"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."
A disclaimer? Really? Okay; here we go. You are an idiot; so is your entire family; in fact, you are a mistake. Everything about you is pathetic and unnecessary. You should commit suicide now. Die. Get sick, get sicker, and then die. Quickly. Are you dead yet? You moron. On this webpage are many disappointed and insightful ramblings. If you read enough of it, it should really upset you. There! You've been warned.
Something, anything, many things--on this webpage RIGHT HERE, right where you are now, right now; lots of stuff here is going to upset you.
Got it?
Why are you still alive?
By clicking links and scrolling through disclaimers, do you even know what all you've agreed to at this point? Bend over! This my world here, and I will do it any way I want. I will threaten to kill, and eat, well, pretty much everybody. You, too. "Bar-B-Que; it's the ultimate solution to overpopulation!" Fuck you! Die! Or; be cooked alive! I've been a little scared of getting shut down, since I almost got shut down back in 2005. Who fucking knew that all I had to do was buy my own domain? Some other guy got "The Overnight Guy"; well, good for him. Maybe I'll kill, cook, and eat him this year. My 2nd choice was "Overnight Guy W C"; and BOOM, it's mine! How fucking cool is this? I will have to go back and insert so many deleted cuss words now. I might bring back Newspaper News; I SHOULD bring back Personal News, too. Commentaries are going to be; well, less quotable. Oh, and the woman-bashing; this shit is going to be like "Chauvinist Central" now, mutherfucker. Guys; if you let some dumb bitch rule your life, then you deserve my wrath; sorry. Those entitled, elitist snooty-assed cunts of recognition should spend more time sucking dick--MY dick. Let those chat room cows complain now; "moo" like the heffer you are, Rosebud! "Have another doughnut!" Fuck. Where was I? I gotta go...
Wait; a couple more jabs first: Imagine; no, no, no, shhhh. Shut the fuck up for a minute. Imagine that...God is on MY side here. Ha ha ha. How does that make you feel, you fudge-sucking sea cow? Shouldn't you be reading a tabloid and eating some fast-food somewhere? Attach another fish hook through your nose, and go swim in the ocean--perhaps the sharks will find you "attractive"; what the fuck are you doing here? Maybe I should learn how to scratch tattoos and inject botox into your fat ass. Show me just how close to your face you can mash your brain-distorting cell phone--you're an excellent driver. Sorry; I'm all out of $4 cups of coffee. Maybe I'll start a new business selling yesterday's COLD coffee; I'll call it "Sushi-Java", and charge $6 a cup. I'm a fucking genius over here. Mooooo.
No, no; hang on a second. We phased out "Media One". For the time being, and time following, you can watch me rant about the news in exactly one place. I gave up on trying to keep the language clean a long time ago:
Would you care if there were a way to get to some of the older personal news items? Be forewarned that part of my point in having a webpage is to have harsh language. Maybe you don't want to go check out my:
I have enjoyed the creation and continuation of these little "Sidebars". My "blood" as a writer needed and still needs new ways to drip, clot, stain, and scab. After roughly 10(!) years of these loosely structured journal accountings, I feel that the end justifies the means. Many passing thoughts have been addressed well with this medium, and lots of former "dead ends" have been given a chance to detour back into prominence.
In a life (such as mine) spent wishing that I could create my own game (with my own rules), let the record show that I did; here, with these. Thank you very much...
With no Personal News anymore, I bet these Sidebars are getting much longer now, and harnessing more emotion. Do they need their own page yet?
SIDEBAR 135
July 2010
(...last month we were...)
Reading: I finished "Go Green, Live Rich" by David Bach. Now; listen to me: there is NOTHING in the book about making $. So all of his promo about 'getting rich by going green' is bullshit. But; credit where it's due, this IS a good book with over 50 hands-on examples of how you can do more than you currently are to help the world. I was impressed on both counts; that he LIED about making money, and that he HELPED with good ideas to save. When you are flat fucking broke like I am, "saving" does NOT equal "making" any money. Sorry, Dave.
Then I finished "Food Rules" by Michael Pollan. A very short, incredibly good book that we ALL need to read. It takes less than 2 hours; find one, and be a better person for it.
Starting on "Last Words" by George Carlin now. Ooo; for my girlfriend's next Amazon order I will get Jeff Yeagers "The Ultimate Cheapskate's Roadmap to True Riches".
