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Archive for April, 2004

I was innocently sitting here perusing the Maui News classifieds when a pop-up informed me that Mother’s Day is rapidly approaching. It prompted me to find a gift for “your type of Mom” which in turn prompted me to do a search for a severed horse’s head similar to the one featured prominently in The Godfather. Apparently the Yahoo store is quite ill-prepared to deal with the kind of Mother I’d shop for since I had no such luck… I still have time to research a Ricin-tainted envelope though…

Well, the day I leave for Maui is drawing nearer. I’m really excited and if it wasn’t for this miserable cold I’ve brought back from Guadalajara, I’d be much happier. Of course, having a cold in this kind of heat makes it even worse. Not that I’m complaining (well, ok, just a little bit) because it will get my tolerance for this kind of heat back up to where it will have to be to survive in Maui.

No truth be told, having a cold in Hawaii is better than feeling great in San Francisco. The way I look at it, I’ll take 80 degree weather, a slight offshore breeze and a fucking huge ass Pina Colada on the sands of Ka’anapali over any weather, good or bad, in San Francisco.

Does it sound like I’m rubbing it in? If not, you’re not paying attention. I’m going to Maui and chances are that you are not.

I’m not big on emotions. For the most part, I can do without them and don’t miss them much. I tend to live my life on a purely rational plane. Few things can make me exhibit emotional outbursts and unfortunately, I don’t react well with people who function on emotions.

I won’t go as far as saying that I am without emotions but I can say that I am not a slave to them. Part of opening myself up means that I have allowed people find my way of dealing with the world around me unsettling.

These people react purely on emotions. Most of the decisions they make eventually can be labeled as “wrong” decisions with hindsight and they have affected me.

On the other hand, I have also brought people into my life who understand me. These people know that even encased in stone, I have soft spots. Knowing that these soft spots exist could be tempting to some, yet they let them remain untouched.

So thank you to the Red Queen, Molly & Gunda for seeing through the hardcase and letting me be me.

Bastards have found me… now I get lame comment spam on older posts… bleh!

On another note… Check This Out!

When DangerMouse mixed Jay-Z’s Black album with The Beatles White Album, The Grey Album was born… not to be outdone, someone released The Jay-Z Construction Set and now you can Jay-Z-ify anything! Woohooo…

Here is one of the better remixes out there… Mixing Jay-Z with Weezer!

April is essentially a time of renewal. It is a promise made waiting for proof of commitment and few people understand this as well as baseball fans.

I’ve watched the promise of spring turn into the disappointment of summer and the failure of fall too many times to count. Now, with my hometown team playing in a new ballpark, a new dedication to winning and the promise of spring still ringing true, I find myself dreaming of the ultimate reward for faith.

Yeah, I know… seems weird reading me write about faith, commitment and dreams but that’s what spring does to a man.

Recently, one of the more traffic’d political blogs, The Daily Kos, was blasted for some pretty insensitive remarks about the freelance warriors (also known as Mercenaries) killed in Fallujah, Iraq.

What he said was pretty insensitive and I’m sure what ever rhetoric he’s spitting out really incensed some people out there… whatever. But, for the record, the men killed, burned and then hung up on bridge? They were mercenaries… that was their job… to fight against insurgents and protect whatever target they were contracted to protect. And the US military forces in Iraq right now? THAT’S THEIR FUCKING JOB! These men and women currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are PAID to be warriors… why is it that so many people don’t understand that… as Super Chicken is known to say, “They knew the job was dangerous when they took it!”

Now, when your mother, father, teacher or random person condemns you for playing video games, you can just point them to this study.

These are the things I’m selling before my move to Hawaii for obvious reasons and for not-so-obvious reasons:

Sports Equipment:
-164cm K2 Snowboard with Lamar Bindings
-Snowboard Travel Bag
-Snowboard Tuning Kit
-various gloves, jackets, and snowboard pants
-CCM Hockey Gloves

Computer Equipment:
-Power Macintosh 8100 w/keyboard & Mouse
-Sony 15″ Color Monitor
-Macintosh G2 Powerbook (Walstreet Edition)

Electronic Equipment:
-Sony 235 Watt Stereo System with Amplifier (Includes Sony Digital Radio Tuner, Sony Dual Cassette Deck, Sony 5 Disc CD Player, Sony 5 Disc DVD Player, Two Floor Speakers)
-Toshiba 50″ Rear Projection TV
-Sony PlayStation 2 with 3 dual-shock controllers
-PS 2 Games

Furniture:
-Two Ikea Bookshelves (dark finish)
-Love Seat
-Two 8′x3′ offwhite Ikea Hall Carpets
-Two Ikea 8′x12′ area rugs (one grey/tan/offwhite; the other black/grey)
-Coffee Table (Polished wood top, wrought iron legs)
-Papasan Chair (tan cord cushion)

There may be more… like I haven’t decided whether to sell my collection of CDs and DVDs yet… but everything is seriously negotiable.

If you’re interested, drop me a line and I’ll send you a picture.

As it should be: (brought to you by the lovely Dawn Olsen)

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