Summer Camp (Part III)

Sunday did not have a whole lot going on during the day. So when 3:00 pm rolled around we headed over to the Sunshine Stage for Umphrey's to play an acoustic set. It was pretty awesome. I got to hear songs I have never heard before and then others that I have never heard acoustic versions of. It killed. Here is a little taste of an acoustic Prowler:



The whole set was really solid even though, being in the second 'row' i could not see Brendan at all. Boo-urns. Here is the whole set:

One Set
Hangover, Prowler > Resolution* -> Professor Wormbog, That's the Way^, Ride On Pony^, FF -> #Search 4, August

Notes
Sunshine Stage
Brendan and Jake on acoustic guitars
* with A Go Go teases
^ with Mike Rackey on steel pedal guitar
# with Dead or Alive tease

After that we met Jess and Zach over at the main stage to see Medeski, Scofield, Martin, and Wood. It was decent. I am not a huge fan. I did have fun just chilling, listening to music, smoking a little something, and drinking some margaritas. When that ended, we stuck around for moe.'s first set. We then headed over to see Willie Nelson. I stayed waaaaay to long there. It was slightly boring and started to get a little chilly. On the upshot, the sunset was beautiful.

After leaving that, we changed clothes into something warmer and sat at moe.'s last set of the weekend and waited for "things to kick in." It took a long while but eventually did. We were trying our hardest to get into the late night show at the Red Barn (which costed $125 extra, psh). Jess had an extra wristband so we were going to try the old 'don't latch and pull the switcheroo.' It didn't work. SVG tried first and they immediately took it from him and threw it away. Luckily, Zach's friends had gotten a laminent which was all access. So we met up with them outside the Barn and pulled the switcheroo. Hurrah! Free music! The late night show was sick. It started with the Easy Star All Stars (featuring Andy, Kris, and Ryan of UM) playing a reggae cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. It was so awesome to watch. After them EOTO came out and rocked my face off. Who knew two guys from String Cheese Incident could rock so electronically?!? Not I. After they left the stage Bassnectar came out. Once he started, I never once stopped dancing. It was really awesome. The whole late night set, I was really talkative, but no one would talk to me. So I basicaly talked to everyone else around me. Nice people. After that, around 4 am, the night/morning wound down and we hit the hay. Waking up was very bittersweet. The weekend was over and all I had was 60 some odd pictures and a brain full of memories. This was by far the best festival I have ever gone to and I can't wait for next year. Summer Camp 2010!!

GOERG out.

Summer Camp (Part II)

The second day, Saturday, started early around 10 am-ish. The sun was beating down super hot on our tent and I could stay asleep any longer. SVG and I woke up and pretty much went right to Jess' tent to cool our asses off. After putzing around all morning, I headed to the Port-O-John and, like a moth to a flame, I was distracted by the funky jams coming from the Sunshine Stage. I zombie-like walked over there and stood and listened to a good 35 minutes of a band the Family Groove Company. It was so funky and awesome. I was immediately a fan. The second song I saw them play was The Beatles' "Blackbird." It was awesome. Later they brought out Allie Kral from Cornmeal and played "Bennie and the Jets." It rocked. I didn't know anything else by them, but I loved every minute of it. The next band on the stage was Cornmeal so I stuck around. It was pretty decent and very folky rock. SVG and I lost some interest in it and went to meeet Jess and Zach over at the Campfire Stage to see Brainchild. They were killer. They had an early, unpolished UM feel to them. Apparently, they cover UM songs from time to time, whcih is unheard to me! The had this hilarious song, "Moon Party Dance Party." Some lyrics were: 'You have Keith Moon, we have Keith Earth. You have Looney Tunes, we have lunar tunes.' And in the middle of the song they played the Sesame Street theme and the Fraggle Rock (!) theme. Sweet new band. After that set, we shot over to U-Melt who was also very good. Their cover was Zappa's "Dancing Fool." I can definitely see myself listening to more of them. We only caught a mere one or two songs of Les Claypool before we went to wait for Umphrey's. Slight disappointment. But oh well.

The main event: Umphrey's began playing around 7 pm. The first set was pretty good. There was a nice sit in from Claypool himself in a monkey mask on Mulche's Odyssey on the whamola (it's like a stand up bass, kinda, look it up).