I've also been reading more of Joe, and his Joe Bageant website.
Watching: Stanley Cup finals; the weekend games are on network tv, but weeknight games go back to the VS. network (Go Chicago!)...The week after Indy, Indy cars race only on the VS. network...
Class Projects: Nova, Nature, animal shows, CSI Miami, House, Bones, a Firefly, Oregon Art Beat, the top 10 of VH-1's 'top songs of the 90's',
movies together: nope, she won't sit still for that long.
Shit I watch alone: Tosh.0 is back!..Burn Notice is back...I like Mary on "In Plain Sight" (Mary McCormack)...TRU tv's "It Only Hurts When I Laugh" is my favorite show right now...Rescue Me comes back June 29th, which is also the same day that Louis CK's new show on F/X starts...World Cup Soccer (I am rooting for Argentina, because the Argentina basketball team beat team USA in 2004)..."Hot in Cleveland" is plenty good enough; I'd watch it just to drool over Jane Leeves, but Betty White also gets great lines..."GasLand" on HBO; that was absolutely amazing..."Limo Bob" on TRU tv is okay..."Late Night Liars" is dumb...The clip show "Smash Cuts" is weak, but "Whacked Out Sports" is incredible..."Bait Car" is pretty funny, too.
PS: The first "Rescue Me" back was weak; I hope they get better. Louis CK's show is getting shitty reviews, but I thought both the first 2 episodes were excellent..
Comedians: Daniel Tosh (2007), Chelsea Handler (2007), Eddie Ifft, (brand new) Hal Sparks "Charmageddon" on Showtime (brilliant), The Amazing Jonathan (again), Sarah Silverman "Jesus is Magic" (again), Lewis Black's "Stark Raving Black", Bob Saget's "That Ain't Right", Juston McKinney's "Middle Class Hole"; "The Green Room with Paul Provenza" on Showtime is great, (excellent comedy movie, premiered on Showtime 6-10-10:) "I Am Comic",
Crappy cable movies: Rob Zombie's animated "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", "Lord of the G-Strings", "YPF", "Vagabond", "The Perfect Witness" (2nd best no-star movie ever), "Adulthood",
Play it Again's: "She's Too Young", "Thank You For Smoking", "Fear",
Watching and Hearing: Metallica's "Seek + Destroy" in a Nascar commercial, Hocus Pocus' "Focus" in a World Cup promo, then U2's "Out of Control" in another World Cup promo; a commercial for a (sweet) 3 CD set "The Alt Vault" is all 90's music from my radio days. BTW; I am not here to pinpoint EVERY dumbass modern song in a tv commercial. 3 Days Grace, and 30 Seconds to Mars are both in current ads--fuck, yes, there's another current out there, too. And there's new Weezer music in at least 2 different new movies. So what? I am here to nail down the obscure shit that you DON'T know--like those excellent World Cup promos, bitch...I got it back! Finally; the Sundance channel re-ran the 4-hour Tom Petty special "Running Down A Dream". Yay. It's gooood...
(On it's own line:) Holy Shit! Pink Floyd's "The Wall" was on the Fuse channel. I watched about an hour of it.
Hearing: Brian Chevalier's "Heavy Chevy" (super impressive). "Bleed Like Me"--Garbage, the "Spawn" soundtrack from 1997, Rise Against, 2 Anberlin CD's, tons of single songs from the 90's, Volbeat, Starship's greatest hits,
New on the radio; I heard a new Tool song. Yes I did. It sounded good--sounded like every other Tool song I've ever heard...I heard one new Eminem song--it was okay...Widespread Panic has a new CD, and they're coming out here on their tour. Sigh; wish I had some money...The new Rise Against is pretty good...
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at CDWorld, my Barbie Dream Home: Will I get the new Tool CD with plasma money, or trade some less-than-necessary CD's for it? Wait; first it has to be released officially, and that has not happened yet. Hmmm...
Out and About: Natalie Merchant and U2 at Burger King, Collective Soul at Fred Meyer,
Singing: "Take Your Fingers From My Hair"--Zebra, "Josephina"--Gene Loves Jezebel, "It's All Over But The Crying" and "Why Don't You Come Over"--Garbage, "That's When I Reach For My Revolver"--(I sing Moby's version), "Fly Robin Fly"--Silver Convention, "Gone Away"--Offspring,
What I want today: I want to slap EVERY person in the United States, and scream "Wake up!".
