(...last month we were...)
Reading: newspapers,
Watching: ssdd, add Maron
Class Projects: no, we'll tackle a new DVD soon.
movies together: no time
Shit I watch alone: Castle is taking a break, and in its place is "Mistresses", which is the worst sack of shit since "The Walking Dumb"...I love the idea of the Dollarshaveclub.com, but I don't think I need it...John Oliver's 1st night of hosting the Daily Show was great!..A BIO special on "Married With Children", and a BIO on Traci Lords, and a BIO on the Green River Killer...I watched 1 episode of Craig Ferguson, with Lewis Black on it, and it was amazing!..
Comedians: Jessi Klein (again--gorgeous and hilarious),
Crappy cable movies: (came out 3 years ago--when we went to Colorado) "Knight and Day" was not bad at all...The Prestige, Red,
Play it Again's: I bought and watched the incredible "Natural Born Killers"...6-27-13; I found the complete "Schoolhouse Rocks" DVD (2 disc set) at Fred Meyer. Did you know it was available?..Suicide Kings,
Watching and Hearing: My new favorite show is "Maron"...
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: usuals,
Hearing: Thank You CD Game Exchange! (my $1 CD's are excellent:) The Urge "Master Of Styles" (if you like 311, this is good), Boston "Walk On", The Orb 'Auntie Aubrey...part 2', Cracker's first CD, the Schoolhouse Rock ROCKS! CD, Alice Cooper's greates hits, the "Bride of Chucky" soundtrack, U2 "Wide Awake In America",
New on the radio; A new song has the line 'I wrap my hands around your neck so tight with love.' which I am sure the women just love...new Filter came out 6-4-13; I bet I got it that very day!..
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: 6-4-13; traded in a full stamp card at CDWorld for the new Filter and free lithograph that comes with it. I LOVE CDWorld!..
CDWorld does not sponsor the 1st Friday pinball tournament at Blairally; CD Game Exchange does! And since I won a $20 gift card on 6-7-13, I went on 6-11 and bought some music. They have bargain bins with $1 CD's! I crawled around on the floor and found 10 CD's for me, and 3 for Static Girl (next day--I have bruises on both knees). That was fun. Special thanks to Jacob at CD Game Exchange for the tour!
Out and About: who fucking cares? Wait; I heard some Gordon Lightfoot at 2 different places this month.
Singing: "Seeing Red"--Unwritten Law, "Hanging By A Moment"--Lifehouse, "Ice Cream man"--Van Halen, "Bicycle Race"--Queen, "Machine Head"--Bush, "Connected"--Stereo MC's, obscure Journey,
What I want today: Lots more money, and more time to make fantasy/porno movies
New stuff this month or so: 6-4-13; the new Filter CD came out. 6-6-13; the new NIN single "Came Back Haunted" came out...2016; Ventura/Stern for President!..
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): not enough inspiration
Occupational Hazards: I may start taking Sundays off; I AM taking 6-9-13 Sunday off. Ha!..If they won't pay me more, then I will work less...Taking 6-23-13 off, too...Taking 6-30-13 off, as well.
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: I am hardly exercising, and drinking WAY too much--it's nice. My plan is to do this for a few weeks, and then go back hard into exercising...I ordered some conspiracy stuff, and I ordered the complete "Doctor Doctor" tv series, too...Got all my conspiracy and Doctor Doctor stuff...
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: 6-1-13 was the big 1-year Anniversary party at Blairally. I worked 15+ hours total; 3 bands: Mood Area 52, Toad the Hole, and Reeble Jar played till after 2 am, then they danced for hours longer. My efforts were needed and recognized; well, $80 extra recognized. Whatever...6-5-13 Pinball Knights; Leon and I were in the finals, Big Guns and Evel Kenieval. I forced him to the final game. He won (I came in 2nd)...Then 6-7-13 was the first 1st Fridays Pinball Tournament sponsored by CD Game Exchange. It was Hayden and me in the finals, and Hayden spanked me. But 2nd place got me $15 cash, a $20 gift card, and a gift bag. Hey; I took 2nd place 2wice this week in 2 tournaments; did any of your other boyfriends do that well? I bet they didn't...6-12-13; Pinball Knights: I tied for 5th w/Leon...6-19-13; Pinball Knights: Leon won, I did not top 5...6-21-13; NBA Fastbreak and Star Wars pinball are in the arcade!..6-26-13 Pinball Knights; Darren + I tied for 5th. Leon won again...
Grammar: newspapers should at least come close, most of the time.
New foods this month: Food? My plan to stay out of fast food is working. I did slip and try Sandwich League this month, and 5 Guys 2wice...
This month of Blues Jamming: 6-6-13 Blues Jam outside! Pinball Leon was already there and willing to play drums. Set 1 was Z-Bass, Paul Hobbs on 1 guitar, Mark the Harp, JP, Jimmy D drums. 2 was Jason bass, Paul again on 1 guitar, Mark the Harp, Rusty on keyboards, Jimmy D drums. 3 was Z-Bass, Max + Ra + Paul on 3 guitars, Bart on harp, Lenny P drums; Sheila White sang a couple--she's great! (Paul played guitar first 3 sets, and Val sang in the first 3 sets) 4 was Jason bass, Max on 1 guitar, JP, Jimmy D drums ONE song, then gets up to let Leon play! Leon is a rock star! He sat down and took over. Great show tonight!..6-13-13 Blues Jam: 1 was Z-Bass, Bob Jenkins + Ra guitars, JP, Jimmy D drums. 2 was Z-Bass, Roger + Bob guitars, Rusty keys, Lenny P drums. 3 was Jason on bass, Max + Ra guitars--then I was told to leave by a PMS-ing fat girl bartender (and it turns out that you can't say things like that on Facebook). Fuck that stupid bitch, and all the other stupid bitches who work there, too. Oh well. Fuck with me again, and let's just see what happens. Okay? Maybe my last Blue Jam. Fuck the stupidity in that bar. But the past 5 weeks have been fun!..6-20 no. 6-27 no. Fuck you. Fuck them. Fuck it all.
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God is planning on some vaction time after our demise...
What's different here than in college town: The Oregon Legislature has approved a bill that would make it a crime to smoke in a car with kids...House Bill 3460 passed, which would give Oregon medical marijuana dispenseries the right to do business with medical marijuana patients. Oregon could be the next state (#15) to allow medical marijuana dispeneries. There are roughly 55,000 medical marijuana patients in Oregon...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: Oregon Ultimate Frisbee teams kicked ass this year; the men's team was ranked #1, and then lost in the final four. The women's team finished at #1 for the country. Oregon throws disc!..
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): Static Girl's green thumb is going to be needed to keep anything alive in there, especially as we end the month on a heat wave...
Life with Static Girl: On the first Friday (6-7-13) we went and got 2 new guinea pigs; Lucy and Ethel. Yay...She almost never curses. But she did once this month, on 6-14-13, when she spilled a big bowl of food onto the kitchen floor I had just cleaned. It was cute. I jumped up, cleaned it, and told her it was okay. She was all like 'I can't believe I spilled food all over the floor you just cleaned.' I replied 'Welcome to my world.'...
My FCP has this for me: we are ignoring each other for now
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: fuck the peanut gallery
A thought to take with you: "The more I see (or hear) of people, the better I like my...bed."--Facebook girl
"Tongue-punch me in my fart box."--something weird on Facebook
Oregon Bumper Stickers: nope
Band names: nope
(...last month we were...)
Reading: Newspapers
Watching: Nothing too far out there. Coming in August; Arsenio, and Keith Olberman will get shows. Cool.
Class Projects: Castle, Art Beats/Field Guides, Warehouse 13, Bones,
movies together: no movies, but I did buy the "Schoolhouse Rocks" DVD at Fred Meyer.
Shit I watch alone: "Sharknado" on Syfy should be funny (yes)...Oregon's most famous serial killer was either trucker Keith Jesperson or Jerome Brudos (BIO)...The Killing on AMC was too slow for me...FIFA U-20 world cup 3rd place match between Ghana + Iraq--from Istanbul, Turkey...Perception is okay...The Bridge is kind of slow...LOVE the Jeselnik Offensive...Joe Rogan Questions Everything is pretty good...
Comedians: Marc Maron from 2010-ish, Anthony Jeselnik "Caligula", Kumail Nanjani "Beta Male",
Crappy cable movies: Wrong Turn 5 "Bloodlines",
Play it Again's: Live Free Or Die Hard, Scarface,
Watching and Hearing: Goo Goo Dolls (on tour with Matchbox 20) on Late Late Show (I think), Capital Cities on Kimmel,
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: all the regulars
Hearing: Five Eight "Gasolina", Cheap Trick "Baby No More", Fig Dish "Toaster"; there are 30 CD's on my desk right now. Seriously; I've got 3 stacks of them.
New on the radio; Our local new rock station went off the air around the 20th, and I don't know why. But from their frequency, turning right, up at 99.1 I found another local rock station, so yay me!..7-25-13 I heard new Avenged 7Fold, and the next day I heard (new?) Volbeat on 101.5...
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: (7-30-13 was Buddy Guy's 77 birthday, and the release of) "Rythym and Blues"--Buddy Guy (amazing)...
Out and About: 7-2-13, Ninkasi people were working and listening to Crystal Method. I approve!..Alex Cole at Taco Bell (I had to try the new quesadilla)...At a Dutch Brothers coffee stand they were all jamming to Pink Floyd's "Animals", so I got to hear 3 minutes of "Sheep"...
Singing: "Bicycle Song"--Orbit, "Bicycle Race"--Queen, "Since I've been Loving You"--Led Zeppelin, "Right Where It Belongs"--NIN, "Shut Me Off"--Five Eight,
What I want today: pills, pot brownies, and an Emerald Vapors e-cigarette...
New stuff this month or so: Ordered a new driver's side mirror on 7-1...New cable channel "Dog TV"...Have you heard about 10 counties in northern Colorado wanting to secede and become "North Colorado"?..On 7-17-13 my new van will be 1 year old to me. Woo...Ryan Braun, baseball player, was suspended for the rest of this season for banned substances. A-Rod is up next...The movie "Red 2" came out this month...Detroit went bankrupt; film at 11...Speaking of "11", 11 wins in a row for U. S. Soccer, and the Gold Cup!..My 30th high school reunion was this month somewhere back east. I hope they had fun...
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): Not shit.
Occupational Hazards: The arcade's house was broken into on Sunday, 7-14-13. Most of my boss' personal stuff was taken. Bummer...
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: 7-1-13; back to a full workout, filled up both exercise balls for 100 sit-ups, too. Yay me. Tomorrow, and every other day I plan to do squats and push-ups; 3 of each workout per week (it won't last a week)...7-6-13; finally got a side-mirror on the new van, and bought my Emerald Vapors fake cigarette...7-16-13, so hungover that I can barely think straight. I'm considering a commentary on the perils of partying...For the end of July, I am an e-mail buddy of a person travelling through Turkey, and that's pretty cool...
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: Somewhere in here I scored 522K on Hulk pinball, and that is the high score. Woo me...7-3-13 Pinball Knights: I won! Wooo...7-10-13 Pinball Knights: I came in 4th; booo...7-17-13 Pinball Knights; I came in 2nd...7-24-13 Pinball Knights, 4th place again...7-31-13 Pinball Knights--I won it all!...
Facebook Poker--end of July: Level 91, $8.4 million, 35.0% winning pctg. (13399 hands won of 38272 total hands played)...
Grammar: Remember when type-o's were the exception instead of the rule? I do...
New foods this month: 5 vegetarian meats to try: (http://www.takepart.com/photos/convincing-meat-substitutes/field-roast-sausages) Field Roast Sausages, Tofurky Breakfast Sausages, Sunshine Veggie Burgers, Beyond Meat Chicken-Free Strips, Sophie’s Kitchen Vegan Seafood...I like to use our garden peas as 'scoops' for dipping...7-16-13; my first use of the rice-cooker to make steamed zucchini and steamed carrots (separately)...
This month of Blues Jamming: I ain't goin' back until changes are made.
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God:
What's different here than in college town: I am 1 of 55,000 medical marijuana patients in Oregon...Athens Regional Medical Center was voted as one of the U. S. News Best Hospitals...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: Oregon marijuana dispenseries are approved. Now what?..Eugene was voted the #1 town for hippies; imagine!..
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): 1.8 lbs. of garden peas were eaten this month, and we cleared about 5 lbs. of zucchini!..
Life with Static Girl: 7-6-13; I finally got to have the talk with her about her poker/pinball winnings over the past 2 years ($1300); yay!..Crazy vegan girlfriend said she wanted some Fruit Loops; so I got her some...She likes bugs! Hardly any girls have ever liked bugs, but she does. Mainly ladybugs and dragonflies, but she likes 'em all!..She will never consume marijuana in any way, but she now has some fantastic hemp oil shampoo that smells great...And on 7-23-13 she got her big Summer haircut, so her hemp shampoo will last forever!..Last week of the month; after she got her hair cut, she did a bonus Summer trim for me!..
My FCP has this for me: We are having some quiet time while I try to figure out how I'm going to tackle this Winter. She is kicking ass somewhere--I assure you!
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: American Atheists just erected their first public secularism monument in Florida; it is a large gray granite bench (insert your own fucking joke here)...
A thought to take with you: "How did we live before YouTube?"--my father, and myself
"I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not defined by another person."--Oscar Wilde
"If hard work equaled success, this country would be run by Mexicans with leaf-blowers."--Bill Maher
"I get more done between midnight and 3 am than most people do all night."--W. C. Davis
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "Bush Legacy: Leave No Child A Dime",
Band names: Specific Vegan Nightmare, Tardy Pass, Ken Bulge,
(...last month we were...)
Reading: Read this: http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/08.13/staysane.html ...
Watching: shove it
Class Projects: Castle, Oregon Art Beat/Field Guide,
movies together: none
Shit I watch alone: “Olbermann” on ESPN2, Al-Jazeera news network,
Comedians: no
Crappy cable movies: "This Means War", "My Bloody Valentine", “Disturbia”, “Demolition Man”,
Play it Again's: “Last House On The Left”,
Watching and Hearing: all the usuals
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: all the usuals
Hearing: 40 CD’s on my desk...
