Monday, July 25, 2005

Band in a month project...

Here's the blog for info on my newest project, the BAND-IN-A-MONTH. Yep, you heard it. It's gonna be kinda like Morgan Spurlock's new show, 30 Days, because we're video taping the process. Only this is one show no one, not even my mother, will want to watch. But it's gonna rock, and I get to form a "super-group" with Dan from the now defunct Rattbelly. We're gonna write a set's worth of songs, record most if not all of them, make cd demos to hand out, and play about two shows before we break up because of my drinking problem and Dan's control issues. haha... Just... read the freakin blog... http://thestintrocks.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 22, 2005

Royal dead dudes

So, of course I heard this in Popular Science- Apparently men are becoming extinct. Soon there will be an entire world filled with only women. No, this isn't a porn I rented... well, actually.. it IS, but it's also a theory from this book called Adam's Curse. Men are men because of the Y chromosome, if you don't remember from high school biology. Passed down from father to son over and over. But see, the X chromosomes, which make up like 99% of us or something, and make women women (I'd like to think that it is I who make women REAL women, if you know what I mean) over the course of evolution are able to trade A's, C's, T's, and G's to fix small mutations that occur for whatever reason. But the Y chromosome can't do that, so eventually men will become infertile. So, the Y is like my 1990 Plymouth Voyager, if I don't update it and give it oil and stuff. Eventually it will just die, and be discarded. And the X is like leasing a car. You can trade it for a slightly better one. So, what this all means in a nutshell is that in approximately 125,000 years.. NO MORE SAUSAGE FESTS. And, shit, the parties that go on year 124,999 are gonna freakin ROCK! Of course, by this time we'll either have figured out a way to fix those pesky Y's ourselves, or figured out a way to impregnate a woman with another woman. (That's in the book, too). Or, if we figure out how to speed up evolution, we'll either become X-Men or, more realistically, asexual balls of light. Which would make a good band name. Anyway, just thought you'd find this interesting. And kind of kinky for you lesbian fans.

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Losing faith in technology...

So, after reading a shitload of Popular Science at work lately, I've gotten really excited about humanity's progress toward a world with kick-ass A.I. robots, and stuff like that. But then tonight I went into Walgreens to get E some pre-cold medicine (called "Airborn") and saw a game called 20Q. Basically 20 Questions, only in little, electronic game form. It asked me 20 questions, and although what I was thinking of was a BANANA, it guessed "Is it a fart?". Sigh.... Looks like we've got a long way to until robots will clean our houses, raise our children, and do everything... but cry.

Monday, July 18, 2005

Super size THIS

Morgan Spurlock fuckin rules. I just saw the first episode of his new show, 30 Days, tonight, on E's TiVo. Awesome. He's so damn charismatic, and gets his point across pretty well. The first episode was him and his fiance trying to live on minimum wage for 30 days. Check it out.. I think it was on FX.

Super size THIS

Morgan Spurlock fuckin rules. I just saw the first episode of his new show, 30 Days, tonight, on E's TiVo. Awesome. He's so damn charismatic, and gets his point across pretty well. The first episode was him and his fiance trying to live on minimum wage for 30 days. Check it out.. I think it was on FX.

Monday, July 11, 2005

Light-hearted humor

Since my last post showed the asshole side of me (sorry you had to see that), I thought I'd write about something fun now. I'm really not an asshole. Usually. Anyway, I've been reading a lot of my back issues of Popular Science, the coolest magazine in the world, because I have free time at work in which to do so. Here are a couple awesome links I read about in there... Check 'em out, if you have free time at work. Or even if you don't. Just pretend you're working, and keep your mouse near the "minimize" button, just in case Lumberg walks by.....
Funny mistakes in ads and signs and such (like the Jay Leno thing).
Ze Frank. I don't know what this guy is about, but the video that made him famous on his site isn't even very funny. Some of it is, though. I like "New Year".
Xrated. Not necessarily funny, but it would be funny to see you go to this site at work.
Ever wonder what BIFF is up to these days? I think his paintings fuckin rock!
A movie in Wisconsin. With robots. The guy who just left the crew (Jason) is the dude who films all the Spoof Fests. I think he mentioned something about needing soundtrack music. hmm... wonder if they still need some!

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Really pissed off.

Alright, I'm not pissed anymore.

Saturday, July 02, 2005

I'm not psychic... :(

Well, not yet, anyway. Try this test. "A couple of wavy lines?" You get extra points if you know what movie that is from.

Friday, July 01, 2005

Smoky Mountains trip...

I wrote this on my trip around June 22nd or so...

For lack of a computer out here in the Smoky Mountains, I have to blog in my dream journal - the xmas present from my brother Dan that I haven't used yet. We're on vacation in some cabins on a mountainside. The view is breathtaking. The drive up the mountain is pretty steep, but it's worth it. Anyway, I just realized how slow I write compared to typing. Man. Well, at least transfering it to my actual online blog won't take too long. Shit, my penmanship is atrocious! Well, I've got my acoustic guitar with me, and I thought I'd finish writing a song I started writing about 7 years ago or so. Plus maybe I'll work on a few things Chris (guitarist) and I were playing around with. Be right back... Alright, I'm back. Sitting on a big, comfy leather couch in front of the big widescreen tv. We watched Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail a bit ago. It's one of the 30 or so DVDs we brought. We also brought about 40 boardgames. It's good to have options. Hanging out with E's family has been pretty fun. It's great that they find the time to get together with each other every once in a while. The only time I ever see my whole family is at funerals or weddings. We're so spread out now, and no one really wants to make an effort to stay in touch these months between christmases. I remember telling my cousins, whom I saw at my mom's wedding, that we should get together sometime. I meant it, but I think in the back of our minds we knew it wouldn't happen. They've all got kids and houses and pets and SUVs and basement repairs and lawns to mow and Little League games to attend. What I want to know is WHEN the hell did we become part of this freakin' age category? I mean, my cousins are about 10 years older than me, but it's the same with a lot of my friends. I try to be the guy who calls the group of friends every few months just to keep in touch, because I know most of them won't do the same. I know some of my once-close friends would probably never speak to me again until one of us dies or gets married, unless I make the effort to remain friends. It's not as if I'm complaining, though. I like doing it. I figure if I invest 5 or 10 years in hanging out and getting to know someone, I'm not just gonna let it go because I've made new friends. A lot of people do that, though, and I guess it's their perogative, but I think there has to be a certain amount of regret there, ya know? I mean, my mom and dad told me plenty of stories of great times they had with what's-her-face and whose-his-name, and when I ask where their friends are now the answer is usually "I don't know. I think they moved south. Had some kids. Maybe he's dead. We lost touch." I don't know, I think that when I think of how much work keeping a dating-type (or married) relationship going strong takes, then in comparison a regular old hang-out-and-drink-a-beer-together-every-few-months relationship is a piece of cake. Minimal effort is required to stay in contact, but I think a lot of people see other friendships fade away after kids, houses, and moving away come into the picture, and they just assume that's the way things are. I'm glad most of my friends are geeks and use the internet a lot. It's a lot easier to keep in touch with groups of people who each live hundreds or thousands of miles from each other when you've got email. And blogs, of course. Well, speaking of blogs, I hope my next entry can be actually typed, because my frickin' hand hurts from writing all this. Maybe I'll continue to use this book for what it's meant for. Writing down dreams. Believe me, I've got some weird ones.