"Are you sure we should drink together? Who am I going to complain about?"

I just spent the day loafing around. It was Steph's first day of work, so I've been up since 6 (minus a two hour nap). I've watched a butt load of Iron Chef and Seinfeld. And the best thing is, I don't have school tomorrow, so I don't have to feel guilty for not doing homework!

We had Christmas at my grandma's house yesterday. It was good times. We had hella good tri-tip; it was marinated in ginger, garlic anc cilantro (amongst other things). THen Matt came over to watch Man U beat the snot out of Southhampton. That kid Rooney has got a hell of a foot on him.

Time to finish off Christmas shopping.

Count 'Em Down

Okay. Here it is. My Top 10 Albums of 2004.

10) (tie) Straylight Run - S/T
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
9) Elliot Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
8) Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter-Culture
7) Ben Kweller - On My Way
6) Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be
5) Killers - Hot Fuss
4) Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
3) Pj Harvey - Uh Huh Her
2) Green Day - American Idiot
1) My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Honorable mention goes to the Cure, Bjork, the Faint, Flogging Molly, Get Up Kids, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Sugarcult, Rilo Kiley

For I'm a Jolly Good Fellow

I'm officially done with school. Not for the semester. For good. Until grad school, that is. It's kind of a strange feeling to be done with school. I've defined myself as a student for 15 some odd years now, and suddenly, I'm not a student anymore. It's kind of scary. What the hell do I do now? I've had two college grads tell me that I'm doomed to be depressed for a little bit about being done with school. That's not the way I would have expected it to turn out, but I can totally understand. I have to find a new definition for myself and my life. Hopefully I'll fin done quick.

I just got back home from having drinks with Matt, Bert and Steph. It's Matt's 23 birthday. Cheers my good friend. Here's to at least 23 more (and it better be more than that ya bastard).

I'm tired as hell. Think I'll curl up on teh couch and go to sleep.

Bang a Gong, We Are On

For fans of Iron Chef, here is Masaharu Morimoto's official web site. There's even a fan club to join!!!

You Kept Safe Until the Long Drive Home, You Slept Safe and Close to the Window...

So we broke down and bought down and bought DDR so we can try to lose some weight. I ran the equialent of 5 miles today. Mega-nooch. If I can do even half of that every day, I'll be very happy.

We got almost all our Christmas shopping done today. I'm so stoked. I just need one more gift for my dad and mom, my aunt, Eric and Matt. Rock.

We saw Closer tonight. It was really good. And Natalie Portman is fucking gorgeous in it. That in itself would be enough to get me to see it, but it was a good movie too. Kind of depressing, even more so for a guy who's getting ready to get married, but I recommend it.

It's Been Awhile...

Okay. So I guess I've got a lot to update you people on. I'll start at Thanksgiving.

I worked on Thanksgiving morning. It was fucking busy. And almost every animal that came in was mean or skittish, which made it harder. For the second week in a row, we found an animal dead in the back. This one bled out its ass. Nasty. That night, we went out to Steph's aunt's house in Newark. It was fun, but I wish we would have had Thanksgiving at her parent's house that night instead. We had dinner their the next night, but I had to go to work and I missed out on desert, pool and poker. Thanksgiving went well though.

I started skinning my baboon that Monday, and the following week I gutted it. We got a lot of good stuff. We got the heart, lungs, liver, kidney and possibly the uterus (my prof had left for the day, so I couldn't ask him), but let me tell you, getting the stomach and the intestines out sucked. They stunk so bad because of the fecal matter in the intestines and the chyme. It was horrible, but went well after that.

We've decided to sell the Beetle. We really need money right now, and we'll get a lot more from it than my car. It's a really cool car, and better than mine, but the payments are also bigger than my current payments, so I don't know if I can afford it, especially right now. I'm a little bummed, but it's okay. I'll get a new car in a couple years. Mine still works fine.

We finally got "Save the Date" cards and invintations for the wedding. We got them at Target for hell of cheap; $40 for 100 invintations and $20 for 100 Save the Date cards. They look really nice too. We also got a space heater dealy, cause it's been freaking cold in our house.

That's all I can remember for right now. Time to watch Real Sex :)

What a Week

My week at work was kind of sucky. I worked 6 days in a row, because I was covering for someone (I do get a four day weekend next week), and cats really hated me. One of them scratched my hand, and another one bit my finger. So I have a nasty scratch on my left hand, and a small chunk of skin missing from the index finger on my right hand. So I have a day off today, but I need to start working on a paper for my political science class. Boo.

On the bright side, Steph's ring is almost paid off, and one of my credit cards will be paid off by next month. I'm so stoked about that. That'll be an extra $350 a month. Of course, that will go towards other bills, but it'll help a lot. Yay!

A Crying Shame

This week, a legacy ended, with the death of a very important figure in this world. He was loved by many, and he was hated by many, but none can deny the impact he had on people. I am, of course, speaking of Old Dirty Bastard.

I'm tired of working. I've decided that I don't have enough fun for a person of my age. I work about 45 hours a week, I go to school (thankfully not full time this semester), and that doesn't leave much time for me to have a social life. It mainly has to do with my work schedule; since I don't get off until after midnight, it makes it had to do something after work. So this is a cry, nay, plea! for my friends to help me (and Steph) have somewhat of a life. Thank you in advance.

Ok. It's been a couple days. I've avoided posting due to the fact that I know that they would just be pissed off political rants, and who really wants to read more of those?

So, what's been going on? Not a whole hell of a lot. There was a birthday party for Steph's dad this weekend. It was fun, I just wish I could have gotten there a little earlier (had to work). Everyone got pretty damn smashed, and I got to drink some Black Bush, so it was good times.

I read an interview with the director of Saw on Suicide Girls. The dude only had 18 days to film the movie, because the studio gave him a budget lower than Cabin Fever (another damn good movie). He had at the most three takes for each scene, usually only two takes. That's pretty damn impressive, especially since it came out looking like a fairly well funded movie. Gotta give props for that.

Four More Years of War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength and Slavery's Freedom

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

America, this is who you elected. Great fucking job.

Nader, you're an asshole. Yes, we need more party representation in our political system, but now is not the time.

And you, the 18-25 year old voters, thanks a fucking lot. Same turn out as in 2000? Seriously, pathetic.

To quote David Cross, I hate our freedom.

Simple Message

Vote

Whoa

We saw Saw (...) last night. Holy fuck. That movie disturbed the crap out of me. It was a really good movie. It was a very unique role for Cary Elwes, and I think he did a great job. Go see it.

I'm getting really dissapointed with HBO. There's never anything on...and I have 9 HBOs. Sure, there's the Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Da Ali G Show, but as far as movies go, there isn't really much worth watching. And they aren't even playing any horror movies on Halloween...what the fuck? HBO is overrated.

The History Channel is airing a lot of good specials in regards to ghosts, myths, and other such scary things. Rock.

Da Cheated

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Playing Hooky

I'm staying home from work tonight, cause I feel like crap. Truly. I'm not just saying that to get out of work. I got car sick today...when I was driving. That's never happened to me before. So I'm chillin' tonight.

For those of you that don't know, I have Tivo. I love it. The only thing I don't like so far is the Tivo suggestions, it's a good idea, and it may not be working well for me because I haven't rated enough shows, but it's being funky. First, it keeps recording the same shows over and over. Spongebob is an example. Second, it seems to think that I love Nickelodeon (sp?) cartoons, since it's recorded every single cartoon on that station. This is probably my fault, since I watch ATHF, Sealab, Simpsons and Home Movies religiously. Thirdly, there's no way to tell it to not record things. Family Guy is an example. It's one of my favorite shows, but I own the DVDs and have seen each one a million times, so I would rather it look for other things to record. The weirdest thing that's in done by far happened yesterday. It recorded a nightly news broadcast show from the Arabic station. I don't know exactly what shows that I've rated/Tivo-ed to warrent this suggestion...apparently an unhealthy obssession with Seinfeld gives me a procleavity (is that the right word?) to enjoy foreign news shows. Go figure.

