Sometimes you must take them just to know...

Damn Damn Damnit! I missed the hotties with Cello's... Rasputina was in town and I completely forgot about it. I guess I did see enough bands Monday, but still seeing the goth goodness of this band would have been a nice change of pace... then again with my sunburn I'm pretty sure I would have been shunned right out the door...

The Warped Tour was a ton of fun, I was very happy to see Bad Religion, the Vandals (who didn't play my song, but we did get I've got an Ape Drape which was worth it), and Flogging Molly who I was very happy to see had one of the larger crowds and it seemed that a ton of people knew the words... And amidst all of the Simple Plan / New Found Glory Sucks chants and posters, and t-shirts, it was great to see Molly get some attention. Oh and the Vandals gave us a cover of a Queen tune which cracked me up! Oh and Yellowcard was pretty cool as well.

On the flip side I'm completely dumbfounded by the person with a mow-hawk and wearing Birkinstock's... I mean there has to be a fight brewing around thier mid-section right? This is something I never.. ever... ever thought I would see in my life...

I did however get some sun... well on the parts that weren't slathered in sunscreen... so the backs of my hands look like a lobster right out of the pot. Oh well at the very least it's not like the last burn I got at that venue... 1991 LolaPalooza I... that is the kind of sun-burn pain you never forget, and I'm sure one day it will get passed along to my children... I can hear it now.

Me : I remember way back in 91 watching the Rollin's Band, Janes, and the Butthole Surfers I got the most gawd-aweful sun burn...

Child-Thing : 91? Wow! That *was* a long time ago... Who are those bands dad?

Me : Shut it kid... now when you go out to this outdoor fetival make sure and keep your shirt on and wear sun-screen... I'd say SPF 8000 just to be safe...

Child-Thing : Okay Dad, I'll do that... can I have some cash? I need to by my reunion tour shirt for the New Kids on the Block.

Me : .... has a massive coranary....

I have some pic's that I'll bust out tonite probably.

I'm off to the Warped Tour! I'm taking my new cam so I might have some fun shots which I'll post ofcourse...

And maybe the Vandals will play my song!

"Pat Brown
Tried to run the cops down
Pat Brown
Ran 'em into the ground
Pat Brown
Tried to run the cops down
Pat Brown
Ran 'em into the ground

Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the cops down
Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the mother fuckin cops into the ground

Pat Brown
Gets real mean, when he's in his machine
He's no zero, he's a fucking hero

Pat Brown
He didn't get too far
Pat Brown
He got holes in his car
Pat Brown
They threw him in jail
Pat Brown
Couldn't pay his bail

Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the cops down
Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the mother fuckin cops into the ground

Pat Brown
He's a crazy guy
And I'll tell you why
He's no clown, so don't fuck around
He's got a shotgun, yeah he thinks it's fun
To shoot at you

Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the cops down
Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the mother fuckin cops into the ground

Pat Brown
He's a crazy guy
Yeah I'll tell you why

On a hunting trip
The trigger slipped
Someone almost died
Circle Massage got a shotgun barrage
He won't pay 50 bucks for head
Music shop got a midnight shopping stop
"Hello Marshal Amps"
Stereo store got hit for even more
But Pat got caught
At the Cuckoo's Nest, he did his best
To waste some pigs

Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the cops down
Patrick Edward Brown
Tried to run the mother fuckin cops into the ground

Pat Brown
He don't fuck around
Pat Brown
He's got a shotgun
Yeah you better run
Me and Joey know

Here he comes
Down your street
Sawed - off shotgun
In his seat
Better look around
Cause here comes Pat Brown
Gonna run you down
Now don't fuck around
With Pat Brown
Don't fuck around
With Pat Brown
With Pat
Bra - rown"

To my humble yet lovable readers...

I know that if you don't live in this area it might be a stretch, but what I'm doing tomorrow is staying up for 24 hours straight and blogging on kcbloggers (my mentally challenged step child). And all that I ask is a couple of bucks for my charity, it doesn't have to be a HUGE amount, just a few bucks to add to the grand total.

So if you haven't checked it out already please trot on over to KCBloggers and read up on it, then pledge to your hearts content.

Wow, from just a few hours ago to now I've gotten into a much much much better mood. The upswing is on again!

