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Thursday, October 31, 2002
I have learned from several different sources (Burning Light of Reason and ramseysux....) that the band Alkaline Trio is the proverbial "shit". So I decided to check them out. I was able to get about twenty of their songs off of the network. I have listened to all of them and I'm not really impressed with their style; only some of the songs stood out. These are the songs that I have that I enjoy:
- This Is Getting Over You
- Bleeder
- I Lied My Face Off
- My Friend Peter
Their music isn't anything I haven't heard before, but their lyrics are awesome! They are thoughtful, witty, and flow very well from line to line and idea to idea. My favorite song is "Bleeder":
Bleeder
by Alkaline Trio
You came to me like a dream
The kind that always leaves
Just as the best part starts
It ends so abruptly
And leaves you stunned and naked
In your bedroom all alone
It's kinda funny how something so soothing
Gets interrupted by the ring of a telephone
And you broke me like the cigarette
That I busted on the day I quit
But now that i've been drinking
I'm out of smokes and I wish that I had it
Woke up to my daily headache
And the realization that you are gone
Oh my sweet darling happiness
You've been away from me all along
One thing that I've never said-
I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head
A lonely liver suspended in liquid
You came to me like a dream
The kind that always leaves,
Just as the best part starts
It ends so abruptly
And leaves you stunned and naked
In your bedroom all alone
It's kinda funny how something so soothing
Gets interrupted by the ring of a telephone
One thing that I've never said-
I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head
A lonely liver suspended in liquid
It's one thing that I never did was smile
Missing a case - lacking a lid
My heart bleeds for what you never did
You never did
For what you never did
Never did
For what you never did
Never did, never did, never did
You never did, you never did
It's one thing that I've never said-
I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head
A lonely liver suspended in liquid
It's one thing that I never did was smile
Missing a case - lacking a lid
My heart bled for what you never did until now
Lyrics courtesy of A-Z Lyrics
| Mr. McBastard | 3:40 PM | | |
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Wednesday, October 30, 2002
I found the website for NaNoWriMo Dot Org the other day and have become very interested in participating. It is a pretty intense schedule: 50,000 words in 30 days, which averages out to over 1500 words per day, and think I might be able to do it if I didn't have to dedicate so much time to Delta Chi. Maybe I'll just wait until next year's NaNoWriMo. But, Mommy, this is definitely something you should look into.
| Mr. McBastard | 12:46 AM | | |
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Monday, October 28, 2002
In response to comments made about this post:
Mother,
If you come onto my website, I'm going to treat you like every other visitor. And if another visitor tried to dictate what I should and shouldn't put on my site by saying what they did and didn't "want to know", then I would be just as forceful in my retort.
This does not mean that I want you (or any visitor) "to break off all contact" with me; far from it! All comments are welcome. But just remember that not all comments are appreciated.
I have the comments sections on my site because it is like owning a talking diary. Whenever I make an entry I get to bounce ideas off of it and I get to see my situation from a different point of view. And I appreciate it's opinions. But the day that my talking diary stops giving me it's opinions and starts telling me what my opinions should be, well, that's the day I trade in that book for the non-speaking version.
I'm going to use the old (and very hackneyed) "put yourself in my shoes" routine here and say: If you had a website that you used to journal your thoughts and reactions to everyday life, would you want your mother to (come back from the grave) and tell you how to run your site and tell you what is and isn't acceptable content?
| Mr. McBastard | 7:22 PM | | |
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Sunday, October 27, 2002
It's like Cinderella; except in this version Cinderella cuts her foot, and the prince goes off to find a bandage. When he comes back, Cinderella has disappeared.
But in this version, Cinderella doesn't even leave a glass slipper behind, not even a trail of blood . . . nothing. She does, however, leave the prince standing at the ball with a Band-Aid, a confused look on his face, and a lonely walk home.
Oh yeah, and in this version, I'm not a fucking prince.
| Mr. McBastard | 8:07 PM | | |
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Tuesday, October 22, 2002
For those stalkers out there, here's the results of this morning's skinfold test:
Name: Garwood, Zachary
Date: 10/22/02
Age: 19
Height (cm): 165
Weight (kg): 50.9
% Body Fat: 3.26
| Mr. McBastard | 10:38 AM | | |
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Monday, October 21, 2002
I should study more often: There's hella pretty girls at the library!
| Mr. McBastard | 10:39 PM | | |
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Thursday, October 17, 2002
I'm going home this weekend and taking Mel with me. On Saturday Mommy, Lauren, Mel, and I are going to Bolivar, MO to see a play my brother directed, Tartouffe. Now Mel will finally get to meet Mommy and Joe. She's been saying that she "swears to meet them" for quite some time now (ever since people started posting heavily to the site).
I'm pretty sure Mel and Mommy will get along wonderfully -- most likely a little too wonderfully for my tastes.
As for Joe, for the most part, we have the same taste in friends; so I'm pretty sure they'll get along peachy.
But Lauren is kind of shy and a little cynical. I don't think that Mel and Lauren will have any problems with eachother, but I don't think they'll get along. At least "get along" in the sense of becoming friends. But I guess we'll have to see what happens.
| Mr. McBastard | 2:57 PM | | |
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Wednesday, October 16, 2002
I finally turned my application in to McDonalds. That'll make Mom proud. I get about a 2 out of 10 on the Responsibility-O-Meter. In that vein:
Responsibility
by MxPx
I don't want this responsibility
And don't use me because I don't agree
Why lie, do or die?
Why lie, do or?
Responsibility? What's that?
Responsibility? Not quite yet
Responsibility? What's that?
I don't want to think about it; we'd be better off without it
You think I'm so simplistic
I'm onto you and your tricks
I'm still young and I'd like to stay that way
'Cause growing up won't make everything okay
I'm still young and I'd like to stay that way
I've got a voice and I've got a lot to say
I've got a lot to say. . .
Lyrics courtesy of A-Z Lyrics
| Mr. McBastard | 12:14 AM | | |
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Monday, October 14, 2002
I hate being called "cute" by girls. Yeah, I like the attention from females -- and I know some guys would rather be called "cute" than what girls normally call them. But to me, "cute" is just further affirmation that I'm not attractive to the opposite sex.
Puppies are cute. Floppy-eared bunnies are cute. Nine month old babies are cute. But how often do you see a girl holding hands or making out with a puppy or a bunny or a baby? I don't want to be cute.
| Mr. McBastard | 11:21 AM | | |
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Thursday, October 10, 2002
Setting up and following a set of arbitrary rules is not spirituality, or even morality. Morality should be based on the respect and treatment of others and yourself. Spirituality is the rationalization of your morality, whether it be a god, a religion, or a social contract.
| Mr. McBastard | 2:10 PM | | |
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Wednesday, October 09, 2002
Per Shawnie, here are some pictures of some "crazy, big, and funny looking PENS!!!!!"
Crazy:
Funny:
And the biggest of them all:
Yay for pens!
Pictures courtesy of Vintage Pens Dot Com
| Mr. McBastard | 12:30 AM | | |
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Monday, October 07, 2002
I just put this song onto my mp3 player a couple days ago, and I've had it stuck in my head since then:
Understanding In A Car Crash
by Thursday
Splintered piece of glass falls in the seat of gets caught
These broken windows, open locks, reminders of the youth we lost
In trying so hard to look away from you
we followed white lines to the sunset
I crash my car everyday the same way
Time to let this pass
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Time runs through our veins.
(it starts and stops and starts and stops again)
We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time
(to take time to break the cycle)
Staring at the setting sun
No reason to come back again
The twlight world in blue and white
The needle and the damage done
I dont want to feel this way forever
A dead letter marked return to sender
The broken watch you gave me turns into a compass
It's hands still point to the same time 12:03, our last goodbye
So push the seats back a little further
Roll the windos down and take a breath
I can see the headlights coming
They paint the world in red and broken glass
The spinning hubcaps set the tempo for the music of a broken window
When the lights are on and the cameras click
We open up the lens to broken glass and it's over in a flash
I'll never understand
Understanding in a car crash
Lyrics courtesy of A-Z Lyrics
| Mr. McBastard | 11:32 AM | | |
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Saturday, October 05, 2002
So, I guess I have my own creepy stalker now: Paulina Rubio. I can't wait for the long, rambling love letters and the dead cat tacked to my door. This should be fun!
| Mr. McBastard | 5:27 PM | | |
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Wednesday, October 02, 2002
Many people seem very worried that religion will infiltrate their lives, pointing a finger at feudal europe, when the Catholic churched ruled, and pre-American England, from which our fore-fathers fled (were kicked out) seeking religious freedom (that they mecilessly imposed on all that came to dwell in the "new world," and even those that had already been living there and had their own system of beliefs). Some want to take "God" out of the schools and the Constitution. Some people seem so very concerned with the separation of church and state.
But how come nobody is concerned with the separation of business and state? Capitalism is not just an economic system in the U.S., but truly a form of government. Democracy, pshaw! The government may claim that is run "by the people, for the people", but it is closer to "by the corporations, for the dollar." Big businesses and their lobbyists have much more say in the goings on up at Capitol Hill than the average Joe Shmoe Voter.
Business is just another way of saying cheating someone out of their money. So, long ago, the U.S. government decided to limit just how much money a business could cheat out of each person. Since then, businesses have been interested in changing these limits in order to make more money. And for the most part, we (the American public) have let them. This is mostly due to the fact that most of us make more money when big businesses make more money. Let's replace the "In God We Trust" on the dollar with "In the Dollar We Trust."
So here's my idea: Screw even trying to be a demacratic government, let's turn our country into one big corporation! Then the government wouldn't have to make laws for corporations, because the corporation would be the government. Oh wait, isn't that called socialism?
| Mr. McBastard | 4:30 PM | | |
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