Ok Now I know he died a few days ago but after seeing all the comments online I figured I'd put in my two cents. Now this may upset many people but I'm sick and tired of hearing about him. Yes he was a great artist and will be missed but come one people give it a rest.
One of the things that really gets me is the fact that everywhere I look for every one person that talks about how sorry they are to see him go there is two people talking about him being a pedophile. Now this may upset certain people but according to the courts and the law he is not.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Movie Remakes and a Thank You
Well I was having a conversation earlier about movie remakes so I figured I would list a few of my favorites along with the originals. Some of these I had no idea were remakes until I looked them up.
The first one is “13 going on 30” with Jennifer Garner which is a remake of a movie called 14 going on 30. This movie was pretty good I especially loved the music including the Thriller dance. Her attitude in the movie is so funny. This is one of those that I had no idea it was a remake although I don’t know if you can count the original or not since the plots are different and the first one a made for TV movie and not released in theaters.
Cape Fear was another good one that I saw once again I never saw the original one but the version I saw with Robert DeNiro was good. DeNiro is a very good actor. He has played so many good roles and usually plays such a macho guy; however his role in Stardust was great however seeing him dress up as a woman in scenes was hilarious.
Ok now Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was another good movie. Some people may not like this version however from what I am told its closer to the book than original was. Personally I liked both versions of it.
Ah yes Cruel Intentions another great one. Who can forget the great kissing scene between Sarah Michele Gellar and Selma Blair? I know I can’t. Plus Sarah was kinda slutty in this movie although the whole incest thing wasn’t so great.
The movie “Four Brothers” was a really good movie with one of my favorite actors Mark Walberg. Well apparently this was kind of a remake of a John Wayne movie called “The Sons of Katie Elder”. Four Brothers was really good and dealt with four adopted trying to avenge the death of the woman that raised them.
I just saw the remake of Friday the 13th and I loved it. I can’t wait for the sequel to come out, they did an awesome job with it and the best part was Jason didn’t get hockey mask until halfway through the movie.
Well not all remakes are good though take Godzilla for example the originals were cheesy but good. However this remake was just awful. I mean come on a radiated lizard egg? Oh and who can forget the lone Japanese guy who can only say Gojira. This was so crappy it was actualy nominated for the Golden Raspberry award.
Gone in 60 seconds was a remake that I had no idea was a remake. From what I’ve read the plots of the two movies are similar. Plus this movie had Nick Cage and Angelina Jolie.
How can I talk about movie remakes and not talk about Halloween. Rob Zombie did such an excellent job remaking this movie. Hell they even begged him to do sequel which comes out on August, 28.
Well since the WARP contest is now over I want to say I enjoyed reading everyone’s blogs and those of you that read mine thank you very much and I will continue to post here and there and will continue to post my Return of the Dragon Gods story every week. I still have a few more stories from my times hanging out with Eric including a video we made of basically me making a fool of myself. Well we’ll see when I blog next but I am defiantly going to take a break. So for now thank you every one.
The first one is “13 going on 30” with Jennifer Garner which is a remake of a movie called 14 going on 30. This movie was pretty good I especially loved the music including the Thriller dance. Her attitude in the movie is so funny. This is one of those that I had no idea it was a remake although I don’t know if you can count the original or not since the plots are different and the first one a made for TV movie and not released in theaters.
Cape Fear was another good one that I saw once again I never saw the original one but the version I saw with Robert DeNiro was good. DeNiro is a very good actor. He has played so many good roles and usually plays such a macho guy; however his role in Stardust was great however seeing him dress up as a woman in scenes was hilarious.
Ok now Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was another good movie. Some people may not like this version however from what I am told its closer to the book than original was. Personally I liked both versions of it.
Ah yes Cruel Intentions another great one. Who can forget the great kissing scene between Sarah Michele Gellar and Selma Blair? I know I can’t. Plus Sarah was kinda slutty in this movie although the whole incest thing wasn’t so great.
The movie “Four Brothers” was a really good movie with one of my favorite actors Mark Walberg. Well apparently this was kind of a remake of a John Wayne movie called “The Sons of Katie Elder”. Four Brothers was really good and dealt with four adopted trying to avenge the death of the woman that raised them.
I just saw the remake of Friday the 13th and I loved it. I can’t wait for the sequel to come out, they did an awesome job with it and the best part was Jason didn’t get hockey mask until halfway through the movie.
Well not all remakes are good though take Godzilla for example the originals were cheesy but good. However this remake was just awful. I mean come on a radiated lizard egg? Oh and who can forget the lone Japanese guy who can only say Gojira. This was so crappy it was actualy nominated for the Golden Raspberry award.
Gone in 60 seconds was a remake that I had no idea was a remake. From what I’ve read the plots of the two movies are similar. Plus this movie had Nick Cage and Angelina Jolie.
How can I talk about movie remakes and not talk about Halloween. Rob Zombie did such an excellent job remaking this movie. Hell they even begged him to do sequel which comes out on August, 28.
Well since the WARP contest is now over I want to say I enjoyed reading everyone’s blogs and those of you that read mine thank you very much and I will continue to post here and there and will continue to post my Return of the Dragon Gods story every week. I still have a few more stories from my times hanging out with Eric including a video we made of basically me making a fool of myself. Well we’ll see when I blog next but I am defiantly going to take a break. So for now thank you every one.
WARP
Well since I have now won the WARP competition I don't have to worry to much about hurrying to blog and word count. I will just post a blog later.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
A Needed Vent
Ok this is pretty much going to be a huge vent about I guess my home life so bare with me. Oh and if you look forward to my “Random Bachelor Card of the Day” segment then I’m sorry to say but since I don’t have my deck with me I won’t be doing it today.
Ok well for those of you who don’t know my relationship with my step father is strained at best. This is mainly due to many things he has done in his past, and his extremely bad temper. Oh and by the way if it means anything to anyone he is a Pisces. Well lately he has been getting on my case about finding a job. It has been two years since I had a job, and has even gone so far as threatening to put my little step sister into my bedroom and putting me into her bedroom if I don’t have one by the end of July, because he has been using her money that she gets from the wrongful death lawsuit of her mother to pay some bills. So what do I do with my time well I study and do homework for college. Don’t get me wrong it’s not that I don’t want to get a job, cause I do, but I don’t like being backed into a corner. Not to mention the fact that it’s not that easy to get one now a days.
Well today he did something that upset me so much that I’m afraid of what I may say or do to him when I see him, he went into my bedroom and took my cloak. This cloak has a lot of sentimental meaning to me because my sister sent the material for it to my good friend from South Korea, and then that friend actually spend time making it and putting it together. So it was not just a cloak you would go to the store and buy, and he took it and told my sister that he burned and threw it away because I’m a pagan. Thankfully he did not burn it and my mom made him return it, but he says that I have to keep it in my car because he does not want it in the house. So basically it’s getting to the point where the energy in my house is very negative, and I feel uncomfortable even being in my own house even when he is not there.
Thinking a little about it now my sister decided to have added to our recent ritual that my mom see my stepfather for who he really was, and for her to come to the conclusion that he needs to go. Well I think it just goes along the lines of be careful what you ask for because you just may get it.
479 Words
Ok well for those of you who don’t know my relationship with my step father is strained at best. This is mainly due to many things he has done in his past, and his extremely bad temper. Oh and by the way if it means anything to anyone he is a Pisces. Well lately he has been getting on my case about finding a job. It has been two years since I had a job, and has even gone so far as threatening to put my little step sister into my bedroom and putting me into her bedroom if I don’t have one by the end of July, because he has been using her money that she gets from the wrongful death lawsuit of her mother to pay some bills. So what do I do with my time well I study and do homework for college. Don’t get me wrong it’s not that I don’t want to get a job, cause I do, but I don’t like being backed into a corner. Not to mention the fact that it’s not that easy to get one now a days.
Well today he did something that upset me so much that I’m afraid of what I may say or do to him when I see him, he went into my bedroom and took my cloak. This cloak has a lot of sentimental meaning to me because my sister sent the material for it to my good friend from South Korea, and then that friend actually spend time making it and putting it together. So it was not just a cloak you would go to the store and buy, and he took it and told my sister that he burned and threw it away because I’m a pagan. Thankfully he did not burn it and my mom made him return it, but he says that I have to keep it in my car because he does not want it in the house. So basically it’s getting to the point where the energy in my house is very negative, and I feel uncomfortable even being in my own house even when he is not there.
Thinking a little about it now my sister decided to have added to our recent ritual that my mom see my stepfather for who he really was, and for her to come to the conclusion that he needs to go. Well I think it just goes along the lines of be careful what you ask for because you just may get it.
479 Words
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Pet Peeves
Well today I was trying to figure out something to blog about then I remembered something I’ve been putting off, pet peeves. This kinda resurfaced last night at Java and Jam or rather after Java and Jam while some of us were standing around talking.
Ok so after Java and Jam last night a small group of us were standing around talking and without asking if it would bother anyone lit up a cigar. Personally I don’t mind smoke from cigarettes or some other types of things that get smoked, but cigar smoke is quite a bit strong. Now proper manners would normally dictate that you ask people if it would bother them before lighting it up, and if they say it will then either don’t light it up or simply go around the corner or something to light it up. I mean come on, most people that smoke cigarettes ask if it will bother other people, so why is it that people who smoke cigars can’t do the same, especially when you have a group of people that are coughing and choking behind you. It is just common courtesy.
Another pet peeve of mine that I seem to come across a lot at home is when I go to use the restroom and the person who used it before me left an empty roll of toilet paper on the roller. This kind of goes hand in hand with another one of my peeves the last person who put the fresh roll of paper on the roller did not replenish the stock under the sink. Ok how can you know there is no more paper left and just leave it for the next person? It makes me wonder how they would feel if it happened to them. It is just one of those things that really upsets me to no end.
One of my other pet peeves is when someone drinks a glass of milk or juice or something similar and only leaves practically a sip in the jug. How can you leave just a sip in the jug? If there’s that much left after pouring your glass then just finish it off. How hard is it to take a sip or two from your glass and just pour the rest in your glass from the jug?
Another thing that gets me is when you have people that make plans for you and then complain when you don’t get there when they said. I’m sorry but I’m thirty years old I can make my own plans. Just because you want to meet someone at a certain time doesn’t mean that I can get there at that time. The only thing this does is make me rush to get there at the time that you said I’d be at a certain place without asking me if that time was good for me.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Stand on a stage or the bar and dance Coyote Ugly style, or entice a group of girls to do so. (Ask management first; you’ll probably get tossed out if you don’t)”
I have a special rule to add to this one. You cannot do this card while at Coyote Ugly because that would be cheating.
