Halloween-madness

well attended our second party last night. About twenty people were there throughout the night. My costume won second place and Vonny's won 1st. I realize that I have not released what it was yet, but I assure you that as soon as I get the Digital Photos sent over to me I will. We are going to leave in about 15 for our final halloween party of the year.

The Mars Volta

De-Loused In The Comatorium

Ahwile back my friend Phil burned this for me, and I'm just getting around to listening to it. I have only one thing to say...

Geddy Lee

New Halloween Comp

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Originally uploaded by flyin j.

Bigtime and I have completed our new comp for your halloween parties. Here it is. If you want a copy message me.

Halloweve

Well it's Halloween. I am working on my costume right now, but can not tell you what it is, only that it is political in nature. It is being kept under tight wraps, and I will tell you later and hopefully have a digital photo. Instead I will tell you some of the ideas I didn't do for halloween.
-Robot Elton John
-Robot Assinated Abe Lincoln
-Robot Assinated JFK
-Assinated JFK with Blood stained Jackie (needed vonny for that one)
-Westward Expansion (the rapage of the Native Americans) elliminated because of controversy

Also I got my new parts for my new Bass Guitar today. Now I can repair and start getting funky.

my double (props to Softy and Bigtime)

my double
Originally uploaded by flyin j.

you guys figured it out, the reason I don't work much in the winter. I really am a mediocre professional basketball player, living modestly in Chicago, who goes by the alias of Scot Pollard.

My New Bass Guitar

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Originally uploaded by flyin j.

for those of you who have not heard the story yet I will condense it and you can ask me for the long version if you'd like.
Sunday was my first time playing in the praise band at church on bass. I do not have a bass so the church let me borrow theirs. After the service a guy came up to me and asked if I needed one. I said that I didn't own my own and that I was currently borrowing one. He then told me to stop by his place on my way home, and he would give me his bass that he didn't use anymore.
So I now am the owner of a Fender Fretless Standard Jazz Bass. It needs a few minor repairs ie. a new nut, strings, nobs, and tone pot. I went to Guitar Center to get these items. being a pretty normal model of guitar I didn't find it necessary to tobring it along. Apparently this was the wrong thing to do since the guy sent me home with the wrong tone-pot, knobs, and nut. Now I have to make another trip there. Oh well it's a small inconvenience in the large scheme of things.

PalpForPrez

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Originally uploaded by flyin j.

Cake "Pressure Chief" Missing

I can't find my copy of the new Cake album I just bought. It is presumed to be missing and scared, so you can go ahead and give that "extra copy" that you have lying around back to me.

Thank You

"No Touching"

I just picked up the season 1 DVD of the best comedy on network TV right now.
Arrested Development.
If you have not seen this you must start now. It is by far the most creative sitcom that any of the networks have to offer. Fox almost canceled it do to lack of interest, but was forced into renewing it after it received 11 Emmy nominations including winning for best comedy. So go and watch it now.
New episodes begin following the Simpsons on November 7.

"I'm F***ing Proud Of You Man"

a quote from former Twin, Doug Mientkiewicz, to former Twin, David Ortiz.

I'm glad to see The Red Sox win, but even more glad to have seen the Yankees lose especially after the rediculousness of their fans in game 6. But I guess what can you expect them to do after witnessingthe poor sportsmanship of Alex Rod$$$uez.

One more baseball item of note in regards to the Red Sox.

Pedro Martinez is the most overrated pitcher in the Majors.

Make Your Vote Count

Do you live in a state where the candidate has already been decided, and would like to see a viable third-party in America? Then trade your vote.
http://www.votepair.org

Take That Wal-Mart, You Suck

Quebec Wal-Mart workers get go-ahead to unionize
By Robert Melnbardis, Reuters
MONTREAL — Workers at a Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) outlet in Canada have been granted permission to form a union, which would be the first in North America for the world's largest retailer.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2004-08-03-walmart-union_x.htm

Election-Madness

Well hopefully you have registered to vote, and are gearing up to make a choice on November 2. Don't forget this isn't just any choice, this will be the most important choice you make in the next 4 years. The choice to allow yourself to complain about what is going on. Remember choosing not to vote eliminates you from all future conversations about American politics.
For Example:
you: "I hate the current elected official, he has made nothing but poor choices since being elected."
me: "oh yeah? I assume you voted for the other candidate, the one who did not win the last election."
you: "no, I did not vote. my vote does not matter anyway."
me: "shut-up, you were too lazy to spend 20 minutes voting. you have no voice in our current conversation. "

see my point now?

