The King

Tonight I am celebrating! I am a King of Mediocrity. Just like Salieri.

Yellow River Game Ranch

Weekend Update

Saturday we all crossed town to Mandy's parents house. Ivy played outside all day as usual. She's gonna be pissed when it gets cold out. David and Terri bought this wagon months ago and Ivy was always scared of it. After two hours of playing within a comfortable proximity of the red wagon of death, curiousity got the better of her and she climbed inside. I pulled her around the yard at least a dozen times. When I finally tired of pulling her around she just sat there contently switching sides and pulling the seats up and down. Emory came over a little after she had climbed out, and Lindsey drug them both around for a little while. After visiting The Grandparents Mandy and I came home and ate some Taco Salad and drank a little. Corey came over at a time early enough to visit Ivy. He was impressed with how much she has grown. Ivy was a little skiddish at first but she warmed up quickly.

Today, we went to the Yellow River Game Ranch. I had a great time and I'm sure Mandy did too. Ivy was happy just to walk around the whole place. She never really looked twice at the Bears or Foxes or Deer or anything except her feet.

Shooting Range

Corey, John, and I went to Bullseye in Lawrenceville today. I shot my .38 for the first time. We all bought "fat guy" targets and went to town. Corey rented a .45 that was badass. We had a good time. You can really let loose your aggression on one of those people targets. I'll have to visit again and soon.

Some Bday pics

Working for the government

Bill will be joining us on Monday. It should be a fun time. I think he's just right for it. I hope he doesn't make me look bad. Ha.

It seems that Ivy just doesn't want to eat anything. I always try to feed her but I think she doesn't want baby food anymore. I always end up giving her crackers and juice or a piece of whatever I happen to be eating. Thank God Mandy knows what she's doing. I'm sure she'll read this and be assured of my excellent parenting skills.

I'm waiting now for Mandy to get off from work. I'm starting to understand that 10-6pm is meaningless. But hey, she's bringing home the bacon. How can I argue?

Time flies!

I just went through my old blog at www.livejournal.com. I used to keep track of all the band goings on and stuff happening with Mandy.

Oh well.

Since my last post, Ivy has turned a year old, Mandy started a new job at Petsmart in Johns Creek, and Ground:Xero has recorded two new songs which can be found at www.myspace.com.groundxero

I can only guess that all of my online bragging time has been taken up by watching the beautiful and exponentially growning Ivy E Pants.

More information as it develops.

an open letter to the marvel execs

Dear Marvel,

The only way you can save your ass on a franchise that has brought you millions in revenue is to rush out X-Men 4 and follow the Chris Claremont/Jim Lee run with "Days of Future Past". It's the only way to right all of your wrongs and introduce the characters all the fans really want to see: Bishop, Cable, GAMBIT. You dumbasses. When Prof X died in Xcrement 3 I was flabbergasted. Ecspecially knowing that Prof X is widely known to be one of the most powerful mutants in the X-men mythos. So you cured Mystique and Magneto...so what. Pyro is gay. We still haven't seen Logan in his trademark berserker rage. You could do it so easily. I can see it now, the camera shows us wolvie all pissed off beyond belief, and then you see his left hand show off the claws, the camera pans slowly to the right, only to see the right hand showing the adamantium we've all grown to love. Then you follow up with Logan destroying everything in his path. What will it take for you to see that if you satisfy the "hardcore" fans, the rest will follow? FFVII is a perfect example of this. If square had released Advent Children in place of The Spirits Within, Square would be in a much more profitable place. You would immediately satisfy the fanboys, then you would spark sales of the game(s). People want to latch on and figure out a mystery. If they don't understand something that the "in" crowd is into, some people will do all that they can to figure it out. All this does is make everyone money.

Whatev

Who Knew?

