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July 1, 2009 • Wednesday
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I’ve been working on an epic poem about a people battling a great monster. The great monster represents pollution, the people represent origami cranes, the battle represents riding through a car wash in a 1964 Ford Galaxie with a drum machine in the trunk. It's a symbolically abstract memoir that has a good beat and you can dance to it.
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June 16, 2009 • Tuesday
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Before I got on the Internet all I ever heard about was how it was full of pervs. I just realized that my Internet experience has been annoyingly perv free. I think they just used the promise of pervs to lure people online.
Hey, Liars! WHERE ARE MY PERVS???
 | Currently listening: Haywire By Chris Ledoux Release date: 1994-09-06 |
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June 14, 2009 • Sunday
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I winned me some Shooter Jennings tickets offa Seattle's worst country station 100.7 The Wolf.*
But I had to listene to that damned station for at least 6 hours. 3 or 4 of those hours were because they LIED and said they were giving away tickets all weekend. They're not. Just in the middle of the day.
100.7 The Wolf (Seattle's worst country station) is an absolute utter piece of crap and it makes me think commercial terrestrial radio deserves to die. And hopefully die slowly so it drains all the money from anyone who makes a profit from it.
Oh, and in case you're wondering: In all that time I was enduring the screaming horror that is Seattle's worst country station, 100.7 The Wolf, they did not play one single Shooter Jennings songs.
Which makes me wonder about all the other people who won Shooter Jennings tickets on Seattle's worst country station 100.7 The Wolf...It seems unlikely many Taylor Swift and Little Big Town fans would also like Shooter Jennings.
It could be a pretty empty show. I wonder if Fitz will be there?
*Poor wolves, they don't deserve being associated with that squawk generator.
 | Currently listening: Electric Rodeo By Shooter Jennings Release date: 2006-04-04 |
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June 13, 2009 • Saturday
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Yeah yeah yeah I know, mainstream country music sucks. But y'know what sucks even more? Mainstream country radio.
They'll play a crappy song titled Johnny Cash but they won't actually play any songs by Johnny Cash.
Then after the fairly crappy music the on air "personalities" come on and talk for 7 minutes about American Idol
or dieting or make such pointless jokes and laugh so much that they must be
stoned.
Then 6 minutes of commercials.
Then 2 minutes of explosion
sounds and song clip crammed station promos with a "Sunday Sunday
SUNDAY!!!" type announcer telling you how amazing the station is and
how much music they play.
Then Rascal Flatts.
Yeah, that's all old news. So here's why I'm venting...
Shooter Jennings is coming to the Seattle area and this weekend
100.7 The Wolf (Seattle's biggest and worst country radio station) is
giving away tickets to Shooter's show.
Nothing unusual with all that
except...
100.7 The Wolf never friggin ever plays Shooter Jennings' music and never ever would.
What's even funnier is the station is making a big deal about
giving away the tickets all weekend with these loud exploding voice
promos that say something along the lines "Shooter Jennings has authorized 100.7 The Wolf to make this weekend super cool!!!"
Why "super cool"? because the Shooter Jennings promo is also tied to a Wendy's new coffee Frosty promo.
Huh?
I wonder if anyone at 100.7 The Wolf has ever heard any Shooter Jennings songs.
Sample Shooter Jennings lyric:
He spread us all along the highway, cuffed us all and turned us away
And started pokin’ round the truck for cake
And we all stood there high as a kite, and he found it alright
And don’t y’all make light of the number one dope dog in the state
That mutt found the joint in my pocket that was buried and locked up
In the back of the trailer underneath the guitars and the piano seat
And off we went to jail all locked up in a cell
Charged with possession of that sweet leaf
OK, maybe the tie in with a fast food joint makes sense.
But hey, 100.7 The Wolf! Yuh know what would be
ha-ha-hee-larry-ass??? When your station is giving away tickets to a
particular artist wouldn't it be somethin' else if you actually played some of that artist's music?
What's that? You would but if you did you wouldn't be able to play
a Rascal Flatts song that hour and your listeners might change the
station if they hear something new and unfamiliar?