And the Thunder Rolls

We're in the middle of a major thunder storm. The windows are rattling, for god's sake. Orion and I are freaked the fuck out.

Tasting with a Grudge

We had a tasting of the food we're going to have for the wedding. In two words, fucking fantastic. We are enlisting the services of Park Avenue Catering for the wedding, and it seems like it was a good choice. The food we tried started off with a pretty basic salad, with scallions, radish and feta cheese with red wine vinaigrette. Very good. Our two dishes are going to be Chicken Feta (chicken topped with feta cheese, lemon-shallot buerre blanc, scalions, olives and tomatoes) and Roast Leg of Lamb with an awesome fucking sauce. Sides are asparagus with white truffle oil, roasted garlic mashed potatoes with asiago cheese (awesome) and cheese filled tortellini milanese. I loved everything, even the asparagus. The only thing thgat sucked was that we had the tasting at 10 in the morning. My stomach wasn't too happy about having lamb that early, but I still loved it.

That night we went to see the Grudge. It was really freaky, but a good portion of the scares were very predictable. But it was very well made, and I'm glad that the same guy who directed the Japanese version directed this one. One thing bothered me though, but it was more about the audience than anything. Warning: Semi-spoiler ahead (although it's nothing too big). In the opening scene a character commits suicide by jumping from his 5th floor apartment window. The audience laughed. Now, the scene wasn't done all cheesy like, and there was nothing funny going on, so this struck me kind of odd. I couldn't decide if the audience's laughter said something about our society, or if it was nervous laughter because they were expecting to get the bejeebers scared out of them. Either way, it caught me off guard. (I wasn't the only one. Some other dude said outloud, "Why are you laughing?). So, yeah, good movie, albiet predictable.

Grease Monkey

I take certain things in life for granted. One of them is the fact that when I get in my car, my car will start. Well, today, it didn't. I'll kill the suspense by telling you that my battery died (Batty the Battery: 1998-2004). But at first I was freaked out that it was my alternator, because I didn't leave my lights on or anything, and at that point, it hadn't occurred to me that it was a 6 year old battery. The bad thing was that I live somewhat in the middle of nowhere, with no auto parts store within walking distance, so I had to call Steph to come jump my car so I could drive to one. Then of course I had to change the battery in the parking lot. This caused me to not be able to go to my first job. It did, on the bright side, allow me to watch an episode of Sealab 2021. That was pretty much it for my day.

Oh yeah. And I got shit on at work. And I mean that literally.

If you haven't seen Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire, you've got to check it out.

No Shame

Okay. Wal-Mart really has gone too far. A new Wal-Mart is being built in Teotihuacan, in the shadows of 2000 year old pyramids. What the fuck? As if that isn't enough a new Wal-Mart was just built in Hawaii....on top of an ancient burial ground. These people really have no shame and could give a fuck about anything that doesn't have to do with money. Thanks to the Daily Show for this tidbit.

Sleepy Time

I think that sleeping in your car to catch up on your sleep is greatly underrated. I've gained around two extra hours of sleep this week from napping when I get to work or school earlier. It's awesome. You all should try it.

Matt, Steph, Katya and I are planning on having a Lord of the Rings marathon. We're going to watch all three movies in a row. While drinking an insane amount of alcohol. We're going to call the event "Lord of the Beers." You wish you were us.

Sleepy Time

I think that sleeping in your car to catch up on your sleep is greatly underrated. I've gained around two extra hours of sleep this week from napping when I get to work or school earlier. It's awesome. You all should try it.

Matt, Steph, Katya and I are planning on having a Lord of the Rings marathon. We're going to watch all three movies in a row. While drinking an insane amount of alcohol. We're going to call the event "Lord of the Beers." You wish you were us.

Smelly Cat

I peed on my cat. Now, before you call PETA on me, let me explain. I'm in the bathroom, minding my own business while doing my business (number 1 only), when Orion decided to jump up on the toilet rim to see what I was doing. Every thing was going fine until he decided he needed a closer look, and stuck his head right into my pee. Needless to say, he got freaked out and hid under the bed, and it took me a couple of minutes to get him out and clean him off. my cat is dumb.

One Foot in Front of the Other

We went to see Bright Eyes the other night. I was a good show, but probably my least favorite of the times I've seen him. He played with M Ward and Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and it was set up so they played togethehr a lot (including an interesting version of 'You Were Always on My Mind'), so Conor actually only played about five of his own songs, so it kind of sucked in that regard. He did play about 4 new songs, which was very cool. I do wish that he would stop bringing Mike Mogis along, however. Mike, you're a great producer and have done a great job with the Saddle Creek bands, but for God's sake, enough with the steel guitar!. It seems like they're forcing the instrument into every song, using it for the sake of using it instead of using it because it adds to the song. It was a fun night though, and I think Steph was grateful to get out and spend some time with friends (Larissa and Elle came along).

We got a new TV a week ago. It's nice. 27" flat screen. So much better than the crappy 19" we had. We're watching Ringu on it right now :)

Target Dog

We just got back from spending the last two days in Davis. We just hung out mostly, which was fine with me cause I worked 6 days in a row and was tired. It was really good to see Alissa, Eric, Kristian and Bob. Uh...yeah...I'm distracted...more later.

Conspiracy Theory

Does anybody else find it strange that gas prices have gone up drastically since the debate last Thursday? I admit, gas prices were slowly going up beforehand, but they've skyrocketed after the fact. Maybe I'm trying to hard...

This one's for you Matt.

This is a test. This is only a test.

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I finally took the time to figure out how to post pics. This is our kitten Orion. This is when we first got him, when he was 3 months. He's much bigger now (even though he's only two months older). So, yeah...I don't live in the dark ages anymore.

Sa-weet

Somehow when I googled information for cat scratches (due to a strange reaction Steph had to an Orion scratch), the second hit that came up was a link to a page on the Suicide Girls web page. I told Steph. She asked what it was. I showed her. We have a membership. Nice.

This is where stamina and nard dodging come into play

I don't really have much to say. But, I was watching MXC, and I heard the quote I used for my title, and I knew I had to post it.

Actually, I do have something to say. We had to get rid of Felix the other day. He just didn't seem happy in the new house. I didn't realize how attached I was to him. Translation: I cried like a baby. I totally felt like I was betraying him and that I was giving up a member of my family. After we dropped him off, the only thing I could think about was whether he would get his daily carrots and if his adoptive family was going to name him something stupid. I miss him more than I thought I would, and I hope that he finds a family who loves him very much. I also hope that I never have to give up another pet.

I cried over a bunny. If that doesn't make me emo, then I don't know what does.

The Patron Saint of Switchblade Fights

I should have gotten a BA. Trying to get my senior project in order has been a freaking nightmare. Trying to get signatures has been a bitch, and now I found out that I turned in my application for the project late. So I had to fill out a form, which basically is me begging for the administration to allow me tgo add this class. They could easily say no and I'd have to come back next semester. I can tell that evey one in the bio department is scattered right now because darwin hall is closing down and they have to move to their new offices, but it pisses me off, because right now it's affecting me quite a bit. On top of that, I can't get motivated for my other class, didn't go on Tuesday because I didn't do my outline that was due, and then missed today's class because I had to get my project shit sorted out. I just finished an email basically telling my professor not to hate me for not being in class (I did email her my outline, so she at least knows that I have done it). Ugh. I need a drink.