Botis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In demonology Botis is a Great President and Earl of Hell, commanding sixty legions of demons. He tells of all things past and future, and reconciles friends and foes.
He is depicted as an ugly viper, but when he changes shape, he puts himself in human shape, with big teeth and two horns. When in human shape he carries a sharp and bright sword in his hand.
Other spelling: Otis

Clarity

Today was sobering to me. There are many things I have forgotten. Though I may seem ungrateful, I am the luckiest man in the world.

God, if you're out there...Thanks.

Good Friday?

The last thing I wanted tonight to be was "drama in the band room" night. Jesus. I'm not frustrated with the band, or disenchanted, or anything. I like what's happening right now. The music is getting better, the lyrics are getting better. I can't really complain. Now it's down to choosing between two brothers? WTF? I was so upset that I even got in a "fight" with Drew. That is exactly the kind of thing I want to avoid if at all possible. I just want to play some damn shows and let the people let us know if we are doing something wrong.

Anywho, Mandy and I rearranged the living room today. I like it much better now. It seems like we have more space...maybe that is only because it's a different setup. I actually beat Mandy home tonight.

Sunday will be Ivy's first Easter. We should go tomorrow and get her a basket and candy that Mandy and I will eat. It's gonna rule. Later on.

So much to talk about

and nothing to say.

Death and Taxes

All that is certain.

you are a tax write off. I wish you the best of luck.

If the eyes were the mirror of the soul, you would find in mine, the scorn and apathy

Update?

I dont' have much to say. I got myself a 100w mesa dual rec. w/ a marshall 1960bv. 30w celestions.

Mandy and I bought our wedding rings.

Ivy has a little cold.

Our microwave is broken.

Drew is doing really well with the band. He makes it fun again.

nine beers

Nine beers into a saturday night. Whatever happened to music videos that had half-naked women and alchohol and smoking and all that? Avenged Sevenfold is the only thing that comes close, and that's not saying much. The new Deadbird CD is pretty damn good. I remember the sample that says something, like, "man killed the bird, and when he killed the bird, he killed the song, and in killing the song he killed himself." I think that's pretty damn deep right about now. I wish I could find a cool new "intro" to the G:X stage show. That would rule. If i'm passed out when Mandy comes home, i'm sorry. What else is there for me to do? I need to get a pandora's box or something like it. So I can play guitar silently as to not wake up the Ivy pants.
Whateva, the goddamn new green day song, is "ring of fire" done a little differently. Fuck Green Day. I've always hated them. Being drunk is cool. Fuck you.

Rainy

It's a crappy rainy Saturday morning. Red Sparrowes in the cd player. Ivy is tearing up an old issue of EGM. Mandy is sleeping. I had a dream that she left me for some Joaquin Pheonix looking dude. It made me wake up. So Ivy and I are just hanging out. Our new drummer, Drew, is beyond what I could have asked for. I feel like a kid again. Now we just need some good tunes.

Hahahhahahhaah

I can't find the words. I guess some people will always need others to fight for them. Just go away.

Texas politician proposes 50 percent game tax

Republican primary candidate wants to eliminate property taxes by heavily taxing games the government deems "violent."

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'Invisibility Cloak' Patented

Ulyanovsk State University Professor Oleg Gadomsky has recieved a Russian patent for an "INVISIBILITY CLOAK" -- a method for making things INVISIBLE.

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Why Jonathon?

Why kill off the Duke, man? Smallville I love to hate you.

I'm developing a drinking problem. I'm pretty sure It started over Thanksgiving. Crap.

State of Emergency

I'm tired and bored. I'm used to having band practice.

oh well.

Cuttin off tomorrow. ALL DAY.
Yay.

Suck it.

What you want and what you get

are never the same thing. I'm tired of the deception. It's draining me. I keep trying to go to bed earlier but it never happens. I feel all stretched out. Tense. Drunk. Whateva.

You deserve this.

Resolutions

I don't have any.

2005 brought us Ivy, The "end" of ground:xero, Two new jobs, and a whole lot of newcastle. In 2006 i'm looking forward to pretty much everything.