One of THE best things about this job so far is, NOT WORKING FOR FRIDAY!!! YIPEE!!! With my unexpected paycheck (See Chronicles of Wabbit... I kinda like having TWO blogs, all these separate storylines and cross references, it reminds me of a comic book...Ex. See X-Men #42...LOL!) I decided to treat myself to a nice B-day present.
The computer's been acting up lately, and the PC's original DVD/CD-ROM drive is on it's last leg, well at least it's laser is. It takes forever to read a Data DVD, sometimes never at all...
The External DVD Burner has been doing Double Duty read AND Burning all the DVD Movies I've been coping...it was time even the workload...by getting an external CD/DVD-ROM drive. Now, I didn't want another burner, just a DVD-ROM READER drive...this accessory apprently has gone the way of the dinosaur was was kinda hard to find...
BUT, thank god for BEST BUY...for the first time, I actually secured purchase of a new drive from the comfort of my own home and arrainged to pick it up at the store of my choice...COOL! I took my sweet time and headed down to 23rd street in Chelsea at around 2pm
I didn't really have any plans for the weekend. I though the fam would get together and we celebrate my special day, but MOM had other plans...
Well phooey for the fam, I spend the day enjoying myself, and maybe I'll do something saturday on my own...
Yeah right, who am I kiddin...
"My Birthday Present to ME from ME!"
"One show my mother is NOT looking forward to..."
Poor mom...
She is VERY upset at a new show starting tonight. It's called "Ugly Betty", about a quirky assistant who somehow wow's her way up the fashion industry.
MOM's pissed because despite her name really being Marietta, every one knows her as "Betty". I dunno if it's her Betty Boop facinatation or maybe the fact that "Daddy" called her "Betty Bee" for some bizarre reason, that nickname is second nature.
UGLY is such a strong word to decribe someone, I'm one of those few that believe "God don't make UGLY"...but there time when even beautiful women have UGLY moments...
we'll see if it becomes a hit, if it does...maybe people will start call her "Ugly Betty"...LOL!
She is VERY upset at a new show starting tonight. It's called "Ugly Betty", about a quirky assistant who somehow wow's her way up the fashion industry.
MOM's pissed because despite her name really being Marietta, every one knows her as "Betty". I dunno if it's her Betty Boop facinatation or maybe the fact that "Daddy" called her "Betty Bee" for some bizarre reason, that nickname is second nature.
UGLY is such a strong word to decribe someone, I'm one of those few that believe "God don't make UGLY"...but there time when even beautiful women have UGLY moments...
we'll see if it becomes a hit, if it does...maybe people will start call her "Ugly Betty"...LOL!
"The one where Les turns 31..."
I have a scary feeling I'm sorta getting hooked on FRIENDS in syndication on TBS...
I couldn't think of any other segue title for this year's Birthday Post...I think last years "To Les on his 30th Birthday" from the movie "To Gillian..." will always be the best one, although this one is kinda cute...(FOR those NON-Friends people out there, EVERY episode was had a "The One when..." kinda title that described the plot...)
MY ORIGINAL post was going to be a YouTube clip of Lisa Simpson singing "Happy Birthday" alone to herself in the kitchen and at the end of the song she starts to sob because everybody was caught up in the "White Guy thinking He's Michael Jackson"-thing. Well, Lisa wasn't completely alone, Maggie (the baby) blew a noisemaker at the end of the song.
It's kinda how I feel every birthday since oh, I don't know...THE ONE I GOT DUMPED!!!
I can't believe YouTube didn't have the clip...
ah well,
THE FAM in TRUE form has decided on other things to do TODAY AND THIS WEEKEND...my celebration plans will have to wait till next weekend, I guess...
I DID GET A NICE SURPRISE this morning when I came home from work...check The Chronicles of Wabbit for the details...
Well, it's here...31, whoop, whoop...PEACE!
I couldn't think of any other segue title for this year's Birthday Post...I think last years "To Les on his 30th Birthday" from the movie "To Gillian..." will always be the best one, although this one is kinda cute...(FOR those NON-Friends people out there, EVERY episode was had a "The One when..." kinda title that described the plot...)
MY ORIGINAL post was going to be a YouTube clip of Lisa Simpson singing "Happy Birthday" alone to herself in the kitchen and at the end of the song she starts to sob because everybody was caught up in the "White Guy thinking He's Michael Jackson"-thing. Well, Lisa wasn't completely alone, Maggie (the baby) blew a noisemaker at the end of the song.
It's kinda how I feel every birthday since oh, I don't know...THE ONE I GOT DUMPED!!!
I can't believe YouTube didn't have the clip...
ah well,
THE FAM in TRUE form has decided on other things to do TODAY AND THIS WEEKEND...my celebration plans will have to wait till next weekend, I guess...
I DID GET A NICE SURPRISE this morning when I came home from work...check The Chronicles of Wabbit for the details...
Well, it's here...31, whoop, whoop...PEACE!
"Thrity-One..."
According to some smart ass website Things Other People Accomplished
When They Were Your Age
French Egyptologist Jean Francois Champollion deciphered the Rosetta stone. (The WHA?)
British physician Thomas Wedgwood produced the first photograph. (What the hell was it a picture of?)
Eli Terry produced clocks with interchangeable parts. He also introduced the free-trial, no-money-down sales method. (SUMBODY SHOOT ME...)
ALL DID THIS BEFORE they turned 31...
WHOOP-DEE-FRIKIN'-DOO
When They Were Your Age
French Egyptologist Jean Francois Champollion deciphered the Rosetta stone. (The WHA?)
British physician Thomas Wedgwood produced the first photograph. (What the hell was it a picture of?)
Eli Terry produced clocks with interchangeable parts. He also introduced the free-trial, no-money-down sales method. (SUMBODY SHOOT ME...)
ALL DID THIS BEFORE they turned 31...
WHOOP-DEE-FRIKIN'-DOO
"HEROES"...BEST NEW SHOW!
After my first NIGHT at work, I came home 4:30am and saw the "GUESTS" packing for a 7am Train ride back home. They entertained a few ideas of staying longer but gasp of concern from MOM made them change their mind. Besides, the cats were driving their allergies crazy. I stayed up the morning and surfed a bit online, watched some morning news till the sun came up.
I figured my routine would be this...
Go to bed around 12 noon or 2pm, tops...wake up at 7:30 at night, head out around 8:30 or 9pm.
A little weird, but I'll get used to it. Eating dinner in the morning, breakfast at night...it might be kinda cool.
The only thing would be TV, I'd have to tape and download various shows.
BUT, I just learned networks are getting back at downloaders by offering show online from their own websites!
ABC, CBS, and NBC (Not FOX, just their old show, so far...)
SO maybe I can still watch "Grey's Anatomy" online while Taping CSI...
Fast forward to after work, tuesday morning...I'm watching the first episode of "Heroes" that was on NBC at 9pm
WOW, I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH!
I am SO downloading it so I can look at it a few more times...it is my latest Guilty Pleasure!
This show is SO out there!
To be honest, I know it won't have an ideal audience. We're starting to get used to sci-fi type shows (Supernatural, LOST, Battlestar Galatitca...) but knowing NBC, they'll pull the plug if the show doesn't draw millions of viewers away from "24" when it comes back. "Surface" couldn't do it. But after just ONE EPISODE, I am HOOKED (Maybe the Sci-Fi Network will the pick it up if NBC cancels it.).
The storylines, the characters, the intrigue. As weird as a Japanese nerd Teleporting...or a popular, self-loathing cheerleader who can heal faster than WOLVERINE...or two brothers that can somehow...FLY? It seems far-fetch, but 3 years ago who believed in an island with polar bears and smoke monsters with hatches and "Others". We've seen crazy stuff on X-Files and Alias, lets go on a lil faith here. Lot of characters, lots of powers...even a spooky Government villain investigating things, "HEROES" promises to inspire and entertain...
check it out!
I figured my routine would be this...
Go to bed around 12 noon or 2pm, tops...wake up at 7:30 at night, head out around 8:30 or 9pm.
A little weird, but I'll get used to it. Eating dinner in the morning, breakfast at night...it might be kinda cool.
The only thing would be TV, I'd have to tape and download various shows.
BUT, I just learned networks are getting back at downloaders by offering show online from their own websites!
ABC, CBS, and NBC (Not FOX, just their old show, so far...)
SO maybe I can still watch "Grey's Anatomy" online while Taping CSI...
Fast forward to after work, tuesday morning...I'm watching the first episode of "Heroes" that was on NBC at 9pm
WOW, I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH!
I am SO downloading it so I can look at it a few more times...it is my latest Guilty Pleasure!
This show is SO out there!
To be honest, I know it won't have an ideal audience. We're starting to get used to sci-fi type shows (Supernatural, LOST, Battlestar Galatitca...) but knowing NBC, they'll pull the plug if the show doesn't draw millions of viewers away from "24" when it comes back. "Surface" couldn't do it. But after just ONE EPISODE, I am HOOKED (Maybe the Sci-Fi Network will the pick it up if NBC cancels it.).
The storylines, the characters, the intrigue. As weird as a Japanese nerd Teleporting...or a popular, self-loathing cheerleader who can heal faster than WOLVERINE...or two brothers that can somehow...FLY? It seems far-fetch, but 3 years ago who believed in an island with polar bears and smoke monsters with hatches and "Others". We've seen crazy stuff on X-Files and Alias, lets go on a lil faith here. Lot of characters, lots of powers...even a spooky Government villain investigating things, "HEROES" promises to inspire and entertain...
check it out!
"Yuk, Yuk, HYuk...Checkin in with Country Cousins..."
I swear...
I only have ONE Aunt from my mother's side and maybe 2 Aunts and 3 Uncles from my "Father's". But there are MORE cousins in this family than castaways on LOST! They ain't even my DIRECT cousins, more like Second or Third Cousins...Some are in Ohio, there's a couple in Pennsylvania somewhere, and then there's the CLAN from Greensboro, North Carolina.
I call 'em a Clan because there are SO many children and MORE children, you just lose count. For the longest, the mother of TRIBE lived on the 15th floor of our building...but then they moved down south. SO long as we've been living here, they depend on sleeping over at our apartment when they visit the city. The original set were the mother and FIVE kids. Her Oldest TWO were around me and psycho-sis's age. The oldest daughter had HER first child, 6 years before my niece was born...now she's on her FOURTH!
We were lucky this time, The Mother only brought her 16 year old (Child # 4, I think) and her High School friend. The three of them drove up twenty-some-odd hours to attend some Memorial Ceremony for some distant relative. MOM moved things around in the living room, brought out the "Slow Leaking" Air Mattress and Baby Girl's sleeping cot to accommodate our guests...
After sleeping in early due to the MOBY concert...I woke up this morning to see the new Saturday Morning Cartoons...
With "The WB" history, I knew "Kidz WB" would be changed into something else. What I didn't expect is them getting rid of Pokemon and Yu-gi-Oh finally! Old classics got terrible makeovers with "Shaggy and Scooby Get a Clue" and a new Superman cartoon. Loonatics started their new season okay, but it has a TERRIBLE new theme song.
The biggest treat was at noon, Fox 5 has decided to bring back old reruns of "BEAKMAN's WORLD", HA...I must of spoke it up with my flashback post! How cool is THAT!!!
I only have ONE Aunt from my mother's side and maybe 2 Aunts and 3 Uncles from my "Father's". But there are MORE cousins in this family than castaways on LOST! They ain't even my DIRECT cousins, more like Second or Third Cousins...Some are in Ohio, there's a couple in Pennsylvania somewhere, and then there's the CLAN from Greensboro, North Carolina.
I call 'em a Clan because there are SO many children and MORE children, you just lose count. For the longest, the mother of TRIBE lived on the 15th floor of our building...but then they moved down south. SO long as we've been living here, they depend on sleeping over at our apartment when they visit the city. The original set were the mother and FIVE kids. Her Oldest TWO were around me and psycho-sis's age. The oldest daughter had HER first child, 6 years before my niece was born...now she's on her FOURTH!
We were lucky this time, The Mother only brought her 16 year old (Child # 4, I think) and her High School friend. The three of them drove up twenty-some-odd hours to attend some Memorial Ceremony for some distant relative. MOM moved things around in the living room, brought out the "Slow Leaking" Air Mattress and Baby Girl's sleeping cot to accommodate our guests...
After sleeping in early due to the MOBY concert...I woke up this morning to see the new Saturday Morning Cartoons...
With "The WB" history, I knew "Kidz WB" would be changed into something else. What I didn't expect is them getting rid of Pokemon and Yu-gi-Oh finally! Old classics got terrible makeovers with "Shaggy and Scooby Get a Clue" and a new Superman cartoon. Loonatics started their new season okay, but it has a TERRIBLE new theme song.
The biggest treat was at noon, Fox 5 has decided to bring back old reruns of "BEAKMAN's WORLD", HA...I must of spoke it up with my flashback post! How cool is THAT!!!
"MOBY MADNESS at Central Park"
Well, it's here! ULTRA NY...8 DJ's 2 Tents, LOTS of crazy, jumping, dancing white people...
My feet were killing me from work so I was in NO mood stomping around Central Park trying to FIND this damn concert. The damn park is like "The Island" on LOST walking around seeing crazy shit everywhere. I saw a trio in weird outfits looking like they were going to do some Pagan Ritual or something. I mean, the concert should have been easy to find, just follow the damn music! I'm sure they were warming up by now...
The concert was to start 4:30 at the Rumsey Field, where they usually do the concert series SUMMERSTAGE... I finally found it and the hi-tech security zipped my ticket and I was searched (Probably cuz I was BLACK!, jus kiddin!), I had a roll of Sweet Tarts they though was a gun or something but I was let in.