543 Words.
Ok so after Java and Jam last night a small group of us were standing around talking and without asking if it would bother anyone lit up a cigar. Personally I don’t mind smoke from cigarettes or some other types of things that get smoked, but cigar smoke is quite a bit strong. Now proper manners would normally dictate that you ask people if it would bother them before lighting it up, and if they say it will then either don’t light it up or simply go around the corner or something to light it up. I mean come on, most people that smoke cigarettes ask if it will bother other people, so why is it that people who smoke cigars can’t do the same, especially when you have a group of people that are coughing and choking behind you. It is just common courtesy.
Another pet peeve of mine that I seem to come across a lot at home is when I go to use the restroom and the person who used it before me left an empty roll of toilet paper on the roller. This kind of goes hand in hand with another one of my peeves the last person who put the fresh roll of paper on the roller did not replenish the stock under the sink. Ok how can you know there is no more paper left and just leave it for the next person? It makes me wonder how they would feel if it happened to them. It is just one of those things that really upsets me to no end.
One of my other pet peeves is when someone drinks a glass of milk or juice or something similar and only leaves practically a sip in the jug. How can you leave just a sip in the jug? If there’s that much left after pouring your glass then just finish it off. How hard is it to take a sip or two from your glass and just pour the rest in your glass from the jug?
Another thing that gets me is when you have people that make plans for you and then complain when you don’t get there when they said. I’m sorry but I’m thirty years old I can make my own plans. Just because you want to meet someone at a certain time doesn’t mean that I can get there at that time. The only thing this does is make me rush to get there at the time that you said I’d be at a certain place without asking me if that time was good for me.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Stand on a stage or the bar and dance Coyote Ugly style, or entice a group of girls to do so. (Ask management first; you’ll probably get tossed out if you don’t)”
I have a special rule to add to this one. You cannot do this card while at Coyote Ugly because that would be cheating.
543 Words.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Return of the Dragon Gods Part 7
Ok well I know the other day I started a Dragon God story dealing with one of Zanroar’s generals Lord Shieldheart, but I didn’t realize when I started it that I’d have to make it a two parter however considering how important his childhood was in explaining his motivations I had to write it. So here is the second part of his story.
“It seems that my doppelganger should be arriving right on schedule with the Rod of Falzure. Shieldheart, I will need your castle to serve as a meeting point for my minion to give me the rod.” Zanroar said. “Most certainly my master, I shall join you shortly. I have some business to take care of.” Lord Shieldheart said. “Very well, but bring some subjects back to test the Rod of Falzure.” Zanroar ordered as leaving. Lord Shieldheart gave an evil smile, “Oh I have just the subjects to bring.”
The busy mountain city of Stormforge was thriving with people. Being the only city on the path in the mountains separating one part of Pandryl from the rest, it was full of activity. Screams started coming from the north followed by half dragon soldiers, being lead by Lord Shieldheart. When Shieldheart got to the center of the city he demanded to see the royal family. Hours later King Jamkool arrived in the city’s center. “Who are you and what business do you have bringing these freaks of nature into my city?” King Jamkool demanded. Shieldheart chuckled, “I am Lord Shieldheart you may remember the name since you killed my father, and my grandfather had your son killed and a curse put on your wife to never bear another son. I’m here to take back my Mithral mines, and rid Pandryl of you and your family for good.” King Jamkool rolled his eyes, “Oh yeah I remember the name. Your father’s death pleased Erythnul well. Now you better leave before I crush you like a cookie.”
Just then an explosion is heard in the south and a piece of metal punches through the top of the mountain landing in front of Shieldheart. He looks down and immediately knows it’s a piece of the rod of wonder. Then there is a flash of light and the ground changes from hard rock to mud. A portal opens up to Lord Shieldheart dungeon, and expands to engulf everyone in the city. Before it closes he sends some of his soldiers to find the other princess. The portal closes and standing in the dungeon are even more soldiers waiting to put the Dwarven city in the cells.
As his army puts the prisoners away Shieldheart goes to his throne room to meet up with Zanroar. When he arrives he informs Zanroar of the explosion and gives him the piece that landed. Zanroar thanks him and tells Shieldheart that for his loyalty he will be the first to receive the mark of a general of Zanroar, draconic grafts. With that Shieldheart is taken to the infirmary.
502 Words
“It seems that my doppelganger should be arriving right on schedule with the Rod of Falzure. Shieldheart, I will need your castle to serve as a meeting point for my minion to give me the rod.” Zanroar said. “Most certainly my master, I shall join you shortly. I have some business to take care of.” Lord Shieldheart said. “Very well, but bring some subjects back to test the Rod of Falzure.” Zanroar ordered as leaving. Lord Shieldheart gave an evil smile, “Oh I have just the subjects to bring.”
The busy mountain city of Stormforge was thriving with people. Being the only city on the path in the mountains separating one part of Pandryl from the rest, it was full of activity. Screams started coming from the north followed by half dragon soldiers, being lead by Lord Shieldheart. When Shieldheart got to the center of the city he demanded to see the royal family. Hours later King Jamkool arrived in the city’s center. “Who are you and what business do you have bringing these freaks of nature into my city?” King Jamkool demanded. Shieldheart chuckled, “I am Lord Shieldheart you may remember the name since you killed my father, and my grandfather had your son killed and a curse put on your wife to never bear another son. I’m here to take back my Mithral mines, and rid Pandryl of you and your family for good.” King Jamkool rolled his eyes, “Oh yeah I remember the name. Your father’s death pleased Erythnul well. Now you better leave before I crush you like a cookie.”
Just then an explosion is heard in the south and a piece of metal punches through the top of the mountain landing in front of Shieldheart. He looks down and immediately knows it’s a piece of the rod of wonder. Then there is a flash of light and the ground changes from hard rock to mud. A portal opens up to Lord Shieldheart dungeon, and expands to engulf everyone in the city. Before it closes he sends some of his soldiers to find the other princess. The portal closes and standing in the dungeon are even more soldiers waiting to put the Dwarven city in the cells.
As his army puts the prisoners away Shieldheart goes to his throne room to meet up with Zanroar. When he arrives he informs Zanroar of the explosion and gives him the piece that landed. Zanroar thanks him and tells Shieldheart that for his loyalty he will be the first to receive the mark of a general of Zanroar, draconic grafts. With that Shieldheart is taken to the infirmary.
502 Words
Monday, June 15, 2009
My Official Midsummers Blog
Ok now that I’m more awake than I was yesterday I can talk more about how great Midsummers was. I was extremely happy with how the community came together to help us out. Many people doubted that we would be able to pull it off but not only did we pull it off but we pulled off our first festival and it was a complete success. Since we are a public organization I don’t feel that I’m not supposed to say what I’m about to say, however I will keep it general for now and once the monthly treasury report comes out. From what many people have said when most groups put on their first festival they come out of it in the hole with a negative amount of money, so if a group comes out of doing a festival even then they did pretty good, but we came out of the festival with a positive amount which I guess would defiantly equal a success.
We had so many great people there including those that put on the very powerful main ritual. I realize now that Apollo was trying to warn me that the energy in the circle would not agree with me, since right before I saw not one but two hawks, the messenger of Apollo, circling overhead. We were in the middle of doing an amazing grounding when I happened to open my eyes and look up to see two beautiful hawks flying around in a dazzling circle above. I grew a little concerned but, being the newbie I am, I ignored the sign and closed my eyes when I reopened them moments later and there was no sign what so ever of the hawks. Well I went into the circle and after a while I was bombarded with so much energy that I could not handle it. Then again considering it was held at noon, when the sun is most prominent, and it was a ritual that placed an emphasis on the male aspect. I do wish that I could have stayed however I just felt so overwhelmed and confused with why I was reacting the way I was, thankfully my good friend Brian was there to walk with me. This just proves to me that the ritual was very good and powerful and the coven that put it on is very good, granted it wasn’t my cup of tea but I know of others who it did interest and that is good.
We had two concerts by two enthusiastic headliners. I did not get to see Elaine Silver because I was working on cleaning the dishes from dinner and working on my blog; however I did catch the tail end of Hecate’s Wheel and was amazed. It was quite a funny picture if anyone was watching me; as I approached the Longhouse pavilion while they were performing and just stopped and scratched my head. “Are they playing what I think they are playing”, was what went through my head. As I listened more they were playing one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs, “Comfortably Numb”. I quickly found a seat and enjoyed the rest of the concert. Later on after the concert the drummer felt so comfortable that she could leave her kids in the hands of one of our great Ashes representatives and was able to go dance around the fire circle.
All in all Midsummers 2009 was a huge success and to all of you that made it I’m honored to have shared the experience with you, to those of you that could not make it I hope to see you all at Yule 2009 in six months.
1 st Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Find an empty table and drink the remaining sips in the deserted bottles and cups.”
Wow that was a pretty disgusting one considering what some people do with their discarded drinks.
2 nd Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Ask a gal to layer some lipstick on you, pucker up, and smooch a guy’s bald spot.”
Well if you plan on doing this one I would recommend you bringing your own bald guy cause that could get pretty awkward.
701 Words.
We had so many great people there including those that put on the very powerful main ritual. I realize now that Apollo was trying to warn me that the energy in the circle would not agree with me, since right before I saw not one but two hawks, the messenger of Apollo, circling overhead. We were in the middle of doing an amazing grounding when I happened to open my eyes and look up to see two beautiful hawks flying around in a dazzling circle above. I grew a little concerned but, being the newbie I am, I ignored the sign and closed my eyes when I reopened them moments later and there was no sign what so ever of the hawks. Well I went into the circle and after a while I was bombarded with so much energy that I could not handle it. Then again considering it was held at noon, when the sun is most prominent, and it was a ritual that placed an emphasis on the male aspect. I do wish that I could have stayed however I just felt so overwhelmed and confused with why I was reacting the way I was, thankfully my good friend Brian was there to walk with me. This just proves to me that the ritual was very good and powerful and the coven that put it on is very good, granted it wasn’t my cup of tea but I know of others who it did interest and that is good.
We had two concerts by two enthusiastic headliners. I did not get to see Elaine Silver because I was working on cleaning the dishes from dinner and working on my blog; however I did catch the tail end of Hecate’s Wheel and was amazed. It was quite a funny picture if anyone was watching me; as I approached the Longhouse pavilion while they were performing and just stopped and scratched my head. “Are they playing what I think they are playing”, was what went through my head. As I listened more they were playing one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs, “Comfortably Numb”. I quickly found a seat and enjoyed the rest of the concert. Later on after the concert the drummer felt so comfortable that she could leave her kids in the hands of one of our great Ashes representatives and was able to go dance around the fire circle.
All in all Midsummers 2009 was a huge success and to all of you that made it I’m honored to have shared the experience with you, to those of you that could not make it I hope to see you all at Yule 2009 in six months.
1 st Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Find an empty table and drink the remaining sips in the deserted bottles and cups.”
Wow that was a pretty disgusting one considering what some people do with their discarded drinks.
