September 2011
2 posts
Day 17…skies decribed as perfectly blue by my predecessors now permanently tinged with shit stains of smog, and coal and mom’s hairsrpay and whatever fumes are given off in the making of those little spongebread cakes with creme filling them.. Train tracks of smoke cross each other across the sky. North to south appears to run head into an east west track and I silently bet that if...
when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Strange times. Strange times indeed. What does on say about such an unusually long hiatus? Nothing. Keep plugging and let the world figure out how much trouble they’re in. Drug free now, and the only problem resulting from that is that a good many people will quickly come to realize I’m much more dangerous when sharp minded and clear than i ever was smoking. A 9 day detox plan via a...
January 2010
54 posts
Niko has talked me into doing a wordpress blog where we tear down shitty websites of otherwise great products. Would a collaboration with Niko be a Nikollaboration? Yes I’m sure someone has done this before, so keep your snide “Simpsons did it” comments to yourself, asshole. By done it before I don’t mean a Nikollaboration, but ripping apart websites. And if you got that...
Looking for someone to teach me markdown, I can...
-A bag of chicken feet
-An autographed picture of me
-A complete walkthrough for oregon trail
-Bits of assorted lint, from my washer or belly button
-A phone call where i come out to your parents for you
-Pictures of me playing mass effect 2 days before release
-One free ride on the shanghai subway during rush hour
-Five ancient chinese secrets I know lots
-Dinner for two at...
The utter uselessness of Facebook
I have protested for years that Facebook is utterly useless. However, i keep my account open because i may one day want to reconnect with people who i probably never shared common traits with, and didn’t bother saying their phone number or adding them to one of my chat programs. The post below only reinforces my point
As much talk as there is about Haiti....
What % of people who QQ for haiti in the last week do you think have learned to identify it on a map without searching?
C.R.E.A.M for goldfish
I love Wu, you love the beatles. Its a match like peanut butter and chocolate. Maybe the world will be ok after all http://wutangvsthebeatles.bandcamp.com
In all fairness
You may be Bancroft, but I’m certainly no Hoffman.
Movie picks and what they say about me
Tonight I didn’t want to play games. I want to get up before 11am tomorrow so instead Niko and I went movie shopping. I’m no critic, certainly not an intellectual and if one ever used the word artsy to describe me I might very well hit them, or at very least spit in their eye. I tend to spend around $10 when shopping for movies over here, depending on how close it is to the center of...
Often times, when moving forward in life, we are like children who leave the door open to allow the tiniest crack of light to shine through. This is our escape route should monsters appear from under the bed. More often than not, the monsters come through the doors we left open in our past than under the bed of our present. Our insurmountable fear is our most despicable trait. We never...
Unchained rambling
Words, thats all i’m tying to get down. Editing and purpose can come later. Everything has the feeling of something unpolished, tarnished by age even though its new. I want to get to 10,000 words per week before the laborious process of cleanup can begin. Practice practice, beating out chords on the piano for hours. Thats what they do right? Opinions are like assholes, I’ve got lots. ...
Divergence test #1
2 minutes, name all the uses for a pillow
sleeping on, suffocating old people with, silencing gunshots in epic western movies, pretending to be pregnant so you can get to the front of the line at disneyland. Propping under a woman’s ass as you do things to her the vatican would burn you alive for, tearing out the stuffing to make wigs for geese who got plucked to make pillows, a shield in...
Google Pullout from China: In their own words →
beenthinking:
Kudos! My stance on the Chinese Government borders on irrational, so I’ve nothing but support for Google for drawing a line in the virtual sand. America might consider the same at some point (for any number of human rights violations / world pollution / Sudan arming reasons.) End rant.
I’m saddened that this lady has posted two things I felt the need to respond to in a...
“Flap’s on fire. Your flap’s on fire! Chili in the vagiiiiina. I’m a bad bad boy.”
– http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/2010/01/jan-8-2010.html (via darsonist)
Riders On The Storm by The Doors - REMIXED BY... →
noisenik:
(via isitdank)
Just for you Chloe!
