Well, this may be the last post for the year 2004.
So, like everyone else, I'm going to give a personal year in review.
2004 started with my Grandmother very ill. We would lose her early in the year. It would be an odd situation and the first time I've had to deal with a death so close to me. But the moment that will always stick out to me were my last words to her. I kissed her on the forehead and whispered "I love you, Grandma." she opened her eyes and said "I love you too." It still brings a tear to my eye when I think about it. I do miss her horribly but it helps to think that I was lucky enough to have over 28 years to learn from her and enjoy her stories.
Also, in January, I pierced my tongue and it heald real quick so that was cool.
I ended my job at Wilson's Leather since it was a holiday deal and it wasnt until March that I got a new job at a new Family Dollar in Jackson. I always enjoyed setting up new stores...but I hated doing it with a bunch of boobs. Fortunatly, none of them were kept on as regular staff.
End of March/beginning of April we had to deal with my dad's heart attack. I gotta tell you, that was the FASTED I've ever broken out of a dead sleep, got my shit together and drove to hospial!
I managed to call my older sister Nikki who contacted other siblings. But probably the best part of a bad situation was my best friend's mom, Nancy, worked at the hospital and fortunatly for me, she was there that morning and helped me through it. THANK YOU, NANCY!!!!
As my dad was laid up in the hospital we had other matters to attend to, mostly my ailing step-mom, Annette. With dad out of comission and me working, she couldnt be left home alone so we figured it would be best if her family looked after her.
Their option was to look after her while I worked and when I wasnt at the hospital. I would like to say her daughter, Sally, was a total twat about the whole thing. I mean, you have a sick parent! It's your RESPONSIBILITY to take care of her!
Oh, and before I go further, I would like to take a moment to talk about Sally. As my father was laid up, she tried to sneak over to their house, where I was staying, and get some kind of paperwork, presumably for her mom, but probably in a bid to get my dad out of the house. We had a confrontation wherein she laid into my sick father, blaming him for her mothers condition (mind you my sister Aamber was there that day as well) and even ADMITTED to having had my father followed in an attempt to find some secret relationship but damned if she couldnt take care of her mom! Now, she was able to walk away from her stupid rant ONLY because she had one of her kids with her. As much as I dont care about ripping into someone, I wont when their kid is there. HOWEVER, I only give this pass once. She does it again, I'll simply put her in her place.
I mean, this dumb broad wante me to give her my house key so she could come and go as she pleased! I told her if I did that I wouldnt be able to get in the house and with both dad and Annette in hospital (oh, yeah, after telling us she would keep an eye on her mother, Sally LIED and left Annette alone, she tripped over her oxygen hose and hit her head, ending up in the hospital THE SAME DAY with a big nasty bruise on her head) Anyway, with both of them gone it was MY responsibility to make sure the house was ok and I honestly never trusted that woman.
She always hated my dad...never seemed to care much for me, but the feelings were more than mutual.
Anyway...
June: Mike moved to Portland, Oregon after we talked about getting the hell out of Jackson, this was, of course, after dad have recivered from his heart attack, and in July I flew out here to join him.
September: I found a job at this huge ass mall called the Lloyd Center Mall in the Suncoast store. I deal in DVDs now, my second love after Comic Books.
November: Mike and I went to celebrate Thanksgiving at our good friend Bobbie Joe's and we did Christmas at home, not doing much due to lack of funds.
ALso in December, Annette passed away. In a way it's sad but considering the pain she was always in, I feel she is much better off and is probably a lot happier.
Other than that, the only other deal was probably the massive amounts of burned bridges in 2004. In hindsight it was probably the best way to make a bad situation that had already spun horribly out of control worse than it already was. But, not much I can do about that now, is there? I'm sure they all still hate me, which is fine. Being in Portland, where things are massivly different than they are in Jackson has shown me a few things I never knew before. It's hard to put into words but let's just say, I'm probably a better person for having come out here and it's really kind of sad that things are to far gone now for that to make any difference in the relationships that were destroyed.
But the question still lingers: Do any of us really remember what exactly started this stupidity? It's probably not important now but I just remember things always being said that added to the crap pile but little being thought of about how it got started. I have my personal theories but they are obviously slanted. Normally, I'd welcome any thoughts from another perspective but the ones with the best insight, those involved, would rather see me take a flying leap than talk to me.
I understand that but still, as I've said before, wish them all the best.
So, that was my life in 2004, the personal bits anyway, not including all the Presidential stuff and whatnot... I hope everyone, regardless of if you hate me or not, had a good, sucessful and entertaining 2004 and I hope that 2005 is five times as good for you all!
(Funny thing is, I don't even know whay I mentioned people from my past, I know good and well that they havent the slightest clue I have a blog now, nor would they ever look at it if they did know...I guess it just seems right to post these things and be honest about them)
See you next year!
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Monday, December 27, 2004
Stupidity in the Mall
What is it about the stupidity of others that annoys the ever lovin' hell out of me?
Ok, here's the deal:
I worked for 8 1/2 hours today and when it was my time to leave I wanted to leave. Mike met me at work which was awsome but when we hit the esclators there was this group of retarted 'gangsta' wanna be chick blocking my fraggin' way. I simply remarked Excuse Me. I mean, they were on the top of the esclator and blocking the way of everyone.
