A Month and Three Days

That's how long I’ve been doing this and I have to say I really like it. I use to keep a journal or diary. Diary seems like a girl’s word. Have you ever given words a sex? I’ve always done it, and I don't know if that's o.k.?

Anyways I’ve been writing some sort of record of my life since I was eight on and off, and so I guess logically this would be the next step. So what might be further down the road video blogging or creating a pod? I think creating my own pod station would be a lot funnier then the video. It would be like I had my own personal radio station, but I also have a dream of creating my own pirate radio station. I watched PUMP UP THE VOLUME one too many times I think. Maybe if I was lucky I’d get a dark haired beauty to take off her sweater for me right before the FCC came to arrest me? Hmmm makes me think of all the possibilities.

I’ve learned one thing in life and that is the things you think you really want end up being the things you don't really want once you have them. That is why I’ve stopped wishing for things. I noticed in mythology that when ever someone wishes for something they get it but it always ends up hurting them in the end and in my on life I’ve had some wishes come true that I would have rather not, so goodbye whishing star...

Pimples and Pale Skin

Can you tell me why girls love to pop pimples? I've been married almost eight years and my wife has a crazy fetish of wanting to pop any zit she comes across on my body, now at first I thought it was my wife that had this weird fetish, but I've talked to other guys and girls and they all agree that girls in general seem to have this tick were if they see a zit on a boyfriend or husband they have to attack it and they get a sick joy out of it, why is that?


Pale skin is beautiful; I want to be on record as saying so. I hate it when girl either lay out to get a tan or fake bake I've never thought it looks good. Enjoy the skin your in,oh I think that's a ad for something. Anyways every woman that I know who tans looks more like leather each year, until they reach this point of saddle leather quality. So please please embrace the pale skin you're born with, there's something sweet about creamy white skin that hasn't seen the light of day.

Incase you think I'm some Aryan Skin Head your wrong I truly enjoy those of the NATURALLY darker skin tones. But that can be saved for another day...

My Morning Coffee

I've never been a fan of coffee, and so I’ve come up with my own morning ritual to get the old heart pumping and brain working. All I need to wake-up is a good morning dookie and a few pops of gas. I know I know it's disgusting to say but it's true and here is why.

The morning dookie makes you feel great no matter if it’s solid and nearly tears you in half or a sloppy mixture of things you wouldn't feed a cockroach. The feeling right after it plops into the toilet is great you feel ten to fifteen pounds lighter. And you feel good just doing something to make your body better because face it sometimes exercises isn't appealing and anyone can poo and your body is better without the stuff in ya.

The gas is like the old engines that you had to hand crack to get going. Each one seems to wake you up a little more, and let's face it farting is fun. You might not admit it to anyone but you don't ever get grossed out when you fart.

So after doing both of these things I can usually have a great morning...

The Sleeve of a Poet

I don't think it's such a great mix to be both the type of person that wears his heart on his sleeve and a poet. I’ll explain.

I’ve never been one for the mind games. I had a friend Scott Mehl, who loved mind games maybe because he was so intelligent, but he would play with everyone. It seemed everyone liked it to until someone close to him got hurt. That’s another story. However Scott and I had a different relationship, I didn't play his games I told him how I felt and what I thought about his games. And since that point in my life I’ve never tried playing the games. so when I like a person I try to make it obvious and when I don't I also do try and hind it, unless it might cost me my job then I avoid the person as much as possible so I don't have to play the game. Now this might not seem like a big deal but when you're a poet it can be confusing.

When I write poems they can be about me or about anyone. They can be love poems to no one in particular and they can be about someone. It confuses people because I am pretty open with how I feel. Sometimes people think I’m writing about them or me and that person in a poem. The truth is unless I openly say this poem is about us or how I feel about you then it isn't about them or us. it gets confusing because people will say something or write something to me and I’ll like what they say and use it in a poem and then the person reads it and thinks the poem is about them when all I did was take a line or two that inspired me and created a poem with it. When in my mind the two things aren't related.

I hate mind games and try so very hard not to play them, but in the end I think even if you're not trying you can unavoidably play them so to warn any future events please know that unless I tell you the poem is about you or us it isn't.

Perfect example the poem I put on my blog Saturday isn't about anyone. I was simply in a great mood because it was raining and it was Friday and I was listening to one of my favorite albums on the way to work and I was inspired to write that particular poem. And if you listen to the Pixies 'Doolittle' I think you'll be able to tell that was a direct ode to that album.

Until the next ranting have a rainy day

I'm Thinking About Something to Write About but This isn't It

It's a sunny Sunday afternoon about 18 minutes before we close and the town decided to come for a visit. I'll be making the closing day's announcement in two minutes and begin to count the money out for deposit. I forgot to do my press releases for the newest news paper that will be coming out on the 15th, I typed them up quickly and I hope they'll accept them and print them otherwise I might get in trouble on Monday. Well it's time to do the announcement so I'll post you tomorrow.

A Rainy Friday Immersion into Doolittle

Friday’s fighting like hell,
to create heraldry crest like no other.
But the rain is hot,
hot honey on those lips.
My tongue is a ground
to air missile,
trying to find a target amongst
those molars.
What is a boy suppose to
do, when those hips shake
so well. The music
is the bell,
that Pavlov held.
Out comes the hooded Russian,
in the puring rain.
The Kremlin will fall, to those
damn hips.

