Bad wood underneath the veneer
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Sound board
The guy who came up with this is truly brilliant.
Shake soundboard
Carl soundboard
And then Adult Swim had a very Dave Frank-esque set of bumps the other day. These aren't verbatim, but you'll get the idea.
We salute you, American Cowboy, and your violent nature
...of course, your ethos has a venerable past in American culture.
Take 17th century Puritan New England
If you showed your elbows, you were burned at the stake as a witch. On the other hand, if you wanted to club a native, no problem.
Fast forward to today.
Janet Jackson Superbowl nipple slip.
OUTRAGEOUS!
As for the 22 men on the field all trying to kill each other...
Approved. ¶ 2:58 AM 1 comments
Shake soundboard
Carl soundboard
And then Adult Swim had a very Dave Frank-esque set of bumps the other day. These aren't verbatim, but you'll get the idea.
We salute you, American Cowboy, and your violent nature
...of course, your ethos has a venerable past in American culture.
Take 17th century Puritan New England
If you showed your elbows, you were burned at the stake as a witch. On the other hand, if you wanted to club a native, no problem.
Fast forward to today.
Janet Jackson Superbowl nipple slip.
OUTRAGEOUS!
As for the 22 men on the field all trying to kill each other...
Approved. ¶ 2:58 AM 1 comments
Thursday, March 23, 2006
That 70's Dad
Wow. I'm off at college "finding myself," and, lo and behold, I have become my father. And look! PBR! I should have seen that coming.
¶ 8:51 PM 3 comments
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Latest installment of the Beatnik Sessions
"Just Give Me A Minute" UP NOW at my music site.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Gripes, Vol. 2
So much anger, so little time. These have accrued since my last gripes post, and have become much angrier and serious.
1. When talking on the phone, she feels compelled to consistently tune out of the conversation to talk to her roommates, friends, etc. Please. Don't take advantage of me.
2. People who brag about how much they drink, how little they sleep, or how much time they spend working out and/or getting ready in the morning. They always sound all too pleased with themselves.
3. Busy-bodies. They usually run themselves ragged for purposes that seem all too trite to me (Which are all purposes, frankly. There is no lack of void. Everything is meaningless.)
4. Any person who frequently begins their blog post (often over a month old), "Well, I guess I should post on this thing. I'm so busy these days..." Also, anyone who blogs daily events almost exclusively. "I did well on my *insert esoteric math class here* test. Yay!"
5. Talking on the phone with someone while they are talking online with me. Related to Gripe 1. Not as flagrant, but still. Please. Give me a break.
6. Party-smokers. Beer and cigarettes are frankly uncomplimentary. And you suck! Don't half-ass a habit.
7. Wearers of pointy-toed stilettos, Ugg boots, flip-flops and shorts in the winter can all go to hell.
8. People who are in bands that "rock." Specifically, any band that relies on jumping around, making a lot of noise, and/or any other gimmick to mask the fact that their music is completely boring when stripped down and devoid of any character. Seriously. Emo, Screamo, et. al. are big problems. So you can spin your guitar and do stage dives? Sweet. Write some good lyrics for a change. Fuck, if I wanted to see athletics, I'd go to my sister's gymnastics meet.
9. Girls who say they can cut hair. Please. Stop. You suck.
10. People who wear NSYNC, Brittney Spears, and Backstreet Boys shirts. Just because you're twenty and you finally learned the definition of "irony" doesn't mean you can get away with that. Jackasses.
Currently listening to:
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1. When talking on the phone, she feels compelled to consistently tune out of the conversation to talk to her roommates, friends, etc. Please. Don't take advantage of me.
2. People who brag about how much they drink, how little they sleep, or how much time they spend working out and/or getting ready in the morning. They always sound all too pleased with themselves.
3. Busy-bodies. They usually run themselves ragged for purposes that seem all too trite to me (Which are all purposes, frankly. There is no lack of void. Everything is meaningless.)
4. Any person who frequently begins their blog post (often over a month old), "Well, I guess I should post on this thing. I'm so busy these days..." Also, anyone who blogs daily events almost exclusively. "I did well on my *insert esoteric math class here* test. Yay!"
5. Talking on the phone with someone while they are talking online with me. Related to Gripe 1. Not as flagrant, but still. Please. Give me a break.
6. Party-smokers. Beer and cigarettes are frankly uncomplimentary. And you suck! Don't half-ass a habit.
7. Wearers of pointy-toed stilettos, Ugg boots, flip-flops and shorts in the winter can all go to hell.
8. People who are in bands that "rock." Specifically, any band that relies on jumping around, making a lot of noise, and/or any other gimmick to mask the fact that their music is completely boring when stripped down and devoid of any character. Seriously. Emo, Screamo, et. al. are big problems. So you can spin your guitar and do stage dives? Sweet. Write some good lyrics for a change. Fuck, if I wanted to see athletics, I'd go to my sister's gymnastics meet.
