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[Aug. 20th, 2009|08:20 am] |
One week. 2 days. Then at least I'll be on the plane. I half expect to end up staying there. |
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| 6/19/09 |
[Jun. 19th, 2009|04:09 pm] |
As far as I'm concerned, I am the professional version of Rasputin: Shot, stabbed, clubbed, and yet still going. It seems like someone will need to bind me and drown me to get rid of me at this point. |
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| 5/21/09 |
[May. 21st, 2009|09:04 am] |
The married life: not unlike the unmarried life. Which is good.
Big ups to Will to making it out here. I haven't called you back yet. I am bad about that. You should be on Gmail messenger though. |
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| 3/25/09 |
[Mar. 25th, 2009|11:35 am] |
Nothing is ever easy. We all know this and so there's no reason to be emo about it. Get a job, lose a family member. In the end, the sun rises the following morning and we move on. Shower this weekend, shower next weekend for the bride. I'll have to devise something to kill time with in the meantime. Maybe I'll just be a disgusting slob watching combat sports. Maybe I'll leave the house? Who knows? As is said in memeworld: "It is a mystery."
I included that picture because everyone deserves to see it. It is that fantastic. Its even better when you realize who they are.
FACT: My LJ is three steps away from my former best friend's girlfriend. This in spite of both of us moving out of state in opposite directions. Oh, you silly internet. For those keepings score: it goes zorndeslammes->ajudasinwaiting->deadmoonrising->altgirldelete. Isn't that amazing? I would think it is but hell, I can be friends with everyone in America via social networking sites now. I guess this is one, right?
C.R.E.A.M. forever. If you got the invites, you know. |
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| 9/29/08 |
[Sep. 29th, 2008|11:53 pm] |
The last couple of days have been a gas. Oh, I mean its horrible for many in this country but it is what it is and there is nothing I can do about it other than batten down the hatches, hold on, and laugh my ass off. Every single person in government is responsible for the issues at hand, along with a huge chunk of the investment world's upper echelon of money makers. Neither presidential candidate has a clue how to fix the problem nor do their running mates or really anyone in their respective parties. Life as you know it is not sustainable, and it may be time for you to learn to live with less in certain aspects of it.
There is not an ounce of sadness within me for the average American consumer, myself and family included. It seems exceedingly likely that the Democrats will push through a plan giving a Bush crony near total control over billions of dollars to hand out to his friends after they all burned their companies to the ground. If that fact makes you want to rush out to the polls and vote for anyone, you might as well close your eyes as you randomly pull levers. |
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| 8/18/08: smash your tv and have adventures |
[Aug. 18th, 2008|09:52 pm] |
Kayfabe is broken. Long live kayfabe.
So I have left. Again. Forever. Or maybe not. Who the hell knows? I don't. If there's anything I've become certain of, it is uncertainty. Damn that uncertainty. What I do know is that I have a fancy dish on top of my house. Well, it is *her* house, but its kinda like my own and sometime next year I'll take half ownership of it except she gets the whole thing if we have to go through that? Probably not. At least I'd keep my CDs.
So I'm in the midst of applying to be an amateur boxing official with an eye for a professional gig one day, which would be kinda fun. And real jobs that will pay real money so we don't have to be poor living off her salary. East Lansing doesn't feel like home yet. Neither did Plainville or Hartford or Sandusky or Colchester or Midlothian. But I've got time. Being able to have cookies delivered and hear the warcries of alcohol fueled pledgers is way better than hearing methed out rednecks screaming "DON'T TOUCH ME I'VE GOT AIDS".
I can walk to things now. Tangible things. Football stadiums and Big Ten wrestling and shitty basement shows and bubble tea and American Apparel. If I drive, shit, its a whopping 1 mile or so. Pretty stout. Definitely better than Plainville High School football or the record store just across from White Castle that bought my Carbonized album for $4 when I only paid .50.
And that is that. |
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| 4/9/08 |
[Apr. 9th, 2008|06:40 pm] |
REAL TALK:
-I am occasionally writing for Total-MMA.com right now. It is the hotness.
-I don't talk about politics because http://whoisioz.blogspot.com/ says everything I want to. I'm not voting for shit in the MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF ALL TIME. Not for Rufus Kennedy. Not for Vagina Nixon. Not for Anakin Skywalker. Anyone who thinks voting for any of them will matter is a dumb dude/chick. No offense.
