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Zoinks yo. Last week or so has been bonkers. My sister’s wedding was fabulous. The reception was good fun and it was so nice to see people I hadn’t seen in years. Really was glad to see that the day went so well. At least it went better than Sunday. Damn Redskins.

Tailgating was fun. We switched it up and did cold sammiches instead of BBQ. Good stuff. The game was craptastic. The Rams had not won a game all season, and they beat us in the last seconds by kicking a field goal. Fuckers only scored 12 points on FG kicks. To think how bad the score could have been if those were 4 touchdowns, not so shitty. But come on. 0-4 team makes our last two wins against division rivals seem like nothing. Dammit.

Went and saw The Autumn Offering and Mushroomhead on Wednesday. That was pretty tight. I needed a night to leave the house and just let it all out. Mission accomplished. I had not seen TAO before, and have seen MH many times. Every time they perform a killer show. This time was not to disappoint. The crowd was mad into it and they were feeding off of it. They had to end 2 songs early cuz some drum equipment broke, but they hung out and got fucked up with us afterwards. Good times.

Work has been going well, aside from being entirely too busy. I also have had a lot on my mind that has distracted me but I need to forget about it and just try to focus on the task at hand. Easier said then done, however. Every time I think about it, I feel more and more like a dumbass. But it’s okay. You live and you learn. Besides, I am really starting to get used to things not going my way. So what more should I expect?!

I am so looking forward to the weekend. I am going to see GWAR which is always a good time. Plus I don’t have to work… I hope…. Just get drunk, play video games, and get fake blood squirted at me by freaks dressed up in giant alien costumes and shit.

Now listening to: “You can’t always get what you want” by the Rolling Stones

You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need, ah yes…

Current Mood(s):  Sad

Holy shit. What an awesome night. First off, it was absolutely beautiful outside yesterday! I started the day early and went to handle my shit at the DMV. The line was long but at least I got to do my thing at the window and did not have to ‘take a number’ and wait around like everyone else. I went and got karate bagels afterwards. They raised the speed limit on the main road in my town which helps a lot. Man, to think that in my Senior High School Government class, we tried to petition the county to raise the limit. 9 years later… Wee

Got my car washed which was way overdue. This place next to me does a pretty decent job too. I was so damn lazy I did not want to do it myself, and it is just so easy to sit and watch other people do it. Chilled out a bit after that and caught up on some DVR action. I headed to Baltimore around 4 and got there in a pretty decent amount of time. Hit Eastern Ave and did a lil bar hopping. Going alone to a show is never fun so you have to make the most of it. Headed down to the venue, and prepared to rock the fuck out!

There were some pretty kickass bands playing with Biohazard. I had never heard of any of them so did not know what to expect and was pretty happy when they didn’t suck. Haha. But the only reason I was going was to see Biohazard. A few years back they “broke up” and it did not last very long. They reunited and also brought back original guitar player Bobby Hambel. They fucking destroyed!! They covered a lot of their material and since I was in the front I got to pump them up and shit.

At one point, Evan - the singer, asked what we wanted to hear. One of my favorite songs of theirs is “Five blocks to the subway” so I screamed that. And he said “WHAT.” And shoved the mic in my face. “FIVE BLOCKS TO THE SUBWAY!” They broke into it right there. It was on their set-list but they changed the order and satisfied my demand. Hehe. It was fucking badass. I was in the front of the crowd and was able to get some pics with my new digital camera. Weee. I interacted with them a lot during their set, as apparent by the pics. They are some kickass dudes and I really needed a good night to just let it all out. Mission accomplished!!

I have had WAY too much shit on my mind and it was good to just not give a fuck about anything and let it all out. I went alone so I had to make the most of it. I am starting to think that I do things best alone… why the hell should I try hard to include anyone in my shit if thats the case. I’m getting tired of wasting my time trying. Besides, anyone I try to include either isn’t mature enough to realize what its worth, or just wants to take advantage of it. Fuck it!

Current Mood(s):  Mischievous

This past weekend was fun. Caturday was “Rock Band 2″ day and we had the full band going. Your man Toxi was beatin’ the skins, Joe was crushin’ the axe, Mark was destroying the bass & Michael was nailin’ the vocals. We were really having a good time. The songs in the new version are so tight. We did switch it up a little bit… its fun to fuck around on the vocals and guitar some too. Hehe. “It’s the eye of the tiger. It’s the thrill of the fight. Rising up to the challenge of our rival. And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night…” You shoulda seen me… CRUSHED it.