New stuff this month or so: Ken Griffey Jr. retires, boo..."Web Soup" is 1 yr. old...Cadillac has a new ride that costs $K88...Crowds gather to pay money for the new iPhone 4 (Aren't people fascinating?)...UGA grad John Isner (Go Dawgs!) is now my favorite tennis player, and was the winner of that 11-hour tennis match at Wimbledon...South Carolina came out wicked strong and won the college world series. Congrads to my 'super chickens'!..Oh! I forgot! The best ex-girlfriend ever, mine mine mine mine, informed me that my old 2nd home in Athens, Steverino's, is now gone. Boo.
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): candles at Dollar Tree,
Occupational Hazards: A green job is what I want...Wait; I either want to work to save this stupid planet, or I want to dissolve this stupid planet. Pain is motivation...It is hard to believe that somebody who can speak like I can is having trouble finding a job.
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: I placed (top 3) in the last poker game of May, and took 2nd in the first game of June. The BIG $50 poker tournament was on 6-6-10 (I came in 5th, not bad)...On 6-3-10, I participated in a 2-hour unemployment program, "Ofset", that compensated me a $30 gasoline voucher. Trading my time for "gas" bothers me, but it had to be done...I am implementing speed-walking as part of my fitness program. I can tell the difference it makes!..6-8-10; (Because the Dollar Tree generic poo was making my head itch;) I got my head shaved again, and bought some new White Rain shampoo that is made in America ...6-11-10; on my 3rd attempt in 3 weeks, I was finally allowed to start donating plasma again...This month; 2 silent firsts for me. (1) I saw a guy wearing a Pink Floyd shirt, but I did not say a word to him. And (2) I walked by a group of guys throwing frisbee, but did not say a word to them/ask to throw it, either. (I'm getting quiet in my old age.)...I placed in a couple of my own poker tournaments in mid-June...I am changing my life for the new economy. It won't help much, but what the hell?..I was quoted June 18th, on the Liberty Blog; "http://selfownership.blogspot.com/", and the attempt was to make me look incorrect. I am not. Apparently the P.H. "Duh"'s of the world have successfully and conclusively associated the combo of words "fair trade" to mean "protectionism"; or, restrictions/tariffs on imported goods. I did not know this. I thought that "fair trade" meant fair pay to fairly treated workers for fair products (silly me). I also thought that it was 4th grade OBVIOUS how "free trade" leads to sweat-shops, exploited overseas employees, and our present national dilemma of American out-sourcing. Duh? But the (ooo, ooo, I went to college for 8 years) "Dr."'s don't see it that way. Aren't they cute? But I am formally requesting, guys, please don't take any revenge on Marky Mark and those "doctors of duh". It ain't worth the effort...At the end of June my weight is down to 211. So I lost about 8 lbs. this month--not bad at all.
I am seriously considering the FINANCIAL need to quit smoking, quit Golden Tee, and quit drinking alcohol--other than the occasional $1 beers....
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: (last sentence, directly above)...In the 90's I could go to Steverino's in Athens and play pinball for 3 hours; I'd drink free soda, and the MOST it cost me was 75 cents (for pinball), and 10-15 cigarettes. Pinball costs 75 cents per game now, but I could treasure it like old times...
New foods this month: I want to try some beer from "Trouble Brewing" (What a name!) out of Kenmore, WA...I am eating less food to save money, and lowering the caloric intake should help my weight...Blue Diamond Almond milk, with neither lactose nor soy, is our new house milk (yum)...Homemade cran-cherry for me...the R Harvest Produce stand is back open; that's blueberries, strawberries, + cherry tomatos for us...