But the second set was the effin shit. The set break was quiet as everyone went to go see moe. play. Fuck that. We smizzed a bizz with some dude in front of us. This guy literally pass out from exhaustion during BOTH UM shows. And I was right by him both times. Scary shit. I thought he died. As the sun set by the stage, anticipation crept in. I started to get super antzy. We met this awesome girl who gave us glowsticks and a pot caramel. Delicious and sticky. There was also some awesome dude with a milk carton mask who was just my same sense of humor. Good dude. Did I mention I was tripping my balls off the entire time? Anyways, the music began with a sick 1348 (or was it 3x? hehe) followed by Triple Wide (really) and a The Floor that was off the charts. Felix Pastorious came out and dazzled the whole crowd with his boss bass during Bright Lights. A huge hightlight of this set was the fact that fire works were going off during 1348, Miss Tinkle's, and Wizard Burial Ground. It was sick!

After that sick shit happened, we went to moe. for a few songs and wandered and hung out with Jess for a bit, only to eventually catch the last part of moe.'s set which was pretty good. They are no UM though. Here is the whole set, if you care:

Set One
2nd Self, Spires > JaJunk, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > Red Tape, Mulche's Odyssey^

Set Two
1348$, The Triple Wide, The Floor, Bright Lights^^, Sad But True / Clint Eastwood, Miss Tinkle's Overture$

Encore
Cemetery Walk > Wizard Burial Ground$

Notes
Sunshine Stage
^ with Les Claypool on whamola
$ with fireworks
^^ with Felix Pastorious replacing Ryan on bass

(Sweet wax covered shopping carts at night)

Well, one day left.

GOERG out.

Just for you, Goerg

hahaha...

Hypnotist

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From the President of the US

I hope everybody realizes what a huge deal this is - so in case you missed it:

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.

LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic.

Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.

The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.

My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States.

These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.

Summer Camp (Part I)

Well, SVG and I have been back from Summer Camp for a couple weeks now and I am finallt getting around to posting this:

We started our trip on Friday at 1 AM. We left the apartment and headed out onto the long dusty trail. It took us a good 6 hours or so to get there (thank gods for GPS). We pulled into the campsite around 7 am or so (their time) and pace around the campground until we figured out what to do. No one told us where to go or where to camp...or even where to park! So we hoisted all of our shit onto our backs and made the trek into the park. After settling on a spot just outside of the tree line. It quickly became blistering hot under the May sun. I, being the moron that I am, fell asleep for almost 2.5 hours in the hot sun...which eventually burned my skin. Ouch! At one point, this guy, Drew, who I always run into at UM shows, found me sleeping and took a picture of us. The picture is below. I barely woke up for it. He ended up being camped right behind us.

After waking up around noon or noon-thirty. Claudio and I made our way over to moe. It was, not surprisingly, boring. We only stayed for about a half hour before bouncing. We spent a good chunk of the day avoiding the sun over at Zach and Jess' shaded campsite. At 4 pm, we went to see Dark Star Orchestra...which also sucked. Finally, 6 pm rolled around and we mad our way to the Moonshine Stage for Buckethead. He was so awesome. It was him and an iPod and he still captivated the entire audience. Very awesome showman! Here is a little "Jordan":


Umphrey's was playing at the same stage after Buckethead so SVG and I ate some fungi sandwiches and hung out near the front row for them to start. Needless to say, UM fuckin rocked. The entire show was filled with jamming and they really tore it up. The opener to the 2nd set was The Who's "Baba O'Riley" which they brought out a fiddler Allison Kral, from Cornmeal. She is smokin' hot, IMO.

It was so awesome. The rest of the show rocked. Highlights from UM's set: Ocean Billy, jammed out Turn & Run, 11 and a half minute long Smell The Mitten (complete with killer bass action), and the huge fleshed Bridgeless. The entire setlist is below. After UM, we just walked around finishing off our trips. We went to some disco and I bought a beer, but nothing special. Rockin' first day!