Now, the EDUCATED way to handle this was for them to say sorry and move out of our way.
Sadly, they werent educated.
One chick copped an attitude saying I didnt need to be rude about it that they were moviing and starting giving Mike attitude. I told her she didnt need to be talking to Mike because it was ME who said it. I wasnt rude, as I tried to explain to her but she wanted attitude and it was her uneducated way of dealing with a simple situation.
This, of course, is one reason why some animals eat their young.
Ok, here's the deal:
I worked for 8 1/2 hours today and when it was my time to leave I wanted to leave. Mike met me at work which was awsome but when we hit the esclators there was this group of retarted 'gangsta' wanna be chick blocking my fraggin' way. I simply remarked Excuse Me. I mean, they were on the top of the esclator and blocking the way of everyone.
Now, the EDUCATED way to handle this was for them to say sorry and move out of our way.
Sadly, they werent educated.
One chick copped an attitude saying I didnt need to be rude about it that they were moviing and starting giving Mike attitude. I told her she didnt need to be talking to Mike because it was ME who said it. I wasnt rude, as I tried to explain to her but she wanted attitude and it was her uneducated way of dealing with a simple situation.
This, of course, is one reason why some animals eat their young.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Christmas Stuff
You know, all this talk recently about how saying Merry Christmas to someone violates their freedom of religion is really getting annoying.
Just because I say Merry Christmas to someone, doesnt mean I'm forcing them to be a Christian. I'm Pagan myself, Pagans celebrate Yule, the tradition that the Christians based their Christmas on.
I dont get into the whole 'birth of Jesus' thing because it's not my religion. I have my theories of who Jesus was and will stick to it. I dont follow the bible as to me it's little more than a collection of stories and fables with no real historical relavence. People who 'live by the bible' annoy me, that book isnt meant to be taken litterally, no, it's a book of SUGGESTIONS and stories.
But, honestly, what is wrong with that? If someone say "Merry Christmas" to you, exactly how is that hurting you? I'll tell you: IT ISNT. Just say same to you and move on with your lives.
Now, there is a story about some kid who was sent home from a Christmas party in school. Why? Because he was DRESSED AS SANTA CLAUSE! Yeah, the principal, I think his name was Mr. Dumbass or something, claimed it was a Christian symbol. Ok, not I readily admit to not knowing much about whats in the bible, but even I know Santa Clause WAS NOT IN THE BIBLE! There really is no religious significance to Santa. He's a symbol of the season. His origins are nowhere near the Christian faith.
You people with your anti-Christmas feelings and rants need to get over yourselves. The holiday now is more about Family than religion anyway and I'll defy anyone who says that's wrong.
Keep your close minded, politically correct moronic views to yourself! Granted, you have freedom of Speech in this nation BUT you do NOT have the Freedom to spread your stupidity.
Merry Christmas. If you dont like it, I hope you get food poisoning for Christmas!
That way, while the NORMAL people are enjoying friends and family this time of year, you will be out of sight and out of mind while you puke youre PC guts out.
Now, changing the subject I would like to talk about another group of stupid morons: Holiday Shoppers.
I'm not refering to all of you, no, just those who dont seem to understand the reality that if you wait to do your shopping until the last week before Christmas THINGS WILL BE SOLD OUT. Don't go into a store and ask for something then get rude when you're told it's gone! It's not our fault YOU can't get off your lazy rears early enough to get what you want! I mean, it's not like everyone in America knew Christmas was coming except for you! You knew it was coming so blame YOURSELF! You're the idiot, not me.
Also, this crap with stopping in the middle of the corridores in the mall to talk to your stupid friends needs to stop. I can't count the number of times I've had to stop and find a way around these fat idiots who think they are the only ones in the mall! If you see some of you're friends and want to talk GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY! For crying out loud! I dont want to have to go around your fat asses when YOU should be moviing out of MY way!
Another thing people do this time of year that annoys me: Going shopping for presents when you have the person you're shopping for with you! What the hell is that all about? It's not like we werent having enough problems with running low on bags as it was, no, you come in and want us to DOUBLE BAG something because little Johnny is with you! LEAVE YOUR BRAT WITH A BABYSITTER WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING! It's annoying to have to cater to you when YOU were the one who didn't plan this out well enough.
Speaking of parents...why dont you take your kid out of the store when he or she is screaming their damned heads off? You think everyone wants to hear your kid screaming and crying? I got news for you: WE DON'T! Take you kid to a restroom or out to your car and calm the little monster down because nobody wants to hear it! It's not cute and it wont help you move through the line any quicker. All it does if give us reasons to invest in duct tape.
This reminds me of something else: When we are working at our jobs, we are employed by our respective companies. what this means is WE AREN'T BABYSITTERS! Don't drop your mutant child off at our store and go shopping somewhere. All your kids do is get on our way and knowck things over. We all know they break stuff and YOU wont pay for it. You dont want to deal with your kid? Well, you should have thought about that while you were lying on your back! Either take your monsters with you or put them in the trunk of your car. We arent paid to deal with them.
