And another thing

"Kenny Boy" Lay and Jeff Skilling are both going to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Fucking-a. Sometimes there is justice in the world. I got my fingers crossed for my boy Fitzgerald to start putting Rove, Libby, Cheney, et al motherfuckers in jail soon.

Shoes

So, it's just pissing down rain on Monday. So I did what I always do, put on all my gear, then put on all my rain gear and ride to work. The only problem was, on Monday I forgot to put my tennis shoes in my bag. I get to work, no shoes. Fuck. It wasn't too bad. What's one day with no shoes? Luckily I didnt' have to go anywhere. No dailies, no screenings, no meetings.

Yesterday. I'm doing my morning routine. Made sure I grabbed my shoes out of the closet. Ride to work. Get out my shoes. One right shoe. Another right shoe. Sigh. It hasn't been a good week for shoes. I got 'em both today though. Yee haw motherfucker.

NOLAJF

Was at Jazz Fest in New Orleans last weekend. Saw Jimmy Buffett on Saturday and Paul Simon on Sunday. Buffett was awesome. Great show. Simon phoned it in. He had no energy. Maybe that's what he's like live now. Saw Anders Osbourne on Friday in a room that couldn't have been more than 25x25. There had to have been 150 people in there. Met S and M and their friends J and D. Did a little parying on Bourbon street on Saturday. Got Beingnets at Cafe du Monde of course. The food in NOLA is unprecidented. It was pretty amazing that there was a Jazz Fest at all considering how fucked up the city still is. Half crushed cars, uprooted trees, collapsed houses and mounds of trash everywhere. I think that a good time was had by all and I really hope that we get back next year.

Satch

Saw Satriani and Eric Johnson last night at The Grove in Anaheim. Wow. EJ played for about an hour, and then Satch played for over two and a half hours. It was, in a word, awesome.

OMGSTFU!

Tuesday: Little Leage game.
Wednesday: Laker game with kid #2, Batting cages.
Thursday: Work basketball game and Buffet concert with wife and kids.
Friday: Another Little League game.
Saturday: Adult birthday party.

Somewhere in there I have to fit in 60 hours of work. Fucking hell, I just got back from Mexico and I already need another vacation.

Alive

Yes, I am alive. Not that there's anyone reading this to wonder if I am or not. The day I got back from 8 days away from work (and instantaneous access to this blog) I got put on yet another fucking firedrill at work so instead of being on a relaxing 8 hour a day schedule, I'm back in the crunch. Fuckers. Between that and trying to bootstrap the Unreal Tournament clan that I started with a couple other guys and trying to set up a web server on my home PC so that East Coast family can log in and look at pix of the kids and actually finding time to manage my little league team and playing the occasional game of Assault, I'm a little busy. Should be a relaxing summer tho. We'll see.

Fitz

My man Fitz is supposedly wrapping up and is also rumored to be preparing indictments against Headly and Rove. Woo hoo. You can read about it here.

Fitzgerald Will Seek New White House Indictments

Busy

That's what I am. I'm trying really hard to get my shots finalled by Wednesday, even though I'm supposed to be done on Thrursday. I've got a little league game and Lakers-Spurs Tickets for Thursday, the last thing I need is to be at work all night pixel fucking my last shot to death. Plus Friday I'm supposed to get on a plane to Mexico. Man I'm busy as fuck this week.

Last.

Last. Saturady. At. Work. On. This. Show.

I can taste the margaritas .... Cancun in 6 days.

Hello?

When are people going to wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country? It baffles me.

In other news. My little leaguers won their second game, unfortunately that means that they improve to 2 and 8. I really think they've turned a corner. Unfortunately, we play the number one team this weekend. So it's straight into the deep end for my guys.

I'm trying to teach Pandora to play country music, but only funny, upbeat country music, like Brad Paisley, or Jimmy Buffett (I fucking know Buffet isn't country music, call Pandora.com and tell them). It's not working out too well, and now I feel depressed.

Going to Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson at The Grove in Anaheim. Fucking A. I can't wait.

Waiver

If you want to become a Scientologist, you have to sign a release.

Scientology Waiver

Those people are fucking crazy, and that, gentle reader, is from first hand experience. One fine day I shall regail you all with that fascinating tale of Religions and ISPs, but not today. Certainly not with ten days left until the show I'm on is supposed to be done.

