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Tuesday, May 27, 2003 Memorial's Day was absolutely glorious. Kupo and I went to Ronin's, where he barbequed (or burnt, depending on what batch it was) and just sat around chatting and watching Cartoon Network. A good friend of his was all burnt out from moving the day before, so we had him over as well for a bite. Very nice, very relaxing. Otherwise, the vast majority of the week was spent a little bit like this: *ringring* *ringring* Let me just interject something here. Maybe I wouldn't mind paying $$$$ if all the utilites were included. But since they are NOT, um, hell no. Me: Okay, I really can't afford to pay $$$$ for an apartment that doesn't include utilities.
With no luck at the whole "call apartment ads in the paper" thing, Ronin, Kupo and I decide to canvas the neighborhood Saturday, with these results: Dreadlocked Dude: Hmm..usually there are signs all around. Just walk up and down the street and ring peple's doorbells....they're pretty nice around here. (...ummmm....no) (note: Soho Realty owns a great bulk of this neighborhood, dammit!)
*sigh*
Kaonashi cried @ 02:53 PM CST Sunday, May 18, 2003 Yay! Went to see the Matrix last night, and here's my impression: 1. Those Bantu knots are HOT! God, I can't wait for the last movie because I am dying to see what happens next! Kaonashi cried @ 03:34 PM CST Wednesday, May 14, 2003 Went to the dentist yesterday. And if that wasn't heinous enough, had to endure a hour and a half of the most god-awful racket from a pair of absolute brats whose mothers (wouldn't you guess it?) just sat chatting with each other while their kids raised holy hell. The receptionist had to tell them to STFU a few times, and the racket was never ending. Loads of people were giving the "parents" dirty looks, but the Teflon women just weren't getting it, even when the son ran OUT of the office and proceeded to dance with a drunken bum right outside the door those lazy bitches didn't even blink an eye. And then, for a special treat for their lousy behaviour, they then proceeded to take the kids outside to buy them popsickles and exican corns,whih they then proceeded to come inside to eat. Never mind the fact that there's signs posted EVERYWHERE stating that children are on empty stomachs and there is not to be food or drink anywhere in the waiting room. Good Lord, if Kupo ever showed out like that in public, I Wouldn't have rewarded him with treats. I would have snatched a knot in his ass right through a knothole in a raggedy tree. But I guess some people have absolutely no shame..and no sense of disciplining their monsters, either. Here's a clue to all you parents out there who think this sort of behaviour is cute: Either control your animals or keep them at home because if you don't want to raise your kids with some sort of idea of how to act out on public, then don't subject them to other people. And speaking of kids running wild, my only comment on that whole school hazing incident is "Dumb and Dumber." Let's face facts here. If you let some stupid bitch smack you in the face with a dead fish, pour Crisco, vomit, and eggs on you and then, for a grand finale, smash SHIT in your face, hair and mouth and you just sit there like shit on a stump, well....I have NO sympathy for you, because you basically gave this person permission to abuse you. At the same time, I also have no sympathy for the girls who dreamed up this mess in the first place. WTF, am I high for feeling the whole thing is stupid, or is this how girls who go to good schools and have all the advantages in life generally behave now? If the latter's the case I'm sure glad I'm not in HS anymore, because it must really SUCK to feel that insecure about yourself that they only way you can feel good is to treat someone else like shit. But then again, we can't blame the girls completely, now can we? Let's take a look at some of these parents who are now filing suits against the school district because...oh!oh!ohmahgod! "Buffy" won't be going to the graduation ceremony or prom, is now suspended, and faces possible expulsion, and "that's not right because this is, you know, ruining her chances for "being accepted at a very, very good school." My response to that is "And? So?" In this world, (even though some people may feel to the contrary) for every action, there is a reaction. There are conseqences to everything we do in life, good or bad. I cannot understand a parent who will turns a blind eye to the things that their children do and make excuses for them. Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs that you will ever have, and children do not come with instruction manuals, so half the tiime you are using what worked for your parents along with some of your ideas on parenting, mix it up, try to instill in them some sense of responsibility (not to mention common sense), and hope like hell they will listen to you, don't make too many mistakes, and grow up to be decent people. These girls were 16, 17, 18. Old enough to realize that there might be some repercussions to their weekend of fun (if you could call it that), and I don't feel one bit sorry that poor Buffy might get expelled and face criminal charges, because Buffy should have thought of that BEFORE she started beating people with dead fish et at all. For her parents to try and sue the school over something that their daughter was so obviously a part of is irresponsible. Those girls made a choice that day. And even though they obviously showed bad judgement and maybe didn't intend for it to go as far it did, they need to be held responsible for what they did. Kaonashi cried @ 03:39 PM CST Thursday, May 8, 2003
Stagnant, suspended,
Of course, it could also just be a case of simple, old-fashioned ennui. ~_^ In other news: Kaonashi cried @ 01:59 PM CST Tuesday, May 6, 2003 As expected, I haven't heard a ding from the "bait and switch" people at the interview. And for once, I'm actually GLAD that a interviewer turned me down...that whole situation simply reeked of BULLSHITJUSTWAITINGTOHAPPEN!. One of the nicest things about already being employed during your job search is that you don't really have to accept just any bullshit that comes along just for the sake of being able to work, thank god. *is happy* Oh yeah, some info for Little Sister: If a gig is under any sort of investigation, it's a good idea to start looking around before everyone hears about them on the 6 o'clock news, okay? *hugs* I have Duran Duran songs romping around in my head today, a sure sign that summer is on the way. For some reason, Duran Duran music always reminds me of summertime. Maybe it's the videos in Sri Lanka or because I'm a visual person, who knows. And yes, I was one of those sick-ass "Duranies" way back when who got the big-ass japanese tour books and watched every video, because say what you want about Duran Duran, their videos were the shiznits in the 80s. There was some sad cheesy shit back then, until Duran Duran came along and raised the video bar for everyone. Music just seemed to be a hell of a lot of fun back then...then we all got depressed with grunge, then everything became happy happy boy-band joy again...same with hip-hop. (NOT rap) Speaking of which, Hip hop used to be very innovative; you'll see bands like Digible Planets, that flower-power hip hop group, Beastlie Boys, Run-Dmc, Public Enemy all mashed up and cozy on the charts, each with a different look and style. Now.....let's put it this way: Have you SEEN a rap video lately? All the same, with the bling-bling and the hoochie mamis looking like they want to get their buck-wildin' on right then and the Benz and the Corvusier (or however it's spelled) and you're rapping about the gangster life and bitch-slapping someone, shooting someone, or (in the case of Enimen) killing their moms and shit. WTF? Where has the originality gone in music these days. Okay, whoever does DMX's videos gets points for being creative, but it's all the same creativity. Alternative has become mainstream, Rap has become rap-by-numbers, and everything smacks of corporate sponsorship these days, and NOTHING seems real. Remember how it feels to hear a chord, a song, a chime that literally sent chills up your back? When your favorite song came on, it had this kind of "Holy Snap!" effect that just charged you up with energy; and you just felt like dancing your ass off or just running to release that charge? Or listening to a rapper and saying "YES!" because you completely related to what he was rapping about? Or just hearing the first few bars of a song and you'd get chills? I guess what I'm asking is: When is the last time music excited you? I miss that. I miss watching videos that excite me too...ones that stick in your mind instead of doing the paint-by-number thing. NIN and MM came out with these awesome videos and all of a sudden you saw that look EVERYWHERE. Which, of course, was first done by the photographer Diane Arbis, but hell, they did it first for video. I miss that. I miss music and visuals that completely melded together. Now you're lucky if you see an hour straight of vidoes on MTV before they give you yet another episode of "The Real World." Sad. Kaonashi cried @ 03:26 PM CST |
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