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Merry Christmas...If that's OK. [21 Dec 2001|02:41pm] I would like to wish all a happy holiday season. Please enjoy one of my favourite carols... Let us all now sing Our praises to the Lord today Although you may not share Our belief system Which is perfectly O.K. Maybe you worship an abstract being That is kind of vague. Or maybe you just Worship a guy Who's name is Greg. Perhaps your religion doesn't Include a time called Lent, But whatever your religion Is, we support you one hundred percent. So sit around the fire And have a chestnut roast, Or raise a glass in toast To "Happy Days" Donny Most. But if you prefer to eat Indian food on Christmas day I can only shrug my shoulders And say "Namaste" Namaste! Personally I prefer, Turkey, gravy and salad But lets never forget All cultures are valid. So let's have peace on earth And cut out all the bull. Let's have a holiday season That's multi-cultural. If there's one point We'd like to make With this festive holiday song, It's that Christmas comes just once a year So for a few days For crying out loud Can't we all just get along? 2 comments|post comment

WORD! [21 Dec 2001|08:14am] Below you may read a post about my being challenged for one word to describe 2001. The bloke that challenged me has decided he wants to know everyones word- so... What is the one word you would use to describe 2001? and your name and your age and where you are from Tell all your friends- he wants 1000 words- and he only has 500. 4 comments|post comment

Feeling better [20 Dec 2001|03:15pm] [ mood | Yeah.... ] [ music | Nancy Jazz mix ] Panic has subsided, had fun last night... Had a great talk with the big sis last night about Stuart Adamson. My big sis is Patti, a friend I've known for 12 years or so. We used to work in crap retail together. She is an unapologetic, and unashamed ex-groupie. She used to tell me stories all the time about going to shows and yelling and screaming, getting back stage, and what-not. She even fainted when she saw George Harrison at an Eric Clapton show. I never understood what she was on about, and I used to tease her endlessly. Then I saw Big County. When I got into work the next day, I ran up to her 'Patti, I am so sorry. I understand now. I actually WHOOPED!' It was good to her her tell me that story last night, made me feel better. 3 comments|post comment

A question for a wide variety of people... [19 Dec 2001|02:22pm] Would it piss you off if two people on a 8 person email group spent a whole afternoon and about 50 posts doing lines from the movie Aliens? 33 comments|post comment

Sorry Mr Helfgott [19 Dec 2001|01:22pm] [ mood | amused ] [ music | Big Country- No Place Like Home ] If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Sergei Rakhmaninov. I lived in the early Twentieth Century and was well known for my compositional, conducting, and piano skills, yet I am melancholy despite this talent. My famous works include my nearly-impossible piano concerti. Who would you be? Dead Russian Composer Personality Test post comment

Weird [19 Dec 2001|10:33am] [ mood | Still paniced- ] [ music | Big Country- Steeltown ] I had a panic attack this morning. Never had one like this before- shortness of breath, shaking, cold sweat, forboding, the whole works. It was actually pretty strange, but cool, in a 'what the hell is my mind and body doing, and why was I not invited' kind of way. 33 comments|post comment

Movie connections [18 Dec 2001|02:44pm] [ mood | bored ] [ music | Big Country- 1983 NYE Barrowland Concert ] Love these things! In fight club Brad Pitt's character learned how to make excplosives in the Boy Scouts, and in Spy Game his character learned to shoot in the Boy Scouts.- Comments? 2 comments|post comment

This is highly suspect... [18 Dec 2001|11:46am] Take the Corporate Mascot Test at Willaston's Lounge! post comment

Today's CD- [18 Dec 2001|09:36am] The Crossing New Years Eve 1983 Barrowland, Glasgow concert Steeltown The Seer Peace in Our Time No Place Like Home Buffalo Skinners Why the Long Face Thank you, Stuart. post comment

[17 Dec 2001|12:31pm] If you could feel how I must feel The winds of quiet change If you could see what I must see Still hidden in the rain But when the thunder rolls It comes and covers up my soul And you will take my hand And be with me in wonderland I am an honest man I need the love of you I am a working man I feel the winter too If you could hear what I must hear Then nothing would replace The fifty years of sweat and tears That never left a trace But when I look at you I see you feel the same way too And you will take my hand And be with me in wonderland I am an honest man I need the love of you I am a working man I feel the winter too You still remember other days When every head was high I watched that pride be torn apart Beneath a darker sky With innocence within ourselves We sing the same old song And you will take my hand And make believe it's wonderland I need the love of you I am a working man I feel the winter too I am an honest man I need the love of you I am a working man I feel the winter too Wonderland, wonderland, wonderland… 7 comments|post comment