And you cell phone users. YOU people particularly piss me off. You stand in line and right when you are about to get waited on your stupid cell phone rings and we are expected to wait on you while you chit chat away with another loser all the while you ignore us like we arent even human. THEN, and this part really gets me, you have the nerve to look annoyed when we start ringing you up, asking if you found things ok and ask for payment! Like we are inturrupting your precious phone call! Either pay attention to what you are doing or STEP out of line and finish your stupid phone call! You realize how rude that is? And, something you should think about, you do get laughed at for thinking you are more important than you really are.
In closing, Merry Christmas to all you anti-Christmas, fat assed, rude, moronic, cell phone using, bad parents. I hope you all get what you deserve this year...but you probably wont because for some reason stupid people live longer than they should.
To all the NORMAL people out there: Have a Merry Christmas and look out for those drooling boobs who would ruin your holidays!
Just because I say Merry Christmas to someone, doesnt mean I'm forcing them to be a Christian. I'm Pagan myself, Pagans celebrate Yule, the tradition that the Christians based their Christmas on.
I dont get into the whole 'birth of Jesus' thing because it's not my religion. I have my theories of who Jesus was and will stick to it. I dont follow the bible as to me it's little more than a collection of stories and fables with no real historical relavence. People who 'live by the bible' annoy me, that book isnt meant to be taken litterally, no, it's a book of SUGGESTIONS and stories.
But, honestly, what is wrong with that? If someone say "Merry Christmas" to you, exactly how is that hurting you? I'll tell you: IT ISNT. Just say same to you and move on with your lives.
Now, there is a story about some kid who was sent home from a Christmas party in school. Why? Because he was DRESSED AS SANTA CLAUSE! Yeah, the principal, I think his name was Mr. Dumbass or something, claimed it was a Christian symbol. Ok, not I readily admit to not knowing much about whats in the bible, but even I know Santa Clause WAS NOT IN THE BIBLE! There really is no religious significance to Santa. He's a symbol of the season. His origins are nowhere near the Christian faith.
You people with your anti-Christmas feelings and rants need to get over yourselves. The holiday now is more about Family than religion anyway and I'll defy anyone who says that's wrong.
Keep your close minded, politically correct moronic views to yourself! Granted, you have freedom of Speech in this nation BUT you do NOT have the Freedom to spread your stupidity.
Merry Christmas. If you dont like it, I hope you get food poisoning for Christmas!
That way, while the NORMAL people are enjoying friends and family this time of year, you will be out of sight and out of mind while you puke youre PC guts out.
Now, changing the subject I would like to talk about another group of stupid morons: Holiday Shoppers.
I'm not refering to all of you, no, just those who dont seem to understand the reality that if you wait to do your shopping until the last week before Christmas THINGS WILL BE SOLD OUT. Don't go into a store and ask for something then get rude when you're told it's gone! It's not our fault YOU can't get off your lazy rears early enough to get what you want! I mean, it's not like everyone in America knew Christmas was coming except for you! You knew it was coming so blame YOURSELF! You're the idiot, not me.
Also, this crap with stopping in the middle of the corridores in the mall to talk to your stupid friends needs to stop. I can't count the number of times I've had to stop and find a way around these fat idiots who think they are the only ones in the mall! If you see some of you're friends and want to talk GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY! For crying out loud! I dont want to have to go around your fat asses when YOU should be moviing out of MY way!
Another thing people do this time of year that annoys me: Going shopping for presents when you have the person you're shopping for with you! What the hell is that all about? It's not like we werent having enough problems with running low on bags as it was, no, you come in and want us to DOUBLE BAG something because little Johnny is with you! LEAVE YOUR BRAT WITH A BABYSITTER WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING! It's annoying to have to cater to you when YOU were the one who didn't plan this out well enough.
Speaking of parents...why dont you take your kid out of the store when he or she is screaming their damned heads off? You think everyone wants to hear your kid screaming and crying? I got news for you: WE DON'T! Take you kid to a restroom or out to your car and calm the little monster down because nobody wants to hear it! It's not cute and it wont help you move through the line any quicker. All it does if give us reasons to invest in duct tape.
This reminds me of something else: When we are working at our jobs, we are employed by our respective companies. what this means is WE AREN'T BABYSITTERS! Don't drop your mutant child off at our store and go shopping somewhere. All your kids do is get on our way and knowck things over. We all know they break stuff and YOU wont pay for it. You dont want to deal with your kid? Well, you should have thought about that while you were lying on your back! Either take your monsters with you or put them in the trunk of your car. We arent paid to deal with them.
And you cell phone users. YOU people particularly piss me off. You stand in line and right when you are about to get waited on your stupid cell phone rings and we are expected to wait on you while you chit chat away with another loser all the while you ignore us like we arent even human. THEN, and this part really gets me, you have the nerve to look annoyed when we start ringing you up, asking if you found things ok and ask for payment! Like we are inturrupting your precious phone call! Either pay attention to what you are doing or STEP out of line and finish your stupid phone call! You realize how rude that is? And, something you should think about, you do get laughed at for thinking you are more important than you really are.
In closing, Merry Christmas to all you anti-Christmas, fat assed, rude, moronic, cell phone using, bad parents. I hope you all get what you deserve this year...but you probably wont because for some reason stupid people live longer than they should.
To all the NORMAL people out there: Have a Merry Christmas and look out for those drooling boobs who would ruin your holidays!