New on the radio; new NIN
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: CDWorld had its big 'half off budget CD sale', and I went a little crazy. Got me 6 CD's, and Static Girl got 5 (she likes me)...
Out and About: On 8-3-13 I got to open the arcade while listening to dubious on the Ninkasi stage (about 100 yards away), pre-Block Party...
Singing: Dammit, Rock Lobster, It's Going To Take Some Time, The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun, Busy Child, many Crumb songs,
What I want today: A new outlet for some bonus energy...
New stuff this month or so: I found out where the local new rock station went; new rock is now 103.7 in Eugene. I wonder if I'll be able to remember that!
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): I now own a laser pointer/night light, for $1 at Dollar Tree; yay...
Occupational Hazards: Ninkasi has a beer for us; Electro Mechanic Ale, or close to that.
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: I turned 48 this month. Woo. I'll need to start exercising again (I quit on 7-2-13)...Going to get my medical marijuana physical on 8-13, and see a skin Dr. on 8-15 (I have tinea versicolor). Also mailed off my new medical paperwork on 8-15...8-18-13; Sunday, after doing okay in Shannon's birthday poker tournament, I slammed my hand in the door of a cab--first time in my life I've done this (feeling stoopid)...8-26-13 super, double-puke hungover Monday, bought a new Interstate battery from Wade's shop. We're going to try a week with no vacuum--passed out...8-29-13; did NOT get a tune-up on the new van, because Wade's shop will be closed for a few days. He was in a bad car wreck. Instead I went and discovered the OMMP Farmer's Market near downtown. It was sweet!..
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: Pool Sharks pinball is back; my new 9-Ball high score is 17 mil...Pinball Knights 8-7-13, I came in 2nd to Andy...Pinball Knights 8-14-13; 14 people, and I won it all!..Pinball Knights 8-21-13; 14 people again--I won the winner's bracket, but came in 2nd to Sam...8-23-13 Friday night, 991K on Star Trek pinball beats my old high score of 944K...Pinball Knights 8-28-13; I beat Kevin 2wice, won the winner's bracket, and and won it all again. Woo...Made the finals in all 4 August Pinball Knights, and won 2...8-29-13 Eugene Weekly; our pinball tournament is listed as a 'recreation' event on Wednesday night; woo hooo!
Poker: I should start keeping track of this: On my pre-birthday Thursday night, Facebook Zynga Poker I broke $10 million for the first time at 1:14 am (my birthday)...35.10% winning pctg. is my top...Down to 35.0% and 9.8 mil chips on 8-31-13.
Grammar: The verb "lead" has a past tense; "led". I've seen a newspaper and 2 websites that keep the past tense spelled as "lead". WTF is wrong with these idiots?..
New foods this month: I ate 4 different meals at Super Taco; I like that place...Tons of food coming in from the garden...
This month of Blues Jamming: The bar will apologize to me, and that bartender will apologize to me, or I will never go back (except for my Sunday poker games). Fuck all of them, fuck all of you, and fuck anybody else who reads this. Is that clear enough?..
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God is taking a long nap right now...
What's different here than in college town: Oregon is the cheapest state overall to operate a motor vehicle in, at $2200 (average) per year. The national average is $3200, and the most expensive state is Georgia, at $4200. Interesting...For 2013, the top 20 party schools were ranked; UGA was #11, and the UO (here) was ranked #20. Wooo...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: Oregon has bicycle bars; you can go and get your bike worked on, and drink a beer while you wait. Cool idea...
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): Cucumbers, zucchinis, and 3 kinds of tomatos, everyday!..Static Girl made a batch of vegan chocolate chip cookie bars, and they are goood...
Life with Static Girl: She got me a blue mesh laundry bag, because she said that it's pathetic for a 48 yr. old man to carry his laundry around in an old, nasty, black trash bag...
My FCP has this for me: total radio silence continues...
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: Baseball suspensions for PED's, e-cigarettes are advertising like crazy, 70% of the new jobs coming in to the economy are either part-time, low-pay, or both...China is having major food contamination issues, and this is not good...8-27-13; war with Syria?..8-29-13; "Obama administration will not block state marijuana laws, if distribution is regulated"...
A thought to take with you: "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind."--?
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "I Have A Gun",
Band names: Gentle Piss Fart, Stacked Double Cannonballs,
(...last month we were...)
Reading: newspapers
Watching: not much, thank goodness for football!
Class Projects: Castle, Oregon Art Beat/Field Guide,
movies together: not enough time.
Shit I watch alone: The Crazy Ones is Robin Williams back on tv...Dads is not horrible...Mom is okay...
Comedians: Greg Fitzsimmons,
Crappy cable movies: sheeeit
Play it Again's: not
Watching and Hearing: bleah
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: usuals, yes. Do YOU listen to "46 + 2" by Tool at least 3 times a day? I do...
Hearing: new Buddy Guy, new NIN, new Buddy Guy, new NIN; rinse, repeat...
New on the radio; I wrote some stuff down, but it's out in the van...
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: new NIN on 9-3-13...
Out and About: I try to pay attention, but there are so many computer station choices out there now.
Singing: "Boogie With Stu"--Led Zep, "Right Where It Belongs"--NIN,
What I want today: new NIN, edible medicine, pot lollipops I can eat while playing Getaway pinball, and to win Pinball Knights at least ONCE this month...I want a new couch, and I want to go on a trip with my girlfriend...
New stuff this month or so: 9-2-13 was Labor Day, so I didn’t work. Neither did girlfriend...9-3-13 (today) was the release date of the new NIN “Hesitation Marks”. I am listening to it now!..
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): cheap stuff.
Occupational Hazards: It's not the worst job ever; 12 hours per week, and $100 cash.
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: Started exercising again on 9-9-13. Let's hope it continues!..It didn't, but it's not over yet...I've been buying candy and edibles from the OMMP farmer's market; yum...I won my poker game on 9-29-13; $100...9-30-13, Monday, the sliding door on my new van broke. Boo...
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: 9-17-13; Both Fish Tales and Getaway (High Speed 2) pinball are back in the arcade! First 2 games of Getaway; 142 mil and 250 mil. No Super Jackpots yet...9-18-13; I won Pinball Knights, and later got my first super jackpot back on Getaway...563 mil is the new #4 score on Getaway...Getaway is gone, but Dr. Dude is back now...
Poker stuff: 9-17-13 3 am very late; (Zynga poker) 12 mil, and back to a 35% winning pct. Woo...Finished September at 11.7 mil, and a 34.9% winning pct...
Grammar: is it really worth it?
New foods this month: I am now in love with Super Taco; there, I said it...9-9-13; I tried the tacos at the Keg bar, and at Sam's Place bar. Very good...
This month of Blues Jamming: Ha ha ha ha...
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: poor God
What's different here than in college town: eat me
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: bite me
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): tons of food.
Life with Static Girl: On 9-16-13 we both switched to sweat pants, from shorts, signifying the beginning of Fall, I guess. Yes; she also turned off the window fan in my room for the first time on 9-17-13. Hello Fall!..
My FCP has this for me: she is testing me, and I am not doing well.
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: 90.4 million Americans (who should be) are not in work force...
A thought to take with you: "Our past is like a footprint: It confirms we were there—no burden on our future does it bear."-—Jeb Dickerson
"It's been a tough day. The fog of ennui has settled over turd town. The cloak of 'whatever' has covered all. This is why people stay here. It's easier to drink and sleep the days away than run away."--Scott Mc
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "Make Poop, Not War", "Split Wood, Not Atoms",
Band names: no
(...last month we were...)
Reading: the newspaper
Watching: not as much as usual
Class Projects: Castle, Art Beat/Field Guide, a Daily Show,
movies together: Blackfish (Hey look at that--we actually watched a movie!)
Shit I watch alone: I don't know what day it was, but Kenny Mayne showed back up on the late Sportscenter. Go Kenny!..The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson...Behind The Music Def Lepperd + Foreigner...
Comedians: Craig Gass played the arcade, and that was cool.
Crappy cable movies: Rocky Balboa, Friday the 13th remade...And I bought "Afterschool" from the other Blockbuster that is closing. Watched about half of it; and it's pretty boring.
Play it Again's: no
Watching and Hearing: wait; 'music in commercials'. THAT is what this was originally meant for; like when TPG or I could nail down an obscure 80's tune in 3 or 4 notes--from some tv commercial, right? Yeah, well fuck that nonsense. And fuck you, too.
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: SSDD.
Hearing: NIN Hesitation Marks is the ONLY CD on my desk right now. Ha! Oh; and "All Time Low" might be my favorite song from Hesitation Marks. Seriously!
New on the radio; don't care.
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: I didn't buy anything from CDWorld this month? Well that was pretty damn shitty of me. I will go and apologize to them.
Out and About: "Come Undone"--Duran Duran at Fred Meyer!..
Singing: "Promises In The Dark"--Pat Benatar, "I Will Survive"--the Cake version, "All Time Low"--NIN, "Madness"--Muse, "Band On The Run"--Wings,
What I want today: Medibles are yummy; I like the food and the candies. I like that you have to show your OMMP card every time you go into the farmer's market. I want to do more there!..I am ready for my medicine harvest; it is late October (10-24-13), and I pay a lot of money to have my medicine. Let's do this...
New stuff this month or so: Wal-mart is coming up with a new 'neighborhood market'...Smart watches are coming, and I might care about that!..
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): Haven't been.
Occupational Hazards: 10-1-13 Tuesday; oh look, the arcade hasn't been moppped in 4 days, and I'm getting sick. 5 buckets of dark water later, and I'm coughing up musty gems; fun...I work part-time in an arcade; so what?
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: I feel like it might be important to keep up with stuff daily now. Just sayin'. LAST MONTH: my sliding van door broke on 9-30-13, as a wonderful addition to a hangover, AND starting to feel sick...10-1-13 Tues. was quite the day; government shut down, hockey season started, I broke 14 mil. on Zynga poker, and got the new 25.6 mil high score on Dr. Dude pinball; then a sore throat, can't sleep, oh fun--I am sick...10-2-13 lots of rest--my only exercise is opening the arcade, and I kicked ass, because I am sick. Left notes for other people to score Pinball Knights, went home and slept. 10-3 Thursday, slept all day off...10-4-13 Fri. a bit better; mailed off my application for the Cover Oregon Obamacare, and spent $50 at the OMMP farmer's market...10-5 Sat. girlfriend is now sick, opened the arcade brilliantly...10-6 Sun. Crashed and burned at poker, got drunk, and came home. Still sick...Mon. 10-7; still sick. And with a big ol' headache, too. Kill me now...10-19-13; still sick. This is fun...Fuck all of this--it's boring...10-20-13; almost feel well now, which is good. But now my left shoulder is aching and throbbing. I know I need to get back to exercising more (duh), but this pain is outrageous--I don't think a normal person could handle this...10-24-13; had a great productive Thursday at the garden (we're done being sick), bought new shoes, and drank a Mountain Dew...10-30-13; I was supposed to get my medicine this month, but my grower says his crop was completely molded. I was given less than 1/24th of what I was supposed to receive of medicine for my recent $150 investment in grower's fees--it would have been cheaper to not have a card and just buy weed. So my new grower will have to help me now...And on Halloween night, a mouse showed back up in the house. Great!..I am going to cut off my right arm at the shoulder. I can't masturbate EITHER way, my arm constantly trembles and throbs now, and my dick is incredibly lonely. A normal person would be screaming about alien implants or demonic possessions by now.
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: 10-1-13; got the new 25.6 mil high score (for 2 days) on Dr. Dude pinball...10-2-13; I missed Pinball Knights because I am sick...10-4-13 1st Friday Pinball (still sick) I came in 2nd (sponsored by CD/Game Exchange, but we didn't get our gift bags, boo)...10-9-13 Pinball Knights, I came in 2nd while still sick...Then Dr. Who pinball showed up at the arcade; woo. I broke a billion, and have 4 of the top 5 scores...10-16-13 Pinball Knights, I won it...10-22-13 was the first installment of Naked Pinball Tuesdays at Blairally, at 5:30 pm. I won it all baby!..10-23-13 Pinball Knights (Brady's going away party), and I came in 4th (Brady got 2nd)...10-29-13 Naked Tuesday Pinball; 4 players, and I came in 3rd...10-30-13 Pinball Knights; 8 players, and I came in 2nd to Kevin...another pretty good month of pinball in Eugene...I end October with the high score of 1.183 bil on Dr. Who pinball.
Poker Stuff: In and out of sleep/sick/medicated, playing Zynga poker during the first week of October we're over 15 mil...And back down to 13 million by 10-15-13...Back up to 14 mil again (10-23-13)...Then I quit playing poker on Facebook around 10-26-13, down to 13.5 mil, when I started feeling better...
Grammar: fuck grammar
New foods this month: Scoops with peanut butter + jelly; yum!..Peanut butter + jelly sandwiches, too...I make 'scoop nachos' from TVP, onions, serrano peppers and a tomato, scooped out with big Fritos (yum)...
This month of Blues Jamming: Cancel this shit already, because nobody is going to apologize to me...
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: Oh God. It is QUITE the sense of humor you must have!
What's different here than in college town: A guy here robbed a bank, and then sped away--on a bicycle. As of dark he had not been caught yet! (I just hope he stole the bike, and then rode to the bank)...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: who cares?
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): 10-24-13; I worked an entire hour by myself in the garden today; I think I have 5 new blisters on my hands...
Life with Static Girl: This Just In: I like her! I say this cute thing to her; and I just realized that I can't tell you about it. Bite me!
My FCP has this for me: she's still kicking ass; up in Wisconsin now. Good for her.
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: fuck the news.
A thought to take with you: "Some days it isn't worth biting through the straps."--old American proverb
"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion."--old Chinese proverb
Oregon Bumper Stickers: I saw a couple, but I can't remember shit.
Band names: last month: "Day Old Hash",
(...last month we were...)
