| My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and other random musings |
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| 09:09am 16/06/2008 |
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What an interesting day.
I picked Roxanne up, and we grabbed some quick dinner...
... then it was off to Starbucks where I got a frappuchino for $1.73 because I told the girl behind the counter "I understand Starbucks has a just say yes policy, so I'd like this run up as a tall coffee, please" ... and she did.
... then it was off to the Alabama Bookstop (sigh) where I picked up the new William Shatner autobiography... (don't hate on that Shat).
... then it was off to Numbers... where many interesting things happened. First of all, I got a water for Roxanne and a Coke for me, and the guy gave them to me free. Later, Roxanne went back up and asked for the same thing, and the same bartender, who was fairly cute, said "No worries, they're free for you hun" ... hmmrph.
... and I'm pretty sure I ran into a guy named Darrin that I dated 15 years ago. I didn't speak to him, but it looked EXACTLY like him, except well, 15 years older.
... Erase The Virus still sucks, and they even stopped their own set for some reason, the lead singer was yelling something about having to take a shit.
... then there was this one man band from Austin called "Chant" that was actually really good. Huge drum setup that he banged on the whole time.
... Thrill Kill Kult actually put on a really good show, I was impressed. Lacking this time, however, from the previous three times I have seen them, was a bassist and a drummer. They had two keyboardists, a lead vocals, and a backing vocals. As Roxanne said, "I'd like to see a band play sometime that didn't have a laptop on stage with them". It's true, they all seem to have Macbooks playing pre-recorded tracks that they just add a little too anymore.
... during TKK this drunk guy kept touching me. Like... bad touch. And he was drunk as shit. I had my fist pulled back ready to punch him in the face yelling 'touch me one more time motherfucker and I will beat you so fucking bad' as Roxanne had a deathgrip on the back of my shirt pulling me back from him. Hah... I did something butch.
... no less than three people offered us drugs at numbers. Mostly ecstacy, which we turned down every time. What the hell? One guy tried THREE times!
... there was a lady standing next to us at the concert, who had to have been in her early 40s, who was clearly on the X herself, dancing like she was still 20 when TKK made their debut. It amused me.
... you can't smoke in Numbers anymore, of course, but it STILL had that 'Numbers' smell.
... the bathrooms at Numbers smell so overwhelmingly of piss I was gagging the whole time I was trying to pee.
And then after Numbers, Roxanne and I decide for some late night eats, and visit Andy's in the Heights on 11th. Man, that is some tasty grub. We hadn't been there in almost 5 or so years... and I am confused as to why we don't eat there more often. |
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| The 25th is the day... |
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| 09:42am 18/03/2008 |
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... my mom goes into surgery... this whole cancer thing has been pretty stressful. I just want it over with and her to get a clean bill of health again. |
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| Freezepop... and how I almost got beat up by a transvestite. |
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| 10:05am 17/03/2008 |
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It's been a while since I posted here... but I had such an interesting weekend (well, to me, anyway) that I thought I'd take a moment out and post about it.
Friday night Roxanne, Christopher and myself went to this nasty Humble hole in the wall called "Java Jazz". I mean, it was laughably bad. The walls were painted black, and there was spray painted "graffiti" everywhere announcing upcoming shows (but it should be noted that they're apparently not updated very often as most of the shows had passed).
It was a non-alcoholic venue, and full of kids. Why did we go, you ask?
Because I discovered the most awesome band in the entire world a few weeks back, and I was determined to go see them since they were playing here.
Now, I had never touched a guitar hero game prior to GH3, and I liked it well enough even if I'm not the most fantastic player at it. So, this naturally led to me getting Rockband once I bought the PS3. And one night Roxanne and I were letting the system randomly pick songs for us to play, and it selected, of all things "Brainpower" by this band called Freezepop. The first time we heard it we had a good laugh, because the lyrics were so unusual. The next day, I found myself playing the song again, sans Roxanne, and began to notice how much I enjoyed the song.