A couple of years back, I had seen The Roots at SUMMERSTAGE, it was a General Admission affair...but they had seats!...THIS time, I wasn't so lucky. Standing room ONLY, SHIT! AT least it wasn't raining, they were talking about rain over the weekend...maybe sunday.
It's mad early so no one's really there, the sound station on stage is playing some techno, but it was nothing special (Guess I'm just impartial to MOBY and a few others...). I walked around and found a nice corner to sit on and enjoy the scene...they had some foamy astro-turf for a sorta WOODSTOCK grass setting. There were booths and stands offering beer and Red Bull, but no damn food. Good thing I had my Sweet Tarts.
Now, this concert event is straight DJ-ing. I wasn't really expecting MOBY to perform his songs, I was expecting him to work the "Wheels of Steel", so the turn out was VERY, VERY, VERY weird. I overheard so many crazy conversations I submitted some to that website "Overheard in New York" (I hope I make it!). After bouts of siting cross-legged and other various positions, I decided to give up my cushy corner to walk around and get the blood circulating again. I found the performance schedule...MOBY was second to OAKENFOLD with a 45 minute set from 7:55pm to 8:40pm...I thought "I paid 40 bucks just to heard this guy DJ for 45 MINUTES?!?!?!, ah well..."
I browsed the booths, they had some Dance CD's for 10 dollars but nothing with MOBY, a few T-Shirts and Caps, nothing I was interested in. I wanted SOMEthing to remember the occassion, so I settled for at 5.00 keychain, yeah you read right 5 freakin' dollars for a damn key chain!.
At 6pm the warmup acts started. A DJ started the set with cool sound bytes from "The Matrix"... "If you take the Blue Pill..." that sort of stuff mixed it with hardcore trance, the crowd ate it up and the place turned into the craziest outdoor nightclub in manhattan. As it started to get dark, strobes and lasers lit the sky, people had neon wristbands and jump rope with glow in the dark handles...twirling them around, making circles in the air...
After finding a nice place to sit in the distance, I finally made my way back to the crowd when I heard "Beautiful" remixed it...MOBY had hit the stage...
His set had all the classics blended in, PORCELAIN, GO, some unique stuff he jus mixed in on his own, he ended the masterpiece with his showstopper...the fastest song in the world, THOUSAND. I couldn't help but smile, he ALWAYS ends his concerts standing on top of his Turntable and DAT (Equipment) as the song plays. The infamous song containing 1000 BPM has been often used while having sex, because if you could actually KEEP up with the songs supersonic rhythm, it would lead up to the orgasm of a lifetime!
As much as I wanted to, I couldn't stay for the rest of the acts, there was talk of an Afterparty at the Crowbar, but MOBY wasn't going to be there so neither would I. I made it out the maze of central park to the East side and took a bus home. I there at 10pm and entered to a unpleasant surprise...Some distant cousins from North Carolina had drove up to attend some sorta family gathering and had to stay with us!
Damn, I should stayed out there in the park with my aching feet and all the crazy people dancing to the music!
My feet were killing me from work so I was in NO mood stomping around Central Park trying to FIND this damn concert. The damn park is like "The Island" on LOST walking around seeing crazy shit everywhere. I saw a trio in weird outfits looking like they were going to do some Pagan Ritual or something. I mean, the concert should have been easy to find, just follow the damn music! I'm sure they were warming up by now...
The concert was to start 4:30 at the Rumsey Field, where they usually do the concert series SUMMERSTAGE... I finally found it and the hi-tech security zipped my ticket and I was searched (Probably cuz I was BLACK!, jus kiddin!), I had a roll of Sweet Tarts they though was a gun or something but I was let in.
A couple of years back, I had seen The Roots at SUMMERSTAGE, it was a General Admission affair...but they had seats!...THIS time, I wasn't so lucky. Standing room ONLY, SHIT! AT least it wasn't raining, they were talking about rain over the weekend...maybe sunday.
It's mad early so no one's really there, the sound station on stage is playing some techno, but it was nothing special (Guess I'm just impartial to MOBY and a few others...). I walked around and found a nice corner to sit on and enjoy the scene...they had some foamy astro-turf for a sorta WOODSTOCK grass setting. There were booths and stands offering beer and Red Bull, but no damn food. Good thing I had my Sweet Tarts.
Now, this concert event is straight DJ-ing. I wasn't really expecting MOBY to perform his songs, I was expecting him to work the "Wheels of Steel", so the turn out was VERY, VERY, VERY weird. I overheard so many crazy conversations I submitted some to that website "Overheard in New York" (I hope I make it!). After bouts of siting cross-legged and other various positions, I decided to give up my cushy corner to walk around and get the blood circulating again. I found the performance schedule...MOBY was second to OAKENFOLD with a 45 minute set from 7:55pm to 8:40pm...I thought "I paid 40 bucks just to heard this guy DJ for 45 MINUTES?!?!?!, ah well..."
I browsed the booths, they had some Dance CD's for 10 dollars but nothing with MOBY, a few T-Shirts and Caps, nothing I was interested in. I wanted SOMEthing to remember the occassion, so I settled for at 5.00 keychain, yeah you read right 5 freakin' dollars for a damn key chain!.
At 6pm the warmup acts started. A DJ started the set with cool sound bytes from "The Matrix"... "If you take the Blue Pill..." that sort of stuff mixed it with hardcore trance, the crowd ate it up and the place turned into the craziest outdoor nightclub in manhattan. As it started to get dark, strobes and lasers lit the sky, people had neon wristbands and jump rope with glow in the dark handles...twirling them around, making circles in the air...
After finding a nice place to sit in the distance, I finally made my way back to the crowd when I heard "Beautiful" remixed it...MOBY had hit the stage...
His set had all the classics blended in, PORCELAIN, GO, some unique stuff he jus mixed in on his own, he ended the masterpiece with his showstopper...the fastest song in the world, THOUSAND. I couldn't help but smile, he ALWAYS ends his concerts standing on top of his Turntable and DAT (Equipment) as the song plays. The infamous song containing 1000 BPM has been often used while having sex, because if you could actually KEEP up with the songs supersonic rhythm, it would lead up to the orgasm of a lifetime!
As much as I wanted to, I couldn't stay for the rest of the acts, there was talk of an Afterparty at the Crowbar, but MOBY wasn't going to be there so neither would I. I made it out the maze of central park to the East side and took a bus home. I there at 10pm and entered to a unpleasant surprise...Some distant cousins from North Carolina had drove up to attend some sorta family gathering and had to stay with us!
Damn, I should stayed out there in the park with my aching feet and all the crazy people dancing to the music!
"T-Minus 24 hours till MOBY!!!"
Wow, SURVIVOR was so COOL tonight! I am HOOKED once again, and I swear to GOD if the Black tribe lose and get rid of their last guy...I'm rooting for the ASIANS!!! Three Black-Men-Hatin' Black Chicks DO NOT deserved to win this...
Talk about "Waiting to Exhale"-like MALE BASHING!, geez!
I felt sorry for the Hispanic Tribe...BIG MAN not balancing on the rope and all got him Voted Off, such a shame.
I FOUGHT every impulse to see even a second of Grey's Anatomy while seeing CSI, a show that good (Grey's, I mean...) you have to go COLD TURKEY. AS for CSI, something tells me this premier was originally a two-hour episode, the ending left you hanging as asking SO many questions.
Then I checked out "Six Degrees". I had no idea it's another J.J. ABRAMS uber-creation. It's almost like LOST and the The Island is MANHATTAN (Ha, ya'll forgot about that, didja?). I LOVE Erika Christensen!!! Her Apple Round face makes me melt. The show has potential, but it COULD get confusing and out of control very easily.
In other news...
I TURN 31 NEXT WEEK!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH.....I'm so scared, dude!
BUT lest not forget...MOBY, CENTRAL PARK...TOMORROW!!! SCORE!
Talk about "Waiting to Exhale"-like MALE BASHING!, geez!
I felt sorry for the Hispanic Tribe...BIG MAN not balancing on the rope and all got him Voted Off, such a shame.
I FOUGHT every impulse to see even a second of Grey's Anatomy while seeing CSI, a show that good (Grey's, I mean...) you have to go COLD TURKEY. AS for CSI, something tells me this premier was originally a two-hour episode, the ending left you hanging as asking SO many questions.
Then I checked out "Six Degrees". I had no idea it's another J.J. ABRAMS uber-creation. It's almost like LOST and the The Island is MANHATTAN (Ha, ya'll forgot about that, didja?). I LOVE Erika Christensen!!! Her Apple Round face makes me melt. The show has potential, but it COULD get confusing and out of control very easily.
In other news...
I TURN 31 NEXT WEEK!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH.....I'm so scared, dude!
BUT lest not forget...MOBY, CENTRAL PARK...TOMORROW!!! SCORE!
"New shows..."
How deep was tonight episode of "House"? It reminded me on how my grandfather died. Same thing, about his lungs and liquid developing in them constricting his breathing. That last scene with Cameron and House in the chapel was deep, too. Last night I saw the Premiere of CSI:Miami, and witnessed more proof that David Caruso if so full of himself, but he's SO damn cool so it's acceptable.
Umpteen helicopter shots of him at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, walking around HOT ass Brazil in a BLACK SUIT, I swear the ego of that man...but he's just so freakin' COOL! Despite CSI in Rio, I WAS clicking back and forth to NBC checking out "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (Did I get that name right?). I seems to have a nice premise and is loaded with stars (I especially LOVE Amanda Peet!). I think I may download it so I can see it completely.
I tried to get back into "The Unit" (which I'd swear to watch if picked up for the fall...) and get into CBS's "SMITH" but I was a bit distracted helping MOM with some Photo CD's she got from her Block Party Reunion this past summer. They came in a nice package from Wallgreens and she needed me to show her how to look at them on her computer and her DVD player (YAWN!)
I was SO pissed I missed the first episode of Survivor last Thursday, CBS should line up the premiers all in the same WEEK!
And last, I have to say my good byes to "Greys Anatomy", I hate giving up a favorite show due to a slot change, but nothing's gonna take me away from CSI. I remember when I stopped watching The West Wing for awhile...I caught up thanks to syndication on Bravo, but part of me missed being the loyal viewer...
I'm also a bit conflicted AFTER CSI on Thursday at 10pm...I wanna check out James Woods be a Bad Ass/Turned Do-Gooder in "Shark", but I'll be checking out "Six Degrees" first...I like the premise, it's like "Crash" the TV Drama...multi storylines connected in some way, I hope it works.
Later on in October, LOST returns and I wanna check out "The 9" but it's gonna mess with CSI:NY, but I can always catch the repeats in the summer.
Over on CABLE, "Blade" seem to be SPIKE's latest hit, with the first season almost done, I'm sure it'll be back, WEEDS seems get funnier and funnier every episode, and I'm trying to get back into "The Wire" on HBO. I'm waiting for crude cartoons "Drawn Together" and "Trippin the Rift" to return, and soon "The Boondocks" will be back on The Cartoon Network (Maybe I should get an official cable box and chuck my illegal box so I can see it clearly...hmmm, NAH!)
As ya'll can tell, I spend too much time thinkin about TV, what can I say? Imma Couch Potato!
PEACE!
Umpteen helicopter shots of him at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, walking around HOT ass Brazil in a BLACK SUIT, I swear the ego of that man...but he's just so freakin' COOL! Despite CSI in Rio, I WAS clicking back and forth to NBC checking out "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (Did I get that name right?). I seems to have a nice premise and is loaded with stars (I especially LOVE Amanda Peet!). I think I may download it so I can see it completely.
I tried to get back into "The Unit" (which I'd swear to watch if picked up for the fall...) and get into CBS's "SMITH" but I was a bit distracted helping MOM with some Photo CD's she got from her Block Party Reunion this past summer. They came in a nice package from Wallgreens and she needed me to show her how to look at them on her computer and her DVD player (YAWN!)
I was SO pissed I missed the first episode of Survivor last Thursday, CBS should line up the premiers all in the same WEEK!
And last, I have to say my good byes to "Greys Anatomy", I hate giving up a favorite show due to a slot change, but nothing's gonna take me away from CSI. I remember when I stopped watching The West Wing for awhile...I caught up thanks to syndication on Bravo, but part of me missed being the loyal viewer...
I'm also a bit conflicted AFTER CSI on Thursday at 10pm...I wanna check out James Woods be a Bad Ass/Turned Do-Gooder in "Shark", but I'll be checking out "Six Degrees" first...I like the premise, it's like "Crash" the TV Drama...multi storylines connected in some way, I hope it works.
Later on in October, LOST returns and I wanna check out "The 9" but it's gonna mess with CSI:NY, but I can always catch the repeats in the summer.
Over on CABLE, "Blade" seem to be SPIKE's latest hit, with the first season almost done, I'm sure it'll be back, WEEDS seems get funnier and funnier every episode, and I'm trying to get back into "The Wire" on HBO. I'm waiting for crude cartoons "Drawn Together" and "Trippin the Rift" to return, and soon "The Boondocks" will be back on The Cartoon Network (Maybe I should get an official cable box and chuck my illegal box so I can see it clearly...hmmm, NAH!)
As ya'll can tell, I spend too much time thinkin about TV, what can I say? Imma Couch Potato!
PEACE!
"Hey 'Babbottt!!!...Dey Doot Didt!!!"
Boy are they celebrating in Queens! Who would of THUNK it? I haven't seen people this excited about the Mets since the 2000 Subway World Series!
Feh, I'm rooting for OAKLAND out west myself...HA!
"Where once was one, now let there be TWO!!!"
Believe it or not there has been (or are...) 428 posts created, and posted or drafted for this Blog. And now, so much time later, I actually feel there needs to be MORE!
With that said, I introduce to you...
The Chronicles of Wabbit
This blog will reveal a personal side of me that I sometimes think clogs up the opinions and misadventures I'm currently going through now.
