it's a scary world: rants from a chemically imbalanced mind

2008-09-04T13:20:00.003-04:00

bands i've been to see in the past few decades... jimmy page/robert plant... robert plant/alison krauss... kiss (twice)... def leppard (three times)... metallica... dave matthews band... moody blues... nine inch nails (twice)... tenacious d... tricky... tool... alanis morrisette... lyle lovett (twice)... sting... john denver... they might be giants... violent femmes... blue man group... bob dylan... willie nelson... hot club of cowtown... gravity kills... republica... adam and the ants... general public... hall and oates... electric light orchestra... rusted root... billy squire (twice.. funny story there.. first saw him in the eighties with def lep opening. i mainly went to see lep but i dig squire and thought i'd hang around. halfway into the first song, i walked out. he came out in pink satin pants and immediately began humping the stage to whatever song he was playing. that was all i needed. i prefer frankie goes to hollywood. the second time was 2 decades later in the radio station's studio when i interviewed him on the air... he played 3 or 4 acoustic songs for me that were amazing. he didn't hump anything. i enjoyed it immensely. the songs. well, the him not humping anything too.) and saw kid rock for a grand total of about 30 seconds. went to see the D who were the opening act, went backstage to meet jack and kyle, got an autograph, went back out to the arena, took in about 30 seconds of kid rock's opening song and walked out. really, do you NEED 20 half naked chicks prancing around onstage to put on a great show? if i want that, i'll head down to solid platinum (local strip club). i want music. don't get me wrong, i dig some kid rock stuff but can do without the live hooplah. (the D were amazing, by the way)

what brings this up? well, last friday night i went to the nine inch nails show at rupp on his lights in the sky over north america tour... for those who don't know the story, i went to a nin concert back in 2006 on the with teeth tour. i was SO apprehensive about going to the show that i put off deciding whether or not to make the trek till the very last minute. i had the wife drop me at rupp, went in, caught the last 10 minutes of a horrible opening act and then the nails show started. i made it about 45 minutes into the show before i just couldn't take the kids jumping around and screaming into their cellphones and blocking the view with the cellphones taking pics of the stage and so on and so on. not to mention that i felt massively out of place. mister 40 something in his jeans, black tshirt and safari shirt. and around me, a sea of goth, emo and the next generation of columbine kids. so yea. i took off like a bat out of hell. maybe got to see 4 or 5 songs total but wasn't into it so it didn't leave much of an impression. always regretted not elbowing some people out of my vicinity so i could enjoy the show that night. well, i got to rectify the situation last week. nin was in town for a date on the aforementioned lights in the sky tour, i had tickets from my buds in the ville and i decided hell or high water i was gonna go. and i did. and stayed for all but the encore. holy SHIT, what a show! that was easily in my top 5 concerts of all time. non-stop energy, sound was great which is very unusual for rupp... the stage lighting and screens were amazing. if you are even a tiny bit of a nin fan, GO see the show if it comes to your area. every song just kicked ass... and from what i've read on the nin boards, the lexington show was a standout. or so the ninheads say. and i get to relive the show from different angles too! within 12 hours of the show ending, every song from the show had been posted on youtube. no shit. AND there's some guy out there called moke that has put out four mp3s from the show and they are cd quality! WOO! again, the stage lights/screens stuff will blow your mind. i can't even begin to describe what they did. just go search over at youtube... hell, i'll even give you a handy link to the search results - CLICK HERE, SPARKY! wow. that's a lotta clips. oh and i did have one distinct advantage this time - the tix the guys got me were in the center of a set of 4 unclaimed seats. MUAHAHAHAH! which meant i had all the room i could possibly want!! WOOOO for me! alright, just had that going thru my mind and figured i'd put virtual pen to screen. oh and by the way, i'm on vacation, for the curious. doing... NOTHING. a little laundry... a few errands... but otherwise, being a sloth. slept in till 9 or 10 the last three days. gonna hurt getting my sleep schedule back next week. sigh. alright, off to play a little grand theft auto and watch the latest remastering of "the evil dead"... one of the top 10 films of all time.

