Breaker 1-9

Pictured here are two novelty glasses I bought a few years ago. They are called "CB Jargon." On them are a bunch of different terms used by truckers and long distance drivers, well at least the terms were used back in the day. I don't know how current they are now. I found these at a flea market, I think they were five bucks for both. Fucking deal of the century. When I bought them I decided I was going to start collecting glasses like these, I thought they were so cool. Just what I need, another thing to collect. I haven't bought any other ones, I haven't found any that were nearly this cool. After I took this picture I noticed that one of them had a giant crack in it, so I don't even want to use them anymore, I'm scared they will break. Now I guess they will just sit on a shelf until I'm dead, because god knows I won't throw them away. I think things like this are going to be part of kitschy American culture that we are going to lose, they don't make stuff like this anymore. Well they do but it's total junk. At least these glasses have some character.

Diary of the Dead

A once great genre
Now as dead as a zombie
Another let down

Funny Games

Two brothers play games
The family deserved it
Worst movie ever

Get sick

What you see to the left here is the flu virus. What a nasty fucking thing. I called in sick today. Last night I had a mild fever, which kept me up for a while, and my throat is sore. It sucks, but hopefully I'll be feeling better by tonight. I usually get sick twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Sometimes having a sick day can be a good thing though, you can have an excuse just to lay around and do nothing. Being sick for a day or two is okay, but I couldn't imagine bumming around for a week or longer. One of my really good friends had double pneumonia a few years ago, and he was out for work for a while, for about six weeks altogether I think. God I'd fucking kill myself if I was trapped in the house for that long. But like I said a sick day here or there can be a good thing. When I woke up this morning I thought I'd list my top five sick day activities.
5-Surfing the web I probably spend too much time on the internet, doing absolutely nothing. I don't know why I'm on here so much. There are probably 4 or 5 websites that I go to. But when you are sick it's a good excuse just to troll the nerd and see what's going on. I mean it's a nice sedentary activity, you can't break a sweat doing it, so it is definitely a good sick day past time.
4-Reading Right now I've got a stack of probably 15 comic books that I need to read. I've just gotten behind. So I'm sure I'll get caught up on those today. Comic books are great to read when you are sick, they are so short you can read a few and take a nap. I also have a really good book that I've wanted to read more of, it's been so busy around here lately I only get to read it in these little short bursts, usually before I'm about to fall asleep. So hopefully today I can get more of that read as well.
3-A hot shower A hot shower can feel good at any time, but when you are feeling ill it's even better. I usually try to time mine about mid-day, after I've had lunch and a nap, that way if I'm starting to feel better towards the end of the day I also feel fresh and clean. And all that hot water does wonders for breaking up your congestion and soothing your aching muscles.
2-Video games Right now at our house we only have one TV, so whoever gets home last is screwed, usually because that's me. So trust me today I'm going to take full advantage and I'll probably be playing for a few hours off and on. Like a hot shower, video games are good at any time, but when you are sick you are expected to just sit around. They're a perfect thing to do on a sick day.
1-Movies Wow I'm starting to see a pattern here. 4 out of the 5 of what I've listed are things you do sitting on your fat lazy ass. Oh well I'm sick what do you want from me? Movies, another excellent diversion at almost any time, but when you are sick they are even better. Hopefully I should be getting a couple of things from Netflix today, so I can watch one of those before the re-run of AxMen comes on tonight.

Well there you have it, the 5 things I like to do when I'm sick. I'd like to thank germs, filth, dust, and poor hygiene for contributing to this post.

Gotta get better

I ain't been posting shit. I don't even know if anyone reads this thing. I only know one person who read it. Shit. What a bunch of crap.
Gonna put some more shit up here this week. So tired right now, losing an hour of sleep didn't hit me till today.
Fuck you. Shut up.

Red Dawn

Terror from the East
These kids can save our country
The hate keeps me warm

Head full of rocks

This is Adolf. He's almost six years old. Sometimes I think he's more trouble than he's worth. I couldn't tell you the amount of stuff this dog has shredded, chewed up, destroyed and eaten. There have been times that I have wanted to kill him. The thing about a dog is you can't stay mad at them. At least I can't. Every time I come home he's happy to see me. He usually gets out of his room and greets me at the door, and even though he knows he'll be in trouble for breaking out his tail is still going a hundred miles a minute. He knows when I'm sick. He knows when I'm feeling down. He knows when I'm happy. The dog knows me better than I know myself sometimes, I swear. I could probably write more than you'd care to read about him, he's practically like my kid. A big, dumb, ninety pound kid. I can't say for sure, but I think he'd do anything for me, and even though sometimes I want to cave his head in I hope he knows I'd do the same.
I guess it's weird to have an entry about him, he's not really a possession, he's a member of my family. I guess the only difference is I had to pay for him. But it was some of the best money I've ever spent.

Gangs of New York

Martin what the hell
This had so much potential
It sucked so much ass

Bury me in smoke.

This my ticket from the Down show on February 15, 2008 at Toad's Place here in Richmond. There's also a postcard flyer for the show that I picked up when I bought my ticket.
The first time I heard Down I didn't like them. I don't know what it was. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it, it was so long ago I couldn't tell you what my problem was. I remember being in a used record store and finding Nola among the used cds. I knew it was Phil Anselmo's side project so I figured it'd be a no brainer for me. But after listening to a few songs I just could not get into it. Truthfully I felt bad. I felt like it made me less of a Pantera fan because I didn't like Down. I don't know if that makes any sense to anyone but that's how I felt. I didn't revisit that record for a long time. I didn't have my interest resparked until right around this time last year. I was in California and I was riding with Chucky Edge when Temptation's Wings came on his iPod. As soon as I heard that song I couldn't understand why I hadn't liked it before. There's nothing about Down that I wouldn't like. I guess I realized the error of my ways that night.
Two weeks ago Down played here in Richmond. I had known that they were coming here but I thought the show was in March, and completely by chance I heard a guy on the radio say he had a few tickets for the show leftover and he was giving them away. I tried to call in but couldn't get through, so on the way home I stopped by Toad's Place and luckily the show wasn't sold out.
Down was probably one of the loudest bands I have ever heard. When they came out on stage and started feeding back every bone in my body was vibrating. They had a virtual wall of thunder on stage, I don't know that I've seen a band in a smaller club setting with so much ampage. I felt like I was seeing Kiss or The Who, it looked like one of those old style concerts to me. There were a few times I thought Phil was going to lose it on stage. I don't know what the deal was but the power on the left side of the stage kept cutting out. During the show Phil came offstage and hugged a girl that was only a few feet from me, I have to say for someone who has done so much to themselves, he doesn't look too bad. I mean don't get me wrong the guy's not going to win any beauty contests but I know people who haven't treated their body nearly as bad as he has and they look ten times worse.
They played for right around two hours, and they played all the hits. There are some bands who sound ten times heavier live than they do on record, and Down is one of those bands. It was an awesome show, I'd probably put it in my top 15 of live acts I've seen, maybe even the top ten I don't know.