Friday, December 17, 2004
20 YEARS?!
Man, I'm feeling the years creeping up on me like you wouldn't believe! Next year, 2005, will mark the 20th Anniversary of the Garbage Pail Kids! By the Gods, I remember getting them when I was a kid still and now it's 20 fraggin' years already!
Let's see, we've had the 20th Anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Stree and Transformers in 2004...
Of course, 2005 is also the 25th Anniversary of Friday the 13th...
...where does the time go, you know? Well, I've had some good times collecting GPKs. I remember when my sister and I were young, our mom would call around local party stores asking if they had the new series in.
If they did, she would load us in the car, drive to the party store and buy one unopened box! She would then divide them up evenly between us and we would always end up with a full set right from the get go. It was great, especially since we really had noone to trade with since all the other kids' parents were tossing their cards in the trash.
And now, 20 years later the legends are back. Like the advertisment for the All-New Series 1 said: Before South Park, Before Jackass...There was...GARBAGE PAIL KIDS!
I would have never thought that at 29, nearly 30, that I would be collecting NEW GPKs! I mean All-New Series 4 is coming out next year with (I hope) a bunch of stuff to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Kids!
Let's see, we've had the 20th Anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Stree and Transformers in 2004...
Of course, 2005 is also the 25th Anniversary of Friday the 13th...
...where does the time go, you know? Well, I've had some good times collecting GPKs. I remember when my sister and I were young, our mom would call around local party stores asking if they had the new series in.
If they did, she would load us in the car, drive to the party store and buy one unopened box! She would then divide them up evenly between us and we would always end up with a full set right from the get go. It was great, especially since we really had noone to trade with since all the other kids' parents were tossing their cards in the trash.
And now, 20 years later the legends are back. Like the advertisment for the All-New Series 1 said: Before South Park, Before Jackass...There was...GARBAGE PAIL KIDS!
I would have never thought that at 29, nearly 30, that I would be collecting NEW GPKs! I mean All-New Series 4 is coming out next year with (I hope) a bunch of stuff to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Kids!
Thursday, December 16, 2004
The most complained about time of the year
Yeah, it's Christmas again and just like all Christmases recently we have the same group of retards out there complaining and throwing fits over Christmas.
Let's see...we cant sing the traditional songs because its got Christian references in them...
We can't allow our kids to exchange gifts in school because the poor kids will feel left out...
We can't diplay a Christmas Tree in public because...um, well, OK, here's a news story about a retarded married couple and their complaints about a TREE:
BELLEVUE - You can't miss the Christmas tree in Bellevue City Hall.
"It's decorated with gold balls and gold ribbon," described a city worker.
They don't actually call it a Christmas tree.
"We call it the giving tree because it's meant as a season of giving and that's what it's for," explained Patrice Cole, who just made a donation.
The tree is adorned with requests for gifts from needy families.
It generates nearly $25,000 dollars worth of donations.
So, you might be surprised that Sidney Stock would look at this tree and say, "I resent it."
Sidney and Jennifer Stock are atheists.
They asked the city council to remove the tree because it represents Christmas which is a Christian holiday.
Stock says city hall should "Act as a place where everybody feels welcome. It is impossible for everybody's religious belief to be displayed and non-religious belief to be displayed, so therefore, no religious beliefs be displayed."
The courts already sided with the city on this one.
Barbara Ramey, spokesperson for the city explained. "Courts have ruled that Christmas trees are actually a secular symbol so given that, we are within the court precedents set on this issue," says Ramey.
The Stocks complained after a city worker told them the tree makes him feel out of place, and if he says so, he fears for his job.
The couple's already gotten hate filled phone calls, but they speak out anyway, because they believe many people feel the way they do but stay silent.
"There are a lot of people who've come to this country, maybe have been here for years, who don't feel freedom to say anything," says Jennifer Stock. "So we feel we're saying it for those people. Not just for ourselves."
The city doesn't plan to take the tree down and expects it will go up again next year.
They can also expect to hear from the Stocks.
Sidney Stock points out that to bring about change, you have to stir the pot.
"I try and be aware of injustice and inequality when it effects anybody or everybody," he says. "Certainly this is something that has been a problem for as long as I can remember."
http://www.komo4.com/stories/34416.htm
Ok, so they dont like the tree because they think it represents the Christian holiday of Christmas. This shows their complete IGNORANCE of the history here.
Here are some points: Long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Just as people today decorate their homes during the festive season with pine, spruce, and fir trees, ancient peoples hung evergreen boughs over their doors and windows. In many countries it was believed that evergreens would keep away witches, ghosts, evil spirits, and illness.
Here's the full history of the tree from the History Channel: http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/trees.html
I have a suggestion for people who dont like Christmas and the symbols of the holiday: Get over it. Just because you hate the holiday doesnt give you the right to ruin it for everyone else. You want to talk about people who come to this country every year? Most of these people cant even speak the language here! If they cant even speak our language why should we even allow them to move here, much less dictate how we are going to celebrate these holidays each and every year. These people, morons like this, have tried to ruin Halloween with their 'devil worshipper' and religion arguments (all, by the way, only showing their total ignorance of the purpose of Halloweeen) and they contunie to try to destroy Christmas.