My oldestfriend in the world made it thru her last surgery this morning, her mother called to tell me everything was okay, which started the good mood roll, then I got home to a message that explained what has been on my mind this week, got a few mails from others that may or may not turn out to be something, but I've gotten in a much better mood...

Tonite? Well it's time to go buy the new camera, groceries, clean house a tad and figure out what all I'm going to need to take with me over the Casa Toast tomorrow for the blog-a-thon.... then sleep... the sleep of the dead... yes... dead.... sleep... as if I was.... dead.

I know it's way to much of an exciting life for one single person to lead, I'm amazed that I don't explode from the non-stop action packed sitcom that is my life!!!

Laters monkey's.

Bout damned time!!!

The Return of Gif to GD!

File this under "relief of admin frustration when compiling things for developers".

We have already raised 165.00 for the Humane Society! Yay for us! Check it all out over here, KCBloggers .

My eyeballs need to be taken out and cleaned today... allergies are making me pissy... well pissier than usual anyways.

Oh and yet again TattooGirl comes thru with a night of some of the funniest shit I have been involved with in a long ass'd time! Thanks for making me laugh!

Oh ya and there is a MEETUP tonite at Harpos, once again check here for the info.

So we have decided to take some time out and do some good...

Over at KCBloggers we are going to do a 24 hour blog-a-thon for the Heartland of America Humane Society. Go ahead and check it out KCBloggers

So far we have 4 people willing to take on the sleeplessness and more are probably on the way, but go ahead and sponser us if you can, I'll get the info on all the shortly.

So here I am again, I had a great weekend with a new person in my life, and I have no idea what I did... maybe it was releasing wild weasel's in her apartment while she wasn't looking, but she is gone now. Well atleast that is what I'm thinking, and I have a gut feeling it is true. I should not think in the "what I did" way about this, may not even have to do with me afterall.

After reading the last two posts over at Reecie's, I can only sit and think that my little petty bullshit problems aren't nearly that big in the real world. I have something to look forward too soon, like hanging out with my oldest friend in the world this coming Monday for the Warped Tour, maybe the Vandals will play Pat Brown? I have a 24 hour blog-a-thon for KCBloggers to raise cash-o-lah that goes to the Heartland of America Humane Society... I have a doggy and a kitty that love me... I mean what the hell else is missing? Life is fucking short all in all, I've lived quite a bit in my years, and there are still sooo many things that I want to do. I can't imagine what Reecie is going through, I've come close but if I lost my mother I'm sure I would fall apart into tiny tiny pieces.

My mother is the one that I call when I know Dad isn't home, she for some reason started to understand me over the last 10 years like no-one else. She will sit and talk with me for a long time, and not treat me like a child of hers... It's always nice to talk to her... Not that Dad isn't a good person he just tends to keep things light, and doesn't really understand the way Mom does...

Enough of that sappy shit... on with the slaying of small furry things to increase my powa! (just kidding about the slaying well somewhat anyway).

Goodnite Monkey's of Doom... Goodnite.

I am a fucking spam magenet... I swear to god. Don't ever have a domain for as many years as I have had this one, you somehow get vacummed up into the wonderful world of every damned spammer out there... ofcourse I can't say much since I did work for a company that bought and sold lists like they were going out of style, and also figured out a way for them to spam and not get hammered as hard as the normal person would. Silly me... well I guess I spent my time with the enemy.

Insomnia sucks ass!!!

Sometimes I wish I could hear that voice, that one that just comes out of the blue and touches you deep down. There were times in the past that I would save voice mails from a certain someone just for that kind of a moment, but those day's are long gone. I know there is someone else out there with that voice, maybe I have met her already? Maybe I have yet to of met her... I guess only the day's ahead will tell. Maybe there is someone out there that will save my voicemails too...

Have you ever had one of those nights where you feel all alone?
 
Have you ever wanted that feeling?
 
Have you ever wished you could go back in time?
 
Have you ever wished you had something back you lost?
 
Have you ever thought that you were much better than you actually were?
 
It's weird but there are times where I only have to hear one song and my life seems so weird, like I just woke up from something. People all around you talking and your the only one that is listening...

Wow! An eventful weekend! What is my world coming too?

Friday night I had a great time and went to a place I've been wanting to try for awhile, Le Fo Frog right here in Rivermarket... A little expensive but in all honesty it was really worth it. Never, and I mean Never estimate the quality by the exterior of a place. I will be there again, I promise!