Set One
40's Theme, Turn & Run > "Jimmy Stewart" > Turn & Run, Ocean Billy -> The Bottom Half, Mail Package, Last Man Swerving -> Believe the Lie

Set Two
Baba O'Riley^, Nothing Too Fancy > Ocean Billy, Smell the Mitten > Much Obliged, Cemetary Walk II, Bridgeless* > Nothing Too Fancy

Encore
#Soul Food I > Preamble > Mantis

Notes
Moonshine Stage
^ with Allie Kral (Cornmeal) on violin
* with Xxplosive jam
# with Partyin' Peeps tease

RIP David Carradine

This morning (June 4th, 2009) Kill Bill actor, David Carradine, was found dead in a Bangkok hotel. Reports say he hung himself somewhere between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. He was in Thailand shooting the movie Stretch (for which I can find no info). Carradine was most famous for his role in the 1970s TV series Kung Fu, but later immortalized in his role as Bill in the Kill Bill series. I don't know much about his early works, but I will miss him and all his badassness.

This Takes Some Big, Juicy Balls

Some kid in a Washington HIGH school was giving a speech about the legalization of marijuana. At some point during his speech, he lit up a joint! Then went on to finish smoking it and ate the rest!

What school is this where they don't stop him instantly? He was eventually arrested.

Dear Hidden Valley

I've seen your recent commercials - you know "there's this magical wonderful place where kids eat their vegetables, and even like them!"
While I recognize that it is often difficult to get a regular amount of vegetables in a child's diet, do you really think it's better to have them eat vegetables but also add THAT MUCH to their fat intake at the same time? They may as well be eating french fries. Throwing a bunch of fat-filled sauce on vegetables will NOT make your child healthier. I have NO issues with Ranch dressing - I like it as much as the next guy - but at a certain point you realize that "wow dipping everything in ranch means that just from the ranch I've received all of my daily calorie, sodium, and fat intake."
And I have news for you: kids in hidden valley don't love vegetables. They love ranch. And if you spread enough ranch on it, even a pile of dog crap would be palatable.

COTTONMOUTH OUT!

The Marijuana Trick

http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3774
Very interesting set of facts about the use of industrialized hemp products. I recognize that there are some holes in this article (i.e. the costs of the development of any of these processes) but it's still very interesting to read about.

Eye Candy...

Definitely for me. Gotta love some Jenny Lewis.

Where is she from? Remember that classic movie from the 80's, "The Wizard"? I barely do as well.

One can also find her formerly fronting Rilo Kiley and now embarking on a, hopefully, successful solo career.

Sexy.

ABCs

once again, raping and pillaging this from Facebook

A - Age: almost 24

B - Bed size: queen

C - Chore you hate: dusting

D - Dog's name: n/a

E - Essential start your day item: coffee

F - Favorite color(s): purple

G - Gold or Silver: silver

H - Height: 5'11"

I - Instruments you play: Voice, piano, french horn, clarinet, euphonium

J - Job title: Electrician

K - Kids: Hopefully someday

L - Living arrangements: In an apt with Douglas

M - Mom's name: Rebecca "Becks" Davies

N - Nicknames: Sparkles, Momo, Cottonmouth, Sparks, Parkus, Parkus McGarkus, Gaymo McLovesthecock

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: well... overnight isn't really right but - through the night after my bike accident

P - Pet Peeve: Slow human beings. Especially those standing in my way

Q - Quote from a movie: Just a random one? Ummm.... "I'll tell you who took those lunches! It was that damn Sasquatch"

R - Right or left handed: Right

S - Siblings: My big sis Sian

T - Time you wake up: exactly a half hour before I need to be where I need to be - 40 minutes if I shower

U - Underwear: Boxers, or if I'm wearing tight pants, boxer briefs (mmm boxer briefs are my favorite)

V - Vegetable you dislike: Celery!!! And carrots. Not a huge fan of cukes either

W - Workout style: Put on heaphones, run, stop running because I'm tired, start running again because I see someone else running past me and don't want to look like a puss, repeat

X - X-rays you've had: wrists, ankle, teeth, etc.

Y - Yesterday's best moment: Waking up next to my guy

Z - Zoo favorite: Hippopotamus

bored

Indiana is so boring. I almost forgot with how long it's been since I was here. But it sucks. Also, I have no money. So the majority of things that I could even theoretically do, I can't afford.
SO annoying. I should really take up some new hobby.
any suggestions?

p.s. I JUST realized that you can edit old posts by clicking on the little pencil icon. I'm an idiot

I Have....