We have a dog who's fairly sick at work right now. The little girl of the family who owns her came to visit her and drew a picture of her to put in the cage she's staying in. Inside the picture, it says "I love you Shelby." Cutest damn thing.

Serenity Now

We found out on Thursday that Steph is getting laid off at the end of this month. One of the three houses is being closed, so they have to consolidate workers, and unfortunately, she was one of10 to get the axe. I have the utmost confidence that she'll be able to find a job no problem, but it does concern me a bit. We just moved, and our monthly bills are a little higher than in the past, so it's bad timing. But she's got a lot of experience, so I know she'll be able to find a new job quick.

Tuesday I have an outline and a ten point bibliograhy due. The one thing I don't understand about this is that the actual paper isn't ue for two months. Our outline is due two whole months before the paper...that seems a bit early. I have no sources yet (partly because I have no clue what my library PIN is, so I can't do any journal research from home), so it is my fault that I haven't gotten anything done yet. But I really don't care. I can't get motivated about this class, and all I really care about is passing the class. So fuck it.

Tomorrow we're cleaning the old apartment. I'm not looking foward to it.

TV is Good

I forgot how many good shows are on tv, even amongst all the crap that's on. Daily Show, Iron Chef, Home Movies, Da Ali G Show..there is good stuff to watch.

So it sounds like I get to cut up a baboon for my research project. Sweet.

Distractions

You know what I find is conducive to learning? construction going on right outside of my classroom window, worsened by the fact that my classroom is one of those new style classrooms that's supposed to make the class feel like a roundtable discussion by putting the seats in a large rectangle, with the teacher orating in the middle. The down side? When her back is turned, I can't hear shit. Fun.

Moving

So you may have noticed that it's been awhile since I've updated (if you didn't, that hurts my feelings). I'm in the middle of moving, and up until today, my computer has been at my old place. So, here's a quick run down of what's been going on the past week or so.

I had my birthday. It was fun, but there were some people who said they were going to show up but never came. They didn't call either. That kind of bummed me out. So thanks to the people who came and celebrated my birthday with me. To the others: you're on the list.

The face to face/my chemical romance show ruled. If you didn't go to either of the shows, I hope you're not a face to face fan, cause it was their last shows in the Bay Area ever (not counting any reunion shows in the future). Don't buy midori sours at Slims; they cost $6.50.

We're all moved in to the new place. We have cable. First time in about 2 years that I've had tv. I already feel dumber, but I can watch Iron Chef and that Incredible Challange show, or whatever the hell it's called.

School sucks. I have one class which I don't even care about, and my profesor may have fumbled the ball on my senior project. He failed to mention to me when I talked to him about the project 4-5 months ago that he usually requires students to train in his lab for a semester, and then do the research the following semester. I want to graduate this year. Oh, and he's almost out of grant money. Which means I may have to go another semester just to do my research. Arg.

That's it. Work time, then my weekend is finally here.

Don't You Put Me on the Back Burner, Yeah

In the process of moving to our new place. I f-ing hate moving. I'm excited to be moving into a new place, I just hate packing up all my shit and lugging heavy furniture (not looking foward to moving the desk...). I especially hate the "Random Stuff" boxes; stuff that has a place at the old place, but that you have to find a brand new place for at the new place (Record for "Most Usage of the Word 'Place' in One Sentence"). "Gee, that stuffed anime toy looked great next to the window, now where the fuck am I going to put it?"

Work is still going well. There's one person who just started last week that I don't like. She's a re-hire, so she has lots of experience there, and knows a lot, but she can be very condescending. Especially when she's explaining something. She knows how to get on my nerves. But I still like the job a lot.

Less than a week til my birthday. Woo hoo.

I Hate GE Classes

Today was the first day of classes. I'm taking an upper division Political Science class to fufill the last GE credits I need to graduate. I'm not sure about this class. In three weeks, I need to have a 10 point bibliography and a fairly detailed outline to turn in for a research paper. Three weeks. That's 6 classes. Thank goodness it's the only class I'm taking (excluding my research, which I have to talk to Dr Girman about). It wouldn't be so bad, but it's a GE class that I couldn't care less about. My only hope is that I'll love the teacher and that will motivate me to be a good student. We'll see.

I got to see my first c-section last night. We delivered four Norwhich terrier pups. They were the cutest things.

We're waiting to here back about a one bedroom cottage in Forrestville. It's a pretty dinky place, but it'll be fine for the two of us, and I love the property it's on. It's hard to believe a place that small cosst $850 a month, but oh well. We're really hoping we get it, so cross your fingers.

I'm Confused

I don't really understand the whole thing with New Jersey's governor. Turns out he had an affair with a man. And....that's it? So what's the big deal? Why did he need to step down? So the dude's gay. Big deal. Yes, it's bad to cheat on your spouse, but, christ's sake, no one's perfect. And I don't think the issue here is that he had an affair. If he had an affair with a woman, I don't think he would have felt the pressure he felt. I think the issue is that he had an affair with a man. I think it's clear that we are still a predominately homophobic culture. It's sad really. Sometimes I wonder if things really will ever change.

This weekend was Steph's birthday. Sunday we had a BBQ and went out to bar's when midnight came around. Then Monday night we went out to the Belvedere and Jasper's. I really like the Belvedere, and I didn't really like Jasper's. They were blaring really bad rap music and there were a bunch of frat boys there. Not my kind of scene. Steph didn't do so well that night. She ended up puking her brains out. But she survived it. And she'll never do it again :}

The Rich Keep on Getting Richer

This is what happens when the upper class gets tax breaks and other government assisted help.

"The wealthiest 20 percent of households in 1973 accounted for 44 percent of total U.S. income, according to the Census Bureau. Their share jumped to 50 percent in 2002, while everyone else's fell. For the bottom fifth, the share dropped from 4.2 percent to 3.5 percent."

New job Update

So I realized that I've worked 4 nights at my new job and I haven't posted about it. It's going well so far. One of the things I hate about new jobs (especially jobs where you start from scratch on the knowledge level) is that I feel completly useless. This is all self imposed; obviously, my new co-workers aren't going to expect me to be too helpful in my first week or so, but I still feel like a bump on a log. But it has been fun so far. It's kind of hard, because I see a lot of cats and dogs in pain (I've already seen one cat die), but that's made easier by the fact that I'm doing something to help them (even if it is just sticking a thermometer up their butt). So yeah, it's fun, and I do feel like I'm catching on fairly quick. It has been really slow there lately, so that's helping ease me into the new surrondings.

As for my other job, one of my regular customers gave me a bottle of champagne. Rock. And I'm going to be making $8.50 an hour there, which isn't bad, but it kind of sucks that I couldn't keep my old pay rate. I didn't expect to, though.

We have a new addition to our household again. We got a kitty named Orion. He's a gray tabby, and cute as hell. He's a little shy, and still gets a little scared around us every once in awhile (and hisses sometimes too!), but he's getting better.

Okay, I'm tired, and I smell like dog. Time for bed.

Still Rockin' Against Bush

Rock Against Bush Vol 2 comes out tomorrow. Buy it. Here's the track listing.