2 nd Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Ask a gal to layer some lipstick on you, pucker up, and smooch a guy’s bald spot.”
Well if you plan on doing this one I would recommend you bringing your own bald guy cause that could get pretty awkward.
701 Words.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Midsummers, WoW, and other randomness
Well Midsummer 2009 is now officially over and boy was it fun. Just like at FPG Beltaine I felt I became closer to a few people. We had some wonderful carnival games including a bean bag toss, a football throw, bowling, a dart game, a ring toss, and many others. We had an EXCELENT coffee shop that would honestly put the coffee shop at FPG to shame, which is great considering FPG is considered by many as the measuring stick for festivals. Speaking of which Thor and Mystral, who have had a big hand in helping FPG grow, were a huge help to us.
I’d have to say that one of the measuring sticks of how much fun this festival was is the fact that the Hobbit, my friend and now former competitor, was having so much fun yesterday that she decided to not blog and forfeit the competition. That in itself is a huge measure of how good and fun this festival was considering how much she was in to the completion. So yes that is right the 2009 WARP Competition is now down to 2 people, myself and BiaAlethia.
I am still exhausted after the long weekend. I learned many things I need to remember to do next time including drinking more water, wearing sunscreen, and putting on bug spray. Ok wow only 225 words and I’m so tired I’m having a hard time coming up with things to say so I’m just going to do my random Internet search and see what I come up with.
Ok that was an interesting random search, I came up with games and the first thing that comes to mind on that subject is World of Warcraft. This game as many people can attest to is extremely addictive. I currently have three different characters that I cycle through on two different servers. I have a human warlock on one server that I use quite often and on the other server I use I have a blood-elf thief and a Draenei warrior. I have to admit that I do love playing this game and just wish I had more time to play it, however between school work, working on the Phoenix Projects website, and blogging I find it hard to find the time to play it.
Speaking of the website now the Midsummers is over its going to go through some major changes. The main theme will be advertising our Yule festival coming up in December, yes I know that is 6 months away but the sooner we advertise it the more it develops in people’s minds.
Well that put me at 436 words so that’s great. Usually I would put my random Bachelor Dare Card here but I’m too tired to grab one so tomorrow I’ll just do two of them.
471 Words
I’d have to say that one of the measuring sticks of how much fun this festival was is the fact that the Hobbit, my friend and now former competitor, was having so much fun yesterday that she decided to not blog and forfeit the competition. That in itself is a huge measure of how good and fun this festival was considering how much she was in to the completion. So yes that is right the 2009 WARP Competition is now down to 2 people, myself and BiaAlethia.
I am still exhausted after the long weekend. I learned many things I need to remember to do next time including drinking more water, wearing sunscreen, and putting on bug spray. Ok wow only 225 words and I’m so tired I’m having a hard time coming up with things to say so I’m just going to do my random Internet search and see what I come up with.
Ok that was an interesting random search, I came up with games and the first thing that comes to mind on that subject is World of Warcraft. This game as many people can attest to is extremely addictive. I currently have three different characters that I cycle through on two different servers. I have a human warlock on one server that I use quite often and on the other server I use I have a blood-elf thief and a Draenei warrior. I have to admit that I do love playing this game and just wish I had more time to play it, however between school work, working on the Phoenix Projects website, and blogging I find it hard to find the time to play it.
Speaking of the website now the Midsummers is over its going to go through some major changes. The main theme will be advertising our Yule festival coming up in December, yes I know that is 6 months away but the sooner we advertise it the more it develops in people’s minds.
Well that put me at 436 words so that’s great. Usually I would put my random Bachelor Dare Card here but I’m too tired to grab one so tomorrow I’ll just do two of them.
471 Words
Saturday, June 13, 2009
My American Pie Moment or the Time I Met a Girl Wearing Only Boxers
Well now that I have gotten the worst 50 songs ever list done, and I have posted my “Return of the Dragon Gods” story for the week (which will end up being a two parter). I will tell you another story of some of the great times I have had with my best friend Eric. This story, surprisingly, has nothing to do with the great times I have had being a roadie for his band One Breath; which surprisingly might be getting back together for a reunion with some new song as well. No this story deals with one of the many times I went to visit him when he would work out of town.
I called him up one weekend and asked if he was too busy that weekend to hang out, since at the time we were living about 50 miles from each other him in Youngstown and me in Stow. Well he said that he had to work in just outside of Pittsburgh (about 20 miles or so east), but he could give me some gas money if I wanted to come out so I said sure why not.
Well I drove out there and when I finally got to his motel the he was staying at I found out that our other friend Brandon was staying there as well. So the three of us piled into Eric’s Geo Metro and went out, we went to Denny’s and ate some dinner. Brandon flirted a little with the waitress. Then we rode around a little bit and went back to the motel.
After a few minutes of shooting the breeze I decided it was time for me to make the long trip home, so I asked for the gas money they said they’d give me. Well they told me sure we’ll give ten bucks, but you have to work for it. They told me I have to dance for them “American Pie” style. They told me that it would help me boost my confidence with the ladies. Well knowing Eric and how his mind works I said sure I’ll do it, beside I needed the gas money.
So the grabbed the clock radio and proceeded to try to find a good song on the radio. Once they told me to start I danced around a little with a chair and then I took off my shirt and twirled it around a little bit to be funny and threw it to the side. They told me they wanted more so I took off my shoes and tossed them aside along with my socks. Well they still weren’t satisfied so I took off my shorts and threw them.
Well next thing you know Brandon grabs my clothes and runs out of the room, leaving me to chase him wearing nothing but my boxers in about early March. I chased him down the hallway and down the stairs and he continued to run into the parking lot and across the parking lot and hung them off of a truck. I got about two steps towards the door towards and froze.
Sitting on the curb was a beautiful girl wondering what was going on. Well after about a minute and Eric encouraging me to go on I went out there and grabbed my clothes put them back on and then explained to the girl what had happened. She laughed and we just kept on talking for a few minutes until she went back to her room.
Well after my friends joked with me a little bit about not trying to get invited to follow her back into her room they gave me my $10 and I left. So that is the story of how I met a girl wearing only my boxers.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Return from the bathroom with your fly down or with toilet paper stuck to your shoe. Buy a drink for the first sweetie who points it out.”
That could be a fun one to try.
671 Words.
Wow this is the latest I’ve posted but I have overcome the challenge of posting while at Midsummers. I can’t wait to post about Midsummers and all the chaos that will happen tonight.
e
I called him up one weekend and asked if he was too busy that weekend to hang out, since at the time we were living about 50 miles from each other him in Youngstown and me in Stow. Well he said that he had to work in just outside of Pittsburgh (about 20 miles or so east), but he could give me some gas money if I wanted to come out so I said sure why not.
Well I drove out there and when I finally got to his motel the he was staying at I found out that our other friend Brandon was staying there as well. So the three of us piled into Eric’s Geo Metro and went out, we went to Denny’s and ate some dinner. Brandon flirted a little with the waitress. Then we rode around a little bit and went back to the motel.
After a few minutes of shooting the breeze I decided it was time for me to make the long trip home, so I asked for the gas money they said they’d give me. Well they told me sure we’ll give ten bucks, but you have to work for it. They told me I have to dance for them “American Pie” style. They told me that it would help me boost my confidence with the ladies. Well knowing Eric and how his mind works I said sure I’ll do it, beside I needed the gas money.
So the grabbed the clock radio and proceeded to try to find a good song on the radio. Once they told me to start I danced around a little with a chair and then I took off my shirt and twirled it around a little bit to be funny and threw it to the side. They told me they wanted more so I took off my shoes and tossed them aside along with my socks. Well they still weren’t satisfied so I took off my shorts and threw them.
Well next thing you know Brandon grabs my clothes and runs out of the room, leaving me to chase him wearing nothing but my boxers in about early March. I chased him down the hallway and down the stairs and he continued to run into the parking lot and across the parking lot and hung them off of a truck. I got about two steps towards the door towards and froze.
Sitting on the curb was a beautiful girl wondering what was going on. Well after about a minute and Eric encouraging me to go on I went out there and grabbed my clothes put them back on and then explained to the girl what had happened. She laughed and we just kept on talking for a few minutes until she went back to her room.
Well after my friends joked with me a little bit about not trying to get invited to follow her back into her room they gave me my $10 and I left. So that is the story of how I met a girl wearing only my boxers.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Return from the bathroom with your fly down or with toilet paper stuck to your shoe. Buy a drink for the first sweetie who points it out.”
That could be a fun one to try.
671 Words.
Wow this is the latest I’ve posted but I have overcome the challenge of posting while at Midsummers. I can’t wait to post about Midsummers and all the chaos that will happen tonight.
e
Friday, June 12, 2009
Return of the Dragon Gods Part 6
Well here it is my weekly chapter of my “Return of the Dragon Gods” story. Well last week I told the story of the bumbling thief that stole the rod of wonder from Lady Moonshadow’s vault, and then proceeded to try to use it resulting in him becoming a pile of ashes. So this week I will tell the story of Lord Shieldheart. However to tell his story I must go back many years to when he was barely an infant.
Lord Howard Shieldheart was a proud man who was eager for his son Richard to take his throne and lead the battle into the impending war with the dwarves of Stormforge. The day of the royal coronation Richard he had gone missing. The only thing left in his bedchambers was a note explaining that he was taken by the king of the dwarves King Jamkool. Furious that the dwarves and taken his son who had just given him his first grandchild he stormed the Dwarven kingdom and kidnapped the King of the dwarves only son, Nanar. Howard made the demand that his son Richard be returned to him at once. King Jamkool, who was a little mentally unstable made the promise to give him Richard in exchange for not only Nanar, but control of the Mithral mines as well.
After a few days Howard agreed on the conditions providing that Richard be returned first then Nanar would be safely returned, however the dwarves counter offered with the papers to the mines being delivered, then Richard would be returned. Howard agreed to the terms. Days later dwarves were spotted delivering a box to the gates of The Shieldheart castle. Richard quickly ran to the gate to open the box hoping against hope that his son was somehow in it. Richard opened the box and it was filled with the body of Richard slaughtered. Attached to the box was a note reading “We said we would return Richard to you. We didn’t say anything about him being alive when we did. However fear not he was slaughtered for a good cause, he was a sacrifice to the great Erythnul.”
Infuriated that the Dwarven king had broken his vow he decided that he didn’t have to honor his end. Howard ordered his faithful servant to take the infant prince into the woods and kill him. The servant took him into the forest but didn’t have the heart to kill an infant. So he took him deep into the forest and left the infant there to let fate do whatever it wished to the baby.
Hours later a hunter found the baby and brought it in to the local orphanage to be raised there.