Two Tickets to Pitchfork, Sat and Sun, July 18 and 19.

Who is going?

Summer Camp Pre-Post

Well, SVG and I are back from Summer Camp and we have many stories to tell. Unfortunately, they need to be accompanied by some video and pictures. So once I get all of those thing off my camera (Hock, I need you!), a substantial post will be made.

UM rocked my fucking face off!

GOERG out

So effin bored...

65 Questions You've Probably Never Been Asked...

1. First thing you wash in the shower?
Hands

2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
Blue

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Never.

4. Do you plan outfits?
1st dates and weddings only

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
bored and wanting something to do

6. Whats the closest thing to you that's red?
the lampshade that i freaking love!

7. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
i cant remember the last dream I had...prolly from all the drunk sleep I get.

8. Did you meet anybody new today?
nope.

9. What are you craving right now?
strangely, someone to kiss my forehead.

10. Do you floss?
No

11. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
not without brats

12. Are you emotional?
like a pubescent girl

13. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
why the hell would anyone without autism, a la rainman, do such a thing?

14. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
I hate ice cream...

15. Do you like your have?
absolutely. I think.

16. Do you like yourself?
I dont know. I mean, when is the last time I hung out with me and really spent some time getting to know me?

17. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
Yes...because he would definitely be down for steaks...and steaks are delicious.

18. What are you listening to right now?
Explosions in the sky.

19. Were your parents strict?
Absolutely. Wouldnt have had it any other way.

20. Would you go sky diving?
Yes. Out of a plane, off of a building, anything to know what flying is like.

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
no. its gross, and lumpy, and looks like demons.

22. Have you ever met a celebrity?
I saw Howie Long in an airport once. I didnt know who he was at the time...and I still dont really care.

23. Do you rent movies often?
Does that include movies on demand? Cause if it does, then yes.

24. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in?
you mean besides me?

25. How many countries have you visited?
Not enough.

26. Have you made a prank phone call?
Hell yes. My favorite was the one where I had this guy convinced that I was going to buy a mazda. (dealership call, not a real person. That would be mean)

27. Ever been on a train?
Yes.

28. Brown or white eggs?
Brown. And I dont know why. I have no idea what the difference is, but they arent white.

29.Do you have a cell-phone?
Yes. The better question would be, "do you have a land line?" or "do you remember what a land line is?"

30. Do you use chapstick?
frequently. it helps my lips to feel kissably soft. (Anyone know what product used that as a tag line?)

31. Do you own a gun?
Hell no. Never. Unless I become a time-travelling gun-slinger.

32. Can you use chop sticks?
Kind of. Not for noodles, but for real food.

33. Who are you going to be with tonight?
perhaps just myself

34. Are you too forgiving?
Maybe? Maybe I just let certain people, (ie, any girl I date) get away with too much.

35. Ever been in love?
Yes. It was the highest up and lowest down of my life.

36. What is your best friend(s) doing tomorrow?
Working. Hopefully having a couple beers.

37. Ever have cream puffs?
Whafuck are cream puffs? And no, I dont want one.

38. Last time you cried?
not long ago enough.

39. What was the last question you asked?
What the hell am I listening to?

40. Favorite time of the year?
Anytime its over 70, sunny, and breezey.

41. Do you have any tattoos?
Yes. Want it fixed up and then another.

42. Are you sarcastic?
Absolutely.

43. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
Yes

44. Ever walked into a wall?
If you havent, youre lying.

45. Favorite color?
Black or red...it really depends.

46. Have you ever slapped someone?
yes. and punched in the chest. and slapped.

47. Is your hair curly?
No, just sexy.

48. What was the last CD you bought?
Relapse, by Eminem.

49. Do looks matter?
Yes. No mutants allowed.

50. Could you ever forgive a cheater?
I did. And she did it again. And again. And then she left me a year later. So it goes.

51. Is your phone bill sky high?
Nope...gotta love simply everything.

52. Do you like your life right now?
Couldnt even begin to answer in a sentence.

53. Do you sleep with the TV on?
all the time.

54. Can you handle the truth?
yes

55. Do you have good vision?
no. not bad, but not great. like, i wouldnt have died if we were in a primarily hunter/gatherer society, but I wouldnt be king either.

56. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people?
yeah. why not? it gives life flavor. (fuck you, russell crowe)

57. How often do you talk on the phone?
Quite a bit. More than I thought.

58. The last person you held hands with?
fuck'em

59. What are you wearing?
i hate this question

60.What is your favorite animal?
roosters

61. Where was your default picture taken?
on the floor where i used to live in Clinton Twp

62. Can you hula hoop?
Yes, but i havent done it in years. Sober.

63. Do you have a job?
Yes

64. What was the most recent thing you bought?
breakfast.

65. Have you ever crawled through a window?
Absofuckinglutely!

Questions

I've been asking myself some questions recently. It's been a little trying time in some ways. The lonliness that won't subside. The longing to meet that person I haven't met yet. The fact that I'd rather be alone just to wallow in my own sorrow. There are many people who I know don't see it, mostly because I don't want them to or they just don't ask. I'm saying all this in general terms, not pointing any fingers at anyone other then myself. I worry about too much and worry that there is so much I don't want to change but I know will, but to what end? Who will I lose? Will I gain anyone or anything? Will those who mean the most to me not know that they do? Will I lose myself along the way? I know that everyone loves and cares but there are just those days that it just doesn't see like it anyone does...or maybe that it just makes it easier to be angry thinking they don't...

I know there has been a lot of wallowing on the blog lately and I know that I haven't been around on here a lot. I guess I just had to write this somewhere.

I remember a quote from Scrubs that fits accordingly: "It sucks to be alone, even when there are people all around you."

I dont need this coffee right now...

but Im drinking it anyway.

Because it isnt beer.

Which is what I would be drinking/am about to switch to/have switched to/ohmygodIdontneedthisbeereither.

Anyway...

...life is better. Much better, actually.

"Do you realize" that "the golden path" can get you to "turn it on" and force you to "race for the prize" instead of "waitin' for a superman"? I have definitely felt like I was "unconsciously screamin" about "bad days" but after a few nites in "brainville", away from the "drug machine" I discovered that "the will always negates defeat". "This here giraffe" really helped me quit "ego tripping at the gates of hell" and pushed me into a new way of thinking: "love the world you find".

I'm not saying that life is perfect, but I am saying that I am feeling much more positive about it.

I went to Las Vegas.
It was pretty sweet. Really an eye-opener about life and my job. I guess it is nice to feel appreciated and reminded that people notice what you do.
There are some things that will definitely (cliche alert) Stay in Vegas.

Seriously.

I am spending more time listening to the Lips, if you couldnt tell, and eagerly anticipating their new release, Embryonic. (Due out this September) ((tentatively))

07-19
Chicago Illinois.
Pitchfork Festival
Union Park

Lips. Live. In Concert.

I am going. I'll quit my job to do it.



Complete List of bands located here: http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/index.php

Anyone up for it? Sunday is the Lips. Most likely going to just that.

I'm Crying Inside

Cottonmouth, I am deeply hurt by your insensitive attitude toward my want for voids to be filled. I'm not really sure what I even mean, but sarcasm is lost on the internet

Anyways, what I really wanted to say was: Fuck McG for making Terminator Salvation a PG-13 rated movie. I'm sure I'll still like it, but by lowering the rating you are not keeping true to the movie's roots. You smuck. I hate how money wins out over creative freedom. It's a franchise built on over-the-top action and robots cursing like sailors. I wish that when a studio makes a "movie for the masses" that it comes complete with a blow job, because at least then I'll be able to handle the forced insertion of their 2 hour long dick into my ass for buying the ticket to see their mainstream garbage. Movies should be made for the audiences they are supposed to be targeted for. Cases in point:

Die Hard 4 should have been rated R. The unrated version did nothing more than add about 10 fucks to the movie. There was no blood, there was no soul. I apparently liked it only "because things exploded" (I hate you guys). I did enjoy it, but to me it did not feel like what a Die Hard movie should be. It felt very...mainstream

X-Men Origins: Wolverine...first off, the title is too fucking long. Just call it Wolverine for fucks sake. Second, Wolverine was never a PG-13 character. He has fucking metal claws. Chop someone in half, god dammit! He chopped off someone's hand in the comics (Silver Samurai's I do believe). I want more hard-assed Canadian chopping people up and not playing grab ass with Gambit. That never happened, but it might as well have. I was disappointed by the need to make it mainstream. They didn't need to. They have Ironman and Spiderman for that. Also, during the credits where they are fighting in the Civil War, that would have been a perfect time to show Logan get a cannonball through the chest and watch it heal up. But no, the movie is rated PG-13. Cool things can't happen if blood is involved. I may have forgiven the shitty CGI claws if they used a little blood in the movie...maybe.