Here's my opinion of the holiday (unlike these retards, I'm willing to voice and offer my OPINION, not force it on everyone as though it's fact) I'm not Christian, I'm Pagan and proud of it. When I go out and see Christmas Trees everywhere I dont even think twice about it. It's a tree, a symbol of a holiday, a symbol that really has more historical importance than religious. I don't mind seeing the manger scene in someone's yard, it's their yard if that's how they want to express their holiday beliefs that's fine. Now, when it comes to a PUBLIC place (mall, front lawn of a City Hall or something) that's where things get touchy. Now, if a church RENTS the piece of land, meaning pays for the time their display is going to be there, I have no problem with it.
Why? Because it's not my religion, it's not my view of the holiday but it's theirs. If they want to pay to display, let them.
You people out there who are getting your panties in a bunch over this need to relax. You arent being forced to look at these things and even if you do glance upon one of these displays, then, what's it going to hurt? You going to go blind? Going to be forced to change your religion? NO!
Three simple words to help you through life: Get. Over. It.
Let's see...we cant sing the traditional songs because its got Christian references in them...
We can't allow our kids to exchange gifts in school because the poor kids will feel left out...
We can't diplay a Christmas Tree in public because...um, well, OK, here's a news story about a retarded married couple and their complaints about a TREE:
BELLEVUE - You can't miss the Christmas tree in Bellevue City Hall.
"It's decorated with gold balls and gold ribbon," described a city worker.
They don't actually call it a Christmas tree.
"We call it the giving tree because it's meant as a season of giving and that's what it's for," explained Patrice Cole, who just made a donation.
The tree is adorned with requests for gifts from needy families.
It generates nearly $25,000 dollars worth of donations.
So, you might be surprised that Sidney Stock would look at this tree and say, "I resent it."
Sidney and Jennifer Stock are atheists.
They asked the city council to remove the tree because it represents Christmas which is a Christian holiday.
Stock says city hall should "Act as a place where everybody feels welcome. It is impossible for everybody's religious belief to be displayed and non-religious belief to be displayed, so therefore, no religious beliefs be displayed."
The courts already sided with the city on this one.
Barbara Ramey, spokesperson for the city explained. "Courts have ruled that Christmas trees are actually a secular symbol so given that, we are within the court precedents set on this issue," says Ramey.
The Stocks complained after a city worker told them the tree makes him feel out of place, and if he says so, he fears for his job.
The couple's already gotten hate filled phone calls, but they speak out anyway, because they believe many people feel the way they do but stay silent.
"There are a lot of people who've come to this country, maybe have been here for years, who don't feel freedom to say anything," says Jennifer Stock. "So we feel we're saying it for those people. Not just for ourselves."
The city doesn't plan to take the tree down and expects it will go up again next year.
They can also expect to hear from the Stocks.
Sidney Stock points out that to bring about change, you have to stir the pot.
"I try and be aware of injustice and inequality when it effects anybody or everybody," he says. "Certainly this is something that has been a problem for as long as I can remember."
http://www.komo4.com/stories/34416.htm
Ok, so they dont like the tree because they think it represents the Christian holiday of Christmas. This shows their complete IGNORANCE of the history here.
Here are some points: Long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Just as people today decorate their homes during the festive season with pine, spruce, and fir trees, ancient peoples hung evergreen boughs over their doors and windows. In many countries it was believed that evergreens would keep away witches, ghosts, evil spirits, and illness.
Here's the full history of the tree from the History Channel: http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/trees.html
I have a suggestion for people who dont like Christmas and the symbols of the holiday: Get over it. Just because you hate the holiday doesnt give you the right to ruin it for everyone else. You want to talk about people who come to this country every year? Most of these people cant even speak the language here! If they cant even speak our language why should we even allow them to move here, much less dictate how we are going to celebrate these holidays each and every year. These people, morons like this, have tried to ruin Halloween with their 'devil worshipper' and religion arguments (all, by the way, only showing their total ignorance of the purpose of Halloweeen) and they contunie to try to destroy Christmas.
Here's my opinion of the holiday (unlike these retards, I'm willing to voice and offer my OPINION, not force it on everyone as though it's fact) I'm not Christian, I'm Pagan and proud of it. When I go out and see Christmas Trees everywhere I dont even think twice about it. It's a tree, a symbol of a holiday, a symbol that really has more historical importance than religious. I don't mind seeing the manger scene in someone's yard, it's their yard if that's how they want to express their holiday beliefs that's fine. Now, when it comes to a PUBLIC place (mall, front lawn of a City Hall or something) that's where things get touchy. Now, if a church RENTS the piece of land, meaning pays for the time their display is going to be there, I have no problem with it.
Why? Because it's not my religion, it's not my view of the holiday but it's theirs. If they want to pay to display, let them.
You people out there who are getting your panties in a bunch over this need to relax. You arent being forced to look at these things and even if you do glance upon one of these displays, then, what's it going to hurt? You going to go blind? Going to be forced to change your religion? NO!
Three simple words to help you through life: Get. Over. It.
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
MMMMMM-mmmmmmm! What a nice late breakfast we are having!
I just found out about a comicon in Seattle, WA in Feb. that is going to have Jhonen Vasquez, creator of JTHM and Invader Zim, in his first con appearance in 2 years. I'm REALLY going to try to go. It's at a football stadium(!) so it should be interesting.
