Friday, April 15, 2011
Finally, Gawd damn it!!!
Toys r us are now marketing an Iggy Pop action fiqure. They are to retail for $14.99. I find it funny that they are marketing a contemporary Iggy as their fiqure instead of a youger, say Raw Power version. I guess it goes to show that the man has finally after 40 years reached the point of finally being an American icon amongest the mainstream
Sleep with angels
On this day in 2001, Joey Ramone arrived at the furthest reaches after suffering from advance stages of cancer. Joey, you are probably bigger now in your home country thn you ever were before. Sleep well
John Kyl
Earlier this week the federal government was nearing a deadline to shut down over budgetary disagreements. Aparentlly the issue was over social programs which the republicans vehmently oppossed; servces such as NPPR, PBS, education, medicare and Planned Parenthood were on their agenda to be either eliminated entirely or defunded to the point of being inept. The good senator from Kentucky, John Kyl actually stated on the floor of the Senate, that Planned Parenthood was solely responsible for over 90% of all abortions performed in this country. Which is an out and out fucking lie, it is ILLEGAL to use federal funds for such purposes. Later when confronted by these facts, Kyl simple respoded with the following statement, that his words were "Not intended to be a factual statement." So with that in mind, I have compiled a list of facts of John Kyl.
1. John Kyl actually insemenated naturally, Lao Jing the panda at the Washington DC National Zoo
2. John Kyl is in league with Osama Bin Ladin, is a Socialist, Nazi who was born in Kenya
3. John Kyl wets the bed
4. John Kyl feltches corpses
5. John Kyl wrote The Aristocrats joke, the original, unfunny version
6. John Kyl took Zsa Zsa Gabor's virginity
7. John Kyl has the largest collection of Asian Ladyboy porn on the planet, and has his weekly "Wendsday Wank" with Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, while they all wear Blackface and sing "Old Man River" to their whimiscal toss sessions
8. John Kyl is parcial to chilled buttermilk
9. John Kyl represnted Miss Virgin Islands in the 1986 Miss Teen USA pagent
10. John Kyl legislates with his pants on fire
Not intended to be a factual statement
Jackie Blue
Today, April 15 marks the 64th anniversery of Jackie Robinson's entry into major league baseball. This accomplishment isn't one to be diminished, in 1947, baseball was the primary focus of American society, and it was one aspect of society that up untill this day had been one of exclusitivity. Baseball was doing well and actually florishing in "Black" America. A whole culture and seperate society thrived within that small and just as exclusive world in and of itself. With Jackie Robinson's suiting up and playing on this day the begining of the end had struck one of Black America's most successful industries, as Black players, too had begun to be drafted throughout the major leagues. Jackie Robinson, by his character and fortitude, had finally made baseball America's past time, and made all of us better people at the same time. It is sad to note that African Americans now make up a minority of all players in MLB
Friday, April 8, 2011
The next "big thing"
Street Trackers. Basically a street version of a flat track or oval racing, big displacement (usually), motorcycle. A purely American form of racing was extremely popular in the mid 20th Century until the 1970's when its popularity was replaced by motocross
Japan
Japan has had a rough go of 2011 as well the island suffered an 8.9 earthquake, followed by a tsunami (which you see beneath this post). On top of that they have had three nuclear facilities melt down as well as have explosions, massive radiation leaks and severe disposal problems. Just yesterday there was another 7.6 aftershock which shook the Northeast corner of the island. My thoughts and best wishes are with the people of Japan, the missing and the dead.
These days...
Hello all, I feel as though we are on the verge of a mean season, or the world is going batshit crazy. I see revolutions occurring in the North Africa/Middle East, in places that I had never expected them; Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunsia, The Ivory Coast and others, respectfully, that escape my rather somewhat frazzled memory. These are nations which are all members of the "Muslim Belt" of Africa, places where such behavior is usually met with harsh consequences.
Baseball season has kicked off about a week ago, and my beloved redsox has fallen to a miserable 0 and 6 for the season, to where I am having a somewhat hard time celebrating today's beating of the Yankees by 9 to 6. Its nice to finally get one under the belt, and especially against the Yankees, but holy shit, the Redsox sure as hell doesn't make it easy on those around them. They are kinda like the relative who seems to have everything going for them and yet habitually sell themself short. Today was a return to Fenway so maybe that was just what the Dr ordered.
The U.S. government is on the verge of shutting down over a major piss fit about the lack of a budget (for 2011?!) and the GOP's insistence of adding riders to the budget that will eliminate such things as NPR, PBS, Headstart, Collective Bargining, Planned Parenthood and other such items. The Speaker of the House, John Boehner, claims that this is not a political move, but one used to jumpstart the unemployment situation in the country. This claim is sheer bullshit, this is a republican ploy to legitimize an extreme social agenda, advocated by a fringe few. If they really gave two fucks about the work situation here they wouldn't be so quick to grab government welfare and tax breaks while moving their business' out of the country, or starting class warfare by attempting to eliminate collective bargining. I hope everyone remembers this shit next year when the election rolls around.
As for me, I am still severally under-employed in a hostile work environment. The way I am treated makes me angry and sullen, I can't ask for days off or fuck off a day of work, because my wages are so fucking pathetic that I am unable to meet my most basic finacial obligations. I am being mired in a constant state of want and need, and yet no one seems to give a damn. I always hear that "I should be lucky" just to be working, but I feel as though that is almost an excuse for what I see as a bigger problem. It is becoming more and more common for employers to hire more workers than necessary. These workers are hired on a part time basis only and therefore unable to legally have health insurance. However, because of their prol-like position and the obscene cost of living, these employees are always desperate for whatever hours they can get. It truly is a case of placing the carrot before the donkey.
The family has suffered a financial blow as Sue's student loan is being garnished from her check. This hasn't helped my situation at all with my shitty job either, I get my email at the end of the week and want to cry. Sometimes its harder to get up and get moving than it is to actually work at my job. I have signed up for school and found out much to my joy that I only have to take two classes, which, thank fuckin' Christ, have lowered their tution!!
I have been auditioning as of late, although none of these roles have come to fruition. I have a writing partner and therefore someone to adapt A Fearing Place into a marketable screenplay. My previous producer, said that it was impossible to market it the way I had written it, as it read like a novel. I now know exactly what she meant, and it is being drafted in a matter benefitting an actual script. Its been two months today that Allie died before me and I have found myself being very short and kurt with strangers, jumpy when the trains pass by unexpectedly, quick to anger and dealing with insomina and anxiety before bed as I have been having some wicked, unspeakable nightmares as of late. I am to speak with a Dr within a week and this, too makes me nervous as hell. I am so behind in my writing that I feel as though I will never catch up, its now spring and that is good.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
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