Reading: nothing new
Watching: not much new; some Sunday night America Declassified thing
Class Projects: not much; some Dr. Who stuff is about all.
movies together: no
Shit I watch alone: Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson...
Comedians: no
Crappy cable movies: "Planet Terror",
Play it Again's: Moneyball 5 times in 5 days (end of month)...American: The Bill Hicks story.
Watching and Hearing: NIN on Kimmel 11-7-13,
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing:
Hearing: NIN's Hesitation Marks is the ONLY CD on my desk right now (as of 11-12-13)...
New on the radio; Did I hear new Monster Magnet?..New A Perfect Circle, too?..
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: I didn't last month, so I should buy at least 2 things this month! But I did not.
Out and About: who listens anymore?
Singing: "Painter"--Deep Purple, "Zombie"--Cranberries, "Highway 90"--Jane Jensen, "Fascination Street"--the Cure, "All Time Low" + "Various Methods of Escape"--new NIN, "Chinese Food"--Alison Gold, "46 + 2"--Tool,
What I want today: Gina Gershon, Paulina Gretzkey, Becca Tobin, and Dominique Moceanu. I am diverse.
New stuff this month or so: 11-18-13; NIN played in Portland tonight. I did not go...Wednesday 11-13-13 (I think) was the last Wednesday Night of BBQ + Blues night (hosted by Brian Chevalier) at Diablos Downtown Eugene. Diablos is closing, which sucks, because that bar had 3 different venues. How many bars have 3 separate stages?..I got 2 of their (Diablos/Troy) old poker cases for the Overtime...For Thanksgiving I ate a peanut butter/jelly sandwich, then later had some killer vegan nachos.
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): not much yet
Occupational Hazards: There is another janitor at Blairally; a girl, who works on 2 of my days off. That is so fucking cool. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me!..Somewhere around 11-5-13 the arcade took out my jukebox; so no more extended "Fascination Street" to sweep + mop to. Boo...
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: Yeah; so the 2 biggest problems in my life are: getting to sleep (which takes 2-4 hours), and then getting out of bed (which takes 1-2 hours). Laugh all you want, or call me lazy, I don't give a shit. It ain't your fucking problem of a life!..11-1-13; after stressing over my old grower problems, my new grower seems to understand my situation very well, and has provided some good medicine while we wait for the official paperwork to come through. But the overall (old grower) stress may have caused this new pain in my right shoulder...11-5-13; feels like I may have lost a filling on the bottom right chewing side...It's Nov. 8th already? My right shoulder problems continue (stress?). It never stops hurting, and it feels like electric shock when I rub it, so it must be nerves. I don't know--I hardly even care. But I'm not AT ALL concerned about exercise, or my weight, or how I look, or any of that bullshit right NOW while I can barely hold back the tears from just being awake and upright. This is life? This is what we strive for? Fuck this. If not for Cheri, I would have killed myself 3 days ago...11-12-13; here I am, Monday off, still alive and in wicked pain. You're welcome, bitches!..11-13-13; got bitten by a dog; right hand/arm, more fun; Cheri dressed it...11-19-13; Monday dentist appt. I have 2 new cavities to go with the filling that fell out last week. Nice. That'll be another $300 to spend...11-20-13; after 2 days of going to bed early and sleeping at least 8 hours, my shoulder is a bit better. This is a very good thing; is sleep more important than beer? Really?...11-26-13; went to bed at 10 pm, + slept some of the next 14 hours.
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: (The entire arcade's obsession with Dr. Who pinball continues; I still have the top 3 scores.) 11-1-13; 1st Friday Pinball at Blairally, sponsored by CD/Game Exchange, triple-elimination, run by Will, and I won the thing! Again--no gift bags, boo (Maybe I'll just go and GET the gift bags; and I did!)...11-5-13 Naked Pinball Tuesday was just Sam + me, so nothing happened...11-6-13 Pinball Knights; Sam won, (new) Pete 2nd, Hayden 3rd...As part of my right shoulder therapy, I spent 5-6 hours playing Dr. Who pinball with Dylan on 11-7-13 Thursday night. I mean; if I'm dying/losing feeling in my arm, then I want to go out while playing pinball (I can't even masturbate right now)...11-8 Friday; 2 more hours playing Dr. Who pinball My high score on Dr. Who is up to 1.435 bil now, w/73 loops (I have all 5 high scores again)...11-12-13 Naked Pinball Tuesday should be fun, with Helen Fuego coming back for a visit; cake and pizza. I'm going to get a sponsor for Wednesday Pinball Knights (maybe the same one?). Pizza + 2 cakes, woo! Helen and I tied for 5th place...Golden Tee 2014 is out, and I haven't played it yet...11-13-13; Pinball Knights: I won it, Tom 2nd, Dylan 3rd. Woo. Also; my new Devil's Dare high score is 2.5 mil, and my new Dr. Who high score is 1.437 bil, w/80 loops...11-19-13; Naked Pinball Tuesday: 4 players, I won it, new player Chris came in 2nd (Kevin 3rd, Andy 4th)...11-20-13 Pinball Knights; Andy won, Dylan 2nd, I came in 3rd. The lower scores and loops were restarted on Dr. Who pinball; my first game back had 70 loops (current high)...11-23-13 Sat.; 1.6 million early in the day (opening the arcade), then 1.803 billion on Dr. Who after midnight, 118 loops. Then 65,610 on Pole Position 2:20:97 (24 seconds left-new current high score on machine); ALL of this Saturday night to the sounds of Big Beat Boutique (techno), who played a few Crystal Method songs...11-26-13; Nekked Pinball! 3 people, and I won it over Andy + Dylan. Woo...11-27-13 Pinball Knights, 11 people--and the all-Blairally final had Clark beating boss Chad on Close Encounters. Chad earned $15, and Clark $35. (after the tournament) New Future Spa high score 946,090 ROX (me)...
Poker stuff: 11-3-13; I don't remember...11-10-13; I made the final 4...11-17-13; 13 people. I got too drunk too early. Not my problem...11-24-13; 2 tables, I came in 5th. Go Patriots!..I finish November with 15+ million on Zynga Facebook poker, and a 34.89% winning pct.
Grammar: fuck grammar
New foods this month: 11-16-13; Saturday, I listened to the new NIN "Hesitation Marks" while making a killer pizza for me and my girl...(from a list of 10 healthy foods) I now drink Welch's Concorde Grape Juice daily...Could there be a Thanksgiving pizza here?..Nope; she fasted...But the day after Thanksgiving was another yummy pizza; I am cool.
This month of Blues Jamming: I heard Mike Tracey went back and jammed; good for him...
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God:
What's different here than in college town: 82,000 people here (Lane county) get food stamps.
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: fuck Arizona
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): 11-2-13 Sat. I could not get out of bed because of shoulder pain and such--so Cheri got screwed on her garden plans. But then I opened the arcade, and afterwards went to the garden alone, in the rain, and worked almost 2 hours. I am a good boy...We have to be done by 11-15-13; that's our cut-off time...11-11-13 Monday; I went and pretty much finished up the garden plot for Winter...Static Girl went and checked on it at the end of the month, and she said that I had done GREAT!
Life with Static Girl: She and I both have right shoulder issues; how cool is that?..She fixed the ripped holes in the shower curtain, because it was far too complicated for me; yay (I LOVE not having to replace unnecessary things)...
My FCP has this for me: we traded e-mails!..
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: 91.5 million Americans not in labor force...
A thought to take with you: "Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it's a plan."--The Doctor
"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny"--C. S. Lewis
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "I Think, Therefore I Am Not Glenn Beck"
Band names: Pinched Nerves,
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(...last month we were...)
Reading: http://www.fredoneverything.net/PurpleFather.shtml is very popular now.
Watching: sure
Class Projects: "Mysteries at The Museum"...
movies together: not even close
Shit I watch alone: All New "Bait Car" episodes; some from Atlanta!..Syfy has a new movie "Arachnoquake"; now that is funny...
Comedians: lots of free time, no comedy.
Crappy cable movies: even with all my free time, no.
Play it Again's: Moneyball 3 more times in the first week of December, many more later (I do it in 20 minutes now)...Finally DVRed "Red" also...
Watching and Hearing: not keeping up anymore.
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: all my usuals.
Hearing: who listens?
New on the radio; I heard a country song at Wendy's; 'Tequila makes her clothes fall off'. I liked it!..
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: I bought incense from Ian 12-7ish...Not yet...
Out and About: I try to listen at Fred Meyer, but that's about it.
Singing: last month and now "Bastille Day"--RUSH, "Something For Nothing"--RUSH (tribute band By-Tor and the Snow Dog encore with this song), "I Write The Songs"--Barry Manilow, "All Time Low"--NIN,
What I want today: A Spatula Spreader from Cutco...Christmas presents. Lots of them.
New stuff this month or so: 12-3-13; the frost has cometh...The mouse is still loose in the house; we're goona need more tubs!..
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): I should do more there.
Occupational Hazards: I should do more there, too.
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: 12-1-13; the right shoulder pain continues. I can deal with it because I have a very high threshold for pain, but that doesn't mean I am better. Cheri wants me to go to the Dr., but I can't see how that would help...Went and got my e-cigarette worked on Monday 12-2-13 (wicks)...coat stolen from my van at home Tuesday night, 12-3-13 (I'm trying to keep a good attitude about it)...12-5-13; new coat from Wal-Mart, $30...The Facebook post I should have made very late on 12-5-13 I'm doing bong hits outside, in the snow, with a mug of hot green tea, at 3 am, giggling. How cool is YOUR life?..12-10 Tues. was the 2-hour dentist appt for 2 fillings, in the snow...12-15ish; my right shoulder still hurts bad, but the constant ache has dipped a bit. I will continue with life, for now. My left ankle sharp pain is new and annoying, though...(note to my FCP:) 12-19-13; "getting ready for 10 days of Christmas Elsewhere. Not quite the tri-state killing spree with you that I was hoping for, but it should be interesting. I'll leave post-it notes somewhere. Merry Christmas"...Over Christmas, I promised if my right arm would stop hurting that I would save the world, or something stupid like that. Whatever.
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: 12-4-13, after Pinball Knights, where I was first out, I got 7,243,200 on Laser Cue WHILE PLAYING Leon (yeah, baby)...12-6-13; 1st Friday Pinball didn't happen because of the snow...12-10-13; my 2-hour dentist appt. killed off Nekked Pinball Tuesday, sorry...12-11-13; Pinball Knights, pissy me came in 4th...12-13-13; 1st Friday Pinball, again I came in 4th...12-15-13; Sunday Pinball Daze (I was in because there was no poker game); I never lost a match, and won $22 for being the champ. Later, after the tournament, I scored 2.9 bil on Dr. Who (I have all 5 scores again)...12-17-13 Nekked Pinball Tuesday with 10 people. Leon beat me 2wice in the finals..."12-18-13; the last Pinball Knights of 2013 happened tonight; and it was great that we had 8 people. "Supersonic" pinball (Bally) came in just 3 hours before the tournament, and we got to use it tonight! Tying for 5th place were Tom and Conni, with Leon bubbling out in 4th. In the money we had Andrew getting his $5 back for 3rd, with Dylan earning $12 for going to the finals and finishing 2nd, and Clark winning the first game of the finals (Jet Spin) to collect $23 for being the champ tonight."...There was no Nekked Year's Eve Pinball--I was too ambitious...New Year's Day 2014 Pinball Knights Andy won, Leon 2nd, me 3rd...
Poker stuff: 12-1-13; I crashed and burned...12-8-13; no poker in the snow!..No poker until January...
Grammar: Christmas Presence?
New foods this month: Next to the tater tots in the frozen section; 'Sweet Potato Bites'--yum!..
This month of Blues Jamming: The musicians apparently miss me; oh well. I await my apology from the bar...
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God can't believe how calm Americans are about Fukushima.
What's different here than in college town: 82,000 people here in Lane county are on food stamps...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: huh? Fuck Arizona.
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): not for a few months...
Life with Static Girl: she is good. I help.
My FCP has this for me: she is good. I could help more.
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: There are somewhere between $21 trillion and $32 trillion American dollars sitting untaxed in offshore accounts. Not my problem...There is a game called "Knockout"; where minorities walk up to an unsuspectring White person on the street and try to knock them out with 1 punch...The Pentagon bypassed US helicopter makers, choosing to spend more than $1 billion on dozens of Russian Mi-17 helicopters...12-11-13; In the U.S. 49.7 Million Are Now Poor, and 80% of the Total Population Is Near Poverty...
A thought to take with you:
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "Fail Until You Succeed", "No Violence / Know Peace",
Band names: Used Sex Toys,
(...last month we were...)
Reading: not much, just the newspaper, days late.
Watching: I watch WAY too much tv. It's the price I pay.
Class Projects: Castle, Oregon Art Beat/Field Guide, not much
movies together: she won't sit still for that long.
Shit I watch alone: from before New Year's Eve (Monday) through 1-3-14 (Friday) KENNY MAYNE was on the late Sportscenter ALL 5 nights! I am happy! Love him!..Saw a blurb of a Kenny Mayne SC on Sat am 1-25-14, then it was gone. He'll interview that Seahawk Sherman on Sunday...I do love me some ID shows; Deadly Women, Scorned: Love Kills, Sins + Secrets, etc...
Comedians: '98's Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh,
Crappy cable movies: nothing new
Play it Again's: Hangover 2, Blow,
Watching and Hearing: Commercials? Not so much.
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: since Youtube will LET me, I am going to watch every comedy show that exists. Routines, and such.
Hearing: 2 NIN songs; "All Time Low" and "Various Methods Of Escape" over and over, again and again. Thank you Trent!..
New on the radio; go fuck yourself.
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: new Crystal Method on 1-16-14; cool song w/ Lee Ann Rimes "Grace"...1-23-14; went and bought the Duran Duran tribute from 1997 (wow), a MARRS maxi-single, and some old Depeche Mode. The MARRS maxi-single; back around 1989-90 I purchased this maxi-single on cassette, and still have it somewhere. Now I bought it on CD in 2014; cool...