I plan to reveal a lot from the past as well as my progress in my new job.
It's just some stuff I want off my chest that maybe you "Lifetime/Oxygen" types might be into (If you're out there...)
So, here's an example of what to expect from each blog...
Wasting time with Jet
*I've rejoined Yahoo! Personals
*Social Gatherings with The Lunch Club
*Opinions on TV, Music and Movies
*The Cool things about working at night and sleeping all day
The Chronicles of Wabbit (Jeez, that is SUCH a cool title!)
*My Daddy Issues and the Lie that is my Birth Certificate
*My Relationships (Opal, Deidre, and My-Ex)
*Other Job Folktales (The Library, Chase, HealthFirst)
*The issues on how MOM ruined my life, why I resent my niece being born, and my Sister becoming a Lesbian now(?) all of the sudden.
Okay, so that's it in a nutshell, the first post on how my day went is up, the template is VERY new so forgive how weird it looks.
PEACE!
With that said, I introduce to you...
The Chronicles of Wabbit
This blog will reveal a personal side of me that I sometimes think clogs up the opinions and misadventures I'm currently going through now.
I plan to reveal a lot from the past as well as my progress in my new job.
It's just some stuff I want off my chest that maybe you "Lifetime/Oxygen" types might be into (If you're out there...)
So, here's an example of what to expect from each blog...
Wasting time with Jet
*I've rejoined Yahoo! Personals
*Social Gatherings with The Lunch Club
*Opinions on TV, Music and Movies
*The Cool things about working at night and sleeping all day
The Chronicles of Wabbit (Jeez, that is SUCH a cool title!)
*My Daddy Issues and the Lie that is my Birth Certificate
*My Relationships (Opal, Deidre, and My-Ex)
*Other Job Folktales (The Library, Chase, HealthFirst)
*The issues on how MOM ruined my life, why I resent my niece being born, and my Sister becoming a Lesbian now(?) all of the sudden.
Okay, so that's it in a nutshell, the first post on how my day went is up, the template is VERY new so forgive how weird it looks.
PEACE!
"Like Music wasn't Dirty back in her day!"
"How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like"
Fergie sitting on top of the world, ain't she?
I'm watching VH1 the other day and her video comes on and MOM comes over...
"What does she mean by that?"
"By What, MOM?"
"Her London Bridge wanna go Down?" What does that mean?"
"I dunno, it probably means she wants to go down on her man when he's around..."
"*GASP* How could she be talking about THAT!?!?! Little girls are gonna be singing that!"
"Ma, it's just a guess, geez"
"I just don't understand music these days, there's a hidden message in everything!"
"MOM you said the same thing when you found out "Gimme the Light" was about smoking weed!"
"Yes, now I can never enjoy that song like I used to, THANKS alot!"
"YOUR music back in the day was jus as vague about sex as OURS is today..."
"Name ONE example...."
"Jeffery Osborne, "You Should be Mine"..."Can I WOO WOO WOO!, Can I WOO WOO WOO!...What in the world is THAT!?!??!"
She walks away...
(mumbling) "I'll woo, woo, woo in your head..."
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like"
Fergie sitting on top of the world, ain't she?
I'm watching VH1 the other day and her video comes on and MOM comes over...
"What does she mean by that?"
"By What, MOM?"
"Her London Bridge wanna go Down?" What does that mean?"
"I dunno, it probably means she wants to go down on her man when he's around..."
"*GASP* How could she be talking about THAT!?!?! Little girls are gonna be singing that!"
"Ma, it's just a guess, geez"
"I just don't understand music these days, there's a hidden message in everything!"
"MOM you said the same thing when you found out "Gimme the Light" was about smoking weed!"
"Yes, now I can never enjoy that song like I used to, THANKS alot!"
"YOUR music back in the day was jus as vague about sex as OURS is today..."
"Name ONE example...."
"Jeffery Osborne, "You Should be Mine"..."Can I WOO WOO WOO!, Can I WOO WOO WOO!...What in the world is THAT!?!??!"
She walks away...
(mumbling) "I'll woo, woo, woo in your head..."
"The Night Before..."
"So it begins..."
A new chapter.
A new set of strangers that I will have to meet for the first time. Some may become my friends...others will become my enemies. If I could find a way, to make money without ANY social interaction I think I would be the happiest man in the world. Just wake up, make a few decisions on a clipboard and let that make money. OR if there was a way to do whatever task I was skilled at remotely somewhere, alone and not distracted, that would be SO ideal. There's a word for that, I think...not necessary anti-social, but xenophobic. On star trek, the Cardassians were like that, I think I would have been a cool Cardassian.
Like approaching storm clouds everything is pointing towards tomorrow being..."scary". The Eagles LOST today against the giants and JALU my barber was out today. I look okay, I just want to be perfect tomorrow and I'm just nervous as hell. I never DID find my freakin' diploma, but I have a feeling it'll turn up at the weirdest of moments.
I watched KILL BILL volume 1 & 2 tonight on TNT and what of all films is coming on next as I type this?...HEAT (OH! It like they WANT me to stay up all night!).
Well, Imma sign off now, WORDS cannot describe how terrified I am right now.
G'night!
A new chapter.
A new set of strangers that I will have to meet for the first time. Some may become my friends...others will become my enemies. If I could find a way, to make money without ANY social interaction I think I would be the happiest man in the world. Just wake up, make a few decisions on a clipboard and let that make money. OR if there was a way to do whatever task I was skilled at remotely somewhere, alone and not distracted, that would be SO ideal. There's a word for that, I think...not necessary anti-social, but xenophobic. On star trek, the Cardassians were like that, I think I would have been a cool Cardassian.
Like approaching storm clouds everything is pointing towards tomorrow being..."scary". The Eagles LOST today against the giants and JALU my barber was out today. I look okay, I just want to be perfect tomorrow and I'm just nervous as hell. I never DID find my freakin' diploma, but I have a feeling it'll turn up at the weirdest of moments.
I watched KILL BILL volume 1 & 2 tonight on TNT and what of all films is coming on next as I type this?...HEAT (OH! It like they WANT me to stay up all night!).
Well, Imma sign off now, WORDS cannot describe how terrified I am right now.
G'night!
"Pioneers work hard every Daaaaay..."
Me and mom had some relief from Baby Girl this weekend, so we decided to move some things around house. More heavy lifting a moving around. I've been doing this the last 3 days still looking for my damn High School diploma. For the sake of space I emptied out my dresser and gave it to mom in her room (She's been drooling about it since I brought it anyways...). She plans to make it up by buying a Wall Unit for my stereo and CD's, it'll also have some drawers for my socks and boxers. MOM also dug out the seasonal clothes as well as put away some in our storage bins.
After all the work we treated ourselves to Dominoes. Those new BROWNIES they got now, have a chocolate kick! 1 will wake you up, 2 will give you The Shakes, you eat 3? You'll be climbing the couch screaming "Aaaaaaaaaugh, WHATTA RUSH!" like Hawk and Animal, the ROAD WARRIORS!
Well, getting ready to start the new job come Monday...I can't help being nervous. I plan to start a NEW personal blog in wake of this new adventure in my life. One that'll reveal more from my traumatic past. Just stuff I've been wanted to get off my chest but really didn't fit with my current news of this blog.
Birthday number 31 is coming soon, god help me now...
After all the work we treated ourselves to Dominoes. Those new BROWNIES they got now, have a chocolate kick! 1 will wake you up, 2 will give you The Shakes, you eat 3? You'll be climbing the couch screaming "Aaaaaaaaaugh, WHATTA RUSH!" like Hawk and Animal, the ROAD WARRIORS!
Well, getting ready to start the new job come Monday...I can't help being nervous. I plan to start a NEW personal blog in wake of this new adventure in my life. One that'll reveal more from my traumatic past. Just stuff I've been wanted to get off my chest but really didn't fit with my current news of this blog.
Birthday number 31 is coming soon, god help me now...
"It's a Dog eat Dog World!!"
Well, well, well...the big bad bounty hunter is behind bars himself!
Time has seemed to catch up on A&E reality "Star" Dog the Bounty Hunter. Mexican officials finally stretched the long arm of the law to catch this bail jumpin' Bail Bondsman in related to an incident back in 2003. They're charging him with Kidnapping and Illegal Imprisonment charges while "Apprehending" a bounty in Mexico.
Well, after 3 seasons of this over-steroided kook trying to preach righteousness while sneaking around, bending the law and humiliating drunks and junkies who either don't understand the courts or forget when to show up, he's getting a brand of his own justice. I just wish he made a scene so someone could have beat the hell outta him for a change!
Hopefully he'll get what he deserves, and A&E will think twice about glorifying people that live the life of luxury by making money off crime (hint, hint, hint...Growing up Gotti!)
Bow WOW...
"...Waiting on the World to Change...Doo, Doo, Doo....Doo, Doo"
Man, how GREAT is that new John Mayer song? JUST when you think he was slipping up a bit and wasn't gonna score something hotter than "No Such Thing" (I wanna run though the halls of my High School...), he's got the whole country bopping to this new track! They even used it in the New Season Teaser for "CSI" (hell, looks like the season premier may have him performing it at a Vegas Show...). And have you seen the video? He's walking around Red Hook in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge while teenagers paint cool murals.
So, it's day two now, of the Search for Spock, er, um, I mean the damn High School Diploma that I know is somewhere in this house...
I mean, ok, seriously, us growing up...people used to think we actually HAD shit just because our grandfather brought a lot of things and sometimes even the best of our friends would make something "disappear" (Usually it would be one of Psycho-Sis's hoodlum friends...) but really, who the fuck would steal a High School Diploma? What, your gonna try to erase my name and forge another on there and fake your way through life rather than get your fucking GED you lazy ass?, I mean REALLY!
Today, I tore apart the Living Room, My Room, and our Storage Area full with bins and other junk, and all I've been able to find in EVERYTHING ELSE BUT that damn diploma!
I found my yearbooks, my little book book of student autographs from Junior High (Dunno why I didn't have one in school...) AND my Awards Album, WHERE I SHOULD have kept my damn diploma...Man, I couldn't believe all those acclaims, the book was filled, an award on each page (Think was one of those old 20 book photo albums...) Awards for CHARACTER, EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES, PERFECT ATTENDANCE 91-93 (What can I say? I was in love and I wanted to see her every day...), HONOR ROLL 92 (Yeah, she helped me in MATH...I hate math!), congressional awards (Probably locally, not really nationally...I mean, who was JOSE E. SERRANO?
So, lots of memories, back aches, and sweaty thighs...but no diploma, this brings me to only one conclusion MOM must have it! She probably found it lying somewhere on the floor, picked it up and put it somewhere so it wouldn't get lost. And with her senile self, that's like hiding it from BOTH of us. I'm not going to even check her room or her dressers, I'm gonna ask her to look so she don't say "You planted it there" when she finds it. It has to be somewhere in this house...
After an afternoon of tuning the house upside down and right side up, I needed to release. I grabbed Baby-Girl's bottle of Bubble Gum Bubble bath and poured 3/4 into the tub and soaked. MOM's tiny bathtub had me sitting up with just my legs submerged, my old tub in the bronx was big enough for me to at least lean back in. I sat in there and let the bubbles take me away for a good long while...
In less than two weeks, I'll be 31...Thirty-ONE! What is going on, here!
Psycho-Sis's tripping on the ridiculous tip, MOM hates her job and wants to quit everyday...I swear, this was NOT in the game plan I thought out 12 years ago! I didn't want MOM working into he late 50's...She's turning 58 in November and is counting her days till 60 so she can find her "Senior Housing" Shangri-La somewhere. It kills me that she has to work so hard because we're (Me and Sis) fucking up our lives. I always dreamed I be working for a software company by now, making the next "Windows" or other user friendly interactive program to make the world easier. I have all this potential to create or help create, but I'm being held back.
I dunno what I'm gonna do...that's what wrong with me.
So, it's day two now, of the Search for Spock, er, um, I mean the damn High School Diploma that I know is somewhere in this house...
I mean, ok, seriously, us growing up...people used to think we actually HAD shit just because our grandfather brought a lot of things and sometimes even the best of our friends would make something "disappear" (Usually it would be one of Psycho-Sis's hoodlum friends...) but really, who the fuck would steal a High School Diploma? What, your gonna try to erase my name and forge another on there and fake your way through life rather than get your fucking GED you lazy ass?, I mean REALLY!
Today, I tore apart the Living Room, My Room, and our Storage Area full with bins and other junk, and all I've been able to find in EVERYTHING ELSE BUT that damn diploma!
I found my yearbooks, my little book book of student autographs from Junior High (Dunno why I didn't have one in school...) AND my Awards Album, WHERE I SHOULD have kept my damn diploma...Man, I couldn't believe all those acclaims, the book was filled, an award on each page (Think was one of those old 20 book photo albums...) Awards for CHARACTER, EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES, PERFECT ATTENDANCE 91-93 (What can I say? I was in love and I wanted to see her every day...), HONOR ROLL 92 (Yeah, she helped me in MATH...I hate math!), congressional awards (Probably locally, not really nationally...I mean, who was JOSE E. SERRANO?
So, lots of memories, back aches, and sweaty thighs...but no diploma, this brings me to only one conclusion MOM must have it! She probably found it lying somewhere on the floor, picked it up and put it somewhere so it wouldn't get lost. And with her senile self, that's like hiding it from BOTH of us. I'm not going to even check her room or her dressers, I'm gonna ask her to look so she don't say "You planted it there" when she finds it. It has to be somewhere in this house...
After an afternoon of tuning the house upside down and right side up, I needed to release. I grabbed Baby-Girl's bottle of Bubble Gum Bubble bath and poured 3/4 into the tub and soaked. MOM's tiny bathtub had me sitting up with just my legs submerged, my old tub in the bronx was big enough for me to at least lean back in. I sat in there and let the bubbles take me away for a good long while...