451 Words.
Lord Howard Shieldheart was a proud man who was eager for his son Richard to take his throne and lead the battle into the impending war with the dwarves of Stormforge. The day of the royal coronation Richard he had gone missing. The only thing left in his bedchambers was a note explaining that he was taken by the king of the dwarves King Jamkool. Furious that the dwarves and taken his son who had just given him his first grandchild he stormed the Dwarven kingdom and kidnapped the King of the dwarves only son, Nanar. Howard made the demand that his son Richard be returned to him at once. King Jamkool, who was a little mentally unstable made the promise to give him Richard in exchange for not only Nanar, but control of the Mithral mines as well.
After a few days Howard agreed on the conditions providing that Richard be returned first then Nanar would be safely returned, however the dwarves counter offered with the papers to the mines being delivered, then Richard would be returned. Howard agreed to the terms. Days later dwarves were spotted delivering a box to the gates of The Shieldheart castle. Richard quickly ran to the gate to open the box hoping against hope that his son was somehow in it. Richard opened the box and it was filled with the body of Richard slaughtered. Attached to the box was a note reading “We said we would return Richard to you. We didn’t say anything about him being alive when we did. However fear not he was slaughtered for a good cause, he was a sacrifice to the great Erythnul.”
Infuriated that the Dwarven king had broken his vow he decided that he didn’t have to honor his end. Howard ordered his faithful servant to take the infant prince into the woods and kill him. The servant took him into the forest but didn’t have the heart to kill an infant. So he took him deep into the forest and left the infant there to let fate do whatever it wished to the baby.
Hours later a hunter found the baby and brought it in to the local orphanage to be raised there.
451 Words.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Top 50 Worst? songs Part 6 (The final part)
Well here we go the final installment of the 50 Worst Songs. I’m sure most of you are happy about this but I enjoyed doing it, and may do something similar in the future. Well anyhow here is the top 5 so called worst songs of all time.
Number 5 on the list is a favorite of mine, Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”. Ok sure he stole his opening riff from Queen, but hell this song is so corny who can stop themselves from singing along to it. I know I can’t stop myself. How can you forget the great lyrics “If there was a problem? Yo I’ll solve it. Check out my hook while the DJ revolves it.” Although I’ve gotta say the metal version of this song is much better. Word to your mother.
For number 4 we go to another good song this one is from everyone’s favorite band to hate Limp Bizkit and their song is “Rollin’”. This song was great, it is catchy, has a great beat, and the video had Ben Stiller and Steven Dorf in it, and was probably the last video to feature the twin towers in it. The video was filmed at the World Trade Center and possibly some scenes inside of it as well.
Moving right along here, the third worst song of all time according to Blender magazine is “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” by Wang Chung. Come on people this song is a classic how can anyone say it sucks? It’s yet another song that should not be on this list. Sure these guys were one hit wonders but heck their one hit is a good one. Who doesn’t want to have fun? Probably the guys that wrote this article in the first place that’s who. Judging from some of the songs they’ve picked these guys must a couple of boring stiffs who don’t know how to have a good time.
The second worst song ever is a song that for once I agree with one hundred percent for it being on this list, although it should have been number one. The song is “Achy Breaky Heart” by one of the most popular fathers out there right now Miley Cyrus’s dad Billy Ray. I must admit though I love the Weird Al parody version of this song.
Ok and drum roll please, the number one absolute worst song of all time according to Blender magazine is “We Built This City” sung by Starship. Seriously? This is the worst song ever? What the hell? This song is a classic it shouldn’t even be on this list let alone in the number one spot.
I’m glad this list is over because it gives me a headache just thinking of all the good songs that were on this list and knowing some of the songs that should have been on it. Oh well maybe my friends and I can come up with a better list, hell we could even make it into a drinking game. That could be fun I may have to get everyone to try it this weekend.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Call an ex on your cell phone and tell her you want her back bad. After a few moments of saying how much you’ve missed her lovin’, stop and say, ‘Wait is this Candy? Ah crap I dialed the wrong number.’”
That would be a funny one to see someone do. Granted I couldn’t do that one since I don’t have an ex, but still I think it’d be funny.
595 Words.
Can’t wait to see everyone out at Midsummers tomorrow. Now I just have to find a way to post my blogs this weekend.
Number 5 on the list is a favorite of mine, Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”. Ok sure he stole his opening riff from Queen, but hell this song is so corny who can stop themselves from singing along to it. I know I can’t stop myself. How can you forget the great lyrics “If there was a problem? Yo I’ll solve it. Check out my hook while the DJ revolves it.” Although I’ve gotta say the metal version of this song is much better. Word to your mother.
For number 4 we go to another good song this one is from everyone’s favorite band to hate Limp Bizkit and their song is “Rollin’”. This song was great, it is catchy, has a great beat, and the video had Ben Stiller and Steven Dorf in it, and was probably the last video to feature the twin towers in it. The video was filmed at the World Trade Center and possibly some scenes inside of it as well.
Moving right along here, the third worst song of all time according to Blender magazine is “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” by Wang Chung. Come on people this song is a classic how can anyone say it sucks? It’s yet another song that should not be on this list. Sure these guys were one hit wonders but heck their one hit is a good one. Who doesn’t want to have fun? Probably the guys that wrote this article in the first place that’s who. Judging from some of the songs they’ve picked these guys must a couple of boring stiffs who don’t know how to have a good time.
The second worst song ever is a song that for once I agree with one hundred percent for it being on this list, although it should have been number one. The song is “Achy Breaky Heart” by one of the most popular fathers out there right now Miley Cyrus’s dad Billy Ray. I must admit though I love the Weird Al parody version of this song.
Ok and drum roll please, the number one absolute worst song of all time according to Blender magazine is “We Built This City” sung by Starship. Seriously? This is the worst song ever? What the hell? This song is a classic it shouldn’t even be on this list let alone in the number one spot.
I’m glad this list is over because it gives me a headache just thinking of all the good songs that were on this list and knowing some of the songs that should have been on it. Oh well maybe my friends and I can come up with a better list, hell we could even make it into a drinking game. That could be fun I may have to get everyone to try it this weekend.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Call an ex on your cell phone and tell her you want her back bad. After a few moments of saying how much you’ve missed her lovin’, stop and say, ‘Wait is this Candy? Ah crap I dialed the wrong number.’”
That would be a funny one to see someone do. Granted I couldn’t do that one since I don’t have an ex, but still I think it’d be funny.
595 Words.
Can’t wait to see everyone out at Midsummers tomorrow. Now I just have to find a way to post my blogs this weekend.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Top 50 Worst? songs Part 5
Well like I said yesterday I plan on finishing up the so called 50 worst songs list. Since I’m down to the top ten I’ll just go straight through without skipping over songs, for today I’ll more than likely only go to number six and then tomorrow go for 5 through 1. Anyhow without further ado let’s start.
Number 10 is a pure classic by two legends Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder singing “Ebony and Ivory”. This is yet another song that should not be on this list. This song talks about racism and how it should stop. So what makes it a bad song?
Number 9 is “American Life” by Madonna. Well this is actually a song I agree with being on the list of 50 worst songs. Just listening to it is enough to make my ears hurt. This is not a normal Madonna song because most of her songs are actual good.
Number 8 is Eddie Murphy singing “Party All the Time” with Rick James. “Party All the Time” is a decent song so why would they put it on this list? I mean who hasn’t gone around singing this song? Is it just because Eddie is known as an actor and not a singer? I have always had fun listening to this song.
So the next song on the list is “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin. I can see some of these songs on this list where they talk about being happy to the point where it’s annoying, but this song just genuinely makes you happy. Maybe it’s just the Jamaican accent that makes you feel good I don’t know but it just feels good listening to this song. Then watching the video I can’t help but laugh at Robin Williams. That guy alone is enough to make you laugh. The song talks about not letting things in your life getting you down, and I think that everyone should do this. Yeah we have stuff going on in our lives that we wish were not weather it’s a jackass of a stepfather making threats against you or bills that are overdue just don’t let it get to you. It makes me wonder if these people are listening to the lyrics or the meanings behind the lyrics.
Today’s final song, number 6, is “The Heart of Rock and Roll” by Huey Lewis and the News. Come on how can you not like this song? Besides the fact that lyrics in the song are all true, so what if he’s just name dropping cities it’s still a good song to listen to. The rock genre is really starting to grow heck two of the top contestants on American Idol this year plus last year’s winner are all rockers. Hell one of those contestants were asked to go on tour with one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time, Queen. So yeah the heart of rock and roll is still beating and beating strong. This song does not belong on this list period.
Random Bachelor Dare Card: “Go up to a blond bomb and pretend she’s a porn star. Say, ‘Didn’t I see you in On Golden Blonde?’”
Wow that’s enough to get you slapped across the face. I’m not so sure I’d want to do this dare.
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Number 10 is a pure classic by two legends Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder singing “Ebony and Ivory”. This is yet another song that should not be on this list. This song talks about racism and how it should stop. So what makes it a bad song?
Number 9 is “American Life” by Madonna. Well this is actually a song I agree with being on the list of 50 worst songs. Just listening to it is enough to make my ears hurt. This is not a normal Madonna song because most of her songs are actual good.
Number 8 is Eddie Murphy singing “Party All the Time” with Rick James. “Party All the Time” is a decent song so why would they put it on this list? I mean who hasn’t gone around singing this song? Is it just because Eddie is known as an actor and not a singer? I have always had fun listening to this song.
So the next song on the list is “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin. I can see some of these songs on this list where they talk about being happy to the point where it’s annoying, but this song just genuinely makes you happy. Maybe it’s just the Jamaican accent that makes you feel good I don’t know but it just feels good listening to this song. Then watching the video I can’t help but laugh at Robin Williams. That guy alone is enough to make you laugh. The song talks about not letting things in your life getting you down, and I think that everyone should do this. Yeah we have stuff going on in our lives that we wish were not weather it’s a jackass of a stepfather making threats against you or bills that are overdue just don’t let it get to you. It makes me wonder if these people are listening to the lyrics or the meanings behind the lyrics.
Today’s final song, number 6, is “The Heart of Rock and Roll” by Huey Lewis and the News. Come on how can you not like this song? Besides the fact that lyrics in the song are all true, so what if he’s just name dropping cities it’s still a good song to listen to. The rock genre is really starting to grow heck two of the top contestants on American Idol this year plus last year’s winner are all rockers. Hell one of those contestants were asked to go on tour with one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time, Queen. So yeah the heart of rock and roll is still beating and beating strong. This song does not belong on this list period.
Random Bachelor Dare Card: “Go up to a blond bomb and pretend she’s a porn star. Say, ‘Didn’t I see you in On Golden Blonde?’”
Wow that’s enough to get you slapped across the face. I’m not so sure I’d want to do this dare.
553 Words
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Top 50 Worst? songs Part 4
Well I figured I might as well get this list done and over with before Midsummers since I will have a hard enough time just trying to find a place where I can write and upload my blogs since we can’t put the competition on hold because most of the people left, myself included, will be extremely busy and will most likely have to leave the festival daily, or nightly, just to blog and miss out on all the fun. So I will not be able to check the list of songs while I’m there or listen to them as well. Anyhow I’ll get started with the list.
