.

Hooray for being done! Except I'm not, I'm still trying to squeeze out two coding projects for tomorrow and I still have two more finals Monday and Tuesday @ 8am. I'm just glad my Data Structures final is out of the way, I got at least an 80 on that test, or at the very least I will have an 80 when the ensuing grading curve kicks in. Hooray for needy underachievers!

It feels so awesome to be done! I ended up sleeping maybe 15 hours in the past week, barely ate, drank way too much caffeine. Ended up with 2 As, 3Bs and 1 D to screw me over. Me and Calculus will have another go next semester I guess.

All of you that are done are lucky, I still have two more finals tomorrow and all my roomates are done and have left.

random fact—the last time i took a final exam was over 10 years ago.

Last one I took was two and a half weeks ago.

It's been exactly 11 years for me this week.

every spring when birds start to sing, sun starts to shine and whole lotta shit happens i usually lock myself inside my four walls and wait till the shit pass cuz i have a pollen allergy. and sometimes it's so frustrating cuz my nose itches so bad i want to rip it off and i sneeze a lot. luckily, my mom bought me some antihistamines so everything should be ok as long as i don't drink any alcohol.

It's the first day of summer at home and you best believe we've got a keg. Holla.

funnel it up for me, bratha.

Just finished watching Eurovision semis with my mum (family event). She's very sad these guys didn't make it in.

Your favourite didn't get in either Snaf?

my country did made to the semis (and they were rather good) but whole voting system makes me wanna vomit. i only watched voting for like 10 minutes and i got pissed by a lot of things (which is another story) and then i changed the channel.

although this years lordi performance was hilarious

I accidently flicked onto the eurovision to see some dude in chicks clothes singing some wank song...i think we should pretend aleda are from the UK and enter them....then watch them blow everyone else to shit.

best idea EVER.

so i'm thinking of getting the new aleda logo inked, but i haven't decided where to put it. any suggestions? keep in mind that i got the back of my neck, one calf and my pubic area covered already, and i'm really a stickler for centering and balance.



[Edited on 5.14.2007 by sailor4.16]

if you're looking for balance, i'd say go for the other calf. or another interesting idea, the old aleda logo on one arm, and the new one on the other. a little food for thought.

^forehead

or uh palm, top of foot, throat area, eyelids, lip, bottom of foot?

shaft


Well i reckon calf is a good spot. I'm planning on getting some ink done there soon so maybe i'm biased.

[Edited on 14-5-2007 by Donger]

calf is nice area even though i wouldn't ink there cuz i have skinny legs. i'm planning on inking my upper back/back of the neck area. haven't come up with the design yet so i'm open for the suggestions.

euh..final exam tomorrow and then i'm done with uni. 5am start is going to eradicate me.

Aww Dong, you'll be fine as long as you go to sleep before 4:35.

All the best!

haha, thanks. Got a relaxing day planned on sunday that just so happens to include a free bar so i'm working towards that!

Free bar!

Golden!

The mailman just saw my boobies!!!!!!!!!!

I am completely and utterly miserable.

[Edited on 16-5-2007 by Jay]

why jay?

I am new. I am very new.

I work up this morning excited about the UEFA Champions final today.

Then I realized it was next week. My day sucked from there on out.

He did seem rather pleased... super polite too. I'm so dumb for letting it happen though.

How the hell do all the flashers on this board not freak out about people seeing their bits?

one word: alcohol. memories of the legendary st. patricks day streak just came flooding back....

anyways. i'm rocking out to maduro right now, yesssss its been too long. i had some weird-ass dreams last night about scientologists. freaked the shit out of me.

A friend of mine is wanting to get a new tattoo. She wants a Unicorn and a Mermaid fighting to the death on the back of her head, with a possibility of a Care Bear hiding behind a bush with a machine gun- ready to take them all out.
I think that's the coolest shit I've heard in a long time, just had to share.

Done. Walked out with an hour to go. Always a good sign...or not. It's weird to be finished, bring on the summer and i just bought myself an xbox as a present.lol

[Edited on 17-5-2007 by Donger]

welcome to the real world george.

haha thanks colin. you can show me the ropes!

Haha congrats.

Let me know if you're up for some 360 some time. (I assume it's a 360).

Gamertag is Kimari224 for those wanting to play.

"God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it. It is so beautiful, it hurts a little bit.

the rope?


[img]http://hitchcock.tv/mov/rope/rope2.jpg[/img]

hehe

pff!! I have finals every 3 weeks for another 6 months. This sucks ass!

Congrats George! Isn't it an awesome feeling, to sit around and have nothing to do?

Well done Georgio. Well done.

is there anybody out there?

so ive been cursed with 3 exams in a row - 1 on wed, one earlier today and 1 tomorrow morning. as if have done no uni work or been to any lectures all year, and am the worldst worst studier i have literally had one night to learn each module before sitting it the next morning!
completely my own fault i know
so basically it is now 220am, i have to be up at 7 to do some last minute cramming
i have not slept or eaten properly in days, i have a bad throat, a cold, a recurring headache and a screwed up metabolism
and my brain has been saturated from the last couple days of work to the extent that tonight i just cant seem to take anything in

just thought id share...

keep it up yall- it not what you are sposta be learning right now that will be of value to you later, but the process of learning how you work and learn.

they are shooting another commercial in front of my house tonite. there"s a concept car in all sorts of light keeping my bodega open. finn is psyched, cus he was out of wet food and giving me the eye.

now we're all happily fed and listening to some random ass itunes play lists.

ahhhh... life can be so good between being everything else.

Bluh.

I'm pissing caffeine and my eyes are all cracked out. Oh, college. As least our law library has comfy seats and our undergrad library is open 24 hours during finals. I'm taking full advantage. Sleeping under the desk is quite comfy too.

marisa- yea, I hear ya. that was me during my last week. I think i slept probably 15 hours total.

jay- is that the "thick" one? hang in there. the heart stinks sometimes, doesn't it? it'll get better.

Jay, you need to sort things out with this girl somehow... even if it's just to properly say goodbye.
I don't know if you're still able to contact each other but definitely try for your sanity's sake.

Fingers crossed for all of you lovely exam people... make sure you take the breaks you need when your brain says NO MORE!

aw Jay, I'm sorry.

on another note, I'm so fricken pissed right now. I'll end up deleting this post...

Done.

Thanks guys!

[Edited on 19-5-2007 by terri]

terri, i don't know the ins and outs of your situation but from what i just read it seems you obviously have the kids best interests at the top of your agenda even if it means it puts you in a not so ideal situation, which is what parents should do. Unfortunately not everyone is like that.

terri,this shit is real hard.keep your head up.

anyway, i'm fucked up cuz my sister has a birthday today, and three years ago my grandpa passed away on same day. so my sister is throwing a party today and i've spent a day with my grandmom and she cried and stuff so i'm not in the mood for something like that. i want to run away somewhere but it's raining outside so i'm kinda stuck here. worst thing about whole this mess is my room which is not actually mine will be filled with bunch of people that i don't want to hang out with. balcony is free though but it's freezing outside.

Snaf, it sucks when people invade your space but give your sister's birthday a chance; there's nothing wrong with doing something pleasant in the midst of bunches of horrible crap.

When things start to feel like a complete farce, put on something warm so you can go outside and play in the rain... or give yourself a job to do -make sure everyone has food, decent music or that your sister isn't creating some sort of birthday drama. Keep busy or wallow in it, the party will still be there so it's up to you what you want to get out of it.

Terri, you are an amazing, level headed and caring mother. Mr ex doesn't really have a leg to stand on and you're still being incredibly diplomatic. I hope for everyone's sake he grows up super fast.

Final lab results came back -All clear! Super bonus: the patch of hair they shaved off for surgery is sticking up and even more fun to play with than my stitches. Hahahaha I'm so easily amused.

I got real loaded last night and did something to my hand. Now it hurts to play guitar.

alcohol is the devil. and breakdancing. and streets. and wrists too while i'm at it.

i got drunk once and took pictures of my nuts. we all do stupid things. the best you can hope for is that they are at least funny, and no one gets hurt. and by hurt i don't mean scabs and splints. those things heal relatively fast.

[Edited on 5.18.2007 by sailor4.16]

there's so much going on with everyone!

Terri- my mom is a teacher and has IEP meetings, so I know what you're talking about and you're exactly right. it's very inconvenient to ask the school to hold two meetings. you're definitely the stronger, more responsible one. Karma will come back on him and if not, Jay will.

Jay- Feel free to vent or pm on here with the stuff going on. We're all more than happy to help you if you need it. When it rains, it pours ya know?

Bren- So glad to hear that everything turned out okay! Congrats!

It's one knuckle that is fucked up that is shooting pain down through the rest of my hand. I bet I'll be ok in a few days. I just wish someone could explain why every time I get loaded I end up with a bunch of random injuries. Seems like every time I drink I wake up with bruises, cuts, hurt knuckles, and cigarettes that are broken in half.

Maybe you're a clumsy drunk?

[Edited on 19-5-07 by brenbren]

or a violent one

Jose, what was the last thing you remember doing?

And bren, I'm very happy to hear that everything is okay with you.

[Edited on 19-5-2007 by terri]

I'm not a violent drunk by any means. And I'm not the only one that has made the random injury while drunk observation.

I didn't black out at all. I went out, got loaded, got home, chilled a little, drank some water, and went to bed. So the last thing I remember is getting in bed.

On another note. I just got tickets to see Smashing Pumpkins in July!

A friend of mine had that happen to him. He went to a friends house, was loud and rowdy so they sent him home. He got home and went to bed. Woke up with a broken nose, a missing tooth, and a black eye.

At least you're not that bad. You probably just hit it on something pretty hard.

Congrats to see the Pumpkins! How much were tickets?

[img]http://www.aintitcool.com/images2007/JokerFinal.jpg[/img]

Any geeks out there? First picture of The Joker from the next Batman movie.

Who is it?

All 8 shows sold out in 5 minutes

[Edited on 20-5-2007 by Jose]

Tarantula is an alright track. Hopefully the rest of Zeitgeist isnt that bad. I'd still like to see the pumpkins original lineup but i guess i'll settle for billy and jimmy and two other duders. I just wish they would make their way to chicago already.