Out and About: "Desert Moon" at Fred Meyer (I thought it was Styx' 'Don't Let It End' at first, and then I realized how much Dennis Deyoung's solo album sounds like weak Styx. Sorry Dennis.)...1-25-14 Sat; Crystal Method + Dr. Who at Blairally! (woo)..
Singing: "How Does It Feel"--Orgy, "Cutting It Fine"--Asia, and I seem to be lingering on whatever the last song was playing on the radio right before I got out of the car...
What I want today: a new filling (my 3rd) for this problem chewing tooth...My right arm has to get better--it CANNOT get any worse...
New stuff this month or so: 1-4-14; I just saw the first commercial for the new Samsung Galaxy (computer?) watch...Comedians, waiters, artists, and veterinarians are the top 4 depressing jobs. Meh...Also on 1-6-14, the downstairs power went out for 30 hours, so we got to see just how NOT ready for the apocolypse we are here...1-22-14; said at Blairally by many who all agreed; 'What a difference 10 degrees makes' (from 35 Tues. to 45 Wed.s)...1-23-14; I went to the OMMP farmer's market on 7th ave., and it is gone. Buh-bye. Okay...
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): nope
Occupational Hazards: The kitchen and menu are being redone. We have a new cook, Aaron. Then the men's room had to get redone, too, people keep punching holes in the walls...
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: Last month; dabs are powerful; weed candy is good...Coming back from long flights and truck rides over Christmas, I wanted to get home and play F-Zero on my Super Nintendo...1-4-14; I finally unpacked, and put away clothes...The first time using my new Cutco Spatula Spreader--I sliced the crap out of my left pointer finger...1-6-14; I will start the mad exercise routine soon. But first I have to smoke, eat chocolate, play pinball, and wear stretchy pants (the Facebook post was better)...By 1-15-14: My right arm is getting better, and I am thankful. My nose implant is making new crunching noises in/on the front left; it's annoying as Hell...1-23-14; went and bought some new flashlights/batteries/duct tape for the coming power outages (apocolypse)...I'm trying harder to appreciate what I already have, with toys and tools (using my slap chop again)...1-25-14; my left thumb bleeds from chewing it, and I almost cut off my left pointer (again) finger the 2nd time using my new Cutco Spatula Spreader...Comedy? Sure; so I start this arcing loop of mental discipline (pun intended), about how my addictive personality would obviously become consumed with (or just "addicted" to) therapy. It loops; it links, it even has trigger words--for a poem. This is a beautiful, massive undertaking: Go to therapy for addictions--wind up addicted to therapy. (Yeah; 'Rolaids give me heartburn'--I get it.) Wow; it makes me look like a genius! Bad luck from therapeutic plans creates a whole new trainwreck; welcome to MY world. But, no. Being 'addicted to therapy' is a very real and horrible thing; it's severely unfortunate, it happens far too often, and it's not the slightest bit funny. Or poetic. In fact, I must be evil to have come up with this. Maybe I need to talk to somebody...never mind...Sliced open my right pointer finger at the arcade on Tues. 1-28-14 while pushing in new wires for the kitchen. Life with ONE arm/hand is pathetic, and I cannot do housework. Boo...
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: My favorite pinball machine for now, and until, is Dr. Who. Period. End of story...1st Friday Pinball on 1-3-14; Sam 1st, Andy 2nd, me 3rd...Nekked Pinball Tuesday 1-7-14; Leon 1st, me 2nd, Dylan 3rd...Pinball Knights 1-8-14; Leon 1st, me 2nd, Andy 3rd...2014 Northwest Oh-Pin; I was 11th in the main tournament, and 2nd in the side tournament...No Nekked Pinball on 1-14-14...Pinball Knights 1-15-14 (12 people); Will 1st, Leon 2nd, me 3rd...1-21-14; Nekked Pinball Tuesday; 7 people, 5 paid, woo. Leon 1st, me 2nd, Andy 3rd. Later, my new high score on Dr. Who is 3.253 billion w/145 loops (you will need 1.6+ bil for the #5 score, I have all 5 high scores)...1-22-14; Pinball Knights: 8 people; I won, Dylan 2nd, Kevin 3rd...1-25-14 Sat., personal best on Whitewater 755 mil, and then 2 hours of playing Dr. Who alone to Crystal Method music. You now need 2 bil for the #5 score; good luck! (I built the replay score up to 895 mil)...1-28-14; no Nekked pinball, just lots of great scores. Another 3 bil. game of Dr. Who w/180 loops--my best loops...1-29-14; Pinball Knights, Leon 1st, Dylan + Andy. I sucked ass. Later I learned about the 'all 7 Doctors in 1 ball' bonus of 240 mil, or 270. Leon saw one of them; I did it 2wice, baby!..End of January: You now need 2.7 bil (I think) to put your initials up, and good luck with that.
Poker stuff: 1-5-14; first poker of 2014. I did okay...1-12-14; 2nd poker of 2014. I did okay again...1-19-14; 2 tables, I crashed out early. Later at home: In Facebook Zynga poker I am at 16,000 wins of 45,958 total hands; that's a 34.814 winning %...1-26-14 poker; 9 people; I went out early again...No poker Superball Sunday...
Grammar: Why do white supremists have the worst grammar?
New foods this month: I'm compiling a list of great foods that we all need to eat more of...I've been using my 'slap-chop' to make lots of salsa...
This month of Blues Jamming: ha ha ha at the Overtime...I feel bad about missing the new Heavy Chevy CD release party at Mac's on 1-19-14...
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God tries to talk serious to me, and I just giggle.
What's different here than in college town: I miss it, a little...A bill in Oregon to legalize hemkp production? Yes, and it's long overdue...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: Oregon had 0 traffic fatalities over the 30 hours of New Year's...
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): I went and bought the garden plot for another year.
Life with Static Girl: last month; I got a dozen or so more towels for the piggies (before leaving for Christmas). I also got her a new green shower towel, and me a new purple shower towel. I also got her a beautiful little "Tardis" that makes cool noises...
My FCP has this for me: she's been e-mailing me, and I like that!
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: water in West Virginia is no good...
A thought to take with you: "We will never have a healthy society so long as disease is a profit opportunity." -- Michael Rivero
Oregon Bumper Stickers: I don't write them down anymore, but there are some good ones.
Band names: Worst Case Scenario (I'm sure it's been done, but I like the name).
(...last month we were...)
Reading: nothing
Watching: meh
Class Projects: Castle, Dr. Who reruns, Oregon Art Beat/Field Guide,
movies together: she doesn't have time to sit for 90 minutes anymore...
Shit I watch alone: "Killer Truckers" on ID, maybe the greatest hour of tv ever. And it's where I learned of 'Hunting Humans'...Deadly Women, Redrum, FBI: Criminal Pursuit, 'Evil, I' on ID (very addictive)..."Inside Story - Caddyshack", + a BIO on Chevy Chase...BIO on Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender...Hannibal is back; yay...Another ID show "House Of Horrors" started last week of Feb. (wow)...
Comedians: Greg Giraldo 'Midlife Vices' (part of my online comedy class that I quit after a week), Chris D'Elia - "White Male Black Comic"
Crappy cable movies: ehhh.
Play it Again's: No DirecTv in this 8 inches of snow. Snow Saturday 2-8-14 was "House Of 1000 Corpses" and 3 episodes of The Tick...Cabin Fever...
Watching and Hearing: Yes; I heard "Working Man" in some commercial. Yay RUSH...
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: Jon Roy's comedy class online...Open Mic: The Other Side of Stand-up Comedy...Sam Kinnison stuff, Bill Hicks stuff...Hunting Humans...Most Evil Serial Killers - Documentary (I love snow days)...Find me this porno "Deflowered Teens 4" I keep hearing about...
Hearing: In Through The Out Door, and an obscure Van Halen run on Snow Day 2-6-14...Depeche Mode CD's and singles...Both Caviar CD's, some Filter...
New on the radio; good luck with that.
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: not shit, even though there's new Beck.
Out and About: Sirius XM The Blend at Carl's Jr. Ben Folds, Third Eye Blind;
Singing: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"--the Beatles, "Barrel of a Gun" + "It's No Good"--Depeche Mode, "Last Rays Of The Sun" and 4 others--Caviar, NIN in the shower (ha)...
What I want today: I'm tired of "wanting" things. Why can't I just be happy with what I have?..Wait, okay, I've got this; I will want/need a new watch soon, and snow days showed us we want/need some water-proof boots.
New stuff this month or so: Seahawks win the Superbowl--yay! Although I slept through the party at Blairally...2-6-14; Snow; no sane person would go driving around twice in it. For a bacon cheeseburger. We lost tv for 30 hours because of 8 inches of snow on the dish--BUT WE STILL HAD INTERNET!..2-7-14 Friday; you'd have to walk in the snow down to Hole In The Wall BBQ to get a half rack and some onion rings. And again on 2-20-14...Bill Hicks died 20 years ago. Bummer. 'This House notes with deep sadness the twentieth anniversary of the death of Bill Hicks, on 26 February 2014'...All(?) of the pot dispensaries in Eugene will shut down for a week or 2 starting March 1st 2014 while they get new licenses...
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): I am due! Triple A batteries and more keychain lights.
Occupational Hazards: I almost lost my shit over (the same) gift bag problems, with (1) my players bitching at me about problems with other hosts, and (2) other pinball hosts stealing my prizes. This just in: People are fucking stupid, selfish and abusive. Let's hope I don't explode and start ripping in to people again. You know what? Fuck it. It should be easy enough to alienate myself...
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: I am almost ready to kill everybody. Obviously my MoM has completely lost her shit...2-3-14; broke my Pink Floyd coffee mug, then (like the 1st time on 1-28-14) the 3rd time I used my Cutco Spatula Spreader I sliced the crap out of my left pointer finger AGAIN (same finger/same place). So now BOTH of my pointer fingers are in recovery (right finger still messed up from the wiring incident in the new kitchen at Blairally), and I am not happy--can't play good pinball...First week of February: yeah, yeah; so I'm writing comedy again. Let's hope it works out better this time (it has not, but not totally inept either)...2-6-14 TH; in the snow, my first dental appt. on the Oregon Health Plan--no charge! It would have been about $200 for this filling, yay Dr. Anthony...Mom sent me a Valentine's Day card, and it really helped because I was in a bad mood...Remember the right shoulder pain from November + December 2013? Did I mention how that pain has moved slightly south to my right elbow now? I like having "migrating" areas of discomfort + weakness--getting old is fun!..2-19-14; I have some serious anger issues that need resolving. Fuck you...2-20-14; the first thing I found on my Thursday off was a flooded cabinet under the kitchen sink. Great; guess I'm stuck here for awhile. (Later...) We have a new garbage disposal, which is nice. Now, at 6 pm, I will go out and do my pillage...2-22-14 Sat.; MY idea--I took us to get our bicycles tuned-up/safety-checked. My bike is now 'fastastic'!..2-27-14; bought my first bubble at Juiced Up Vapors. Very cool; I can vape both now...2-28-14; dentist appointment/cleaning; boo. But my nurse lady Jeanette said that my teeth were doing okay overall--like they are better now, and she confirmed that there is 1 more cavity to fill (as I had told them earlier, and they couldn't find it). (Later) Yeah; so instead of preparing this Sidebar at 3 am Friday night 2-28, after meeting up with my grower earlier Fri. night at the arcade and him giving me a new metal thing to put on my e-base and smoke oil through, I drank 6 beers and vaped 3 or 4 different ways (kief, oil, etc.) because I am awesome. I'm like a Cheech + Chong - 'Archer' over here...
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: 2-4-14; no Nekked Pinball Tuesday, and it may be a lost cause (it is)...2-5-14; 8 people for Pinball Knights; I bubbled out in 4th with 2 cut fingers and a toothache. Later I got another 3 billion game of Dr. Who; yes, with messed up fingers...Tues. 2-11-14, 2.959 bil is the low game on Dr. Who now...2-12-14; Pinball Knights, 14 people, and I came in 6th. Gift bag problems, but I'll survive...2-15-14 after opening the arcade Sat. with Chad still sick, I had THREE games of Dr. Who over 4 billion; the video modes are set at expert level now. I went to 15 video modes on the first 4 bil. game today (personal best)...2-17-14 Monday night I played Dr. Who pinball until after 5 am; I'd had 7 games over 4 billion by then. And 1 more 4 bil game on Tues. evening 2-18-14...Pinball Knights 2-19-14; I was 5th of 6 (boo)...2-22-14 Sat. more Dr. Who; my 3.8 billion game is not enough for initials. Wow...2-26-14 Pinball Knights, with lots of extra prizes. (Facebook:) "Pinball Knights was awesome tonight! We had 10 people playing, and more than 10 prizes to give away--so everybody got a prize! Tom was first out, so he won the Porkins award (a Red 5 hot dog). New player Catherine was 9th, and won a free coffee from Dutch Bro.s; new player Jenna (8th), Jason (7th), and Kevin (6th) each won a bottle of the brand new Sam Bond's beers (very cool). The pinball goddess we call Wendy (5th) won a bottle from the new Juiced Up Vapors LLC shop on 7th Ave--but she doesn't vape, so I gave her $5 instead (look how cooperative I can be). Winning the first ever 4th place "Fourthmeal Award" is Andrew (he gets a full meal at Sandwich League, nice). In the money (in theory, anyway) Dylan won his $5 back for 3rd place, but stormed off instead (Wait; Clark was cool-headed, and Dylan threw a fit? How weird is this?), Leon went to the finals and won $15 for 2nd place (plus Hissy Fit Dylan's $5), with Clark never losing a match, beating Leon on the first game of Bally Star Trek, and pulled down $30 (well, $25 and Wendy's vape card) for being the champ tonight. We do this every Wednesday @ 8 pm; "this" is a $5 double-elimination pinball tournament w/free play. We are The Eugene Pinball Knights--at Blairally!"...
Eugene Pinball Knights just got a lot more funnerer, people! Look for more prizes every week--hopefully prizes for everybody! You like prizes, don't you? Sure ya do! Thanks again to The Sandwich League, Dutch Bro.s, Red Five hotdogs, Juiced Up Vapors, and Sam Bond's.
2-28-14; I may be about done on Dr. Who, at (the earlier) 4.9 billion...