I'll just have to wait and see what Terminator will be like in a couple of days. It better not suck...


Have you ever noticed that only about 1 in 10 hairdressers are hot? One came into a store today, and she was gorgeous. I wanted to tackle her, rip her clothes off, and make sweet nasty love to her right in the store with everyone watching. She was that hot. Then, a while later, other girls from the same salon came in and I wanted to show them a cross to see if they would catch on fire.

2 cents

Fuck FB

I hate tagging people in facebook notes - so here's one copied here for the reading pleasure of the only people in my life who might actually care - courtesy of Rambo:

65 Questions You've Probably Never Been Asked...

1. First thing you wash in the shower?
Hair

2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
Blue

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Absolutely

4. Do you plan outfits?
Only for very special occasions

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
sleepy

6. Whats the closest thing to you that's red?
the sheets

7. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
I can't remember specifics of the last dream I remember having, just some deja vu - i think i was in a real life episode of always sunny - which actually happens rather often - but the last details i remember from a dream were being in a treehouse/apartment where the people had a pet scorpion who fell onto the porch below theirs, and I went and got it and sorta nursed it back to health in their sink. later I ended up curling up to sleep on a couch with my friend Rachel (who's house I'm staying at currently)

8. Did you meet anybody new today?
kinda, Sophie was talking to me with some lady there with her, but didn't introduce me

9. What are you craving right now?
a particular warm body

10. Do you floss?
No

11. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
Shoes

12. Are you emotional?
yes

13. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
no

14. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
I kinda gum it

15. Do you like your have?
I don't even know what this was SUPPOSED to say

16. Do you like yourself?
generally not in the slightest

17. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
No

18. What are you listening to right now?
a car driving past outside

19. Were your parents strict?
not really

20. Would you go sky diving?
with the right people, and the right peer pressure, yes

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
definitely

22. Have you ever met a celebrity?
Yes - Renee Fleming. She may mean nothing to you guys, but she's probably just about the most famous opera soprano in the world right now

23. Do you rent movies often?
no

24. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in?
a mirror?

25. How many countries have you visited?
7 - U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Italy, France, Germany

26. Have you made a prank phone call?
yes

27. Ever been on a train?
yes

28. Brown or white eggs?
White

29.Do you have a cell-phone?
when was this thing written, 1998?

30. Do you use chapstick?
yes

31. Do you own a gun?
No

32. Can you use chop sticks?
yes

33. Who are you going to be with tonight?
no one

34. Are you too forgiving?
always

35. Ever been in love?
Yes

36. What is your best friend(s) doing tomorrow?
Fuck knows what Ideene's doing these days (sorry guys - I've known her the longest, she still gets that title). besides that - my other best friends are probably drinking and/or smoking pot tomorrow

37. Ever have cream puffs?
Yes

38. Last time you cried?
Um... it's been a while. Maybe last summer?

39. What was the last question you asked?
What's the best grocery store for me to go to this late at night?

40. Favorite time of the year?
mid-late summer

41. Do you have any tattoos?
No

42. Are you sarcastic?
I dunno... not really. A little capricious and facetious, but not so much sarcastic

43. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
Yes

44. Ever walked into a wall?
I do probably once a week

45. Favorite color?
Used to be blue, but it's quickly becoming deep purple

46. Have you ever slapped someone?
YES!!! at the house of SVG hahaha

47. Is your hair curly?
Wavy

48. What was the last CD you bought?
the last album I bought was Miraculix-Detonator. The last cd was... Radiohead - In Rainbows

49. Do looks matter?
yes, but they aren't everything

50. Could you ever forgive a cheater?
Maybe not entirely, but yes, I have.

51. Is your phone bill sky high?
yes. especially this month with roaming charges.

52. Do you like your life right now?
honestly... not really. it has its positives, but I'm having a lot of trouble.

53. Do you sleep with the TV on?
never

54. Can you handle the truth?
yes

55. Do you have good vision?
no

56. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people?
no I don't think so

