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About last night…
May 10th
Well, it started off nice. I managed to get to Chuck’s birthday thing at this strangely familiar bar; turns out that’s where I went sometime last year with E & She to hear some band. In Ahwatukee. Waaaaay over there.
Anyway, E gave me half of his burger (good) and the rest of his fries (lousy) and had a couple of Blue Moons and hugged and flirted pointlessly with a lot of my friends.
I’d had my usual argument with myself before going.
OldMe: You know they only invited you because they’re nice and it was a general call, they really don’t want an old bat like you there.
NewMe: Chuck and Amy came to MY birthday party! They like me.
OM: It’s going to be a bunch of young people.
NM: E & She are going and they’re not that much younger than me!
OM: Yeah, but Sheila’s beautiful and Evo is cool.
NM: Fuck you, I’m going.
So later, after dancing and laughing and dancing a bit more and getting a flirt on with someone I kinda knew but not really…
We were standing outside having a smoke and I started feeling odd. I excused myself and beelined it through the bar to the bathroom wondering the whole way what on earth could be making me feel sick. I’d only had two beers! I know I’m a lightweight but shit, I didn’t even have a buzz on! I’m standing against the wall waiting for an empty stall (and hoping whatever’s coming on will hang on a second) when the next thing I know some annoying voice is asking, “Are you okay?” “Are you okay?” “Are you okay?”
Who the fuck is she talking to? I open my eyes to see who she’s yelling at and realize I’m sprawled on the floor and she’s talking to me! Shit! I get up and someone brings me water and I get a cold wet towel and I’m fine. And I’m still not buzzed so the only thing I can think of is I got overheated.
EMBARRASSING!
Screwed up the rest of my whole night. Could have been a done deal but I couldn’t get my flirt up after that, though the gentleman kept trying. Hope he tries again sometime. SOON.
If you're going to commit, then fucking commit.
Feb 17th
Such a little thing to get so pissed off about but I can’t seem to let this go. I know Internet causes and petitions are usually pointless – I know that. I know the whole thing is probably a complete waste of time anyway. I get it.
But . . .
If you’re going to commit to a cause, especially one with such simple guidelines and instructions, do it as asked. Don’t add your own cute little embellishments, your own personal thumbprint, your cute little whatthefucks.
Don’t know what I’m talking about? That’s okay. Go here: http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html
They simply ask that if you want to be supportive, change your internet avatars to black and post why along with the link. Period. Does that sound difficult to you? Nope, me neither.
And then wander Facebook and twitter and other social sites, and see what SOME people feel is commiting to the cause. Adding their own person “brand” to a black background? What the hell is that? First of all, people seeing your internet avatars on Facebook and twitter already fucking KNOW you so you don’t have to advertise. Secondly, the whole thing is over at the end of the month. Do you really have to personalize your black avatar? So stuck on yourselves that you can’t let it go for a few days? Ever heard of the saying Lip Service? Dunno what you’d call it online.
If you’re going to play along, then play along. If you don’t believe anything will come of it and it’s all just a waste of time, then fine, don’t play along. Whatever you decide is up to you, but if you’re going to play along THEN FOLLOW THE FUCKING DIRECTIONS.
Seriously, I don’t know why this is bugging me so much but I feel better now. I posted a couple of comments on twitter earlier. A couple of my friends are doing this half-assed and I thought veiled snark would maybe change their mindsl.
I thought the whole idea behind the blackout was to have a completely blacked-out avatar. Not to be cute about it. http://is.gd/jDKz
I think it’s like embroidering your logo on a pink ribbon. Why bother pretending to be supportive when you’re just paying lip service.
We’ll see if this makes any difference. If not, oh well. Tomorrow is another day. Oh wait, it’s after 12. Today is another day.
Why you should be on twitter
Feb 9th
My play-by-play of the Grammy Awards last night:
Seriously, see the fun you missed? And this doesn’t show the people talking back to me. We were having such fun.
Phoenix Comicon and more
Jan 24th
Holy crap what a long weekend, and it’s only Saturday night. I’ve been sooooo busy!