In less than two weeks, I'll be 31...Thirty-ONE! What is going on, here!
Psycho-Sis's tripping on the ridiculous tip, MOM hates her job and wants to quit everyday...I swear, this was NOT in the game plan I thought out 12 years ago! I didn't want MOM working into he late 50's...She's turning 58 in November and is counting her days till 60 so she can find her "Senior Housing" Shangri-La somewhere. It kills me that she has to work so hard because we're (Me and Sis) fucking up our lives. I always dreamed I be working for a software company by now, making the next "Windows" or other user friendly interactive program to make the world easier. I have all this potential to create or help create, but I'm being held back.
I dunno what I'm gonna do...that's what wrong with me.
"It's the BERZERKER Rage!!!!"
What you're reading before you, are the thoughts of a broken man. A man pushed to his limit and the result is nothing but a blob of skin cells, blood vessels and muscle. What could have POSSIBLY driven this mild mannered, timid creature to the edge? I'll TELL you! A CERTAIN eight year old girl who is so DAMN clumsy she make Jacques Clouseau as graceful as a ballerina!
I tell you right now, I'm going to Jail...OH, LORDY they are gonna lock me up after I KILL this child.
Okay, today I had to go in for Pre-Employment Screening...
I needed to bring somethings with me for the ID, Finger Printing and Drug Test, and went over everything the night before and THOUGHT I was ready...
Let's See...
Driver's License or State ID (CHECK)
Birth Certificate (Brings up Dramatic Issues, but CHECK)
Social Security Card (CHECK)
Last TWO pay stubs from previous job (Took a while to scramble, but CHECK!)
And last but least...
High School Diploma (???? Blooooooooooooooo (Flatline tone))
So there I am, 7:45 in the morning of a 9 o'clock appointment, tearing the house apart like WOLVERINE trying to find this small piece of cardboard with the shiny gold sticker on the corner.
I have ONLY one place for all my important papers...a obliviously labeled blue folder on top of the books of the smallest bookshelf in the living room. Why hide my important papers out of my room?, because they get lost! If I just keep this simple "Hidden in Plain Sight" hiding place in order, every time I have to go to court or something, I'd be set!
But didn't last weekend (her first weekend back with us after spending summer down south...) little miss train wreck bump into the bookcase and knocked every book on the top shelf over...
I remember her saying "I put the books back in a nice order, uncle Leslie, it's like you can't even tell what happened.."
Flash forward to today, I open that blue folder and everything is out of order and MY DIPLOMA IS MISSING!!!!
I look all around, inside the bookcase, in between the books, all over the living room, every where...
Naturally, MOM is NO help...
"Maybe it wasn't in the folder, maybe it's somewhere else..."
There IS no somewhere else, it's only supposed to be in that one place, one area that's it!!!
I'm going TOTALLY insane like Bruce Willis in "Pulp Fiction" looking for his father's watch.
I know it should be there, but then I start think about when I was living in the Bronx...I had it always sticking out of my very tall bookcase next to the biography of Moby, it was ALWAYS in that upper right hand corner...
I'll be the first to admit, sometimes I put the most important things in weird, stupid places...it's only to remember them by.
I have all my other work history and paperwork filed away in boxes, The Library Years, the Temping Years, CHASE, HEALTHFIRST, Community Choice, all the way up to IPS...old College stuff, TV Script stuff, all perfectly separated and stored away, but something as FREAKIN important as my Diploma which I have to dig up at least once every 7 years...
It's 8:15 now, MOM's still around bugging me even though she should have left for work...
"Why don't you just take your Transcript instead?" she says.
I give her this look...
They want the damn Diploma, how do I look showing up with a transcript?!?!?
I keep looking and looking, the whole living is cluttering up now, then I go in my room and take everything apart.
I just wanted to die...
I'm a panting sweaty mess when I finally decide to leave at 8:30, biting the bullet taking the damn transcript with me.
I get down there at 9:30, they're a few others waiting already, but more came after me so I didn't feel too bad about coming late.
I did the fingerprinting and got my ID, then went next door to the lab to do the whole urine thing...once that was cool, I went back up to Human Resources on the 12th floor nervous as hell. I remember what I had to endure back in April with Deutsche Bank my Non-Driver's ID...If they sent me back home and I can't find that diploma...
I get called in by another person from HR and she gives me more paper work to sign (W4, Case of Emergency, blah, blah, blah...), then asks for the paperwork. I gave her the ID, Social, and Birth Certificate (The MOCKERY that it was...) and then showed her the transcript. After a few tense moments of her looking it over, she said it was acceptable (WHEW!!!), BUT there was an issue with my pay stubs...
It seems I misheard, It wasn't your last TWO stubs from your employer, it was 1 stub from your LAST TWO employers! (SHIT!) So, I needed one from Community Choice. She said I could bring it when I start monday, so no big problem. I was then given a binder that was the employee's guidebook, this thing was big enough to rival college!
I got the rest of the details, I'll be working 26 hours a week at 16 per hour which comes to around 416.00 a week, BUT I get paid bi-weekly (DAMN!) which comes to 832 every 2 weeks...which ain't THAT bad...I plan to keep the unemployment rolling (It ends in November anyway...) and hope I don't get called in for a evaluation. On the down side, The company is planning on informing IPS of my hire, which means they probably won't call me for anything anymore, we'll see how that goes.
SO, crisis averted, I was set to start on Monday, September 18th (A Day, which will live...in infamy.). I left around 11:30, and I figured "WHY go straight home and rack my brain tearing the house apart?" So I decided to stay downtown and walk around.
I first went to the Regal theater and waited around for the 12:35 showing of "The Convent". Despite no famous teen actors and a "Familiar" supernatural plot, I was curious to see it. Damn near fell asleep through most of it, and I couldn't believe that corny, open for a sequel ending.
Next, I walked across to the Seaport, it had been awhile since I was there...
Once again, I came upon the "BODIES" exhibit and thought about goin', but pushed it off for another day. The seaport had changed a bit, there were a few new stores and some old stores I missed. I contemplated taking a boat taxi uptown but settled for the bus instead, I got off at Union Square and hit the Virgin Megastore for some legally obtained music. I finally brought Busta's "The Big Bang" and some old cd's on sale for 10$ each (Like they normally should!). Made my way though the Farmer's Market to Barnes and Noble. I browsed the Humor section for new Garfield or Foxtrot books, then the new paperbacks then left, I'm so not into reading anymore!
I then walked crosstown to 6th avenue and hopped on the M5 all the way home.
After telling MOM everything lucked out, I tore up the house some more lookin' but came up with squat.
Come tomorrow, I'm taking a sledgehammer to everything in sight till I find that damn Diploma!
I tell you right now, I'm going to Jail...OH, LORDY they are gonna lock me up after I KILL this child.
Okay, today I had to go in for Pre-Employment Screening...
I needed to bring somethings with me for the ID, Finger Printing and Drug Test, and went over everything the night before and THOUGHT I was ready...
Let's See...
Driver's License or State ID (CHECK)
Birth Certificate (Brings up Dramatic Issues, but CHECK)
Social Security Card (CHECK)
Last TWO pay stubs from previous job (Took a while to scramble, but CHECK!)
And last but least...
High School Diploma (???? Blooooooooooooooo (Flatline tone))
So there I am, 7:45 in the morning of a 9 o'clock appointment, tearing the house apart like WOLVERINE trying to find this small piece of cardboard with the shiny gold sticker on the corner.
I have ONLY one place for all my important papers...a obliviously labeled blue folder on top of the books of the smallest bookshelf in the living room. Why hide my important papers out of my room?, because they get lost! If I just keep this simple "Hidden in Plain Sight" hiding place in order, every time I have to go to court or something, I'd be set!
But didn't last weekend (her first weekend back with us after spending summer down south...) little miss train wreck bump into the bookcase and knocked every book on the top shelf over...
I remember her saying "I put the books back in a nice order, uncle Leslie, it's like you can't even tell what happened.."
Flash forward to today, I open that blue folder and everything is out of order and MY DIPLOMA IS MISSING!!!!
I look all around, inside the bookcase, in between the books, all over the living room, every where...
Naturally, MOM is NO help...
"Maybe it wasn't in the folder, maybe it's somewhere else..."
There IS no somewhere else, it's only supposed to be in that one place, one area that's it!!!
I'm going TOTALLY insane like Bruce Willis in "Pulp Fiction" looking for his father's watch.
I know it should be there, but then I start think about when I was living in the Bronx...I had it always sticking out of my very tall bookcase next to the biography of Moby, it was ALWAYS in that upper right hand corner...
I'll be the first to admit, sometimes I put the most important things in weird, stupid places...it's only to remember them by.
I have all my other work history and paperwork filed away in boxes, The Library Years, the Temping Years, CHASE, HEALTHFIRST, Community Choice, all the way up to IPS...old College stuff, TV Script stuff, all perfectly separated and stored away, but something as FREAKIN important as my Diploma which I have to dig up at least once every 7 years...
It's 8:15 now, MOM's still around bugging me even though she should have left for work...
"Why don't you just take your Transcript instead?" she says.
I give her this look...
They want the damn Diploma, how do I look showing up with a transcript?!?!?
I keep looking and looking, the whole living is cluttering up now, then I go in my room and take everything apart.
I just wanted to die...
I'm a panting sweaty mess when I finally decide to leave at 8:30, biting the bullet taking the damn transcript with me.
I get down there at 9:30, they're a few others waiting already, but more came after me so I didn't feel too bad about coming late.
I did the fingerprinting and got my ID, then went next door to the lab to do the whole urine thing...once that was cool, I went back up to Human Resources on the 12th floor nervous as hell. I remember what I had to endure back in April with Deutsche Bank my Non-Driver's ID...If they sent me back home and I can't find that diploma...
I get called in by another person from HR and she gives me more paper work to sign (W4, Case of Emergency, blah, blah, blah...), then asks for the paperwork. I gave her the ID, Social, and Birth Certificate (The MOCKERY that it was...) and then showed her the transcript. After a few tense moments of her looking it over, she said it was acceptable (WHEW!!!), BUT there was an issue with my pay stubs...
It seems I misheard, It wasn't your last TWO stubs from your employer, it was 1 stub from your LAST TWO employers! (SHIT!) So, I needed one from Community Choice. She said I could bring it when I start monday, so no big problem. I was then given a binder that was the employee's guidebook, this thing was big enough to rival college!
I got the rest of the details, I'll be working 26 hours a week at 16 per hour which comes to around 416.00 a week, BUT I get paid bi-weekly (DAMN!) which comes to 832 every 2 weeks...which ain't THAT bad...I plan to keep the unemployment rolling (It ends in November anyway...) and hope I don't get called in for a evaluation. On the down side, The company is planning on informing IPS of my hire, which means they probably won't call me for anything anymore, we'll see how that goes.
SO, crisis averted, I was set to start on Monday, September 18th (A Day, which will live...in infamy.). I left around 11:30, and I figured "WHY go straight home and rack my brain tearing the house apart?" So I decided to stay downtown and walk around.
I first went to the Regal theater and waited around for the 12:35 showing of "The Convent". Despite no famous teen actors and a "Familiar" supernatural plot, I was curious to see it. Damn near fell asleep through most of it, and I couldn't believe that corny, open for a sequel ending.
Next, I walked across to the Seaport, it had been awhile since I was there...
Once again, I came upon the "BODIES" exhibit and thought about goin', but pushed it off for another day. The seaport had changed a bit, there were a few new stores and some old stores I missed. I contemplated taking a boat taxi uptown but settled for the bus instead, I got off at Union Square and hit the Virgin Megastore for some legally obtained music. I finally brought Busta's "The Big Bang" and some old cd's on sale for 10$ each (Like they normally should!). Made my way though the Farmer's Market to Barnes and Noble. I browsed the Humor section for new Garfield or Foxtrot books, then the new paperbacks then left, I'm so not into reading anymore!
I then walked crosstown to 6th avenue and hopped on the M5 all the way home.
After telling MOM everything lucked out, I tore up the house some more lookin' but came up with squat.
Come tomorrow, I'm taking a sledgehammer to everything in sight till I find that damn Diploma!
"Sloth?"...feh, if there was one to be associated with...
| Greed: | Medium | |
| Gluttony: | Medium | |
| Wrath: | Medium | |
| Sloth: | High | |
| Envy: | Medium | |
| Lust: | Medium | |
| Pride: | Low |
Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz
*sigh*
I couldn't turn on the TV all morning. It was all just too much. I still remember getting ready to do that training seminar back at HealthFirst that day. Remember feeling that first vibration at 8:46 thinking it was the Air Conditioning backing up. Remember hearing about the 1st plane and thinking of the Aalyiah Tragedy...and then feeling the whole floor shake for a tenth of a second. I was there, a part of history...happening before my eyes.
I didn't wanna think about it today, so I did the least likely of things...
I did Laundry.
Every 3 months I usually do the usual "Underwear and Socks" bit, but today, I just did EVERYTHING.
Towels, bedsheets, white socks, and a baby load of 6 pairs of black dress socks. I didn't even use the building's laundromat, I went outside.
I was done by 3:30pm (Considering I left at 10am...), when MOM came home she nearly fainted out of sarcasm.
"Why'd you pick today to do all this?" she asked.
I just shrugged, "Because I wanted something to do all day." I answered.
And you know, it didn't hit me till today, me being all excited and all, but I'M GOING RIGHT BACK DOWN THERE. I'll be two blocks away. What are the odds something ELSE may happen...if and when a new building gets made...
True, I'll be there at night, but you never know, man...
makes you think.
I didn't wanna think about it today, so I did the least likely of things...
I did Laundry.
Every 3 months I usually do the usual "Underwear and Socks" bit, but today, I just did EVERYTHING.