I haven't heard any of the new tracks truthfully. I'm hoping they are going to play a lot of their old songs. Dinosaur Jr. fucked me over in this exact same way though.

My washing machine just took off halfway across the laundry. I hope it comes back with chocolate.

my washing machine likes to walk around while it's on, though it stays within a few blocks.

hehehe like that episode of the simpsons... Come on washerrrrr!

In other news:


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No one cracks me up like my brothers do.

[img]http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/brenbren_241/Picture393sml.jpg[/img]

^ not my brother.

...but as we all know with me, it's all fun and games till the clumsy sets in.

[img]http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/brenbren_241/Picture395sml.jpg[/img]

I'm not allowed to laugh and hold a razor, ever. Better still, I just won't cut anyone's hair. I completely suck!!

Look on the bright side, at least you didn't cut off his ear.

liverpool is going to lose. god dayum

yup. they lost

I am done with finals! Now I have three weeks before I start summer classes and work. Congrats to everyone else who survived finals and to Mila, Juan, and Earnestine for graduating. Best wishes to you guys.

lol Terri, I was expecting him to be but he knew what he was getting into... I'm not known for my precision.

His revenge was to make me create this rather public apology. My horrible and squealy voice denotes intense guilt. Probably.

I got a mohawk....

hehehehe what brought that on? I'm assuming there will be pics.

its a shame that the mohawk doesnt quite hold the shock value that it once did.

depends on where you get it.

I am not a big fan of the "faux hawk".
ya know, the not really a mohawk haircut, where you just sorta gel up your hair up into a point.

MEH

pussy mohawks...

[img]http://www.msgr.ca/msgr-9/cat%20gothic%20mohawk.jpg[/img]

I really hate the word "lover."
Oh, and I don't like it when complete strangers or people I hardly know touch me, i.e. squeezes on the shoulder or touching me on my back, and invade my personal space.

Yes, I've been drinking!

Ohh, using my sidekick while drunk...

[Edited on 5-26-2007 by BFCBassPlayer]

Drinkin' woooo!



Who wants to help me finish my bottle of gin?

Yo, dude. I'm an alcoholic and gin might be the one thing I refuse to touch. That shit is straight up gross.

Gin is pretty rank but doesn't even come close to aftershock or archers for me. I feel like puking every time i drink either of those.

i'm pretty sure that there are worst drinks then gin.

put whatever you are listening to now away and pick up "the ground" by tord gustavsen trio.

a total mind fuck slash beautiful record.

Wtf is goin down Friday or Saturday....I wannaaaaaa celebrateeeeeee

it's 1:35 am and i can't sleep

It's 10:39am and I don't want to work... wanna make out?

Anddd... I think i'll go drink beer.

its 2am and i just went out to a club, to find that everyone had already gone home
on the plus side i finally got round to listening to lp's new album - 'leave out all the rest' is amazing

No way man. Gin has such an overpowering and bitter taste to it... you can taste that shit no matter how you mix. It makes me sick just thinking about it.

you haven't tried my gin and tonic.

gin and tonic is great, one of my favorites even though you can get bad headache in the morning after

is it me or nobody is posting today

Seems like that.


Turns out for my job I was hired under the assumption that I have specific programming skills which I most certainly do not. This should be interesting.

[Edited on 5/28/2007 by Kimari]

i'm trying to get a part-time job at a programming company as a java programmer and i also dont have any experience. but heck,i'm willing to learn

Java's not too bad. Pretty easy to pick up.

I've got programming experience, but nowhere near what they're expecting of me.

i thought most programming code was already written by now and all you have to do is steal pre-written modules
or maybe i was misinformed at school

Screw Java, C++ all the way!!!




Sorry, Java sucks and I'm biased. Java is simple and needlessly complicated at the same time. I'd rather write in C++, or even C# or D programming language.

ahh my bad
off for a 6am hike in the rain the day before an exam and coursework is due - somethings not right with me at the moment!

gin and tonic makes people do crazy shit. i think everyone i knwo who went through a gNt phase is glad to have gotten it out of their system and doesn't touch the stuff anymore.

i always thought that gnt was just an old ladies pub drink - or is that just a british thing?

juniper berries.

For my contact-wearing amigos, if you use AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution, I would suggest throwing it away. It's linked to a rare eye infection that can lead to vision loss. There has already been 138 confirmed cases. I just saw a segment on the news about its recall.

Just thought I'd let you guys know since that's the solution I've been using.

[Edited on 5/29/2007 by prplsmurf]

i wear glasses so i don't need to worry

i leave my contacts in my eyes, then throw them out and replace them when it's time to clean them.

I love me a nice refreshing gin and tonic. I don't think gin is only for old people. Not that I can really tell the difference between gins, but I think the brand of gin you use is a reflection of who is drinking it. Beefeater = oldass man. Plastic bottle gin = degenerate. Tanqueray = good dancer/rapper. Bombay Saphire = Easily influenced young professional.

anyone tried mojito??

I have a weird relationship with the Mojito. They taste pretty refreshing: mint, sour, sugar, alcohol. I can't hate on the Mojito just because of the flavor. The problem is that I have too much love for my bartenders and I love getting fast service at a bar. Mojitos take forever to make and they are a pain in the ass to make. I think it's more of a hot weather drink, not a rock & roll jukebox drink. If you order one, make sure to tip your bartender appropriately.

I havent been on in a while. I moved into a new house and i'm just getting settled...its nice here. we have the bottom floor of a georgian house in a nice part of dublin. good vibes. its clean. and i get to be a musician all summer... hooray!

I bought Send Away the Tigers by the Manic Street Preachers yesterday and it's pretty impressive.

things fall apart and i'm not talking about the roots album

although it is a fucking spectacular album.


on the subject of spectacular albums....relationship of command!

Must check that shit out. I love that album, its so intense and rocks so freakin hard. Arcarsenal and Cosmonaut are my favourites. I've been learning them on guitar.

Great guitar album. Hate to mention them again, but I think Brand New channelled Ward and Lopez for their new album. Very reminiscent of Relationship.

Terri, yes, you better take me to those mojitos one day when I visit the Bay Area.

Marisa: Thanks for letting us know about the contact lense solution. I just realized that I use that solution since being switched from hard contacts to soft contacts. But I think I'm going to go legally blind with no help from any lense solution. I've got genetics and long hours of reading to speed up that process. Good times.

I just got my braces taken off my teeth last Friday and it's so nice to know that I can bite into an apple and chew gum. It only took a shade under 2 years to complete (2.99 years to be exact). My orthodontist and I laughed out loud when when she asked how old I was and I answered 26 in regards the whole braces thing. She knew from the beginning that I was an adult getting braces, yet her and all the receptionists still didn't fail to ask if I needed a note to excuse me from being late to school. I still don't know if they thought I was in junior high or high school. Nonetheless, I am free and it feels good.

[Edited on 30-5-2007 by Melroro]

I'm glad I could help. I hope a visit to the optometrist will clear it up for you, Jay.

I remember when I got my braces off. It felt so strange. But it was so nice to eat apples and corn on the cob again. Just remember to wear your retainers. Enjoy your new lovely smile, Melrose!

I had braces for almost 4 years, i got em off when i was 15. I still have an overbite though. I dont need a retainer I'm told.

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dance, it's my birthday

[Edited on 31-5-2007 by deetank]

ive been doing a 3 day dance - happy birthday!

if anyones bored head over to http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/365143 - its hours of frustrating entertainment
cant get past question 84 atm

I've never been so drunk in my life. On the drive from Pennsylvania to Ocean City, I drank a 1/5 of Wild Turkey 101. Wreaking like whiskey, I then drank two six packs and woke up in the hot tub at 3 in the morning. Yesterday, my friend and I drank half a gallon of vodka and I was naked in the hotel room for 6 hours... with 10 people there.

Wow.

sick. i hope that naked ish wasn't some gay ish.

That's the only way I roll, ese.

A fucking bear got into our garbage outside last night. What the fuck?

That's kind of awesome if you ignore the mess it would've left and the dangerous bits... did you watch it? Did it leave on its own?

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actually, that's not true. i know some really nice cops.

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It's my birthday. Holla.

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good ideas always come back to haunt you

[Edited on 13-6-2007 by jayjee]

there it goes again. Where's teh sock pic jayjee? I know you have that one too.

ZOINK!

[Edited on 6.13.2007 by sailor4.16]

oh man...i was cleaning out my computer and came across it. sorry lol

ha. throw that out with the viagra spam.

thanks man.

It's going to cost 500 bucks to get my car inspected. Fucking fuck.

is your car even worth five hundred bucks?

Exactly, dude. Supposedly, it's worth $2000... but you've seen it and understand why i'm pissed.

For all those who live in areas where there are Waffle Houses: is it any good? I figure anything with waffle in its name must be good and judging from the pictures of the waffles on the website, they look mighty good. I blame "Good Eats" for my new obsession. Coincidentally, my dream is to travel the world and try foods that have made certain places famous. For example, for Rachael Ray's "$40 a day" I wanna go to Belgium and see for myself all these alleged waffle vendors who are like NYC hot dog vendors except they sell waffles. Yeah, they put sugar pellets in their waffles and iron them fresh. And etc., etc., etc. about other regions of the world on my food quest. But considering my funds, I'm gonna take a national tour and try each state's famous foods, well except for Rocky Mountain oysters. Who's in?

Come to Pennsylvania and get some REAL kielbasy and pierogies, not that frozen shit.

I used to go to a waffle house all the time in North Carolina, and it was... okay? I don't know... nothing special. Waffles.

Waffle House is the shit. Truth is, the waffles at Waffle House aren't all that great. The hashbrowns (smothered covered) are the killer item. I like a ham and cheese omelette, double hash browns, and toast with apple butter.

Cheese grits with raisin toast and a sweet tea. That's all you need to know about Waffle House. Well, that and I wouldn't use the bathrooms.

I passed by a few Waffle Houses going to and from North Carolina last week. I really wanted to check one out and see how much food my heart could take before cholesterol took over.

chicken and waffles

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2811196-roscoe_s_house_of_chicken_and_waffles_los_angeles-i

haven't had the chance to go myself but years back i had a
friend who'd practically cream her jeans about going there.

lived near brussels for about 3 months but never had a
waffle. it was my 1st experience with a brussel sprouts
though.

i've never been, but coco and jose's plans sound pretty good.

are brussel strouts really from brussels?