-I still hate music. I think Jim Jones' single "Byrdgang Money" and the new Dismember are the only things that are good this year. And Sensual Seduction, of course. I'm not going to Maryland Death Fest, or any other fest for that matter, because I want to party with people that don't suck. Will, when are we going to NYC again?
-I still have not forgiven the NBA for Mavericks/Heat from a few years ago. Fuck that shit. |
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| 3/21/08 |
[Mar. 21st, 2008|06:02 pm] |
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I hear we aren't supposed to post today or something. I have no idea why this "strike" is going on, so I will instead contribute to the cause against it. |
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| 1/22/08 |
[Jan. 22nd, 2008|07:00 pm] |
Well, I'll be damned. Happy 4th anniversary, profile. I missed it by like, months, but whatever. Entering its 5th year of existence....
BTW, hitting the friend's list is fascinating. There are profiles of people I haven't heard from in years. YEARS. People I don't want to hear from, primarily. But there's some comedy. Those quotes on the front page? From 3 years ago, roughly. I mean, that's a holy shit moment to end all holy shit moments.
UPDATES:
-I'll be in Orlando Friday night-Tuesday. YES.
-I'll be Columbus 2/7, but not available. Mainly because I'm going to sleep early for my flight to Burbank the next day. YES. Then I am going to Tijuana for about 90 minutes (YES) and Las Vegas (YES). And then I'll have a day or so in Columbus too (YES).
-I'll be in Detroit in March. YES.
-I'll be on a cruise to Bermuda in April. YES.
-UFC is fucking up their contracts and shit. NO.
-Boxing has some decent fights coming up. YES. Cotto is fighting Alfonso Gomez. NO.
-Football is almost over. NO.
-I'll be at Coney Island opening day. YES. |
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| 9/21/07 II |
[Sep. 21st, 2007|04:21 pm] |
A SECOND ENTRY? GASP
For the people who love them parks, Geauga Lake's dry park is closed forever. I say this: Big shit. Geauga Lake sucked when I first went under the Six Flags Ohio banner years ago, and it only got worse with time. An abyssmal "mega park", no place more consistently was pointed at for being a potential money winner if money was thrown at it. And boy, was a lot of that done. Six Flags likely lost well into 9 digits with that place. I've heard estimates around $200 million dollars. Cedar Fair probably didn't too hot either. And in the end, they don't want to keep spending with no hope of getting back, and so Geauga, overbuilt to the point where it couldn't sustain itself, had half the park get closed down.
There's no word on what will happen to many of the attractions. It barely matters. Villian only ran well its opening season for about 3 months before generally being mediocre. Big Dipper was a fun classic, but not so incredible that it blew the mind or demands saving more than African children. And Cedar Fair, the villain in all this to so many, will be demonized forever for buying a failed business venture from someone else desperate to get rid of it instead of letting it languish and perhaps be closed after the 2004 season and annhilated Astroworld style.
In short, people who want to hate Cedar Fair for doing what seemed inevitable 5 years ago can do so. They should be happy they got the extended chance they did to visit. |
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| 9/21/07 |
[Sep. 21st, 2007|09:26 am] |
Holla at ya' boy.
brief update, since no one uses LJ anymore, at least that I know:
-Been all over Michigan and some of Ohio too. Two trips to Cedar Point in 3 weeks, and both of Michigan's state fairs.
-UFC 76 this weekend. It will not disappoint. Guaranteed. Absolutely stacked card as always.
-Hopefully someone out there wants to go to Great Adventure. Anyone? Anyone at all? C'mon, Spatch. You got a free weekend in October? I'll come and pick you up on a Friday night and have you back by late Sunday. Weekend of the 20th is probably gonna be bad because of UFC 77, but that's undetermined as of right now. Especially important since Kingda Ka is supposedly being removed and there will be a drop ride being integrated into the tower as a replacement. Just rumors though. Rumors from really trustworthy folks, but rumors. Also, Will: You should make time off for the same. Great Adventure is a poor man's Cedar Point but the good rides are hellagood.
-Girlfriend: still awesome.
-Grand Hotel in the Presidential Suite? Both US Disney parks in one year? Europe? BALLIN'.
