| You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? |
[11 Nov 2009|10:05am] |
Lazy Fucking People.
Throw the trash into the bin, not near it, not on top of it, not where you want... but in the fucking bin. Dont pass the buck and point me to someone else. Do your job or die trying. The whole, its not my job or thats for this guy even though you have done it a billion times before is RETARDED... just do it. Stop crying people about having to work hard and actually spend time in your life doing something productive thats not fucking off on the internet, watching TV, or eating. If its not work, its friends, family, or god forbid the fucking stranger that is providing some god damn service to me being lazy as fuck. Whats worse is when the lazies complain... stage 2 culture. Really trash man? You have nothing better to do than dig through my trash bin and take out wood chips and claim its not proper trash material? You say I am responsible for taking this particular trash to the dump... the SAME FUCKING PLACE you are taking the rest of my trash. You cant process my paperwork because you what??? Or right, are lazy as fuck and would rather pawn the work off on someone else than do it yourself. God forbid you do your job and help someone out.
And thats... what really grinds my gears.
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| ACLackluster |
[05 Oct 2009|05:02pm] |
We went and im pretty sure only pending an awesome lineup and the ability to buy tickets near the day of off craigslist will we be ever going back.
The day started with a bike ride downtown. It was nice to get out and the ride was downhill, definitely helped Misty out. We got to Zilker around 1 and had no problems finding bike parking. We were rather sweaty and I suggested hitting up the springs, but Misty refused and said she would wait for the rain. It never rained. It was just oppressively humid until around 6pm.
We went first to see the B52's. I didnt really care to see these guys and their gig was more than enough reason to not want to see them ever again. Its such a dated look. Ok, so you have a new album and play new music, yet you all continue to look like you did in the early 90s. You dont see many successful people clinging onto that image for decades. Let it go... please.
Next it was on to grab some lunch. They had a ton of awesome vendors and this was close to the hallmark of the day. We dined on a boomerangs meat/veggie pie and some fries. However, the food was not without suffering. Upon entering the park there wasnt a whole lot that looked bad. Sure it was a little muddy, but nothing out of the ordinary given the conditions and our expectations. The vendor area though was complete different situation. Without exaggeration, it was a cesspool. Water, inches deep of mud, a putrid smell, with little end in sight. Folks were walking around barefoot with mud to their shins, if you wore shoes you couldnt tell what type and where they began/ended. This set the tone for the whole day. Just this pure avoidance of mud that could never be achieved. We stood in the middle of muck holding food for each other, it was magical.
Caught the toadies next and they rocked the house. Lots of oldies, very few new stuff. All of my expectations were met with a few extras. Only wish I didnt have stuff with me so I could move up to the front and get crazy.
The best act of the day was the The Dead Weather. They were great. The beats, the sound, it was all pretty awesomeness. Ill definitely look to hook up their stuff in the future. They are like this hybrid band of members from other bands like the White Stripes and Queens of the Stone Age.
Lastly was Pearl Jam. They were no doubt really good and deserving of the headline. I wish I was up in the energy of the mob for that one, but I opted to stick with Misty. I ditch her enough for these things and the only thing that could have happened was I got covered in mud (wasnt interested in that one). They played a lot of old stuff which I didnt care for all that much. They have lots of good songs from vs on, so I was sad to hear like 8 songs from their original. Oh well i guess. Thats what you get when you hit up these things.
Anyhow, last one for this guy. Word
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| LJ is dead |
[28 Sep 2009|10:54am] |
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so long to this site. im not even sure who all even checks this anymore. i havent seen any of the regs post in ages. I mean, there is an occasional post from dale, rob, or meg... but nothing from sobin, me, goose, andy... its just fb now. oh well.
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| District 9... good, but not great. |
[17 Aug 2009|08:59am] |
These reviews for D9 are fucking ridiculous. "best sci-fi ever!", "challenging Lucas", "sci-fi mechanics are spot on" blah blah blah. The movie was good no doubt. You have a not so obvious hero, but the mechanics of the sci-fi world here were a little shaky.
( Spoilers )
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| good times ahead |
[10 Aug 2009|11:04am] |
i've been in the new place for over a week now. its been a lot better than I previously anticipated it might be. my main concern has been wasting money on air conditioning the house, but at 82 during the day and 78 at night, it seems to level off quite nicely. i have surprisingly been OK with the temp (im typically hot as balls) as I kept my apartment at 78 during the day and 74 at night. The fans all over the place help immensely as well though. There's a little bit of an ant party going on around the house. Ive done well to get that shit under control, but they creep up from time to time. All in all, im really impressed/pleased with the purchase. If only this fucking weather would let up so I could enjoy the park across the street and outdoors.
Im really excited about getting the place leveled over the next two days. thats a pretty big deal in that I can then begin addressing any of my efficiency concerns such as fixing/replacing windows/doors. i may need to update the AC unit... though ill be doing some cleaning of the system in the attic this week in hopes to make it more efficient. Im a little nervous about braving the attic, some archniphobia type shit is bound to happen and scare the shit outta me it seems. That or ill find a next of fucking rats or something sick like that to make my day awesome.
Anyhow, looking forward to getting it decorated and setup up in preparation for a house warming. the backyard is l33t sauce and will serve a party well. perhaps ill time it when my boy comes back from europa. word
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| You didnt know you were prego??? |
[02 Jul 2009|11:45am] |
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A 44-year-old Maryland woman faces charges of child abuse after police say she gave birth in a portable toilet and dropped the newborn into the waste tank. After exiting the portable toilet in Long Wharf Park in Cambridge, Candy Vigneri got a cigarette from a construction worker and sat at a picnic table, police Lt. Wayne Bromwell said. As she sat, a male passer-by approached the toilet but Vigneri warned him, "Don't go in there, I just had a baby there," police said. The man immediately called 911. Vigneri returned to the toilet and retrieved the newborn from the foul liquid at the base of the tank. The baby was unresponsive and covered with a blue antibacterial chemical agent when emergency responders reached the scene, police said. Vigneri told officers that she didn't know she was pregnant.