Fook! [17 Dec 2001|08:19am] I was going to write about what a fookin asshole I can be when I drink to much- but I just read this on Tyler's page- Stuart Adamson Found Dead Big Country has been my favourite band since I can remember being into music. I remember buying The Crossing in Cheyenne Wyoming- because it was the only album I could find that even interested me. I remember me and my friend Dave Harden making a pact that we would drive within 800 miles to see the band if they ever came back to the US- this was after the Wonderland tour. I remember that Stuart Adamson was the only rock star I wanted to look and dress like. I remember when we finally got to see them on the Buffalo Skinner tour in 1992. It was a free show in Golden- at the Buffalo Rose- loads of freinds I had not seen from High School were there. There were 200 people in the club, but Big Country played like there were 10,000. I almost got a pick from Stuart, and he left the stage with a City of Denver Pipe Band t-shirt (we skipped practice to be there). We met the band after the show and they were briliant. I was slightly drunk at the time and I remember hugging Stuart, telling him how long we had waited to see them. My freinds told me that the roadies were about to pull me off, but Stuart smiled at them, waved them off, returned my hug and told me they were glad to have finally made it. I had always made fun of my groupie sisters adoration of pop stars, but at that moment I understood. I'm really going to miss waiting to see if long awaited new Stuart Adamson and Big Country material is coming out. He was my George Harrison, John Lennon... 7 comments|post comment

Today's Theme song.... [14 Dec 2001|11:46am] No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes No one knows what it's like To be hated To be fated To telling only lies But my dreams, they aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance That's never free No one knows what it's like To feel these feelings Like I do And I blame you No one bites back as hard On their anger None of my pain and woe Can show through But my dreams, they aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance That's never free When my fist clenches, crack it open Before I use it, lose my cool When I smile, tell me some bad news Before I laugh and act like a fool And if I swallow anything evil Put your finger down my throat And if I shiver, please give me a blanket Keep me warm, let me wear your coat No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes 3 comments|post comment

And the joke is... [12 Dec 2001|08:35am] [ mood | depressed ] [ music | Dance to Keep from Crying- Thanks, Nanc- it's not working. ] When he awoke, his... Body was covered in Coke fizz. Money City Maniacs by Sloan. Why? Because that's my life. A joke. I go to sleep every night with a little hope that the next day will be better, only to wake up covered in Coke fizz. Fook! Who needs a nine millimeter and a tarp to protect the electronics? 2 comments|post comment

Damn! I love this song! [11 Dec 2001|11:35am] Satellites Gone Up To The Sky Things Like That Drive Me Out Of My Mind I Watched It For A Little While I Love To Watch Things On TV Chorus: Oh, Satellite Of Love Ah, Satellite Of Love Satellite Of Love Satellite Satellites Gone, Way Up To Mars Soon It Will Be Filled With Parking Cars I Watched It For A Little While I Like To Watch Things On TV Chorus I've Been Told That You've Been Bored With Harry, Mark And John Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Harry, Mark And John Satellites Gone Up To The Sky Things Like That Drive Me Out Of My Mind I Watched It For A Little While I Love To Watch Things On TV Chorus 8 comments|post comment

Whose up for lunch in Tokyo? [11 Dec 2001|09:36am] [ mood | excited ] [ music | Daevid Allen and Kramer- Who's Afraid ] A bunch of us want to teleport (ala Star Trek) to Tokyo for lunch- catch a sumo match, have some sake, and sushi. Whose in? 5 comments|post comment

I just ran up to the old book stacks... [10 Dec 2001|11:36am] [ mood | confused ] [ music | The Secret Service- Power and Volume ] and there was some dude, I've never seen up there. Not odd in of itself, but he was wearing a vacuum cleaner on his back. That's odd. 7 comments|post comment

Strange... [10 Dec 2001|08:30am] [ mood | indifferent ] [ music | OCS- Moseley Shoals ] I actually had a pretty good weekend- considering. Had a great dinner with the pater and then went to the first Friday Lipgloss. Fantastic. Thanks for the breakfast Tyler. Sorry about the brakes, they're fixed. I spent Saturday sleeping and cleaning, then went to a party for some scooter kids from NC who had come out to visit. Did a little spinning. Sunday, I fixed the aforementioned brakes, and watched movies all day. Now it's Monday, and I'm not so happy. 4 comments|post comment

Ummmmm.... a little warning, would have been nice... [07 Dec 2001|08:39am] [ mood | depressed ] [ music | My sobbing ] I turned my usual corner this morning- heading to work. All of a sudden I was confronted by a major construction site- no signs, no flagmen, no cones- just trucks and workers. I had to do a little swerving to avoid a guy who was just wandering around. I made it to the light without incident only to have some guy come up top my window and yell at me- telling me I was going to kill someone. HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Oh yeah- I'm totally broke- 5 comments|post comment

Well, hell! [06 Dec 2001|02:39pm] [ mood | AND TIRED! ] [ music | The Who- Who's Next ] I was so looking forward to going home and becoming something of the cabbage family over a beer and a frozen dinner, but I just remembered a good mate of mine is having a dinner party. Damn! 5th wheel night again! post comment

Word! [06 Dec 2001|08:14am] [ mood | lonely ] [ music | Small Faces- All or Nothing ] I was challenged last night to come up with one word to describe the hell my 2001 has been. After some thought I think I got it right on the nosy! That word- Lost. I really hope my 2002 will be better- so if anyone wants to get me a nice pressie- I'd like a map and a compass- or at least a convenient gas station. I ain't proud... 6 comments|post comment

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