I doubt it. But I had some absoloutely sexual belgian waffles over there

Did you know that it's really brussels sprouts?

And it is all about the apple butter.

today was 35°C (around 100°F) and tomorrow is going to be even worst. high temperature with high % of humidity=not good

dudes! the fucking beastie boys are playing in mccarren park pool in my neighborhood!

http://www.ohmyrockness.com/VenueDetail.cfm?VenueID=413

And now it's up to 700 bucks for my car. What in the fuck is going on?

At this rate, i'll be dead by the end of the summer.

In Ireland the forecast is for rain until the end of fucking time.

mca's got a beard like a billygoat...

i did it like this, i did it like that, i did it with a wiffleball bat

smoking and drinking on a Tuesday night.

drink brass monkey here's how you feel
put your left leg down your right leg up
tilt your head back let's finish the cup

i'm in my car, i'm goin far and dust is what i'm using.

Being sick while stuck at work sucks ass. I feel like my body might just fall into pieces.
Kill me. Please.

i don't know that song.

i think it's panic at the disco LOLZ

around the way is where I'm from, and I'm from Manhattan and I'm not a bum.

soooooo i'm on the run the cops got my gun...

October 31st that is my date of birth got to the party and I did the smurf

Pistol packing, Monkey drinking, no money bum
I come from Brooklyn 'cause that's where I'm from

Donald Trump, Donald Tramp. Living in the men's shelter...
Wonder bread bag shoes and singing Helter Skelter.

don't sweat it man. that b boy record came out before you were born.

Don't think i've never listened to the Beasties, old man. Everyone goes through that phase.

my ears are still ringing from last nights tool/melt banana show.

has anyone here felt like you suck at living the life? man, i felt like shit last night and it wasn't cuz of the alcohol (maybe part of it).

i got a plexi

i went to the swimming pool yesterday and today my whole body hurts

guitar restringing can be real pain in the ass sometimes

my bass guitar is so ghetto that the intonation is permanently messed up

I managed to put a screw about a half inch into my thumb today. Holy bloody mess, Batman. I even sent Joe a picture message bragging it up.

it's true. apparently jay's being paid to send picture messages to his crushes while he's sposta be working. brag on baby.

You loved every bit of it, homo. Now go cut yourself with those temp reports.

i just had the funniest conversation with my kids...

Out of the blue my daughter asks what boobs are for. I answer, "to feed the babies". To which my son responds with, "no, they're for men to look at when they're talking to women.", completely matter of factly. I bust out laughing and then ask, where did you hear that?

He proceeds to tell me that his dad let him watch the family guy while they were on vacation. My son went through the whole episode (the sexual harassment at work episode).

Now, I've expressly said no to the kids watching that show. The last time (two years ago) when Jordan saw that show at his dad's house, he called me a prostitute. When I asked him what a prostitue was he said he didn't know and kept asking me what it meant. Of course I did not tell him at age 9 what that meant. My response was to tell him to ask his father, since he'd heard that word while at his Dad's house.

The whole way home they talked and laughed about boobs and my daughter sang this song (to the tune of Working at the Carwash) with the words "Working at the Boobie Bar"....

I tried really hard not to laugh and told my son that it was a joke on Family Guy and that he'd better not look at a girl's boobs when speaking to her or he'll get decked. I also told my daughter that she'd better not EVER work at the boobie bar or she'd be in BIG trouble.

god help me.

silly kids, everyone knows boobies are for catching the roach.

I'm dying laughing over here. If I only had a camera going at the perfect moment.

my mom has never told me what are the boobs for

my boobies aren't for feeding babies.

I think I've mentioned it before but I feel it's of the utmost importance for me to reiterate how fantastic the strawberry parfait is at the med school cafe on the campus where I work. Seriously, I dream about it it's so good.
And I like cheese especially the whole process of making it. I think the universe manifested my love for cheese last week when on the History channel, the "Modern Marvels" episode was about the history of cheese and about how they are made. I didn't know monks were the rowdy drunk bunch back in the day. I knew us Catholics weren't that uptight. Yup, there's a reason why we use wine during communion.

Chimay and Leffe are two of my favorite beers and both were made by monks at some point. Chimay Blue to me is like wine to women. I get ripped and rowdy and still manage to feel sophisticated.

The High Life seems to have that effect on me. After all, it is the champagne of beers.

I had some Leffe my buddy brought back for me from France on my birthday, and that shit was the bomb diggity.

11am and 27C... those four weeks of winter sure were nice while they lasted

4am, 12 degrees. it will be the same temperature at 2pm.

scattered showers and sunny spells. south westerly gale force winds. FOREVER.

there is no summer in ireland.

Oh, we get the gales too -they're horrible but I'm still jealous of your constant rain.
What are you doing up at 4am?

I was just back from a gig with my new band full of brazillians.

It's 1.30pm now and the sun is shining and its quite pleasant. I'll give it one hour before the rain comes....

I stayed up all night making t-shirts for a gig today.

2 cans of spray paint = $1.92
9 Hanes undershirts = $18.00
watered down latex house paint = $0.59
black sharpie marker = $0.99
homemade stencil = priceless

They are actually pretty awesome. I'm gonna sell them for $4.00. Who wouldn't buy a shirt for $4.00?

That's like a $1 something profit. Make it $5.

Someone's studying business, eh?

i made a t-shirt for oxegen last year: "Indy is shit"

It didnt go down well with all the kaiser chiefs fans. But then again that was kinda the point.

i think the kasiers have redeemed themselves with their new album - plus they now know how to put on a good show

oh forgot to mention at the time - i was stoned in amsterdam and decided to get my eyebrow pierced

Booked in tomorrow for a bit of an inking sesh. Looking forward to it..haven't had any for a year and a half so should be good. My pain threshold isn't that high though, as i seem to remember!!

Yay Dong! Pics ASAP!!!!

This is so bizarre: In the past few days, I've had three guys I know stop me mid conversation to tell me they want to scoop me up and hug me (one of which was a senior work colleague, lecturing a new person on being professional...) and bestie just sent me an email saying the same. I'm not a puppy, what gives???

Has anyone ever done that to a person and if so, what in the world possesed you to?

No I've never done that to someone but I've felt like it. I think it was the sadness I saw in the person's eyes and body language that made me feel that way. Maybe they're just really happy or you remind them of a favorite kid sister to the point where they feel like hugging you.

Oh and on a separate yet very important note:

downer + another downer = uber downer

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snafu im flattered
dong - i want details/pics

snafu- yay! lolcats! that's my favorite website. i check it every day.

I'm so british it isn't funny...everyone here complains about the weather but to be honest this summer has been a complete washout. It hasn't even properly started yet! euh

Summer in Ireland came in April when i had a dissertation to write and exams to take.

i'm watching guys and dolls right now.

i like the smell of clean laundry.

i need to wash my car.

sit down you're rockin the boat!

I'll tell you what's in the evening news,
hemmers*!chlabf@reknorpsjg##nhn union dues,
that's what's in the evening news.

So right now I'm under my bed, there's a baby Rottweiler sleeping by my feet and there's a really pissed off dwarf rabbit outside my door trying to get in and kick it's ass.
I love pet sittingggggggggggggg.

i'd pay to see that fight. go bunny go!

Bunny definately won round one... he's quite territorial and doesn't make friends easily.
I took puppy out a few hours ago when we woke up but Bunny quietly followed us out (he has his own bunny door so he can go outside to pee)

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pleasantries were exchanged...

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Surprise winner

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I eatz ur handz...

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and cricketz ballz

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cute

too cute.

awesome photo essay.

rottweiler is gonna kick ass in a year or two

She won't kick anyone's ass, she just wants to play, sleep and eat fingers.

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Turns out she's a Kelpie/Collie cross so no Rotty in her at all (methinks I was mislead by the eyebrows?). She's currently back at little brother's girlfriend's house leaving me on my own to convince my bunny he hasn't been betrayed.

SOOOOOOOOOO cute!

I have a fantastic weekend ahead. A little incubus roadtrip; Berkeley and then onto Tahoe. I love Lake Tahoe, it's so beautiful there.
*Earnestine, I still have that ticket. I'll wait to give it away at the show. It's yours if you want it. Looking forward to seeing you tonight. Are you still sporting the braids? I don't want to accost your sister again.


[Edited on 15-7-2007 by terri]

Hi Terri! I don't think I'll need that ticket. Both people I called haven't made a decision yet so I gonna go with no. And yes I still have braids.

How is it possible that every Apple store in Orange County is out of stock of the base model of the Mac Book Pro on the same day? That's just straight up booty!

okay this has been one weeeird night
not drunk in ages and had a little bit too much tonight
just walked 9 miles home from a club even though i had money for a cab
and it only took me 4 hours
goodnight! x

Has anyone picked up Smashing Pumpkins' Zeitgeist? I haven't yet. I'm a bit skeptical after a seven-year hiatus and the absence of James and D'arcy. Any thoughts?

Not yet, but i do like that Tarantula song...so I am optimistic.

I heard the album and I wasn't too impressed. There really wasn't a single song on the album that I remembered after listening to it.

What's worse than the album is that if you want to get every song, you have to buy three copies of it since Corgan is selling three versions. I wouldn't think Corgan would be bending SP fans over like that. What's even worse than that, is that I bought tickets to see them in San Francisco for some reason, but I'm going to be at a wedding in Florida and they are will-call only so I can't sell them.

john from cincinnati is the most random show...

anyone have any theories on whatthefuck is going on?

When does that show come on?

I think it's on Sunday before "Entourage." All I know that's going on is that some random guy named John (who's not from Cinci) hangs around/stalks Rebecca de Mornay's family. He's says some cryptic apocalyptic stuff a lot too. Eh, not too interesting for me. But "Flight of the Conchords" is both musically entertaining and random. I really like New Zealand accents w/h basically are Australian accents.

Ah, Flight of The Conchords, great stuff. I love the episode where Bret got a job as a sign holder and ended up leaving the band.

Something hilarious I found out about Bret McKenzie, apparently he was a random elf in the first and third Lord of the Rings movies. Go figure.