Green Day - Favorite Son
Bad Religion - Let Them Eat War
operation Ivy - Unity
Lawrence Arms - Necrotism: Decanting the Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7
Dropkick Murphys - We Got the Power
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Only Crime - Doomsday Breach
Foo Fighters - Gas Chamber
Lagwagon - Status Pools
Sugarcult - What You Say
Rancid - 7 Years Down
Sleater Kinney - Off With Your Head
The Unseen - Scream Out
Yellowcard - Violins
Dillinger Four - Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair
Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King (live)
Bouncing Souls - Born Free (live)
Mad Caddie - No Hope (live)
The Dwarves - Kids Today
Sick of it All - Can't Wait to Quit
No Doubt - Comforting Lie
Useless ID - State of Fear
Autopilot Off - I'm Thinking
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - My Star
Donots - Time's Up
Hot Water Music - Kill the NIght
Thought Riot - You're Gonna Die
No Use for a Name - Fields of Agony (acoustic)

This is the End

Today, my life as a full-time employee for Wherehouse Music comes to a close. I will miss my friends there and being surronded by music all day dearly. I will not, however, miss working retail. No more stupid corporate rules taht make no sense, no more uppity customers, no more black polo shirts. Good riddance I say. It will feel weird not going into that store 5 times a week (it already feels weird to not have my store keys), but it's something I'll get used to. I was always afraid that I would fall in the trap of working retail for life, because, admittedly, it would be an easy thing to do. Thank god that's not the case with me. I start my new job on Tuesday, and I'm stoked, and a little nervous. Until then, you can find me on my balcony, drinking a beer.

Cheers.

Amazon.com has a new store dedicated to the Criterion Collection series of DVDs. The stuff I want from there: anything by Kurosawa, Spinal Tap, and the Killer. Kurosawa films, no problem. The other two? Tap is $100 and the Kill ranges from $200-$300. Ouch. Still, it's cool that someone finally has a special section for these movies. My goal in life: at one point, I wouls like to see every movie that has a Criterion Collection. I figure, there's a reason that it has one, so I should probably see them.

So I think this may be my tux for the wedding. It's not set in stone, but it's a start.

Hint hint

So, since it's almost my birthday, I decided to post the link to my amazon wish list. Of course, no one is obligated to buy me anything (a pint would do), but anyone who does gets a free pass to heaven. It's in the bible. Somewhere.

Talking out the ass

"Newly installed Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and John Edwards defended their ticket from President Bush's charge that his challenger has no "signature achievements" as they drew thousands of supporters Friday, the first official day of the general election campaign."

Let's see...Bush's signature achievments..

1) Skipping out on his millitary assignment

2) Getting arrested for drunk driving

3) Given a oil company by his father which he leads to bankruptcy in a matter of months

4) Becomes president even though he didn't win the election (oh that's right, he was appointed by god).

5) Takes country to war with Iraq based on false/over blown evidence, killing thousands and thousands of innocent people

That's all I can remember off the top of my head, but that sure is an awesome list of "signature achievements." Impressive.

Stupid people say stupid things

Stupid Quote of the Day:

"I've heard people say that they're against the war but for the troops. Screw that. You either support the troops or want them dead."

Colin Quinn, on his Comedy Central show.

It's not holding onto the past, It's grabbing it with a death grip

So I'm not completly leaving my current job. I decided to stay on as a shipper/reciever. I'll work one day a week, for like, two or three hours a day. It's not much, but since I'm going to be short of a full 40 at my new job, this well help me pick up a couple of bucks every week. And it will also help me stay in touch with all my friends at my old job. And I'll still get my discount. I'm not going to lie; that was one of my motives for wanting to stay :}

There are some perks to my job. I'm watching Kill Bill Vol 2 right now, about a week and a half before it comes out. Score.

A New Direction

I got a letter in the mail today from Animal Care Center saying that even though I would probably be a good addition to their staff, they found someone more qualified for the position. Which is what I expected. I probably would have been sadder, if not for....

The fact that I already got hired by another emergency pet hospital earlier today. It's the one that my step-mom works at, which should be cool. I'll be working Tuesday through Friday, 5:30 - 12:30, and Saturday 12-4 (although my step-mom told me I could probably get more hours on Saturday if I wanted). I'm starting at $10 an hour, but after my training (about a month or so), I'll make $12 an hour. That's $2.25 more an hour than I'm making right now. So I'm stoked about that. I'll also have Blue Shield medical, and a 401K (they don't match what I put in it, unfortunately, but I'll take what I can get). So I start in two weeks. I gave my notice at my job today. It was kind of sad. I've worked with my co-workers for 3 years, and I'll miss them. They're good people. My problems with my current job haven't been with my store, it's been with my company. However, I am a music addict, so I'll still be there all the time. And I'll probably pick up some shifts during Christmas.

That said, I'm stoked. I finally feel like I have a job which has a good chance of being a career for me. I can go on to get a vet tech license, and I could even go on to become a full blown doctor of vetenairy medicine. Then again, I could go on to get a masters in ecology and go into a whole different field. The point is, for the first time in my working career, I feel like I can actaully go somewhere with my job. Like I said, I love my store, but retail is a dead end job. Sure, I could become a manager and then a DM or an RM or whatever, but then I'd become the people I loathe. I'm not stupid enough to think that I could become a DM and not be like all the other ones and change a company for the better; thath's something that has to occur and the ownership level (which, if I ever become wealthy enough, I will start my own music store).

So, I'm excited about my new job. Sure, it's going to be tough; I'm going into a field where I have hardly any experience (book smart but not skilled in any of the tasks), but that will make the job even better. Who wants to be in a job that doesn't challenge you.

Now, it's time to drink Kirin and watch Cabin Fever.

Please stop the buzzing

I haved another job interview tomorrow, with the pet hospital that my step-mom works at. She said they're desperate for people, but I kind of want to wait to hear about the other job, cause I know they pay more and my step-mom said that there'd be less of a chance of me becoming a bitch at the place in RP. But we'll see. I'm pretty much sitting on the fence at this point, except for the fact that the hospital in RP is real close to my house, so I could walk and save gas money and get in shape if I worked there. Okay, so maybe I'm not completly sitting on the fence, but I'm not set on either job.

Ayinger Brau-Weisse is a fucking awesome beer. It's got a beany after taste, which is something I never thought I'd say about a beer. It rules.

I'm trying to watch Aqua Teen, but our old ass TV is buzzing so loud, it's driving me crazy.

Interview

Due to high demand, I'm going to tell you how my interview went. I got there 20 minutes early, so I could fill out paper work. One form was an application, the other was a waiver so they could do a background check (including credit check. Why they would need to do that, I have no clue), and the other was basically a quiz to see hoe much I kne about medical and practician stuff. I didn't do so well on that. I left a lot blank, because I've never had training in that stuff. So I was feeling kind of dejected as I was sitting there waiting to be calle for the interview. After about 15 minutes waiting, they finally called me. I walked into a conference roo, and four people were sitting there. That totally made me nervous. I wasn't expecting to have a group interview, so it kind of caught me off guard. After that, it did go pretty well. The four people took turns asking me questions, and my answers were recieved with laughs, smiles and nods of approval. After about 20 minutes of that, the interview was over, then I got a tour of the place, and then they said they'd pass the interview information to the people that actually do the hiring (which I thought kind of sucked. The people who decide on whether or not they're going to hire me will do that with ever seeing or talking to me). Then I left. So, in conclusion, felt bad about the quiz, felt good about the interview, and I'll find out in about a week. I feel good about it, but not sure if I'm too inexerienced. But you can't get experience with out working the job. We'll see.

New CDs

So I decided that I needed new music and DVDs. So I traded in a bunch of my stuff at my store. Here's what I got:

Aqua Teen Vol 1 & 2
Eighteen Visions - Obsession
Atreyu - the Curse
AC Newman
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for revenge (only thing I've listened to so far...It's fucking good)
Thermals - Fuckin' A
Braid - Frames & Canvas
Secret Machines

I love buying new music...and love it even more when I can buy a butt load.

My interview is tomorrow. I'm a little nervous. But I'm also confident. I'm hoping I can get Sunday - Tuesday off (I'll be working 4 10 hour shifts), and get paid around $11/hr. We'll see.

Asst. Dr. Jason?

I have an interview on Thursday!! It's with a vet hospital that's very reputable and high class. They don't do any routine vet stuff. The deal with neurology, cardiology, oncology, etc. I'm stoked. I'll keep you updated on how it goes.