9. Girls who say they can cut hair. Please. Stop. You suck.
10. People who wear NSYNC, Brittney Spears, and Backstreet Boys shirts. Just because you're twenty and you finally learned the definition of "irony" doesn't mean you can get away with that. Jackasses.
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Monday, March 06, 2006
Myspace
Read today's Boondocks first, then read.
So apparently, Myspace is being investigated by America's Most Wanted for facilitating the following:
- In February, a 14-year-old New Jersey girl was found dead in a dumpster after arranging a meeting with a stranger on MySpace.
- A 15-year-old California girl was abducted in December and found murdered in January. Her MySpace page included personal contact information and lots of activity.
- Hartford, Connecticut officials are investigating eight sexual assault cases after teenage girls met men on MySpace.
- In Lafayette, Louisiana four teen girls were sexually assaulted by a local pervert who found them on MySpace.
- In another Louisiana case a predator lay in wait for a teen girl in the parking lot of her place of employment, which he had found on her profile page.
Now, for the record, Myspace is pretty trashy. Lots of sex ads - whatever. And sure, sexual predators could possibly find a girl to prey upon in that system. But come on! Educate your children about these people. Parents are so skittish when it comes to talking frankly about sexual predators. They do horrible things to people, and I think too many kids are naive of these things. Educate your kids not to release their name and home address on the internet. In place of a name, how about a pseudonym - a handle, if you will. There is never a need to give out your full name and address and common sense makes that clear. Some people do want to be found. Myspace offers that feature for people who really aren't in danger of sexual predators (such as myself). Don't scapegoat Myspace for offering a way to distribute information. Sure, they're a bit trashy (Check out the rest of the internet and tell me it's any different.), but that does not imply causality in any of these tragedies. The problem seems to lie within parents and kids, and, frankly, a failure to understand the internet (which, isn't that hard, mind you) and to be aware of what their kids are doing. I'm not saying that it's easy being a parent, but it seems to be worth it to keep up with technology.
Listen, Bob. A gun is just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool, a shovel – or an axe or a saddle or a stove or anything…a gun is as good – or as bad – as the man who carries it.
- from Jack Schaefer's Shane ¶ 1:57 PM 1 comments
So apparently, Myspace is being investigated by America's Most Wanted for facilitating the following:
- In February, a 14-year-old New Jersey girl was found dead in a dumpster after arranging a meeting with a stranger on MySpace.
- A 15-year-old California girl was abducted in December and found murdered in January. Her MySpace page included personal contact information and lots of activity.
- Hartford, Connecticut officials are investigating eight sexual assault cases after teenage girls met men on MySpace.
- In Lafayette, Louisiana four teen girls were sexually assaulted by a local pervert who found them on MySpace.
- In another Louisiana case a predator lay in wait for a teen girl in the parking lot of her place of employment, which he had found on her profile page.
Now, for the record, Myspace is pretty trashy. Lots of sex ads - whatever. And sure, sexual predators could possibly find a girl to prey upon in that system. But come on! Educate your children about these people. Parents are so skittish when it comes to talking frankly about sexual predators. They do horrible things to people, and I think too many kids are naive of these things. Educate your kids not to release their name and home address on the internet. In place of a name, how about a pseudonym - a handle, if you will. There is never a need to give out your full name and address and common sense makes that clear. Some people do want to be found. Myspace offers that feature for people who really aren't in danger of sexual predators (such as myself). Don't scapegoat Myspace for offering a way to distribute information. Sure, they're a bit trashy (Check out the rest of the internet and tell me it's any different.), but that does not imply causality in any of these tragedies. The problem seems to lie within parents and kids, and, frankly, a failure to understand the internet (which, isn't that hard, mind you) and to be aware of what their kids are doing. I'm not saying that it's easy being a parent, but it seems to be worth it to keep up with technology.
Listen, Bob. A gun is just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool, a shovel – or an axe or a saddle or a stove or anything…a gun is as good – or as bad – as the man who carries it.
- from Jack Schaefer's Shane ¶ 1:57 PM 1 comments
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Parents Weekend
Do you ever go into a bathroom and see that someone was a retard and threw up and completely missed the toilet and when you got in there the next day, there was a ton of ants all around where the person threw up? That's what parents weekend is like here. They are like ants and you're thinking, where the hell did they all come from?
- Jonathan Dunn
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- Jonathan Dunn
Currently listening to:
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