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first time i saw flight of the concords was during an hbo spcial, not the show though. i loved their song its business time hehe.



but yeah on the smashing pumpkins note, ill forever love melon collie and the infinite sadness as my first rock cd in 6th grade. adore was fine. zwan was meh, and from what ive heard of this album, its zwan but sad again. james iha's solo cd was kind of wierd.

can't believe how much shit can happen on a nice day like this one

Fuck, I backpack for a few days, then chill and denver and I miss alot. Even though I kicked it with Garcia in Denver. Good times.

no doubt

it's not fair to choose between two things when you deserve both of them...it's not fuckin fair

I'm in vegas right now not as drunk as I should be or not with any cute guys... whatever comes first.

Nice hangover. Did atleast five things last night that could get me relatively long prison sentences.

speaking of relatives, how's your sister?

...

........

mine's bigger.

man, i saw ben play nebula tonight.

I miss being out in the backcountry. One year till im out on the John Muir Trail with my buddy.

weed is so vastly superior to hash.

keef is where it's at. or, where it was at 10 years ago when i was smoking.

How do I tell my daughter that Lindsey Lohan (her favorite ever since she saw the remake of The Parent Trap and subsequently Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and the Freaky Friday remake) is a nasty coke whore?

Why can't she have a positive female role model?

Oh yeah, cause she likes shitty freakin pop music.

Just tell her that Lindsey is an actor, and she is a fan of her acting, but that as a person she is making some bad decisions and mistakes, as is common amough youg people thrown in the spot light. While Lindsey may or may not learn from the mistakes she is making in the end, you can use the opportunity to help your daughter learn from them now.

Another satisfied Ghetto Crush customer. I'm glad to offer an opinion. Trying out my parenting genes online is great. Just call me uncle sailor.

Mommy, why are you and Uncle Sailor hugging in bed? And where are your clothes?

[Edited on 24-7-2007 by Jay]

I don't want to be the dirty uncle.

You've never heard about whorish moms having their kids call their fuck-buddies Uncle [insert name here]? It's really not as much about incestral brother/sister banging as it is about mom and the milk man.

dude- holding down a practice space in new york city is about as hard as getting a cabbie to drive you to brooklyn on saturday night. for the umteenth time we are faced with blah blah blah sound proof blah blah blah i didn't know this was going on blah blah blah eviction blah blah blah.

for a city littered with industrial spaces that were rezoned conditionally after too many squatting lawsuits, the audacity of landlords who were either incapable of getting enough money to purchase buildings that are zoned for living, or to stupid to know that if you rent industrial space to musicians that there will be a rise in the sound level, is too much to process.

"i can hear you from the hallway. why can't you just play quieter?" translates to "i was called by the respectable land owner next door who has clients that don't appreciate being in a constant rock concert and i can't be under the glass from anything resembling law officers because i bought this shit with laundered money and never thought that gouging young musicians for rent would result in the same heat i was avoiding by buying a worthless piece of property in the first place."

the line between overpopulating an area with high price condos for shameless profit and diluting the ability of a city's occupants to be able to practice their art is getting blurry.

i promise you that if you take the art out of new york, you'll end up with nothing but a vacation destination, and one that will die quickly. there is no more reputable broadway, aside from the shows that grew out of the black box theaters that allowed them to actually be creative. those were in lower rent areas. the art scene is visiting, but for brief periods, because creativity is a latent earner, and students can only visit the met so many times before they find themselves and realize that art is alive, not archived.

on the loudness tip, i understand that too many bands in too many rehearsal spaces sound like shit. but no one complaining is actually listening. and, it's a rehearsal space. the whole point is to get some good time in working on crafting your abilities. we don't have the luxury of a woodshed in these parts.

i don't know if there should be a zoning law specifically for rehearsal studios, or just a law to to make owners more responsible in choosing tenets, but something has got to give.

honestly, i can't believe i'm advocating more laws. i'm as much a libertarian as penn juilette. i just don't understand how our over populated capitalist community (and i am in favor of capitalism in theory) has created an environment in which every moment has to be spent worrying about repercussions, instead of great percussionists.

Yeesh. See, I feel you on all of that... but it's still hard for me to imagine. I liked the one line, because it's easy for me to imagine just walking out to the garage to play.

It's incredibly ironic that a city so touted for its openness to the arts and expression is so limited in its opportunities to actually pursue a public admission of ones talents. Seeing 57 talking about having to use drum pads just seems odd to me.

Maybe it's time to move back up-state, suckas.

[Edited on 24-7-2007 by Jay]

Pussy.

maybe...but my 4 things are way better then your 5,unless you had a sex with minor which is KO

sorry slappa- nopt the best way to find out about this shit. i wouldn't worry though. i'm on top of it, talking with all the parties involved and i suspect a solution to be found that requires nothing from us.

i'll keep you posted. or toasted. or both.

OK, I think I would prefer to get toasted.

ew. you got a face tattoo!

Eesh. Forget everything i've ever said ladies and gents.

wait... what? you were talking?

Yeah, that must be it.

maybe it's not that bad. maybe jay just smacked robin gibbons around a tad.

Or likes the taste of ear.

Drunkish. Waking up should be fun.

here goes nothing.

Met the man of my dreams in Ikea today... and then he busted me singing along to Whip it by Devo.

aieeeeeeeeee

...and here comes nothing.

@bren:woot

Hahaha it's cool Snaf, I'm watching Above the Law with my little brother now -he just made me super awesome bacon and eggsssss.

Steven Seagal + Little Brother = Make up for me not having a life.

that sounds like a pretty good life to me.

dude- weird al is a fucking genius.

I've had Yoshimoto's "Du what u du" stuck in my head all week long.

I love Big Al's "White and Nerdy"...

This week I've been listening to "Lifeblood" by the Manic Street Preachers. There are some really brilliant songs on that, if you like Depeche Mode. A few shit ones too though, but a really under-rated experiment...

I finished Anatomy last week and just got my grade on the final- A suckkaaa! Double wh00t wh00t!

Yay Marisa!!! Isn't Anatomy great? One of the reasons I switched to fitness was so I could study it again :-p

What's next, chica?

Well done Marisa :-)

Guys, i'll see y'all in a week. I'm gone surfin'.

Thanks Brenda and Dan! Anatomy was a great class, though intense to take in six weeks. But now when I watch House I know what they're talking about. Kinda.

Brenda, I should be taking Physiology next. But I'll have to wait till next summer. For reasons I can't understand, by college doesn't offer Anatomy or Physio. So during the year I'll just be taking my psych, chem, and bio classes. Go nerds!

And have fun surfing Dan!

How are everyone else's summers going?

Summer semester of anatomy, sounds pretty fun. Im taking a Criminal Anthropology class in fall, so I'm going to be playing CSI for a while.

Anthropology classes are the titties. I actually considered changing my major when we got into the criminal aspect of it in one of my anthro classes.

i heard jay pulled a mel gibson from lethal weapon today on the job.

Euh, job hunting is weak. Where's the headhunters when you need them? Oh and while i'm on the topic of things vacant....i think someone stole our summer.

i got contacted by a head hunter yesterday. and it's summer as fuck in nyc.

all my love.

you can be addicted to a lot of stuff like internet, alcohol, cocaine and so on but can one be addicted to a particular feeling?

I'mmm hooked on a feeeeeelingggg...

lol which feeling

You know that feeling after a huge dump? That one.

i just got a halfie.

You know the feeling you get after beating off another dude while blindfolded? No, not that one. The other one. Yeah, that's it.

whats a halfie?

If you have to ask, you've probably got one right now.

dude- spike tv is playing all the rocky movies. i'm making empanadas. this is the best saturday ever!

i just cried at the end of rocky 2.

I'm heading out to the bar. I smell alcohol poisoning.

i just got into a fight with a bum outside my apartment. apparently, no one ever told his busted ass that you can't walk around in my neighborhood talking shit and harrassing kids. when all was said and done, i got nods and high fives of respect from the people at the bodega.

and my empanadas are almost done. this is the best saturday ever.

Yay!! movies + food = weekend awesomeness

What's in your empanadas?

i still have no idea what a halfie is or what the fuck an empanada is (isnt alcohol wonderful!)
what i do know is i got with some chick who was nearly 5 years older than me (i thought was an achievement for an 18 year old at the time) amd ended up getting a free pineapple pizza later on
a succesful night in my books anyway...


(the morning is REALLY gonna suck)

It's hotter than a crotch here in Orange.

Okay, I'm editing my post.
I went 2 a lupe mia aftershow at lollapalooza and I was trying to say that I had extra tickets for anyone else in chicago. Coworkers were buying drinks, so I had a lot...

[Edited on 8-5-2007 by BFCBassPlayer]

I have no idea what you just said, but double high five for being awesome.

yahooo for sailor.

my saturday sucked but friday, now that's a whole another story.

again,one of the strangest experiences has just happened:my cousin came with her 4 month old baby and after some time they wanted me to hold the baby. dang i was petrified with that, and when i come to think about that one day i might have kids of my own...dang

My friend instigated a fight with me Friday night at the bar, and it took 3 guys to pull me off him after I finally snapped and ruined his shit. Last night, I kind of sort of slept with a girl that my buddy has been in love with for years. I'm on fire.

i dont know if the pilot dream stretches to a child on every continent...

nothing can make your day like restringing a guitar

i'm surprised there isn't a "I @*#%*!# HATE..." thread.

[Edited on 8-8-2007 by terri]

that guy totally doesn't deserve a [Censored].

I wish I could get a censored.

i'll watch the kids on the 11th. i'll be in brooklyn, at the luna lounge. stop by and drop them off.

good friends + pack of fav smokes + shit load of heineken + guy who does magic tricks and stuff + something very illegal = a lot of fun

too bad that i'll have hangover in 12 hours or so but fuck it

i hate that fucking song
and that band.

I met those guys years ago at a Straylight Run show. Nice guys... good for them. Didn't see the fame coming on that one.

I liked "Hey There Delilah" at first... now it's gotten overplayed... :/ For some reason everytime I go to my friend's house, it's always playing on a TV or Radio... it annoys me.

Kinda like that dang song "Umbrella" ... I've been listening to that dang song [not by choice] at my job for almost three months.

ok so tomorrow i'm making a road trip with my friends...beach,blue sea,guitar and beer

i finally gave the new pumpkin's album a couple of listens. i'd agree with jose- nothing really memorable. i'm not too surprised. the single isn't that great either. whata shame.

ella ella eh eh eh...