Anywah, it's getting to be at the end of the year and that NORMALLY means a total recount of my comic books. It's something I do at the end of every year to make sure my counts are correct and my collection index is accurate...the project takes longer and longer every year. This year things are different, though. I'm in Portland, OR and my collection of nearly 3500 comics are still in Jackson, MI...so, I guess I'll do a kinda-count...that basically means I'll just trust my year long track keeping and hope everything is right, lol. My counts for the past few years have been dead on and I haven't gotten rid of any comics in about 5 years so they should be right.
It's looking like a visit to Jackson is going to happen. Both happy and sad, happy that I will be able to see family and friends again, but sad in that my step-mother has passed away. I guess sad for us, but for her, it's gotta be better than living in all the pain she lived in. I know she's happy about that. I plan to visit her grave when I get there since I missed the services yesterday.
I just found out about a comicon in Seattle, WA in Feb. that is going to have Jhonen Vasquez, creator of JTHM and Invader Zim, in his first con appearance in 2 years. I'm REALLY going to try to go. It's at a football stadium(!) so it should be interesting.
Anywah, it's getting to be at the end of the year and that NORMALLY means a total recount of my comic books. It's something I do at the end of every year to make sure my counts are correct and my collection index is accurate...the project takes longer and longer every year. This year things are different, though. I'm in Portland, OR and my collection of nearly 3500 comics are still in Jackson, MI...so, I guess I'll do a kinda-count...that basically means I'll just trust my year long track keeping and hope everything is right, lol. My counts for the past few years have been dead on and I haven't gotten rid of any comics in about 5 years so they should be right.
It's looking like a visit to Jackson is going to happen. Both happy and sad, happy that I will be able to see family and friends again, but sad in that my step-mother has passed away. I guess sad for us, but for her, it's gotta be better than living in all the pain she lived in. I know she's happy about that. I plan to visit her grave when I get there since I missed the services yesterday.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Remake hell
Yeah, for some reason Hollywood has run out of ideas for original movies, they are almost half way through ruining Comic Books so they want to continue their rampage through good movies with making pointless and bad remakes.
Amityville Horror is one. Originally thought to be a true story, long since debunked, this movie looks to be a Psycho-style remake where it looks to be scene to scene from the original. It could be entertaining but they are still, in the teaser I saw, saying it's based on a true story.
The Blob. Yeah, the original 1950's version was and still is awsome. In 1988 there was a subpar, but still fun, remake that was simply a seperate story with little to do with the original, the Blob was explained away as a governenment boi-warfar weapon gone awry. Now, they want yet another remake. I can see it now: dump the real effects and make the Blob some cheap looking CG jello mold. It'll be crap and I'll bet you the movie-maker will attempt to fully explain it.
But among these two and countless others, the one remake I am fully against is The Evil Dead. Yes, the Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell classic is being infected with the remake bug. From my understanding, Raimi has decided to give up part of his creative control over the series to New Line Cinema (home of Freddy, Jason and Leatherface) and they are planning a remake of the original which is somehow supposed to be a continuation of the series(!). Now, on top of that is the announcement that they are looking for someone to play the role of evil-slayer, Ash. I'm sorry but there is already someone in that role: BRUCE! Now, to further complicate things, Raimi has announced his intentions to make Evil Dead 4 in 2008 and continue the story from Bruce Campbell Vs. Army of Darkness. So, the third Evil Dead movie will have 2 sequels? Sheesh.
I am looking forward to some other horror movies coming out thought. Darkness and Dark Water look nice. And, all things withstanding, the new War of the Words looks to have some potential, but I'm still trying to figure out what angle the story is coming from...
Amityville Horror is one. Originally thought to be a true story, long since debunked, this movie looks to be a Psycho-style remake where it looks to be scene to scene from the original. It could be entertaining but they are still, in the teaser I saw, saying it's based on a true story.
The Blob. Yeah, the original 1950's version was and still is awsome. In 1988 there was a subpar, but still fun, remake that was simply a seperate story with little to do with the original, the Blob was explained away as a governenment boi-warfar weapon gone awry. Now, they want yet another remake. I can see it now: dump the real effects and make the Blob some cheap looking CG jello mold. It'll be crap and I'll bet you the movie-maker will attempt to fully explain it.
But among these two and countless others, the one remake I am fully against is The Evil Dead. Yes, the Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell classic is being infected with the remake bug. From my understanding, Raimi has decided to give up part of his creative control over the series to New Line Cinema (home of Freddy, Jason and Leatherface) and they are planning a remake of the original which is somehow supposed to be a continuation of the series(!). Now, on top of that is the announcement that they are looking for someone to play the role of evil-slayer, Ash. I'm sorry but there is already someone in that role: BRUCE! Now, to further complicate things, Raimi has announced his intentions to make Evil Dead 4 in 2008 and continue the story from Bruce Campbell Vs. Army of Darkness. So, the third Evil Dead movie will have 2 sequels? Sheesh.
I am looking forward to some other horror movies coming out thought. Darkness and Dark Water look nice. And, all things withstanding, the new War of the Words looks to have some potential, but I'm still trying to figure out what angle the story is coming from...