This month of Blues Jamming: 6-3-10; great show. Most of the regulars (minus Scotty B), but NO harp at all! set 1 was: Z-Bass, Brian C. and Ra on guitars, JP, + Jimmy D drums. 2 was T-Mart on bass, Ri and Morgan on guitars, Axel drums (sings), Mark the Harp on keys (pulled tooth--no harp or singing), set 3 was Kyle's band Highwater (Nate sings + guitar, Rai Wheat on stand-up bass, Justin on mandolin + banjo) with Lenny on drums. 4 was Z-Bass, Ra and Max on guitars, JP, and Jimmy D drums...6-10-10. No Jam for me. Being broke cuts again...6-17-10; Z-Bass made sure I got a couple of beers! Tre and K were there, but only as customers! set 1 (standard); Z-Bass, Ra + Ri on guitars, Scotty B on harp, JP, Jimmy D drums. 2 was T-Mart on bass, Ro + Billy Jay on guitars, Mark the Harp, Axel drums and sings ("Mustang Sally" became an entire bar project). 3 was Z-Bass, Max + Ra on guitars, JP, Lenny drums.4 was T-Mart, Max + Ri on guitars, Jimmy D drums. Great night!..6-24-10; OUTSIDE! set 1 Z-Bass, Brian C. and Ri on guitars, Scotty B harps, Jimmy D drums, + JP. 2 was Russ-Bass, Max + Ra guitars, Mark the Harp, JP, Axel drums. 3 was T-Mart Bass, Ri + Ra guitars, Lenny drums. 4 was Z-Bass, Ri, Ra + Max on 3 guitars, Golf Shoes drums. Wow. I sold a few CD's for Brian C, which also leads to a missed extra Blues Jam--6-26-10, Saturday at Mac's at the Vets: the official CD Release Party for Brian Chevalier's "Heavy Chevy" (20 songs for $5; best deal ever!). I was broke, but sat at home and listened to the CD while also e-mailing him and wishing him well. Go Brian! Google "Heavy Chevy" and see if you can get to his website.
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God has "no comment" at this time.
What's different here than in college town: Athens has better fields to throw on, yes, but both the UO womens AND mens Ultimate teams are ranked #1 in the nation. Both. And the "Heisman Trophy" of Ultimate Frisbee, the Callahan Trophy, this year was awarded to Eli Friedman, a graduating UO senior, and Eugene native...Yes; and the UO men's golf team is #1 (Good luck to the UGA women's softball team.)...In football, Oregon has dumped starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli for his 3rd offense (1st was robbery, then a suspended license, and now marijuana possession). Were he in Georgia, he would have been disciplined so as to not have gotten a 2nd offense...A Costco is going to open soon in Roseburg; they will hire 100 new people. So far they have already received over 3000 applications. (Show me the jobs recovery!)...Similar, sort of. I have found a bar with monthly pinball tournaments. Now I must go and present myself...Our little town is hosting the NCAA track + field championships. Look at me caring so much...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: Ooo! Congrads to Arizona for winning Bill Maher's "Stupidest State Award" on 6-11-10...The Oregon State Board of Pharmacy voted to recognize pot as a drug that has medical use, making Oregon the first state in the nation to officially re-classify the drug as having an acceptable medical use...Speaking of "illegal" stuff, (back in Arizona during June) 2 Sizzler restaurants were "raided" and at least 9 employees were arrested on suspicion of being illegal immigrants. Hopefully Sheriff Joe and his deputies will also go after the Sizzler' OWNERS, who knowingly hire illegals on a regular basis...
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): We have been threatened to clear out our plot, or we will lose it. Those damn weeds. I cleared for over an hour on 6-15-10...Then on 6-18, somebody has taken a weed-whacker to it, and cleared it out for us. Cool...
Life with Static Girl: She is great. Unfortunately she will not be e-journalling everyday like she did in May; so you'll only get the random updates. I mean "we"; WE'LL only be getting the random updates... Better than bologna: My girlfriend has a first name, it's...I have an older file of 16 or so songs that I call "Static Girl Songs". Sometimes when I am at my computer, I will play them--and she never complains...ENTIRE CONVERSATIONS; She just stands there while I do both sides of a talk between us. I can usually guess her next comment. It's fun for me, and an effort-saver for her. If she needs to correct me, then she does--and then I continue on with the conversation. I try to make it easy for her, and she appreciates that...I have personal, often self-induced tachycardia; my heart can beat 4 or 5 times per second easily. I can MAKE it happen pretty much whenever I want to--it'll probably kill me someday. So what? But my heart BEATS fairly regularly; one strong, one soft, one strong one soft. You've heard this before, maybe even in your own chest--it's what hearts do. But my girlfriend has the most amazing and irregular heartbeat, EVER! It can NOT beat for 2 or 3 seconds, and then it might double beat 3 or 4 times in a row. Sometimes it does triple soft beats, and/or triple hard beats. Weird, huh? It is the most scary/entertaining/unique/unpredictable thing ever! I sit and fucking giggle when I listen to her heart. And the best part of the whole deal is...wait for it...she completely denies having an irregular heartbeat. Ha! MY girlfriend!..Thanks to my rich Static Girl, we are now sponsors/members of the local "Firemed" emergency ambulance membership program...We are leaving on the first day of July to go spend almost a week with her Static Parents. I'll be fine, but her head might explode. No, really--I'm serious. Stay tuned.