Has anyone ever had that one year in his/her life where nothing ever went right? So much so to the point where even his/her parents comment, "This just isn't your year, huh? Just one bad thing after the other." This is one of those years for me. Disappointing isn't the right word or feeling but a close relative of it. I know people have their problems but this year just seems like one thing after another has just happened to tear me down. If I was younger, I would have given up by now. Luckily, I have friends and family and the gift of time to help me see that these are opportunities to grow and to strengthen me for something bigger, at least for me. But sometimes, I just want to sit down scream, cry, run away and fight back all at the same time. I just had a really crossroad event happen to me on Fri. A potentially big disappointment in some people's eyes.
I feel craptastic but relieved and sad at the same time. It took this event to make me see how my destructive thought pattern has finally gotten the better of me. I confess that I'm an overachiever with really low self esteem. Those 2 things may seem like they contradict one another but actually they come hand-in-hand for me as a way for me to compensate for what I feel I lack. I've always put others first & worked too hard to the point where I've forgotten about myself. I mean really neglected myself that my health has been affected. Yet I've ignored that b/c I believed that others needed me and that I'd be rewarded in the end. But little did I know that when I needed help, the very people that I helped/reached out to/comforted would turn around & ignore me. I've learned the true meaning of betrayal by a mentor. I haven't been perfect but I've still given my all to them so that they could suceed. I've withstood all these blows, had sleepless nights & cried myself to sleep too many times this year.
But I've still forged on with a grace & maturity that I never knew I had. It's funny to see that I've grown up, but I know that the only turn life has to give me now is something good. When, I don't know, but I hope. I hope for something better. I don't feel sorry for myself and I don't think anyone should either. But sometimes I just want to say, what the fuck?
I don't know what I'm trying to say, but I just needed to let that out. Thanks for reading so far.

[Edited on 18-8-2007 by Melroro]

I'm sorry you're having such a bad time, Melrose. I've always been rooting for you to succeed at Irvine.

I think when we look back, the shittiest years turn out to be the ones we have to have to get anywhere in life. It's lovely when everything turns out wonderfully and people end up being exactly the way we perceived them but those moments rarely teach us enough to be able to repeat them at will and if we don't get beaten about a little we'll never learn how to avoid it happening or how to repair ourselves in the aftermath. That's not to say it isn't excruciating but we're human beings... this stuff sucks for us. It makes a lot of sense that you just want to know why all this is happening.

You spoke of other people perhaps being disappointed; what about you? How are you going to feel? You're the one that really has to deal with whatever outcome... so if it does turn out to be a let down, can you do anything positive about it? If not, do whatever you need to vent and then let it go. It's not your problem anymore. If you can do something, work it out. Fingers crossed, it turns out awesome for you.

Most of the time, there's so much more out there than we realise; we get so caught up in plans that we don't notice how badly we're limiting ourselves. Things not turning out could end up being the best thing for you. Melrose, you're talented, incredibly smart and always there for everyone. Channel some of that back into the things you want. Put yourself first, especially your health and wellbeing. Take the breaks you need and feel absolutely no remorse when the time comes to remove the people in your life that shouldn't be there. Immerse yourself in the things and people that make you happy and by the way, if you want to throw a tantrum, go for it! Your body wouldn't be willing you to do something with all of that emotion if it didn't need you to. Watch a horrible movie and cry your eyes out. Lie on the floor in the dark and do absolutely nothing -whatever you need to do to let yourself know that the way you feel matters as much as anyone else.

So before I go off the deep end with this reply -life isn't being adequate but don't dare drop your standards. Make the time to appreciate the good things that you do. I know for a fact, you do that for everyone else. Your turn is long overdue so please stop putting it off.

Hugs chica!!!!

I just saw Rage Against the Machine last night! It was incredible, I really don't know what to say. Except de la Rocha is so hot and we could go free Mumia on our first date.

la folk,

talib kweli is doing a FREE performance tomorrow at amoeba music

Ever felt something just coming? Like, it's heavy, but not in a bad way. Major shifts have been taking place and things haven't leveled out yet. But it's the feeling of impending uncertainty thats giving me this strange feeling. I'm optimistic.

2007 (equals 9 = my number)

i know what you mean, terri. i feel it too. by the way, i love your picture, did you take it?

melrose you can call me if you ever need to talk
& if you ever need a hug i could meet you @ the block.

brenbren that was beautifully put.

i feel ya terri. i've gotten into taking better care of myself, after a long period of just letting myself go, just in time to be fully present for an onslaught of level headed necessities on all fronts.

i know i'm thinking in hindsight, but i can't help but feel that the timing of my personal decision to really get my shit back together is oddly coincidental with all that's going on.

it continues!

i just realized that i waste 50 fuckin euros for dvd drive that i don't need.

i think that micheal moore is full of shit and that he gets publicity based on fact that most people outside of US don't understand the way of life in US.

bob saget's stand up is on HBO tonight. i can't wait.

i thought it was really funny. i liked how he kept giving the guy in the audience advice.

he has the worst case of ADD ever...and i love it.

I need to see what someone else says about it before I give a diatribe

I watched it, too, because I usually think that he is super funny. Honestly, I was not impressed. Not that I know anything about being a standup comedian, but I'll tell you my opinion anyway. It seemed like a kid who didn't do his book report and then had to get up and read it in front of the entire class and was totally winging it. Not that there's anything wrong with that; some of the stuff was funny. BUt how many times can a person say the f-word for the sake of saying the f-word when it's not adding to anything? I actually would have liked him to do more songs. The songs were funny, but perhaps it's because he had to prepare them beforehand.

My final say is that it seemed like he was having an off night and just never got into the groove.

for what it's worth...

I've got a hangover that could wake the dead after going out for a few beers last night. My friends told everyone it was my birthday and started a shot train. Neato.

was it your birthday?

cos if it wasn't, you did pretty freakin' well for yourself. counnnnnt it.

if it was - happy birthday

My birthday was June 9th. High five.

fucking SCORE!

Coooounntttt it."

I guess we're having a Jager bomb/Wild Turkey drink-off tonight. Oh god no.

this one is a downer...i just found out that my moms friend who was my history teacher was diagnosed with lung cancer. and she never smoked. this is really depressing.

Sorry to hear that man. It's never good for sure. Hope she beats it and recovers fully.

coooounntttt it

more update soon

currently without my cell phone seeing as how it flew out of my pocket and into oblivion riding the kingda ka at six flags great adventure yesterday. kickass ride though!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/6972315.stm

I think a few people from here should enter this next year.

i'm not really a fan of kanye west, but his new record is great.

he samples steely dan's kid charlemagne in one of the tracks...KILLIN.

chemical drive is a baby making song

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

Ok so. Bob Saget. Wasn't at all what I was expecting from the guy. I think people should watch the special just so you can have a good idea of what the guy's standup is like.

The first half is basically the guy trying to prove that he's not the average good clean-cut american dad from Full House or America's Funniest Home Videos. He constantly brings up the two shows to remind everyone that he was on them, then followed up by a joke about pedophilia or a f bomb, then that is followed up by him telling someone in the audience that pedophilia isn't cool. I didn't really enjoy the show, but I'm glad I watched it.

My Knowledge of Saget's standup is that he's known for being dirty, dirty, dirty (if you saw The Aristocrats, that's more like what his standup typically is), but also funny while being shocking. I have to admit that while I am a little bit of a prude, the dirty doesn't bother me if it's truly funny. Yeah, this was pretty much the f-word and the struggle to say things in between the f-word. He's normally wittier than that.

You read it right folks...wittier.

Ok so the verdict is that I need to see Bob Saget's other standup.

Your love is like a tidal wave, spinning over my head
Drownin me in your promises, better left unsaid
Youre the right kind of sinner, to release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner, and you know that you were born to be...

ok, so you know somethings wrong when you see that it's going to be 82 degrees for the day, and get excited because that means some kinda cold front moved in and lowered the temperature by about 30 degrees...oh Los Angeles...

lol chicago's got some crazy weather too. it was 60ish degrees a few days ago and then went to the 80s and i think it'll get colder within the week. :/

today was the coldest day of my life.

I need a moral compass...

My neighbours work all day and well into the evening. They have a beautiful German shepherd that barely gets fed or played with so I sneak him food through the fence and talk to him when I can.

Sometimes he gets so lonely he knocks down the fence palings so he can squeeze through (he's v. skinny), sit and watch me hang laundry. Whenever he escapes and chases people down the road, I always get him back and my brother repairs the fence. His owners love him dearly but recently moved in and since they work two hours away don't have the time to spend playing with or walking him.

Today he's being rained on, his toys seem to be inside and his owners left extra early. It's so hard to watch.

He knocked out a paling yesterday and the one beside it is incredibly loose... Should I help it along? I'm home all day today, have plenty of food for him and he's already reaching his paw out of the gap to come play...

There's a drill and plenty of screws so I can pop the fence back up superfast (plus a nailgun if I want to go covert) before they arrive.
I want to help but he's still quite young, what kind of precedent am I setting?
Argh! I can hear him cryinggggg ((((((((

Nevermind... he's cleaning out my fridge as we speak.

Go ahead and play with the dog! I work most of the day and I'd be delighted if someone played with my dog while I was gone.

hahaha I found half a baguette in the kitchen and he buried it next to my lemon tree! Also when you say "shake" he lies down and looks worried.
He's on time out atm because he stole my slipper... we'll talk steak when he returns it.

that's very sweet of you, brenbren. i'm sure the owners will really appreciate all your help.

i'm back in san diego and it's really haaaawttt.

and i've realized i have a serious case of cart rage at the grocery store...

i get cart rage at ikea. and bren- if you want to talk to the owners of the dog, you should do it from a 'i can help you take care of him since you dont have time' stance. since they're always gone and it's probably a circumstantial thing like you said, they might appreciate your suggestion.

My dog/puppy flips over her bowl and stares at me whenever she's hungry.
Totally random, but I feel like a dead beat dad when it comes to my dog. I've been away for most of her life and only saw her on summer vacation and holidays. I'd send my sister checks to pay for her food and vet bills. Now I live with her, but she defintely has a stronger connection to my sister than me.