Saturday... new bar-b-que place for a quick lunch, and then Sushi Night! I had a great time at Matsu with some friends from KCBloggers, much...much...much Sushi was had... probably too much all in all... I was stuffed to the brim!

I had Breakfast this morning at the CityDiner right here in RiverMarket and it was one of the best I have ever had, the huge omlette with all the stuff I think the kitchen had mixed in...

I need to not eat for a week... or two....

Wow... an entire post about the placed I've eatten in the last few day's... M.Toast would be proud!

Well after last night my questions are answered! And it's a good thing!


I'm off to buy new kicks for the gym, and ummm prolly get my hair cut
since all it's doing is annoying me and shaving it really isn't
something I want to do at the moment.

Tonite? KCBloggers meetup for Sushi! Yay!

Wow! I haven't drank and entire bottle of wine in one sitting without help in ages... atleast since college, and I didn't even know what good wine was back then! Well lets just say that I think I hurt myself... I'm not completely hung this morning, but close enough... I'm moving at about 3/4 speed and I can feel the twinge of a headache. Oh well... it was a good time last night with the TacoBell knitting circle, M.Toast and Sheri came over and we chatted like a bunch of old women at the hair dressers... oh ya and drank.

Yup... it's a Me First and the Gimme Gimme's day!

Here is the question, how does a person find out if another person is feeling / thinking the same thing about a situation as you are? Do you drop loaded questions? Do you be patient and find out in the long run? Do you just come right out and ask? I have no idea, it seems to me that asking straight out would either get the question answered or be blunt and scarey to the person getting the question, but that would be more my style than the other two. I'm a patient guy, but there are some things I can't be patient about...

Oh well... "Someday we'll find it... the Rainbow Connection... the lovers... the dreamers... and me!!!" (sorry me first and the gimme gimme's jammin in my ears).

Okay, so effectively work has been a test of my patience lately, the biggest problem is having to work with a *huge* vendor (who shall remain nameless) that takes thier own sweet time getting things done. It's almost as if these guy's can't seem to do anything without running it past all of the people they are sitting around, mind you this is after they say they will have to call you back... and HOURS later they call back without any help. This is after going through this for hours yesterday with the first tier support, so today I'm with the second level and guess what... they asked me for the same gawd damned shit that they asked for YESTERDAY! Do these people not hand things up the chain? I either want to jam a pencil directly up my nose thus giving myself a junkyard labodomy on myself so I can get an idea what these people are really like, or jam said pencil into their eye sockets over and over and over again until I feel like my job is done... and at this point it might be awhile.

Ah the things I do for a living... gone are the day's of "Do you want fries with that".... too bad really.

Yay! Thanks to the peeps at kcbloggers I now know the Art House Theater that opened eary this month in Downtown KC! ScreenLand. Shaolin Soccer here I come!!!

Well... first off thank you to the person that decided that being honest was the way to go in a current situation, that means more to me than what was actually said, *not* to belittle the content of the message, but honesty goes a long way in my book.

Secondly... work blows.

Third... I can't get "new girl" outta my brain, and I'm probably going to pay for it in the long run. Oh and Tattoo girl has taken to calling her "Dog Girl"...

Sometimes you just have to use Pollstar, or just go direct to TicketMaster (of Puppets) and check out what is coming, these are the ones I would love to see, but I don't think I'll be traveling to Columbia in the near future.

Tue, 07/13/04 They Might Be Giants The Blue Note Columbia, MO.
Mon, 07/26/04 Rasputina Bottleneck Lawrence, KS.
Fri, 08/13/04 Weird Al Yankovic Starlight Theatre Kansas City, MO.
Tue, 08/24/04 Tsunami Bomb Bottleneck Lawrence, KS.
Fri, 10/01/04 Pixies Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO.

Ofcourse there are some I have probably missed, but that's because I couldn't wait to get to the Pixies!

So... on to more happy things.

"New Girl" who I went on a doggie play date with night is great! We had a good time walking and talking for a couple of hours, then spent a while longer on the phone last night. Things are looking up for little old me, and I'm happy to say that the stress relief of exercize is working, less stress, more happy... Oh and the next disk of Invader Zim comes out Auguest 31st! Now that would be a great birthday present now wouldn't it?

