| Outkast Does it Again! |
[03 Jun 2004|07:10am] |
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I love the current Outkast single "Roses" just for getting the line in the chorus "I know you think your shit don't stink". They are geniuses! They are not just hip-hop but managed to cross genre without selling out and watering down their very essence. But as I have stated before I have not been this excited about new music since 1991-1992. Top that with the 80's revival as I have mentioned plus with the Pixies album forthcoming. It is an exciting time if you are a hardcore music fan.
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| Work ends! |
[02 Jun 2004|11:23pm] |
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Rod Stewart-"Handbags and Gladrags" |
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Work finally ended today at Fleet Tax Processing! I am back on call for my other job. I will go into more later. Right now I am feeling a bit spent and tired. So I will write more later and tell you of my state of mind.
I find myself indentifying with the song "Handbags and Gladrags" By Rod Stewart. The line that always gets me in that song 'Once I was a young man, all I thought I had to do is smile" God that line is so poigiant and only reminds me that I am no longer young. I wonder if my dad was going through the same stuff that I am. Only I do not have 2 kids to deal with like he did. I am glad I did not expose two kids to this.
Like I said there will be more later and I will tell you all. I will reveal and let it spill. Now I go to bed and sleep.
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| So How has your weekend been? |
[30 May 2004|11:56pm] |
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Well mine was good so far. Went to Mark Zip's annual Garage Sale of Cd's and Records. Met some new friends and thus got friended on LJ because they have Live Journal's too. Nice to Meet you Irishlass5383! I wish I could write more but I am tired and have too much food and drink. Feel good! But I wish I could feel better and not feel so jaded as I do right but maybe that will change as my luck changes for the better
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| The Difference Between an Entertainer and Artist |
[29 May 2004|03:19pm] |
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Love-"August" |
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An Entertainer gives people what they want to hear. An artist gives people what they need to hear!
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| Wot?......No South Park? |
[29 May 2004|07:36am] |
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Terrence and Phillip-Uncle Fucka |
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Tv Guide had the top 25 Cult TV shows and no South Park. That is the ultimate cult show. The other thing I noticed was that there seemed to be to many sci-fi shows and shows from the Sci-Fi network. At least Monty Python was on there. Monty Python is the spritual father to South Park. Look at South Park and tell me that Matt and Trey were not influenced by Monty Python. Just the absurdity of some of the situations on that show leads me to believe that it was influenced by Monthy Python. Still not in the Top 25 Cult Shows? Bullshit
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| I know Mandy can Understand this one |
[27 May 2004|04:37pm] |
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Love-"andmoreagain" |
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I think Arthur Lee and Love-"Forever Changes Concert" Cd is almost as good as the original album "Forever Changes Concert" I know I find myself playing both back to back.
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| On My Way Home |
[27 May 2004|01:09pm] |
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Mike Oldfield w Maggie Reilly-"Moonlight Shadow" |
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Well I am home early from work at the Tax Processing Center. I am expecting that Tomorrow I am working and not expecting too much after that. Oh I know I might be working Tuesday. BUt for the most part this is about done and to be quite honest I am taking a break. I do want to get another 2nd part time job. But not anything that is 40 hours on top of the 25-30 that I work at UPS. But I did it. I survived! I did not have a nervous breakdown. Last time I did such a killer schedule back in 2000. My dad died. I was going to school. I had or I would have lost my my finanacal aid reward which I got before I was married. This time I am just tired but being that I did this before I was able to do it again and I made it without no major crisis.
I think however I probably delayed what is going to be inevitable in dealing with personal stuff. But I suppose comparing my journal 2 years ago to now. Something fundementally about me changed in dealing with people. I really do not care anymore. Sure it hurts when I get stabbed in the back, but as I get older and push toward 40(I am 35 now) there is a recognition that things change and people come in and out of your life. I was thinking about my dad the other day and it occurred to me that it has been 4 years since he died. Wow! He is no longer here and yet I feel he is very much alive because of the memories, the good times as well as the bad. Cheryl has been with me 8 years. Which is longer then Christine, Debora, Kelly, Cathy and Samantha combined. Love comes and goes. But Cheryl is someone that has grown in my heart and gets deeper. Depsite our age difference and superfical differences. I only feel more for her and it is not about sex and looks. She is family and she is my best friend. She is not everything and never has been. But she is important to me and thats the bottom line.