Im gonna have to call bullshit on this one. Though I would say lets just put the baby down... I mean, lets not really continue allowing this kind of seed to perculate the earth.
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| Word to your moms I came to drop bombs |
[29 Jun 2009|10:35am] |
So my apartemento was rocking with a total of 6 people last night, 6! That does tie an all time high of most folks to enjoy my abode at one time. There was a solid game of Catan on and Zach was murderated in the second game. He was forced to only 2 cities, but he did finish near to second. We dined on some awesome Cowboy Burgers from Whole Foods. Now if you have not heard of these beasts nor actually tried one, ill tell you that its the most magnificent piece of meat you will put in your mouth (thats what she said!). Go now, ill wait.
I won game 1, Dale won game 2. He used the fuck out of Zach to achieve victory... lame. :)
Lebowski Scavenger Hunt on Friday was cool. A little too damn hot and not terribly difficult. It appears as many folks had done this before and prepped accordingly. Many of the items on the listing were not things you want to carry around DT Austin. Im also not so trusting of their scoring procedures. I smell favoritism. V-slice was after the show. It was a great show. He rocked for an hour and half, came into the crowd for a number, and played only 5 new songs (but they all sounded pretty awesome). Misty and I didnt eat all day and had a few shots to get amped for the show. Definitely a good call!
And now its back to work. Sweet!
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| 80's Cover Band and Speakeasy |
[03 Apr 2009|12:39pm] |
Went out on Wednesday night with folks from out of town to Speakeasy on Congress and 4th. I have noticed bars and such around congress and down 4th, but never cared to take much notice in them since it the "classier"/upscale part of the Austin entertainment scene.
So we enter the club to find that there is an 80's ROCK cover band rocking the place that night. I have to admit, I was thoroughly impressed by the guys. From the music to the diggs, they had it all. Leather all the way, long beautiful curly hair, head bands, braclets, and lots of hair banging. There was a fog machine and fans all around so there hair was glistening and waving around as they were playing, it was pretty surreal. I was like, where the hell am i?
The craziest part though was the obcene number of skanks rocking out this place. Skanks is the word SHOLA used to describe it, so you know it was pretty risque in there. Bitches in high heels, tight pants, huge fake tits falling out of shirts, and they were making out and groping each other the entire night. I was dumbfounded. Again, another bout of ... is this AUSTIN? Wtf man.
To top the night off, they played the song "Girls Girls Girls" and asked all the bitches to get up on stage. Sure enough, they filled the stage (though misty was keen to hide behind me and avoid the meat market, good for her!). As he is playing the song, all these girls knew they were being gauked at (why else dress that way) and it was magical. I prolly could have rubbed one out right then and there, no joke.
Well, thought I would share the amaziness. Saw some boobies when the bitches left the stage and one had her tits flop out of her shirt. Awesome.
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[23 Jan 2009|11:03am] |
Cricket... cricket...
its quiet around here.
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| Lets all get stoned! |
[13 Jan 2009|04:16pm] |
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Obviously not the most glorious of executions, but fuck, at least its an execution. Eye for an Eye bitches. Im consistently baffled by the justice system handing out life sentences to murders and rapists. WTF mate. These people fucked up, lets just put them down and move on. If we stoned them, at least its some form of retribution for the effected... however I would be willing to just execute them quick and painless (relatively as I guess there is a millisecond or so of intense pain). Instead we feed and house these fuckers forever and ever... Do we not have enough good people that kicking a few bad ones to the curb could go unnoticed... I think if you knew that killing someone was going to mean you would be dying as well you would do us all a favor and just commit suicide. Ive got to hand it to Iran, there is certainly no fucking around.
Officials say two men in Iran have been stoned to death for adultery and murder, while another escaped death by digging his way out of the hole where he was buried to face a similar fate, according to media reports. The sentences follow sharp criticism by human rights groups of Iran's use of such punishments. Judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi on Tuesday told reporters about the stonings, which took place in the northeastern city of Mashhad about 20 days ago, the reports said. According to the Mashhad prosecutor, the men committed various crimes, including adultery and murder, Jamshidi said. In the practice, the men are buried up to their chests and people pelt them with stones until they die. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/13/iran.stoning/index.html
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| Bored at work? Hack your brain. |
[12 Jan 2009|10:28am] |
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DO YOU EVER want to change the way you see the world? Wouldn't it be fun to hallucinate on your lunch break? Although we typically associate such phenomena with powerful drugs like LSD or mescaline, it's easy to fling open the doors of perception without them: All it takes is a basic understanding of how the mind works. The first thing to know is that the mind isn't a mirror, or even a passive observer of reality. Much of what we think of as being out there actually comes from in here, and is a byproduct of how the brain processes sensation. In recent years scientists have come up with a number of simple tricks that expose the artifice of our senses, so that we end up perceiving what we know isn't real - tweaking the cortex to produce something uncannily like hallucinations. Perhaps we hear the voice of someone who is no longer alive, or feel as if our nose is suddenly 3 feet long. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/b
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| Break in Review |
[05 Jan 2009|09:09am] |
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Man, with two weeks off I really hoped to get a lot more done than I did. I mean, it wasnt a complete waste or anything, just not AS productive as I hoped. I seem to do that a lot, set expectations high and then not reach them. Ugh. ( This is where the shit is at... )
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