Towels, bedsheets, white socks, and a baby load of 6 pairs of black dress socks. I didn't even use the building's laundromat, I went outside.
I was done by 3:30pm (Considering I left at 10am...), when MOM came home she nearly fainted out of sarcasm.
"Why'd you pick today to do all this?" she asked.
I just shrugged, "Because I wanted something to do all day." I answered.
And you know, it didn't hit me till today, me being all excited and all, but I'M GOING RIGHT BACK DOWN THERE. I'll be two blocks away. What are the odds something ELSE may happen...if and when a new building gets made...
True, I'll be there at night, but you never know, man...
makes you think.
"Now you're playing with Power, SUPER Power!!!"
GHAD! do ya'll remember that corny slogan when they came out with the Super Nintendo?, LOL!!!
ANYways, Mozilla's been acting WONKY lately, I decided to kick it up a notch and "TEST" Mozilla Firefox Beta 2.0. I was THIS close to trying Opera 9 just for the hell of it, but there's always next time!
The new model's got a few extra bells and whistles to raise an eyebrow at...
* Automatic Spell Checker (Complete with Dictionary) - Now my Blog entries should be more grammarble (Yes, I know that's not a word, just testing...).
* DVD Player-Like Memory - You know how you stop a DVD at a certain spot, take it out and put it back in and it remembers exactly where you left off...This does too! In case of any sudden freeze up or crash...you go back in, BOOM! it remembers what website you were in last!
* Google search on the Toolbar - Yeah, you can put it on yourself, but you usually have to download something to slip it in, here, it's already on, nice.
And I don't know how I surfed all those years on IE without multi-tab multitasking!! I used to be on ONE website at a time, with like multiple windows...WHAT WAS I THINKING!?!?!?
I think FIRE was the one who originally put me on to Mozilla, before the browser, I thought Mozilla was Godzilla's cousin or something...
So anyways, I'm browsing around Video Game sites and there's a developing buzz about Nintendo's Wii (Pronounced "Wee"). They're calling the new system the new "IT" toy for Christmas (Who the HELL's thinking about Christmas already?!?!?).
I'm still skeptical...I still have my heart set on a PS3 although I won't be able to afford it now with my credit cards halfway maxed (I was at ZERO balance at the beginning of the freaking year!
Well, whatever it is, It'll be out around November...don't hold yer breath.
ANYways, Mozilla's been acting WONKY lately, I decided to kick it up a notch and "TEST" Mozilla Firefox Beta 2.0. I was THIS close to trying Opera 9 just for the hell of it, but there's always next time!
The new model's got a few extra bells and whistles to raise an eyebrow at...
* Automatic Spell Checker (Complete with Dictionary) - Now my Blog entries should be more grammarble (Yes, I know that's not a word, just testing...).
* DVD Player-Like Memory - You know how you stop a DVD at a certain spot, take it out and put it back in and it remembers exactly where you left off...This does too! In case of any sudden freeze up or crash...you go back in, BOOM! it remembers what website you were in last!
* Google search on the Toolbar - Yeah, you can put it on yourself, but you usually have to download something to slip it in, here, it's already on, nice.
And I don't know how I surfed all those years on IE without multi-tab multitasking!! I used to be on ONE website at a time, with like multiple windows...WHAT WAS I THINKING!?!?!?
I think FIRE was the one who originally put me on to Mozilla, before the browser, I thought Mozilla was Godzilla's cousin or something...
So anyways, I'm browsing around Video Game sites and there's a developing buzz about Nintendo's Wii (Pronounced "Wee"). They're calling the new system the new "IT" toy for Christmas (Who the HELL's thinking about Christmas already?!?!?).
I'm still skeptical...I still have my heart set on a PS3 although I won't be able to afford it now with my credit cards halfway maxed (I was at ZERO balance at the beginning of the freaking year!
Well, whatever it is, It'll be out around November...don't hold yer breath.
"Tell him...Tell him I said "Thanks""
Well, with my Niece starting school...Psycho-Sis felt she needs her saturday nights to herself again so...Baby Girl spent the night with us.
She's starting the 3rd Grade and is getting more and more obsessed with me and everything I do or don't do. She's got other issues that I might discuss in a later post as well as her insane mother, but today wasn't about them...
I finally talked mom into doing something we were ALL overdue in light of what was going on...
We headed out to the Bronx early, around 1:15pm to take Baby-Girl home. Once we got there, Psycho-Sis was waiting in front of her building and we moved on to another bus stop to take another bus further.
We took the Q44 to the edge of the Bronx, right before the Whitestone Bridge to Queens. Got off and made our way to St. Raymond's Cemetary...
There was a time we'd see Granddaddy every Father's Day...but mom's been getting SO lazy about it. This year she didn't need an excuse because I was down in Miami, but the weather was nice today so we all got together to do this...
We bowed our heads at his grave for a silent prayer,
"Hi Granddaddy,
I got them all here, today. It wasn't easy, and it's not their fault but we just came here today to tell you we still miss you and that we're trying real hard to stay a family together despite you being gone. I know he's still testing me granddaddy, and in my 31 years here so far, I haven't given any reason for him to give up on me. I may walk this path alone, but I feel your spirt with me at my left, and woman I loved and lost on my right. I...I just recently seen proof of his efforts in which he made the impossible and improbable happen before my eyes, and he sent someone, one of his helpers for me to realize it. So for that, granddaddy please do me a favor...Tell him...I said "Thank You." for if humility is the lesson today, then I have definately learned it. I love you, granddaddy, and I will see you again some day."
Amen
I may not remember "Our Father" anymore, but I still get the point across...
We got back just in time for me to see another miracle, as the Eagles beat the Texans 24-10
"...Things are looking good, now...Gettin' Better, now."
She's starting the 3rd Grade and is getting more and more obsessed with me and everything I do or don't do. She's got other issues that I might discuss in a later post as well as her insane mother, but today wasn't about them...
I finally talked mom into doing something we were ALL overdue in light of what was going on...
We headed out to the Bronx early, around 1:15pm to take Baby-Girl home. Once we got there, Psycho-Sis was waiting in front of her building and we moved on to another bus stop to take another bus further.
We took the Q44 to the edge of the Bronx, right before the Whitestone Bridge to Queens. Got off and made our way to St. Raymond's Cemetary...
There was a time we'd see Granddaddy every Father's Day...but mom's been getting SO lazy about it. This year she didn't need an excuse because I was down in Miami, but the weather was nice today so we all got together to do this...
We bowed our heads at his grave for a silent prayer,
"Hi Granddaddy,
I got them all here, today. It wasn't easy, and it's not their fault but we just came here today to tell you we still miss you and that we're trying real hard to stay a family together despite you being gone. I know he's still testing me granddaddy, and in my 31 years here so far, I haven't given any reason for him to give up on me. I may walk this path alone, but I feel your spirt with me at my left, and woman I loved and lost on my right. I...I just recently seen proof of his efforts in which he made the impossible and improbable happen before my eyes, and he sent someone, one of his helpers for me to realize it. So for that, granddaddy please do me a favor...Tell him...I said "Thank You." for if humility is the lesson today, then I have definately learned it. I love you, granddaddy, and I will see you again some day."
Amen
I may not remember "Our Father" anymore, but I still get the point across...
We got back just in time for me to see another miracle, as the Eagles beat the Texans 24-10
"...Things are looking good, now...Gettin' Better, now."
"GAMEDAY, baby...Let's get it On!!!"
No T.O...No Excuses! Do or DIE, Damnit!
Let's see the Schedule...
Sep 10 @Houston 1:00pm (We got This)
Sep 17 N.Y. Giants 1:00pm (Need I say more, 2-0!)
Sep 24 @San Francisco 4:15pm (Hmmm, I can't stand 'Frisco)
Oct 2 Green Bay 8:30pm (Should be Brett Farve's last game before they sit him down for going 0-4)
Oct 8 Dallas 4:15pm (Heh, heh, TO betta watch out!)
Oct 15 @New Orleans 1:00pm (Count it)
Oct 22 @Tampa Bay 1:00pm (Fuc them Bucs!)
Oct 29 Jacksonville 1:00pm (If there were any AFC team to lose to...)
Week 9 BYE
Nov 12 Washington 1:00pm (We MIGHT lose here only to beat them at home)
Nov 19 Tennessee 1:00pm (this may be a shoot out, but we'll win)
Nov 26 @Indianapolis 1:00pm (This might be a Loss)
Dec 4 Carolina 8:30pm (This might, too)
Dec 10 @Washington 1:00pm (We'll avenge the loss at home, here)
Dec 17 @N.Y. Giants 1:00pm (We'll beat them again)
Dec 25 @Dallas 5:00pm (We'll beat 'em and knock them out of playoff contention)
Dec 31 Atlanta 1:00pm (We'll Lose, we always lose to ATL)
10-6 Record, good for home field advantage, but not the 1st round BYE...
"Walk the Island, Like Kane in "Kung-Fu"..."
Nothing much to do this Saturday...I woke up VERY VERY VERY horny for some reason, so I hit craigslist for "a lil somethin' somethin'". Damn I miss LOVELY, I wish I could find her again...
They say beggers can't be choosy, but in some instances I just can't see myself with the types that post on craigslist routinely. I need a woman with a lil meat on her bones, one that can take THE THUNDER, but it goes without saying it can't be too much because it would be like "The immovable force verses the unstopable object".
My money may be as green as anyone else, but there is an distinct fear in a woman's eyes I can sense when it comes to having sex with someone my size.
After hours of searching, I hit the streets. I had to return "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" to a Blockbuster on 92nd Street. Walking around the 'heights on a bit of steamy day today...I was heading to the A train at 175th, when I got to broadway, I started thinking about that crazy old lady again... She said her lawyer was on 174th and Broadway, right?...I guess it couldn't hurt to take a lil detour and see if there's office around...
I got to 174th and found nothing. A gas station, couple of hair salons, a Blimpie's and a church, but no lawyers or as they're referred in the 'heights "Abogados". The only thing remotely close to a lawyer was a nearby office for a District Attorney, which didn't make sense. If she was building a case for disability, a DA wouldn't handle it, would it?
Maybe she was all in my head. Maybe I'll find the office and describe the woman to someone and they'll say "I'm sorry, but you couldn't have seen her last week, she died 5 months ago..." like some Bagger Vance/Guardian Angel type person I'll never see again...
I turned around and decided to take the 1 train from 181st instead...Big Mistake...service was shot to hell, the platform was packed, they must have been wating for over 20 minutes before I arrived and the train came. I couldn't get downtown fast enough...where the hell was everyone going during the weekend?!?!? I'm so looking forward to riding the train at 4:30am without a soul around for blocks...
After dropping off the movie, I decided to wander down the west side. Broadway from 90th street down is like stepping into Disneyland (so I'm guessing since I've never been...) The white people walk so slow, couples holding hands and extending the entire sidewalk, little girls pushing small toy baby carriages filled with dolls, sidewalk cafes, tiny old ladies with huges purses with their faces stretched tight across like mummies...these people live in their own little bubble that ends around Lincoln Center, they're unaffected by 9/11, they've probably never been to ground zero. It's just old money, sitting on old money letting it make money on it's own. As much as they're scared of seeing a black guy walk around their area, I'm just a nervious walking through.
After 12 blocks at 79th, I took the crosstown Bus through Central Park and got off around Lexington on the east side then walked some more down to 77th Where I hopped on the 6 Train and took it to Chinatown...
Chinatown's nice if you want to jewelry or video games, but the sidewalks are SO crowded it's like waiting on the bread line in Sibera. I went to a unique video games store that specializes in games from Japan in hopes to find an european version of "Go! Sudoku". All they had were games based on some anime cartoon called "Bleach" and some new Ultraman title. I brought a used PSP hard case for 10 dollars instead and left. (I could always order the game from a japanese website.).
Rather than walk back through Canal Street back to 8th Avenue, I walked through some cut street to make my way further south to Chambers Street. The stores in chinatown are so cool, you can still buy Chiniese Slippers, nunchucks, and throwing stars like regular products in a .99 store.
Finally making my way to Chambers, I hop on the A train home. It' around 7:30pm I grab some pizza before heading in (It's been awhile since I went on a Ninja Turtle Pizza Binge...). So I'm home by 8, now...a bit walked out but still horny as hell so I check craigslist again...
Next week is my last week of freedom before the new expirence...Imma have me some fun.
They say beggers can't be choosy, but in some instances I just can't see myself with the types that post on craigslist routinely. I need a woman with a lil meat on her bones, one that can take THE THUNDER, but it goes without saying it can't be too much because it would be like "The immovable force verses the unstopable object".
My money may be as green as anyone else, but there is an distinct fear in a woman's eyes I can sense when it comes to having sex with someone my size.
After hours of searching, I hit the streets. I had to return "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" to a Blockbuster on 92nd Street. Walking around the 'heights on a bit of steamy day today...I was heading to the A train at 175th, when I got to broadway, I started thinking about that crazy old lady again... She said her lawyer was on 174th and Broadway, right?...I guess it couldn't hurt to take a lil detour and see if there's office around...
I got to 174th and found nothing. A gas station, couple of hair salons, a Blimpie's and a church, but no lawyers or as they're referred in the 'heights "Abogados". The only thing remotely close to a lawyer was a nearby office for a District Attorney, which didn't make sense. If she was building a case for disability, a DA wouldn't handle it, would it?
Maybe she was all in my head. Maybe I'll find the office and describe the woman to someone and they'll say "I'm sorry, but you couldn't have seen her last week, she died 5 months ago..." like some Bagger Vance/Guardian Angel type person I'll never see again...
I turned around and decided to take the 1 train from 181st instead...Big Mistake...service was shot to hell, the platform was packed, they must have been wating for over 20 minutes before I arrived and the train came. I couldn't get downtown fast enough...where the hell was everyone going during the weekend?!?!? I'm so looking forward to riding the train at 4:30am without a soul around for blocks...