Wednesday evening I grabbed my friend Wendy and dragged her up to Gangplank with me. She played silent studio audience during the Gangplank recording and joined in on the Evo @ 11 (no, it’s not posted yet, but I linked to the site anyway) one. I think she’s going to fit right in there. After that we went back to Wendy’s to watch the tail end of Dark Knight and then Definately, Maybe.
Thursday I edited and posted Gangplank show, ran some errands and went to the opening of the Phoenix Comicon – which is actually in downtown Mesa. Hung with CJ and ScottyJ and Dan and Jack Mangan.
Friday, oh Friday. Back to the Comicon, with friends again. Chatted with Wil Wheaton, wandered the booths but with no spare money kept going. Left to go to #EVFN at nearby restaurant. Epic fail and if you really want that whole story, go HERE. The group left there and went ’round the corner to Kirk’s where we should actually have started, and had a great time socializing and eventually karaoke. I left there in time to go back to Comicon for Wil Wheaton’s Rock Band Party where a room full of geeks and nerds rocked out like rock stars and had a great time.
Today, back to Comicon to hang with Evo and Sheila and Marshall. Too crowded, too many anime teenagers, too many unshowered and undeodorized bodies. Oh well. I came home for a nap and now I’m waiting for CJ to come pick me up to go out for more karaoke.
I HAVE A LIFE!
Friends on TV
Jan 14th
My friend Beau was on Fox 10 this morning, talking about the website he’s developed DateDesigner.com. His pitch has gotten better. When he first started “selling” it, he talked way tooooo much, but now he’s almost . . . polished!
I’m so proud.
No Pants AZ Day Saturday
Jan 12th
Was entirely too much fun. Okay, I was initially pretty nervous about dropping trou in public like that but so were most of the others. Strange what you can do when in a group. We all got on the train together and took our pants off then, all at the same time. Some people already on the train were a little freaked out. But by the next stop the train was so crowded most of the normals took a while to notice. We were shoulder to shoulder the rest of the trip, so crowded in that few new people got on. There must have been a ton of events downtown (besides ours) because our brand new light rail system was OVERTAXED!
After the first ride, we all gathered at this coffee shop. But some of us split off for #NopantsyesbeerAZ and trudged up the block to a pub (yay Strongbow) while the rest rode the train back to the beginning. The people at the pub mostly appreciated the dozen or so of us unpantsed dropping by.
If you’re truly interested in more pics, search nopantsaz on flickr.
Bit of an update
Jan 9th
I’ve been sick all week. Coughing and generally feeling like death warmed over. Wednesdayish I started feeling better and today, other than an occasional need to loogie I’m planning quite a bit of away from home stuff. I did go go Gangplank Wednesday night but I wasn’t my full self and therefore screwed up the Evo podcast. Well, it didn’t save properly and I didn’t see that until I’d closed Audacity. Oh well.
I’ve managed to apply for a few jobs. The one I responded to yesterday was my favorite. Here’s hoping.
I’ve not had a cigarette since Saturday evening and don’t PLAN on having one any time soon if ever. It’s getting harder now that I feel better.
Busy weekend coming up. Tonight is EVFN, tomorrow is AZ No Pants Day on the new light rail followed by pub crawl with friends. Sunday is all day at a new friend’s house for a Battlestar Galactica marathon to get ready for the final new ones.
And I want one of these in green:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/2083342822_17f5479606.jpg?v=0
Why isn't the world right?
Dec 6th
I don’t want anything special from anyone, I just want stuff to be done the way it’s supposed to be done.
Our child support check is a week late so far. I don’t know if it’s because of the company he works for screwing up or if it’s the government agency that forwards it to my account. It’s bullshit either way. Court ordered automatic deduction electronically deposited into my account. How frakking hard can it be? Seems like every time there’s a holiday the ball gets dropped and we get screwed.
Shit.
I hadn’t heard anything from the body shop about the Freelander, so I called them yesterday. More bullshit.
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