i think that i may revert to clam diggers. you can still actually dig for clams on the coast, so it seems that could be the best bet for me. clam diggers, or maybe coulats (or is it koulats).. buckle shoes, large floppy hat, and of course, a large puffy purple shirt.. just like little lord fontelroy, on this little lord would be wearing a banana hammock. avast ye suks..
man, i was just talking to anthony about pants. i am in need of some new ones. not because mine are on the freeway or anything, i just need some new pants. i really like jeans, but my thighs have always been just a little big for jeans. i can wear them fine, but cant really skate or run with them on. cargo pants? over done, dickies? its been 10 years with dickies, and i have a feeling thats what i am gonna be stuck with again. grumble grumble.. tomorrow i am going to olympia to skate the little kid park. again, 23 foot wide 3 foot high half. yup. sunday i am gonna go to the mountain at 6 in the morning, then come back and get drunk while watching a sports match on the teli. yipee
well, i have spent the morning shredding old reciepts and bills.. pretty slow if you couldnt tell. i hear that fargo is at -50 below w/wind chill. ouch. eide, where have you been?? no news yet..
man, this is by far the worst time of day. i finally went and got quarters for laundry, and bought a fancy coffee. oh, i nerded out and bought carrots and a green pepper to eat. anyway, this time of day, its always kinda slow right after lunch, and it gets harder to look busy with nothing going on.. oh, i need some advice, my friend OR_dave and his wife are buying a computer, but wonder what kind.. they have it down to either a dell or an acer (he can get acers cheap through work) i think that its all personal preferance, each one is equally as crappy to me, so i told them to just go with the acer (again, its through his work, so that have bought them before) what does anyone else think??
another virus this week my advice to email users (especially outlook) stop opening god damn attachments all the time!!!!! how many more fuking animated gifs do you expect to recieve from strangers, they are viruses dipshits!! i woke up at 8:10 today. i am supposed to be at work at 8. then i hit my knee on my dresser drawer really hard, then when i parked i rubbed my leg against my car, so there is a huge black dirt mark on my leg, then i ran out of soy milk for my cereal, so it was all dry and shit, with little bits of soggines. what a day..
oh, i almost forgot, this lady came in yesterday with two super loud kids. nothing new, but the boy, about 6, had the most disgusting little kid mullet i have ever seen. painful to look at..
why do i hate portland?? and i quote "Walk into the Red and Black Cafe on any given night and you're liable to find a Dennis Kucinich campaign strategy meeting, an open-mic poetry slam, or a group of anti-corporate protesters speaking in hushed tones over pints of organic beer" why do i love portland? they are fighting to stop a starbucks from openeing acroos the street. i fu****g hate starbucks..
oh, i forgot, the shane macgowen movie. it was great. a very, very irish movie, it was kind of sad actually. the guy was (kind of still is) brilliant, but years of alcohol and drug abuse have really taken their toll. the sad part is that most of the people around him (his longtime girlfriend) just accept it, and dont really expect anything to change, but i will let you watch it and form your own opinion. my opinion? the man is completely fuking insane..
well, it was a long weekend of ignoring anthony, but i managed to get to the mountain on sunday. was an ok day, but the wind was pretty bad. saturday i finally installed itunes for windows, and i must say that i am very happy with it. we got erics ipod up and running, and it even saw mine. for all you mac users, the old software that you got with an ipod (music match) suked horribly, you couldnt rename songs or anything, anyway, i spent most of my day sat. adding song titles. how fun..
well, my day is picking up a little but, instead of monster, i get to go to the shane macgowan story , i am pretty excited really, i cant wait. work has been swamped today, plus its raining at the mountain, so i am not sure if i will ride or not this weekend. oh well. next weekend we may go to a park in olympia, its geared towards little kids, but get this, les, dave, they have a 23 foot wide 3 foot hihg mini!! i cant god damn wait!!!!
what about today? what about it.. it bites ass, like everyday. i sprained my god damn thumb skating again. i cant even buttun my shirt. fuk. what else, ummm.. well, see the thing is, uhhh.. fuk this
Hjalmer is in the news!! my old man finally made it.. check it out here, not that interseting of an article, but hjalmer cant hide from the online demons anymore.. he always told me he will be the last person to die without ever being on the internet.. hopefully this article stays up for awhile, they usually switch around 11..
so, my friend adam needs a roomate after this month in his house. rent is only 350!! plus he has high speed internet, and cable.. i would have the upstairs (2 rooms). i dont know why i even thought about it, i am gonna go check it out tonight, but hopefully i will be moving in the next month. sweet, maybe we can set up erics electric race-car track again. in other news, i have been cleaning my desk at work, no reason, it was just filled with crap. also, i have not listned to a new band in about 3 years, any suggestions are welcome..
sorry stevie, but that movie was super good. it does a really good job of explaining the situation and how it came to be. i already hate communism (am i 60??) but this makes it look even worse. i highly recommend this film, if you ever have a chance, by all means go see it..