Mom and I snagged J and we headed up to FedEx field to see the Redskins play the Arizona Cardinals. We got there at a decent time and got the grill fired up. I love drinking beer and eating cooked animals at 10 am on a Sunday. Ahh. J made these killer pork chops and the burgers were cooked to perfection. We got shafted and had to walk around the stadium to get to the escalator, which was kewl. Some interesting people attending these football games.

The very last section of the escalator was broken so we all got sardine canned on the landing until we could walk up the last bit of stairs. BULLLLSHIT. But whatever. Beats walking the ramp! We made it to our seats, which were in the upper-deck (as usual) on the 50-yard line. This is the first time we have been that close to the middle. Yay. Got some nice pics. You could see the action a lot better too. You could see the chearleaders better too. MMM. The game was a tight, back-and-forth battle that went down to the last few minutes. We ended up winning the game 24-17. The ‘Skins are really starting to click on offense, which is coming just in time, since we gotta go to Dallas next week. That’s always a tough game.

Last night was “Prison Break night” so I caught up on that, which is getting fucking bonkers. I also need to catch up on Weeds, and have to finish season 2 of Heroes so I can start to watch the new season which started yesterday. I hope it’s not shitty. We made an impromptu Chik-Fil-A day, which is always nice, and came back to campus to eat outside in the courtyard, and our two friends were there so we sat with them. We had some interesting conversations… Work drama, training on “how to interact with Indian Nationals” and more work drama. Either way, YAY fil-a-day!@#$

Tonight was happy hour night and we went to this snoody restaurant that was very ‘eclectic’ to say the least. I am still getting shit for that fagget Red Robin messing with me so I tried to punt that off and actually have a good time at this happy hour, which was almost achieved. I don’t know how I became “that guy” in the group, but its really getting stupid. Everything I say is taken as a joke or twisted into some out of context bullshit and is starting to annoy me. I mean… what the fuck. Oh well. What else do I have to do on a Tuesday night? Sigh.

I am finally going camping with Mark and Krysta this weekend. I am so excited. I have never been camping this “deep” and for this long, so it should be interesting. I get to shoot a gun for the first time ever, and will probly get eaten to shit by all the bugs, but it will totally be worth it. I know half of the people going, and have wanted to go for some time, so its good to finally get the chance to go. Fuck work, go camping! HAHA.

Anyways, off to dreamland where I might have a better chance of being taken more seriously. Weee.

Over the last few months I have become addicted to Rock Band. Actually knowing how to play some musical intruments I was kinda skeptical when I first heard about it. I thought it would be dumb or whatever. But after playing it for a while I absolutely love it. Rock Band 2 came out for Xbox 360 on Sunday and I was able to get my copy on Monday.

The new songs are pretty fucking fun. I have only gotten to unlock a few though. Of course, all of the downloaded songs that I purchased work in the new game and they just released the entire Megadeth “Peace Sells” album this week. Fuck yeah. I have a lot of metal on there now. New songs get released every week and its scary how easy it is to purchase them. I must have over 150 songs now! Schweet!

I can’t wait for my ION drumrocker to show up. I am going to be crushing some drums! I totally ordered the third cymbal and the second bass pedal. Watch out when I start busting out some double bass!! Theres gonna be a fucking mosh pit in my apartment!

Who wants to come rock out with a brother?

Current Mood(s):  Cool

We have this thing at work called “Summer Friday” where if you have your work for the week completed and are in a position by the middle of the day Friday, you could leave work early to enjoy a half day. As developers some of us never got to actually have one. But this past Friday, we were super slackers and left at 1:30. Fuck yeah.

I was really looking forward to this Summer Friday. Josh and I had been planning this Friday for a long time. We were going to see some of the Subnoize Recording Artists up in Baltimore. We missed some of the opening acts but were able to sneak through the admission line and catch the majority of Hed PE’s set. They fuckin’ rocked! Jahred blabs too much and they could have gotten 2 more songs in, but whatever. He always has funny shit to say. It was also nice to see him doing his civic duty by signing boobs after their set. Fun times!

Tech N9ne came out and rapped for a long ass time. He is pretty tight. The crowd was really into his performance and the place was packed so it was kewl to see everyone going nuts. This group of young idiots next to me were acting stupid so me and a couple of new friends that I made were making fun of them. One of the dudes threw his beer all over the place and Josh was about to grab my beer and dump it on the fucker. He is notorious for that. I will never forget the time he dumped a full beer on the chest of this dude we know cuz he was acting like a fuckhead. Needless to say, we had a fun time and made it home safely, memories intact!

Saturday I woke up with the worst allergies ever. I was supposed to get some tattoo work done but there was no way cuz of how I felt. Sneezing, sniffling, runny nose. BOO. Sudafed almost helped but not really. Damnit! I spent my day lounging and playing video games. It was great. Until the Redskins played and got absolutely obliterated. Fuck, it was horrible. They looked like mongoloids out there getting beat down. Sad. Thankfully its only preseason. If we lose like that in the regular season I would be super bitter!