Aliens and Predators and Lance Henriksen, Oh my

I really hope this is good. Paul Anderson directed it, and he did direct Event Horizon, which ruled. I'll just have to wait and see.

Apparently being influenced as a singer by Geddy Lee is the next big thing. See: Coheed & Cambria and My Chemical Romance.

Arg! My legs

Steph and I went for a hike today in Armstrong Woods. Fuck am I out of shape. It was a nice time, but good lord. Not that I've ever been that spry and athletic, but come on! I'm determined to get back in shape. I should have kept hiking after I got back from Zyzxx. I did so much hiking and walking around, that that would have been a great start on getting in shape. Oh well. I'll have to start from square one.

Okay, Eff That

I had to go to a funeral yesterday for my step-grandfather. I was in the funeral procession. Some dude cut me off. I stared at him. He shrugged at me. People have no respect for other people. Even the dead. Asshole.

A fight broke out in my store yesterday. I missed it because I was at the funeral. Two guys threw down in the rap section and broke one of our bins. Then they left and got in the same car together. Evidently, they were friends/family members/lovers. I'm sorry I missed it.

John Ashcroft on Bush:

"A leader who has called us to an understanding of freedom, not as America's gift to the world, but as the Almighty's gift to humanity."

I hope humanity kept their gift reciept. And thanks "Almighty;" I wanted a super soaker. Next year, don't bother with the gifts. We're better off without.

State Lottery

"does it seem strange to you? the confetti. the balloons. the mile-wide grins and the victory dance to welcome in the heir to a state of (utter and complete) disrepair? because it sure seems strange to me: they're acting like they won the fucking lottery! i mean, shouldn't they feel terror at the task that lies ahead: to feed and house the people that this system's left for dead. and could i have hit the nail much harder on the head? it's profits before lives. they are motivated by greed. first they taught us to depend on their nation-states to mend our tired minds, our broken bones, our bleeding limbs. but now they've sold off all the splints and contracted out the tourniquets and if we jump through hoops then we might just survive. is this what we deserve? to scrub the palace floors? to fight amongst ourselves? as we scramble for the crumbs they spit out, frothing at the mouth about the scapegoats that they've chosen for us. with every racist pointed finger i can hear the goose-steps getting closer. they no longer represent us so is it not our obligation to confront this tyranny?"
 
Propagandhi
"The State Lottery"
 
Anybody wanting scathing, pissed off, politically orientated punk could do no wrong buying one of their albums.
 
Scary thing is, this song was written like, 4-5 years ago. And it sounds like it could be written about the current state of affairs.

So an emo guy walks into a bar....

As read in interview in Blender with screamo band My Chemical Romance:

Blender: How emo is My Chemical Romance?
Band member: So emo, we shit nautical stars.

Classic

Be skeptical

"A senior House Democratic lawmaker was skeptical on Sunday of a Bush administration idea to obtain the authority to delay the November presidential election in case of an attack by al Qaeda" (read rest of story here).

Be skeptical of this. Be very skeptical if there's a call for an "indefinite delay."

Fear or Hope

Check on this ad for the Kerry/Edwards campaign by Moveon.

http://www.moveonpac.org/edwards.html

Saw Napolean Dynamite today. It was okay. Weird and funny, but not as great as I've been told.

Fog of War

It was good. I liked it because it wasn't too preachy about how war is bad. Don't get me wrong; I'm all against war. But everyone knows that war is bad (some people like it though, because they can profit off of it...I'm looking at you George). It was basically just a conversation with Robert McNamara about what he learned from the Vietnam war and the Cold War. It kind of reminded me of a grandpa telling stories about his life. I do recomend seeing it, because it doesn't force anything down your throat, but you still walk away feeling like you learned something and that there was a moral to the story.

Everybody's working for the weak

Try #2 at finishing this entry..

So it's been a busy week. We spent the weekend in Konocti with Steph's parents, Jenny and Eric, and John and Evan. It was a great time, except it was freaking hotter than hell, and our AC didn't work. I was kind of bummed, cause the room came with a hot tub on the balcony, and I wanted to use it. But with no way to cool down after using it, there was no way in hell I was going to go in it. I did end up winning $40 playing Texas hold 'em, so I was stoked about that. They put on a pretty good fire works show as well. All in all, it was a good weekend, and I'm looking foward to next year.

Other than that, not a whole hell of a lot has been going on lately. I have two days off now, which will be nice. I want to go see Napoleon Dynamite tomorrow; I've heard it's really good. And a trip to Amoeba would be nice *crosses fingers*.

I'm distracted by "Fog of War" right now. I'll let you know how it is.

Fahrenheit 9/11

So, I went to see Fahrenheit 9/11. Go see it. It's a well done movie and should be required viewing for any voting American (or any American). It's a well done movie, and is entertaining, heartbreaking and eye opening at the same time.

That said, I did have my complaints (nothing is perfect). I already knew a lot of the facts in the movie beforehand, so it wasn't as new or informative as I was hoping it to be. Not that that's a knock on the movie; I just think it would have been more shocking if I went in naive about the whole thing. Second, there were a lot of facts that Michael Moore left out that could have driven his point home even harder. For instance, he never even mentioned Operation New Direction for America (I think that was the name), in which Bush and his cronies had laid out a plan to over take Iraq and other countries...before they were even in office. In the official plan, the bastards say that there's no way the American people would go along with the plan unless another "Pearl Harbor happened." I think this would have made Moore's argument that the Bush administration was using 9/11 solely as a reason to invade Iraq even stronger (thanks to Jeff for that information). Lastly, Michael didn't seem as fired up as he usually is in his movies and TV shows. I just didn't feel much anger from him. However, I can understand that, since he wanted this movie to reach a very wide audience, I'm sure that he didn't want it to come off as just a pissed off rant from some left-wing nut. So, those complaints aside, it was still an excellent movie, and you should go see it.

Also, for those of you who read this who are still set on voting for Bush in November (which I'm pretty sure is 0, but humor me anyway), I'm going to try and post one news article, story, etc a day to try to convince you otherwise. Here's the first one; apparently, Bush doesn't really see it necessary to educate our children on how to protect themselves from HIV.

Chicken Nuggets

How the hell do the employees of my local KFC drive better cars than mine?

Damn you Eric for getting Steph and I addicted to this game.

Ch-Check it out

So I added some links to the sidebar and did some minor changes. Check out the Michael Moore, Move On, and Punk Voter sites, if you're politically inclined (and you should be, given what's going on in our world today). I think I'm going to re-learn some html stuff; I must have some inner computer nerd somewhere inside of me, cause I get somewhat excited when I'm coding (ie copy and pasting) for my own page. So Matt, want to teach me some stuff?

Buy Wadded Up Paper Now!

Fucking funny shit.

I don't think that I put Postal Service on my top ten list for last year. I apologize for letting myself down.

So I faxed my application/resume to the vet hospital over by Costco. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

If I wasn't so sure that you were a lesbian, I'd say you were coming onto me

So I changed the look of my site. I wish I could say that I designed it myself, but the only thing I recall from my web design class in high school is how to make words bold....ah I can still make words bold like a mothafucker.

Matt made awesome burgers today.

Oh yeah! My bacon air fresheners came yesterday! They don't smell much like bacon, but at least I have a huge picture of bacon hanging from my rear view window.

You know you're jealous of me.

The World is Full of Crashing Bores

It's almost 1:30, and I'm not tired at all. Steph is passed out, and I'm just chilling. I've had problems falling asleep the last couple of nights. I guess I'm just in summer night owl mode, but it makes it hard when you've got to get up early in the morning.

Check out the new Morrissey album. It rules.

