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Last Updated: 11/17/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 24
Sign: Gemini

City: Cedar Rapids
State: Iowa
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/23/2004

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Monday, December 24, 2007 

Current mood:  tired
today at work, i was called "unoriginal." by one of those hot topic/mtv2/emo/punk people who have no idea that their culture is just a shitty watered-down version of what has come before. people who love good charlotte, but respond with blank stares when asked about bands like the descendents or black flag. disgusting. and anyway, i never claimed to be original in the first place! as far as i am concerned, we're all just products of our influences and anyone who wants to be truly original has to skirt the boundaries of what's acceptable, ethically, socially, and legally. being original is not listening to shitty bands wearing eyeliner. it's not writing on your shoes in marker, or wearing tight jeans or having an assymetrical haircut. it's having some goddamn thoughts of your own, not just regurgitating the shit that you never knew you were being force fed your whole life.

i think this incident was indicative of a trend i've noticed in people my age and younger: no one cares about the past. no one has the sense to realize that, in fact, not everything great was created in the time since you started high school. none of these kids realize that they can play an active role in shaping their environment or making any sort of positive change in the world. they're too fucking busy cramming their ipods or whatever full of vapid horseshit and claiming that "music is my life/boyfriend/entire universe despite the fact that it's all CRAP." give up the posturing and get a life.

anyway: christmas!
as i grow more and more repulsed by society, i find it's hard to get excited about christmas. christmas these days seems to be about two things: tv trying to get me to buy shit, and people complaining about the tv trying to get them to buy shit. all this crap about "the true meaning of christmas." please. "christmas" started as a pagan solstice holiday based around drinking and fucking. then, it became about jesus. 2000 years later and i could not give a shit.
to me, christmas is about two things. one: showing the people you care about how much you care about them. generally this involves buying stuff for them, but i mean, who doesn't like new stuff right? and two: celebrating the fact that even though we're stuck in the middle of a season in which everything dies and ice falls from the sky to makes things generally inconvenient, we're still alive. we have each other, we love each other, and together we will stick out this winter shit until spring arrives and we can go outside again.
until then: videogames and sleep.

happy birthday jesus.
Currently listening:
SUBLIME/Gold
By Sublime
Release date: 15 November, 2005
5:17 AM
 
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The Wolf® On Stilts
Jason Danielson

 
i never get sick of these rants Al hurry and make a new one with more big words that emo kids only think they understand because they were said in a song one time produced in 2006 that was actually said first back in the 60's when music meant more to everyone that they only happen to remember because that was one of the 7 times they stabbed themselves in the eye with their eyeliner pen they bought at hot topic at a ridiculous price but they think its better because it came from hot topic just to show that they are non-conformists by inadvertantly conforming to whatever hot topic says is cool. yea do that. and if i knew what kudos was besides a candy bar i might give u some.
 
Posted by The Wolf® On Stilts on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 7:22 AM
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Jeff
Jeff Gaumer

 
AMEN...and i think it is fitting that you are currently listening to Sublime...cuz those emo/punk posers probably only know/listen to "Santaria" prolly the only one on thier precious ipods (which i am proud to say, still have never owned one)....fools...ps i love you al
 
Posted by Jeff on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 7:51 AM
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Potzo

 
why doesnt anyone listen to light classical music anymore?
hey emo kids are great to rape if you dont wanna feel gay screwing the same sex in jail so emo kids provide a much needed service to those who dont receive congigal (i cant spell) visits
at least we arent telemarketers in a mall calling people on x mas eve because an ancient evil kept alive by sucking the life from those younger than her figured out the best ritual to call satan would be christmas eve telemarketing
hot topic is loud and obnoxious and the bastards wont turn down the music long enough to help a customer every time i go in that place i wanna kill me an emo but then i remember the wonderful service they provide sex starved prisoners
punk is about repetative anoying anti gov messages but too todays youth its about bitchin about being bored wow the power of music made useless
i happily admit TV raised me and IT LIED ALOT i like sell outs i would for enough money
i like the past too
music can convey a mood or deliver a message but replacing human contact ick
thats what the internets for right
ok beyond the rant
christ's mass
well there are going to be lots of people
so number one RUM
load your egg nogg unless your one of the few people that hate it then just hit the rum straight
thatway the people that bitch nonstop and arent enjoying christmas unless everyone else is misserable wont get too you
cause al you are fun to be around and with a little boose can spread your message of peace and happyness on this holiday unhindered by other peoples crap
not too sure about the fucking part yeah it may have been part of the pagan solwhatever but i feel creepy even masturbating on christmas you just see to many family memebers on christmas so the thought of it seems incestuous or however its spelled
i personaly have had legendarily bad luck with each christmas but then again i like that some people see it as a time to celebrate friends
perhaps someday i can have it as just that
for now
its the hell ive come too know it as
i am trying to avoid it and keep my sanity
i hate crowds i hate people i get shaky want too puke and cry and stab at everyone within reach with the bigest sharpest knife i can cause i have been surounded by people who have their own agenda to spread on christmas and have drawn me into it kicking and screaming
this idea of being happy not stressed
of celebrating people you like not some religous or consumer ideal
of getting presents to say here have something kickass cause you didnt piss me off all year instead of here i went broke buying this cause its what i was supposed to do
god what a beautiful idea
happy birthday jesus and sorry i will be drunk shaking in a corner hoping no one notices me on your birthday
to all of you who have decided to make this holiday your day of vengence i say this "come one step closer and I WILL EAT YOUR BABIES!"

i left kudos i still dont know what they are but i gave you two
 
Posted by Potzo on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 8:53 PM
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weavz
Justin Weaver

 


"hey emo kids are great to rape if you dont wanna feel gay screwing the same sex in jail"

I might want that on my tombstone...

 
Posted by weavz on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 11:06 PM
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Nik♥

 
this is good stuff.


i'm also unoriginal.

it's the way to be these days, i've learned.


love you! and merry christmas!!!xxxxxxx
 
Posted by Nik♥ on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 11:20 PM
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Anastasia Beaverhausen

 
merry fucking xmas Al! I should read your blogs more they are truly entertaining :) Well i'm waiting for Joe to go over to your house... so I guess I'll see you there... p.s. it's 12:25 xmas is over... thank god
 
Posted by Anastasia Beaverhausen on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 6:27 AM
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