This led to me spending some time online discovering the band and noticing how much I liked just about everything they've recorded. Being an old Commodore 64 nerd, how could I not like a band that is so pop-synth heavy?
Anyway... back to the club... we brave 3 or 4 pretty unappealing bands and finally. During this time I had seen two of the band members, Liz Enthusiasm and Sean Drinkwater, wandering around and desperately wanted to meet them, but was too much of a nerd not to.
Around 10:30 or so they finally take the stage, and I am treated to quite literally one of the single most entertaining shows I've ever seen, and to top everything off, they played in all their cheesy glory "The Final Countdown" by Europe and "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey. It was the icing on an already fantastic show.
It sorta saddens me that Freezepop is based out of Boston, which means it will probably be a long while before I get to see them perform again. The last time they were here was in October 2005 at the Proletariat, so I'm hopeful I won't have to wait 3 years before they come back.
Anyway, check out their website at www.freezepop.com and their myspace at www.myspace.com/freezepop. It is musical awesomeness.
On Saturday, I head down to Webster to the Dollar Cinema for our weekly Rocky Horror ritual. There was a guy in the audience, dressed as a woman, drunk, and on something else, but couldn't tell you what. At one point, he starts running through the lobby yelling at everyone and trying to swing at them, myself included. Now, let me tell you, there is nothing more funny than a drunk transvestite trying to fight you, but this guy was scary. He had open sores on him, and I didn't want him touching me out of fear of catching something.
Thankfully, the situation was quickly resolved by him getting kicked out of the theatre. Life goes on. |
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| Sorta Ironic |
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| 02:34pm 15/07/2007 |
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I feel bad about this one.
About a year ago at Rocky Horror, some kid was climbing up the light poles in the parking lot. He had made it all the way up to the top of one when I yell at him to get down before the cop comes out of the theatre, sees him, and he gets arrested.
He slides down.
Last night, I was at Rocky, and after the show, I'm standing outside. A guy in a wheelchair comes up to me and says "Do you remember me?" and I was like "uh, no?" and he says "I'm the guy that you had to yell at to get down off the light poles".
I mean, this guy was nearly totally immobile. I figure he had to damage his neck or spine somehow, but I didn't dare ask. I feel sorry for the guy, he's awfully young, but at the same time, I felt overwhemingly guilty.
I guess this is me cleanising my soul. But it was sorta weird. |
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| 12:46pm 23/06/2007 |
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69.5 hours. That is how much I worked this week. Now, don't get me wrong, I am absolutely going to LOVE this next paycheck (I'm saving to buy a new TV), but man, I was stressed out.
Friday at 11:00am, I was so stressed out and out of it from loss of sleep, I actually got up from my desk, went out to my car and started sobbing. I actually had a breakdown, I just couldn't take it. Sooo many problems and so many issues in one week. Too many night time installs on the west coast and and too many morning installs on the east coast... most nights I got about 2 hours sleep.
But I slept until 10:30am today, and it seems like all is starting to become good in the world again. Last week was really, really, really stresseful on a personal and professional level.
I tried talking to my mom about it, because I needed someone to talk to, and all she could do is bitch that I might burden her with issues instead of just talking to me. Thanks mom.
In all my years and in all my struggles, I can say, without a doubt, this was the single most difficult week I have ever had to live through. Yes, really.
But I'm going to love my TV when I buy it. Now I just gotta find someone with a truck that will let me borrow it for the day =) |
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| Oceans 13 |
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| 11:30am 14/06/2007 |
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Rave Motion Pictures
House 9 7:45pm
DLP Projection - Dolby Digital Sound
Another trip to my favorite movie theatre in town. This was the first time I've seen a movie in DLP that was originally shot on film stock, so it had more of a film look to it than the sterile image I saw on "Zodiac". It pleased me much.
The picture and sound were flawless. Deep lows, crisp highs, and with the picture being DLP, well, it was pretty much perfect.
As for the movie... several years ago, I saw Oceans 11 because Roxanne wanted to, and I didn't know much about it. I enjoyed the film very much. After than Oceans 12 wasn't bad, but it wasn't good, either.