Hey is anyone watching the rugby world cup?


...anyone?

I saw a con on the el yesterday. Did i think of saying something? No, because stupid people loosing their money is much more entertaining.

did anyone else catch mos def and cornel west on real time with bill maher last night?

lookout for this one if you didn't see it. it was really good.

nice avi courtney. i was feeling battles hard last night.

yayyay.
john stanier
<3

Speaking of Stanier. Helmet is on tour again!

yeah! led zeppelin will be touring again too?

im pretty drunk. i haven;t been drunk in a whil

You know what fuckin annoys me - it's when people seem to just absoloutely love having problems. I just had my flatmate in here boasting to me about how she cant handle thoughts of growing old/sick and "had a breakdown in the hallway". She is makins such a fucking meal out of everything - she clearly gets a lot of enjoyment out of being the centre of attention with her "problems", crying and shouting and sobbing to her friends hysterically in the middle of the night.

And then she comes into my room and keeps me awake telling me about it, saying that "ah, come on, after the summer I've had I deserve a break down, you have to admit it!"

The "summer she's had" that she is referring to basically means breaking up with her boyfriend and then fucking slutting herself out to most of her best friends, periodically crying hysterically in between shags.

And she tells me all of this with this tone in her voice, y'know, kinda saying to me that her life is much, much worse than mine and that I have it quite easy. Considering some of the things I've been going through in the last three years I almost took offence to that.

I came so close to telling her to get the fuck out of my room and shut up. What a god-dang primadonna. I hate that shit.

Are you calling me a slut?

Dude, you should've just told her. Sometimes people just need to be brought back down to earth and from the sounds of things she's going to be crying for a while anyway.

I just saw Dinosaur Jr. and they played Sludgefeast. Awesome. Now I have to get up in 5 hours to catch a flight.

Um... question for those with male dogs:

I found Buddy from next door wandering the street when I got home so I brought him into my backyard and gave him something to eat. Then all of a sudden he ran into the garage, stole a gardening glove, dropped it on my lap and got an erection.

What the hell was that about?

comfort > speed

I'm still in love with my many times previously mentioned ex-girlfriend, and she's coming to visit on Thursday. I'm gonna have a break down.

Fuckin'ell jay. Intense. Dont let that shit build up inside you and fuck you up...

Jay, I think you and I should go out drinking one night. That should be enough to give anyone a breakdown and scare them away from women for a while.

awww. good luck!

Come on Jay, we need more material for your History Channel show. But in all honesty just be yourself. Try to enjoy yourself, however you can.

man, so hub is no longer with the roots...

i'm pretty sure i wanted to write something really random but that will have to wait till morning

New Aesop song is wicked sweet...

Wow, hub is gone...that's crazy. He was a great bass player.

Hehehe....so who thinks Ben should do it?

[Edited on 12-9-2007 by Lance-Motown]

ok, so apparently I'm going on the gayest road trip ever on Saturday.

Big banana via Tori Amos here I come!
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

where is don carlos?

Really good question. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN????

italian style pizzas are way much better then american

say what?

new york pizza is the best pizza in the world. no contest.

and even if you are an italian purist, well then go eat at one of the pizza joints mario batali runs here in the big apple. it doesn't get more italian than that.

Except...in italy...but i've never been there. So what would I know.

Well, that ended terribly. Oh well.

aw shit jay dude. that sucks. wish i could buy you a beer.

poor jay. doing okay?

my current favorite ben performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mReO7t_f1X8

shana tova to all those celebrating 5768!

Wow. I wish my parents knew of the technology called "computers" so they pawn me off on someone there. Blasted newfangled inventions.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/please-dont-marry-our-daughters/

phew!

Dang it! Now I do have to find a job.

is that a mohawk on my frickin head???what the fuck man

srv's rendition of little wing is orgasmic...

i thought that movie 300 was a boring, overly dramatic, very pretty waste of time.

hahaha. so true. in the first fight scene siri said to me- this is going to get old really soon.

i think the pertinent question is "does it have more gay overtones than Top Gun?"

that's a tough call. i want to say yes, but without tom skerrit in the bathroom with tom cruise in his undies, i'm not sure anything can out gay top gun.

Results 1 - 100 of about 9,980 for "top gun" movie gay overtones. (0.27 seconds)
Results 1 - 100 of about 66,000 for 300 movie gay overtones. (0.26 seconds)

Google always knows the answer.

Hahahaha I just fed a dog pumpkin risotto with a bowl and spoon.

I found out there's a big difference between eating a slice of pineapple that's been soaking in vodka for 10 minutes versus 10 days. So wasn't expecting that.

Oh and people who write for magazine's tell really good stories.

[Edited on 9-19-2007 by BFCBassPlayer]

I'm so cool. I realised after 2 days that my job really wasn't for me. Fuck any position that means you sit behind a desk on the phone from 9 till 6. Plus, the commute meant i was up at 6 and back at 8 and on a rubbish salary. So it's now back to square one and job hunting again! Cheyeaaaaa

Stick it to the man, Donger!

You know where rocks? Prague! When I get pictures Ill put them up. I dont have the internet yet and im in budapest for a couple of days.

french people can make a rather good action movie and if you don't believe me go and see the movie called "banlieue 13" aka "district 13"

i moved back down to san diego about three weeks ago. one of my roommates brought her dwarf rabbit and she's ridiculously cute. i'm not too familiar with rabbits so it's been entertaining trying to see how they function. does anyone have/had a rabbit as a pet and care to give any tips?

oh and i know sailor would appreciate this- i went the other night to study in la jolla and said hello to the harbor seals. they were all chilling on the sand sleeping. i typically go during the day when they're lying on the rocks, but i'd definitely recommend going at night the next time you're in town. there’s less people and the sky is amazing.

in other animal-related news, my other roommate is bringing her cat next week to our place. we're going to have a miniature zoo.

my best friend had a rabbit. i'll ask her. all i know is... don't bother/annoy them... or they'll chase you around your kitchen trying to bite your socks/feet/shoes.

lol you really shouldn't give me more excuses to talk about bunnies but anyway... Does she live in a cage or is she house broken? If she has the run of the area, be really careful when you introduce the cat (or any other animals) or there could be a small disaster -on that note, bunnies love having places to hide and chew so cut a big hole in the side of a box and see what happens.
Keep magazines, important papers, phone chargers and other cables out of chewing distance or you'll be sorry.
Bunnies adore cereal treats with honey -but people cereal goes down better than most of the stuff they sell at the pet store. Mine loves raisins, almond kernels, plain ice cream cones and celery leaves. Make sure you don't go feeding her lettuce though; depending on the type she could get sick (and you don't want to have to clean that up).
Distract her with food if you want to take photos ;-)

You need to get some lizards now, lizards are fantastic!!

we're getting a one eyed cat in october! his name is popeye

I saw this guy that looked like vatoben today. Not in the "if you squint with one eye and don't look out the other" way, but like dead on. Very weird.

i pissed in a bar in greenwich with a yankee pitcher last night. we were dressed in the same shorts and tee shirt. it was weird, cus i was cursing him and praying for the blulejays an hour earlier.

halo 3 TOMORROW.

I'm still alive. Will talk to y'all soon.

i just started playing bass yesterday - already got blisters though

How exactly do you eat a pomegranate?

i think they are a pain in the butt so i stay away from them....

but this girl will teach you:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CGNVbVZmYIc

much love for fellow ghettocrushers from Amsterdam...and i wish you were all here

Owieeee!!! I just got bitten on the boob and stomach by a bull ant! I don't even know how it got there. Someone please help!!
Does anyone know what I can put on it to stop it from getting worse?!

i want i television show about your life.

A tv show about me would consist of a clumsy fruit loop of a girl with an itchy purple boob, walking into door frames, knitting scarves and checking between fits of horrendous sobbing that her bunny has come back to life (which I now know is probably not going to happen but still hope for) and tried to dig his way out of the grave her little brother had to dig for her because it turns out she's no good at digging holes in clay soil and thus the most useless person on the face of the planet.

Also, don't put undilluted tea tree oil on ant bites.

Wow... I'm an asshole. Sorry.

not an asshole, just in pain.

Bren, I'm sorry about your bunny. That pet had the best set up & companion ever. It was one lucky bunny.

I agree with Joe about the TV show. It would be so funny. Right now they're be at least these episodes.

Muffins in the Freezer

Pilates Machine Revenge
I've got to go back to the old board and search for that story, it was hysterical.

Poor bren. *Hug*.

I got your letter today it was delightful :-)

I'm sorry Bren. Pets aren't just pets like some people may think. They're creatures who listen to us when no else does.
Oh and yes, I would love to see a TV sitcom on your life. Or a book series based off of your daily exploits. That would be kick ass.

Thank you lovely people for tolerating my craziness. I'm pretty sure I was Bunny's pet and not the other way around. He didn't need me but he let me hang around anyway and that was much appreciated.

He also had mad poo skillz:

[img]http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/brenbren_241/Picture1536sml.jpg[/img]

I like to think he left that outside of my door because he loved me... and sort of knew how to spell.

if you twist your eyes you can see letter "B" in the poo. weird.

Last Saturday night was my 20 year HS reunion. It was a trip to see people I hadn't seen in that long. We were a fun class and still know how to party!

I had a good laugh when the guy that lived with us for a little while in HS asked me if I had gotten a boob job. There's one positive side to gaining weight.

Our newest GCI member, NikolaDwaren, is a spambot! Her website is for Viagra. I thought we changed that board design so this wouldn't happen? Boo.

Terri: Awesome on the gaining weight in your boobs. I seem to be gaining weight mostly in my stomach area & ass. Boo to medicine that makes me gain weight

This ad on the tv is so stupid. it says:

"You start your weekend with rituals of health. You fill your day with rituals of joy. So begin your day with a ritual of clean."

A ritual of ... clean.

My house is being taken over by ladybirds. It's actually starting to freak me out a bit. What do they want with me? It's got a hitchcock vibe to it for realz.

what is a ladybird? Is it some kind of bird or do you have actual ladies overtaking your house?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ladybird.jpg/800px-Ladybird.jpg

These little mentalists. I think you maybe call them ladybugs or something. If they were actual ladies I would have kept my windows wide open!