-Skybus rules.
-OJ got set the hell up. Who does that though? "Hey man, let's screw up OJ's life!" That's something you say when you're high to get laughs. You don't really do that.
That's all for now. I think. |
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| 7/19/07 |
[Jul. 19th, 2007|08:20 am] |
Life is megagood right now. Well, work is incredibly busy, but that makes me indispensible, and who doesn't like to be in that position with raises on the horizon?
-Boxing on this weekend and it will be killer. Rock The Bells next weekend, and it will be killer. Nothing the following weekend, and I'll need that. Then two weekends in MI, two weekends at home, probably two more weekends in MI, then a weekend with a friend going through OH, Tennessee, and West Virginia, and then god knows what else. Busy busy times.
-Skybus: Friend to those with peeps in Columbus. HOLLA. $50RT? Why, yes sir, I will gladly take off from Westover Air Force Base.
-There's a presidential race goin' on! And next year, it might actually matter! Man, F' this. By the time November 2008 comes along, no one will care anymore. Guaranteed. I will laugh when the living embodyment of American's Fascination With Kook-dom causes the Republicans to lose by a wide margin though. Unless he drags away voters from the Democratic party stupid enough to vote for a hyper libertarian candidate who has none of their values (apart from a insane fear of government) and is bent on annhilating the world's economy for the benefit of multi-national corporations. What ill could come of that?
(also: I will not participate. Not with that field.)
-Royce Gracie on roids? LOL. Michael Vick? LOL. |
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| 6/12/07 |
[Jun. 12th, 2007|09:02 am] |
How ZDL be livin':
-Europe was a blast. Go on rec.roller-coaster and look up the trip report I did like, a month ago. There's 5 parts. The portion about the Sturm/Castillejo II card was reposted elsewhere on rec.sport.boxing and DVDVR.
-I got an invitation to write for TotalMMA, which is actually a very well regarded MMA 'zine. I never responded. I don't write for anyone except me. Live the gimmick, son.
-I got a new whip. It is mad economical and much more enjoyable to drive because it feels like driving a car instead of a boat. I listen to my MP3 player and blast Da Drought 3 pretty much all the time.
-Miguel Cotto is the real deal. I think I said that before, but still. It deserves mention again.
-Formula 1 is awesome this year for having boring races. Lewis Hamilton is STRAIGHT FIRE, SON. And Super Aguri is like, my favorite team ever. I want like, mad McLaren merch and mad Super Aguri merch and then I will be happy. Also: I plan on watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The WHOLE THING. |
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| 4/17/07 |
[Apr. 17th, 2007|12:38 am] |
Everyone knows what the deal in Blacksburg is. No need to reiterate it. This much I know: Bill "Wolf" Bussone apparently finished his PHd thesis in 2005 there, so I don't believe he was around. Bill was a friend of mine who went along with myself and Will to Kings Dominion a couple years back, and was studying engineering. I'd just love to hear from him to know that everything is on the level. I'm not as worried now as I was a little while ago, but shit was definitely fucked up.
Its also T-minus 3 days and some change from right this moment that I board a 757 headed for Cologne. I've got a new backpack (with removable day pack! YES), I have an old giant duffel bag that will store it for air flight, and pretty much all my written instructions are completed, including crappy cheat sheets for language barriers (Ich habe eine reservierung?), and so on. I'm gonna be in huge trouble in the Czech Republic, and have the feeling that I'll be asking the front desk at my hotel to call for a pizza. Teaches me to go for one day and get that country credit, huh? The guide I've made is 11 pages long, and I gotta make an extra copy in case the original is lost or thrown out. Fun times. All the airline info attached, along with reservations for hotels and so on. I'd really, really like to just go and get it over with.
As soon as I get pictures down to a size Photobucket approves, there will be MANY PICTURES. |
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| 4/3/07 |
[Apr. 3rd, 2007|10:50 am] |
Ah, 4 months have passed. Or really a little over 3. Who's counting? Certainly not me.
Time moves swiftly. There have been many people punching each other in the face on my TV, and that is pleasant. Also, much joy watching that last season of Rome. I am somber at its departure. Travel comes at me with fantastic speed as well: I'll be at Mohegan Sun two weekends in a row watching fights. Then, two weeks later, I'll be watching a trio of title bouts in Oberhausen, Germany. Nutso. I'll break the 500 mark too, though it looks like it may be on the ex-Wild Wild West, the shittacular Bandit at Movie World Germany.