finally, big brother mag has bit the dust.. read about it here, now, i used to love that magazine, it was funny, and there was always a chance of seeing naked chicks.. it came out during a dead time in skateboarding, and it used to be a little shiny beacon of creativity in the sinking world of skateboarding. anyway, i can barely get through one anymore, the magazine suks, and its no surprise to me that its shutting down. reading about the editors drinking, pictures of shit, and black jokes is funny maybe once, but it lost all merit and cleverness years ago. good riddance to that pile of crap, i doubt anyone is going to care..
stevie is going to be pissed. i am going to see this movie on tibet tonight. i am confused though, cause there are no lions anywhere near tibet. oh well, it should be an interesting film, and i promise to listen to the beastie boys all the way there. wait, someone else listen to the beastie boys, then tell me about it tomorrow, i dont think i could handle them today.
ha, i picked up this chemical people album for 4 dollars yesterday. i was reminded of snowboarding in minot, then sitting in eide's basement watching snowboard videos. what video was that song in anyway. i was looking at the chemical people website, and came on the sst superstore. its much better than those little folded catalogs you'd get with a cd/lp..
well, i will spare you the gritty details of my weekend until i get my photos uploaded. i am pretty excited cause they finally released fireball xl5 and stingray on dvd. these were made by gerry anderson of thunderbirds and of course captain scarlet fame. fireball xl5 is super corny, typical early 60's sci fi, but its still cool. i think that it was one of their first projects, and you can see wire's and things, but i am excited either way. plus its puppets filmed in SUPERMARIONATION!!!!
remember santa cruze skate comics?? i do. i thought of more stuff, but i forgot it while i was uploading that file. sometimes my work mail doesnt send for hours at a time, then i think all my freinds are jerks who wont email me back, but it usuually turns out that my work mail suks. i am still listning to techno, wait, i always hated techno, this is TRANCE!! the lame mute cousin of techno. its so embaresing to listen to that i feel the need to confess.. there , i put on iron maiden, now i can seem tough yet elusive.
well, tonight i will be playing olline games with 499 18-25 year olds. dont forget i havent played in over a year. i am listning to trance techno. i am a loser. i am not going to do a damn thing today at work. fuk it. this town, you know how they clean snow? they drive a street cleaner and spray it with water. all the snow is gone, i really cant believe it, there was soooo much, ad it was gone in a few days.. i officialy ran out of things to say..
so this lady is in here the other day. she was suuuuper nice, and had kind of a strong british accent. anyway, it sounded like she was pushing things out, like madonna who lives there, then gets a thick accent and has to really try to say things "english". anyway, we are talking about the weather and she starts talking faster and her accent disappears, i mean completely disappears. i kind of leave and i can hear her talking to the receptionist, and hey, accent is back!! that stuff makes me laugh. did i mention that she was nice either way??
shit. i have to go play and work here it should be fun, but i hardly ever play online games, or games for that matter anymore.. my friend adam is doing the security, and i get to gurad a door for 8 hours so i get a free spot all weekend. i also get my ass handed to me cause i never play counter strike or sof2. i dont know the maps, and constantly get lost. oh well. this thing is pretty big, its sold out and there are 200 people on a wating list. as if i dont feel old enough at the skatepark. crap..
its finaly raining again. work has been insane, wait, i guess that is because i am actually working at work, thats whats insane. i went shopping last night at safeway, i usually dont go there, but i needed a lot of groceries. i hadnt really bough any for the last 4 weeks. i hope you enjoyed that tidbit. there was two crazy guys yelling at each other outside while i was leaving. you cant beat crazy guys.. how fuked is portland? this fuked, or maybe this fuked.. does weird shit like this happen everywhere?
well well. skated last night for the first time in a month, felt really good. i am bummed cause eric left for fargo/minn this morning, and my parking pass for the mountain is in his car. crap.
here is what i did for the last 5 days. beutiful self portrait..
holy shit, its monday and i am at work for the first time in a week. portland is still a fuking mess. 4-6 inches of snow, and on top of that 2 inches of ice. seriosly, i went to my car on wed, and i could role down the window and the ice was so thick that it was like i had a fake ice window. they have almost no snow equipment here, so they didnt clean any roads until sat. even then all the side roads are left alone for the sun to melt. it was nuts. i have some photos, but they cant really explain it. airport was clsoed for 3 days, as was one of the highways. insane. i dread today, it is gonna suck..
i never realized how many blogs a day that i read. its taken me a full day of putting off work to catch up for the 2 weeks i was gone. mt hood got nailed with snow since i was gone, i cant wait to put my pass to some good use.. it is kinda cold here, by cold i mean 19 degrees. that is laughable to me, but i suppose no one is used to it around here. last night i finally broke down and bought a dvd player. i can finally watch por, wait i mean the skate dvd's i have. i left the faceplate for my car stereo at home, and soon i have to sit through traffic with just my jolly imagination to keep me company.
well, back to work again. a full day of traveling and here i am, back to the ol grind. i missed a few shootings, and 2 snowstorms. i would link all the school closings, but the news pages are down. my templates are all screwed up, i am trying to fix it, but work is kind of busy. am i the only person under 30 who doesnt have a decemberists album? i also missed the soviets show in portland last week. man, i forget how nice it is not to be around computers for 2 weeks.