With all that I have been through and will continue to go through I learned that forgiveness is the key and with forgiveness we can get past faults and anomilies in a human being. This is why I am a person in a successful committed relationship. Me and Cheryl are two people that do not take shortcuts in anything we do. We do not look for expedient excuses to ditch people. I know others do and I accept that is a character defect in people. But I believe if just look for faults those fault will become bigger then the overall sum of a person. I judge a person by thier overall sum and stuff like good intentions, kindness and spirit matter to me. A Person can have a great mind and be intellectually stimulating by if they are an arrogant prick then that is a not a good thing.
Well I am enjoying this day. Nice sunny, The cat is in the yard and I am enjoying a cool drink. Life could not be any better
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| A Change I can embrace! 2004 the year Indie Rock Took Over |
[26 May 2004|10:43pm] |
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I have been noticing how music is sounding good these days. With the proliferation of 80's acts such as Prince, Teena Marie, Morrissey, The Cure, George Michael and Others hitting the charts. As well as the emergence of Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, The Strokes, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand and other indie rock bands getting radio play and selling records. This changing of the guard with reinforcements from the old school signals that generic, stale, generic warmed over pseudo-alternative rock is dead and buried and hip-hop is next to be buried! This is a change I am all for and it is welcomed one that is long overdue. Maybe film could use another visionary like Tarantino that makes a film that makes an impact without trying to appeal to a broad audience. This is what we call making to mainstream come to you rather then coming to the mainstream!
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| Random Thoughts |
[25 May 2004|11:09pm] |
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Terry Reid-Horses Through a Rainstorm |
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According to sources from what I heard in the news. An Impending attack is going to take place. Man they really want to fearmonger dont they. I guess enough people do not care that our president is lying and is going to institute a draft to send kids off to war. No people would rather occupy their minds with mindless entertainment. But hey what do I know! I think people in America would be so angry that they would be protesting in the streets. But no (and by the way I want to note that this criticism is as much directed at myself). Because I am just as guilty as those I am accusing. That being said I wish more people would be pissed rather then pacified by the mass media. I want the American public to be pissed. I want to see more people being uncivil rude and inappropriate. Maybe it is the New Yorker in me, This is why I get where Howard Stern is coming from. I know people who I expect to be for freedom of speech act like uptight assholes when it comes to Stern. It must be a regional thing ? Because as I have discovered liberals are just as tedious as conservatives in certain parts of the country. So where do you go when you are your own person politically? I just know I believe in freedom of expression. But I am trying to find that middle ground between the concerns of other people and my own libertarian impulses. No one said life was easy. Nor are there any easy answers. I just know I have seen too many people not take responsibility for their own actions. So easy to blame their acting like a jerk on conditions other then themselves. When I have acted bad. I acted bad and part of was I did not cope well with situations and with personal insight I could have handled these situations differently. But I move on with that personal insight and knowledge which makes me a better person.
Still people need to be tolerant of human fraility and strive to be be more forgiving! In setting a good example to stopping the cycle. I forgive those who hurt me. I know we as humans need to take it easy on each other.
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| Computer Stuff |
[23 May 2004|09:16am] |
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Tomorrow-"My White Bicycle" |
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Well Yesterday Me and My Sweetie spent the day putting in a New Router and Having to Rebuild the Operating System and plus I was clearing out Hard Drive Space by deleting MP3's that I have burnt to disc already. Anyway got my Johnny Burnette and The Rock-N-Roll Trio Cd from Hip-O Select which is an Limited Edition Release of 2500. They put stuff like Fela Anikulapo Kuti Vinyl Box Sets. As well as Reggae Releases with Bonus Tracks and Stuff. They are the Universal Music version of Rhino Handmade which also puts out Ltd. Edition release cd's. Anyway it is hard to believe that stuff was recorded nearly 50 years ago. But good music is timeless. Just like the Os Mutantes whose sarcasm and cheekiness transcends the Porteguese Language they sang in. Even how songs like "Everyday People" by Sly and The Family Stone, "Backstabbers" by The Ojays and "Smiling Faces Sometimes" By The Undisputed Truth ring true today.