Sunday was pretty fun. My good work pal Kristen was getting married. I have the privilege of being there when she met her hubby. It really makes me happy to see that love story from beginning to now. Definitely not the end of their story, but pretty kewl to be a part of it. Yay love at first sight, or whatever you wanna call it. The hopeless romantic in me gained confidence when I saw them say “I do” though, for sure. Their ceremony was beautiful! Lots of friends and family showed up to witness the event. She is happy. He is happy. Everyone had a great time. Fucking awesome. WOOOOO! We even got to blow bubbles as they walked out to get their pictures taken.

Oh shit. I got pretty saucy at the reception, as did a lot of others. Got home, crashed out pretty hard. I had been tired from being outside and drinking and shit, PLUS I was wearing pants for the first time all summer! That’s tough!! I slept in today and was a total lazy bum getting to work. But I can do that every once and a while. Not making a habit of it, but it sure is nice to sleep in on a Monday instead of going to an early ass meeting to talk about work. No work in dreamland! Well, ‘real’ work. Hehe.

Went to a new place for happy hour after work tonight and on my way, down a road I am familiar with some crazy shit happened. This car with a couple of punk-ass dudes did not obey the merge sign and ran this Lincoln Navigator off the road into the gravel. I was just tooling along and saw the dude in the SUV swerve back into the road behind me. Immediately I was like WTF. As we got to the stop sign a little bit up the road, the dude in the SUV straight got out and went to say some choice words with the dudes in the car. I just went through the stop sign and took off, but holy shit. That was crazy.

I was the first one to the venue and other than it being chilly inside, it was fun. It was good to get out with some work heads again since I missed them a lot during vacation. My burger was tasty, my black and tans were tasty, and I got 3 of them for free. Buy 3 get 3 free. Fuck yeah! I’ll take that deal any day. I really enjoy going out with the group because we always end up having the greatest conversations. Tonight’s highlight was no slouch… I never knew that there were such interesting things when it came to personal pleasure devices. But I draw the line at a blow-up sheep. That is just fucked up!

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Hooray beer.

Current Mood(s):  Cool

I love fun weekends. For real. I needed a super fun weekend before going back to work. That’s exactly what I got. On Caturday, I got to see Jenni and have her work on me. I got a neat tattoo. Kinda secret right now but I’ll post more later. Hurts like a bitch. Now its time to heal. Ugh. I hate healing. Chilled with her and some other peeps after and had some dinner, played some Rock Band (I got a 565 note streak on one song playing lead guitar - OH SHIT) watched the Skins game (3-0 preseason FUCK YEAH) and read more of my book. Shit is awesome.

Sunday was the ROCKSTAR Mayhem Festival down the road a bit. It was pretty awesome. Lately, I have become more of a fan to see shows at bars and clubs. The big venues are cool, but I really don’t like people that much so it kinda sucks most of the time. We saw Mastodon, Disturbed and Slipknot, and I went over to the second stage to catch Machine Head. They destroyed - as usual - and it was really kewl to see the side-stage crowd getting hardcore into their performance. See my previous post but it sucked cuz Phil collapsed during their second to last song. Hope he’s okay!

Mastodon was tight. I had never seen them before. I really like their style. They were the first band on the main stage so the crowd was not all that large, but it was still sweet. After seeing Machine Head I came back to catch Disturbed. They put on a really good show. This is the second time I have seen them at Nissan Pavilion. The crowd was really into their set. The sun went down and it cooled off a bit. They sounded really good too. Rock!

Slipknot is just brutal. They had a really good set too. Covering all of their albums, including the one coming out next week. I was hoping they would play another new song other than Psychosocial but they didn’t. Ah well. The crowd was going wild. They were fucking loud! And the lighting that they had going on was really kewl. One of the better times I have seen them perform by far.

After all that fun stuff it was time to head back home and get some rest for my first day at work in over two weeks. It was weird, but I really was glad to be back. I really missed my friends there and was excited to get back into the groove all refreshed and ready to crush it. I had over 400 emails. SUCK. Still going thru them… weeee. Of course, no first Monday back from vacation would be complete without a production issue on your channels main page. I really wish our installs went better than they do. Sigh*

Time to float away to dreamland, where most of the time things go my way and I can be happy. I used to not remember my dreams, but I remember them a lot more lately. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing, but it sure does leave a lot to be desired…

//Currently listening to ‘Closer’ by Nine Inch Nails

Current Mood(s):  Flirtatious & Mischievous