Okay this is in response to a certain person that is making shit up in the hopes of getting more people on her side of things, which honestly I don't really understand. The idea that there are certain people that don't want this person to be involved is really just a fantasy world where she can become the martyr, let's all give her a pity party.

Lets just lay it all out on the table, this is an exact quote from her blog "Like I have more yelling I want to do at the ex ...". Here is the answer to that, "No You Don't". There is no more yelling, crying, ranting, or other bullshit... it's time to move on.

I'm not trying to keep anyone out of any "event's" anywhere, if you want to go, go... if you don't... don't... it's that simple. But laying a blame is really very immature of you when you know just as well as I do that it's not true. If you are letting other people get into your head about this stuff then the blame goes on them as well as yourself for not using your own brain to logically figure out the situation. Your neurosis is not my problem not matter how you want to put it on me.

SoooOOOoooooooooo...

I'm feeling pretty good about the direction of my life at the moment, but from the looks of my loft it's not exactly organized. Damn I must clean some this evening before I do anything else. You know what I find funny? This is about the only thing Virgo about me, I like to have my living area clean mostly, or atleast in some order, probably not anything anyone else would call "order" but it is to me and that's what matters. I've developed this over the years, with the exception of my "office" area... that area can look like an explosion went off and I feel at home, but the rest of the place? Well that is a different story.

Tonite? Possibly busy gotta work out the details with tattoo girl and find a Thai place that is decent... Tomorrow night? Busy as well, already made plans with the new girl... Sunday? All depends on how the next couple of day's go.

And for those that think I'm using that singles service that called me? Well unless the girl who talked to me on the phone is drop dead and wants to date me I don't think so...

Wow I'm suddenly in Pogues land! Just jamming out to some Shane and wanting to be at O'Dowd's tonite, but it's a school nite and well... I would not be all that happy to be drinking John Powers alone.

Just a bit of "Fairytale of New York" for you all...

"It was christmas eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won’t see another one
And then he sang a song
The rare old mountain dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I’ve got a feeling
This year’s for me and you
So happy christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They’ve got cars big as bars
They’ve got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It’s no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold christmas eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of new york city
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the nypd choir
Were singing galway bay
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day"

So I got a strange call from some singles deal tonite on the phone, they interview you and ofcourse try and match you. The only thing I can say is the "interviewer" girl was fun to talk to about it. I was finding out about her... probably more than she found out about me, but we all know the story, she is wearing a flowery Moo Moo, and rather scarey. But I pretty much turned the tables on her, which was enhoyable! So I say to those single services out there that think I'll be thier "mark" for the evening, gimme a call, maybe I can get you to pay for a date! hee hee...

I have just joined the banks golf league, which will be a ton of fun I think. I'm not the greatest golfer in the world, (otherwise why would I be working?) but I'm not the worst either, so I figure it will give me another excersize outlet once a week for the rest of the summer as well.

Today has been a difficult day, not really for any reason other than I seem to of net slept well last night, I woke up like I'd been run over... I picked a bad week to stop huff'n gas.

So every once in awhile I grab a news story I get from a coworker that has about the same twisted sense of humor and post it up here, well here we go again!

Porkers Stolen!

I was laughing so hard... it's not the whole story, the devil is in the details on this one... see if you can pick out the things that made you laugh the most. Have Fun!

I love coming into work and getting called out on the carpet the second I get here... Okay so I fucked up, everyone does every once in awhile, give me a freaking break... and to top it all off the idea that this manager calls anyone out on the carpet is beyond me. He has single handedly destroyed any moral in the development area, noone I know likes him at all, and rumors have it the higher ups are getting to know him and not liking him either. He is a slimy little scum bag that does nothing but look out for himself.

My reaction is this... "Fire Me"... which they can't do because A) I'm the only one left that knows how anything web works around here B) My bosses know that without me thier jobs would be hell C) I'm a smart and fairly attractive person who knows how to yack with the suits up top and talk to the developers down below and not have any fights between them... So there ya go... to the said manager that is a complete asshole, I give my middle finger in salute to his feeble attempts at making me look bad!

Weeee! Good thing it's a short week otherwise I'd be ripping people apart with my bare hands by Wednesday.

