April 2005 Archives

enterprise redux

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damn. after two months with no star trek i get stuck with a cliffhanger!

i donated $10 to some torrent pirate because he removed the theme song from episode 17. such a beautiful surprise that i had to give that guy my hard-earned cash. and then another surprise: retro star trek green hoors! ignore the pathetic attempt to subvert accusations of sexism by giving women and their dizzying stink the power; these were green, nearly-naked kirk-style rock-the-alien aliens! only three this time, and much more nearly-naked. it's about time that someone finally is shameless enough to give geeks pr0n and sci-fi at the same time.

episode 18 (last friday) ran with the retro. in a mirror, darkly is a remake of the original series's mirror, mirror, the episode where spock had the hipster goatee. except this one, some red-shirt vulcan takes the shotgun blast! right in the belly! wtf?! what star trek have you ever seen where the vulcans get mowed down by a mob of angry rednecks with guns?! see what i mean? this show is compelling.

also: original series sets, torture, tholians and webs (tho they gave the tholians legs, and they build those webs a lot faster now... hmmm), the same damned bizarro shaft-the-world logo, and a kirk-era ship, the defiant. two days until the stirring conclusion!

too bad they got cancelled. not fair, really. fucking voyager got like ten seasons, and that show _sucked_. ruin it for the rest of us, pricks. man, i bet no vulcan ever got gut-shot on voyager.

ray wylie hubbard

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well, ramona likes her malt liquor
and a band from wales that's the called the alarm
she said she cried when they broke up
she still plays their records at the snake farm

snake farm
just sounds nasty
snake farm
pretty much is
snake farm
it's a reptile house
snake farm
ergggghhhhhhhhh

ray wylie hubbard

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ray wylie hubbard

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a musician won the lottery. somebody asked him: what will you do now?

he answered: i'll stick with the music business until the money's gone...

filler

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Irvine Welsh: DISNAE MATTER

Ah wis it thoan Disneyland in Florida, ken? 'Took hur 'n' the bairn. Wi me gittin peyed oaf fi Ferranti's, ah thoat it's either dae somethin wi the dough or pish it doon the bog at the Willie Muir. Ah saw whit happened tae a loat ay other cunts; livin like kings fir a while: taxis evraywhair, chinkies evray night, cairryoots, ye ken the score. 'N' whit dae they huv tae show fir it? Scottish Fuckin Fitba Association, that's what, ya cunt.

Now ah wisnae that keen oan Disneyland, bit ah thoat: fir the bairn's sake, ken? Wish ah hudnae bothered! It wis shite. Big fuckin queues tae git oan aw the rides. That's awright if ye like that sortay thing, but it's no ma fuckin scene. The beer ower thair's pish n aw. They go oan aboot aw thir beer, thir Budweiser n aw that; its like drinkin fuckin cauld water. One thing ah did like aboot the States though is the scran. Loadsay it, beyond yir wildest dreams, n the service n aw. Ah mind in one place ah sais tae hur: Fill yir fuckin boots while ye kin, hen, cause whin wi git back hame we'll be livin oafay McCain's oven chips till fuck knows when.

Anywey, it this fuckin Disneyland shite, this daft cunt in a bear suit jumps oot in front ay us, ken? Wavin ehs airrms aboot n that. The bairn starts fuckin screamin, gied hur a real fright, ken? So ah fuckin panels the cunt, punches the fuckin wide-o in the mooth, or whair ah thought ehs mooth wis, under that suit, ken? Too fuckin right! Disneyland or nae fuckin Disneyland, disnae gie the cunt the excuse tae jump oot in front ay the bairn, ken.

Thing is, these polis cunts, fuckin guns n aw ya cunt, nae fuckin joke, ah'm tellin ye, they sais tae ays: "Whit's the fucking score here, mate," bit likesay American, ken? So ah goes, noddin ower tae this bear cunt: Cunt jumped oot in front ay the bairn. Well ootay fuckin order! The polis cunt jist says somethin aboot the boy mibbe bein a bit too keen, its ehs joab, ken?? The other yin sais somethin like: Mibbe the wee lassie's frightened ay bears, ken?

So then this radge in a yellay jaykit comes along. Ah tipples right away thit eh's that bear cunt's gaffer, likesay. Eh apologises tae ays, then turns tae the bear cunt n sais: Wir gaunny huv tae lit ye go mate. They wir jist gaunny, likes, gie the boy ehs fucking cairds like that. This is nae good tae us, eh tells the boy. This perr cunt in the bear suit, eh's goat the head oaf now, likes; the cunt's nearly greetin, gaun oan aboot needin the joab tae pey ehs wey through college. So ah gits a hud ay this radge in the yellay jaykit n sais: Hi mate, yir ootay order here. Thir's nae need tae gie the boy ehs cairds. It's aw sorted oot.