Ehhhhhhh. Maybe I'll go to Great Adventure before leaving just to shift everything a little bit. I have no idea where I'll have the time though, being that there's boxing Friday, UFC Saturday, Easter Sunday, and next Friday is IFL at Mohegan Sun, with the Bodog PPV on Saturday. WILD TIMES, BROS. There are a TON of coasters at Prater, but I don't know if they'll all be open. I thought there were like, 3. There's 7 available. Most F'd up part: I'll ride the Volare in Vienna before I ride the one that's been at Rye 3 seasons less than 2 hours from my house.
Also of note: I have been to Disneyworld and Coney Island this year already. It was good times. I rode everything at Disneyworld that was either coaster or dark ride. That's a lot of rides. It was mega. Also, Coney Island was fun for the 3 hours I was there. It looks pretty damn ghetto right now that go kart tracks are being used to park buses. That's a fine classic Coney Island attraction, right along with "EMPTY FIELD FILLED WITH TRASH" and "CONDEMNED BUILDINGS". I will miss you, Ghettoized Coney. Especially Dante's Inferno, which had zero working stunts, but a lot of darkness. |
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| 12/25/06 |
[Dec. 25th, 2006|06:13 am] |
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THIS CHRISTMAS IS GARBAGE. JAMES BROWN IS DEAD? WHAT THE SHIT IS THAT?!?!??!?!?!? |
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| 11/25/06 |
[Nov. 25th, 2006|10:25 pm] |
Life is busy. I gave up the "one post a month" ethos when I didn't post for several months. Hey, what can you do?
The community "ultimate_metal" is basically dead now. I take no actual responsibility for that. Legit. I was barely trolling it towards the end and actually gave it a shot at existing onwards. Hilarious part? mrnaglfar has disappeared from there and all other metal forums. GASP. SHOCK. WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED?
The big news around these parts is that I'm going somewhere next year. Yup, I'm flying my ass to Europe and I'm gonna enjoy myself for once. I've got an airplane ticket to Cologne direct from Newark next April, and it was but $266. Ridiculous shit. I decided after most of the good tickets were gone to post about it on RRC, but hey, I can't do everyone's work for them, right?
The downside about making such plans is obvious: I've now got 9 nights in Europe and I have to figure out how to best deal with them within my budget. My dream is $1200 for the 10 days, and given that I'm travelling by myself rather than in a pack, and really don't know any headz in Germany, its gonna be a challenge. But its a challenge I'm willing to take up. Hey, I'm making damn sure all my hotels feature free breakfast, word is bond. That's like half my eats right there if I do things right.
The big problem though is what to do with the time. Obviously, there's a lot I never did in Dortumund, Dusseldorf, or Cologne the last time I was through there 5 years ago. That sucks. What's positive, however, is the ability that I have to travel via budget airlines, which was something far rarer 5 years ago. Thanks to the denationalization of air travel in Europe, its allowed a pack of Southwest type airlines to come out of nowhere and provide ridiculously cheap stuff. After taxes, fuel surcharge, and fees, it costs an almost criminal $42 each way to fly from Dusseldorf to either Vienna or Copenhagen. I'm not kidding. There are some places that are $50 US RT on HLX and shit. I love it.
The toughest part is finding a cheap place to stay though. That's been far, far more difficult. Especially since I'm going to want to be in the cities. The countryside I may peer into a couple times (especially if I'm rolling to Vienna for 3 nights), but there's a ton of possibilities, even given the short time. There's just times though where I wish I didn't have to budget. =( |
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| 4/25/06 |
[Apr. 25th, 2006|11:41 pm] |
After some deliberation, I've come to the opinion that Myspace is a super awesome application of the internet. Just poorly written HTML code, however. Shit, I found someone from when I worked at Cedar Point today. I once rode in her trunk. That's some old school shit right there.
(not to mention ex-girlfriends, who's tattered lives bring me immense joy)
BTW, not that anyone cares, but....
http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=15772
Its my own rolling thread. I promise to add to it before work tommorrow. I found a tape of really random shit, and that's my night's entertainment. |
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