Rantings from the bonfire
[BIG FAT RANT]
Ok, time to reveal something about myself that you probably don't know. I grew up my entire life believing that since I'll never be a porn star then I will have to rely on my brains, and because I do, that I must contribute to the rest of humanity, and if I don't do so, then I have no worth whatsoever. In short, I believed that it's what I do that determines if I matter to exist or not.
Didn't say that was right, I'm just sharing how I feel, and sometimes still feel, even though I shouldn't.
All that to say that this weekend tanked for me bigtime. For five years I've had my own website up, Välsignalandet, and I had to beg and plead people to show up Saturday to the chatroom (though grateful some did), while nobody showed up at Dr. Dremo's. Even my own Gang dropped the ball when none of them could even remember WHY this weekend was so special to me; my Euro friends got mad at me for bringing it up; my family even forgot!
[/BIG FAT RANT]
On the flipside, I just got the dumbest, coolest spam message of all time:
Hi my diar friend!
This is the spam message for you.
Vasya.
That was it. HAHAHAHA
Ok that cheered me up after a rather mixed, non-ideal weekend and my car experiencing YES CAR DRAMA (sunroof motor is out so sunroof doesn't close anymore, that'll be joyous when it rains! MATT COME AND FIX THIS NOW OR YOU'LL BE DECORATING MY WALL!!!!!!!!!)
THURSDAY:
I went to alchemy_dc and had a lot of fun time with groaninggirl and violinpadraic.. when I wasn't having fun time with Mike, Christy, coffinwolf and Michelle, plasma_arc, xkommunik8 and Eddy.. machinengel was phenomenally stompy-stomp that night and the visual video/graphic work of industriarts was utterly amazing, didn't you all love to be covered in stripes and polka dots?
But I do have a few complaints (c'mon we're GAWTH, since when are we ever happy?): Um, why were you playing a Rammstein video to Alien Sex Fiend? For those of us untrained to such musical acts we would not know the wiser, but that was annoying to even the newbies among us. Otherwise, it was great, and thanx to 2501 for answering my inquiry about the sound bleed..
FRIDAY:
I heard from an old friend, Brian, today, which was very very cool!! I did the usual gym thing, was on my way to those_who_mourn study when suddenly: CAR DRAMA.. I had to turn the knob to tighten the clutch cable again, especially since I kinda needed to be there tonight for a leadership role. So after a panic call to Markus and to Matt and to GOD HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES.. the clutch cable tightened and I was able t shift again.. so off to those_who_mourn I go, very late (hey I still beat Rick and Layla so there!).. So who was there? Rick and Layla, David and Marian, Markus and Sarah, Amy, Amanda, Joe and normal_dan. Went to Silver Diner afterwards to have quality silly time (why are we all somber at church and all silly outside? I must fix that! SOMBERNESS 24/7!!!) and some quality time chatting with Jaun-Pierre who was working there that night.. (And yes, he shared that hilarious story about how he was "stalked" by Eddy and others after Freak Day Mini-Golf)
SATURDAY:
Grattis till Välsignalandet!
It's Väl's 5-year anniversary! Time to party online and offline! The Chatroom was sadly empty most of the day, except for a brief visit by oldsmobile_mike, then later on I had a great chat with empressofsorrow and Graf, Stefan from Denmark, Matti from Finland, and this girl Shakiki.. conversation ranged from Ukrainian history and culture to Slavic languages to the Annihilation of the French.. all the while being serenaded to the sweet sounds of Syringe.. *sigh*.. Afterwards I left to go to Dr. Dremo's where I was joined by.. no one. No one showed up. At least I was entertained by the DC Rollergirls and this punk band So Damned Thirsty..
I left for dcmidnight where I got to hang with djsolaries and Eric for a while, giving advice (it's what I do) and throwing Marti around the place.. Silver Dragon Studios didn't carry any spikes for me to replace a missing spike from one of my leather bracelets (crap).. oh and good to see myruiner (hope you feel better) and cheetahdave.. Rick and Layla came at their usual time (right before closing HAHAHA) and we hung out and danced and stuff, and I threw Marti at them too.. met some new dude Cyril(sp?) who is new to the scene, and this other guy Jason whose MySpace profile he gave me apparently doesn't exist..
I must comment on how djsolaries's set impressed me in ways I don't think she intended. Three songs in a row: "Personal Jesus", "You're My Destiny" and "Like A Prayer"... was that a dedication to those_who_mourn? :)
SUNDAY:
Church.. with Rick and Layla, Markus and Sarah, Amy, Amanda, and normal_dan.. found out one of my pastors likes "The O.C." and go-karts. I nearly wretched. It's bad enough that there are 3,000 shiny happy single adults to contend with, but when one of your own pastors is the King of All Shiny Happy People.. [vomits]
We go to Friday's afterwards, our usual haunt (come and join us! Amanda did! YAY!), where David and Marian, Jimmy and dreammuse came later on to hang with us.. what a wacky night..