Thursday, December 02, 2004
End of the year (finally)
It's amazing how fast a crazy year like 2004 can go by. It's good though, all the insanity caused by the election was very exhausting for someone like me who very much into politics. A 2 year break from elections and four years until the '08 election is really needed this time around!
Next year is going to be pretty cool. First Mike and I will have money saved for a change and will be ale to afford still better things than we have now, Mike will also be graduating from Ashmead in September and be getting an awsome job in his field wich will free up monies to allow me to attend school. I'm looking at Portland Community College (PCC) for a few classes. They have one on the business side of comic books and I'm really interested in that but I think it's only offered in the fall. No worries though.
Also, 2005 will mark the 20th Anniversary of the Garbage Pail Kids and the 25th Anniversary of Friday The 13th!
I'm also planning on fine tuning this blog thing and actually have a point and reason for keeping it. It's a little different than Dead Journal in a nice way - no drama and no stupidity. But I'm sure I can do more than mindless ramblings here.
Next year is going to be pretty cool. First Mike and I will have money saved for a change and will be ale to afford still better things than we have now, Mike will also be graduating from Ashmead in September and be getting an awsome job in his field wich will free up monies to allow me to attend school. I'm looking at Portland Community College (PCC) for a few classes. They have one on the business side of comic books and I'm really interested in that but I think it's only offered in the fall. No worries though.
Also, 2005 will mark the 20th Anniversary of the Garbage Pail Kids and the 25th Anniversary of Friday The 13th!
I'm also planning on fine tuning this blog thing and actually have a point and reason for keeping it. It's a little different than Dead Journal in a nice way - no drama and no stupidity. But I'm sure I can do more than mindless ramblings here.
Monday, November 29, 2004
On the Way
Well, it's close to December. It's been nearly 5 months since I moved out here and I've gotten quite used to it here in Portland, Oregon.
Weather is nice, people are ok...even though there is an obscene amount of liberals out here, I hold out hope that they can be helped.
Thanksgiving was nice, we went to Bobbie Jo's and her boyfriend made dinner. Awsome turkey dinner and was most filling.
"Black Friday" was interesing. The 'busiest shopping day of the year' was a bit of a letdown. Granted it was nice to have a 9 hour shift but it wasnt as busy as I was expecting/hoping.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving was nice though, Jackson got 6 inches of show and we had 55 degree weather with a slight breeze. It's now gotten to the point where it's below 40 degrees or around 40 for most of the day and night, it's different but nice.
Soon, I'm hoping to be able to start getting my comics from Nostalgia so I can get caught up with them, I miss my comics....
Few final thoughts:
I do wonder how certain people are doing in Michigan, but they had a strong disliking for me when I left so while I have ways of contacting them, I've opted not to. Live and let live, you know? I have lost so much of the anger in me since I've been here, I fear that being in contact with these folks will bring it back. Let's just say I hope things are going well for them.
Also, BUSH WAS RE-ELECTED!!!! All is well in America and Michael Moore was shown how impotent he always was. Now those racist liberals will just have to get used to losing.
Weather is nice, people are ok...even though there is an obscene amount of liberals out here, I hold out hope that they can be helped.
Thanksgiving was nice, we went to Bobbie Jo's and her boyfriend made dinner. Awsome turkey dinner and was most filling.
"Black Friday" was interesing. The 'busiest shopping day of the year' was a bit of a letdown. Granted it was nice to have a 9 hour shift but it wasnt as busy as I was expecting/hoping.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving was nice though, Jackson got 6 inches of show and we had 55 degree weather with a slight breeze. It's now gotten to the point where it's below 40 degrees or around 40 for most of the day and night, it's different but nice.
Soon, I'm hoping to be able to start getting my comics from Nostalgia so I can get caught up with them, I miss my comics....
Few final thoughts:
I do wonder how certain people are doing in Michigan, but they had a strong disliking for me when I left so while I have ways of contacting them, I've opted not to. Live and let live, you know? I have lost so much of the anger in me since I've been here, I fear that being in contact with these folks will bring it back. Let's just say I hope things are going well for them.
Also, BUSH WAS RE-ELECTED!!!! All is well in America and Michael Moore was shown how impotent he always was. Now those racist liberals will just have to get used to losing.
Saturday, October 23, 2004
10 Days to Go
And those loony liberals are having a fit!
From voter fraud to voter intimidation to just plain stupidity these people are syaing and doin anything and everything they can to steal the election.
Let's look at voter fraud: moveon.org and ACT and the NAACP are all involved with voter fraud, NAACP even giving crack to people who register Mary Poppins and Dick Tracy!
ACT is using racisism to make the unfounded and never proven claim that Republicans are tying to intimidate blacks and other minorities!
Moveon.org, well, these people are nuts. Anyone who makes the direct compairison between ANY US President and Hitler is, and I'm going to say it: UNAMERICAN.
Let's look at Theraaaaaasa Kerry. This nut is just plain...NUTS. Miss Scumbag, Shove It and Idiot herself promotes drinking and is just plain loony. She tells people to help with arthritis pain, soak white raisins in gin for a day or two and eat them. Booze it up!
She tells people it's ok to have your kids go naked after a hurricane, food and medicine are more important. I think clothing is equally important because it would protect from injury and now make more need for medicine. Theresa is a not, a loony and would be the oldest, richest and more idiotic First Lady ever.