Poker stuff: No poker 2-2-14; Superbowl...Snow 2-6-14 medicated, came in 2nd in my first Zynga Facebook Power Tournament...Overtime Sunday Poker 2-9-14; it was going to be cancelled, then it got reinstated. 10 people, 2 tables; it was a very fun time; I was 2nd out. Elvira pinball is hard...2-12-14 Zynga poker; my winning pctg. is down to 34.66% with 15% of Shootouts won...2-16-14 Sunday poker; 2 tables, and I went out early again. Rob 1st, Sam 2nd, Shannon 3rd...2-17-14 Monday night; after playing Dr. Who pinball until after 5 am, I came home and won both the 2nd and 3rd rounds of Zynga Shootout Poker (my fourth win of a 3rd round) at 7 am Tuesday morning...2-23-14; 9 people for poker. I went out. Rob 1st, John 2nd...
Grammar: Dictionaries cannot even do grammar correctly. Ha... Some of DirecTv's show descriptions are imperfect grammar--obviously a second language situation; "a convenient store employee"...
New foods this month: 2-3-14; went to Market of Choice and (from bulk foods) got hemp seeds (ground), black quinoa, and amaranth...Sweet potatos, yum...Snow Day 2-6-14, after driving around in the snow for the 3rd or 2nd time, I ate a whole pot grower cookie (2 doses). MOST incredible thing ever!..I cooked amaranth with hemp on Sunday morning snow 2-9-14; delicious!..Lala's Delights from the Harvest Moon OMMP are ok, but the hard coconut oil candy seems to stain and stink...
This month of Blues Jamming: Hilarious...
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God is watching those late-night killer shows on ID with me.
What's different here than in college town: Atlanta woman Karimma Gordon died from getting buttocks injections provided by Memphis woman Natasha Stewart; buttocks injections. Natasha is not close to a real nurse. Okay...Georgia still has specialty Confederate flag auto license plates...Oregon has the largest concentration of bald eagles (No longer endangered!) in the contintental US...Eugene will have the largest covered + lighted skatepark in the country; 23,000 sq ft. $2.5 million to make it...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: Rose Mary Vogel of Sun Lakes AZ was arrested (attempted first degree murder) for putting feces in her husband's IV line. Okay... Eugene gets over 50 inches of rain a year (Seattle gets 35)...Oregon is ranked 13th best state for solar use...AZ defeated a law to allow businesses to refuse service to gays...
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): It got frozed...It apparently has a new big mystery bulb in it. Okay...
Life with Static Girl: She's the most incredible person ever. Our humor is expanding, too...For Valentine's FriDay, I gave her some erectile dysfunction. I wish that was a joke...Around 2-20-14 she brought home a green plant of unknown origin from her work. I have named it "Robert" the Plant...I had missed some weekly housework because of personal issues, but on Friday 2-28-14 I kicked major ass and did 2 days of work, and even forged ahead and beyond.
My FCP has this for me: She is doing her thing. I miss her.
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: "Living near Natural Gas Fracking Sites increases Infant Birth Defects" (no shit?)...New Bird Flu H7N9; killing hundreds in China already!..Real news headline here: "Close Loophole Giving Felons Easy Access To Guns."...FTC says stores can use cell phone data to track shoppers' movements.
A thought to take with you: "1 in every 100 people is a psycopath."
You're a pretty cool guy--even if you're just holding the dildo.
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "Silence is golden / Duct tape is silver."
Band names: New Bird Flu (duh),
(...last month we were...)
Reading: "If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room." #41 of http://www.tickld.com/x/45-man-tips ...
Watching: way too much
Class Projects: things we watch together? Well, we WOULD watch this Sunday night "Cosmos" thing that's sponsored by Fox and Nat Geo, but it's not on either Fox OR Nat Geo in Eugene (insert Fox joke here), for 2 weeks? Starting with week 3; 3-16-16 or 3-23 we got (the 3rd) Cosmos recorded Sunday for a Monday Class Project--very nice...
movies together: she won't sit through a whole movie
Shit I watch alone: 3-1-14; I recorded (then watched it on 3-2-14) the "Happy Face Killer" movie on Lifetime (yes, Lifetime). It has David Arquette as the serial killer Keith H. Jesperson. Not a bad movie overall, and great music for serial killing; "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Alice Cooper, and "So Happy Together" during one of the killing scenes. Nice...I watch The Following every week...A bio on Aileen Wuornos, the hooker/serial killer...Ingenious Minds on the Science Channel has an episode on Robert Gagno, the Canadian Pinball Champ (18th in the world) who has Autism. I met him in Portland, 2011...Web of Lies on ID, about Mark Howard the race car driver who was killed in Eugene by his wife's young lover in 2005...Ice Cold Killers on ID..."Crisis" started, with Gillian Anderson; it's okay, and has good music...Kenny Mayne on Sportscenter Mon., Tues., and Weds. 3-24(+25+26)-14. More Kenny Mayne end of month/beginning of April.
Comedians: not lately.
Crappy cable movies: HFK (from above)
Play it Again's: ehhh
Watching and Hearing: Saw Beck on the Tonight Show...there was music in a bar scene of The Following on 3-10-14 that was really good and familiar; probably Korn. That is all...HLN sometimes throws to commercial with some weak Crystal Method...
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: same old same old. But look for new stuff in April suggested by a Dr.!
Hearing: bleh.
New on the radio; "Coming of Age"--Foster The People (started last month--great song), ...
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: I'll buy stuff in April.
Out and About: decent oldies music is piped in to Fred meyer.
Singing: Another Heart Calls, Panic Switch, Van Hagar, I sing a lot.
What I want today: to trip on weed, maybe 2wice in 2 nights...
New stuff this month or so: Not new; we still have a couple of mice in the house. But they are not as strip-miney as they used to be, so now Static Girl calls them 'cute'...Thanks to a dirty e-cig cartridge problem, this house now has cotton swabs and alcohol. Okay; we HAD alcohol, sure, but we did NOT have swabs. My panic was justified...Baseball and Indy Car seasons started late this month.
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): hmmm.
Occupational Hazards: Every time after I take my 2 days off (Sun. + Mon.), when I go back there are tons of changes...ONE of the other pinball hosts that I sometimes have friction with (3-12-14) has apologized, yet again. So I won't call him a "Drunk Angry Dwarf" today (maybe tomorrow)...
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: Tried to call my mom on 3-2-14 (Sunday) at 7 am her time. She just forces confrontation, and that makes me giggle. My favorite part is when she KNOWS she's mad at me about something from years past, and whatever it is--she cannot verbalize it. She stumbles over her own words. I am so amused by that! And, my favorite, she says that I ACT like I know everything, when in reality I don't know anything. I cannot wait until she looks in the mirror and figures out where I got that from. Also; like my right shoulder in Jan./Feb. my right elbow is now in intense pain; the kind of pain that keeps me awake at night. I cannot/will not live like this...3-3-14 Monday; went to get my van, and the left front van tire is almost flat. So I drove to the Fred Meyer air hose, and paid 4 quarters to find out the hose is broken. So I drove to Wade's shop (Grand Royal). Out of plugs, he had me go to Wal-Mart and buy a patch kit ($8), then he plugged my tire, and kept the patch kit. Now that's a deal! Later Mon. afternoon my right elbow increased hurting to monumental levels; I cannot bend OR straighten the elbow completely. So it's time to use this new Obamacare insurance stuff. I called and set up a new Dr. in Springfield to see in April (3rd), and they said to go to Urgent care for my arm tomorrow. Then it got so much worse as the night wore on. Tears, and 14 doses of weed barely helped; I kept experimenting with my available pain control, but it won't stop. So on 3-4-14 Tues. I'm heading to Urgent Care before noon. 3 hours later, I'm diagnosed with tennis elbow, and my shoulder still has issues, too. Apparently I have learned to live with the shoulder pain. Arthritic response? Really? I got some Naproxen (anti-inflammatory). Then I went to the arcade (2 hours late--I called) and did my regular Tuesday evening stuff. Big sweep + mop tomorrow, wearing my new tennis elbow brace. I also got some Laaz hemp salve to rub on my arm, and that helps. 3-5-14 was weird sleep schedule, with a nap, then Pinball Knights, then we stayed up till 6 am again. Slept till 2 pm 3-6-14 TH. day off, then awoke to sharper pains in my elbow. Then went to get groceries, a new vapor bubbler for dabs, and back home for laundry and Facebook. Stayed in, and up til sunrise again (doing dabs with my new stash), then slept for 4 hours...Opened the arcade at 2; home at 4. Dinner, and 2 days of housework, yay. Now I am free at 7:30 pm with my hurt arm to go to 1st Friday pinball, then up all night...Sat. I decided to just work through the pain and tears. Open the arcade then stay until 8 pm playing Dr. Who (5 hours of pinball therapy)...Sat. Night 3-8 was tv night, and up all night again. Another 4 hour nap, then poker. Drunk, and home by 9 pm Sunday...3-10-14 Monday off; I only cried in pain for about half of the day...3-11-14 Tuesday; opened the arcade, went to Cash + Carry w/Aaron, came back and hurt too much to play pinball. Bought my new (e-cig) variable voltage EVOD V V tank at Juiced Up Vapors at 7:45 pm (close at 8), trying to distract myself from the pain. Up all night, moaning...3-12-14 Wed.s; bought the new watch at Wal-Mart (I will do ANYTHING to distract myself), and opened the arcade, then home for dinner and a shower. Back to the arcade to run/win Pinball Knights, and that felt good. Home at 2 am; up till 7 am again--so many ways to smoke stuff, and so much stuff to smoke. Slept till 3 pm, then up 3-13-14 for Sandwich League and day-off errands. Back home before dark. Newspapers, weed and tv until 7 am...Up at 1-ish Friday 3-14-14 to go open the arcade. Brought home Cornbread Cafe (our cocktail Ms. PacMan is there), great showers!, then I'm back to the arcade. Saw my Friday pinball peeps, then came home when it got loud (Church of 80's at 9). Up til 8 am again Sat...Slept till noon, then opened the arcade. Home by 5 pm, and I am trashed out with no sleep. So I called Mom. She wants to talk Monday afternoon. With head-fakes and stutter steps, boo, we're up till 8 am at least Sunday morn...Crashed and burned at Sunday poker 3-16; I was first out. Drunk, and rode home with pinball/cabbie Ryker. Lost, and/or couldn't find stuff on/in my desk. Later Monday I would find it--in places I had already looked 10 times (the aliens are fucking with me)...Productive Monday/St. Patty's off. Minimal arm pain, so we took full advantage with errands and chores! Talked to Mom; she has a good idea. I went to bed early Monday night 3-17...Up 9am 3-18-14 Tuesday. Watched some of weekend tv. Concerned about seeing a couple of faces at the arcade, but I'm still opening it. New back door (old one broke), broken dust pan--the place went to shit in 2 days, AND my arm won't extend full again. I did a baby scrub and polish on the bathrooms, but it needs more. Did the Cash + Carry run. I can't get more than 2 bil on Dr. Who in the past 2 weeks (thanks arm). Home at 8; shower, and I'm exhausted. Bed before midnight. Weds. 3-19-14 starts okay. Maybe; I don't remember. I've been taking naps frequently. Opened the arcade early, with a bottle of bleach (distraction again), to hand-scrub the men's bathroom walls (left-handed). It helped the bathrooms, but not my right arm. Dylan said we may get a Theater of Magic pinball today. I said 'Bring it.' And he did. Woo. Home to make dinner, but after dinner I crashed hard for 2 hours. Woke up 10 minutes before the alarm would have gone off--so that nap was a good idea! Off to the arcade for the big 2 Towns Cider Pinball Knights tournament that went until after 1 am. 20 people. Home with cookies and 2 oil pills (yay for oil pills) at 2 am. Made notes, and ate the first pill at 3 am, on an empty stomach, and had 2 stiff BV + Cokes. Trip Fucking City, baby. Brain-whooshing, invisible music, whispering laughter; all the best elements of psychdelics. Very nice. I stopped tripping around 8 am, and slept till 3:30 pm on 3-20 Thursday off. Up, barely, with standard arm pain to get out for terriyaki burgers with jalapenos. Yum. Home for hurt-arm laundry (fun); and tonight I have eaten the other pill at 9:30 pm. So this trip should be earlier and more coherent. Ice cream and chocolate; yum. Details later! Hey. 11:56 pm here. Excellent results again, thank you. Life is happy when you're tripping and your arm doesn't throb so much. I have to pee...Up till 5 am+ again. Welcome to the party...Friday day I got out of here to go open the arcade. Home at 3:30 to shower. Saw my wonderful girlfriend, and ravaged her--hurt arm and all! Then I went back to the arcade. I could have walked over to Tiny's to see The Missing Links, but I was almost in tears again over my arm, so I came home instead. Then up til 7 am smoking and drinking, bad tv and playing Zynga poker. Up Sat. 3-22 at 11 am, to get ready to go drop new van off for an oil change. Then opened the arcade. Got the new stalker van ride from Chris Nash back to Goodyear--they say the new van is leaking oil 3 different ways, and I need help. So then I went shopping (Yumm, Booze, zucc's) for my awesome woman. Ate enchilada's at Riva's Taco House, a good Mexican place on Williamette. Home to decide to stay in; drink, smoke, cry, + watch tv. I do 30+ minutes on both exercise balls most nights; desk, and tv. Up till 7 am again, so I crashed until poker at 2. Up at 2 Sun. 3-23-14 to go to poker. I'm out 3rd of 6 people; Rob + Fleming split it. Home at 9, apparently too drunk for most activities, but attempted a few of them before sleep at 2...Up Monday 3-24 at 10. bike to van, Wade says he can look at it Wednesday, not to worry, and for me to go buy some Lucas oil leak buster. Check. Home. Rode bike to the garden--coz we need to sweat (and distract). Maintenance Mark came to fix the downstairs toilet leak around 4, Cheri came home; we ate, and watched Sunday's Cosmos while the toilet was made to use less water. I stayed in to make salsa (we'll test that toilet) and eat my last great weed cookie around 9:30 again. Now 11:05, and I feel pretty good (minimal arm pain). 1st cigarette tonight 11:12 pm. 2:12 am now. All cookies and vape tonight, no bong hits. That may change. No. Up 3-25-14 Tues. to go open the arcade, then to a dentist-filling at 4; Dr. Ben did well! Then I checked out The Greener Side on Oak st. But now both my arm and my face hurt, so I just came home. Up Wed.s 3-26-14 to open the arcade, then race home and hope Static Girl isn't too sick. She's not! So I had a fine shower, cleaned bathrooms, and went to run Pinball Knights. 16 people, and I came in 3rd; not bad. I did not get my van's oil situation looked at by a mechnic yet, and I may pay for that later. Stayed up all night Wed.s night, drank like a fish, lost 500K total at poker (not too bad), and watched my poor sick girlfriend go to work. I should be so ashamed (maybe later, see her work ethic below)). So I crash, with the massive heartburn that I enjoy so much, arm pain, and my mouth still aches, too. Up at 3 on 3-27-TH day off to go save the world (face feels better); can't worry about my hurt arm on my day off. Got Weekly's, spent $100 at The Greener Side, got Dad's DVD's at CD/Game Exchange, ate a carne asado burrito at Riva's, then got booze and groceries on the way home. She goes to bed at 8; I am fighting off a sickness myself. 1 am now...Fri 3-28-yesterday; opened the arcade to layers of puke and such--no biggie, then left at 3?, but she's sick both days. Yes. I initiated my passing out Fri at 5 pm (arm pain and I may be getting sick) till midnight. (Poor thing is coughing here at 2:20 am Sun. morn). I stayed up all night again, fed piggies at dawn again with the hurt right arm, then crashed for 3 hours till 11 am. Opened the arcade, brought home Cornbread Cafe Sat. 3-29, almost wrecked a bicyclist on w 11th ave, threw a fit, then grocery-shopped for sick girlfriend; tissues and tangerines. Home at 3. Stayed in, read mail, tv, no Kenny Mayne on SC tonight (but 4 or 5 in a row this week was SWEET--love my DVR!). I am smoking + drinking (she just coughed again at 2:31 am Sun., poor thing), who was that Kevin guy on SC? He might be ok, with the '92 Kilborn reference, etc. Have I seen him before? Then I won Sunday poker 3-30-14, but I'm still pissed, and my arm still hurts. Monday 3-31-14; girlfriend stayed home (good for her), and I was slow as dirt, arm hurt, went to get van and more Cornbread Cafe, then I crashed (instead of smooching or housework, bad), I might be getting sick, or was just unhappy about life. Fuck this circular stupidity; I need to demand more from the remoras in my life. Grumble...