[Edited on 12-10-2007 by Donger]

ah yes, we call them ladybugs!! They're so cute, and good luck too, they eat aphids that kill your plants.

I don't think that ladies taking over your house would be a good thing. Can you just imagine the boxes of tampons and hair products and never being able to get into the bathroom? Maybe one or two would be fine, but more than that and you'd have a problem. Unless of course they were strippers and they wanted to practice in the living room!

[Edited on 12-10-2007 by terri]

ladybugs bring luck...right?

anyway, should i change my avatar??

i dont know but what do you call a male ladybird?

mango tree...mhmmm

spring...aaahhh

my parent's house is overtaken bby those little buggers every spring. they used to have dark red/maroonish siding and the bugs blended in so well that when they were in full infestation mode it looked like the siding was alive.

as for te avi- change it up holmes. change is good. especially quarters.

btw- I think I like Sparta now. At first I didn't at all, but I'm really diggin them now. Except for the fact that the lead guitar part seems to be exactly the same in every song, I think they're great!

[Edited on 10.15.2007 by sailor4.16]

I've been busy impregnating the country side. Count it.

my pleasure.

I was in Sparta last week...New Jersey, that is.

boh!

lighta crew, junglist massive?

it's fucking snowing out there

last week we found a bum sleeping in our garage
last night we found 3 of them - and my flatmate is feeding them!

i think its nice they have a place to kip but i can see this getting messy very quick

snow in the balkans snafu?

cant be long before it hits here then. about 1'C in Prague today.

yeah man, it's really cold outside and it's been snowing for past 24 hours. i guess snow is interesting only when you watch it from very very warm place.

How's everyone in Southern California doing in regards to the fires that have been going on these past couple of days? I hope everyone is alright. Make sure to keep your windows closed as to not breathe in the smoke. Classes got cancelled in a lot of schools in San Diego today, including mine. I'm sending out good thoughts to everyone who has been affected by the fires. Be safe!

Doing ok here in Orange. There's a fire 2 towns over in the hills. Luckily I haven't seen any black smoke, just white/gray smoke although it's pretty ashy here. I hate the Santa Ana winds & fire season I hope you're doing well too Marisa!

Anyone here seen Jose Gonzalez? I dont think i have ever seen as good an acoustic guitarist in my life

I cant help but wonder what that really really anti-gay guy is saying about these fires...whats his name...that religious nut from godhatesfags.com or whatever.

I don't know if he'd have much to say. Southern California is all conservatives and republicans.

I smoked a joint with a czech hobo tonight. He had no english whatsoever, and my czech is far less than rudimentary. What a peculiar experience.

my throat feels funny. i shouldnt make a habit of this.

i aint smoking at the moment - its really hitting me bad when i try it
plus im being lethargic, had a loss of apetite, lightweight alcohol etc etc so getting tested atm

Bestie needed new portfolio shots so I decided it would be lovely to climb over a fence and do some pretty nature type shots. Nobody saw what happened next but I remember leaning forward against a railing and thinking to myself that the ground was a lot closer to my head than it should be if I was upright and all of a sudden I was sitting at a bus stop and bestie was pulling twigs out of my hair and seemed really worried about my elbow because it was bleeding somehow.

Finished the shoot, pics were acceptable and everything's ok because I found a hazelnut praline in my handbag on the way home.

Also hooray! We got daylight savings back today!

Be careful of what you print out at work. I was checking my computers "print history" and someone at work printed all these articles on "Anal Sex according to God," "Rules of Anal Sex" etc. I'm still trying to figure out who it was.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa!!!

yah - id say the tunes arent as instantly catchy but once you get into it its fantastic

Hey whats up gang. I know I've been away for a minute, but I have actually been extremely busy with work. That being said, I managed to flee to Vegas this weekend for the Vegoose Festival. Numerous acts were there, many of which I wasnt too familiar with....But most of which really impressed me. Among those, Battles, Blonde Redhead, STS9, QOSTA, Atmosphere (w/live band), The Shins (Covered Pink Floyd 'Breathe', Iggy and the Stooges, Daft Punk Robert Randoloph and the Family Band......Yikes, dude closed with a killer cover of Purple Haze. Muse, surpised the hell out of me and absolutely rocked...And a little happy go lucky-cheerful light hearted band out of LA. Rage Against The Machine.


Thats it. I can die now.

stank, thats a pretty sweet line up.
i love battles.

is it just me or is guitar hero III a lot harder than the previous two?

holy fucking christ!!!!!

http://www.blessedherbs.com/?sp=internal-cleansing&s_cid=clensingcontent_31_4_001&site=gmail.com&gclid=CMqXxqeEvI8CFQhtF QodyibYdQ

I did a similar program a year and a half ago and am currently doing it again.

www.drnatura.com

I didn't have any of that dramatic crap living inside of me, but it feels really good to de-tox.

it will be quite ironic when the news begins to report that cleansing programs may cause cancer.

then we'll have to go on the tox diet!

Exactly...there's a new study every week in relation to stuff like that.

On a completely unrelated topic, I just filled up a full tank at the petrol station and forgot my wallet. I got abuse from the ladies working there. Guess I deserved it.

97% humidity... want to cry but afraid my tears will affect hygro reading.
Summer is looking to be quite the bitch.

I'm quite heartbroken. this is a first for daniel. ghey.

It happens to the best of us...kind of like Joe's poop.

everybody poops....

"oh you're looking for 'You're a Naughty Child and that's Concentrated Evil coming out the Back of You' "

i took a screen cap of the web boards and made it my desktop. now i don't even have to sign on to the interweb to see that there are no new posts.

last one out turn off the lights.

Hahahahaaa

This lack of talking makes me want to be quiet too.

Its kind of annoying. This is one of my favourite places to avoid doing work...where the hell is everyone?

It's that time of year when all of us university kids are getting bogged down with midterms and projects. Though that should mean we're on here procrastinating.

I know I've been crazy planning a premiere party for my friends' film company. Though working with 5 guys is making me hate my life. After this weekend I'll have no issues or drama from this so I'll have to fill the void elsewhere. here.

I'm quite tempted to take some time out from my ever exciting hunt for jobs to perform and post some acoustic supergrub. It's just a shame I'm shit.

I get quiet when everyone else does, cause i really never have that much to say. That and I have been juggling climbing, new job, and school.

Yes i know, i make climbing a necessity.

i'm taking my 13 year old brother to his first concert tomorrow night.
avenged sevenfold...yuck.

How unfortunate. I'm taking my sister to see Brand New in Philthy next month. I'm not complaining.

where's my ticket?

I'm not sure, ask the Electric Factory.

I guess they're playing all of the songs from The Devil and God with 2 drummers/an extra 2 guitarists/keyboardist/whatever else and closing the encore with Welcome to Bangkok (the instrumental) with all of the opening bands coming on stage to cause a big mess.

i just spent the last few hours in hospital after one of my friends got hit by a firework!
some idiot accidently through a firework in the bonfire amongst a load of wood - it hit him on the shoulder, his jumper and tshirt caught fire and as he took it off it hit him in the face
think it will take 6-8 weeks to heal and its likely he will be scarred

whatever you do.... don't go to www.2girls1cup.com

Fuckin hell angell, that shit is extreme! Terrible!

he went back this morning for a checkup
all the gunpowder is now out of his face and it looks to be healing fairly well
he might avoid permanent scarring now which is good news

Sign me up twice.

soooo tempted.

a few hundred cells in my brain and stomach performed seppuku on themselves after watching about 15 seconds of that. all i could do was laugh afterwards, otherwise i probably would've cried after seeing that.

I'm just going to...not watch it.

holy
shit.

man that was great!

Ok fuck this i wanna see

Seriously though, awesome.

I vomited inside my soul just now.

Fantastic!

[Edited on 6-11-2007 by UdownwithOTP]

hahah, i was eating chocolate while i watched that. Mind over matter.

Do I even want to guess what's going on? I'm not gonna watch it.

there's no I in threesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsHFQshHfg

i wanna poop on you

It's a bit of a night for weird shit. I'm just chilling, thinking i'll channel hop through every csi known to man when i come across 'autopsy: emergency room' with Gunther von Hagens who is a pretty disconcerting guy. (think judge doom from 'who framed roger rabbit')

He's basically hacking away at bodies to show the procedures used in an emergency room. Fascinating but completely bizarre.

A TV review:

"It's all grisly and a bit laughable, but strangely fascinating too: when von Hagens does one of his party tricks and slices a frozen body in half lengthways with a power saw, you can see how James Bond might have looked if Goldfinger had had his way. It's a sobering sight."

nothing like a nasty sex video to bring us all back to the board.

I was on the verge of watching it. Terri, I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart for passing along that little clue and saving me. haha

and the most disturbing thing of all is that there are people in this world who get off to things like this!

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/ghettosailor/Photo_110607_001.jpg[/img]

this guy waits for the the train with me every morning, and is there with his buddies to greet me when i get home. nice guys. anyone else have them in their major metropolitan transit hubs?

Sailor, don't hang out with terrorists!

yeah man i did a double take on the 23rd and 8th ave ACE. you see the one with foo fighters? dave grohl looks BUSTED.

and their drummer is starting to look like rob zombie these days.

I saw a picture of taylor hawkins the other day and yeah, he's aged about 10 years in the past 2/3. Heavy.

Some forty-something townie cougar played "Dig" and "Oil and Water" on the jukebox at the bar last night. Drunk, dancing with her foopah in full effect, singing the lyrics wrong as her fat drunken daughter tried to harmonize like Ben. It was quite the sight. Thanks Incabis.

[Edited on 7-11-2007 by Jay]

oh no...

Seriously?

Oh yes. I smell a board revival now.

[Edited on 7-11-2007 by Jay]

what's Oh No? and seriously...

Out with it. What is a foopah?

I know what a cougar is, and there better be no f***in comments about me, I just don't understand the cuurent popularity of the word.

Also spelled fupa and foopa.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=foopa

what timing - was just checking it myself and about to post a link
jay - you stole my thunder!

oh lord. no comment.

Thank god, the classic GCI is back. Thanks to Cougars, Jay and two girls sporting one cup.

My sister just sent me an email containing an mp3 of Ahmads "Back in the day"......Made me smile.