Ok that's it.
Phil
Ok, time to reveal something about myself that you probably don't know. I grew up my entire life believing that since I'll never be a porn star then I will have to rely on my brains, and because I do, that I must contribute to the rest of humanity, and if I don't do so, then I have no worth whatsoever. In short, I believed that it's what I do that determines if I matter to exist or not.
Didn't say that was right, I'm just sharing how I feel, and sometimes still feel, even though I shouldn't.
All that to say that this weekend tanked for me bigtime. For five years I've had my own website up, Välsignalandet, and I had to beg and plead people to show up Saturday to the chatroom (though grateful some did), while nobody showed up at Dr. Dremo's. Even my own Gang dropped the ball when none of them could even remember WHY this weekend was so special to me; my Euro friends got mad at me for bringing it up; my family even forgot!
[/BIG FAT RANT]
On the flipside, I just got the dumbest, coolest spam message of all time:
Hi my diar friend!
This is the spam message for you.
Vasya.
That was it. HAHAHAHA
Ok that cheered me up after a rather mixed, non-ideal weekend and my car experiencing YES CAR DRAMA (sunroof motor is out so sunroof doesn't close anymore, that'll be joyous when it rains! MATT COME AND FIX THIS NOW OR YOU'LL BE DECORATING MY WALL!!!!!!!!!)
THURSDAY:
I went to alchemy_dc and had a lot of fun time with groaninggirl and violinpadraic.. when I wasn't having fun time with Mike, Christy, coffinwolf and Michelle, plasma_arc, xkommunik8 and Eddy.. machinengel was phenomenally stompy-stomp that night and the visual video/graphic work of industriarts was utterly amazing, didn't you all love to be covered in stripes and polka dots?
But I do have a few complaints (c'mon we're GAWTH, since when are we ever happy?): Um, why were you playing a Rammstein video to Alien Sex Fiend? For those of us untrained to such musical acts we would not know the wiser, but that was annoying to even the newbies among us. Otherwise, it was great, and thanx to 2501 for answering my inquiry about the sound bleed..
FRIDAY:
I heard from an old friend, Brian, today, which was very very cool!! I did the usual gym thing, was on my way to those_who_mourn study when suddenly: CAR DRAMA.. I had to turn the knob to tighten the clutch cable again, especially since I kinda needed to be there tonight for a leadership role. So after a panic call to Markus and to Matt and to GOD HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES.. the clutch cable tightened and I was able t shift again.. so off to those_who_mourn I go, very late (hey I still beat Rick and Layla so there!).. So who was there? Rick and Layla, David and Marian, Markus and Sarah, Amy, Amanda, Joe and normal_dan. Went to Silver Diner afterwards to have quality silly time (why are we all somber at church and all silly outside? I must fix that! SOMBERNESS 24/7!!!) and some quality time chatting with Jaun-Pierre who was working there that night.. (And yes, he shared that hilarious story about how he was "stalked" by Eddy and others after Freak Day Mini-Golf)
SATURDAY:
Grattis till Välsignalandet!
It's Väl's 5-year anniversary! Time to party online and offline! The Chatroom was sadly empty most of the day, except for a brief visit by oldsmobile_mike, then later on I had a great chat with empressofsorrow and Graf, Stefan from Denmark, Matti from Finland, and this girl Shakiki.. conversation ranged from Ukrainian history and culture to Slavic languages to the Annihilation of the French.. all the while being serenaded to the sweet sounds of Syringe.. *sigh*.. Afterwards I left to go to Dr. Dremo's where I was joined by.. no one. No one showed up. At least I was entertained by the DC Rollergirls and this punk band So Damned Thirsty..
I left for dcmidnight where I got to hang with djsolaries and Eric for a while, giving advice (it's what I do) and throwing Marti around the place.. Silver Dragon Studios didn't carry any spikes for me to replace a missing spike from one of my leather bracelets (crap).. oh and good to see myruiner (hope you feel better) and cheetahdave.. Rick and Layla came at their usual time (right before closing HAHAHA) and we hung out and danced and stuff, and I threw Marti at them too.. met some new dude Cyril(sp?) who is new to the scene, and this other guy Jason whose MySpace profile he gave me apparently doesn't exist..
I must comment on how djsolaries's set impressed me in ways I don't think she intended. Three songs in a row: "Personal Jesus", "You're My Destiny" and "Like A Prayer"... was that a dedication to those_who_mourn? :)
SUNDAY:
Church.. with Rick and Layla, Markus and Sarah, Amy, Amanda, and normal_dan.. found out one of my pastors likes "The O.C." and go-karts. I nearly wretched. It's bad enough that there are 3,000 shiny happy single adults to contend with, but when one of your own pastors is the King of All Shiny Happy People.. [vomits]
We go to Friday's afterwards, our usual haunt (come and join us! Amanda did! YAY!), where David and Marian, Jimmy and dreammuse came later on to hang with us.. what a wacky night..
Ok that's it.
Phil