Well I am glad to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" won the Cannes Film Festival. I think that sends a message to Disney. The fact that Disney kept Miramax from putting out Michael Moore's New Documentary is another reason why I hate Disney. People would rather watch Fluff then the truth. I remember hearing someone say that would not watch "Bowling for Columbine" because it was depressing. Guess what "Truth Hurts" and this was from someone who believed in radical honesty. Michael Moore is Radically Honest as it gets and thankfully he is alive to serve the role as the little kid who yells that the emperor is nude.
Also I see a certain person got a kick out of someone losing a hand at work. Larzmachine is at it again and he seems to taken delight in a Furry losing a hand at some job he works at. Pathetic if you ask me!
As I have said as much as I am not a fan of Buffy or Angel. I really do not spend my time going on about it. Just as I try to not go on other things. I just like what I like and I know I do not know a lot about music and film. I am no expert and I never will be. I just like what I like and if others like what they like? Cool! Live and Let Live I say!
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| The Best Single of 2004! So Far |
[21 May 2004|04:19pm] |
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Modest Mouse-"Float On" |
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I would say that distinction belongs to Modest Mouse's "Float On"
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[19 May 2004|10:57pm] |
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Pulp-"Bad Cover Version" |
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I did not just became jaded. I have been so for a long time ago and as time goes on. I become ever more so.
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[18 May 2004|10:52pm] |
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Dave Chappelle-"I Want to Piss On You" |
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Things are clearer then they are before.
Office Job almost done!
Wanted to tell IL Duce (My Boss) to go fuck himself!
I should at some point
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| Random Thoughts |
[16 May 2004|10:54pm] |
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The Monks-"Its Monk Time" |
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Gay Marriage?
Sure whatevers cool even if I am currently pissed off and not feeling generous toward the queer community. I have my reasons. Reasons I prefer not to get into.
Well anyway thats all for now.
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| No Answer |
[15 May 2004|10:15am] |
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Let me clarify that statement according to the info I read. "I was constantly dealing with drama and inflicting on everyone in their lives. I find drama and try to recreate it in my life." Okay and if I confront the person I amgoing to be accused of creating drama. So I am not going to confront anyone. I just do not know what to say? All I know I am thankful for what I do have. I always done the best I can and always strived to be a good person. But it is damned if I do and damned if I do not do anything. So the least damage would be for me to take the hit and not make a direct response!
I have done wrong. I know I have. I have hurt peoples feelings but I am sorry when I did and I can never justify the bad I have done even if was angry at the time. I am going to shock people and be forgiving and make an attempt to be understanding. Right now I am going to lay low and avoid drama. Which I have been doing at my jobs and in life in general.
I try to be forgiving because I want to be forgiven!
But am I angry? No! Amused and laughing at the delicious irony of the statement made about me!
It is the only thing I can do!
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| Drama Queen |
[14 May 2004|11:40pm] |
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Upon further review I also found that I am a Drama Queen. Wow the irony of that accusation!
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| Get In Line |
[13 May 2004|11:19pm] |
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Richard Hell-"Blank Generation" |
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The Less I give a shit, the better off I feel
I mean I still care about those I love, but most others, well they can get in line
I belong to the "Blank" Generation
I can take it or leave it each time-Richard Hell
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| Obsessed with South Park!! |
[13 May 2004|11:05pm] |
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After hearing through the grapevine which got back to me and I do have my favourite inside sources that give me plenty of info about what has been said about. I just want to state for the record that YES i am obsessed with South Park! Matt Stone and Trey Parker are brilliant and for a cartoon it mirrors reality a hell of a lot better then some other shows. I will not bash a certain favorite show in defense of my fave. Because I know that South Park is by far the more superior show in quality and content. So yes I am proud of my South Park obsession! Guilty as Charged!
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[13 May 2004|06:18am] |
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What do you do? when you are finding yourself face to face with evil and you are just realizing it after all these years.
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| Dont Believe The Hype |
[12 May 2004|11:24pm] |
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Dont Believe the HYPE
Dont Believe the HYPE
Dont Believe The HYPE
Dont Believe The HYPE
and DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE
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