Author: Mark540

So it’s happened again.

Life, Randomness

Well two things actually, First the Halloween party… and then me being too lazy to write somethign up about it and post it here for 2 weeks. But oh well, here goes nothing.

It was a pretty good time (from what I remember of it) We had a good amount of people there, some new, some old. Some notable execptions (Billy, Wade, Will) some of them had resonable excuses while others were just jackasses.

Jesse and I started playing beerpong on the outside table when the first people arived… and never stopped. I don’t want to make too big a deal of it because after 2 weeks the novelty has worn off a bit and it’s just a drinking game. But we did win a house record 14 games in a row. Smashing the old record of 9 (held by that loser Bobby). It was really exciting, but it did cause us to miss most of the stuf that went on inside (which i’m told wasn’t that exciting anyway) But I did send Frenchie on a camera run inside the house, so we have pictures of most everything.

So here’s the link to the gallery

Halloween Party 2006

Later!

Weird Dreams.

Life, Randomness

I really want to write this down before I forget it.

I must have heard Jesse talking about stopping for soda and grapes in Thornburg and mixed it with the fact that I talked to Tom earlier in the day. Cause I had the weirdest dream about Tom moving out to the VA countryside and becoming a grapefarmer. Except he lived in some kind of appartment complex and was growing grapes the size of basketballs.

they were tasty though!

later!

More Notes on 500 songs (cont.)

Entertainment, music

Well I had to make the playlist for the Halloween party so I put my listening odessy on hold for a while. I’ll be continuing this week sometime. I’m having a bit of trouble with my computer being dead at work, so I should have some free time.

But before all this I did finish up to #172, here’s some notes transcribed from a yellow post-it.

#146. B-52s – Rock Lobster

The music is so good, plus the lyrics make it extra… creepy. But it’s way too long, wears thin.

#147. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life

Carnival Cruise Lines! But they must leave out the lyrics “I’m gonna beat my brains with liquor and drugs” but if they said “Liquor and food” they might have an accurate description

#151. The Penguins – Earth Angel

Marty McFly had a much better version with Marvin Berry and the Starlighters

#155. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary

This song makes me want to roll, roll, roll down the river. or perhaps watch Forrest Gump.

#160. Public Enemy – Fight the Power

Does the original always have to be the best? Cause the Anthrax/PE version is 100 times better than this.

#166. Eminem – Lose Yourself

If you don’t think this song belongs in the top 500, you are insane crasy. The beat alone deserved it, plus it WON an OSCAR.

#172. Areosmith – Dream On

This dosen’t even sound like Steven Tyler. along with “Paint it Black” by the Rolloing Stones, it makes you realize how much they suck now… or why they were considered good at one time.

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Interests, Life

So just a quick thought on having a smartphone. My friend Corey at work is always asking me questions about the best new phone to buy. Because he wants to “get his nerd game tight” he wants a smartphone. So I’ve been advising him on the new Treos and others. But What I’ve just realized is that ‘normal’ people aren’t ready for these kind of things. It’s just like my mom’s computer, she keeps complaining how slow it is, but really it’s just that she dosen’t do all the maintenance XP needs. So it gets clogged up with snowflake screensavers, greeting card programs, and product surveys.

I’m saying this because yesterday I had to re-format my phone. I’d been getting crappy reception and performance on applications so I decided it would be best to wipe it clean and start over. ( which it totally was, everything works fine now) But there’s no way Mr Avg phone user would be able to do that (without erasing all their data anyway) I guess I shouldn’t be complaining because this just means more work for my Cingular boys. Anyway, not a sermon, just a thought.

Later!

The Ween 2006

Life, Randomness

Well not really “The Ween”, cause that’s my grandma’s weenie roast in Georgia. But tis the Vienna sausage version. It was a great time and the place wasn’t as dirty as it has been in the past. It’ll take some time to get together all the pictures and write up some stories. So just wait there for a few days.

Later!

The Mathmatics of Offending

Entertainment, Random

It just hit me. My latest half baked theory, I was just reading an article condemming South Park for featuring Steve Irwin in their Halloween Episode. The article menitoned that it was too soon for a joke about his death. (which it probably is) but that’s not the point, the reason South Park is still on the air is that it’s an equal opportunity offender.

So here’s my take on why this is getting news now, It’s really a testament to Steve Irwin’s popularity rather than to how offensive the episode was. Because they’ve definatley had more to say about some other celebrities or political leaders. And they’ve done things that were way way more offensive. Let me just mention a few random South Park Related words.

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In the episode “It Hits the Fan”, South Park broke the swearing record by using the word shit a total of 162 times, uncensored.

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In December 2005, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights protested the season finale episode, “Bloody Mary”, for its depiction of a statue of the Virgin Mary bleeding from her vagina.

Furthermore, while the channel refused to broadcast an image of Muhammad, Comedy Central opted not to censor images of Christ, the president and the American flag being defecated upon.

So where’s my theory? Well here it is, If the figure or Belief being made fun of is liked or generally well thought of by more than… lets say 75% of the general public. Then it’s considered totally uncool to make fun of them. But if you want to make fun of Hitler, Satan, Saddam, OJ, Gary Condit that’s fine. But those targets are too easy, where the real money is are celebrities. Because there’s always enough people who dislike them to keep them below my magic 75% number but they’re still well known enough to be recognised. ex. John Travolta, Rosie O’Donnell, R-Kelley, Politicians. Also if you make fun of Tom Cruise you might win an Emmy. Because with all his craziness this year he’s slipped almost OJ levels of creepyness.

Later!