57. How often do you talk on the phone?
once every few days, usually to Pat, Sian or Mike

58. The last person you held hands with?
Florie!!! My super hot french girlfriend in my Marriage of Figaro scene

59. What are you wearing?
boxers. nothing else

60.What is your favorite animal?
hedgehog! with sloth at a close second. and hippo at a close third

61. Where was your default picture taken?
Uhhh.... on facebook? Hock, SVG and Goergs living room

62. Can you hula hoop?
yep

63. Do you have a job?
Yes

64. What was the most recent thing you bought?
groceries

65. Have you ever crawled through a window?
Have I ever!!!

Mock

WHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! NO ONE EVER POSTS ANYMORE. MY LIFE HAS LOST ALL MEANING SINCE THE CLUSTERFUCK WENT SILENT!

:)

I'll be in EL sometime early next week, fyi. So uhhh.... roll out the red red carpet or something.

p.s. the label is simply because it's probably my favorite tag we have on here. and yeah, Rambo, if you feel so inclined, you're more than welcome to suck it.

I need a little monkey

A little monkey who will sit on my shoulder, and every time I start thinking I'm not good enough (for anything), it will just slap me across the face and grunt at me.
That's what I need

I'm pretty sure...

...that my ipod got stolen out of my car. I didn't look a lot because I'm already stressed out enough but yeah. that blows. Fuck my life.

Fuckingay Megan Fox

In an article I thought would make me and especially Mike would enjoy, Megan Fox is apparently bisexual - in about the most unfortunately closed-minded way possible.

"I think people are born bisexual and they make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite. I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I’d never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man."

I hate that first sentence. The pressures of society? Society certainly wasn't pressuring me to like guys, but that's how it happened - in fact quite the opposite. What this makes her sound like is just another experimental college girl - which is fine - but to make such a brazen comment about ALL sexual orientations? Sigh

Ah well, regardless, I thought this would give you some dream-fodder Hock.

Self-Medication

One more thing before I'm off to bed. So I haven't smoked in two weeks - or maybe more. Which is unusual for me. But it amazes me how badly my generalized anxiety and panic attacks have come back. I miss my bud (haha get it?)
Seriously, anyone who doesn't believe in the use of medical marijuana, let me give my own personal thumbs up. I know it's not great for my throat, but the juice is certainly worth the squeeze.

Incidentally I really like the phrase "is the juice worth the squeeze"
:)

Cottonmouth Out!

Also

Deviled eggs are delicious. Thank you for reminding us of their glory SVG

Alright LADIES

Let's break up the passive aggressive catfight.

Post whatever you want whenever you want.

Yes Goerg and Claudio, I love to see you on here - I dunno from other people's standpoints but it's just cause I miss you guys

And Hock and Kiznox - yeah it became a bit of a sobfest for a while there, and that's fine, but just because YOU guys have a lot to say doesn't mean we all do. We've all taken breaks from posting. Doesn't mean people aren't reading.

We made this shit because we're friends. Personally I'M sick of the bitchy comments. You'd think I was the straight one and YOU guys were the queers ;) hehehe

Miss you all - see you guys soon - 311 or maybe before. or maybe after. soon regardless

Big City Ghettos

So throughout my travels I have found out that most big cities are actually ghettos. Detroit...ghetto. Lansing...ghetto. Orlando, Louisville, and Cincinnati...ghetto. I'm not a scientist, but that seems a little strange to me. The big cities that states are known for are usually their ghettos. I guess that's where the scum want to live, it just seems weird to me that that is also where the big businesses are. I guess I'll never understand it.


P.S. Go Red Wings!!!!!

Part VII

There is this Asian guy on YouTube that goes by the name Luxe37, and he makes some sweet ass stop-motion/live-action toy car chases. I have no real clue what any story is supposed to be, but so far there are 8 parts. This one is, according to the title of this post, #7. I'm not saying it's the best one of the series, I just really like it. #6 is also very good. I suggest watching them all

This might not be profound, but...

Leela, theres nothing wrong with anything.