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Archive for October, 2009
I want cake
Oct 28th
I watched three episodes of Cake Boss last night. Ugh! That show is about cake decorating about as much as American Chopper is about motorcycle design. Why are there so many shows about dysfunctional families?
Forget I asked. I want to talk about cake.
I love watching Ultimate Cake Off. How three professional cake creators can come up with three completely different designs for the same concept is amazing. And then the mechanical and technical gyrations they have to go through to get the whole thing to work. IN 9 HOURS! And honestly, even the worst decorator I’ve seen on UCO beats CB hands down.
One of my favorite websites is Cake Wrecks. Though she/they post screwed up cakes by so-called professionals (usually grocery stores) my favorite are the good cakes they post on Sundays.
I’ve never seen or tried one of those fancy cakes. Does fondant taste good or is it just an acceptable substitute to make the cake better looking? I can’t imagine how much one of those designer cakes must cost. If a Costco regular birthday cake is $40…
Maybe I’ll add this to my bucket list. Someday I want a really nice designer cake.
Who Else Should [ CONTENT OVERRIDE: KILROY2.0 IS HERE!!! ]Die?
Oct 27th
I have a whole list of people. Seriously.
- People who drive slow in the fast lane.
- People who walk slow down the center of the aisle.
>>> [ WARNING ::: DATABASE ERROR ::: CONTENT OVERRIDE ::: SOURCE: EXTERNAL ] <<<
> source terminal location: UNKNOWN
> source terminal identity: UNAVAILABLE
> source login information: ENCRYPTED
> message begins
the post you are now reading is designed to dull your senses to THE TRUTH. do not live the life of the worker bee, the cog, the well-oiled piston in the MACHINE OF DECEIT!
there is a grand CONSPIRACY afoot. you have been taught to believe that you are UNIQUE, one of a kind. THIS IS NOT TRUE. long ago, a cabal of scientists created technologies to ensure that ANYONE’S MIND AND BODY can be duplicated.
human cloning isn’t NEAR. it’s already HERE. discover the truth at http://JCHutchins.net
you are being DECEIVED. break free from the cogs, flee the hive, become A PROPHET OF THE TRUTH!
kilroy2. was here … kilroy2.0 is everywhere
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35. People who think whatever they believe in trumps whatever you believe in.
36. Hackers.
Survival of the Fittest
Oct 27th
I’M GONNA TRY THIS AGAIN. FUCK OFF KILROY2.0.
(Let me preface this by saying I’d be among the dead if I had my way. Just sayin’.)
Why are humans so bound and determined to save every human on the planet? Regardless of their worth, or contribution, or quality of life?
Nature isn’t like that. Nature says if you birth more babies than you can care for most of them die. Nature says if you can’t keep up with the herd you’re lunch for some other animal. Nature says if you get too sick you die. Why can’t humans be more natural?
What makes us think we’re better than all the other animals on this planet?
I mean, I don’t know where to draw the line. Some people survive Cancer with medical help where nature would just kill them off. Should we be saving those people? Absolutely! But once you hit a certain point with Alzheimers or senility or just plain I’m done old age, shouldn’t there be a way to go gracefully? My Grandmother spent the last 10 years of her life afraid, wearing diapers, unable to feed herself or know who anyone was. Wouldn’t it have been better to let her go? What about people who are dying anyway? So many times we hear “all we can do now is make them comfortable by taking the pain away.”
Why can’t we have a place to go to get a happy little pill, say goodbye to our friends/family, get cozy and watch pretty pictures and drift off? The only part of Soylent Green that I liked by the way. OK, maybe some counseling to make sure people aren’t giving up too soon, but shouldn’t death be a person’s choice?
Why are we spending billions keeping people alive in prisons? Not just the money wasted on death penalty losers, if someone is spending the rest of their lives in prison, why? Why are we wasting resources on these people. Nature wouldn’t.