So I’ll start off with number 15 since the last one I did was 16. Number 15 is “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts. Wow here’s a band that went nowhere how bad do you have to be when your only hit song that you are remembered for is the theme song to a TV show? I can defiantly see why this song is on the list. I’m surprised that no one got tired of it sooner between overplay on the radio and most people hearing it every Thursday? night.
Number 14 is Bette Midler singing “From a Distance”. Ok this song isn’t that bad, but it was overplayed. Although listening to it now it’s almost like she’s trying to sing a gospel song. I know it was another song for our troops but come on I swear she says “God is watching us” like 50 times. Enough is enough.
Number 12 defiantly a song that does NOT belong on this list, I mean come on who doesn’t like “Kokomo” by The Beach Boys. This song is such a good song and the video was great too, especially with most everyone’s favorite uncle (I liked uncle Joey better but then I grew up watching Dave on Out of Control) playing the congas and Tom Cruise flipping liquor bottles like a pro.
Number 11 is “Invisible” by Clay Aiken. This song is a definite one to be on this list. If you sit and listen to the lyrics of it he kinda sounds like a stalker. The funny thing about him is the whole fact that for years he kept telling everyone that he was not gay even though he was big blip on everyone gaydar, but just this past year when it seems like everyone was starting to forget about him, he comes out of the closet. However I do like the reaction of everyone when he did, everyone pretty much said “Yeah what else is new?” So then he tries to dis Adam Lambert just to get people to say his name. What a looser it’s a good thing they picked Rueben.
Well I think I’ll stop there and work on the top ten tomorrow and Thursday so that Friday I can bring you another Dragon Gods story and maybe I’ll come up with another Eric story for Saturday, but then again this is a random blog so who knows maybe I’ll go for something completely different.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Find a microphone (or use a beer bottle) and sing Beyoncé’s ‘Bootylicious’ to a group of pretty young thangs. Don’t forget to shake your moneymaker.”
That would be a fun one to do and can pretty much guarantee some time with the women since you’ve already broken the barrier down.
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To get a look at the list yourself just click on the title of this blog and it will take you to the website that I found these on.
So I’ll start off with number 15 since the last one I did was 16. Number 15 is “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts. Wow here’s a band that went nowhere how bad do you have to be when your only hit song that you are remembered for is the theme song to a TV show? I can defiantly see why this song is on the list. I’m surprised that no one got tired of it sooner between overplay on the radio and most people hearing it every Thursday? night.
Number 14 is Bette Midler singing “From a Distance”. Ok this song isn’t that bad, but it was overplayed. Although listening to it now it’s almost like she’s trying to sing a gospel song. I know it was another song for our troops but come on I swear she says “God is watching us” like 50 times. Enough is enough.
Number 12 defiantly a song that does NOT belong on this list, I mean come on who doesn’t like “Kokomo” by The Beach Boys. This song is such a good song and the video was great too, especially with most everyone’s favorite uncle (I liked uncle Joey better but then I grew up watching Dave on Out of Control) playing the congas and Tom Cruise flipping liquor bottles like a pro.
Number 11 is “Invisible” by Clay Aiken. This song is a definite one to be on this list. If you sit and listen to the lyrics of it he kinda sounds like a stalker. The funny thing about him is the whole fact that for years he kept telling everyone that he was not gay even though he was big blip on everyone gaydar, but just this past year when it seems like everyone was starting to forget about him, he comes out of the closet. However I do like the reaction of everyone when he did, everyone pretty much said “Yeah what else is new?” So then he tries to dis Adam Lambert just to get people to say his name. What a looser it’s a good thing they picked Rueben.
Well I think I’ll stop there and work on the top ten tomorrow and Thursday so that Friday I can bring you another Dragon Gods story and maybe I’ll come up with another Eric story for Saturday, but then again this is a random blog so who knows maybe I’ll go for something completely different.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Find a microphone (or use a beer bottle) and sing Beyoncé’s ‘Bootylicious’ to a group of pretty young thangs. Don’t forget to shake your moneymaker.”
That would be a fun one to do and can pretty much guarantee some time with the women since you’ve already broken the barrier down.
574 Words
To get a look at the list yourself just click on the title of this blog and it will take you to the website that I found these on.
Monday, June 8, 2009
My First Time and I Feel so Dirty for Doing It
I still can’t believe I did it. It was my first time ever doing it, but I hope I never do it again. I still feel kinda dirty doing it. I mean she just did not perform to my standards. Whoa wait a minute here get your mind out of the gutter this is supposed to be family friendly here, I’m talking about not giving a waitress her tip.
Today for dinner I decided to go to Pizza Hut for dinner so I walk in and after waiting a minute or two my waitress gives me a menu, seats me, and walks away before I even sit down not even taking my drink order. After a minute or two she finally comes back to find out what I want. So I order some cheese bread and a P’Zone then she asks me what I want to drink. Well she brings me my soda and I drink it until there’s no more and then proceeded to wait for about five minutes until she brought my cheese bread sticks before getting my refill. So I ate my sticks and drank my soda until it was half gone then she brought my P’Zone, and didn’t take my empty plates or ask me if I wanted a refill. So I ate my P’Zone and at this point babied my soda even though she was in the booth right next to me rolling silverware and chit chatting about how she wishes she wasn’t there and how the one waiter’s girlfriend just broke up with him. After a while she got up and started wiping tables, on the other side of the restaurant! Then when I was finished she came over to ask me if I wanted a refill despite earlier coming by and seeing a cup that was between half and three quarters empty and most of my food still untouched. The one other thing she did that upset me the most was when she brought me my cheese bread sticks, she set them down on the table, set my refill down, turned around, walked a few feet, and then said “Enjoy”. That’s right she said it like it was an afterthought, I’m sorry but correct me if I’m wrong but as a waitress or waiter for that matter the customer enjoying their food should not be an afterthought. Now I would have excused this and thought nothing of it if the place was busy, but they were pretty much dead. So since she pretty much couldn’t care about me, her customer, I didn’t give her a tip.
Don’t get me wrong I usually give tips to wait staff, barbers, and whoever but the way she was acting I felt she did not deserve a tip. Do I feel good about it? No, but maybe she’ll learn from this and realize that in order to get a tip you have to earn it. Earning a tip means doing things like asking your customer if everything is ok more than once and not when they look like they’re ready to leave, or paying attention to their cup and giving them refills after they get around halfway through the drink, you know small stuff like that. So to any wait people reading this blog relax this is not a regular occurrence.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Have a group of gals give you a make-over using whatever girlie stuff they have on hand.”
This one seems pretty harmless enough and besides there is nothing better than looking a beautiful girl in the eyes whiles she’s putting stuff on your face.
605 Words.
Today for dinner I decided to go to Pizza Hut for dinner so I walk in and after waiting a minute or two my waitress gives me a menu, seats me, and walks away before I even sit down not even taking my drink order. After a minute or two she finally comes back to find out what I want. So I order some cheese bread and a P’Zone then she asks me what I want to drink. Well she brings me my soda and I drink it until there’s no more and then proceeded to wait for about five minutes until she brought my cheese bread sticks before getting my refill. So I ate my sticks and drank my soda until it was half gone then she brought my P’Zone, and didn’t take my empty plates or ask me if I wanted a refill. So I ate my P’Zone and at this point babied my soda even though she was in the booth right next to me rolling silverware and chit chatting about how she wishes she wasn’t there and how the one waiter’s girlfriend just broke up with him. After a while she got up and started wiping tables, on the other side of the restaurant! Then when I was finished she came over to ask me if I wanted a refill despite earlier coming by and seeing a cup that was between half and three quarters empty and most of my food still untouched. The one other thing she did that upset me the most was when she brought me my cheese bread sticks, she set them down on the table, set my refill down, turned around, walked a few feet, and then said “Enjoy”. That’s right she said it like it was an afterthought, I’m sorry but correct me if I’m wrong but as a waitress or waiter for that matter the customer enjoying their food should not be an afterthought. Now I would have excused this and thought nothing of it if the place was busy, but they were pretty much dead. So since she pretty much couldn’t care about me, her customer, I didn’t give her a tip.
Don’t get me wrong I usually give tips to wait staff, barbers, and whoever but the way she was acting I felt she did not deserve a tip. Do I feel good about it? No, but maybe she’ll learn from this and realize that in order to get a tip you have to earn it. Earning a tip means doing things like asking your customer if everything is ok more than once and not when they look like they’re ready to leave, or paying attention to their cup and giving them refills after they get around halfway through the drink, you know small stuff like that. So to any wait people reading this blog relax this is not a regular occurrence.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Have a group of gals give you a make-over using whatever girlie stuff they have on hand.”
This one seems pretty harmless enough and besides there is nothing better than looking a beautiful girl in the eyes whiles she’s putting stuff on your face.
605 Words.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
The Bass Player That Got Away
Ok so I have had a pretty decent idea of what I wanted to write about today and at first was afraid I would not be able to tell the story while keeping it family friendly, then I realized the events that happened were family friendly. So I was worrying about nothing. Well anyhow on to the story of how close I was to finding a Ms Right Now who was a bass player.
One Breath at one point was doing so good that we were getting gigs in different major cities including Cleveland. Well one night we had a gig opening for an all girl rock band. We had got there early in the day after hours of long traveling. Well since we were the first band we got in and setup our equipment early. Then we just hung around. Well later on we were in the upstairs VIP room and we were just talking to the opening band, or at least the rest of the band was. I was busy carrying on an in depth conversation with their bass player. Don’t ask me what the conversation was about because I don’t remember, heck I can’t even remember the name of the place the band played in after searching through the different bars in Cleveland using Yahoo yellow pages and Google Earth. I just remember being pulled away from the conversation because our band was about to play and they needed me in the crowd, and getting the feeling that we both wanted me to stay up there.
So One Breath played their set list including such original hits as “Jump”, oh yeah another cool thing about the band was they didn’t do any cover songs they had nothing but originals. After they played we tore down our equipment and packed it all in the trailer in the rain. After the trailer was packed up Eric who was my only ride decided he wanted to leave not even half way through the other bands set list, although later I found out I could have stayed and gotten a ride from the rest of the band. So I didn’t get to even say goodbye to the bass player or even ask for her number. I had to leave right there and then or risk upsetting my best friend and reason for being there in the first place since it was his drums I was in charge of. Granted the reason he wanted to leave was because he wanted to go home and sleep in his own bed before going back up to Cleveland for another gig the next day at a different venue, but still it would’ve been nice to stay and hang out there for a while and maybe even do something that is not family friendly with the bass player. From what I was told she was asking for me later on.