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: I won the last Pinball Knights of Feb. (2-26-14)...March starts with all kinds of new/extra pinball prizes! I can't wait for it all to come together...3-5-14; Pinball Knights was great tonight; we played pinball while the Blazers beat the Atlanta Hawks! We had more prizes than players, so everybody won something tonight! Special thanks again to CD/Game Exchange for now sponsoring ALL the pinball at Blairally; Sundays, Wednesdays, and first Fridays. They rock! (That did not last long. Not even a week.) Tonight's "Porkins Award" goes to Cathy (she gets a Red 5 hot dog), coming in 6th was Micaela who chose a cool flashlight, Leon got a CD/Game Exchange gift set for 5th, Andrew also took a gift set for 4th, so that Tom could have the Sandwich League's "Fourthmeal" 4th place prize for coming in 3rd (Andy won it last week), Jason went to the finals and won a fine 'mystery gift', while crippled Clark never lost a match, and beat Jason on Radical to win $20 tonight. 2 weeks in a row for Clark; wow. This is fun, with cool prizes for everybody! "This" is a $5 double elimination pinball tournament w/free play on Wednesday night @ 8 pm. We are the Eugene Pinball Knights--at Blairally!..Sat 3-8-14; opened the arcade, then stayed until 8 pm. 4.7 bil, w/240 loops on Dr. Who...3-7-14; 1st Friday pinball: Kevin + I tied for 7th place...3-11-14: My 4.195 bil on Dr. Who is not enough to put up initials...3-12-14; Pinball Knights was great tonight; too bad the Blazers lost to the Spurs. We had more prizes than players again, so everybody won something tonight! 6 players on the computer: tying for 5th Kevin took a fine 'mystery gift' and Tom got a cool flashlight and tonight's "Porkins Award" (he gets a Red Five Hotdog), Will wins the Sandwich League's "Fourthmeal" 4th place prize, Andrew won $5 for 3rd, Jason went to the finals on Jet Spin and pulled down $10 for 2nd (Jason and Andy will get bonus prizes next week), with Clark never losing a match and doing tonight's $15 turkey dance for winning 3 Wednesdays in a row! This is fun, and everybody wins stuff! "This" is a $5 double elimination pinball tournament w/free play on Wednesday night @ 8 pm. All skill levels welcome; come down next week--you'll learn how to play better. We are the Eugene Pinball Knights--at Blairally!..Also; Darren got drunk and confrontational again after Pinball Knights. Then he apologizes the next time I see him. He's so cute...3-19-14; 2 2 Towns Ciderhouse sponsored Pinball Knights tonight, and it was excelllent! Tim and Jake (of 2 Towns) were very generous, giving EVERYBODY koozies and stickers--plus they both play pinball! So (again) everybody who played tonight won a prize. There were 20 'Knights' tonight, which (btw) is a Wednesday Pinball Knights record. Wow! The host only threw ONE major fit out loud (which is almost a record), so things ran fairly smoothly overall. Okay; here's how it went, more or less: Jake (of 2 Towns) was first out (20th), so he won the Porkins Award (a Red Five Hotdog), then the stats get murky as Amy (19th), new player Travis (18th), Sam (17th), and Audra (16th) went out; then (15th) was 2 Turtles, (14th) freshly tattooed Jason (gets nothing--he's leaving us to go to Portland), then (13th) Tim (of 2 Towns); 11 + 12 were Conni + Tom (Conni beat Tom tonight; they got trinkets and a Dutch Bro.s coffee card), new player Victor was 10th (shirt), regular Knight Kevin was 9th (a Blairally lighter), Gen was 8th (shirt?), regular Knight Andrew was 7th (shirt + hat), regular Knight Will dumped out of 6th place, so new player Michael won 2 shirts for 5th, boss Chad bailed out of Fourthmeal (4th place; he retired instead of playing Clark), so Dylan got his $5 back for 3rd place PLUS Chad's Fourthmeal from The Sandwich League--PLUS a fine 'mystery gift' (Dylan did well tonight), Clark went to the finals with Laazarus on Centaur and won $32 for 2nd place, and the Def Kid himself, Laaz, NEVER lost a match and won $62 for being the champ tonight! Good job, Laaz! Special thanks again to 2 Towns Ciderhouse for sponsoring Pinball Knights tonight--they did great! We may start doing this with them monthly. "This" is a $5 double-elimination pinball tournament w/free play every Wednesday at 8 pm. Why don't YOU come down and do it with us next week; we are the Eugene Pinball Knights--at Blairally!..3-26-14; Pinball Knights was great tonight, AND it was Jason Schmidt's unofficial going-away party (he'll be thrashing up in Portland soon). We had 16 people tonight--a full double-elimination bracket, baby! Boss Chad set up a couple of extra food prizes for tonight, as well; sweet. Being the first person out of tonight's action, Conni R. won the Porkins award (a Red Five hotdog), in 15th was Michael who won a pretzel from Blairally, in 14th was the going-away boy himself Jason--he won a meatball sandwich from Blairally, coming in 13th was Audra--she won some of Blairally's special jerky, in 12th was boss Chad, Hayden took 11th place, Tom came in 10th, and Rebecca came in 9th, Andrew was 8th, and Kevin was 7th, Will came in 6th, Sunday host Darren won a cool flashlight for 5th place, and Eric M. won The Sandwich League's "Fourthmeal" for coming in 4th; in the money we had Clark winning $10 for 3rd place, with Sam going to the finals on Atlantis and pulling down $25 for 2nd place, while Leon never lost a match and won $45 for being the champ tonight. This was a blast--everybody had fun. And we do this every Wednesday at 8 pm; "this" is a $5 double-elimination pinball tournament w/free play. Why don't YOU come down next week and be a Pinball Knight--at Blairally!
Poker stuff: 3-2-14, Overtime Poker; I made the final 3 (that's code)...3-9-14; I went out early; John 1st, Phil 2nd, Shannon 3rd...Wed.s 3-12-14 post winning Pinball Knights at 3am I bought $20 of casino gold (130) to play Zynga poker. It takes 5 gold to play round 2. I played 2 of them. I won my 3rd paid round 2! Friday 3-14-14 at midnight like No Boundaries, and I still have 115 gold! Came in 3rd on round 3, won 100K. Then Sat night 3-15 at 5 am, after cleaning/messing up the new dabber/adjustable pen + writing comedy, I won my 4th paid round 2. Still have 110 gold!. Came in 5th, 6 am Sunday...3-16-14 Sunday poker; I went out first; Rob 1st, Becky 2nd...3-23-14; I was 3rd out, Rob + Fleming split...3-30-14; 6 people, and I won! Brought home $90. Craig and Fuchs were both there, and both were abusive to me. The "shit" and the "fan" get closer everyday...46 gold, 11.8 mil chips in Zynga poker at the end of March, woo...
Grammar: I give up.
New foods this month: last month or so I started adding carrots to our rice pots. Now I have also added spinach; yum!..3-19-14; more great cookies and oil pills from close. I ate the experiment at 3 am, and it was incredible...Next night, TH, I ate an oil pill at 9:30 pm; very fun.
This month of Blues Jamming: HA!
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God is busy.
What's different here than in college town: Nationwide use of public transport is way up, but in Portland it is down 3.8%...The “Oklahoma Symposium of Racial Studies” deemed Portland as the most racist city in the U. S.. Sure it is...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: The City of Eugene, Oregon, became the first community in the nation to specifically ban from city property the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, scientifically linked to the decline of honey bee colonies...Liveability.com ranks Eugene as the 9th best downtown around the country. Cool...23% of Oregon babies live in poverty (so keep shitting them out, you stupid bitches)...
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): 3-15-14; Girlfriend walked to the garden and planted peas while I opened the arcade...
Life with Static Girl: She is pretty cool...Th 3-27-14; care to see a difference between us? Work Ethic: On 3-27-TH, she is sick, at 7pm, in the kitchen, BUT SHE IS STILL MAKING HER LUNCH TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW. She is a ZOMBIE; she can hardly even stand up, and she can NEITHER stand still NOR stand straight--because she has no balance; she's about to fall over. But HERE SHE IS, MAKING A HEALTHY VEGAN LUNCH BECAUSE SHE IS ALREADY PLANNING ON GOING TO WORK TOMORROW. Okay? Here's me; 'Screw work tomorrow.'...
My FCP has this for me: I miss her. I've had more contact with my ex- than my FCP this year.
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: (San Francisco banned the sale of water bottles because:) The U.S. consumes more bottled water than any other nation: 29 billion per year. It takes 17 million barrels of crude oil to make all those bottles and only only 13 percent end up being recycled...Colorado made $2 million in pot taxes during January, 2014...3-20-ish; the Northwestern football players are trying to unionize, and it's a good thing...
A thought to take with you: "ABORTED BABIES INCINERATED TO HEAT HOSPITALS..." somewhere in Britain (best hospital headline ever)...
"Religion is for the weak-minded" - John 3:16. (Your mom was 16)
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "Paddle faster, I hear banjo music!"
Band names: "Snownado" (in Iowa), "Mysterious Moon Pigeons" (NASA's unexplained files), "7 Week Erection" (Craig Ferguson), "Zombie Mice" (our house), Washington Mudslides (this month's tragedy)
(...last month we were...)
Reading: Go read this: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/04/12/navy-ends-big-oil/
Watching: April was stand-up comedy month on Comedy Central...
Class Projects: Castle, Cosmos, Art Beat/Field Guide,
movies together: not even close
Shit I watch alone: Dark Minds on ID; Israel Keys was a brilliant mess. Ancient Aliens on H2 talked about Oregon Caves...
Comedians: Patton Oswalt; 'Comedy/Tragedy', Dave Attell 'Roadwork', Neal Brennon "Women..."
Crappy cable movies: HBO + Cinemax preview on 4-4 to 4-7-14; cool...2010's "Pirhana" on Syfy..."Bermuda Tentacles" on Syfy...
Play it Again's: "American Psycho 2" w/Mila Kunis...
Watching and Hearing: the State Fram commercial (Jake from State Farm, wearing khakis), and the Ricky Gervais (is not funny) commercial are my 2 favorites...First episode of Fargo had Crystal Method in both bar scenes; I notice shit...
Now with faster than dial-up internet; Youtubing: the light bulb conspiracy | planned obsolescence, Nikola Tesla Conspiracy: The Man Who Changed the World, The Missing Secrets - Nikola Tesla, The true story of Nikola Tesla, Lone Gunmen March 4, 2001 PILOT EPISODE,
Hearing: My new Angels & Airwaves "Love" Deluxe edition! Girlfriend got it for me! I seem to get a little lost in Tom DeLonge music maybe even writably, which is a tribute to Yes "Close to the Edge".
New on the radio; new Afghan Whigs?,
Musical Purchases this month from the Tom Tucker discount wall at Skip's Records And CDWorld; my future place of employment, and permanent Barbie Dream Home: bargain bin best of New Order
Out and About: The Cure, Madonna + Depeche Mode at Fred Meyer,
Singing: 4-4 at work "I Hate Everything About You"--Ugly Kid Joe, "Everything's Magic"--Angels & Airwaves, "Love U More"--Sunscreem, "Various Methods of Escape"--NIN,
What I want today: I want to go to LYONS PINBALL SPRING CLASSIC (10th Annual) Friday, May 16 to Sunday, May 18, 2014 (but that ain't happening)...A Copperfit.com bracelet (I'll try anything at this point)...Also; I'd like one of these Samsung 7-inch "Lite" computers that would fit in my pocket...