I just went and saw Harry of the Potter kind this afternoon (again a wonderful way to spend your day off) and I have to say that it was really well done. The special effects in it were simply amazing! And to those of you that read this and think, "Oh he likes kids films" I say... So What? As far as I can tell the kid films are the only thing original coming out, I mean they have Adam Sandler recreating the Longest Yard for gods sake! And besides... tell me you didn't like Shrek.

Now it's time for laundry and goofing around...

Tomorrow morning I'm going to do my best to wake up at ass oclock and make it to the gym before work. I think I'm going to start trying to do this from 5:30 to 6:30 or so in the morning, the pre-warmup will be taking Kimmi out for a walk, which will give me time to shower, and relax a tad before going to work. It's all about the Cardio baby! Get my dumb ass back into some form of shape!

Yay for day's off and sleeping in waaaaayyyy late! Yup that's me... taking advantage of the day off, even though I should do some work today.

Now if I could figure out how to do laundry while I'm sleeping things would be much better. I have to do some laundry today / tonite, but tattoo girl wants to play this afternoon so we might just have to wedge it in late tonite.

So I have decided on 2 more tattoo's... one negative flame wrapped around my calf, or maybe as the background to my welsh wedding knot on my right arm... And the snake coiled in the shape of a shamrock for my left arm to cover up the college skin party fun, which looks like a drunken prison tattoo... So next paycheck one of the new ones is getting done, just have get a final design on the left arm one, and the other is more about what colors I want to use. Oh I just thought... maybe I could find a good example of a celtic snake... hrmmmm....

Oh and I need to go to the gym tonite for sure, I have to just grin and bare it, get through this initial pain and get to that place where it just becomes routine.

Due to circumstance and my own idiocy I have been reluctant to post anything really personal on this here blog... my reasoning is the avoidance of the things that people will think, or some dumb shit like that...

Well I'm here to tell you people that I was wrong.

And regardless of what happens on KCBloggers as far as the profanity, this is my gawd-damned blog and I'll say it is what ever fashion I so choose... right? So now that it's out of the way... let me just leave you with this.

Fuck All!

So I just got off the phone with a girl I can rapidly see becoming a great person to know. She is just as sarcastic as I am, with that lovely jaded edge to it all. The only way to be as far as I'm conserned, I mean how boring would life be like for a cheerleader mentality? Damn boring and annoying if your asking me... which you were.

Well the air show today attracted about as many beer drinking mouth breathers as I could handle... I still have one more day of it to deal with... I might just have to find something else to do all day long.

Well my beloved Jett has once again forced me into taking a silly web quiz... And the results are pretty damned close.

20 Questions to a Better Personality

"You are a WRCL--Wacky Rational Constructive Leader. This makes you a golden god. People gravitate to you, and you make them feel good. You are smart, charismatic, and interesting. You may be too sensitive to others reactions, especially criticism. Your self-opinion and mood depends greatly on those around you.

You think fast and have a smart mouth, is a hoot to your friends and razorwire to your enemies. You hold a grudge like a brass ring. You crackle.

Although you have a leader's personality, you often choose not to lead, as leaders stray too far from their audience. You probably weren't very popular in high school--the joke's on them!

You may be a rock star."

I'm a Rawk Stah BayBee!

What ever happened to common sense?

You know over the year (a few too many of them I might add) I have found that the Internet can be a wonderful place, I place of knowledge, a place of entertainment and fun, but every once in awhile I get reminded of the idiot side of the Internet. I have always said that you can hide behind your monitor and be anyone you want to be, that includes an asshole, an idiot, hell even a thirteen year old girl if you want too, but why has common sense left? Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be a huge lack of common sense in this day and age... I for one am completely tweaked at it. Why do some people insist on poking the injured dog? Even if it is with the long ass'd stick of their net connection, it still doesn't give you the right to just be dumb does it? It's this "Hey Honey! Watch me take out this bee hive with a baseball bat!" mentality that is testing my patience at the moment, and as another person said recently I do have the power to rule with an iron mouse pad....

What a week to stop taking my Prozac.

Sooooo.... had to work late last night on yet another project that can only equal getting your hairs pulled out all over your body one by one over a weeks time... Fun huh?

This weekend is the KCAirShow and from my lovely Rivermarket dwelling I get to watch it for free, Yay!

Other than that, nothing much to report in about, the day's move forward.