If you would like help on choosing who to vote for here is a helpful website that will poll you and give you the results of which candidate you most identify with.

http://www.selectsmart.com/president/

here are my results, take them for what they are worth:
1. Cobb, David - Green Party (73%)
2. Nader, Ralph - Independent (67%)
3. Brown, Walt - Socialist Party (65%)
4. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (58%)
5. Bush, President George W. - Republican (28%)
6. Badnarik, Michael - Libertarian (23%)
7. Peroutka, Michael - Constitution Party (9%)

you can also see a rough estimate of how things are going here, based on the most current polls
http://www.electoral-vote.com/

It's Fall, it's cold time for depressing music

Well amidst news that my dog will need to be "put to sleep" along with the craptacular weather I'm feeling the depression of fall. Time a change in music. Out are the uplifting summer sounds of old-school rap, power-pop, and oldies. In are the cold season favorites of alt-country, "sad-bastard" pop and the existencial sounds of Radiohead, Beck and The Beta Band.

Name That Pervert

Welcome to the new play-at-home game "Name That Pervert."
Here is how it works. I give you five quotes by the "Pervert" in question and you name him.

1. " ...then with my other had I would massage your boobs, get your nipples really hard... 'cuz I like that and you have really spectacular boobs"

2."I have a vibrator that's shaped like a cock with a little battery in it."

3. On the Caribbean: "Once people get into that hot weather they shed their inhabitions, you know they drink during the day, they lay there and lazy, they have a dinner and then they come back and fool around... that's basically the modus operandi."

4."we'd check into the room, and we would order up some room service an uh and you' definitely get two wines into you as quickly as I could get into you I would get 'em into you... maybe intravenously, get those glasses of wine into you..."

5. Look at Al Franken, One day he's going to get a knock on his door and life as he's known it will change forever. That day will happen trust me."

Still haven't guessed... here's a hint.
He is one of America's biggest conservative blow-holes.

That's right it's



Bill O'Reilly from Fox News... "Fair and Balanced"

to read the whole article go here http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html

You Make Me Sick

This is a message for Tim McCarver, Joe Buck and all of there sickening Yankee Love. For the good of humanity let's all pray the Cardinals beat the Astros. This way they will be biased towards a team that we don't all despise.

Has It Exploded Yet?

Get all of you rising lava bed info and check for recent explosions here:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

The Twins get a visit from Major Suckage

Who'd a thought that the guy, Carlos Silva, who gave more hits than all but one starting pitcher in the Majors would get shelled by the Yankees. Come on Gardsy just because he has a winning record doesn't make him good.
Note to J.C. Romero: time to find a day-job.
I went up to Murrays, the local drinking establishment tonight to see the Twins/Yankees game which was being broadcast on ESPN. I do not have cable, thus the reason I had to go somewhere to watch the game. Among other disasters that I had to watch, besides the first 5 innings of the game, was a lady in her mid-fifties dancing to "Like A Stone" by Audioslave. Now I am home and I see that the score is 7 to 1.
Time to install Sim-City.


Go Cardinals

From "Wheels" by Cake

In a seedy karaoke bar by the banks of the mighty Bosphorous.
Is a japanese man in a business suit singing "Smoke gets in your eyes."
And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians
while the overweight Americans wear there patriotic jumpsuits.

It's Official

My Playoff Fever has officially turned into a real fever. i just came home from work so vonny can nurse me back to health. That Twins game was a major downer last night. They shoulda pulled Nathan after walking Cairo.

Haven't posted in ahwile

welli got the bass today, and started making up a comp of songs to play along with. Last night I hung out with Clark and watched the Twins' defensive gem against the Yanks. Tonight's game is on ESPN so I decided to purchase thelive version on MLB.com for 3 bucks only to find out that it is blocked out. TWins have it currently tied up in the 8th inning. I just woke up cuz i'm sick, and now i'm listening on the edge of my seat again.

Bass Guitar

Well I'm officially the new bass player for our church's praise band. This will be interesting since I haen't played in about 4 years. I stoppped by Borders the other day to see if i could find a magazine with some good songs in it that i could practice to get back in the swing of things, but to no avail. If any of you know of a good website for bass tablature email me or post it up as a comment. Thanks.

Brian Wilson

Well my dad and I went to the Brian Wilson show saturday night. You couldn't have asked for much more. He and his band played 42 songs over the night. I would say the low point was the rendition of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" where Brian missed a few notes and the instrumentation wasn't quite on. The high point for me was the non-stop performance of the new album "Smile."

Message to Washington (the state, not George)

Look out!!!! There is a volcano over there.

Finally...

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Originally uploaded by flyin j.

as the Cubs finally wind down their dissappointing, but typical season, I will leave you Members of Cubdom with this photo of your beloved Chip.

Rocking Out at Mt. St. Helens

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Originally uploaded by flyin j.

Check out the guy in the middle of the photo, rocking out at the apparent Mount St. Helens Concert held at the Johnstone Ridge Observatory.
The unidentified man was quoted saying "THIS VOLCANO RAWKS!"
He then stuck his tongue out like Gene Simmons and yelled "AHHHHHH!"

Where is my Newspaper

it's 7:30 for crying out loud and it still isn't here.