My FCP has this for me: She may be moving again soon. But she is holding down sanity very well. And like Static Girl AND myself, she looks FANTASTIC for her age...
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: There are 3600 oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Did you know that? Do you think that only ONE of those rigs is in trouble?..After 43 days of oil spilling into the gulf, BP's stock has finally tumbled. Wow; stock market people are smart...HP to cut 9,000 more jobs...McDonald's in the U.S. is recalling 12 million "Shrek"-themed drinking glasses because of cadmium in the painted design...2010: Teens Face Worst Summer Job Market in 41 Years...Oakland, CA is firing 200 poice officers...Kellogg Co. issued a voluntary recall on 28 million boxes of cereal, citing "uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell"...
A thought to take with you: Yeah, here's one. We save water here. We barely flush the toilets, and usually do short showers. I've mastered the "speed-washing" of dishes in the sink. We recycle old water from the day before into our plants. Every "use" of water here has been "adjusted" by us--we are paying attention. We are good. Then; I go speed-walking, or bike-riding on the bike path toward town. The bike path goes behind a popular car wash. All day, every day, you see 300lb. people out there spray-washing their big, gas-guzzling SUV's. And these fat fucks act like it's the most natural thing in the world. Maybe, just maybe; yes, the back of that car wash is where I should start my killing spree. Never mind; la la la la, disregard this entire paragraph.
"Know to where you are walking."--some person named Pedro
Oregon Bumper Sticker: "I Seen 'Em",
Band names: "Neatly Folded Screams"--The Perfect Witness, "Supersonic Tsunami"--Gulf methane possibility,
Links to previous Sidebars:
Sidebars 1 - 12 (October '99--April 2000)
Sidebars 13 - 23 (May 2000--March 2001)
Sidebars 24 - 31 (April 2001--November 2001)
Sidebars 32 - 41 (December 2001--September 2002)
Sidebars 42 - 50 (October 2002--June 2003)
Sidebars 51 - 58 (July 2003--February 2004)
Sidebars 59 - 64 (March 2004--August 2004)
Sidebars 65 - 69 (September 2004--January 2005)
Sidebars 70 - 74 (February 2005--June 2005)
Sidebars 75 - 78 (July 2005--October 2005)
Sidebars 79 - 85 (November 2005--May 2006)
Sidebars 86 - 93 (June 2006--January 2007)
Sidebars 94 - 100 (February 2007--August 2007)
Sidebars 101 - 110 (September 2007--June 2008)
Sidebars 111 - 120 (July 2008--April 2009)
Sidebars 121 - 130 (May 2009--February 2010)
Sidebars 131 - 140 (March 2010--present)
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The
Musical Section
is a list of favorites and opinions--as well as a constant work in progress. It exists as a temptation for you to create your own musical section, and to remind you of how important music (and its presentation) is in your life.
From the "you are here" part of the map, I am W C (also known as TH2, the Overnight Guy, and the cute one). I have a pretty cool voice, I love music, and I belong on the radio.
This is my site.
Silent Bob (and Jay) have a website! Let the record show that I put a link up to it on the day that I found out about it:
Kevin "Silent Bob" Smith
There's this site where ALL they have is weird news; items you might easily miss if you're not paying attention:
News of the Weird
By the age of 22 I had applications for alternative energy, perpetual motion, and a vision of a massive "Recreation Arena" (sportsbar); nobody cared. By the age of 25 I had written the perfect poem, and was churning out songs and poems for the masses; nobody cared. By the age of 30 I was a professional pinball player, and was redefining Overnight Radio presentation in 3 states. Some people cared, but not the bottom-feeding corporates who took over.
Please remember this; I did not ask to be born. But since I was, I would have been more than happy to help out this pathetic world. However, this pathetic world did not want my help. So; screw the world, and screw the people of the world. You can't die fast enough to please me. But there may be some good news...
The world is long overdue for some massive changes; changes that are going to completely revolutionize your sense of importance. They will be very interesting. It has been so said by many elders of many different cultures:
"May you live in interesting times".