Oh, sorry. For a moment I forgot that you suck rocks.
PS: As I write this I'm listening to the gawdawful 100.7 The Wolf hoping to score some Shooter Jennings tickets. (I'm pretty good at winning stuff of the radio.)
It's 7:25 AM on Saturday and of course 100.7 The Wolf ain't playing any music cuz anyone up at this time must want to hear some highlights from their M-F morning show "Fitz in the Morning".
They just rambled on for 5 minutes about what I really have no idea. It was just a lot of people talking all at once, Fitz yammering on with his Seattle's-second-most-annoying-on-air voice, and lots and lots of laughing. Laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh. Seriously: They must be stoned out of their minds.
 | Currently listening: The Wolf By Shooter Jennings Release date: 2007-10-23 |
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June 13, 2009 • Saturday
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First off, I'm drunk.
This is why I think you may be about to read some cuss words. The kind of words I generally avoid cuz I am always concerned with offending people even though I myself am pert near unoffendable.
So I'm drunk and at home on a Friday (cuz I'm old) and I am just wandering around the Internet (which I think I am hating more and more each day) and of course I have to wander past the Facebook cuz I am on there for the sake of family and college chums.
When I kinda got forced into joining Facebook there seemed to be an implication that there would be interesting info and pictures from my friends all the time. And there seemed to be something about Facebook that attracted cool smart people I knew...So there had to be something to it, right?
Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong WRONG.
Facebook is just pure unadulterated mindless Internet time wasting posing as content. It's complete BULLSHIT.
The fact that it is so wildly popular achulky fits into my general world view of humanity: Boring people doing boring things.
Of course when faced with this void of banality the one thing that pisses me off most is: I WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF THAT.
Obviously the race to the bottom is still raging at an unchecked and escalating speed.
As I see it in 5 or 7 years the hot Internet site will be youword.com where everyone is excited about ONE WORD POSTS. You will log in just to see what word your friends have posted that day. It'll look something like...
Maggie is crunchy! Chet is stagnant Dave is also crunchy Jill is transparent
And so on. Yawn. And Yawn. And SHIT. (I implied cussin'...I don't wanna let yuh down.)
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May 20, 2009 • Wednesday
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3 And lo the clouds were parted by the angel's hand and there in Heaven I saw a great battle between Death and Life each seeking possession of the Remote Control to the Employee's Lounge Giant Flat Screen TV. 4 And then there was a great host of angels weeping openly and crying "We pay $58 a month for cable and there is nothing on!" 5 And I too wept for I knew that TV would suck for all time and then a time beyond time.
 | Currently listening: Long Trip Alone By Dierks Bentley Release date: 2006-10-17 |
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May 5, 2009 • Tuesday
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Imagine a business dully named "Internet To-Go." Such was the case in one of my assignments. I was s'posed to write a newspaper ad for the plainly named Internet To-Go. The assignment was about form not content so the words really didn't matter much. Just like real life.
This that and the other thing. The other thing is over there. Right now: You're right here. Right? Right. We're glad you're listening because here's what you're going to want to hear: Internet To-Go. Nothing spectacularly here & now about that, right? Right. But we're doing it right. And right now why not get right where someone gets it right. Because you'll have to be where it's all wrong the rest of the time.
Internet To-Go (In the completely realistic part of West Seattle.)