Oil

So, the big five oil companies made a $115 billion, thats billion, with a b, dollar profit last year. Profit. As in revenue minus costs. Of course that means OPEC probably made the same amount of profit. The oil companies are only middlemen after all. What is OPEC doing with all that money? Buying the west, of course. All the state-run conglomerates in places like Dubai and Saudi Arabia are gobbling up companies around the world, from Korea to the US, as fast as they can.
You think the right wing is offensive? Wait until Saudi Arabia owns most of the US, and we all get to switch to Wahabbism. We're in big trouble here. I don't think, fuck, I know most people don't even realize it. Why? Because the US has turned into a nation of fat, stupid fundamentalist christians. I am so done with the US. It breaks my heart, but I really think more and more about leaving the country. The problem is, I think more and more that leaving isn't going to make any difference in the long run.
In other news, we won our basketball game today to improve to 2-1 ... so that's something. Now if my little leaguers could just turn the corner, I really think that they could start winning some games. We'll see tomorrow.

Stretch

Another. Saturday. At. Work.

It's really not too bad. Considering it's the last two weeks of the show, I'm not doing seven day weeks and I'm still only working 50-60 hour weeks. I can leave for baseball games. I've had much, much worse.

Russ

Well, we lost a close one in the basketball league today. 43-39. We were short our best player and we played like shit, so as much as I hate the phrase "moral victory", it kind of was one, considering we were playing one of the better teams in the league and it was close up until the last 30 seconds.

In other news, holy christ why won't the democrats fight? Why won't they support Feingold? Call your senator and beg them to support Feingold's censure resolution.

Feingold/Boxer '08

Clan

So I started a Unreal Tournament 2004 Clan. It's pretty casual for now. We'll see how it goes. Maybe it will turn into something great. A nice online community. Maybe not. If I could tell the future, I wouldn't be in here talking to you idiots.

War

Vote

So I was thinking about government the other day. Voting, to be precise. How you vote for a candidate that you think will best represent your interests in office. The problem is, Corporations are in charge now, so you can't change things, right? Wrong.

Vote. With. Your. Dollars.

You have to adjust to the mindset that every penny, every nickel and every dime you spend is a vote. A vote for whatever corporation you are patronizing. It's also a vote against all the other corporations that you could've patronized for that purchase. I hate Wal-Mart, for example. I will not shop at Wal-Mart, nor do I permit my Wife to shop at Wal-Mart. Ok, permit is probably a stronger word than necessary there. That certainly makes me seem like some mouth-breathing red-stater. Let's just say I strongly discourage my wife from shopping at Wal-Mart. Regardless of my matrimonial machinations, Wal-Mart sucks, and if everyone that thought Wal-Mart sucks would stop fucking shopping there, well, it might not solve the problem, but it would be a enormous first step. If you don't like what a company does, don't give them your god damn money. It's pretty simple, no? Oooooooh, but I need my so-and-so. Too fucking bad. Suck it up, open your eyes to the fact that the rules have changed Jethro, and you, unless you happen to be an exec at a large multi-national corporation, are holding the short end of the stick.

Over Under

So, Bush's/Cheney'a approval ratings are %34 and %18 respectively. So there will obviously be some kind of 'October Suprise' engineered by the current administration. Probably one of these.

1. Bin Laden captured or reported killed.
2. a U.S.-Israeli air assault on Iran's nuclear facilities.
3. a major terrorist attack inside the U.S. followed by martial law.
4. the announcement of a bird-flu outbreak. Again followed by martial law.

Of course, all of the above would most likely be followed by the cancellation of the midterm elections.

*sigh*

The world is really going to hell in a handbasket, and no one seems to care.

One way

Someone who works at the same company I do killed himself this weekend. I'd never met the guy, this is a pretty big place, but he seemed well liked. I feel bad for not, well, feeling bad, I guess. He went through a lot of shit and I suppose that he just decided that enough was enough. I was going to complain about the Oscars, but it really just doesn't seem like a big deal anymore. It's odd. This was a smart guy we're talking about. Is it the same to want to end emotional suffering as it is to want to end physical suffering? I'm really at a loss as to what to think. Could I do that? What would have to happen for me to take that step? I suppose that line in the sand exists for everyone.

Phew

Time sure does fly when you're at work every fucking day. Man, I got taken off the show I'm on and put on another show, for a week, to do about three weeks of work that wouldn't need to be done if people would have done their fucking job. It's straight up putting out a fire. Grrr.

In other news, I really hope Shane Acker's #9 wins the oscar for the best animated short. I would have to rank them in this order.

1. #9
2. One Man Band
3. Badgered
4. The Mysterious Geographical Explorations ...
5. The Moon and the Son

Hopefully I can get home in time to see the show. At least early enough to see the FX Oscar. I've got all my
fingers and toes crossed for Narnia.