If Eric can get a hold of the band again I may ask him to see about getting the video performance of the gig just so I can show my friends the band and the band they opened for.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “In your best Austin Powers voice, approach a honey and say, ‘Do I make you horny, baby?’”
That would be a pretty simple one to do, not sure on how the girl would react. She would probably laugh her but off at me as she walks away.
577 Words.
One Breath at one point was doing so good that we were getting gigs in different major cities including Cleveland. Well one night we had a gig opening for an all girl rock band. We had got there early in the day after hours of long traveling. Well since we were the first band we got in and setup our equipment early. Then we just hung around. Well later on we were in the upstairs VIP room and we were just talking to the opening band, or at least the rest of the band was. I was busy carrying on an in depth conversation with their bass player. Don’t ask me what the conversation was about because I don’t remember, heck I can’t even remember the name of the place the band played in after searching through the different bars in Cleveland using Yahoo yellow pages and Google Earth. I just remember being pulled away from the conversation because our band was about to play and they needed me in the crowd, and getting the feeling that we both wanted me to stay up there.
So One Breath played their set list including such original hits as “Jump”, oh yeah another cool thing about the band was they didn’t do any cover songs they had nothing but originals. After they played we tore down our equipment and packed it all in the trailer in the rain. After the trailer was packed up Eric who was my only ride decided he wanted to leave not even half way through the other bands set list, although later I found out I could have stayed and gotten a ride from the rest of the band. So I didn’t get to even say goodbye to the bass player or even ask for her number. I had to leave right there and then or risk upsetting my best friend and reason for being there in the first place since it was his drums I was in charge of. Granted the reason he wanted to leave was because he wanted to go home and sleep in his own bed before going back up to Cleveland for another gig the next day at a different venue, but still it would’ve been nice to stay and hang out there for a while and maybe even do something that is not family friendly with the bass player. From what I was told she was asking for me later on.
If Eric can get a hold of the band again I may ask him to see about getting the video performance of the gig just so I can show my friends the band and the band they opened for.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “In your best Austin Powers voice, approach a honey and say, ‘Do I make you horny, baby?’”
That would be a pretty simple one to do, not sure on how the girl would react. She would probably laugh her but off at me as she walks away.
577 Words.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Top 50 Worst? songs Part 3
Well since no one has come forward and said that they don’t want to see me blog about the Top 50 Worst Songs, that’s exactly what I plan on doing, and to anyone who does not want to see me blog about this well I’m sorry but you had your chance to speak up and didn’t. Anyhow the last one I did was number 27 so I’ll just right in from there.
Number 24 on their list is Five for Fighting’s “Superman”. I’m sorry what the heck is wrong with this song other than it may have been overplayed back in 2001? This song is a pretty good song plus it was a feel good song for our country after 9/11. This is yet another of the many songs on this list that should not be.
Wow two songs in a row that are interesting! Number 23 is one of the best songs out of the 80’s, “Sunglasses at Night” by Corey Hart. The person that wrote the article complains about the keyboard and synthesizer and the lack of any real instruments, but I’m sorry that seems to me like most songs from the 80’s.
Ok now as I was going over the list again I found one that I passed up, number 45 Ja Rule and Ashanti singing “Mesmerize”. Ok now this song is one that I can see on the list. It starts out good and is even catchy, if you could understand what he’s saying. Heck the video even starts out looking like Grease, and then towards the end for like the last minute or so it changes from a pop song to a rap song. I had to double check to make sure I didn’t hit a wrong button somewhere. Seriously, WTF?
Ok back to where I was number 22 is one of the few country songs I’ll listen to, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” by Toby Keith. This song basically talked about kicking the asses of the terrorists and pretty much supporting the troops. So why would it be on a list of the worst songs? It makes you think who the heck is picking these songs, don’t it?
Ok even though there was some other interesting ones I decided to skip ahead to number 19, “Broken Wings” by Mr. Mister. What the heck this song is a classic 80’s song. I’m seriously beginning to wonder who picked these songs to be on this list because this song defiantly should not be on it.
Ok now I have one more for the day since I’ve already reached 437 words which means I’m pretty much in my cushion area where if the judges decided that some of the words should be counted as one I’ll still be at least over 400 words.
Number 16 is a pretty decent song it’s “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes. This song was pretty good hell sometimes it just pops in my mind and I enjoy singing along to it. I just found the lead singer is now a very successful songwriter. She has written Gwen Stefani’s “What Are You Waiting For”, Pink’s “Get This Party Started” and, Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” (one of my few favorite non rock songs). So I guess even though 4 Non Blondes broke up she’s still making major money in the music business.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Call you girlfriend or your mother and pretend you’re in the slammer and need $500 for bail.”
Yeah no thank you I kinda prefer living. My mom would kill me if I tried this prank. So this is one that I would defiantly pass on.
615 Words.
Number 24 on their list is Five for Fighting’s “Superman”. I’m sorry what the heck is wrong with this song other than it may have been overplayed back in 2001? This song is a pretty good song plus it was a feel good song for our country after 9/11. This is yet another of the many songs on this list that should not be.
Wow two songs in a row that are interesting! Number 23 is one of the best songs out of the 80’s, “Sunglasses at Night” by Corey Hart. The person that wrote the article complains about the keyboard and synthesizer and the lack of any real instruments, but I’m sorry that seems to me like most songs from the 80’s.
Ok now as I was going over the list again I found one that I passed up, number 45 Ja Rule and Ashanti singing “Mesmerize”. Ok now this song is one that I can see on the list. It starts out good and is even catchy, if you could understand what he’s saying. Heck the video even starts out looking like Grease, and then towards the end for like the last minute or so it changes from a pop song to a rap song. I had to double check to make sure I didn’t hit a wrong button somewhere. Seriously, WTF?
Ok back to where I was number 22 is one of the few country songs I’ll listen to, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” by Toby Keith. This song basically talked about kicking the asses of the terrorists and pretty much supporting the troops. So why would it be on a list of the worst songs? It makes you think who the heck is picking these songs, don’t it?
Ok even though there was some other interesting ones I decided to skip ahead to number 19, “Broken Wings” by Mr. Mister. What the heck this song is a classic 80’s song. I’m seriously beginning to wonder who picked these songs to be on this list because this song defiantly should not be on it.
Ok now I have one more for the day since I’ve already reached 437 words which means I’m pretty much in my cushion area where if the judges decided that some of the words should be counted as one I’ll still be at least over 400 words.
Number 16 is a pretty decent song it’s “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes. This song was pretty good hell sometimes it just pops in my mind and I enjoy singing along to it. I just found the lead singer is now a very successful songwriter. She has written Gwen Stefani’s “What Are You Waiting For”, Pink’s “Get This Party Started” and, Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” (one of my few favorite non rock songs). So I guess even though 4 Non Blondes broke up she’s still making major money in the music business.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Call you girlfriend or your mother and pretend you’re in the slammer and need $500 for bail.”
Yeah no thank you I kinda prefer living. My mom would kill me if I tried this prank. So this is one that I would defiantly pass on.
615 Words.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Irony and Midsummers
So many things to talk about, so little time. I guess one of the funniest things that happened to me today was when I was doing research for a ritual on health. I had just got down the bulleted outline and was starting to do some more research when I started to feel a little woozy. So I tried to lie back down on my bed and it didn’t help. Well I figured it must be because I need to eat something seeing as I hadn’t eaten anything since the two hotdogs I found in the fridge a few hours ago. So I went to grab something to eat but saw that my stepfather was cooking so I grabbed a Mountain Dew instead and went to play a little World of Warcraft. After playing for a little while my wooziness started to get worse so I quickly got to a safe place in the game and shut down my computer. I went out to the kitchen and grabbed a chicken patty and threw it in the toaster oven. Well I sat down and waited for it to cook and I just kept feeling worse and worse after a while I got up to take the chicken out of the toaster oven and just as I was walking by the sink my mouth exploded. I was lucky enough to get most of the esophagus’s contents into sink, however I wasn’t done. You see the hotdogs I ate earlier were older than I originally thought and my body made absolutely sure I got every last bit of them down the sink. Granted I felt much better after that but decided to give the chicken to my dog and just made some toasted cheese sandwiches. I just found a little ironic.
It’s like doing research for a health ritual and then getting sick during the research. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t ya think?
Sorry I was channeling Alanis Morissette for a second there.
Well I haven’t heard from anyone if I should or shouldn’t start the Worst 50 songs commentary up again so I guess that means that either no one cares or everyone liked it so tomorrow I’ll just continue it from where I left off the other day, unless I get a few people that tell me otherwise.
Well The Phoenix Council’s Midsummer is only a week away and I’m pretty excited. I know that it has been hectic as we’ve gotten closer to the event, but I know it will come off without a hitch. I’m hoping it will be as fun as FPG Beltaine was with the only difference being I will know more people. I wonder if there will be different camps like the Vikings and Pirates. Well whatever happens at Midsummers I know it will be quite the experience.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Request Nelly’s ‘Hot in Herre’ or Tom Jones’s ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On.’ Get on a stage (or dance floor) and perform a partial striptease in front of the crowd.”
That would be a fun card to do. Ok not really I wouldn’t want to do that one and I don’t think that people would want to see me attempt to do that.
542 Words
It’s like doing research for a health ritual and then getting sick during the research. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t ya think?
Sorry I was channeling Alanis Morissette for a second there.
Well I haven’t heard from anyone if I should or shouldn’t start the Worst 50 songs commentary up again so I guess that means that either no one cares or everyone liked it so tomorrow I’ll just continue it from where I left off the other day, unless I get a few people that tell me otherwise.
Well The Phoenix Council’s Midsummer is only a week away and I’m pretty excited. I know that it has been hectic as we’ve gotten closer to the event, but I know it will come off without a hitch. I’m hoping it will be as fun as FPG Beltaine was with the only difference being I will know more people. I wonder if there will be different camps like the Vikings and Pirates. Well whatever happens at Midsummers I know it will be quite the experience.
Random Bachelor Dare Card of the Day: “Request Nelly’s ‘Hot in Herre’ or Tom Jones’s ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On.’ Get on a stage (or dance floor) and perform a partial striptease in front of the crowd.”
That would be a fun card to do. Ok not really I wouldn’t want to do that one and I don’t think that people would want to see me attempt to do that.
542 Words
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Return of the Dragon Gods Part 5
Alright so I’m kinda getting the idea that no one likes my whole Worst songs posts so I’ll just keep it to myself, however if I’m wrong and you do enjoy those let me know. I enjoy reading comments, that’s how I know that people are reading my blogs and what they think of them.
Anyhow I figured it was time to do another Return of the Dragon Gods story today since I haven’t done one yet this week and I try to do a part once a week. Today’s story will focus on a very minor villain that played a major part in the story. His name is Cruhorn Mongothsbeard or Cru for short, and he is a Half-elf rogue who is a little full of himself and thinks that he can tackle any task possible or impossible. This story starts to take place shortly before the end of part 3.