New stuff this month or so: 4-3-14; the animals near Yellowstone are running away--like it's going to erupt soon (but not soon enough)...Letterman, the longest-serving late-night TV host, announced his retirement on April 3, torch to Stephen Colbert...A pot business "Medication Destination" will sonn be open in the neighborhood, 3131 W. 11th...Hackers hacked a Chinese restaurant's online menu to create a "watering hole attack" on employees who ordered food from there. Brilliant...Saturday Market started back up here...Have you heard of Nathan MacKinnon? He is the 18 yr. old Colorado Avalanche player who had 7 points in his first 2 playoff games; wow! (I signed up for ebay to buy Nathan Mackinnon stuff!)
This Month of bargain-shopping (Dollar Tree, Cash King, Big Lots, etc.): did I go?
Occupational Hazards: Sweeping and mopping the arcade with a burning elbow is not as much fun as you might think...Just a side note; since my boss Chad and Casey W. are doing an hour of Blazer Alley on Eugene's All Comedy 1450 AM station now, and since I met Alex Elkin (comedian and co-founder of 1450 radio), I have a chance to sell ads for 1450, which is another reason (some of the dancers come to Blairally now, "Aia" is Chad's ex- and is good friends with his new woman Cat) for me to want to pick up a day shift or 2 at the Silver Dollar (nudey bar) to get my voice back so I can write/produce/announce the ads I sell on 1450. See? Oh yeah, and I COULD talk to 1450 about getting whatever they do for overnights configured with me; Tool/Bill Hicks combos? Oh; and every pot store I go to wants me to come and intern for them (duh). Oh; and RTUI the register tape people nee a new rep here...The problem is my current lazy personal routine; I am LOVING this lazy shit. Yes. But I am also getting antsy. And there could be some real motivation for/from a man who has not HAD to work in 5 years--because I haven't. Now that I'm just cherry-picking "activities", shouldn't this be the DREAM situation of employment for me? For anybody? Except that my legs/arm/back hurt all the time. I should do stand-up comedy to initiate my disability, like PTP. Hey wait a second...
Personal shit for my own memory banks this month: My first ebay purchase was a pair of (Colorado rookie) Nathan Mackinnon fridge magnets right after he scored the overtime winner in game 5 game of the Avs/Wild series Sat. night 4-26-14...And I am redoing my personal news to reflect more of an overall experience. The daily stuff may go to a private report. Sorry...Online shopping; looking for a new Magic Bullet cross blade, and we may have to order a new Buster Bee attachment hose for the 9 yr. old Oreck vacuum...
4-1-14 Tuesday; I'm up early-ish after 3 separate 3-hour naps. Elbow pain kicked in AFTER I was done with work; and that's still crappy, yes, but not AS crappy as having to work through bad pain. With a limited grocery run I came home way early, like 6 pm. Girlfriend has already gone to bed--I don't know how she keeps it all working. I stayed up and rememoried the 90's in Athens. Nice...Up 4-2-14 Wednesday for more arcade-opening fun. My elbow hurts a bit, but nothing like the worst days. Thinking of the 90's in Athens probably helped. I was determined to not let my arm pain dictate my day; unfortunately I am coughing and sniffing now (uh-oh). Another day of a nap, and no housework; sorry. And then I got out of bed to go run the pinball tournament. It was weird; we (Sam + I) had a few controversial situations on THREE different machines. Unlike any other time in my life, I remained cool-headed (mainly because I won the tournament), and I just let the whiner bitch. I do not get paid enough for this shit. Fuck 'em all; the money is in MY pocket because I played through all the problems; I improvised, I adapted, and I overcame the obstacles. Maybe Sam (who came in 2nd) and I can still be friends, but I don't care. Seriously. Home to count blessings, even if I am sick...Went to bed 5 different times Wednesday night; can't sleep because of arm pain, fury (still) over Sunday, there're new pinball tournament concerns, maybe I'm getting sick, AND I have a new Dr. to see tomorrow. Great. And I get out of bed to pee every hour now. Is this normal? No REM sleep for me, baby. I hope the aliens are enjoying this show...After maybe 3 hours of total sleep, I got up before noon on TH 4-3-14 day off. Dr. appointment is at 1:45. I found the place, barely. My new Dr. is an old man with horrible posture--so far so good! I wanted to get deep into details about things, but this was just an initial visit; he wasn't going to get into my business yet. Darn. Weight is good, at 207 w/clothes and shoes on. Height is BAD as I have apparently shrunk half an inch (I am UNDER 6 feet now; seriously?) Urinalysis has some concerns, possibly an infection, too (great). So they took some blood, and I'll go back for more tests next week; that's when the doctoring will get more personal. In other words; I'm pregnant. Now today's celebration will include lunch at Carl's Jr, and a short grocery/prescription run. Home at 6. I have much to do--but it can be done at home. Look at me working on it...Yes; I was up all night again, updating daily activities and such. Computing, documenting; very organized--unlike me. I even figured out that my feet flatten out (and press on the sides of my boots) after about 30 minutes of standing still, and that my right foot is (now) much wider than my left foot (I figured this out while slipping my big boots on; my left foot used to be longer and wider than my right!). Odd things you discover when you change perspectives. Not much sleep, but some, to be up noonish on Friday 4-4-14. I opened the arcade brilliantly, even with semi-arm pain. Should I start rating my daily right arm pain on that 1-10 scale? I can. Home at 4 to finish making dinner for a still-sick/soon-to-be-disappointed-again girlfriend. I do love bulgur tho, and I'm glad to have an appetite. Dinner was good. Back to the arcade for First Friday pinball; I was first out tonight! So I was not obligated to do anything else; cool. I came home. My new precscription makes heartburn and unsettles my stomach--so I cough/puke more now; great. Could NOT get out of bed until after 1 pm on Saturday 4-5-14 (10 snoozes), thereby making me over an hour late to open the arcade. But I did get most of the worst parts of the arcade fixed; yay me. Then I hung around to play pinball with Tom! We had some really good games. And then I did my thing on Dr. Who pinball; when it was over, I scored 6.353 billion, at 4:20 pm (ha). Home at 7-ish from the arcade; she has loved her alone time. Good. I am still feeling weird. Drank liquor again, because that always ends well for me. In and out of stress and sleep--such is my life. Up at 2 on Sunday 4-6-14 to go run the poker game. It's sunny and warm--I hate this shit. But I was hilarious at the game; making everybody laugh. We were all funny, in fact; Rob, Ron, + Adam. Not a bad Sunday overall; I made the final 4 of poker. Then I ate an Al's Hot Sauce Inferno Burger (scary), and got a ride home from Ryker. He and I will go to the Nudey Bar Wednesday. So I wake up good and hungover Monday 4-7-14. Bike to get the van, then we're off back to Springfield for the fasting bloodwork. Nurses all say that I am in better shape, CAN have sex, and that I shouldn't stress so much. I am HUNGRY! Then I left Springfield to come back and get chocolate, booze, flashlights, then head over to Super Taco to cure my hungries. Had my first 3 taco dinner plate. This was, perhaps, the best plate of Mexican food ever; thank you Super Taco. Home after 4 to tell girlfriend that we are having sex--but she is not nearly as thrilled as I am, because she's still sick, too. Remember how I was getting sick? Yeah, well that shit is over now--she got it. After sex, I passed out again (so much for cleaning house). But I did laundry later, and we'll get caught up soon enough. SEX is good; and not just because it's been missing for 2 weeks. Well, maybe. It's nice to see scantily-clad females out in the Summer weather. Stayed up late...Tues. 4-8-14; my whole right arm is throbbing--and I am looking forward to mopping? (I guess just because it's something to do; if you're going to burn, then burn while we mop!) To the arcade for cleaning! It's nice to have so much already done when I get there, and I don't have to do Cash + Carry runs anymore. I got coffee, and played great pinball. Tom + Ryker showed. I like hanging out with Tom--and he's getting more gooder at pinball. Home to shower and drink more liquor, because I am so smart...Up Wednesday 4-9-14 at 1 pm to run out and clean the arcade. It goes by so quick now. Home for a good gourmet feast I made, then another shower. I cleaned bathroom floors at home, so we're only behind in vacuuming; nice. Back to run a pinball tournament of 8 people; I came in 2nd (to Tom--he really is getting more gooder). Tom also sold me 3 more of those wonderful pot pills. Ryker is drunk, but willing to go with me to The Silver Dollar. We go, and it was great! Expensive, but fun. Home to crash and burn; somehow I made the pinball notes--no, I don't know how. Thank you. Up at 2 pm Thursday off to go do stuff! Set up a food stamp meeting, got Weeklys, Metro-Bru, ate a pretzel dog at Hot Mama's Wings (B), got tools, mailed Dad's birthday box, and I'm home. Did some laundry, gon watch some tube, read newspapers, and balance checkbook now. 11 pm; hmmm. Ate a pot pill at 1 am. Bye! It was a great feeling of peace and calm, with good mental bursts of comedic energy in dealing with the news stories/talking to myself. Very lazy and happy. In hunger and thirst, I cleaned out old drink bottles and frozen food bags from the fridge + freezer (I am smart). Didn't peak until 5 am, which made sleep unlikely, but I was staring at Tesla videos anyway. I did try to sleep around 8 am, but it never kicked in. I laughed and giggled, cried a little. I felt calm though overall; I can deal with this arthritis crap during an intense pot buzz. So I got up at 1 to go open the arcade Friday 4-11-14. Wound up being there until 4 pm, so I was home kinda late for the gourmet feast (bulgur, carrots, black beans) at home. I opted out of play time because I felt exhausted, but then stayed up and watched more Tesla videos on Youtube until 7 pm. I am a wreck. Slept from 7 pm till 2 am, which (7 hours) is really good for me. There's some tv, finishing newspapers, online poker, etc. I also wiped out the rest of the old bottles and cans of xxx vitamin water and guava juice. Up all night I get to make breakfast for the piggies on Saturday! And I'm brewing the old coffee--look at me being all productive and efficient. So 4-12 Saturday begins! I went to the arcade early, which surprised the crap out of them. And I worked it! Sure my elbow hurts; so what? I'll get through this. I did everything, and more, and then I fucking left! Why? There's nothing else for me there. 2 new Big B tires, got some groceries, errands, and came home. I've been wanting to go on vacation all day, so I took the pot pill at 7 pm Saturday, now it's 11 pm and I'm peaking. Talking to myselves with no abandon. Woo. My back does not hurt, and were I not on my 3rd drink, I would be amazing customer service on the phone, or decent on the radio. More Tesla videos, and some other good conspiracy engine videos; electrics/hybrids. Yeah--we're all dead soon; so what?..Some sleep, getting ready for Sunday 4-13-14 poker. Beautiful day outside; horrible arm pain inside. I can't wait to get back to the Dr. nest week! So let's go play poker. 3rd place, then a cab ride home. It's not like I walked down to the nudey bar and offered the cop doorman weed, because that would be weird. Got some sleep, and was up before noon on Monday 4-14-14 off. Ran lots of errands, bought my new fan, and came back to the Fred Meyer deli for some dinner. There's a blood moon out there somewhere--and I hope it's happy. Me? I want to amputate my right arm AND live on these dealer pot pills; while neither scenario is likely. To Tuesday 4-15-14 with more full moon stuff. Weird all day. To the arcade with a hurting right arm. Opened it brilliantly. No Cash + Carry run needed. I got coffees and a new elbow brace. Yay Ace brace and shower curtain. Warm-up (and only) game of Dr. Who was 2.5 bil., woo. Home at 6. Shower, sympathy card talk (Mark committed suicide) with Mom, and ate my last dealer pot pill at 10. 