Oceans 13, however, made up for all that was wrong with Oceans 12. It was a very entertaining story, very clever in it's plot. Al Pacino just made a good movie that much better. I shan't give away any plot points, but there was one major flaw (but if you're not a geek, you won't know it). If you want to ask me, I'll gladly tell you, but won't post it. It's not a flaw in the film, but in the background of something used in the film. Artistic License covers it, but if you know the real truth, you can't help but chuckle.
It felt wrong seeing it without a certain someone there, however. I miss them a whole lot. |
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| Saturday in a nutshell. |
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| 09:45am 07/05/2007 |
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I've recently decided I wanted an end table for my apartment, mostly because I had nothing to sit my stuff on when I was in the living room. My mom volunteered to go out with me to look for said end table. It wound up like this:
Most places were $199.99 for the cheapest end table, and still other places would not break-up the "3 piece set" of a coffee table and end-table.
I finally found a good deal on a coffee table and 2 end tables at Bi-Rite, and it was such a steal and it matched so well I couldn't pass it up.
Picked up Roxanne and we hit Home Depot to get me some lamps. Picked out, with her help, some Hampton Bay lamps. They're snazzy. Not butch enough to assemble the furniture, too butch to decorate. Thank God for Roxanne.
The two big highlights of the weekend were as follows:
Roxanne and I were playing a hand of Skip-Bo (if you've never heard of this card game, don't ask) and we were discussing the size of ... how do I put this gently ... my anatomy. She says "You've never hurt anyone during sex"... to which I replied "That's not true, one time I lost my balance and nearly crushed someone to death".
I don't think either of us could catch their breath from laughing for a good 5 minutes.
We also made an amazing discovery that what I assumed was just a young guy that just moved into the one bedroom apartment next door to me is actually part of an unusual "Daddy/Son" relationship. And by that, I mean I have discovered they have very loud sex. So, I have two very loud while they have sex gay men living next door to me, one of which is probably no older than 25, the other is probably about 45 or 50. Great. "Be Good To Daddy" indeed. |
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| sigh.. |
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| 11:05pm 26/04/2007 |
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I'm tired.
So very tired.
I've been so incredibly depressed lately. I can't snap out of my funk. I was playing Super Paper Mario on my Wii, and it let me fall into another world and forget about my problems for awhile. But I finished it. No more hole to fall through into another world and leave my problems behind.
The pressures at work are starting to really get to me. It's incredibly overwhelming. I've actually broken down emotionally over the stress.
I'm worried about some of my friends. One has went through so much loss in the past week, but he's strong and will manage.
The other friend, I'm fearful for her. I love her to death and don't want to see her get hurt.
Not that I think I'd do anything, but lately I've had thoughts of suicide. Don't panic, I've tried that before and I was a failure at it, too. But I dunno, I've just been so incredibly depressed that I can't snap out of it. I think it's just my mind working out the depression. I know better, but man, I have been preoccupied with it.
I've been saving vacation days for a possible trip out of town with Jason. I might have to break down and use them and take a week off and just hide. It's what I think I need most. Just ... go away and be by myself. No cell phone. No internet. No television. I need some peace and serenity. All my vacations are rush rush rush with no real time for relaxing. I need to just ... relax. No themeparks. No nothing.
I'm tired of being fat, I'm tired of being lonely, I'm tired of feeling like such a fucking outcast. I'm tired of the stresses at my job (I was actually told today "Look you mother fucker, I don't care who you fucking have to put on a plane, just get someone to that site you worthless piece of shit". The sad part is, it was our customer that told me this, and my boss just simply agreed with them. I think I came very close to getting fired today.)