So I'm working on my resume. It's hard for me to come up with abilities/skills that I've obtained from my lastest job. That's pretty bad, since I've been a manager for two years. Let's see, I've learned how to become jaded, I've learned to expect that every customer that comes in has a high chance of saying the stupidest thing ever, and I've learned that it's reallt frustrating working for a company that's run by monkeys. And I'm not talking about cut little apes that could be our closely related ancestors. I'm talking about hairy, stiny, red-assed shit throwing monkeys who wouldn't think twice about gnawing your arm off. Oh yeah, they also wear dress slacks and have business cards. Fuckin' monkeys have it made, I tell ya....

Someone bring me Cheez-its.

Simmer Down Now

Okay. It's hot. Anybody who knows how to make a suit entirely out of ice, give me a call.

For some reason, I'm in the mood to watch documentaries. I just watched "Capturing the Friedmans;" it was fucking good. I'm still not sure who is telling the truth in it, but it is interesting to see just how much time can warp our memories. Now I'm watching "Spellbound." It's about spelling bees. Shut up. Don't you judge me.

It is entirely too hot

I learned something last night; don't kick a soccer ball in front of Felix's cage. Apparently, it freaks him out. I was just dribbling the ball near his cage, didn't even come that close, and he flipped out and started running circles around his cage. The cool thing was, was that I don't think that he touched the ground while doing it; I'm pretty sure he was running along the sides of the cage, all Matrix style and shit. I think my bunny is an agent.

I picked up an application for a vet (animal vet that is, not vet as in I don't really need to poo in a bed pan but I'm going to do it anyway just to get the satisfaction of making you clean it up) hospital today, and am now in the process of creating a resume. The only thing that sucks is is that the lady said that the hours the usually hire for are 6 PM to 1 AM. That's not really kosher for me, but I'm applying in the hopes that they have some more decent hours available.

13 year old girls are in my pool, yelling something about botox. I can't concentrate.

Take a joke

"DETROIT - Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show was pulled off the air for a night following a joke the comedian made about Detroit during the NBA Finals.Kimmel was talking to ABC sportscaster Mike Tirico during halftime of Tuesday's game when he said, "They're going to burn the city of Detroit down if the Pistons win, and it's not worth it." Tirico, an Ann Arbor resident, immediately objected, telling him to be careful about making fun of Detroit. ABC made the decision to pull Wednesday night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" from affiliates nationwide shortly after the program was taped that night in California."

Have we become a nation of crybabies, not able to take a joke? Are we that scared of upsetting anybody that we can't even make lame jokes? I hope not.

Reagan's dead. Get over it. He was a crap-ass president anyway.

My laptop's back. Awwww yeah.

Ford, you're turning into a penguin...Stop it

So my laptop is finally on it's way to Apple. Turns out the guy working the mail place didn't realize that the label on the box was the return lable. Genius.

Why do people think that I'm the one charging them $17.99 for a cd? "Oh, well, that's $17.99 'cause I hate you. Fucker."

This rage I can not let go

Okay. For some reason the comment link doesn't appear on the main page, but if you click on the time stamp of the comment, a link for posting appears at the bottom. Yay! People can comment now!! Well, Matt can comment now; he's the only person I know for sure that comments. That means you have to pick up the slack for everyone else Matt. Sorry.

Everyone on my team play the game of soccer!

I'm sure I've used that title before, but I'm using it tonight because someone (although I don't know who) is not doing their job. Steph took my laptop to AIrborne Express to mail it. They send that there wasn't an airbill. I called Apple. I told them what was in the box. They said it was the airbill. I was headed back to the mailbox place...no account number to bill Apple. I call apple back. "You don't need to take it in. Just call the Airborne number provided for pick up." "There's no number anywhere." "Really....you'll have to call back tomorrow." Arg.

I started looking for a new job. I saw a couple of vet hospitals in the classifieds are hiring. One of them is apply in-person, so I'll have to go do that on my next day off. I'm tired of working retail. I want to put all my scientific knowledge to work (not that I have a whole hell of a lot, but I have enough).

I got my grades back; C in animal physiology (even though I never went on the mandatory fieldtrip. Score!), A- in vert bio and B+ in behavioral ecology. Not bad. I have one semester left, and my GPA is 3.39. I would love to get a 3.5, but we'll see.

I'm going to watch Home Movies now.

Boo-hoo

So my laptop's out of commission for a bit.It's all green and pink looking. It makes me feel like I'm on acid.

I spent the last two days cleaning the back room of where I work. I'm f-ing tired.

I Don't Rap, I just Explain Shit Good

So maybe you can't comment on my posts. I'm working on trying to figure out why not.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is fucking great.

Modest Mouse was playing in Best Buy today. Surreal.

Can't talk. Eating chinese food and watching Aqua Teen. Bye

Oh yeah. I set it up so you can commment now. So do it!

The Day After Tomorrow is Going to be a Crappy One...

So, saw the movie mentioned in my title. It sucked. Steph had hopes for it cause it had Jake Gyllenhaal in it, but I was wary. And the wariness was warrented. First off, Dennis Quaid needs to get a new agent, cause after being in Cold Creek Manor, and now this movie, I'm starting to question his abilities as an actor. Moving on, the plot was unbelievable, but that's given for a disaster flick. What I don't understand about disaster flicks is, how can they afford to pay for all those fancy special effects, but not afford any good acting? I guess it's a weird Hollywood paradox. So basically the plot goes like this: Dennis Quaid is a global climatologist; his studies lead him to predict that a new ice age could hit in 100 years or so. Guess what? 100 years turns out to be tomorrow. The Earth's weather gets all funky, Dennis tries to tell people that it's happening sooner than he predicted and of course, no one believes him. Suggestion for people in disaster flicks: start listening to the experts. They might actually know something. So weather gets bad, LA is destroyed by tornados (if only it were true....), and New York is flooded and then frozen. Did I mention that Dennis Quaid's son is trapped in the National Library in New York? Oh, well he is, and in the most heart wrenching scene in the movie, Dennis promises to come find his son. About an hour and a half later, and a bunch of dead, frozen dumbasses, Dennis reaches his son. Oh, and by the way, the President is dead and the entire northern hemisphere is frozen, and some kid with a brain tumor finally gets transported to a makeshift hospital, were I guess he can go through the pain of dying of brain cancer instead of the peaceful death of being frozen instantly. But at least Dennis Quaid found his son! Joy! "What's that son? What about possible food shortages and mass starvations and even worse over-crowding? Well, I guess that's something we'll have to worry about...whoops! Movie's over! Guess we didn't have time to discuss that. Guess we'll just have to live happily ever-after!"

People who don't want to read that huge review, skip to this part:
Pretty special effects, crappy acting, crappy script, worst looking computer generated timber wolves ever.

On a lighter note, before the movie, I went to the bathroom to discover that my boxers were on backwords and inside out. Don't ask. I don't have an answer.

We had our engagement party the other night. It was lots of fun, people seemed to have a good time, and I got to imitate Steph's orgasm. Yeah. I had a lot to drink.

Yes! I can be a lazy slob now!

So, this semester is over. Finally. I took my last final today. It went well, although I could have done better. I needed to study some more. You may be asking, "Well, why didn't you study more?" Well, little old me decided to catch a case of food poisoning last night. Nothing major; no projectile vomiting or explosive #2, but bad enough to make my stomach hurt like fuck and make me not want to move. It's gotten better, but my stomach still hurts every once and awhile. But fuck it; who cares? I don't have homework again until late August. Hell yeah!

Steph started teaching me how to drive a stick the other day. She said I did well. I was actually able to get the car into first gear, which she told me is not easy to do your first time out. I'm proud of myself. It was fun and I want to go out again.

Pick up the new David Cross cd. Funny shit.