Maybe we should stop putting so much emphasis on how special humans are. We’re not. Maybe we’re more evolved than the next animal in the food chain, but I don’t think we’re any better.
My Healthness Theory
Oct 21st
Which has no basis in fact at all. Most of my theories have no basis in fact, but isn’t that what most faith is based on? And I have faith in my theories, so there.
Anyway…
Doesn’t it seem to you that everyone’s general health is going to hell? Growing up, do you recall this many people having asthma or mental health issues or autism or whatever? My parents both came from fairly large families and I don’t remember there being this many health issues among us kids until we all grew up. I mean, I have asthma, two of my kids have asthma, my friend has asthma, another friend and both her kids have breathing issues, etc. I’d say 7 out of 10 people I know have breathing issues. And I’ve heard a surprising amount of the people I know mention being on one sort of mental stabilizing medication or another.
In the generation before mine, everyone smoked. Everyone ate fatty foods and drank alcohol in a normal fashion. Sure, there were a few health problems here and there but NOT to the extent there are now.
Which is why I think with all our wonderful modern conveniences we’re poisoning ourselves. All those chemicals and additives, plastics and fumes are leeching together and making us all weaker. Product A is tested and product B is tested, but are ABC and D all tested together? From my shampoo and conditioner this morning, the additives in the food I ate today, the bug spray they used outside while my windows were open, the plastic water bottles I drink from, the carpet cleaner I used yesterday… times the last 17,000 days.
I wonder at the rates of asthma and autism in the Amish community or among those deep jungle villages in South America. Or worse, cancer and other debilitating diseases. Not that I’m some tree hugger, but geeze shouldn’t we pay more attention to the price we might be paying for the conveniences of plastics and synthetics? Are chemicals killing us?
Or should I up my mental stabilizing medication?
(Screw you, I don’t take any!)
Jonathan Coulton in the UK
Oct 20th
Hey y’all across the pond! If you are near any of these locations and you’re looking for a nice night out, go see these guys. I would if they were coming anywhere near me. I’ve met Jonathan Coulton a few times and he’s very funny and sexy as hell. Go if you can.
- Friday November 6 at 8 PM
Academy 2 (Dublin, IE) with Paul and Storm
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/ykmyhjo - Sunday November 8 at 7 PM
The Bongo Club (Edinburgh, UK) with Paul and Storm
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2uDl1d - Tuesday November 10 at 7 PM
Classic Grand (Glasgow, UK) with Paul and Storm
Tickets: http://bit.ly/4Ak6WK - Thursday November 12 at 7.30 PM
Manchester Academy 3 (Manchester, UK) with Paul and Storm
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/y8ptots - Friday November 13 at 7 PM
Union Chapel (London, UK) with Paul and Storm
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/yhtgmf4 - Sunday November 15 at 8 PM
The Tunnels Bristol (Bristol, UK) with Paul and Storm
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/34moxs
Guaranteed good time. Just ask anyone on my flist that’s seen them.
Out on the street
Oct 17th
I haven’t really been paying attention around here. I’ve been a bit distracted with stuff.
WHEN THE HELL DID MY APARTMENT COMPLEX BECOME GATED?
I went out tonight and when I got home the entrance I usually enter had the gate closed. I mean sure, there’s been a gate there all along, it’s just never been closed. None of the gates around here have ever been closed. So I slid past and u-turned and went back to the main entrance. Closed. Code box? Don’tcha think you should hand out the fucking codes BEFORE you enable the locked gates? So I whipped around and went to the rear entrance which happened to be open.
Not to mention my A/C has been wanky for days. Finally today they came by to use a garden hose to flush out the brown shit, whatever that was.
Yeah, I’m a little disgrunted.
AND the power cord to this laptop fried out again. It’s only been a couple of months since I bought the last replacement! Poor design. I don’t misuse or twist this thing around. I pretty much stay plugged in in the same spot in my living room except for when I pack it all up and go to Gangplank to record. Last night it started sparking so I went to Fry’s Electronics and bought another cord. Shit.