I am a disappointment to life. |
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| I am super geek! |
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| 10:08pm 12/03/2007 |
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If you don't know anything about computers, you can skip this. I can't use the internet in my bedroom very well. My access point is WAAAY on the other side of the apartment from my bedroom. It can't get any further. So therefore, I have very poor wireless signal in my bedroom. I was nosing around in my SBC/AT&T telco box, which happens to be in the closet in my bedroom, and I noticed that each of my telco jacks are a dedicated cat5e run to an RJ-11 jack. I immediately enlisted the help of my fellow geek friend. I must convert this useless phonejack in my computer room to an RJ-45 jack. And so we did. I ripped the wires out of the telco box (sorry AT&T) and put a surface mount RJ-45 jack (aka a biscuit jack.. and no, its not a breakfast sandwich at JITB) in the closet, and converted the useless RJ-11 to RJ-45. And now, I have a cat5e run from my computer room to the closet, where I installed a Cisco 1200 access point. I have really damn good wireless in the entire apartment now. And thus, I am a super geek. +++
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| Zodiac |
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| 01:32pm 03/03/2007 |
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It is with great pleasure that I type this blog entry.
Zodiac
Rave Motion Pictures Yorktown 15
DLP Projection - Digital Sound
We are entering a gray area for me. I'm going to assume last nights sound was Dolby Digital based on everything I've read.
This was the 2nd DLP movie I have ever seen, and the picture was so clear, so crisp, so flawless. But it also seemed stale and sterile at the same time. There is something to be said for film grain.
The movie itself was 2 hours and 40 minutes, which while I enjoyed the movie, seemed about 40 minutes too long. There were little things here and there that I felt they could have cut from the film to make it not quite so long. Not a bad movie, but a long movie.
I especially liked Robert Downy Jr as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle. I couldn't help but think Jake Gyllenhaal, while his performance was not bad, just seemed out of place in this movie. I realize his character was supposed to be this good guy that becomes obsessed with trying to figure out who Zodiac is, but his character didn't become dark enough as his progressed into this obsession. It should have been played off a little more menacingly... giving up your family to work on this project... not the time to still be an eagle scout.
Would I see it again? At 2 hours and 40 minutes, no. Won't even buy it on DVD. Too long of a film. But it was good. And especially good if you make the trek out to Rave Motion Pictures and catch it in DLP.
It's my understanind that 9 screens are DLP at Yorktown. While Roxanne and I were waiting in line, two guys were arrested in the bathroom for ... giving each other certain favors. Hot. |
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| My company is hiring project coordinators .. anyone interested? |
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| 04:35pm 01/03/2007 |
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Skills needed: Overview of ethernet networks, theory of computer networking, theory of telecommunications (phones, circuits, T1s, etc), wireless networking. I'm talking about the real deal here, not "I once setup a home network for my mom" .. ability to project manage .. and of course ... phone skillz... you will spend a great deal of time on the phone.
good pay, good benefits, nice perks (Ask me about the coffee machine).
Warning: Haughty people need not apply, we're a down to earth group that can be somewhat crass at times. And there is the possibility your line will pass through me on the org chart on the way to the boss. |
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| My accident this weekend... |
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| 01:58pm 29/01/2007 |
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Me and some friends were out at the Galveston Island seawall when I had a little accident. Parts of me came into contact with the sharp rocks on the beach by the seawall. I had not been drinking.
Needless to say, I have 5 days of Soma, Vicodin, and heatpacks to look forward to. I can't remember the last time I was in this much pain. |
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| What a strange year. |
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| 09:55am 03/01/2007 |
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2006. It started in such chaos.
With my old company going bankrupt and working in a transistional state was odd. No one was certain about their future. A year later, and only 5 of us remain from the initial pool of about 35 or so. I'm making the best salary I ever have, so I'm not complaining.
It was the year I went back to Rocky Horror. Funny how you get the itch.
Sadly, I spent another year being single. I watched someone I love dearly meet someone else. And I watch how happy they are. And I burn up inside.
It was the year I *finally* saw KMFDM and wound up liking CombiChrist much more.
I got a Wii. I really like it, but how fast will the novelty wear off? Sometimes I *do* want to just sit there and play a game.
Best of all, I've gotten to surround myself with some great friends.