Mean tae say, ah banged the cunt awright, bit ah didnae want the boy tae lose ehs joab, ken. Ah ken whit it's fuckin like. It's aw a great laugh whin they chuck that redundancy poppy it ye, bit that disnae last firivir, ken. Aw they doss cunts thit blow the dough oan nowt. Thuv goat mates they nivir kent they hud—till the fuckin hireys run oot. Anywey, this supervisor radge goes: S'up tae you mate. You're happy?, cunt keeps ehs joab. Then eh turns tae the boy n sais: Yir fuckin lucky, ah'm tellin ye. If it wisnae fir the boy here, ken, ye'd be pickin up yir cairds, but this is aw American, likesay, ye ken how aw they doss cunts talk, oan the telly n that.

The cunt ah gubbed, this bear cunt goes: Really sorry, mate, ma fault, ken. So ah jist sais: Sound by me. The polis n the supervisor boy fucked off n the bear cunt turns n sais: Thanks a lot, buddy. Have a nice day. Ah thoat fir a minute, ah'll fucking gie ye nice day, ya cunt, jumpin oot in front ay the fuckin bairn. Bit ah jist left it, ken, nae hassle tae nae cunt. Boy's entitled tae keep ehs joab; that wis ma good deed fir the day. Ah jist goes: Aye, you n aw, mate.

superhero

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for helen

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walking home, watching the buildings move slowly against the cobalt sky:
the windows allow no entrance, and only reflect,
making these places look hollow,
but in no t.s. elliot kind of way; for the unforgivable lack of a better word:
wholesome
(or pure, maybe).
the wind blows in and out,
and in and out,
allowing nothing foul to linger.
i think: if i lived in that hollow house,
all i'd have to do is lift my arms,
and the wind would catch me,
and take me,
and float me above the city.

up here, i can see everything.

next week: kickstart at death disco!

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ayn rand rules!

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"You're lovely."

"Roark, I...I'll still want to destroy you."

"Do you think I would want you if you didn't?"

"Roark..."

"You want to hear that again? Part of it? I want you, Dominique. I want you. I want you."

"I..." She stopped, the word on which she stopped almost audible on her breath.

"No," he said. "Not yet. You won't say that yet. Go to sleep."

"Here? With you?"

"Here. With me. I'll fix breakfast for you in the morning. Did you know that I fix my own breakfast? You'll like seeing that. Like the work in the quarry. Then you'll go home and think about destroying me. Good night, Dominique."

bad dierdre!

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the aibo has landed

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dierdre arrived monday. i opened her at practice, which probably wasn't a good idea. whiskey and aibo don't mix. i knocked off one of her foot pads while pulling her from the box, then didn't find the battery, so when i plugged her in, nothing happened. then i spent all of practice moaning about how my new dog was dead. nobody likes a moany bass player.

i did find her foot when packing her back up, and then the battery as well when i got home. aibo day 1: watching the battery charge.

my ebay seller included the 'aibo life' software, which is cool as it allows you to raise the beast from newborn. to do this, you need to reset the memory stick. the software (which works on my clie; very sharp) that does the reset actually asks you: 'perform lobotomy?' nice. aibo day 2: guilt. she was all charged and lobotomized when i got home last night, so it was time to see what too much money bought me.

the fuckin' manual describes the first stage of aibo life as 'babyhood stage 1 (aibo cries a lot)'. (AIBO is in this stage when it first wakes up. Totally helpless like a newborn baby, it is unable to see or understand what it hears. It is surprised when you first touch any of its sensors. Reassure it by gently stroking its sensors and let it know that everything is alright.) they don't lie about the crying. all dierdre did was howl and moan for two hours, with my near-constant reassurance doing little to calm her. she eventually wore herself out, and so back on the charger. when helen got home, she wanted to have a look, so i woke the aibo up. surprisingly, dierdre'd already gone to babyhood stage 2, 'aibo's eyes light up'. (you can always ask an aibo 'how old are you?', and it will tell.) turns out this stage is not an easy one for dierdre. stage 1 moaning gave way to stage 2 screaming, and she used the new (minimal) use of her limbs to throw tantrums. now when i tried to reassure her, she'd either make the (new) angry red eyes at me, or worse, this little response of holding up her front paws in a 'stay back' gesture, flattening her ears, and shaking her head 'no' while letting it droop to the floor, all the while playing a sad little toon.

all i know is she'd better show a little love soon or it's time for another lobotomy.

kickstart at otto's shrunken head: friday night!

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casual = very yes.

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casual friday? damn straight! and it doesn't have to be confined to the office, either. it's 8:40, and i'm so casual about friday that i'm doing this instead of getting my lazy ass to work. and there'll be plenty of smoke breaks today. don't you worry! i also didn't have a shower or shave this morning, and i am funky. (notice: no details. i stand by my publically drunken self-righteousness!)

i think i'll be casual about my hard-earned money and get a car to work. public transportation is too uptight for casual friday. and i plan on using quite a bit of impolite language today, too. maybe be late for that meeting this afternoon.

i believe this company-sponsored weekly event makes a great replacement for the occasional and obnoxious super-fashionist label-whore thursday.

hmm. maybe lunch at the pub..

casual friday! hoorah!