“CRU!!!” Zanroar yelled, “Where in the name of The Abyss is that good for nothing Half-elf at?!” The Half-elf, Cru runs into the meeting room where Zanroar and his generals are. “I’m right here sir.”Cru stated proudly. Zanroar just rolled his eyes and said, “I need your services to acquire a very important magical rod from the vault of Lady Moonshadow of Firechester. Our friend here will give you all the information you need to get in and acquire it. Just follow her instructions exactly how she says and remember one thing whatever happens do not make any attempt to use it. I repeat don’t try to use it the rod is way too powerful for someone as pathetic as yourself to use it. Do you understand me Cru?” Zanroar explained. Annoyed that Zanroar didn’t think he could handle something as trivial as an acquisition and delivery Cru replied, “Yeah sure boss don’t use it.” He then proceeded to talk to the sweet smelling hooded woman sitting next to Zanroar getting the instructions he needed. When she was done she left in a puff of smoke.
As Cru arrived in Firechester he went straight to the Moonshadow Estate and saw how secure it seemed, but then no security is a match for Cru the greatest thief that ever lived. He casually walked around the back and sure enough there was a hole in the fence. Cru squeezed in through the hole and when he got to the other side he proudly blurted out “No fence can hold back Cru the Great.” Upon hearing this some guard decided to come and investigate. Cru looked around and saw nowhere to hide so he ran as quickly as he could towards the building hoping he could find the secret door before the guards could catch him. As he ran towards the door he tripped on a rock and as he got up he noticed a door had opened. He quickly got up and ran towards it as it was closing, and he barely made it in as it closed. “How pathetic no guards can catch Cru the Great.” Cru stated as he casually walked down the tunnel toward the secret door that was supposed to be at the end and let straight into a guest bedroom. When he got to the door he quickly opened it and walked into the room.
When he got into the room he could smell the hooded woman’s sweet smell. He looked around the room but she was nowhere to be seen. “That woman better not be trying to get that rod before me.” He thought to himself, as he casually walked out the door of the bedroom. He walked down the hall and right into Lady Moonshadow’s room where the vault that contains the Moonshadow Rod of Wonder. “This is too easy for someone of my skills. I’ll have to do something about that.” He looked in one of his pouches and found some gnomish black powder that is supposed to make the door fall off once he used the flaming dagger on it and he put it on the hinges of the door and poured the powder onto the handle of the vault door, and put the piece of string into it and lit the string.
BOOM!! KLINK KLIN KLINK!!
Cru walked over to the door or what was left of it and opened it. He grabbed the rod and walked out the door. As he opened it he saw a vision of loveliness, and then he caught her smell. “So that’s what you look like under the robe.” Cru said. The woman looked at him and yelled “What are you talking about and what in the name of the Abyss are you doing in my bedroom?” she then saw the rod in his hands. Put that back it’s too dangerous to be handled by anyone that’s untrained.” Cru confused runs away at the sight of guards coming around the corner. He runs back to the room with the secret door and quickly makes his escape out of the estate and into the forest.
A few hours pass by and after not seeing anyone he starts back to Zanroar’s castle. Along the way a group of adventurers approaches him. As the half-orc attempts to attack him he holds the rod out and activates it. A blinding flash of light appears from the rod as it heats up and explodes with a great force.
As the light clears up the half-orc is covered in darkness, the dwarf skin has turned blue, the human paladin is now the size of a giant while the human fighter is now a quarter of her size, gems rain down upon the gnome, and the group’s halfling is now covered in leaves. Lying where Cru was standing is a pile of ashes and only a piece of the rod. The dwarf grabs the rod looks at it and says “Cookie.” and puts it in his pants. The half-orc stumbles over to the pile of ashes and relieves himself on the pile of ashes as the party quickly moves on.
1009 Words, sorry it took so long but I hope it was worth the read.
Anyhow I figured it was time to do another Return of the Dragon Gods story today since I haven’t done one yet this week and I try to do a part once a week. Today’s story will focus on a very minor villain that played a major part in the story. His name is Cruhorn Mongothsbeard or Cru for short, and he is a Half-elf rogue who is a little full of himself and thinks that he can tackle any task possible or impossible. This story starts to take place shortly before the end of part 3.
“CRU!!!” Zanroar yelled, “Where in the name of The Abyss is that good for nothing Half-elf at?!” The Half-elf, Cru runs into the meeting room where Zanroar and his generals are. “I’m right here sir.”Cru stated proudly. Zanroar just rolled his eyes and said, “I need your services to acquire a very important magical rod from the vault of Lady Moonshadow of Firechester. Our friend here will give you all the information you need to get in and acquire it. Just follow her instructions exactly how she says and remember one thing whatever happens do not make any attempt to use it. I repeat don’t try to use it the rod is way too powerful for someone as pathetic as yourself to use it. Do you understand me Cru?” Zanroar explained. Annoyed that Zanroar didn’t think he could handle something as trivial as an acquisition and delivery Cru replied, “Yeah sure boss don’t use it.” He then proceeded to talk to the sweet smelling hooded woman sitting next to Zanroar getting the instructions he needed. When she was done she left in a puff of smoke.
As Cru arrived in Firechester he went straight to the Moonshadow Estate and saw how secure it seemed, but then no security is a match for Cru the greatest thief that ever lived. He casually walked around the back and sure enough there was a hole in the fence. Cru squeezed in through the hole and when he got to the other side he proudly blurted out “No fence can hold back Cru the Great.” Upon hearing this some guard decided to come and investigate. Cru looked around and saw nowhere to hide so he ran as quickly as he could towards the building hoping he could find the secret door before the guards could catch him. As he ran towards the door he tripped on a rock and as he got up he noticed a door had opened. He quickly got up and ran towards it as it was closing, and he barely made it in as it closed. “How pathetic no guards can catch Cru the Great.” Cru stated as he casually walked down the tunnel toward the secret door that was supposed to be at the end and let straight into a guest bedroom. When he got to the door he quickly opened it and walked into the room.
When he got into the room he could smell the hooded woman’s sweet smell. He looked around the room but she was nowhere to be seen. “That woman better not be trying to get that rod before me.” He thought to himself, as he casually walked out the door of the bedroom. He walked down the hall and right into Lady Moonshadow’s room where the vault that contains the Moonshadow Rod of Wonder. “This is too easy for someone of my skills. I’ll have to do something about that.” He looked in one of his pouches and found some gnomish black powder that is supposed to make the door fall off once he used the flaming dagger on it and he put it on the hinges of the door and poured the powder onto the handle of the vault door, and put the piece of string into it and lit the string.
BOOM!! KLINK KLIN KLINK!!
Cru walked over to the door or what was left of it and opened it. He grabbed the rod and walked out the door. As he opened it he saw a vision of loveliness, and then he caught her smell. “So that’s what you look like under the robe.” Cru said. The woman looked at him and yelled “What are you talking about and what in the name of the Abyss are you doing in my bedroom?” she then saw the rod in his hands. Put that back it’s too dangerous to be handled by anyone that’s untrained.” Cru confused runs away at the sight of guards coming around the corner. He runs back to the room with the secret door and quickly makes his escape out of the estate and into the forest.
A few hours pass by and after not seeing anyone he starts back to Zanroar’s castle. Along the way a group of adventurers approaches him. As the half-orc attempts to attack him he holds the rod out and activates it. A blinding flash of light appears from the rod as it heats up and explodes with a great force.
As the light clears up the half-orc is covered in darkness, the dwarf skin has turned blue, the human paladin is now the size of a giant while the human fighter is now a quarter of her size, gems rain down upon the gnome, and the group’s halfling is now covered in leaves. Lying where Cru was standing is a pile of ashes and only a piece of the rod. The dwarf grabs the rod looks at it and says “Cookie.” and puts it in his pants. The half-orc stumbles over to the pile of ashes and relieves himself on the pile of ashes as the party quickly moves on.
1009 Words, sorry it took so long but I hope it was worth the read.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Top 50 Worst songs Part 2
Well yesterday I started yet another thing for me to blog about, and that the list of The Top 50 Worst Songs. I stopped part of the way because it would have been way to long. So I think I’ll pick up where I left off which was number 38.
So anyhow they list “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex as number 38 on the list of worst songs. This song was a great song way back in 1995. I’m surprised that it’s that old because the song is so catchy that it seems like it never gets old. In fact after listening to some of their songs on you tube Rednex isn’t that bad of a band.
Number 37 on the list is “Rico Suave” by Gerardo. Ok now this song is one that deserves to be on the list of worst songs. This song sucks although the song does get some points in my book for inspiring Weird Al to make the parody song “Taco Grande”.
Well they have “Shiny, Happy People” by R.E.M. listed as number 35. Ok yet another one that defiantly deserves to be on this list. It makes me wonder what happened to the R.E.M. I know without all the upbeat happiness. Not to mention they had one of the B52’s singing with them and it wasn’t even the cute one. Then I read that it was supposed to be in reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre, I mean come on now that’s in poor taste ironic or not.
Number 33 is a fun one, “Barbie Girl” by Aqua. After listening to it again all’s I can say is wow. Some of the things they imply in that video are defiantly not Family-friendly. The song can get annoying after a while so I can see why it was put on the list.
Number 31 on the list is another one that shouldn’t be, “Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm” by The Crash Test Dummies. After all it’s not like it’s hard to sing it. The verses are a little out there but otherwise I think this is a decent song.
For number 29 they have listed “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Deep Blue Something. In my opinion this song is not bad at all. Heck how can it be when at coffee night someone started playing it on the guitar and many of the people there started singing it.
Ok one final one for the day and I’ll just have to continue it later on another blog.
Number 27 is “The Final Countdown” by Europe. This one is yet another good song that should not be on this list. I’m beginning to wonder who comes up with this list because I’m close to half way through it and I completely disagree with most of the songs. I mean seriously they listed the synthesizers as one of the worst parts of the song. I personally think that is one of the best parts of the song.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Take off your shirt and do a belly dance for a cutie while humming the appropriate music. Let you posse decide when you stop.”
I’m not so sure people would want to see me with my shirt off but then again they have no problem with the one guy at The Castle who wears the hammock, and knowing my friends I’d be doing it for quite a while.
571 Words.
So anyhow they list “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex as number 38 on the list of worst songs. This song was a great song way back in 1995. I’m surprised that it’s that old because the song is so catchy that it seems like it never gets old. In fact after listening to some of their songs on you tube Rednex isn’t that bad of a band.
Number 37 on the list is “Rico Suave” by Gerardo. Ok now this song is one that deserves to be on the list of worst songs. This song sucks although the song does get some points in my book for inspiring Weird Al to make the parody song “Taco Grande”.