It went by so fast. |
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| Election |
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| 04:02pm 07/11/2006 |
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So I voted today. And I learned something. I was the youngest person, probably by 20 years, at the polling location I go to. Seeing these poor senior citizens attempt to use the E-vote machines was pretty heart breaking. It took them sooo long. I got up there, and finished in like, 3 minutes flat.
Ah well, most of them are republican anyway. It's probably good they mess it up. |
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| Combichrist |
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| 08:18pm 19/10/2006 |
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I can't get over how much I liked this band. |
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| The Ultra Heavy Dud. |
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| 02:24pm 19/10/2006 |
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I hate to say this, but... while KMFDM was good, they performed way too much obscure and new material.
When I come see you in concert, I don't want to hear your new stuff. I want to hear your older stuff. You have 22 years worth of material to play, why concentrate so much on on WWIII and Hau Ruck?
On the bright side, I was introduced to Combichrist. I really, really, really liked Combicrist. Not surprising, they're from Europe.. Norway specifically. I have always liked European music more than groups from the USA (interestingly, I think the only two that I really like from North America are NIN and Skinny Puppy).
Before the show started, some guy and his girlfriend, fairly normal looking, came up to Roxanne and I and started talking to us. I think they were hinting for me to give them a ride somewhere because they kept asking how much cab fare was. We didn't give them a ride, of course, but it was still spooky.
Cody from Rocky was up there. He's still creepy.
I was surprised at how few people were there. But then again, Houston sucks. |
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| Jackass Number Two |
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| 04:41pm 07/10/2006 |
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AMC Willowbrook 24
House 21, SDDS Digital
10:00pm 10/06/2006
It's been awhile since I've seen a movie, and I finally found someone to go see Jackass 2 with me.
This is only the 2nd time I've been to this theatre, the other time was when we saw 8 Mile.
It occured to me on this visit, this theatre is TINY for being 24 screens. Only one big concession stand, and no satellite stations. Most of the auditoriums look fairly small. It's still a HUGE upgrade from the old AMC Willowbook 10 (formally 8) theatre, and I won't even comment on the old General Cinema 6 plex that was inside the mall (I went to it when I was a kid, but remember nothing about it).
The house we were in, I'd guess, was about 120 or so seats. Clean, nice, and inviting. This theatre SOMEWHERE has a digital cinema... although I couldn't find it.
The presentation was good, the sound was good, and no scratches (James would be proud).
The movie itself was sick, twisted and fucked up. I loved every second of it. I mean, there was times I thought I was going to throw up, and HOW they got away with some of this shit, I'll never know. If you, like me, are a fan of low-brow humor, check it out. It delivers in abundance. Be warned, this is 7th level granite rock low humor. It this doesn't appeal to you, don't go. You won't like it. I spent $8.50 to be mindlessly entertained, and I got it.
Although during the "AMC Moviewater Club First Look" (this is the same for every major theatre chain, just renamed.. bah!) they showed a preview for the upcoming "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile" ... this looks so retarded. They have truly beat to death a once fresh, inventive franchise. They should have ended it after the second one.
Bravo to AMC for still using coming attractions and feature presentation tags. Classy, if you ask me. |
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| What I learned this weekend... |
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| 10:01pm 24/09/2006 |
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(1) Roxanne is the bestest friend ever for sticking around
(2) People enjoy a 6 foot blow-up cock smacked in their face
(3) I missed the hell out of Rocky
(4) Pete is a maniac
(5) Carlos is whipped =)
(6) I never want to eat corn again
(7) I love doing Pre-Show
(8) People at Rocky have huge packages, and it scares me.
(9) Tobias at Denny's claims he's not gay
(10) Jason/Joker makes a great Eddie, but I more wanted him to play Rocky (pout)
(11) My mom drives me nuts by overanalyzing EVERYTHING.
(12) I BOUGHT GAS FOR $2.04 A GALLON.. HOLY SHIT.
(13) You are all sexy, sexy bitches.
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