Every fuckin' where I go I see the pathos that I know will spell the termination of us all

Actual exchange between myself and customer today:

Customer: Is The Last Samurai under 'T' or 'S'?
Me: (with disgust in voice) It's under 'L.'
Customer: (confusion in voice) 'L?'

That's how my whole day was. I also had an 18 year old girl (or younger) bounce up to me, ask if we had Distellers tickets, and then after I said no, she said "okay. I like you. Bye." And then bounced away. What can I say? I attract those high school girls. I also talked to a girl about Alkaline Trio, and then found out that she's friends with the drummer from Tsunami Bomb, so I finally got to find out why the bassists isn't in the band anymore. Apparently, he stopped being cool. So now I know. And so do you. Work continued to be weird after that

I have one more class tomorrow, and then finals, and then one semester til I graduate. Rockin'. I had to sit through presentations the other day on my vert bio class. They were good, except for one presentation had more cuts than an Aronofsjy film (that one's for you Matt). I can't wait for summer, so I can veg out.

Well They Took Some Honey From a Tree, Dressed it Up and Called it Me

Well, I'm back. I'd like to say that the reason I haven't posted lately is because I've been too busy. That's partially true. I've also just been incredibly lazy. So, what's been going on in my life...

I spent a weekend in the Mojave desert with my vert bio class last weekend. It was probably the best thing I've done in my four years at my college. I don't know if that says a lot about the trip, or very little about my school. Anyway, it was really cool; we caught a bunch of lizards and snakes, saw some cool sites, and drank beer with our teachers. I don't know how it could have been any better.

I also saw Death Cab for Cutie on Tuesday. It was a good show, except Ben's vocals were buried by guitar #2. That seems to be how it is these days. I don't know if that's the thing to do, or if people just don't know how to sound check anymore. But I still had a good time. The played a bunch of songs off their new album, which is their best one. Good times.

The Bad Religion catalog has finally been remastered. Go buy them. Start with "Suffer" or "Against the Grain."

One more week of classes, then finals. I can't wait for this semester to be over. I think I'm going to actually look for a new job once school is out and I actually have the energy to go searching.

On a final note, I love alll the heat Rumsfield and Bush and Chaney have been taking lately. I love to see them squirm, and can't wait to see their asses voted out of office (Bush and Chaney, at least).

That's all I got.

Sailing sucks

So I'm blogging while playing Legend of Zelda Wind Waker. Why you ask? Because you have to sail to different places of the world. And it takes flippin' forever. Especially when you figure that the programmers would have made the world map spherical, like our lovely earth. But no. The world is flat. Joy.

In other news, Rock Against Bush Vol 1 is coming out on Tuesday. Please buy it; it supports a great cause, and it has a lot of great music. And check out Punkvoter.com. Great news source for everything that's going on in our country (politically, at least).

I was gonna say more, perhaps go on a rant, but I just arrived at my destination. Maybe more later.

Bear is driving. I don't know how, but it can be.

This is what I saw at work today. The main street next to my place of work is a divided road. While I was out taking out the garbage, I saw a women in a Pathfinder type thing drive over the median, the punch the gas, jerked the whell hard to hit the entrance to our parking lot, straighten it out, then punch the gas again. All while hitting her boyfriend in the face. Wait, let me rephrase that: all while punching her boyfriend in the jaw. She did it so well, it looked like she'd done it a million times before. Then they got out of the car, screamed at each other, got back in the car, almost run into a tow truck, and then drove off. This only confirms what I already suspected: people are bat shit insane.

Trips are fun

First off, I don't like Blockbuster. It's not because they charge a lot, or because they don't carry Director's Cuts because they don't like carrying unrated or NC-17 titles. No, it's because they sold me a stale Choco-taco. Bastards.

Steph and I just got back from a short two day trip. We went through Bodega and stopped by an old cemetary. It was really cool. Then we hit Hwy 1 and just drove north. We stopped at Fort Ross for a bit (and got in free; thanks nice ranger lady). It was really pretty there. I'd like to spend some more time there, perhaps camp. Then we kept heading north, and drove until we got tired (or at least til Steph got tired, since we took her car and I can't drive a stick yet). We ended up staying in Ft Bragg. After a quick rest at our hotel, we walked around downtown Ft Bragg. We found that downtown Ft Bragg is the most boring place on the face of the earth after 5:30. Everything is closed, including 80% of the restaurants. Sad. So we ate dinner and then got some booze and went to the hotel room and drank and watched shows about snipers and serial arsonists on the History Channel. Fun night.

The next morning, we walked around downtown Ft Bragg again, and we found that it's a much more entertaining place during the day. We found a used book store and bought a couple of books, and checked out a bunch of antique stores. Then we walked on a beach for a bit and headed to Mendocino. We really liked that town, and added it to the list of places we'd like to live in one day. We walked around town, had lunch and then walked along a cliffside. The ocean in that area is so beautiful; clear as day and blue as the sky. I really love the coast. Then we stopped at another cemetary on the way out of town, and headed on home (with a brief stop in the woods for a quick nap). It was a really nice trip, although I wish we could have had some more time to stay, and perhaps drive further north. I have to stop typing now, because Felix is being cute and jumping all over the place.

I Wasn't Being Cute...I really hope he's dead

Come on Spring Break...daddy needs a week of doing next to nothing. Not much going on in this neck of the woods. We have a bunny know (if I already posted this news, then fuck you. I have a bad memory). His name is Felix. He is a black bunny and he's cute. He's adjusting well to his new home, and is starting not to freak out when Steph and I try to pick him up. He's eating hay, staring at me right now. Oh, to have the life of a bunny.

Anyway, Steph and I are trying to decide if we should go anywhere during spring break. I got Sunday through Tuesday off, but that's not r eally enough time to go anywhere too far. We may go camping, because it's cheap, but we shall see.

I went to two concerts this week. The first was Damien Rice. It was dissapointing. He was trying to hard to be a rock star and added 5 minute, fuzzed out outros to each song, with screaming vocals. This from a singer/songwriter who plays acoustic guitar. Huh. Then we saw Get Up Kids on Monday. They were really good, despite some technical difficulties.

That's about it. Matt's coming over to drink. I'kk try to post more often

I'm Very Non-plussed...Is that the right word?

Happy belated St. Patrick's day! Yesterday was a very long but fun day. I had class all day and went on a 2 hour hike for my vert bio class. Suffice to say, I was pretty tired when I got home last night. But I couldn't kick back and take it easy because we had people coming over. So I helped Steph get ready (although she did most of the work). She cooked a great dinner; corned beef (of course), carrots, mashed potatoes and salad. The corned beef and carrots were awesome; I'm very proud of her, since it was the first time she ever cooked corned beef. It was a good night, even though a couple of people who said they were going to come over didn't (bastards) and I had fun.

I have a couple of hours with the house all to myself, which means I can watch some more Curb Your Enthusiasm and play some video games. Rock.

It's Moments Like This That She'd be Tempted to Spit if She Wasn't So Lady Like

Okay. So I haven't posted a rant in awhile. I've been boring you with details about my life. I've decided that it's time to force some of my opinions on you.

So the California courts have decided to block the gay marriages that have been happening. I won't beat around the bush about my thoughts on gay marriage: I am whole-heartedly for them. I have no problem with gay people at all; one of my good friends is gay (even though it's been awhile since I've called her....sorry Marina), and I've known a couple more. I just don't understand where some people get off saying that it's okay for one group of people can do something, but another group can't. Where the hell is the logic in that? (I know, I know...there is no logic. Let me rant).

Side note: 'Acidic Drycleaner' would be a great name for a a Kama Sutra position.