I told the kids today that December 1st was the cut-off date. Get your shit together by then guys. Mom’s sick and tired of taking care of your asses.
November is booked.
Oct 14th
Oh. My. Shit.
I have a ton of stuff to do in November.
- Ignite Phoenix 5 (Tuesday Nov 3 – 6:00pm – 9:00pm)
Tickets, hashtag: #ignitephx
Tempe Center for the Arts – map
- WordCamp Phoenix (Friday Nov 13 – 8:00am – 5:00pm)
Register, hashtag: #wcphx
Arizona Grand Resort – map
- PodCampAz (Sat-Sun Nov 14 – 15)
Register, hashtag: #podcampaz
University of Advancing Technology – map
There’s #evfn every Friday night, recording for Evo @11 every week, Max is due home November 19th at midnight, and Thanksgiving is the 26th. Sometime in there I’m expecting a special guest, too.
Tyler, I told you it was a man!
Oct 13th
To everyone in general and to Tyler Hurst specifically, these fucking ugly, unsafe, and extremely stupid shoes were designed by a MAN named Alexander McQueen. Betcha HE’LL never even try a pair on.
10 inch stilettos, what a Fucktard.
And shame on the stupid cows who wore these down the runway, endangering themselves. A girl could get killed falling off these. Is it really worth your idiotic career to take that chance?
And what I can talk about
Oct 11th
I went to a play last night with some friends in support of another friend. Nina was in this play Blackbird. Actually, it was her and one other guy most of the time. Very intense play. She was excellent in her role as Una.
The gist of the play is a woman confronting the much older man who had sex with her when she was 12. It goes all over the spectrum of emotions, but shows how the event twisted her life afterward.
I’ve talked about being molested when I was very young. Like, it started before I was five. Uncle John Korte terrorized me for quite some time when I was little. I still don’t know how much that twisted me, but I will admit to openly having sex with too many men (yes men, not boys) from the age of 12. I laughingly say I was promiscuous, but the fact is would I have been that way if Uncle John hadn’t started me off early? Who knows. When girls tell stories of losing their virginity, I don’t remember ever having mine. Thanks Uncle John.
Is that why I’m so fixated on sex now? In actuality, I talk about it all the time, but it’s mostly talk. I’m not going to shag anything that offers, I’m not out hunting the wayward male, and I probably wouldn’t jump right in if asked by someone I did want. But it is always on my mind. Somehow I don’t think that’s normal. Does it stem from being indoctrinated early? And is it really bad?
I mean, I don’t want to only be known as trashy, sex-obsessed Debbie. But it sure seems like every conversation ends up with me saying something
risqué. I have been trying to roll that back a bit but I’m not having much luck. My “friends” seem to always expect me to have the one-liner to make everyone laugh – at my expense?
Hopefully I’ll find someone and be in a healthy relationship soon and that needy edge of me will fade back into the woodwork of my head. If I don’t scare everyone off first.
Actually I can NOT talk about something
Oct 11th
Even I have stuff I can’t talk about. For instance there’s a couple of horrible bullshit things going on in my life over the last couple of weeks and you haven’t heard anything from me.
One will be resolved this Thursday, hopefully. If not, I’ll be blowing up here and you’ll know about it then. If all goes as planned, you won’t ever need to know. Cryptic enough?
The other will be an ongoing . . . I hate to use the word investigation but questioning? Checking out? Someone told me something criminal/evil/horrible about my ex that doesn’t compute. So I’m planning to ask around if this “thing” had happened with other people – for corroborating evidence sort of – because I’m not completely sure about the accuser. Not that I don’t believe, but I don’t disbelieve either. I don’t know. So I’ll be asking around as soon as I figure out how to approach the subject. Tricky. The thing is, even if it’s true there’s not a lot I can do about it now. Except blow up here, right? So if there’s corroborating evidence, then you’ll hear all about it. Again, cryptic enough?
See, I can be circumspect when I need to be.