4 am now. 3 days of Magic Bullet smoothies leaves my tummy empty; I want ribs (side note: I am using my Magic Bullet again, and I may find a replacement cross-blade for it, as I am only using the single blade now). I stayed stoned for many more hours--this was quite a pill! Laid in bed for hours, but could not sleep. This may have been a 100mg+ pill, seriously! Still got up on 4-16-14 my Dad's 70th birthWednesday, tried to call him 2wice, and got to the arcade an hour early to clean. I cleaned house baby! Came home at 3 pm to find the new shower curtain hung already, WOW! So I made a killer dinner, a picture-worthy meal; 2 Cafe Yumm bowls on plates (woo), and I am the man! Watched some Art Beat postcard-type stuff--like Static Girl does! I cried; it was cool. Then we had the best Wednesday in years, and a weak bathroom cleaning because we'll be bleaching the tub tomorrow! Then I leave to go come in 3rd at pinball, and home midnight-ish. Tried to get sleep for the big Thursday 4-17-14. Up at 10 for preliminary bleaching + food stamp meeting at 11. Then home for more bathroom bleaching, and shower for the real Dr. meeting at 3. Prostate fun (not nearly as intrusive as I expected), and all medicals/bloodwork are good; weight is (yay) 205.8 fully dressed/shoes! Honestly, there is NO bad news from the Dr.? We'll take it! And it's Thursday, so I will NOT be going to Blues Jam. In fact I'll just be staying home. Ate the pharmacy store pot pill at 9 pm TH. Not bad. It's not a dealer pill, but it's okay. It did some work, maybe $5 worth (they cost $5). Still I had weird right arm arthritis pain pretty much all night again; it's such a fun life. I wish I could share this with SO many people. Where are we now? Friday morning? Sure; 4-18 Friday. I go open the arcade at 1-ish; I went early so I could do lots of extra shit--I am cool. Worked till almost 4 pm again. Then home to a home-early-today girlfriend! Yay Friday! And I felt odd again; it happens. I left on Friday night to go run errands and eat at Super Taco again (3rd time in 2 weeks). Back home, and I got tired. Against all Clark-logic, I went to bed. Slept okay overall (if you spend 9 hours in bed, your body gets some kind of rest-benefit). yes. So I'm up early Sat. 4-19-14, which is Record Store Day by the way. Static Girl and I go to Saturday Market to buy plants to go plant at the garden. We're doing good, being producitve, it even rains a little, no problem, and we head to the garden to find--wait for it--the combination lock has been changed! Nobody told us; and, well that may explain (duh) why nobody else was at the garden today either. So we come home; I took a shower, said I'd go to Tiny's but bailed with ouchfoot, again (Arthritis is making me miss things now, and I am not happy). Swollen, too; shoes were going to hurt. Then found Magic Bullet replacement cross-motors on Amazon for $10. Nice. Pain remains, so tonight becomes the 100 mg medicinal experiment (2 50mg Indica pills) at 8:30 pm. It took a bit to warm up, but at 10:10 pm I feel very relaxed. Nothing like the first round of dealer pills, but comforting. Smooth. Think I'll sit and watch that new Fargo sit and watch Fargo, sit sit. I feel ok. My lower back feels less stressed. I might giggle a little. Easter Sunday morn, 4-20-14 up at noon-ish. Slowly mobilized (5 minutes to get out of bed) to go run a poker game. By 3:15 I had 8 people! Home by 8 pm, gave away all my weed, whatever!..Staggered sleep to get up Monday 4-21-14 at 7 am. Back to bed at 10 am for a nap. Up at 3 to make another killer dinner. During Monday vacuuming, the small hose broke, boo. I'll have to check on that tomorrow. Monday night, after my nap, I ate the last 2 pharmacy pot pills at 1:40 am. Not bad. 4 am, won my first round 2 of the day in Shootout, after being down to 150 chips! Yes, and then I won the Round 3 of Shootout, $500,000 at 5:20 am Tuesday. After winning those 2 in a row, my Shootout winning % went back up to 15! Can't stay up, can't sleep...Tuesday 4-22, went to the close vacuum shop, Rich's, and they helped me rig the vacuum to work. Woo. So I open the arcade early, do extra shit, and then head home after 7 pm to vacuum the stairs, woo, and 1 load of laundry, then I stayed in Tuesday. At 10 pm, I realized I had the night to party. Ate the chocolate madness cookie ($10), and it was ok. Stayed awake forever, maybe, drank too much, yes, and we crashed at 9 am Wednesday. Up 4-23 Wednesday at 12 noonish to cook rice and open the arcade. Home at 3 to make an incredible dinner, we watched Warehouse 13, then regular showers + bathroom cleaning, to go back to run pinball at 9:30 pm. Came in 2nd to Leon, finished at 1:30 am, then home to stay up all night talking to myself and playing Zynga poker. I made breakfast for the piggies at 6 am, then went to bed around 10 am. Up at 3 (5 minutes to get out of bned again) on 4-24-14 Thursday off to go run tons of errands. Bought a bargain bin New Order CD, lunch at Super Taco, Greener Side, then the new Medical Dispensary on 6th (by AJ's sports cards) WAX DABS!, Harbor Freight, more Black Velvet, and some groceries. Stayed in, ehhh. WAXPERIMENTAL... Stayed up LATE TH, fed piggies Fr morn 4-25-14, crashed. Up at 1 to go arcade, and she's here. So now it'll be Cornbread Cafe + Castle FR, speed showers, stayed in, lots to smoke. made some comedy thoughts Heard half of Blazer Alley on radio, stayed home + watched Blazers lose to Rockets. sleep early Friday night. Up before 10 am Sat. 4-26-14. We went to the garden. I'm growing beets; it's all me. She was very nice to me, and didn't expect much. I like her. I opened the arcade. I need to quit being so generous; I am broke. Home to watch hockey and order 2 Nathan Kackinnon fridge magnets on ebay, maybe 4. She would close down early. Later, I'm getting high 3 different ways, but no weed-smoking. I ate a double-dose cookie, then did a couple of dabs on my vape pen bubbler, and then used the bong to smoke some kief. Ha. I'm 3-way-combo cool. I wrote/revised some comedy stuff. With all the medical pot purchases, I am now broke, and soon to be in debt. Fed piggies Sunday morn, can't sleep. Still awake 9:30 am Sunday. Bah. Got a nap, then up at noonish Sunday to get ready for poker. No garden trip. 9 for poker. Monday off was lost in shit. way too late Sunday night, stayed up all night, got the van early, took a nap by noon. up at 3. My Magic Bullet blade came; wrong one. Great dinner, showers, then I left briefly for something. Up till 5 am Mon night, had to get up before 9 Tuesday 4-29-14 for the Offset thing. Did Offset, opened arcade, and worked for an hour in the garden (blisters on both hands). Later, I am smoking dabs, kief, and eating 100 mg. (2 50 mg. Sativa) of clinical pot pills at 1:18 am, coz my back hurts. And I'm drinking, with Kenny Mayne on Sportscenter 2 nights in a row. I need to make a template for my daily back pain...Hmmm...ate Wendy's AND new Smokin Pig bbq tonight. Shitting everywhere, ha. Beezid fucked me out of $60. I have purchases on ebay, woo. 3:07 am, stoned w/dabs + kief, drunk (2 drinks in) and fuck you. The clinical part feels barely enough to relieve pain, but is not overwhelming by any measure. Fig Dish! 5 am; fun! Up Wednesday 4-30-14 at noon, to 6 snoozes. Had to go open the arcade. Pinball will run late tonight (after 12). Beezid doesn't want to give me my $ back; fuckers! 2nd phone call to Beezid went much better--they'll give me my $ back. To open the arcade, and then rush home to make sure dinner is good. Warehouse 13, showers, more Smokin Pig bbq Chicken Philly Cheese--yum, and I'm back to run pinball. I'm there before 9 pm, Blazers lose by 9:45, so we started. I was 2nd out. Other people had fun, though. Home after 12 to stay up all night smoking and drinking to relieve arm pain. And that's how April ends!
Pinball and Golden Tee stuff: On Sunday 3-30-14 I played 1 game of Golden Tee 2014, and scored -13; not bad...4-2-14; Pinball Knights happened tonight with new players, and 10 people! There was even some controversy that could lead to new rules for stuck balls/tilts during tournaments. Coming in 10th, and winning the Porkins award was new player J. R. (he wins a Red Five hotdog), in 9th place was Micaela, 8th place went to new player Barclay, Conni finished 7th, Tom 6th, Andrew 5th, and winning the Sandwich League's Fourthmeal (for 4th place tonight) was Kevin; in the money we had Michael winning his $5 back for 3rd place, Sam won the first game of the finals on Elvira, then went to the 3rd and final game of Future Spa to collect $15 for 2nd place, while Clark pulled down $30 for being the champ tonight. We do this every Wednesday night at 8 pm; "this" is a $5 double elimination pinball tournament w/free play. YOU; yes you, should come down and join us next Wednesday at 8 for Pinball Knights--at Blairally!..4-4-14; First Friday Pinball (sponsored by CD/Game Exchange) happened tonight at 9 with some excellent local competition, and Church of 80's music as our background noise (sweet). The first person out of the tournament was Clark (gets nothing), then tying for 6th were Hayden and host Will, Leon came in 5th, with Andrew 4th; in the money we had Kevin getting his $5 back for 3rd place, Tom went to the finals and earned $10 (?) for 2nd place, while the big winner of $20 tonight was Eric M., who gets bragging rights for a month. CD/Game Exchange also has prizes for the top 3 finishers, and all participants earn IFPA (world pinball player) points. We do this on the first calender Friday of every month; so look for it again on 5-2-14 at 9 pm; First Friday Pinball (sponsored by CD/Game Exchange) at Blairally!..On 4-5-14 Saturday I scored (new high score) 6.353 billion on Dr. Who pinball, at 4:20 pm (ha)...4-9-14; Pinball Knights was great tonight with 8 people, half a regular bracket, woo. Coming in 8th and winning the Porkins award was Brian (he gets a RedFive Hotdog) in 7th was J. R. who got a cool flashlight, Michael in 6th got a roll of duct tape, Barkley in 5th got a pair Emerald City Roller Girl tickets, Sam got 4th and "Fourthmeal" from The Sandwich League; in the money we had Dylan taking 3rd and getting his $5 back, Clark went to the finals and earned 12.50 for 2nd place, while Tom never lost a match and won $22.50 for being the champ (on $6 Million Man) tonight. We do this every Wednesday @ 8 pm; "this" is a 5 double-elimination tournament w/free play, and all skill levels are welcome. Come down and join us next week, on Wednesday, at Blairally!..4-13-14 Sunday; played another new course of 2014 Golden Tee while drunk, and still got -11 (I am amazing)...4-16-14; Pinball Knights was great tonight with a perfect half-bracket of 8 people! We played pinball while the Blazers beat the Clippers in the final game before the playoffs. Winning the "Porkins Award" again is Conni (she gets a Red Five hotdog), coming in 7th was Dylan, Will finished in 6th, Micaela won a Dutch Bro.s coffee card for coming in 5th place, Tom came in 4th and won The Sandwich League's "Fourthmeal" award; in the money Clark won his $5 back for 3rd place, with Hopworks Urban Brewery's Jaime winning $12.50 for going to the finals and finishing 2nd, while Leon (dammit Leon!) never lost a match and pulled down $22.50 for being the champ tonight. Go Blazers! We do this every Wednesday night at 8 pm; "this" is a $5 double-elimination pinball tournament w/free play. We are The Eugene Pinball Knights--at Blairally!..Easter Sunday I played another round of GT 2014, and scored -10. Nice...4-23-14; Pinball Knights was great tonight with 8 people who had already cheered loudly for the Trail Blazers as they beat the Rockets, again, in Houston! (Portland is up 2 games to 0, game 3 is in Portland Friday night at 7:30 pm--come watch it at Blairally!) The basketball game tonight went until after 9, so Pinball Knights didn't start until 9:30. Conni conceded the "Porkins Award" to Andrew in a tie for 8th place (Andy gets a Red Five Hotdog), so Conni came in 7th, in 6th was the lovely/patient/tolerant/awesome Micaela, with Dylan coming in 5th (Mic and Dyl get bonus prizes next week), and the winner of The Sandwich League's "Fourthmeal" award tonight (4th place) was sharply-dressed Derek (lost to Clark on Radical); in the money we had Tom getting his $5 back for 3rd place (lost to Clark on White Water), then Clark went to the finals and won $12.50 for 2nd (lost on Radical), while Leon never lost a match, and pocketed $22.50 for being the champ tonight.Thanks to everybody! We'll do this again next week on Wednesday (and there MAY be a game 5 playoff on Wednesday 4-30-14 time TBA); "this" is a $5 double-elimination pinball tournament w/free play on Wednesday night at 8-ish (or after the game), we are The Eugene Pinball Knights--at Blairally!..4-30-14; Pinball Knights was excellent tonight, with new people, and tons of fun! We started at 9:45 pm, after the Trail Blazers lost, and it went down like this: in 10th place--winning his first EVER "Porkins Award" tonight is Leon (he gets a Red Five Hot Dog), coming in 9th was Clark, next Friday drummer (I think, ask her) Micaela came in 8th, new player Erin came in 7th (and both cute girls got fine 'mystery gift's), in 6th was Tom (lost to Kevin 2 on Centigrade), and new player Kevin K. "Kevin 2" got a magnetic flashlight for 5th place (lost to new player Christopher P. on Strikes + Spares), the winner of tonight's "Fourthmeal" from The Sandwich League was Kevin "Kevin 1" (lost to new player Chris on Time Machine), and Kevin 1 gave his Fourthmeal prize to Clark for a fine 'mystery gift'; in the money has a twist--having earned at least 3rd place already, new player Sam F. took the $5 for 3rd early (and a neat flashlight)--and left, which bumps up new player Chris (beat Kevin 1 on Time Machine) to the finals and $15 for 2nd place; while Derek V. never lost a match tonight, winning on the first finals round of Flash Gordon to score $30 for being the champ tonight. Great job, Derek! We do this every Wednesday at 8 pm usually; "this" is a $5 double-elimination pinball tour
Played 4 drunk games of Golden Tee 2014 this month; -13, -11, -10, -10. Not horrible.
Poker stuff: Sunday poker 4-6-14; Ron wins, Adam 2nd, Fleming 3rd...4-13-14; 5 people. Ron wins (2 weeks in a row), Becky 2nd, me 3rd...4-20-14 Easter Stoned Poker; 8 players--a full table! Rob won, Mike 2nd, Ron 3rd, me 4th...4-27-14; 9 people, Shannon was back! I came in 4th, Fleming + John split (I'm Not Afraid)...
Grammar: I don't care anymore.
New foods this month: Pot cookies! The Chocolate Chip Madness cookie from Greener Side is pretty good...
This month of Blues Jamming: Ha!
My trials and trib.s as a critical believer in the concept of God: God knows what's up.
What's different here than in college town: This is a college town, too. And we now have (in Eugene) the largest covered skatepark in America...
What's different here than dumbass Arizona: We have weather here.
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Tales from our community garden plot): My right hand is all messed up from crazy Tuesday gardening 4-29-14...I'm growing beets; maybe.
Life with Static Girl: She said, about my sleeping problems; 'You don't need drugs--you need a schedule.'...She also claims that my hands are too strong from all my hand-exercises. I'm all like, 'Huh?' Then she cut open one of our water jugs with a knife, completely ruining the water jug, and she said it was all MY fault for screwing the lid on too tight. I say that she just wanted to dissect a water jug for funsies. Sure. I wonder what she'll blame my massively strong hands for next...On April 19th (Record Store Day) she ordered me the 2010 Angels & Airwaves "Love" Deluxe edition, 2 CD's and a DVD. I love it! My Magic Bullet cross blade is coming Monday, 4-28-14 (wrong one). A new Buster Bee hose for the vacuum will be ordered soon enough; I am using girlfriend's free (Prime) shipping.
My FCP has this for me: she e-mailed me!
Comments From The Peanut Gallery: An ebola outbreak in Guinea...Some cardiologist ran up a $135K nudey bar bill and walked out on it...
A thought to take with you: “If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe.”--Nikola Tesla
Oregon Bumper Stickers: "Art Saves Lives", "Mass Media Molds Ignorance"
Band names: Krieger Clones (Archer), Butt Gravy (PTP), Butt Spasms (Felicia D), "Inadvertant Snot Bubble", and a joke I wrote: "Prostate Exam"--they're a party band!