2008-08-24T22:20:00.001-04:00

i SWEAR i'm gonna get better about making SOME kind of entry. apparently there ARE actually people who stop by here to see what i'm doing. and they'd like updates. so there ya go. two shots into it tonight while i work on the latest entry for apocalypse radio... which you can find at www.apocalypseradio.com .. which i would link but you can figure it out... a little too much effort for me at the moment. i will DEFINITELY be making more entries starting the first.. i'm off on vacation that week and will be doing mega movie and tv viewing and i'll be reporting on all of it. including teshegihara. i'll explain later. i've got a copy of the godfather trilogy box set coming specifically for vacation. along with the "ultimate edition" of evil dead. which i have not watched for close on a decade now. so i think it'll be a good week for an evil dead/evil dead II/army of darkness festival! WOO!! you can never have enough bruce campbell in your viewing diet. never enough. alright, wrists are getting tired. i blame the alcohol. time for me to find my way to the bedroom. so til next entry... see ya in a few!

2008-07-03T16:20:00.002-04:00

busy busy busy with movies am i. tuesday it was wanted, wednesday was get smart and this morning we caught the first showing of hancock. wanted was AWESOME, get smart was MUCH funnier than i expected and hancock was really good. hancock is NOT the movie you are expecting from the trailers. much darker than they let on but a very good story with interesting twists. and as always, will smith rocks. laying around doing laundry now while i watch frank sinatra and dean martin in some came running. great old black and white. sinatra really was a hell of an actor. planning on following that with sexy beast... what looks to be an enjoyable british gangster flick.

2008-07-01T20:20:00.001-04:00

wow. april? really did not realize it had been that long. my deepest apologies. been busy with work shit and other various and sundry crap for the past couple of months. and here i am in the midst of vacation once again. just relaxing around the house for the week. spent yesterday waiting for the cable guy to show up for an install. the wife finally convinced me to drop the landline and do the insight cable phone service. saves about 30 bucks. but i just LOVE waiting. so that day was utterly blown. couldn't really get into anything because as soon as i did, he'd end up showing up. unfortunately, he STILL didn't get here till almost four. sigh. still got in some decent gametime in gta iv. today was a little more productive.... me and clint went to see wanted at an early show (oh GOD what a great movie! if you've read the original graphic novel, don't expect a note for note recreation. they've had to change some key points but the intent and result are still the same.)... then came home, worked on ogame.org for awhile and am now catching up on my tivo backlog.... just wrapped up 6 eps of squidbillies and 3 venture brothers episodes. working my way thru two episodes of 1000 ways to die... a twisted little series which is obviously a descendant of the old faces of death series of videotapes. a classic series, if ever there was one. not a bad tv show either. if you're curious, look around on spike tv for it. now we're onto a history channel special on dung. yup. dung. it doesn't take a whole lot to hold my attention. debating on going to see hancock in the morning. definitely want to see it this week, just not sure if i wanna go on wednesday. still have to take the daughter to see get smart. she's a steve carrell fan.

2008-04-20T10:20:00.002-04:00

ok, back home again, home again, piggity pig. (am i the only one who heard that as a kid??) interesting trip. i had some fun... i was amused... and in darkness. two things i enjoy. not much of an evening for blogging... unfortunately, my crackberry has a very bright screen and i kept it dark most of the time for fear of sending one of the "ghosthunters" into a panic because my flashlight shone for a moment in their general direction and disturbed "the vortex". no, really. that wasn't just a snappy line. that happened. i'm telling you, some of these nutbags are absolutely batshit crazy. i can dig the whole "looking for some sign" scene. but me and the wife had a group of nutbags start yelling at us down a hallway because of the whole vortex thing. that's ok, traci avenged us by intentionally walking in the path of their cameras, emf meters, ir lights and god knows what else and shining her flashlight down at them as she walked by. and what the FUCK is a vortex?!?! sigh. ah, yea me and the missus left about 615am even though there was still some time left on the overnight... she was done in... i really thought she'd outlast me on this one... shows the slightly older crowd can still occasionally keep up, thank you very much.

