kill your tv

8.24.2001

Im just about to step out the door on my way to Anchorage (3 hour drive), Im gonna go see Bill Cosby at the Sullivan Arena.. Should be pretty interesting, we are staying over night and going to the state fair tomorrow...
Im in a hurry so I'll post more when I get back, have a good weekend
I just got an email from Louise, she likes my blog! A celebrity likes my blog! Alright, well, maybe not a celebrity... but to tell you the truth I would rather have her or Andrew read my blog then any of the following:
David Hasselhoff (sp?)
Sigourney Weaver
Keanu Reaves
Dolly Parton
Brittany Spears

Alright well, Ill shut up now.. I was supposed to go back to work five minutes ago anyways.

8.23.2001

ok, your duty now is to tell everyone you know about this weblog. ready, set, go!!!
I just got a call from my mom, she wanted to know what reboot meant. I guess she was updating norton system works and it said "must reboot to continue. " She didn't have a clue what it meant. My parents think I'm some kind of computer genius, but there basis for thinking that is that I can answer questions like that. Its not really an ego boost
song of the moment- travis: last train
Stop! Get away! Shut up! No! this is what I have been listening to for the last ten minutes. I just walked out to see what was up and what did I see? My little brothers fighting, which is not abnormal. My oldest little brother (13) was standing on the stairs, my littlest brother (12) just below him. My oldest little brother was blocking him from going up the stairs due to the fact that the playstation resides up there and he felt some strange urge to not let my littlest brother up there to use it. He didn't want to play it, he simply didn't want my littlest brother to use it. my littlest brother was nearly in tears, he's 12! He wanted to play the playstation so bad he was nearly in tears. holy hell.

if you havent got travis's new cd yet (the invisible band) for the love of god go buy it now, you poor fool.

oh yea, and to all you bloggers out there... links are very appreciated, and reciprocated.
darn it, It turns out that I accidently ordered Isolation Drills by Guided by Voices last night when I ordered the Built to spill cd. I had looked at the cd but I don't remember ordering it.. huh, thats strange. I guess I shouldn't be ordering stuff when Im stoned.
Ohwell, I have a feeling I will be pleasantly surprised.

8.22.2001

I just ordered Ancient melodies of the future by Built to spill. oh god im excited! I want it now damn it. Thank god for visa check cards
hey why don't guys take baths like girls do? I havent taken a bath since I was probably 5, and the same goes for most of my friends.. We all take showers. It would seem weird if they took a bath. It seems normal for woman to take baths...am I the only one who thinks like this?!
song of the moment: red house painters- byrd joel
I hate racist people. At work today a woman wanted a ride home and this is exactly what she said, "the driver needs to have no tickets, and he can't be black." I could not believe this, why would someone say a horrible thing like that? This lady wouldn't allow herself to ride in the same vehicle as a black person. How ignorant do you have to be to put yourself in that position? I could go on for days about how much racism sucks, but I'll spare you. This woman really bothered me though.

8.21.2001

fan dies at radiohead concert. this is horrible, for no reason this guy fell over and his life was over. This guy was only nineteen. I feel so bad for his family. heres the latest
holy shit, I found some guy with the same name as me. This guy is athletic, and his hobbies are pretty much opposite of mine. thats really strange.
song of the moment: radiohead- life in a glass house
Well, today was weird. At work today I had the chance to drive out to Nikiski(40 min. drive) to deliver a sold vehicle. Of course I jumped on it, only I found out that the trip back wouldnt be so entertaining. I had to ride back with one of the female salesman we have at work. It begain with her blairing Nelly and boasting about how she is going see Nelly in a month. After a while she noticed my lack of interest in Nelly and turned on the radio. A few songs played which I thought were alright; train, dave mathews, etc. Then the Spice Girls came on, and to my dismay the salesman I was with quickly turned it up and said, "Oh my god! The Spice Girls!." Oh man, I really try to be open minded to different peoples music preference, but this woman was driving me crazy. I came to find out she really likes the Spice Girls. I wish I'de never gone.
I just recieved my package from Switzerland about an hour ago. The coolest swissmas in Switzerland sent me some stuff I had left there, and a shirt she was fixing for me. I went there about a month ago, Its the coolest place in the world. Everyone should go there at least once, and amsterdam.. but for different reasons of course!

