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Why didn't anyone tell me G'Kar (Andreas Katsulas) died? A toast... to our favorite Narn. He will be missed by all. Even Londo. "No little fishies, just Londo and me."

Can't have kids - saving up for mansion...

Read THIS. Maybe that will help with overpopulation. hehe. Sorry, ma, you're just gonna have to wait for Dan or Mike if you wanna become a grandma.

Lottery, FAWM, Over-peopleified

What would you do if I won the lottery? Like the BIG one. I was listening to 92.1 the other day, and instead of the usual political talk, there was a nice change of pace because Ed Schultz was interviewing a guy who won 150 million bucks in the lottery a few years back. Largest pot ever (up until 2001). The guy said if he could go back, he wouldn't buy the ticket. He said the money didn't change him personally, but he lost a lot of friends because they all changed. A guy he knew for 30 years asked if he'd pay off 18,000 dollars in credit card debt for him. He did it out of the kindness of his heart, and then a year or so later the same guy racked up another 20 grand in debt and wanted THAT paid off, too. Well, of course the lottery guy didn't do it, and he lost a friend because of it. Shitty. I'd like to think my friends wouldn't do that, because I think most of them realize that if I won a shitload of money, the first thing I would do would be to give away half a shitload, at least! Half a shitload is a crapload, I think. And a fuckload is 2.5 shitloads. Anyway, the point the guy made is that it was really cool to give money to people that can't help themselves, like the ridiculously poor and whatnot. But the credit card guy could've paid off his own debt and learned some responsibility. I've often thought of the kick-ass things I'd do if I won the lottery. Emotionally, I'm pretty tough, so I don't think it would be too horrible going through all the crap like that guy did. The good stuff would far outweigh the bad. Plus, I'd find out who my real friends are. The ones patient enough to wait for a fraction of a shitload of money, instead of asking first. :) Hell, I'm broke as fuck right now but I'll still buy your makin-more-money-than-me ass a beer!

Check out the songs on www.fawm.org - My name on there is JRamoneWI and I've uploaded 3 songs so far. That's pretty short of the expected 14 for the month. I may be able to do it. Not sure. If I don't, I won't be too disappointed. I think I'll crank out a few "off the top of my head" songs. The other day at GZ practice, I came up with a tune about "head lice and the gout." The "kids" seemed to like it.

I promised myself I wouldn't blog about the snow, so I won't. But I have to express my perplexedness at the homeless in Wisconsin, the land of the cold... I've always thought that if for some unforseen reason I become homeless without a chance for recovery anytime soon, the first thing I'd do is WALK THE FUCK SOUTH! As much as I despise the white trash redneck hicks and their rusty pickup trucks blasting Alan Jackson, I sure do like their weather. Hey, homeless people - it's WARM DOWN THERE! It's not like there's more room up here or anything. I'd rather find a nice open stretch of beach in Florida to sleep on than a cardboard box in 20 below weather here. You know, I'm watching Deadwood right now (which is friggin' sweet, if you ask me!) and it makes me wonder. When we (the whiteys) settled this stolen land of ours, were we aware that it was warmer down south? I mean, there WEREN'T 6 billion people on Earth yet. There was room to move around and settle wherever. And if somewhere was already settled, you could just shoot whoever got their first. Awesome! haha. I'm just sayin' I wish my ancestors would've been a little more like me and HATED the cold more than anything in the world. That's all I'm saying.

Speaking of 6 billion people, I have something to say to everyone. Stop having so many god damn kids! Catholics bug the shit out of me because of their policy to have as many kids as humanly possible. Why? What is the point? Believe me, there ain't no fuckin' shortage! In fact, there are thousands of kids waiting to be adopted, and some never will because there's no one around for them. Everyone is busy creating their own little people to overpopulate this dying planet. Maybe if we start cooking children. That would take care of overpopulation and feeding the hungry. The government is already taking care of killing off the elderly earlier. By the time we get old, we'll have to wait until 75 to retire. Which means the uber-stress of working when we're too old to be working will stop our tickers short of their expected um.. expectancy. Also, "they" employ airplanes to fly over elderly communities and release contrails of chemicals that slowly poison old folk but make it look like they are dying of natural causes.

What do mean I'm paranoid?

I love the internet.

This proves my theory.

Oldies

Today I heard Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" on the "oldies" station in Madison, 94.9. WTF? I mean, I like some 80's tunes like that one, and I like oldies, like Elvis and such, but it reminds me of the line in the song "1985" by Bowling for Soup. "When did Motley Crue become classic rock?" I think the term "oldies" pretty much brings to mind doo-wop, 50's and 60's rock, malt shops and poodle skirts. But according to how Madison's oldies station is progressing, in 15 years MC Hammer will be considered oldies. And that is just wrong.

Speaking of music, I think I might attempt this little project - The February Album Writing Month Challenge. Kinda like what I did with The Stint, only I don't need to book a show. Just record a shitload of songs in a short time. I'm writing one for my Dad and Cindy's wedding reception which is in a week. In Milwaukee. Should be a good time! They got married in Jamaica, barefoot on a beach. Sweet.

Anyone know how to back up DVDs or parts of DVDs to .avi files, or .mpegs on your hard drive? I've tried to no avail with a couple freeware programs, but it never seems to work. I wanna get footage of the Spoof Fests I've done on my computer (from the DVDs I got) so I can post it on my website, as soon as I get one. The bordfans site will be no more soon, so I'm gettin' a different site. Any suggestions for a name? I'll have a separate one, most likely, for Government Zero, but I need name ideas for my personal site. www.timbudziszewski.com would be a little to hard to spell for most.

Anyone listen to 92.1 in Madison? They talk about some good stuff on there, but it really infuriates me most of the time. Ignorance really is bliss, I tell ya. Sometimes I just need to take a break from listening to any news about our fuckhead of a president, because it gets me to the verge of screaming.

I saw King Kong. It was freakin' sweet. God damn, that monkey looked real. They still haven't perfected making CGI humans look real enough, though.

I have a new position at work. It's pretty sweet. I monitor and time calls for all the CAs (captioning assistants) at Captel. It's nice because I get to stay as busy as I want so the day goes by fast. But if I'm tired or feeling lazy, I can work at a slower pace. Everyday there is always something to do, but very little that absolutely HAS to be done by any specific person in my team. That rocks.