so the entries weren't as numerous as "the disney blogs"... but of course, a lot more happened at disney. here's the extent of my "encounters" tonight.... and i only use the word "encounters" because it makes me giggle when i read it..... first, i walked past a room about 2am and DISTINCTLY heard the sound of running water. not something that sounded like, not something that could've been. i heard running water. and damned if 10 seconds later i didn't have to piss. but yes, i'm serious. i heard it and i'll stand by it. and no, it wasn't raining, smartass. did i mention the room had a broken old sink in it? and did i mention none of the plumbing above the first floor works? hmmmm. second thing - i saw something move across a doorway where i know for a fact there were no people around and no flashlights illuminating. now THIS one is easy to debunk. merely by stating the fact that maybe i just didn't see one of the other people in that area. i'm positive there was no one near the doorway where i saw something flit out of the room (really, HOW often do you get to use the word "flit" in a sentence????).... BUT i'm open. therefore prone to mistakes. and presumptions. and assumptions. so that one goes either way. and third - and this one amused me - there is a particular room on the 2nd floor which is considered a very "active" room, or so the guide told us. so me and barb and the girls all went wandering around the floor and eventually me and barb headed to the "active" room... wish i could remember what the room specifically was used for but barb knows that crap better.... so we go in and as i'm walking in the door, BANG! my flashlight goes out. okay, it didn't go BANG, that just looks better on paper than trying to find a word to describe a bulb going dark for the last time. my flashlight is a maglite. best flashlight in the world. i've replaced one bulb out of over 15 or more that i've owned over the years. and this particular bulb picks THAT moment in THAT doorway to blow? hmmmm. but it gets weirder. barb looks over as i'm griping about my mag and says "uh.. my video camera just shut down." ... huh? lemme see that. it was fine. a few seconds later she reached for the power button, hit it and it booted right up. no problem, battery at full 100% charge? hmmmm. now THAT is interesting. explain that, bill nye the science guy. thank GOD for maglite supplying an extra bulb in the butt of all their flashlights. KUDOS to you, sirs! i'm straying again, aren't i. so yea. that's a little too simultaneous for me. again, i don't believe in all this hokey stuff. BUT. i don't necessarily disbelieve it, either. i'm open. to suggestion, to new experiences and to cash donations. again, i digress. i'm not saying what was what, just saying.... "hmmm. interesting.".

oh and by the way - an admission on my part. i'm smoking again. someone posted a comment asking how the non-smoking was going a few weeks ago and i didn't publish it.. mainly because i was still keeping it on the down low at that point. but i've let the wife and the world know now cuz i'm tired of sneaking the damn things. SO in response to the question - not too good hehe .. BUT on the upside - i was hitting 2 and a half packs a day before i stopped. since i've picked them back up, i've kept it to half a pack a day. granted, no packs a day would be the ideal situation but that's not happening anytime soon... for the moment. who knows... maybe better luck next time. the wife, on the other hand, is still not smoking. kudos to her! BUT if she chose to go back to it, that's her business. i'd rather her not but it's not for me to say. to quote johnny mathis. (how often do you get to do THAT!) alright, i need coffee badly and by the way, at this point i'm going on 29 hours without sleep. no hallucinations yet but i can only hope.... clint thinks i'll crash before 6 tonight. i'd LIKE to make it to 36 hours... THAT would be cool. so upstairs i go for coffee and out to the porch for a smoke. i won't [and neither will she] allow myself to smoke in the house or in the garage. i keep it outside or at work. or in the car. my car. already smells of smoke. all my friends smoke in my car. okay, except clint. and that's only because he's a wuss for refusing to bow to peer pressure like the rest of us....... bitch.... dammit, this started with me going for coffee and a smoke. i'm out. peace. or peace out. or whatever it is the kids are saying nowadays. me, i always liked........ lates!

2008-04-20T06:04:00.001-04:00

Ok, looks like this time may be a bust.... No "in yo face" ghosties.... Just a few "happenings" and unfortunately I'm the only one who saw them.... And we all know I live on the edge of reality anyway........ Dawn is beginning to break and they tell us there's a lot of activity this time of morning.
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2008-04-20T04:48:00.001-04:00

Nothing really terribly interesting to report :( but really, what did you expect? The girls are somewhat peeved. They want ghosts. But I did get a buttload of great pics including a killer one of me behind bars on a patient bed hehehe
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2008-04-20T04:43:00.001-04:00

Still going strong.... Really thought I'd be out like a light by this point but I was wrong..... The power of april 20th, my friends. Powerful indeed. We're finally wandering on our own without a guide, thank god. Daylight is just 90 minutes away.
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2008-04-20T02:29:00.001-04:00