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May 1, 2009 • Friday
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Questionnaire for Job Applicants Your Name: Woofmutt Position for which you are applying: Shadow Realignment Specialist Why are you interested in this position? I have a deep interest in light and shadow manipulation, not just the scientific and metaphysical aspects but also the artistic and creative uses of shadow realignment and sunlight refractionism. Please explain why you think you are qualified for this job. I have had over eleven years of transrealistic light and shadow manipuology with special focus on sunlight idealizing and relocating as well as additional training and experience in bone chill inducement. What personal characteristics do you have that will make you successful in this position? Extremely reliable Fast learner Werewolf resistant What previous work experience have you had that would help you be successful in this position? Moonlight Wrangler Major Tyger'sWaterton’s Picnic Excursions Grayland, Washington Responsible for lunar refractive apparitions and general nocturnal mood lighting using glass box kite mirrors and positively charged aluminum foil antennae transmitters Sunlight Sampler and Classifier ACME Bottled Light Specialties Kittitas, Washington Gathered sunlight samples from various locals Tested sunlight samples for euphoria retention and durability Classified samples for purposes of cataloging and marketing Describe a recent goal that you set for yourself and describe how you achieved it. I wanted to get over a lifelong fear of falling and it seemed the only way to do this would be to force myself into situations where I would experience falling. Initially I tried sky diving but it was of little use as I was always falling face down while sky diving and my fear had been of falling face up. I looked into a Hollywood stunt school but found the price prohibitive. I the consulted an elementalist friend of mine and together we designed and crafted a transrealism based jacket (made from linen, spider webs, and humming bird nests) which keeps the wearer from ever hitting the earth should he fall. Through numerous forced falls from ever increasing heights I managed to overcome my fear of falling backwards. I did, however, discover I have an allergy to spider web. Describe an accomplishment you have achieved that makes you proud. I was one of the architects of the Falling Forest Flimflammery Festival which was the first Nonsensarian event in the Pacific Northwest. This year will be the Festival’s fifth and we are expecting over two dozen participants from places as far away as east North Bend. What are your long term career goals and how does this job fit into those goals? While many light and shadow manipuologists often hope to one day operate their own laboratories I personally prefer to work in already established shops and transrealistic conglomerations in order to learn from others and ideally help others with their particular problems and needs.
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April 28, 2009 • Tuesday
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Maybe like me you've managed to
make it this far in life Facebookless...Well we're wrong! Oh my gawd we
are so WROOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!
Apparently Facebook is the closest thing
we will experience to Heaven on Earth...SCIENTISTS HAVE SAID SO!
I hear
Facebook is like the best fudge you ever had wrapped in bacon and
rolled in your choice of ice cream sundae toppings and then SET ON TOP
OF AN ICE CREAM SUNDAE! On Facebook you can "friend" somebody! What a fun term! (No, wait, I meant:
Gag!)
But really, if you don't go make a Facebook page
then you are a O-S-E-R! Yeah, I spelled "oser" I ALREADY USED THE
"L" TO SPELL LAME!!!
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April 21, 2009 • Tuesday
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Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Portland, Oregon
4/19/09
Dear Dave, Greetings from 21 stories above Portland. Ain't modern technology great? Five years ago we'd never have imagined we could be 21 floors above the ground and still write a letter. But here I am using pen and paper as if I were sitting at a ground floor desk. I can only imagine what sort of fantastic things the future holds.I love this hotel as much as I hate it. I can not determine if this mix of emotions is an indifferent passion or a passionate indifference. If I had a drink I think it'd be easier to sort out. All I have is a warm Pabst "tallboy". Sometimes we must make do, especially in this troubled...Hell, I forgot...Are we in troubled times or a troubled economy or is it troubled economic times and the noneconomic times are actually OK? Clearly this warm Pabst is not helping me at all.The beer is left over from my big night in. I went to Carl's Jr. They don't sell beer at Carl's Jr., for that I had to go to a mini-mart and bother a clerk who was standing at the register staring into space. He didn't want to have to deal with people. I think he wanted to be in space. That's why he was staring into it.Speaking of space, I am writing this with a Space Pen. Max gave it to me years ago and out of fear of losing it (because when closed it's very small and with no clip to hold it to anything) I never used it.Apparently one of the advantages of the Space Pen is you can write while upside down. I have never needed to write while upside down. Other than being an astronaut it's difficult to imagine who would need to write while upside down. People who frequently get in serious car wrecks? Sex writers who want to make notes while in unusual positions?We are about to check out now. My time here has come to an end. Now it's back to my miserable live below the line. I am completely at peace with this turn of events. Because I am awesome.Awesomely yours,mutt
 | Currently listening: Daybreaker By Beth Orton Release date: 2002-07-30 |
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