After dropping off the movie, I decided to wander down the west side. Broadway from 90th street down is like stepping into Disneyland (so I'm guessing since I've never been...) The white people walk so slow, couples holding hands and extending the entire sidewalk, little girls pushing small toy baby carriages filled with dolls, sidewalk cafes, tiny old ladies with huges purses with their faces stretched tight across like mummies...these people live in their own little bubble that ends around Lincoln Center, they're unaffected by 9/11, they've probably never been to ground zero. It's just old money, sitting on old money letting it make money on it's own. As much as they're scared of seeing a black guy walk around their area, I'm just a nervious walking through.
After 12 blocks at 79th, I took the crosstown Bus through Central Park and got off around Lexington on the east side then walked some more down to 77th Where I hopped on the 6 Train and took it to Chinatown...
Chinatown's nice if you want to jewelry or video games, but the sidewalks are SO crowded it's like waiting on the bread line in Sibera. I went to a unique video games store that specializes in games from Japan in hopes to find an european version of "Go! Sudoku". All they had were games based on some anime cartoon called "Bleach" and some new Ultraman title. I brought a used PSP hard case for 10 dollars instead and left. (I could always order the game from a japanese website.).
Rather than walk back through Canal Street back to 8th Avenue, I walked through some cut street to make my way further south to Chambers Street. The stores in chinatown are so cool, you can still buy Chiniese Slippers, nunchucks, and throwing stars like regular products in a .99 store.
Finally making my way to Chambers, I hop on the A train home. It' around 7:30pm I grab some pizza before heading in (It's been awhile since I went on a Ninja Turtle Pizza Binge...). So I'm home by 8, now...a bit walked out but still horny as hell so I check craigslist again...
Next week is my last week of freedom before the new expirence...Imma have me some fun.
TAG!, I'm it again!
This one's kinda nice, answer them all if you can and add one more of your own...
1. Favorite Beatles song: "I wanna hold your hand" (It's the only 1 I know.)
2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: "I can't get no Satisfaction"
3. Favorite Doors song: "Light my Fire"
4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: "Things have Changed" (From the movie "Wonder Boys")
5. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Uh, don't really do Zeppelin///
6. TV Theme Song: Crime Story (Del Shannon's "Runaway")
7. Favorite Prince Song: "Diamonds and Pearls"
8. Favorite Madonna Song: "La Isla Bonita"
9. Favorite Michael Jackson Song: TIE b'tween "Give in to Me" (Killer Slash Guitar Solo!) and "Leave me Alone" (Basically the way I feel all the time...)
10. Favorite Queeen Song: "We are the Champions" (Bohemian Rhapsody a close second)
11. Favorite Motorhead Song: Who or WHAT are Motorhead?
12. Favorite Ozzy Song: Don't do OZZY, sorry.
13. Favorite Public Enemy Song: "Welcome to the Terrordome"
14. Favorite Song from a cartoon: "We are Siamese if you Please" from "Lady and the Tramp"
15. Favorite Bruce Springsteen song: "In the streets of Philidelphia" ("Dancing in the Dark" a close 2nd)
16. Favorite Depeche Mode song: "Personal Jesus"
17. Favorite Cure song: Couldn't get into the Cure
18. Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: "5 Years" by Bjork
19. Favorite Smiths song: Which smith? Will Smith?
20. Favorite Beastie Boys song: "Sabotage" ("You B Illin" a close second)
21. Favorite Clash song: Clash???
22. Favorite Police song: "Roxanne" (Eddie Murphy can be thanked for this one...)
23. Favorite Eurythmics song: "Sweat Dreams"
24. Favorite Beach Boys song: "Barbra Ann" (That is theirs, right?)
25. Favorite Cyndi Lauper song: "Time after Time"
26. Favorite song from a movie: You have to ask?!?!? I'll go out on a limb and say "Spybreak!" from "The Matrix"...but ya'll KNOW the real answer to this one!
27. Favorite Duran Duran song: "View to a Kill" (One of the best Bond Themes EVER!)
28. Favorite Peter Tosh song: WHO?!?!?
29. Favorite Johnny Cash song: Wasn't really into Cash...
30. Favorite song from an 80's one hit wonder: "Take on Me" by a-Ha
31. Favorite song from a video game: Air Man Stage from Mega Man 2 (I'm SO glad they had this question!!!)
32. Favorite Kinks song: who are the Kinks?
33. Favorite Genesis song: They had one song I liked, but I can't remember...
34. Favorite Thin Lizzy song: Thin Lizzy? isn't that a make of Car? oh, that's TIN LIZZY...
35. Favorite INXS song: past or present, not into them...
36. Favorite Weird Al song: "Dare to be Stupid" (Transfomers The Movie, man!) ("I lost on Jepordy" is a close second...FAT is one of my most HATED songs in the world!)
37. Favorite Peter Gabriel song: "Sledgehamer" (Did he have any other songs?)
38. Favorite John Lennon song: "Imagine" heard it once, stayed with me.
39. Favorite Pink Floyd song: Um, not that old for Floyd, but I heard his stuff is the bomb!
40. Favorite cover song: There's so many, I can't pick only one
41. Favorite White Stripes: I can't get into them...
42. Favorite dance song: "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez (Don't ask)
43. Favorite U2 song: "I still haven't found (What I'm looking for)" ("Beautiful Day" and "Sometimes you can't make it on your Own" are also personal favs.)
44. Favorite song from an actor turned musician: "Play" by Jennifer Lopez (SHUT UP!)
45. Favorite disco song: is "Kung-Fu Fighting" Disco? if not then "Hello, it's Me"
46. Favorite Power Ballad: Theme from Rocky, Not Eye of the Tiger, the original theme when he's traning and running up the steps, what is that "Gonna Fly Now"?
47. Favorite Guns N' Roses song: "Welcome to the Jungle"
48. Favorite The Who song: "We won't get fooled again" (CSI:Miami)
49. Favorite Elton John song: "Benny and the Jets"
50. Favorite song, period: Okay since I didn't mention it back with #26, I'll say it now..."God walking on the face of the Waters" by Moby, this will be played at my wake when I die, I will be buried with some advanced device that will play this song repeatedly in my coffin, it will and always shall be my favorite song in the world.
51. Favorite Sting song: "Desert Rose" (Still remember the car comercial)
52. Favorite boy-band song: "Quit playing games with my Heart" (I always prefered Backstreet to N*SYNC)
53. Favorite Metallica: "Enter Sandman" (only one I know, that because of El Duque from the Yankees, they play it everytime he comes in for a Save)
54. Favorite Cars song: Man, I remember they crazy ass music videos, but can't think of a song.
55. Favorite Tom Petty song: "Free Fallin" (I was reachin' on this one.)
56. Favorite Bon Jovi song: "Wanted Dead or Alive" (See my playlist)
My new ones:
57. Favorite Jazz song: "Take 5" by Dave Brubeck Quartet
58. Favorite Janet Jackson song: "Runaway" (Loved the video when she was jumping all around the world...)
59. Favorite song from the year you were born: (1975) "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Okay, I TAG: FIRE, KIMMYK, PISSY, and LLF (If she still reads this thing!)
PEACE!
1. Favorite Beatles song: "I wanna hold your hand" (It's the only 1 I know.)
2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: "I can't get no Satisfaction"
3. Favorite Doors song: "Light my Fire"
4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: "Things have Changed" (From the movie "Wonder Boys")
5. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Uh, don't really do Zeppelin///
6. TV Theme Song: Crime Story (Del Shannon's "Runaway")
7. Favorite Prince Song: "Diamonds and Pearls"
8. Favorite Madonna Song: "La Isla Bonita"
9. Favorite Michael Jackson Song: TIE b'tween "Give in to Me" (Killer Slash Guitar Solo!) and "Leave me Alone" (Basically the way I feel all the time...)
10. Favorite Queeen Song: "We are the Champions" (Bohemian Rhapsody a close second)
11. Favorite Motorhead Song: Who or WHAT are Motorhead?
12. Favorite Ozzy Song: Don't do OZZY, sorry.
13. Favorite Public Enemy Song: "Welcome to the Terrordome"
14. Favorite Song from a cartoon: "We are Siamese if you Please" from "Lady and the Tramp"
15. Favorite Bruce Springsteen song: "In the streets of Philidelphia" ("Dancing in the Dark" a close 2nd)
16. Favorite Depeche Mode song: "Personal Jesus"
17. Favorite Cure song: Couldn't get into the Cure
18. Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: "5 Years" by Bjork
19. Favorite Smiths song: Which smith? Will Smith?
20. Favorite Beastie Boys song: "Sabotage" ("You B Illin" a close second)
21. Favorite Clash song: Clash???
22. Favorite Police song: "Roxanne" (Eddie Murphy can be thanked for this one...)
23. Favorite Eurythmics song: "Sweat Dreams"
24. Favorite Beach Boys song: "Barbra Ann" (That is theirs, right?)
25. Favorite Cyndi Lauper song: "Time after Time"
26. Favorite song from a movie: You have to ask?!?!? I'll go out on a limb and say "Spybreak!" from "The Matrix"...but ya'll KNOW the real answer to this one!
27. Favorite Duran Duran song: "View to a Kill" (One of the best Bond Themes EVER!)
28. Favorite Peter Tosh song: WHO?!?!?
29. Favorite Johnny Cash song: Wasn't really into Cash...
30. Favorite song from an 80's one hit wonder: "Take on Me" by a-Ha
31. Favorite song from a video game: Air Man Stage from Mega Man 2 (I'm SO glad they had this question!!!)
32. Favorite Kinks song: who are the Kinks?
33. Favorite Genesis song: They had one song I liked, but I can't remember...
34. Favorite Thin Lizzy song: Thin Lizzy? isn't that a make of Car? oh, that's TIN LIZZY...
35. Favorite INXS song: past or present, not into them...
36. Favorite Weird Al song: "Dare to be Stupid" (Transfomers The Movie, man!) ("I lost on Jepordy" is a close second...FAT is one of my most HATED songs in the world!)
37. Favorite Peter Gabriel song: "Sledgehamer" (Did he have any other songs?)
38. Favorite John Lennon song: "Imagine" heard it once, stayed with me.
39. Favorite Pink Floyd song: Um, not that old for Floyd, but I heard his stuff is the bomb!
40. Favorite cover song: There's so many, I can't pick only one
41. Favorite White Stripes: I can't get into them...
42. Favorite dance song: "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez (Don't ask)
43. Favorite U2 song: "I still haven't found (What I'm looking for)" ("Beautiful Day" and "Sometimes you can't make it on your Own" are also personal favs.)
44. Favorite song from an actor turned musician: "Play" by Jennifer Lopez (SHUT UP!)
45. Favorite disco song: is "Kung-Fu Fighting" Disco? if not then "Hello, it's Me"
46. Favorite Power Ballad: Theme from Rocky, Not Eye of the Tiger, the original theme when he's traning and running up the steps, what is that "Gonna Fly Now"?
47. Favorite Guns N' Roses song: "Welcome to the Jungle"
48. Favorite The Who song: "We won't get fooled again" (CSI:Miami)
49. Favorite Elton John song: "Benny and the Jets"
50. Favorite song, period: Okay since I didn't mention it back with #26, I'll say it now..."God walking on the face of the Waters" by Moby, this will be played at my wake when I die, I will be buried with some advanced device that will play this song repeatedly in my coffin, it will and always shall be my favorite song in the world.
51. Favorite Sting song: "Desert Rose" (Still remember the car comercial)
52. Favorite boy-band song: "Quit playing games with my Heart" (I always prefered Backstreet to N*SYNC)
53. Favorite Metallica: "Enter Sandman" (only one I know, that because of El Duque from the Yankees, they play it everytime he comes in for a Save)
54. Favorite Cars song: Man, I remember they crazy ass music videos, but can't think of a song.
55. Favorite Tom Petty song: "Free Fallin" (I was reachin' on this one.)
56. Favorite Bon Jovi song: "Wanted Dead or Alive" (See my playlist)
My new ones:
57. Favorite Jazz song: "Take 5" by Dave Brubeck Quartet
58. Favorite Janet Jackson song: "Runaway" (Loved the video when she was jumping all around the world...)
59. Favorite song from the year you were born: (1975) "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Okay, I TAG: FIRE, KIMMYK, PISSY, and LLF (If she still reads this thing!)
PEACE!
"Stone by Day, Warriors at NIGHT!!!!"
Today I turned off my cell phone and SLEPT the entire day!
The first taste of freedom, no longer waiting by the cell phone for THE CALL, no sirree BOB!
I was going back, back...to the Future!
My blog entries have been ridicously long as of late, I don't know where I'm getting all this writing from? Maybe I should use it to work back on my TV Show...and perhaps it's because I finally rented "FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS" and watched it 4 times in the last two days.
The DVD is so scratched up, I can't even burn a copy, so I plan to buy a copy when I go shopping (Maybe for my Birthday...)
Meanwhile, lets talk about the new job at the Bank of New York.
It appears to be a simple position, they need a scanner operator for their Lockbox department. I'll have to scan batches of checks and bills or documentation in the computer so it can be encoded and processed. This is a part-time PERMANENT job with loads of benefits. Simular to all my past scanning jobs, my work depends of the workload of everyone else. The batches may or may not be ready at a specific time SO my actual hours are flexable. I'm limited to a 5 hour day for a max of 26 hours a week (maybe 10 minutes for lunch, I'm not really sure...). This was the one I metioned in a previous post with the 9pm-2am, 10pm-3am, or 11pm-4am.
I've worked nights before, but this is THIRD SHIFT...I'll be getting off work when people are going...