Well they have “Shiny, Happy People” by R.E.M. listed as number 35. Ok yet another one that defiantly deserves to be on this list. It makes me wonder what happened to the R.E.M. I know without all the upbeat happiness. Not to mention they had one of the B52’s singing with them and it wasn’t even the cute one. Then I read that it was supposed to be in reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre, I mean come on now that’s in poor taste ironic or not.
Number 33 is a fun one, “Barbie Girl” by Aqua. After listening to it again all’s I can say is wow. Some of the things they imply in that video are defiantly not Family-friendly. The song can get annoying after a while so I can see why it was put on the list.
Number 31 on the list is another one that shouldn’t be, “Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm” by The Crash Test Dummies. After all it’s not like it’s hard to sing it. The verses are a little out there but otherwise I think this is a decent song.
For number 29 they have listed “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Deep Blue Something. In my opinion this song is not bad at all. Heck how can it be when at coffee night someone started playing it on the guitar and many of the people there started singing it.
Ok one final one for the day and I’ll just have to continue it later on another blog.
Number 27 is “The Final Countdown” by Europe. This one is yet another good song that should not be on this list. I’m beginning to wonder who comes up with this list because I’m close to half way through it and I completely disagree with most of the songs. I mean seriously they listed the synthesizers as one of the worst parts of the song. I personally think that is one of the best parts of the song.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Take off your shirt and do a belly dance for a cutie while humming the appropriate music. Let you posse decide when you stop.”
I’m not so sure people would want to see me with my shirt off but then again they have no problem with the one guy at The Castle who wears the hammock, and knowing my friends I’d be doing it for quite a while.
571 Words.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Top 50 Worst songs Part 1
Ok so I was sitting here trying to come up with an idea on what to write about so I did my random button push and came across something interesting. I found an article that Blender magazine did called the 50 worst songs of all time. So I’ve decided to go through the list and pick out some of the songs and give my opinion on them.
Well I’ll start at number 50. For number 50 they have listed “My Heart Will Go On” aka the Titanic song by Celine Dion. In my opinion the song wasn’t that bad at first but then I heard it again and again and again and now I’m just sick of it. On a scale of one to five with five being a great song I’d give this song a two.
Now I don’t intend on going straight through the list but number 49 was a song I just had to do. The song is “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred. Personally this song isn’t that bad in fact I think it’s kinda laughable. I find it funny how people will find random things and say they are too sexy for it like I’m too sexy for this blog.
Number 46 is “Hanging Tough” by New Kids on the Block. Now this song isn’t that bad granted I’d never own it, but then again when I hear it I just think of my sister and cousin going crazy over them like typical teenage girls did back then.
For number 44 they have listed is “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meat Loaf. Now I don’t see where this would be one of the worst songs ever. In fact I like this song. They say that the reason this is a bad song because he never says what he won’t do but he does in fact say it in the verse before that line. He won’t forget her, he won’t forgive himself he doesn’t leave with her now, he won’t ever do it better than he does it with her, he’ll never stop dreaming about her every night, he won’t move on and, he won’t go screwing around. Ok you know after thinking about it this song seems kinda stalkerish.
They have Billy Joel’s “I Didn’t Start the Fire” as number 41. This song isn’t that bad in fact I think it’s pretty good. They compare it to a term paper that was put together the night before it was due, now I guess I can see that but how does that make it a bad song?
Since this was bigger than I thought and I’m already at 450 words I’ll do one last song and then I’ll continue it tomorrow and just keep going until I finish it. Granted I’ll have to take a break at some point to do my Dragon Gods story, anyhow on with the last song of the day.
For number 39 they have “She Bangs” by Ricky Martin. I don’t know about this song after all how bad a song can be when it spawned the phenomenon that is William Hung. I can’t help but think of him whenever I hear this song he is just too funny.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Ask a honey if she’d like her fortune told. If she says yes, examine her hand and say, ‘You’re going to make out with me.’”
That was an interesting one I could see a couple members of our group doing that too.
593 Words.
Well I’ll start at number 50. For number 50 they have listed “My Heart Will Go On” aka the Titanic song by Celine Dion. In my opinion the song wasn’t that bad at first but then I heard it again and again and again and now I’m just sick of it. On a scale of one to five with five being a great song I’d give this song a two.
Now I don’t intend on going straight through the list but number 49 was a song I just had to do. The song is “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred. Personally this song isn’t that bad in fact I think it’s kinda laughable. I find it funny how people will find random things and say they are too sexy for it like I’m too sexy for this blog.
Number 46 is “Hanging Tough” by New Kids on the Block. Now this song isn’t that bad granted I’d never own it, but then again when I hear it I just think of my sister and cousin going crazy over them like typical teenage girls did back then.
For number 44 they have listed is “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meat Loaf. Now I don’t see where this would be one of the worst songs ever. In fact I like this song. They say that the reason this is a bad song because he never says what he won’t do but he does in fact say it in the verse before that line. He won’t forget her, he won’t forgive himself he doesn’t leave with her now, he won’t ever do it better than he does it with her, he’ll never stop dreaming about her every night, he won’t move on and, he won’t go screwing around. Ok you know after thinking about it this song seems kinda stalkerish.
They have Billy Joel’s “I Didn’t Start the Fire” as number 41. This song isn’t that bad in fact I think it’s pretty good. They compare it to a term paper that was put together the night before it was due, now I guess I can see that but how does that make it a bad song?
Since this was bigger than I thought and I’m already at 450 words I’ll do one last song and then I’ll continue it tomorrow and just keep going until I finish it. Granted I’ll have to take a break at some point to do my Dragon Gods story, anyhow on with the last song of the day.
For number 39 they have “She Bangs” by Ricky Martin. I don’t know about this song after all how bad a song can be when it spawned the phenomenon that is William Hung. I can’t help but think of him whenever I hear this song he is just too funny.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day: “Ask a honey if she’d like her fortune told. If she says yes, examine her hand and say, ‘You’re going to make out with me.’”
That was an interesting one I could see a couple members of our group doing that too.
593 Words.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Mushroomhead story
So I was sitting around our new fire pit tonight trying to come up with something to blog about when I thought why not just do another Eric story, so I will. I kinda figure since I teased everyone about the time One Breath opened for major metal band Mushroomhead I would tell you about it now. First however I’m sure some of you may not know who Mushroomhead is so I’ll tell you.
Mushroomhead is a heavy metal band that is originally based out of Cleveland, OH. I guess they are technically industrial metal. One of the distinguishing features about them is the fact that most of the members wear masks. This has caused some controversy among fans of Slipknot because fans of both bands claim they stole the mask idea from each other. Personally I don’t care because in my opinion both bands are great. Mushroomhead has been on movie soundtracks and on MTV’s “Headbanger’s Ball” so needless to say this was a huge deal.
Now this was a hectic day to say the least. The night before we had played at the exact same venue as a last minute replacement opening act for Prong, another major metal band whom have been cited as an influence to such greats as Jonathan Davis of Korn and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, so we luckily did not have to worry about loading and unloading our gear. However, the band had asked for us roadies to go in and help Mushroomhead unload early in the morning, alas of all five or six of One Breath’s roadies I was the only one to show up. Anyhow I went in and helped them unload the trucks and help a little bit with setup and then went home.
Later on for some reason or another we were running late for sound check and we had to literally run into the venue in the rain and start setting up while the band members tried to find parking spaces. Well we made it in time and after some major hustling and teamwork among the roadies we were ready for the sound check in no time.
Well One Breath played their set and then while the second opening band was playing their own set we went “backstage” and brought along our two VIP guests my sister and her friend. You see the venue they played in was an indoor driving range called the Golf Dome and with a full sports bar in it. Well the backstage area was the driving range and while we were back there we got to hang out with Mushroomhead without their masks on and got to hit some golf balls with them and just generally shoot the breeze with them.
Well when it was time for Mushroomhead to go onstage we left and went to find a place to stand. Luckily we decided to stand on the side because when Mushroomhead got on stage the entire bar was a mosh pit literally from wall to wall nothing but a mosh pit. My sister had to climb on top of a speaker with the help of our bass player because it was so intense.
Well after everything was all said and done and the crowds had left we were talking to the band and they were saying that they were impressed with our band. They even went as far as to give us a few pointers on some of our songs.
Well after our conversation and all we loaded up our gear and headed home for the night.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day:”Tell to chicks you’re getting married, and ask them to fulfill your last wish as a bachelor: to see a little girl-on-girl lip-locking action.”
I would defiantly take that dare or at least watch while someone else does the dare.
If you would like to see a Mushroomhead video just click here and it will take you to a You Yube music video of their first single.
668 Words.
Mushroomhead is a heavy metal band that is originally based out of Cleveland, OH. I guess they are technically industrial metal. One of the distinguishing features about them is the fact that most of the members wear masks. This has caused some controversy among fans of Slipknot because fans of both bands claim they stole the mask idea from each other. Personally I don’t care because in my opinion both bands are great. Mushroomhead has been on movie soundtracks and on MTV’s “Headbanger’s Ball” so needless to say this was a huge deal.
Now this was a hectic day to say the least. The night before we had played at the exact same venue as a last minute replacement opening act for Prong, another major metal band whom have been cited as an influence to such greats as Jonathan Davis of Korn and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, so we luckily did not have to worry about loading and unloading our gear. However, the band had asked for us roadies to go in and help Mushroomhead unload early in the morning, alas of all five or six of One Breath’s roadies I was the only one to show up. Anyhow I went in and helped them unload the trucks and help a little bit with setup and then went home.
Later on for some reason or another we were running late for sound check and we had to literally run into the venue in the rain and start setting up while the band members tried to find parking spaces. Well we made it in time and after some major hustling and teamwork among the roadies we were ready for the sound check in no time.
Well One Breath played their set and then while the second opening band was playing their own set we went “backstage” and brought along our two VIP guests my sister and her friend. You see the venue they played in was an indoor driving range called the Golf Dome and with a full sports bar in it. Well the backstage area was the driving range and while we were back there we got to hang out with Mushroomhead without their masks on and got to hit some golf balls with them and just generally shoot the breeze with them.
Well when it was time for Mushroomhead to go onstage we left and went to find a place to stand. Luckily we decided to stand on the side because when Mushroomhead got on stage the entire bar was a mosh pit literally from wall to wall nothing but a mosh pit. My sister had to climb on top of a speaker with the help of our bass player because it was so intense.
Well after everything was all said and done and the crowds had left we were talking to the band and they were saying that they were impressed with our band. They even went as far as to give us a few pointers on some of our songs.
Well after our conversation and all we loaded up our gear and headed home for the night.
Random Bachelor Card of the Day:”Tell to chicks you’re getting married, and ask them to fulfill your last wish as a bachelor: to see a little girl-on-girl lip-locking action.”
I would defiantly take that dare or at least watch while someone else does the dare.
If you would like to see a Mushroomhead video just click here and it will take you to a You Yube music video of their first single.
668 Words.
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