This lady writes exceptionally well,...
beenthinking:
I started in politics when I was just a kid. Not quite 22 and I believed everything the party told me. I thought Democrats were faceless devils; And for years I worked at that pace, to that tempo. I lost - fortunately, only temporarily - friendships for my fervor and mostly sacrificed my personal life in its pursuit. And the thing is, you can’t do this as a pragmatist. If you’re...
How to Irritate a Geographer
pterodactyls:
“Ooh, so you know all the capitals, right? What’s the capital of ___?” (or) “Hahaha that must be so easy, everything’s been mapped already! There’s nothing left to discover!” (or) “Oh, just like Google Earth!”
NO while we probably do know whatever capital you’re asking, our field covers everything from climatology to plate tectonics to demographics. We don’t spend four years at...
I now have over 50 games for my xbox 360, and nothing I want to play.
This is how families reconnect, or this is how we...
Lisa: Hi, are you on right now. Im just learning this facebook stuff so bear with me.
Russell: lol, who are all these kennedy people
Lisa: Well I am Lisa. I am Rusty's wife.
Russell: oh heyas. I just answered a message from katrina, i suppose thats your daughter.
Lisa: Yes thats my girl . I would like to visit with you. are you getting married in April
Russell: indeed
Lisa: is her name Lauren?
Russell: yes it is
Lisa: I was confused. it says Lauren & you are already married. thought i messed up on the announcement we got.
Russell: uh we are, its like this...I proposed in June, we planned to get married on the 3rd of April.
Lisa: oh. now i am confused
Russell: Then I got the job offer to come back to Shanghai for the purposes of dealing with embassy and buying a house power of attorney etc.
we got married on paper, but without a real ceremony
as its her and my first weddding she deserves the ceremony
Lisa: I would really like to get to know you better. i think God is working in lots of peoples life. it is a little complicated and would like to talk to you on phone sometime
Russell: uh, i dont mean to cut you off but the last time my father and i spoke it was one of these god conversations. Now don't go thinking i'm sort of heathen atheist because i"m not. Your faith is your faith and you're welcome to it, but you sure wont see me coming across the table telling you what i believe, i'm pretty sure jesus is a pretty understanding dude and realizes people have lots of different paths in life.
Russell: you're welcome to the wedding we would love to have you, but remembe its a party for people to enjoy themselves, thats the kind of stuff i'd rather not get into on the happiest day of my wife's life.
Lisa: its ok. I'm sorry. I still would love to visit with you. I will respect that.
Russell: I'd love to visit, i would. But i won't be lectured on how everyone else's life is better than mine because they believe in the lord jesus christ or buhdda or allah. please forgive me if i sound forward or rude, but i think its important to be extremely clear that won't be happening.
Russell: I can understand if my dad doesn't want to come, we haven't talked since I was 16 but please believe we would love to have you. otherwise i wouldn't have bothered sending invitations and regardless of our relationship now, there is always opportunity in the future to fix that, and every father wants to see his son get married.
Lisa: I am not Rusty and I totally understand where you are coming from. He can come off as being pretty forward and turn people off. it is something i dealt with when i met him. I think if we can get past that it would be awesome to see you two connect.
Russell: trust me, he and i are much more similar than we'd like ot admit
Lisa: thats pretty scary! lol cant imagine another rusty out there. He truly is a good person and I love him. he has a very hard time with coming across with people who he truly is
Russell: nah it happens to me also, I'm very direct with people, as you can see, often it seems abrasive, when i just don't believe in wasting time
Lisa: i don't want to overwhelm you in one night. i am so glad you responded to my message. yes you are direct like him too. no offense taken. please keep in touch
Russell: nah I'm fine, its 1 pm for me, I'm in china
Lisa: oh dear. im sorry. why arent you in bed?
Russell: because its 1 pm on friday
Lisa: oh, ok. whatever. talk to you again soon!
Russell: no problem, tell my dad i said hello and hope you guys can come
Krkr Atkr
Tuesday you get a call for a meeting, its Tommy. Tommy has been working for one of your bigger clients for the last six months as a manager. Someone gave him the bright idea that booze companies give sponsorship money for nothing. You know its a trap when he tells you he’ll be bringing in all the suppliers on Thursday, and would like you to be there at 3:00. You talk to your boss, and come...