Sorry this post really didnt have much to do with either Cougars or FUPA's. But since I am here...When it comes to Cougars, I've always considered myself a skilled hunter...and sometimes a savage poacher.

FUPA's....Make me smile too.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/26050ea6ee

mayer does it again.

My neighbours just came over because they needed help changing a light bulb.

^ may your neighbors never procreate. that's just sad.

elixir nanoweb strings are the shit. i admit i wasnt a fan of the polyweb strings because they werent bright enough but ive been rocking the nanoweb 10-46 on my telecaster. i'm on my 2nd set, the first set lasted 6 weeks and i play everyday. man these things sound great.

[Edited on 10-11-2007 by michael]

[img]http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3513/6aytpu8ly5.jpg[/img]

oh my god. i just watched the original.

the original what?

I always liked "gunt" better than "foopa"

uuuugh....

LOL. "gunt" I get it.

hey, the most gorgeous kitty just broke into my house somehow... she's sitting in the hallway in front of my door... ok now she's walking around my feet miaowing... lol I've met her a few times before... she's in my avi actually.

would it be wrong to give her sardines at this point?

bren- you are going to end up being either dr. doolittle or the crazy lady at the end of the street with all those animals. hahaha.

I knowwwwww. She's sitting in my lap now87+9 typing and drinking my tea.

[img]http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/2/22/180px-Crazy_Cat_Lady.jpg[/img]

heheeee brens showing me the pussy on webcam....

Dan loves mah pusseh

Central heating is gooooood....when it works. So cold.

Snowing in Prague...hooray! If only i wasnt stuck in a fucking library all day.

ps good to see you around again Donger!!

[Edited on 15-11-2007 by Lance-Motown]

This used to be the jam....And thats real talk.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BCHlExtyG6o

i filed an intention to beat a world record last night for longest piano performance with GWR
got 64 hours to beat (i think its a 15 min break every hour)

cant wait for them to get back to me!

That's cool Angell, fingers crossed for ya!

Wait. Which people, Coolio and the gang?

Is the comment, "You really need a boyfriend" just a really nice civil way of saying "Hey, you really need to get laid in the worst way because you're wound too tight" or am I reading way too much into it? Either way, I'm really getting sick of that question.

[Edited on 18-11-2007 by Melroro]

How do you get someone out of your head/heart? and don't say time, cause that hasn't worked.

Lots and lots of alcohol sometimes causes memory loss. :D


Then again, alcohol can make you forget that you were trying to forget him.

[Edited on 11-20-2007 by BFCBassPlayer]

wow so im not the only one! I don't know what the fuck to do!!!

How are you Jen??

LOTS OF PUNCTUATIONZZ!!!????+++++++

You're never the only one, especially as the holidays come around. Keep busy, reconnect with friends you've lost touch with, make some new friends, find a new hobby, or pick up a book you've been meaning to read. Good luck

I'm super busy. and I spend lots and lots of time with my kids (one of the reasons I'm so busy) but I always find my mind wandering back no matter what I'm doing...

on the random free night, I don't know what to do with myself. I think I'm going to become addicted to excercise again. that should help me mentally AND physically.

Hm, exercise, maybe thats an idea. I had been planning to just become addicted to alcohol again but that wouldn't be helpful ;-)

rock band is a blast.
the queens of the stoneage songs are so much fun to play. anyone else get this game?

the broccoli cheese soup from quiznos is f'ing amazing.

also i am trying to decide if i want to take up skateboarding. i've been kinda inspired by my neighbor to take it up. any thoughts?

Go for it but be sure to keep your knees and elbows safe.

flooring daphne and mr 57 can give you lessons if you'd like. we got skillz! or, had them at one point.

cdubs- i got a board i can lend/give you. it's in sweet shape, and built for a man my size, so i think you could learn on it without breaking it. and by that i mean no offense. i just spent more on replacing borrowed boards than i'd like to mention. it took me three boards, borrowed, to land the varial kick flip down three stairs in ithaca. was so worth it.

it's the one board sport i never got into. falling into water or snow is hard enough, but concrete...

honestly occifer im not under the alcofluence of incohol as some thinkle pink but the drinkier i stand here the longer i get

Neighbour dog is officially too wide to fit through a single fence paling but he can jump over it now quite gracefully.

Success!

I've been sleeping for 15-20hrs. for the past 2 days to get readjusted to time here in the States after being out the country for 3 weeks. I didn't think it would be this tough! I've made 3 big observations being back home:
1. The sunlight seems a lot hazier here than in the Philippines & Melbourne
2. It's difficult to get readjusted to people driving on the right side of a car & the left side of the road even though I had a 5-day transition period in the Philippines before coming home
3. It's an overwhelming culture shock going from a 1st world country to a 3rd world country then to a 1st world country, back again to a 3rd world country and finally back lastly to a 1st world country. I love running water, water pressure & the iced tea here in the States so much I want to cry.

Edit: Cdub, I'm with you on the whole wanting to try skateboarding. I figured that I would be able to conquer it easier since I'm a mediocre snowboarder, but I was oh so wrong. However, it's a wonderful feeling having 1. built your own skate board & 2. conquered being able to do turns without holding on to the walls of your garage. I suggest wearing a helmet though because I've come so close to fall right on my noggin one too many times. As I'm writing this, I realize I need to learn how to fall properly

[Edited on 22-11-2007 by Melroro]

All this talk about skateboarding is reminding me of middle school and early high school. Man I was such a punk kid busting 360 flips over 6 sets, but I could never do that again; hurt my body to extremes.

But it was fun and enjoyable, Calvin youll have a blast, especially when you fall on your ass and think your coccyx is in your throat! Just dont do anything too stupid.

seriously, i think i have a fuckin bronchitis and a fuckin smog is killin me..all this coughing is gonna make me throw up.

Gross isn't it? I remember when I first started commuting to London...my snot was literally black from being on the tubes. That can't be good for you.

On a lighter note, it's nice to be going to bed on a saturday night knowing I'm not going to be waking up on a sunday with a raging hangover. Nights in are underrated.

it can't but my mom hooked me up with some hardcore herbal remedies so i should be fine as long as i don't go outside.

don carlos has finally resurfaced http://youngexec2b.blogspot.com/

Ooo, that there is good to hear. I'm was just wondering what's been up with him. It should only be a matter of time before he posts here hopefully.

In other news, I've been really into "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" on the Travel Channel. There's nothing like watching a rotund, bald fat guy drinking coffee that was harvested from the poo of a wild cat in the jungles of Vietnam. Mmmmmm

Everyone has been wondering about don carlos, good to see hes alive and well.

I've been loving "Bizzare Foods" and No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain". Something about travel, debauchery and exotic foods gets me excited.

dude- they're fucking with my seal buddies!

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/11/30/ruling_favors_humans_in_socal_beach_flap/1085/

Bastards!

seriously, like anyone in la joya is going to go there to swim. i like that people think they can legislate animal behavior. actually, no, i dont.

That shit is sick. You know, there's just one man i can think of that can help you and your seal buddies now....



NiggyTardust. Grippo king, philosopher, and artist. Downright to the marrow, he's the arrow through the heartless. Sunlight in the afternoon, his shadow travels furthest. Woven throught the heart of doom he's bursting through the surface, hardly nervous. Suffice to say he understands his purpose...

this made me think of karma. i wonder where she's been.

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/12/02/crabby-old-man-kitteh-tellz-u-boring-storeez/

I read a 320 page "novel" today called Blood Done Sign My Name. Holy fucking boring. Now to write a seven page paper.

As I speak, there's a documentary mini-series on Hippies on the History Channel.

There were three cats waiting for me when I opened the door this morning and three dogs in the afternoon (two of which followed me home, from different streets).

Do I fucking sweat bacon or something?!?

bren, you're doctor doolittle

Well, looks like my daughter has the chicken pox. It's not like the crazy version most of us had though. I was COVERED in them. She had the vaccination for it when she was 2 1/2 and it's not nearly as bad. Either way, she still can't go to school for a week. for sure.

Oh no! I'd ask for my vaccination money back. At least it's only a week outta school. I got the chicken pox in the summertime, blast.

"What it boils down to… life is so short, I could be gone tomorrow. I want to have as much fun as I can while I’m here. And if that includes doing shit that people think is dumb, so be it. I’m doing it for my enjoyment. "

i love richard christy.

I'm drunk... in Wisconsin? Random.

mmm... nothing like eating pop tarts with coffee while working on a final paper... with of course a little break to see what's crackin here on the boards.

hope finals are going well for you all. and the holidays aren't making you go too bananas.

if time and sleep deprivation weren't an issue, i'd actually really enjoy writing this paper. of course this is never the case, though.

i'm stuck between a bio minor or a philosophy minor. maybe both if i can get all my classes in.

prpl- if your only gonna mionr- go for the philosophy. it will make every conversation you have for the rest fo your life more interesting- to you at the least.

terri- i'm immune to the chicken pox. my sister had them three times. things are not as we once believed.

bren- i want your life and the animals that that fill it to be a reality tv show. i picture you being constantly followed by a line of zoo creatures.

I'm writing my final paper for African American Lit (due in 3 hours...) on the messages in Ben Harper's more politically-charged songs. Fucking boring. I just want to go home.

dude- stop texting me and get your paper done.

I'll stop texting you when you stop sending me picture messages of your balls photoshopped into a press release to look like the 5th member of Brand New.

*Brenda appreciation moment*

So the other day I check my mail and it seems i have to go collect a package down at the post office. What do I get? A big box of christmas stuff from brenbren!!! Two hand-knit scarves, several little snacky food things, two bars of soap, photographs of aussie beaches and my internet cat, a christmas card and an actual hand-written letter (which is pretty dang rare these days). Bren you're the best. People are so cool sometimes ! I'll post pics soon

ps jay that seems like a pretty cool paper topic if ya ask me. mine was the socio-political problems faced by nicaragua in re-establishing a stable and viable state. that shit is boring. but i guess the grass is always greener...

the ledgend of bren continues to grow. i think i'm going to write a children's book about bren.

for reals. the quirky adventures of brenda, and the animals of new south wales.

I'd read it to my future children, if i have any. Bren you are awesome.

In other randomness, I've been working on this for a while. It gets pretty intense.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi