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[30 Jun 2009|02:35am] |
livejournal is now the equivalent of screaming into your pillow? or talking to yourself in the desert?
ok. well now that I can REALLY say what i've been thinking
without worrying what, ya know, people
would think
here it goes
deep breath
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"@ chipotle w/ ****. c u @ 2muchluv L8r? betr! RIP MJ, PYT wuz my jam!"
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[12 Feb 2009|10:20am] |
Doing your taxes is annoying.
Getting a butt-load of money is AWESOME.
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[19 Dec 2008|09:30pm] |
Well my grandpa Silvio died, apparently.
I say 'apparently' because, well, here: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081216/MTCN0204/81216057/1301
My mother's side of the family is Italian
therein: volatile, dramatic, and prone to be dramatic even harder
Silvio was ostracized from his family when he left my grandmother to marry another woman.
Over a period of I don't care to know how long they had a son.
When I was about 4 or 5 my mother, who although Italian is still a human, sought him out
and found him in Tennessee. He had his own pizza place and did some sort of work at a hotel.
Anyway.. my grandmother, I remember, upon finding out we had been in touch with him, blew her lid
my sister katie slipped the info in my grandma's kitchen
I can't believe I still remember the freak-out
it was that bad
spilled juicy-juice. I remember that for sure.
Italians.
Anyway.. we became close.. visited fairly often
and, when my mom decided to leave my dad, Silvio's home in Tennessee became our home.
I didn't have too hard a time there because I was too young to grasp what was happening.
One morning Katie and I finally asked.. "when are we going home.. when are we going to see dad"
it was awkward.. Silvio made ME understand as well I could
and sort of became the father I would have for quite a while
Until recently I thought of him as my father-figure
well being the volatile sonsabitches they are
the italians that made me
made more useless drama to bring to the grave
4 or 5 years ago a useless tiff over visits (number of, duration, location)
resulted in my mother and step-father's .. what do you call it, banishment?
he didn't want to talk to them
I was young then
and always felt weird.. afraid.. just too lazy? to contact him
It was an argument between adults.. I wasn't the one loading up my car to go on these trips.. I was young enough that the phone calls between family on holidays went between the adults..
I just waited for it to pass.
He knew about Coen when I had him.. through my sister
but I put it off, I guess
I'm sure he never contacted me because he was waiting for me to do it first
they're that childish.
my Dad still does that.
Right after I wrote that I realized I'm just as guilty.
Well my uncle run's for some office (councilman or whatever) in New York City.
Being in that position his office keeps track of any mention of him on the internet and what-not.
That system brought to his attention that news article I put up there.
Silvio's wife Alicia, whom I loved dearly (I've never seen a woman that committed to cigarettes, iced tea, and nutter butters), was surely the person giving this information
they left every single one of us out. His first wife.. their children.. THEIR children?
He was 80. no idea how he died, those things never say.
His funeral is tomorrow and there's no way I can go.
Besides that I'm 'apparently' not welcome to in the first place.
Was this STILL where our relationship was in HIS mind?
I'll never have a chance now. It's like a corny movie.
My mom is near-angelic about this like she is about everything, but I can't imagine what she must really be thinking.
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[04 Dec 2008|04:29pm] |
well great.
I'll give you the warning I didn't get: WARNING! GRAPHIC!
I've seen videos of people getting beheaded overseas before
talk about a mistake!
oof dah, woof.
then today I'm just minding my own business when I 'stumble' upon this thing about these kids in Ukraine
called the "Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs" who started torturing animals, got bored, and started killing humans
ya know, for fun?
women, children, anybody
with a hammer and, in most cases, a screwdriver
they killed 21 people
and, thank god, got caught
well there was a video and I'm assuming it's news coverage or something
WRONG, it's a video of these 19 year old monsters going up to a homeless guy sleeping in the woods
beating him over the head with the hammer
laughing at him gasping for air through what's left of his .. above-the-neck
and just digging around in his abdomen with a screwdriver
and they're LAUGHING
WHY DO I WATCH THESE THINGS
I couldn't look away but I'm sitting there wondering why the hell I don't stop!
by the time my mind caught up to what it was being bombarded with
it was too late!
You can't erase this with a shower!
AAAAAAAHHHHHH
but my point is it's just common knowledge that you WARN people
like giving away the end of a movie.. you say "WARNING: SPOILERS"
it's the same with making someone barf.. "WARNING: YOU ARE GOING TO BARF"
I am going to barf.
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[28 Nov 2008|04:03pm] |
If you're poor like me and don't yet own an HD tv
or have cable/satellite.. just use rabbit ears
then you might find this interesting
otherwise, go watch the history channel richy
ok, so I knew if I wanted to use our crappy lo-def tv after the whole february thing I had to buy a converter box.
I knew that and I was even looking forward to it because the picture we get blows
well we recently got that government funded $40 coupon for buying a converter box, so I said 'f it' and went out and bought one. the thing woulda been $64 bucks, but (use your math..) was only 24
sweet
so I hooked it up and..
WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I DO THIS SOONER
I knew you HAD to in february
but I didn't know I could just do it now
and A. get every channel we had
B. get about 8 more channels. all of which are either boring or scarily religious, but WHO CARES
C. get them all with picture so good I might put off buying a new tv another year for all I care
because it looks PERFECT.. way better than it did
and frankly.. I don't need to see the mole on peyton mannings arm
I just want to be able to read the score
I mean honestly, in all reality.. kare11 news right now on my crappy tv looks just as crisp and clear as it ever has on some fancy pants HD television, so
yeah
Movies on the other hand, though, is another story.
you can bet your ass we're planning on spending a G or so next year so we can watch spider-man screaming back and forth about how awesome the buildings look
you bet your ass we will
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| SWISH!!! |
[26 Nov 2008|11:36pm] |
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I guess I'm supposed to just tickle or flickle or twatter now
no massage.. no mystery about which part will be caressed next.. we're just gonna sit here and flicker your nipple till it's raw
hi, I'm at starbucks on the internet
hi, I'm currently doing laundry and wanted to give a shout-out to my passive aggressive music-based social network
hi, I'm totally relaxing it up/off here in whatever state the rich girl chick is
no thanky
I'm going to rebel by typing where I just WAS on the ol' Smith-Corona every time I walk in the door
that way, assholes, people read mine LESS
since that's obviously this competitions ultimate goal..
SWISH!
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[07 Oct 2008|01:16am] |
Sorry I don't have anything to say about politics or PETA's breast-milk ice cream
which seems to be the kind of thing people post about on here
which is awesome and all
but tonight I was sitting around the apartment.. my turn to guard the sleeping baby while nikki's out having a bit of fun.. when I stumbled upon a video of a guy smoking salvia
in the words of aerosmith
'just press play'
SALVIA! GROSS!
that shit was like sand pouring through my blood
dirty
but not as gross as Miracle at St. Anna
nik and I passed on Trouble the Water
Religulous
Blindness
even Igor
to watch that movie
and it was garbage
it was a brain fart
like they sat around for 30 minutes writing a movie that would take 6 times that long
one draft
and never looked back on any of it
just threw it out there
it tries to cram in the whole spectrum
and found room for everything but delivery
it was pretty funny, though, at parts
and even when we wanted to walk out we had to just stay and see what other ridiculous crap they were gonna try and push as a movie
the actual battle scenes were out of a 2am WB sitcom
the dialogue was awkward
the ending was so sloppy it made guy ritchie look like davinci
and some people
absolutely
love it
which is all good
i'm not trying to be a sour gus
it was almost fun watching something so awkward
but I was blown away
I haven't seen a movie that bad since
well, since 88 minutes
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[07 Sep 2008|11:02pm] |
after a couple years effortlessly removing myself completely from mtv/pop radio
I just heard tokio hotel
and I'm fucking TERRIFIED
German 16 year olds sporting images made cliche in the late 90's
performing "pop" songs without a semi-decent hook
are selling multi-platinum albums
we give them a gem like david hasselhoff
and we get THIS?!?
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[15 Aug 2008|12:54am] |
HE CRAWLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my son's chaotic limbs are now capable of unleashing their erratic, unprovoked, and even unenthusiastic ramblings over every inch of our child-proofed apartment!
what a good way to learn about all the faults in the modern American child-proofing apparatus
I couldn't be more proud of half of all of that
or more terrified of everything I happen to register mentally in my frantic assessment of all those inches around me at this moment!
the first thing that hits you once your love-ini can move about at will is 'wow, the circle of life everying is so nice look at my baby boy growing up god the beatles are fucking awesome'
the second thing that hits you once you realize your little baby may or may not be a little person
is 'holy god.. if that little bundle of joy is anything like me.. two thumbs are more than enough ammunition to penetrate that wall socket's defenses'
we're all doing our thing in life
but mine just got 10x more beautiful and exciting
and 1.5623x scarier
here we go..!..............
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[17 Jul 2008|01:23am] |
oh and Nikki and I couldn't be, with our 10 movie a week diet, more excited for 'the dark night'
christopher nolan, and his brother john, are geniuses
and I couldn't be more excited
but
fuck you, preemptively
you idiots
heath ledger was ALREADY KNOWS AS
and was
and died by
his drug-addled lifestyle
just look at this
he must be thinking arby's
right?
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[17 Jul 2008|12:53am] |
the coen brothers have done some awkward stuff
things that seem sorta contrived or whatever
but, obviously
they can hit some home-runs
what with the big lebowski and no country for old me (fargo, yaah, too, yaah)
and oh brother where art thou
their next movie is pretty much hitting me right between the fence sides
but I'm, as usual, so goddamned positive that I went so far as to say it.
watch.
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[17 Jul 2008|12:24am] |
a few guys across the street from our apartment were fighting over something (i dunno what it could bEeEEE?)
and all I heard was 'pussy ass niggughughugh'
over and over and over
our street is very quiet
it's the wee li'l road that runs up a steep hill behind rudolph's
the restaurant dedicated to the most obscure actor since Carl Weathers
a quiet street is a 'safe' street
because a quiet street doesn't have the screaming and yelling and bullet-casing riddled sidewalks of 'loud' ones
says brain
but brain, just as quickly, realized that quiet street is perfect street for drug dealers
because pOlice don't 'come round' quiet street
and quiet street "don't have no pussy ass watchin' ('n shit)"
so I'm not worried, earlier in the night
I'm on quiet street
no cops to serve and protect
no criminals to serve me drugs or protect me from cops
so i'm good.
then I hear fighting
soo loud I go outside
and there it is
a car stationary
smack in the middle of quiet street with a bunch of guys yelling
"pussy ass n'erd'ga"
a million times
over and over
the car.. occupied by the upper torso of one of the people yelling said 'thang'
peels out for about an inch, stops, throws it in reverse, peels out
and is obviously struggling with the headless nerd
before it breaks free, whips a u-turn, and takes off
so the nerds all hop in an esca'ladies'
and tears off after them
probably saying something about pussies and 'themselves'
and then
it was quiet again
aahh. quiet street
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[11 Jul 2008|12:05am] |
for the love of god, all -4 of you, sign the fucking petition
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[08 Jul 2008|11:29pm] |
"The Proposition" from, like, 2005 and starring guy pearce was
for me
one of the best little surprises I can remember movie-wise
I rented it thinking.. oh this'll be a snooze
like a ramen-western
and ended up loving the whole thing
that was a couple years after it came out
but I was still mildly annoyed when sub-par garbage like the 3:10 to Yuma remake got so much attention
but anyway
I found out today that "The Proposition" was written by fuckin NICK CAVE
like Nick Cave and the Badseeds nick cave
Grinderman nick cave
just fuckin nuts!
Well I guess, even though I don't like his inexplicably popular (albeit underground) music
he is sort of a badass type from australia
so I guess he would be capable of writing a movie so salty and raw
but I guess it's just another case of the worst disease we have today in popular culture
distribution
if they'd popped that movie down the throats of as many frat boys as they did 3:10 they'd all be sluthering through a case of coors light watching that instead
finished that Russell Brand 'bloke's autobiography
crazy fuckin sex/heroin/crack/'wankin'/grass/booze addicted crazy man
shit he's had me even goin 'you are a piece of shit'
but still
that dude was rock bottom all while running around on tv and the radio
people just egging him on and on then, suddenly going
'well the barbie up your ass and the smack in my bathroom was one thing..
I mean cutting yourself onstage, rus, was ok..
but this is just socially odd.. you're fired'
and to come back from all that and really make something of himself
great read
absolutely hilarious
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[02 Jul 2008|10:34pm] |
it's near sick how many movies Nikki and I watch.
Last year we thought it smart to do "blockbuster rewards" with an occasional free movie
and with any new release a free old release
well after a year (keep in mind it was a cave-like one.. what with the self-imposed prison we'd built ourselves to hide from both our pregnancy and ourselves... and then just plain sitting around the home a lot once Coen turned out to be something we couldn't peel ourselves away from to begin with let alone do it running) we'd managed to develop personal relationships with the employees at blockbuster.. those that weren't dane schnieder
I already knew him
and, after a year had gone by, one of my little chats with the manager there led to the realization a year had passed
'would you like to renew your rewards membership?'
it's 10 dollars for the whole year, i believe (I don't spend much attention to the money.. wether it be handed to someone or left on one of my tables at work. Nikki comes home from work with a number.. I come home with a "fuck if I know what I made" and smelly feet.)
well I'm standing there thinking about whether it's worth the 3 seconds to renew it
which I've just spent thinking
before she tells me that last year we took out 73 FREE movies
that's not including the ones we paid for
73
given.. a lot of that went into tv series
we rarely watch tv
it'll be on, yeah
but we're not looking at it
tv, for me, is just that blubbering friend who just likes the sound of his own voice
that is unless it's a dvd
I must've rented arrested development, season by season, two or three times before I found out they actually sell these things
it's more money, but only once.. said my brain
I thought about it for a while
wondering if buying it was worth the three seconds I'd waisted thinking about it
and bought them
but still.. 73?!
so, without a thought at all, we started doing that online thingy ma jig
netflix but with a store nearby where you can impatiently bypass the mailman and 500 miles for the next movie
it's gorgeous
but it's also gross
I will literally run OUT of movies by the time I erase this entry in the morning
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[29 Jun 2008|11:55am] |
I FINALLY get to see Sigur Ros live!
25 septiembre. Humberto, where's your ticket?!?
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[14 Jun 2008|02:25am] |
all these "throw-back" nike sneakers I've seen lately are starting to make me think I should just pick up a pair of platform shoes at a flea market for Lord Coen. He would be THE coolest little john travolta at weaver lake elementary
although four square would be far more difficult
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[12 Jun 2008|01:10am] |
call me naive
but the other night I was watching jay leno with the wife-ish
we were pretty comfortable there
on the couch
doing the late at night on a weekday thing
expecting the usual comforts: a monologue, cheeky skits from behind a desk, and then all the lame shit
when all of a sudden, instead of the aforementioned "lame shit"
some gir... gu... person walks out
looking like tiny tim but with a 'scene' sensibility and no ukulele
not to mention he's english!
so I'm here in the colonies and I've got this redcoat moonlighting as jeff carlson on my tv
so I'm suspicious. but within seconds this guy has me absolutely fascinated!
I looked him up and found out he's .. well first off not gay as I'd assumed
or maybe he is.. I found out he's a sex addict at that
but that's not to say in which direction I suppose
he might just be the greedy type
being bi-sexual
'one gender just ain't enough I want em both and I want em now' sort of thing
but he's also got that quadruple-threat vincent gallo thing going on
famous. to be obvious
but back in the old york
as a radio-host, stand-up comedian, sort of an actor, and barely a musician
his name's russell brand
by the way
and the guy is bizarre
hilarious
annoying
hilarious again.
fucked rod stewarts daughter, too
so.. yup
and if you do check him out his best medium, as I'm sure he would hate to hear, seems to be interviews
so look him up on letterman or leno (probably letterman.. nbc is like fahrenheit 451 for youtube clips)
enjoy the animal in it's natural territory on paul o'grady if you'd like.. but prepare yourself for the realization that we're american.. and although the whole point was to blur the lines between people.. monty python land is still very very far away
the man is quick in any language
then youtube
is that a verb yet?
youtube russell brand visits oxford
and kill your buzz!
then the joke is mine!!!
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[11 Jun 2008|02:17am] |
The movie "Funny Games" was revolting and I'm buying it as soon as the sun comes up.
we can't shake the feeling we've seen the movie before
even after seeing it and knowing we haven't
the original is even less deja-vu-rific
so it's not that
there's just
something
I would genuinely like to know if someone knows what I'm talking about.
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[06 Jun 2008|12:04am] |
Developed a habit of reading old livejournals. A lot of people think of me as an asshole!
I saw one of them today. Older chick. Real mod.
Tonight I looked at my old Photobucket account. That was weird. Found a lot of weird things
pics of a totally different me, shaved head.. pics of ex's cheating I had found
weird weird things
but I found this, too
found it amusing enough to post
interesting, at least for me, to take a rare look into my drunken mind
i remember being very pleased with myself for the stuff about megan
and i also remember there being a very good reason for the yellow arrows
but i've got no clue anymore
the crosses are pretty self-explanatory
some people are just rockstars
and then there's opiskin
poor opiskin was the little guy who came out of the ground to find the brohams
but the poor little guy died overnight
we "buried" him
but i always thought it would have been more fitting to hold a funeral
where a creature LIVING below ground was, well.. you get it
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