Coming home around 6am, eating dinner in the morning, watching Taped PRIME TIME TV in the day, going to bed around noon, waking up at night...
I basically become a Vampire...a Gargoyle.
But think of it, no kids on the trains, and I still have time to do SOMETHING during the day...another part-time gig, something around 3pm-8pm?, Heck, I can still do something for IPS if they call me back with something in the city!
OR
There's even a SLIM, VERY SLIM chance...I might consider...school.
If this pans out during the winter, and IPS doesn't call, maybe in January...I can actually go back...
Okay, okay, okay! enough about that! As happy as MOM is (No more fighting for the Bathroom!) she's still concerned about weirdos at that time of night. I'm not worried, I LIVE for the nightlife!
I go in for processing (ID, fingerprinting, drug test, all that...) on the 13th, then I start working the day shift for one week to get a hang of things on the 18th.
Since I'll be working on my birthday, I should take this time between now and when I start to do something special...
But What?
"WHAT NOW?"
"WHAT NEXT?"
"We can't stop here. This is bat country"
"Wait till you see those goddamn bats"
"There's a uh, big machine in the sky, some kind of, I dunno, electric snake, coming straight at us."....Shoot it....."Not yet, I want to study its habits."
"We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole multi colored collection of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."
The first taste of freedom, no longer waiting by the cell phone for THE CALL, no sirree BOB!
I was going back, back...to the Future!
My blog entries have been ridicously long as of late, I don't know where I'm getting all this writing from? Maybe I should use it to work back on my TV Show...and perhaps it's because I finally rented "FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS" and watched it 4 times in the last two days.
The DVD is so scratched up, I can't even burn a copy, so I plan to buy a copy when I go shopping (Maybe for my Birthday...)
Meanwhile, lets talk about the new job at the Bank of New York.
It appears to be a simple position, they need a scanner operator for their Lockbox department. I'll have to scan batches of checks and bills or documentation in the computer so it can be encoded and processed. This is a part-time PERMANENT job with loads of benefits. Simular to all my past scanning jobs, my work depends of the workload of everyone else. The batches may or may not be ready at a specific time SO my actual hours are flexable. I'm limited to a 5 hour day for a max of 26 hours a week (maybe 10 minutes for lunch, I'm not really sure...). This was the one I metioned in a previous post with the 9pm-2am, 10pm-3am, or 11pm-4am.
I've worked nights before, but this is THIRD SHIFT...I'll be getting off work when people are going...
Coming home around 6am, eating dinner in the morning, watching Taped PRIME TIME TV in the day, going to bed around noon, waking up at night...
I basically become a Vampire...a Gargoyle.
But think of it, no kids on the trains, and I still have time to do SOMETHING during the day...another part-time gig, something around 3pm-8pm?, Heck, I can still do something for IPS if they call me back with something in the city!
OR
There's even a SLIM, VERY SLIM chance...I might consider...school.
If this pans out during the winter, and IPS doesn't call, maybe in January...I can actually go back...
Okay, okay, okay! enough about that! As happy as MOM is (No more fighting for the Bathroom!) she's still concerned about weirdos at that time of night. I'm not worried, I LIVE for the nightlife!
I go in for processing (ID, fingerprinting, drug test, all that...) on the 13th, then I start working the day shift for one week to get a hang of things on the 18th.
Since I'll be working on my birthday, I should take this time between now and when I start to do something special...
But What?
"WHAT NOW?"
"WHAT NEXT?"
"We can't stop here. This is bat country"
"Wait till you see those goddamn bats"
"There's a uh, big machine in the sky, some kind of, I dunno, electric snake, coming straight at us."....Shoot it....."Not yet, I want to study its habits."
"We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole multi colored collection of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."
"God is in the Rain..."
September 1st, 2006 I had THE WORST job interview possible at the Bank of New York.
The application was VERY confusing, when putting down my Temp Assignments from IPS I completely blanked on the exact address of the UN Building and could not spell Deutsche Bank. It was totally a disaster.
While I explained myself to my interviewer who then sorted my employment history out to understand it better, I was still led down to the Department where the position would be and shown around the office. The supervisor in question explained what he was looking for and the requirements of the job and I went on my merry little way NEVER expected to hear from them again.
On the way home in defeat I came across an eccentric woman with her leg in a brace. She was rambling aloud about the MTA raising the fare from 2.00 to 2.50 soon. She then looked at me as I was dressed up for the interview and wearing a sweater vest...
"Do YOU work for the MTA?" she asked me in a crowded elevator to the outside sidewalk...
"NO." I barked at her. (Some of the MTA employees DO wear those type of vests). There was a light laughter from everyone else as the weird lady twitched at my strong, yet exasperated response.
She then continued her rant and then focused her attention back to me in which the elevator ride suddenly felt WAY too long.
She mentioned something about why I was dressed so nicely in which I replied.
"I Just came back from a Job Interview." Exasperated again.
Finally the doors open and she proceeded to follow me...
"Judging by that tone, I take it it didn't go to well."
"WHY THE HELL was this woman bothering me?" I thought.
As we poured out to the sidewalk she paused and looked around...
"Which way is Broadway?" she asked no one in particular.
I pointed down the block (The direction I was walking) "Down this way." I said and she turned around and followed me. Part of me wanted to walk fast, but I couldn't help limping home still thinking about the interview from hell...
All the sudden she starts telling me her life story and junk. She's up here to see some lawyer on 174th and Broadway about some disability case, then she says...
"I think you did well on that interview..."
"I seriously Doubt It." was my reply.
"Nope, I think you're going to get that job, just think positive."
We got to the corner and I pointed west, "174th is down that way."
She thanked me and said, "When you get that job, you take me out to Dinner, okay?"
I gave her a faint smile and nod and went the opposite way towards home, dismissing the old coot out of my mind and geting ready for the Labor Day weekend.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY...
I'm taking MOM's sumo cat, Peanut to be GROOMED. I dropped him off at the pet salon at 10:30, and I had to pick him up at 2. At 1:54pm, I get the call...
...I GOT THE JOB!!!!
I couldn't believe it.
I thought of that Line in "V for Vendetta" after being tourtured and made fearless, an awe-struck Evey (Natalite Portman) looks out to London as it begins to rain...
"God is in the Rain."
In my darkest hour, with all hope lost, a small ray of sunshine finally...
I start the 19th (Oy, I'll have to WORK on my birthday!). I'll hit ya with the rest of the details, later...part of me feels I have to find that crazy old woman, and take her out to dinner!
The application was VERY confusing, when putting down my Temp Assignments from IPS I completely blanked on the exact address of the UN Building and could not spell Deutsche Bank. It was totally a disaster.
While I explained myself to my interviewer who then sorted my employment history out to understand it better, I was still led down to the Department where the position would be and shown around the office. The supervisor in question explained what he was looking for and the requirements of the job and I went on my merry little way NEVER expected to hear from them again.
On the way home in defeat I came across an eccentric woman with her leg in a brace. She was rambling aloud about the MTA raising the fare from 2.00 to 2.50 soon. She then looked at me as I was dressed up for the interview and wearing a sweater vest...
"Do YOU work for the MTA?" she asked me in a crowded elevator to the outside sidewalk...
"NO." I barked at her. (Some of the MTA employees DO wear those type of vests). There was a light laughter from everyone else as the weird lady twitched at my strong, yet exasperated response.
She then continued her rant and then focused her attention back to me in which the elevator ride suddenly felt WAY too long.
She mentioned something about why I was dressed so nicely in which I replied.
"I Just came back from a Job Interview." Exasperated again.
Finally the doors open and she proceeded to follow me...
"Judging by that tone, I take it it didn't go to well."
"WHY THE HELL was this woman bothering me?" I thought.
As we poured out to the sidewalk she paused and looked around...
"Which way is Broadway?" she asked no one in particular.
I pointed down the block (The direction I was walking) "Down this way." I said and she turned around and followed me. Part of me wanted to walk fast, but I couldn't help limping home still thinking about the interview from hell...
All the sudden she starts telling me her life story and junk. She's up here to see some lawyer on 174th and Broadway about some disability case, then she says...
"I think you did well on that interview..."
"I seriously Doubt It." was my reply.
"Nope, I think you're going to get that job, just think positive."
We got to the corner and I pointed west, "174th is down that way."
She thanked me and said, "When you get that job, you take me out to Dinner, okay?"
I gave her a faint smile and nod and went the opposite way towards home, dismissing the old coot out of my mind and geting ready for the Labor Day weekend.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY...
I'm taking MOM's sumo cat, Peanut to be GROOMED. I dropped him off at the pet salon at 10:30, and I had to pick him up at 2. At 1:54pm, I get the call...
...I GOT THE JOB!!!!
I couldn't believe it.
I thought of that Line in "V for Vendetta" after being tourtured and made fearless, an awe-struck Evey (Natalite Portman) looks out to London as it begins to rain...
"God is in the Rain."
In my darkest hour, with all hope lost, a small ray of sunshine finally...
I start the 19th (Oy, I'll have to WORK on my birthday!). I'll hit ya with the rest of the details, later...part of me feels I have to find that crazy old woman, and take her out to dinner!
"Oh $hit, SON!...Dat Ni@@a DEAD, SON!!!!"
Freakin' Croc Hunter STEVE IRWIN.
Killed by a Stingray...
Damn, they way he fucked with animals I knew it was gonna happen soon, but DAMN!
"Ahhhh...Memories."
What is it about music that can trigger the memory process so well?
People probably remember what song was interrupted on the radio when they announced Kennedy getting shot. Or the song that was playing when they first saw that special someone at the club or a party.
So working all weekend with my new "Toy", expermenting and calculating Memory card size to music file bitrate and all that techobabble, I found myself listening to music and remembering...
First thing I wanted to do was cram the BIG THREE favorite artist on ONE 1GB Memory card if it was possible...EVERY DAMN SONG, remix, b-side, all of it at my fingertips (Evil Cackle...). If you don't know me by now, my BIG THREE are...A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, BJORK, and MOBY. In that order
So, tribe is pretty easy, I still don't have their first album on CD (and I guess I'm too lazy to try and download it. I DO have it on Tape and LP, thou!) and aside from a few tracks I won't mind missing, I could do without it. So I started with "The Low End Theory" (CLASSIC MATERIAL) and did the rest of the CD's by the group. I put on some extra B-sides from singles, a few remixes and then added each of Q-Tip and Phife Dawg's SOLO albums in the collection finishing up at around 60 songs from 8 CD's.
Then I moved to BJORK, I didn't add any of her early works with the Sugarcubes or her "Gling Glo" album, just started from her ironically titled cd "Debut" with such classics as "Human Behavior", and "Venus as a Boy" (Which was used in "LEON:The Professional" the movie that first got me into her music...), then moved on to add here songs and b-sides from other movies like "The Young Americans" (Play Dead), "Being John Malkovich" (Amphibian) as well as the soundtrack "Selmasongs" from the only movie she swears to be her first and last "Dancer in the Dark". Finishing the collection with her latest "Medulla" AND the exclusive and rare soundtrack to some independent film that came out in europe last year "Drawing Restraint 9". The total was 40 songs out of 12 CD's (As much as I LOVE her, I'm very picky about the songs I appreciate...you can't dig 'em all, can ya?)
Next, MOBY, heh, heh...
I got more MOBY CD's than BJORK and TRIBE COMBINED! Because he comes out with so much shit! Singles with remixes and B-sides, first individual and a B-Side CD to go with the original album! I got hooked into MOBY by watching "HEAT" of course, with his classic "God moving over the face of the Waters". but the oldest album is one of his most unique works, a quirky lil cd simply called "AMBIENT". You look on the album cover you don't even recognize moby because he has HAIR! When it comes to first getting into him, I always recommend this CD, it always sets the mood for the trip of a lifetime! I've brought and given 6 copies to friends and co-workers in the past to get them into his genius.
I worked my way to his "PLAY" album. If there was anything that brought the world's attention to Moby, it's this. I actually remembered the day I brought it. At a Sam Goody in the South Street Seaport. Upon the first listen, I never made it past track 3, "Porcelain". I played the track over and over again for hours. I never thought that song could be more memorable...till the jaw-dropping remix by ROB DOUGAN. With "The Matrix" coming out, Dougan's "Clubbed to Death" was becoming a classic in the making, mixing it with "Porcelain" the result is...indescribable.
With the sucess of "PLAY" one would wonder where do you go from here? The answer..."18". True, "18" wasn't no "PLAY", but what ya' gonna do? Everyone thought "We are made of Stars" was cool, I almost felt he was trying to redo "Porcelain" with "Signs of Love" (Which didn't stop Jaguar to use it in their car commericals), and as you listen to the CD you can't help to think of 9/11 (Which is actually his Birthday, what a donwner...) with some of the somber ballads. The one that stayed with me the most, "Harbour" with Sinead O'Connor...I FUCKING LOVE that song!
When I opened the CD Case for "18" I saw MOBY's special "AUTOGRAPH" caricature reminding me of the release party I attended in May 2002 at the Virgin Megastore!
It was at midnight and I came all the way out from the Bronx IN THE RAIN and waited in line with around 200 people to meet him and get him to sign the CD AND his biography. I remember completely Spacing Out when I came up to him, I did like a Chris Farley/Ralph Wiggum take and mumbled something like "I came out in the rain." completly star struck! He nodded, signed the CD and then the book (Which he kinda looked suprised it existed like it was unauthorized or something...) and then I like, floated away and came to my senses. I got 3 hours of sleep and still went to work the next day...GOD! that was awesome!
He's still coming on strong with last year's "HOTEL" which had the popular single "Beautiful" as well as "Slipping Away" and "Spiders" and once again a "VERY BEST OF MOBY" CD is due out in November this year (If I had a dollar for every Moby Collection released...), I finished the run with 60 songs from like 16 different CD's of albums and singles! (And that's not counting the CD's of stuff I DIDN'T take to well to liking that much!)