Today when I was driving a vehicle at work the neatest thing happened. I was just taking off when I saw a cool spider crawling on my windshield. It looked like it was having fun just cruising around on my windshield, I slowed down and watched it as I was driving and it just walked all over the place. After a while it walked up to the top of my car out of sight, hopefully it didn't fly away.. Maybe its still up there and I'll see him next time I drive the car!

Ive been waiting for an email back from Ms. Bartman for 4 days now. She is supposed to let me know when to pick up my letter of recommendation for college. I hope shes not backing out on me, I don't think she would but teachers can be a little weird sometimes. Maybe she'll email tomorrow, oh yea tomorrow school starts for everyone BUT ME!
have a nice day

8.20.2001

Sitting here looking at my computer screen, my windows covered by blankets, coldplay playing in the background. I wish I was doing something productive with my life, I really havent ever done that. I fucked off four years of highschool, sitting in the classrooms in which I had complete comprehension of the subjects taught yet I was so lazy I didnt do any work. Oh god, I wish I hadnt done that. I am trying very hard to get into college now, hopefully it will be the Art Institute of Portland. I only need to finish up my two entrance essays, get my letter of recommendation from Mr. Bartman- my old computer teacher, and mail off my application. If everything goes right I will be leaving in January. I really hope it works out right.
I am working at a car dealership detailing cars right now, I get up and go to work everyday fearing that I will turn out like the mindless idiots I work with. I work around a bunch of mechanics mainly, and I cant exactly say that it is the most intelligent environment. I walk through the shop several times per day hearing all of the conversation between the mechanics. I havent heard one conversation that did not consist of boasting about there fast car, or of a girl they'd like to screw.
I swear that place is going to drive me insane, I come home everyday completely drained. I wish that I could be in an environment with people that are a bit more three-dimensional, people with good taste in music, and people that don't feel that they need to put up a wall to fit in. I would love to sit down and have a nice conversation about new music, or maybe of a new book that is good, or maybe of a new website design that is cool. Instead I am forced to play a role I really don't like and really can not play very well. Most of the mechanics have learned that attempting to cary on a conversation with me about cars or woman really gets you no where, considering I could care less about cars and I don't really feel like talking about girls with a bunch of apes.

oh man, sorry about all that rambling

8.19.2001

oh man, the blue grass festival last night was crazy. well, from what I can remember anyways. I pretty much smoked myself retarded to put it bluntly. The music was way cool, the people were a bit strange but cool all the same. The whole place had a strange vibe, it had a vibrant culture all its own.
At one point during the evening (or morning) I saw a family of hillbillys, not the kind you see in movies but the real thing. It was a family with about 8 kids, they live off in the woods completely isolated with no electricity or anything. They come into town once per year to buy food for the rest of the year. I saw them play a few songs too, everyone in the family played an instrument.. even the little kids had small drums. It was a bit of an eye-opener, it really goes to show you how fabricated our little lives really are. We take for granted our supermarkets, telephones, electricity, running water. This family was genuinly happy, they were content with their dirty clothes and unwashed hair. They don't feel like they need to where the latest fashions, or have the best looking car (or even own one for that matter), they are happy being isolated. It was funny because throughout the night I heard countless remarks and slants against this family, these people who ridicule them are so superficial that they can't look past the cosmetics to see the person underneath. I admire this family, there genuine happiness really blew me away.
If people would just stop and look past the exterior this world would be a much better place.

oh yea, my archive page will be up and working sometime today.. and I will have a link page up within a couple days..