John Edwards....where does one start with this slickster...If we elect John Kerry people in wheelchairs will walk. Riiight....sounds to me like someone foudn Theresa's raisins...Fix you hair there johnny and leave the grownup conversations to the grownups.
Moving on to my least favorite person this election year: The Jabba the Hutt of liberalism himself: Michale Moore. And let's not forget his followers teh Moore-ons. This loony is giving away underwear to get 'slackers' to vote and is still pimping his mockumentary, Fahrenheit 9/11 and a serious documentary. Get the facts straight: Moore's movie is hardly factual. He has a harder time getting to the truth than he does getting to his feet when he needs to tie his shoes! Anyone who blindly believes anything Moore says needs help and a major reality check. I'm glad I"m able to think for myself and not fall for his lies.
And the sad thing for me is he's from my homestate of Michigan. So I have a lot of work to do if I want to erase the stupidity of Michael Moore.
Look, when you go out to vote between now and November 2, vote on the issues, vote on whats important to you and who you think will be achieve whats important to you. The WORST thing you can do is vote for 'anyone but Bush' if you are retarded and have a bit of bubble gum for a brain that might work but any semi intelligent person will vote for who they think will best serve this nation. For me, it's not John Kerry, it George W Bush.
From voter fraud to voter intimidation to just plain stupidity these people are syaing and doin anything and everything they can to steal the election.
Let's look at voter fraud: moveon.org and ACT and the NAACP are all involved with voter fraud, NAACP even giving crack to people who register Mary Poppins and Dick Tracy!
ACT is using racisism to make the unfounded and never proven claim that Republicans are tying to intimidate blacks and other minorities!
Moveon.org, well, these people are nuts. Anyone who makes the direct compairison between ANY US President and Hitler is, and I'm going to say it: UNAMERICAN.
Let's look at Theraaaaaasa Kerry. This nut is just plain...NUTS. Miss Scumbag, Shove It and Idiot herself promotes drinking and is just plain loony. She tells people to help with arthritis pain, soak white raisins in gin for a day or two and eat them. Booze it up!
She tells people it's ok to have your kids go naked after a hurricane, food and medicine are more important. I think clothing is equally important because it would protect from injury and now make more need for medicine. Theresa is a not, a loony and would be the oldest, richest and more idiotic First Lady ever.
John Edwards....where does one start with this slickster...If we elect John Kerry people in wheelchairs will walk. Riiight....sounds to me like someone foudn Theresa's raisins...Fix you hair there johnny and leave the grownup conversations to the grownups.
Moving on to my least favorite person this election year: The Jabba the Hutt of liberalism himself: Michale Moore. And let's not forget his followers teh Moore-ons. This loony is giving away underwear to get 'slackers' to vote and is still pimping his mockumentary, Fahrenheit 9/11 and a serious documentary. Get the facts straight: Moore's movie is hardly factual. He has a harder time getting to the truth than he does getting to his feet when he needs to tie his shoes! Anyone who blindly believes anything Moore says needs help and a major reality check. I'm glad I"m able to think for myself and not fall for his lies.
And the sad thing for me is he's from my homestate of Michigan. So I have a lot of work to do if I want to erase the stupidity of Michael Moore.
Look, when you go out to vote between now and November 2, vote on the issues, vote on whats important to you and who you think will be achieve whats important to you. The WORST thing you can do is vote for 'anyone but Bush' if you are retarded and have a bit of bubble gum for a brain that might work but any semi intelligent person will vote for who they think will best serve this nation. For me, it's not John Kerry, it George W Bush.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
A New Beginning
I've abandoned my Dead Journal, mostly because I moved across the country and also due to negative remarks from others in their Dead Journals.
I'll touch upon that later.
In my first vote I just want to set the foundation of who I am, I'm a Comic Books collector for over 14 years, with over 3,400 comics in my collection, I'm a collectore of Garbage Pail Kids as well. I love animation, I dont really care much for computer animation, I prefer real, or Cel animation, like the old Warner Bros. and Ren & Stimpy.
I like professional wrestling, Undertaker is my number one fave but I also like John Cena and a few others....
I'm a very political person and I'm sure the first few posts here will be political at least until November 2.
My views?
I'm a registered Independent who looks at the issues before I look at party and generally I agree with Republicans more than Democrats but thats fine...
I'll get more into that and offer some details on why George Bush is a much better choice to lead our nation than Sen. John Kerry will ever be.
I'll touch upon that later.
In my first vote I just want to set the foundation of who I am, I'm a Comic Books collector for over 14 years, with over 3,400 comics in my collection, I'm a collectore of Garbage Pail Kids as well. I love animation, I dont really care much for computer animation, I prefer real, or Cel animation, like the old Warner Bros. and Ren & Stimpy.
I like professional wrestling, Undertaker is my number one fave but I also like John Cena and a few others....
I'm a very political person and I'm sure the first few posts here will be political at least until November 2.
My views?
I'm a registered Independent who looks at the issues before I look at party and generally I agree with Republicans more than Democrats but thats fine...
I'll get more into that and offer some details on why George Bush is a much better choice to lead our nation than Sen. John Kerry will ever be.
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