SO, 60, 40, 60 leaves us with a 160+ songs so far...and at 128 kbps (Decient CD quality sound at a good storage size...), I found myself at 686MB with is around 2/3's of a GIG (1gb)! ROOM FOR MORE!!!
SO I started thinking...WHO else is UP there for me? Dave Brubeck? Nah, most of his stuff I could fit on a 256 Card at probably 192 kbps...Roots? Them and Tribe really don't mix on the same Platform, I'll do a 512 Card with Them, and Jurassic 5, etc...Then it hit me, THE DAWN!...PM DAWN!
I've been waiting for their damn latest album for like forever! I fished out their 4 Albums and listened to their classics like "Set Adrift of Memory Bliss...", "Die without You", "When it's raining Cats and Dogs", the Al. B. Sure sampled "Sometimes I miss you So Much", and "I had no Right"...that bought back alot of memories.
Around 34 songs later, there was STILL some more room! I just had to see how much I could put on to fill this sucker so I thought of that lucky bastard who's married to Heidi Klum...my man SEAL!
Seal's 2nd album is one of those RARE CD's where EVERY track is a great song. I MEAN EVERY, even the reprise outro at the end. "Kiss by a Rose", "Don't Cry", "Dreaming in Metaphors", if you haven't heard it, BUY it, you can't help to fall in love with this man's voice, but with that grill to rival Shabba Ranks one wonders what does Heidi see in that man!
The 3rd CD "Human Beings" suffers from the same "Where do we go from Here?" syndrome Moby's "18" suffered after "PLAY", the only real big single was used in the Catherine Zeta-Jones movie "Entrapment" (Lost my Faith). Then in 2004 he came back in force with "SEAL IV" (Jeez, can't this guy think of better album titles?) which put him back in foray with smash singles "Get it Together" and "Love's Divine". The majority of the album is also great, so one can only wonder if more hits are in store.
So, 24 songs and 3 CD's Later I find myself almost done with around 70mb's still remaining. Which would be almost 1 CD and a half. There's only one other group I could think of to complete this "set" A Tribe Called Quest, Bjork, Moby, PM Dawn, Seal...and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT! With their two albums, I had just enough to fill the Memory card with an outstanding total of 240 songs! Even WMA files at 96kbps, I'd never get that many of a 512kb Card on my old player!
If you do the math, though 240 songs at 128kbps in this *.sa1 format equals a GIG (1gb), imagine at 96kbps...or even as low as 48 or 32kbps (Although with that low bitrate, sound quality DOES get compromised)...in the words of Doc Brown...
"The Possibilities...are ENDLESS."
I think this entry has gone far too long for anyone to read it...we'll just have to see. In the meantime look for some very big changes on the Track List Column on the left, aside from a few singles I just may put ENTIRE ALBUMS on memory cards and weed out the songs later! (MUHAAAAAAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!)
People probably remember what song was interrupted on the radio when they announced Kennedy getting shot. Or the song that was playing when they first saw that special someone at the club or a party.
So working all weekend with my new "Toy", expermenting and calculating Memory card size to music file bitrate and all that techobabble, I found myself listening to music and remembering...
First thing I wanted to do was cram the BIG THREE favorite artist on ONE 1GB Memory card if it was possible...EVERY DAMN SONG, remix, b-side, all of it at my fingertips (Evil Cackle...). If you don't know me by now, my BIG THREE are...A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, BJORK, and MOBY. In that order
So, tribe is pretty easy, I still don't have their first album on CD (and I guess I'm too lazy to try and download it. I DO have it on Tape and LP, thou!) and aside from a few tracks I won't mind missing, I could do without it. So I started with "The Low End Theory" (CLASSIC MATERIAL) and did the rest of the CD's by the group. I put on some extra B-sides from singles, a few remixes and then added each of Q-Tip and Phife Dawg's SOLO albums in the collection finishing up at around 60 songs from 8 CD's.
Then I moved to BJORK, I didn't add any of her early works with the Sugarcubes or her "Gling Glo" album, just started from her ironically titled cd "Debut" with such classics as "Human Behavior", and "Venus as a Boy" (Which was used in "LEON:The Professional" the movie that first got me into her music...), then moved on to add here songs and b-sides from other movies like "The Young Americans" (Play Dead), "Being John Malkovich" (Amphibian) as well as the soundtrack "Selmasongs" from the only movie she swears to be her first and last "Dancer in the Dark". Finishing the collection with her latest "Medulla" AND the exclusive and rare soundtrack to some independent film that came out in europe last year "Drawing Restraint 9". The total was 40 songs out of 12 CD's (As much as I LOVE her, I'm very picky about the songs I appreciate...you can't dig 'em all, can ya?)
Next, MOBY, heh, heh...
I got more MOBY CD's than BJORK and TRIBE COMBINED! Because he comes out with so much shit! Singles with remixes and B-sides, first individual and a B-Side CD to go with the original album! I got hooked into MOBY by watching "HEAT" of course, with his classic "God moving over the face of the Waters". but the oldest album is one of his most unique works, a quirky lil cd simply called "AMBIENT". You look on the album cover you don't even recognize moby because he has HAIR! When it comes to first getting into him, I always recommend this CD, it always sets the mood for the trip of a lifetime! I've brought and given 6 copies to friends and co-workers in the past to get them into his genius.
I worked my way to his "PLAY" album. If there was anything that brought the world's attention to Moby, it's this. I actually remembered the day I brought it. At a Sam Goody in the South Street Seaport. Upon the first listen, I never made it past track 3, "Porcelain". I played the track over and over again for hours. I never thought that song could be more memorable...till the jaw-dropping remix by ROB DOUGAN. With "The Matrix" coming out, Dougan's "Clubbed to Death" was becoming a classic in the making, mixing it with "Porcelain" the result is...indescribable.
With the sucess of "PLAY" one would wonder where do you go from here? The answer..."18". True, "18" wasn't no "PLAY", but what ya' gonna do? Everyone thought "We are made of Stars" was cool, I almost felt he was trying to redo "Porcelain" with "Signs of Love" (Which didn't stop Jaguar to use it in their car commericals), and as you listen to the CD you can't help to think of 9/11 (Which is actually his Birthday, what a donwner...) with some of the somber ballads. The one that stayed with me the most, "Harbour" with Sinead O'Connor...I FUCKING LOVE that song!
When I opened the CD Case for "18" I saw MOBY's special "AUTOGRAPH" caricature reminding me of the release party I attended in May 2002 at the Virgin Megastore!
It was at midnight and I came all the way out from the Bronx IN THE RAIN and waited in line with around 200 people to meet him and get him to sign the CD AND his biography. I remember completely Spacing Out when I came up to him, I did like a Chris Farley/Ralph Wiggum take and mumbled something like "I came out in the rain." completly star struck! He nodded, signed the CD and then the book (Which he kinda looked suprised it existed like it was unauthorized or something...) and then I like, floated away and came to my senses. I got 3 hours of sleep and still went to work the next day...GOD! that was awesome!
He's still coming on strong with last year's "HOTEL" which had the popular single "Beautiful" as well as "Slipping Away" and "Spiders" and once again a "VERY BEST OF MOBY" CD is due out in November this year (If I had a dollar for every Moby Collection released...), I finished the run with 60 songs from like 16 different CD's of albums and singles! (And that's not counting the CD's of stuff I DIDN'T take to well to liking that much!)
SO, 60, 40, 60 leaves us with a 160+ songs so far...and at 128 kbps (Decient CD quality sound at a good storage size...), I found myself at 686MB with is around 2/3's of a GIG (1gb)! ROOM FOR MORE!!!
SO I started thinking...WHO else is UP there for me? Dave Brubeck? Nah, most of his stuff I could fit on a 256 Card at probably 192 kbps...Roots? Them and Tribe really don't mix on the same Platform, I'll do a 512 Card with Them, and Jurassic 5, etc...Then it hit me, THE DAWN!...PM DAWN!
I've been waiting for their damn latest album for like forever! I fished out their 4 Albums and listened to their classics like "Set Adrift of Memory Bliss...", "Die without You", "When it's raining Cats and Dogs", the Al. B. Sure sampled "Sometimes I miss you So Much", and "I had no Right"...that bought back alot of memories.
Around 34 songs later, there was STILL some more room! I just had to see how much I could put on to fill this sucker so I thought of that lucky bastard who's married to Heidi Klum...my man SEAL!
Seal's 2nd album is one of those RARE CD's where EVERY track is a great song. I MEAN EVERY, even the reprise outro at the end. "Kiss by a Rose", "Don't Cry", "Dreaming in Metaphors", if you haven't heard it, BUY it, you can't help to fall in love with this man's voice, but with that grill to rival Shabba Ranks one wonders what does Heidi see in that man!
The 3rd CD "Human Beings" suffers from the same "Where do we go from Here?" syndrome Moby's "18" suffered after "PLAY", the only real big single was used in the Catherine Zeta-Jones movie "Entrapment" (Lost my Faith). Then in 2004 he came back in force with "SEAL IV" (Jeez, can't this guy think of better album titles?) which put him back in foray with smash singles "Get it Together" and "Love's Divine". The majority of the album is also great, so one can only wonder if more hits are in store.
So, 24 songs and 3 CD's Later I find myself almost done with around 70mb's still remaining. Which would be almost 1 CD and a half. There's only one other group I could think of to complete this "set" A Tribe Called Quest, Bjork, Moby, PM Dawn, Seal...and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT! With their two albums, I had just enough to fill the Memory card with an outstanding total of 240 songs! Even WMA files at 96kbps, I'd never get that many of a 512kb Card on my old player!
If you do the math, though 240 songs at 128kbps in this *.sa1 format equals a GIG (1gb), imagine at 96kbps...or even as low as 48 or 32kbps (Although with that low bitrate, sound quality DOES get compromised)...in the words of Doc Brown...
"The Possibilities...are ENDLESS."
I think this entry has gone far too long for anyone to read it...we'll just have to see. In the meantime look for some very big changes on the Track List Column on the left, aside from a few singles I just may put ENTIRE ALBUMS on memory cards and weed out the songs later! (MUHAAAAAAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!)
"The power in the palm of your hand..."
I'm telling you, by itself, this new MP3 player is about the size of a ice cube. take a look.
Look at that, it's about the size of a damn postage stamp! Now according to the manual, in this mode alone and fully charged, you got around 4-6 hours non-stop.
Now, here's a look dressed up in it's outter shell...
This is POWERMASTER mode, internal and extra Battery source mode, looks almost like a regular size MP3 player now...
Look at that, it's about the size of a damn postage stamp! Now according to the manual, in this mode alone and fully charged, you got around 4-6 hours non-stop.
Now, here's a look dressed up in it's outter shell...
This is POWERMASTER mode, internal and extra Battery source mode, looks almost like a regular size MP3 player now...
"Powermaster Jet Black, Online and Listening!"
Dude,
I've been enjoying my old mp3 player since Mom gave it to me for christmas. At first I loaded it with only MP3's, then discovered that WMA files are smaller and more music could be loaded in...
The most I ever had on a 512MB SD card was around 130 songs and that was cool, but I was at my limit. The RIO couldn't handle 1GB cards or higher...then I found this cool Panasonic SD-Card MP3 player!
This puppy gets all it's music straight from the Card, with no internal memory so I don't have to plug it into the PC. It came with SD Card Reader/Re-Writer and some software to convert the music into a specific format that only the player can read. At first I thought that sucked, I mean, why couldn't just copy and paste the damn songs on the card with the reader and it play on the player, apparently the damn thing reads it own format of music convertered from MP3 or WMA, the format is known as SA1 (kinda stupid, I know.), however this *.sa1 format is THE smallest I've ever seen for even the best quality of sound!
More of those details, later...another perk is the POWER! It had a rechargeable battery and comes with a outter shell that holds a AAA Battery for backup and even MORE POWER! I can listen to music for damn near HALF a day, 12 uninterrupted hours!, WHOO!
With the extra power source I instantly started thinking of those special Transformers that had extra little guys that would change into extra engines and BOOST their performance, they were called POWERMASTERS (Sorta like Headmasters or those Targetmasters).
I'm gonna spend this whole weekend loading albums upon albums on memory cards for the ULTIMATE listening expirence. This baby may not be an ipod, but it's pretty damn close!
Peace!
I've been enjoying my old mp3 player since Mom gave it to me for christmas. At first I loaded it with only MP3's, then discovered that WMA files are smaller and more music could be loaded in...
The most I ever had on a 512MB SD card was around 130 songs and that was cool, but I was at my limit. The RIO couldn't handle 1GB cards or higher...then I found this cool Panasonic SD-Card MP3 player!
This puppy gets all it's music straight from the Card, with no internal memory so I don't have to plug it into the PC. It came with SD Card Reader/Re-Writer and some software to convert the music into a specific format that only the player can read. At first I thought that sucked, I mean, why couldn't just copy and paste the damn songs on the card with the reader and it play on the player, apparently the damn thing reads it own format of music convertered from MP3 or WMA, the format is known as SA1 (kinda stupid, I know.), however this *.sa1 format is THE smallest I've ever seen for even the best quality of sound!
More of those details, later...another perk is the POWER! It had a rechargeable battery and comes with a outter shell that holds a AAA Battery for backup and even MORE POWER! I can listen to music for damn near HALF a day, 12 uninterrupted hours!, WHOO!
With the extra power source I instantly started thinking of those special Transformers that had extra little guys that would change into extra engines and BOOST their performance, they were called POWERMASTERS (Sorta like Headmasters or those Targetmasters).
I'm gonna spend this whole weekend loading albums upon albums on memory cards for the ULTIMATE listening expirence. This baby may not be an ipod, but it's pretty damn close!
Peace!
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