Smoking now outside. Must have nicotine in bloodstream. NOW. Saw some diffused lights in an area where no one could have been. (Probably just indigestion)
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2008-04-20T02:04:00.001-04:00

More amusing than interesting - I was just wandering a hallway by myself and distinctly heard the sound of running water. Now I have to pee. Fuck. And the wife doesn't believe me, I'm pretty sure.
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2008-04-20T01:38:00.001-04:00

Ok, not terribly impressed so far. This is basically a big guided tour, on the whole. We were looking more for a do it yourself kind of thing. Worth one hundred bucks a pop? Hmmmm probably not.
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2008-04-20T00:22:00.001-04:00

Well, the orientation consists mostly of an old video that's on youtube, half an episode of ghost hunters and part of the old mtv haunted series. So basically a bunch of stuff that anyone who is interested in waverly has already seen. I took a nap for the first 15 minutes.... Don't feel very rested though..... We brought FAR too much stuff, I'm figuring out suddenly.....
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2008-04-20T00:00:00.001-04:00

Well, we're in the side building now and suddenly somewhat apprehensive... There seems to be around fifty or so people here for this jaunt.... Which we think may be too many people to keep from trippinfg over but only time will tell, kiddies...... But I do like this place at night.... Creepy. Better go - they're starting the "orientation" .... Snicker, snicker.....
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2008-04-19T23:34:00.001-04:00

We have arrived..... In the parking lot now.... Man, I gotta PEEEEEEE!!! But alas, we're stuck here waiting for another 15 minutes to get in.... More to come.
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2008-04-19T19:04:00.004-04:00

Let the blogging begin!! Getting ready to hit the road for Louisville and the waverly hills sanitorium. For those of you who don't know what that is, go wiki it now.... I'll wait. A massive abandoned building supposedly haunted by many ghosties. In the cold and rain. Sigh. Keep an eye here though - I'll be posting as the night wears on.(Yeah right...he'll be asleep by midnight. -CL) Talk to ya soon. Unless the spirits get me. In which case I'll be blogging from beyond...........

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2008-03-28T14:20:00.002-04:00

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2008-03-25T11:20:00.002-04:00

i'm still out here in the ether.... just being quiet for now. just so you know.

2008-03-05T16:20:00.005-05:00

WOOHOO!!! EARL RETURNS!!!!!

oh.. almost forgot - for all you Repo Man fans out there, good news is on the horizon - Alex Cox Returns With A Sequel

2008-02-24T17:20:00.000-05:00

currently playing - whipped cream from herb alpert and the tijuana brass' whipped cream and other delights. to be followed with green peppers, peanuts and a taste of honey. no, those really are the song titles. everybody ready for the oscars tonight?? i'm pulling for javier bardem for best supporting and no country for old men for best picture. oh and daniel day-lewis in there will be blood for best actor. though i have yet to see it, the clips i've sought out online have been enough to convince me i'll be a big fan of the movie. and i'll mention that if you HAVEN'T seen no country for old men, do so. DO so. i guarantee you won't regret it. i can't wait for the dvd release. and i'm off again. off to enjoy a little forza 2 on xbox 360.

2008-02-19T20:20:00.001-05:00

pigfucker - noun - a despicable, disgusting and/or unpleasant person. an all-purpose term of strong abuse, usually applied to males. this version of the insult is probably more prevalent in the USA; fuckpig is a british synonym.

just thought you should know. might as well learn something here if you're gonna waste time reading my tripe. hugz.