Back to my rant. Why the hell can't we just look at people for what they are; as people. What difference does it make if two dudes want to get married, or two women? Marriage is about love people. Bottom line. Marriage is about the love between a man and a women, but it is also about the love between a man and another man, or between a women and another women. Let's just let these people be, and concentrate our energy on things that matter, like the fact that our president gace false information about what's been going on in the Middle East, and the fact that we have the highest murder rate in the world. Let's focus our attention people! For christ's sake.....

End 1st rant, Begin 2nd rant.

I read an interview with Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) in Punk Planet today. It was a good interview, but it made me kind of pissed at the music industry. First off, the interviewer had to justify interviewing Conor just because Conor has been getting popular lately, much to his chagrin. Why is it that popularity for indie artists automatically means that they sold out, or that somehow they aren't as cool anymore? He made a good comment about musicians being popular. He talked about how millions of people listen to Elvis Costello, but that when he listens to him, it feels like he's the only person listening to him, because he can connect with him. And that's really all that matters. It doesn't matter how popular an artist is; if you can't connect with them, they might as well just be babbling. The interview also made me annoyed at how much the music industry is based on image. Conor made a good point about how mots "music" magazines don't even give a shit about the actual music, they only care about how cool or beautiful people look like. I know, the music industry has always been based on image, and always will be, but I wish that for once the only thing that mattered was the material, the music. At least to me, that's the only thing that matters.

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Rule

It's been awhile since I've updated. So..what's happened since the last time. Well, I spent most of last weekend inebriated. Saturday was my aunt's 50th birthday party, and Steph drove, so I was able to drink. "Boo-yah..." It was the first time that I had seen most of my family since we got engaged. It was really cool because every seemed so excited about it and happy for us. Steph and my sister had a really good time. They get along well, which I haven't yet determined if that's a good thing or not. Sunday, I was supposed to go on a field trip, but I ended up skipping that so I could have another day to spend with Steph. We went shopping and I got some new pants and a shirt. Exciting. I like my new jeans though. Don't take my sarcasm as a sign of distaste. Other than that, not much has been going on. I cleaned the bathroom today, which should make Steph immensely happy, and now I'm watching "Curb Your Enthusiasm." I love this show. That catches you up. Time to eat!

Cilatro's Keen Wally!

So here I am, drinking a beer, talking to Matt, while Steph cooks dinner. Sweet. I think that's about all I have to say. Taco time

Let's Turn Out the Lights and Play a Game Called 'Who's in My Mouth'

So I didn't end up taking that other job. There's just too much crap going on in my life for more stuff.

I stayed at work tilll 10 for the first time in a long time. People need to stop renting movies. Bastards.

Apparently I've run out of things to say, cause I've been staring at the screen for a good 10 minutes. Oh well

Everyone on my team play the GAME OF SOCCER!

My feet are killing me. I think it's from work, but it many have been those weasels that were gnawing on my feet last night.

Steph and I are going over to her parent's tonight cause it's their 25th anniversary party tonight. That's pretty much all we are doing for Valentines Day..we "celebrated" last night (wink wink nudge nudge), and we both had to work today, so we won't get much of a chance to do more celebrating. Oh well. Neither of us really care.

I'm watching "Home Movies" for the first time in awhile. I missed it.

I wanna punch every bee in the face

Well, I got another job. It's not much; only about 6 hours a week. I'll be working with Dr Girman helping organizing the vertebrate museum before it gets all shipped out before the remodling of Darwin Hall. I will be making $10 an hour though, so I'm stoked about that.

I'm really started to get worried about graduating. I'm not worried about being to graduate; that I can do no problem. I just have no goddamn clue what I'm going to do after that. It seems so hard to get into the biology business (if you can call it a business). I just don't know where to start. Sometimes I feel like I'm way behind schedule and that I should have been worrying about this years ago. Oh well. I just don't want to be stuck at the Wherehut forever.

I'm watching Lost in Translation again. It's an awesome movie.

Amie, Come Sit on my wall

I rolled our loose change today. We have $30 in pennies, nickles and dimes. Rocking.

I have some alone time tonight. It'd kind of weird, because it's been awhile since I've had some, but it is nice too. Especially after this week. I needed some time alone to just kind of veg out. That said, I can't wait until Steph gets off of work. I know. I'm pathetic.

Two weeks into school and I'm doing my reading and homework. Things are looking up. Go me.

Don't think about the things that you fear, just be glad you're here

Another day, another dollar.

Saw Mystic River last night. It was good. And Laurence Fishburn plays a cop called Whitey. That's right. You heard me. Whitey. Think about it.

I'm feeling much better now that Steph and my ordeal is over. It was a long week, but things are already pretty much back to normal.

I'm going to Howarth Park tomorrow morning to look at ducks. I know you want to be me.

Fuck Le Divorce. It sucks ass. I want to punch it in the face.

My mistake to make you cringe

It really pisses me off when people don't mind their own business. Steph and I are going through a pretty difficult time, and it's a subject that we don't really want to share with everyone. Yet some people can't keep their noses out of it. Well, fuck you nosey people. Props to the people we've told who have been understanding.

On a much lighter and not as sad note, I started school, and I have this to say: fuck 8 AM classes, and fuck Arnold (and those before him) for the crappy budget that allows only one section of upper division bio classes, and fuck whoever decided that they needed to be in the morning.

End swearing now.

Pancakes!

See Cabin Fever. You'll understand. It's an interesting movie.

I had to make a revision to my top ten list. I found out that Interpol actually came out last year. So I just moved everything up and added the new Blink album as number 10.

I have two days off. Woo-hoo!! I think I'm going to go to Amoeba tomorrow. Rockin'.

That's about all I have right now. Bye

Stop on your right foot, don't forget it

In the middle of a long Bust-a-mov session with my fiancee. Now she's looking for pictures of her ex to show our roomate cause I just called him a pretty boy nerd. It's true.

One more day of work and then I finally get a couple of days off. I'm going to see if I can sell my mom's old rings to get some money, to help pay for Steph's ring. It's an awesome ring and it looks great on her. It's so sparkely and cool..

I saw Most Extreme Challange at my sister in law's house for the first time..it was...interesting. Well, Steph's back, so time for more video games. Oh, btw, I'm winning. :)

There's nothing here but old porno and Ayn Rand books

This going to be short since steph is sleeping on me and i only have one hand free. so steph and i are engaged. yup. i know. it's hard to believe. 6 months ago, i thought she'd never datte me, let alone agree to marry me (no, there were no drugs or alcohol involved, as surprising as that may sound). we're not going to get married for at least another year, but i'm so looking foward to it. anyway, time to try to slip away so i can pee and wake matt up from his pabst induced sleep. later

What's pink and square at the same time?

I really don't have much to say...I'm drunk. We had a small house party tonight. Matt, Chris, Michelle, Kevin and Eric came over. Michelle and Kevin went home at like 8:30 so they could go to sleep. Losers. Anyway, the girls cooked dinner and it fucking rocked. Gnochi rules. Then we had a rawkus round of Mario Kart with much yelling and swearing. Nothing better. Later.

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare

We just got back from a weekend in Monterey (well, we didn't just get back; we got back last night, but we went to dinner with Matt and then crashed pretty early, so for all intensive purposes, we got back today. I don't have to explain myself to you!). It was so much fun. I had never been there before, so it was really cool to go someplace I'd never seen. The aquarium was awesome....I tried not to be too much of a sicence nerd so that I wouldn't embarase Steph. It was cool cause she was asking me all these science questions, and for the most part, I had answers. It made me feel smart. We spent the rest of the time waling around the beach and checking out all the tourist shops...it's amazing what kind of crap people will buy when they're on vacation. All in all, it was a very good trip. Steph and I decided that we're going to live by the ocean (although we're not sure yet how we'll be able to afford it). Oh well. It's nice to be home.