2008-01-06T22:20:00.000-05:00

oops... neglected the site once again. it happens. but the new year is here... which means another resolution to blog more. which i'll end up neglecting again. until vacation. because we all know i LOVE to blog via blackberry on vacation. (if you don't know what i'm talking about, scroll down to may of 07 entries.) watched a lot of stuff since last we talked.... the ninth gate with depp (3 out of 5 stars).. war with jet lie/jason statham (4 out of 5).. shoot 'em up (3 out of 5).. the brothers solomon (just wait for it on cable.)... eastern promises (4 1/2 out of 5).. balls of fury (3 1/2 out of 5)... bourne ultimatum (4 out of 5)... zombie's halloween remake (4 out of 5) and more that i've already forgotten... been a good movie month. looking forward to 3:10 to yuma and dragon wars this week provided blockbuster gets them out to me on monday... if you hadn't heard, blockbuster raised their prices across the board in late december. bitCHES. RIGHT after i join, of course. and though there are some GREAT bonuses to being with them as opposed to netflix, i'm starting to wonder if i should've just stayed where i was. though it IS convenient to just drop them at the store and they are immediately checked into the online system.... so my new movies (usually new releases for that week) end up going out on monday and are in hand by tuesday. that is a BIG plus. but if you don't have a total access bbuster store, it's all pointless. been busy playing guitar hero and honing my fretting skills hehehehe... rented an extra guitar this week so the daughter could play coop mode with me on the 360... can't wait for charlie to come down sometime with his axe and we'll have a laugh riot playing. otherwise, it's business as usual.... i'm still sedated... the grass is still green and the sky is still blue. been dipping my toe back in the pool o' ebay. going thru clint to do it... makes me wanna start a new account but i've been there once and put years of work into it just to have it yanked away. partially my own fault but involving implied approval on their part. sigh. long story. but i do miss the whole auction thing. kinda fun to sit there and write descriptions, take photos, do a little coding and put it all together. knowing odds are good that you'll make a few bucks. usually. not always. alright, i'm weary and still getting over a vicious flu/cold/bug/thing... still hacking my guts out every ten minutes. so on that note, i'm off to find a shot of nyquil, a shot of whiskey and a small glass of tea. a surefire recipe for almost instantaneous sleep, my children. you have a good night.

2007-12-23T14:20:00.000-05:00

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2007-12-20T20:20:00.000-05:00

no THIS is a cool little toy... ever wonder what i listen to on my zune? well, here ya go - the last ten artists played. and if you click on upper right pop out menu, you can see even MORE details on what/who i listen to. sounds damned invasive, doesn't it? but i'm amused.

OR if you CLICK HERE, you'll go to "my" zune page which has more in depth listings and sound samples. gotta love that microsoft. and hate 'em too, of course. thanks for vista, bill. hell has a special place for people who create bloatware.

2007-12-15T17:20:00.000-05:00

as god is my witness, i WILL get mass quantities of dvd viewing in this late afternoon/early evening if it kills me and everyone around me. i've got superbad in now. not really in the mood to watch it but hopefully a few laughs will turn me around. after that it's the best of futurama 4 episode dvd then the animated feature doctor strange. then later tonight, the bourne ultimatum. really looking forward to that. the first two films rocked in the most pleasant of ways. blew most of the day out shopping with the wife. did find a killer deal - a hard shell clear case for my zune, regular 30 bucks, clearanced out at compwhore for 8 bucks. seems like a logical move with the release of the new zune line. played with one of the new models today at best buy. the "squircle" is cute and all but i kind of like the tactile button aspect of the original model zune. if i did pick up another deck, it'd be the ipod touch. basically for the video and internet abilities. email is handy too. but that money would be better served being used on a new desktop. mine's getting a little long in the tooth, processor-wise. soon it'll be time for an intel quad-core system. with 3 gig of ram. and WITHOUT vista. been pricing them out.... looks like around 1200. maybe a little less. ok, ten minutes in and i've already had one good laugh. that's a good sign. (75 minutes later....) wow. that was funny. NOT aimed at a female audience, for damn sure. very much a guy movie. but funny as hell. rent it. you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll grab your balls.

2007-12-12T20:20:00.000-05:00

wow. tip for the day - don't offer to drive your daughter to a hannah montana concert. every inch of the sidewalk near the venue was moms and daughters. enough bad dye jobs to keep every stylist in the city busy. and the wife has been giving me updates on the show as the evening wears on and all i can say is thank god i'm sitting home relaxing and playing guitar hero iii. working on a streak for my xbox status page over at 360voice.com... currently at 29 days straight of playing every day. don't know yet whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. but one thing i do know is i'm getting better at guitar hero. and that makes me happy. just a quick entry tonight because i've gotta run back out in a little while and pick them up but i also dropped in to post my annual christmas card to the world and all the good little boys and girls.

merry fucking christmas.