Headaches Behind the Eye

I have one of those headaches that I can feel behind one eye, and my neck is sore. It’s all due to bad posture I’m sure. Can guys have bad posture? you always hear girls saying stuff like that but I’ve never been around any guys and one bubba say "hey you think I got bad posture?" it's just never happens, and it's funny how you don't see as many old guys with those humps on their backs and all bent out of shape like you do with the older ladies.

I wish I could take a vacation from my head every once and awhile. Just to get away from your thoughts, maybe that's why people smoke crack? Anyone got any crack?

I have a friend I haven't heard from in awhile and I have to say I miss my friend
Well for that matter I have a few friends I miss
But for right now there is just the one I miss more than the others

I don't have a real high shelf life for a friend is that a reflection on me or do I have bad luck? Two to three years is about as long as they come and then they fade away. Is that normal? Or do I have really bad breath?

My History in Music Volume Two; In Comes Sorrow

"Finger Licking Good", remember the rules, enjoy.
Picking up where we left off
1. Japan pt.1
2. Crazy Mary, Pearl Jam- this is another song that reminds me of my good friend Justin from Seattle.
3. Near Wild Heaven, R.E.M. - IO had to get a job for Prom, I wanted to take Julie and I needed cash in a bad way. The only job I could get was at Burger King. I started working a few months before Prom so I could save up in time. I didn't like the job but the other employees were mostly fun to work with and my job was to close so a lot of my shift was when the store was closed so we played music while wee cleaned this is one of those songs.
4. Everyday People, Arrested Development- so I asked Julie to the Prom and at the time we were just friends so she didn't know I liked her. when I asked her she started to laugh at me, naturally I left the class a little upset, after a few friends talked me into asking her again I did and she laughed at me a second time, that was it for me so a little heart broken I went my way a day later she come up to me and told me she didn't realize I was being serious so we went to the prom. This was the first song we danced to together.
5. Drown, Smashing Pumpkins- June 6th Julie went back to Cali to spend her summer she promised she'd be back in the fall. Needless to say I was crushed so the summer was a downer for me then on sept 6th Justin deiced to go back to Seattle. I also found out that Julie wasn't coming back so once again I was alone and this song talks all about that.
6. Half a World Away, R.E.M. - The two most important people in my life were on the West Coast and it felt like a world away.
7. Black, Pearl Jam- when I found out Julie wasn't coming back I felt like I had lost my chance to tell Julie how I really felt about her and I was never going to be able to, this was a dark time for me to have had my first love and lost it so quickly.
8. Japan Pt.2
9. Today, Smashing Pumpkins- I had signed up for the Speech/Debate Club soon after the Prom so I could have a reason to spend time with Julie. Funny thing is she didn't come back that fall so I was left with the choice of either dropping out of the club or going for it. I went for it and loved it I meet many new friends and we spent all our time together on school bus traveling across the state of Wyoming and staying in hotels it was a great time for me. When ever we stayed in the hotels the only channel I watched was MTV I didn't have it at home so I loved it, I even left it on when I went to bed. Several times during the many nights I would wake up randomly and watch a video this was one of them.
10. Don't Tell Your Mother, The Sundays- So my arch enemy Davis Moore had the same idea that I had you see he was technically Julie's kind of boyfriend before she left and so he signed up for speech to spend more time with her in the fall to and we had antagonized each other and almost got in a fight when she was still here so when we saw each other we were cautious but soon we dropped our guards and became the best of friends. And this is another song that reminds me of those times in speech.
11. Beercan, Beck- I’m a loner by nature and even when I had all these new friends I still liked to spend some time alone when we got to the hotel I’d take my walkman and go walking around the hotel and listening to songs like this one.
12. Mountain Song, Jane's Addiction- the next two songs and bands remind me of Davis, the last best friend I’ve had. It’s weird how men who hate each other often become best friends; I loved Davis's funky style and way of living.
13. My Lovely Man, Red Hot Chilli Peppers- this song is Davis this song is Me This is our song, there's a line in the song that really describes both of us as we often went to dances together, "I use to shout across the room to you and you came dancing like a fool." we both loved dancing and he had a way to make it his own and yet had a class to it I was more the bill cosby on crack kind of dancer.
14. Pictures of you (remix0, The Cure- Scott Mehl introduced me to the Cure and help mold my life because of It. we had a unique friendship most of his friends admired him because of his high intelligence while I liked him because he was fun to hang out with.
15. Sometimes, Jesus and Mary Chain- this is a good a fade out song between Davis and Scott and their relationship together and with me as a trio.
16. Feed the Tree, Belly- The Manwhore Andy Tyler was a good friend of mine. He had a love of the female lead singer and so all the music I think of when I think of my friend is by women. We meet in speech and even did a few things together mostly one act play but I think we also did a comedy act to.
17. Labor of Love, Frente- Andy was younger than me and so he kind of looked up to me so our relationship was always a little uneven, but he had some good times our first rock concert together was Nirvana.
18. The Walk (everything mix), The Cure- This is one of many songs I listened to when I walked Evanston, wy. Yes it's small enough to walk in one afternoon.
19. Man on the Moon, R.E.M. - when I went walking it was mostly alone except for my trusty camera.
20. Japan Pt.3

This is not the end....

Ramblings

against personal belief the tired man flew from spot to land in a deserted field that felt ribbon cool and tired expressions pent up belief in a god that did not allow child to become sacrifice for cultural expression but instead lead a life of grace than isn't found on anything but 50's televise ice boxes the cold isn't what is making me shiver and I will not stand next to a monkey to prove I am not related to the species of man and the wanderings of Darwin just because he was seasick and tried as hard as he could to find excuses to stay on land instead of going back on that damn beagle. ever onward the captain says to the student as she learns from her back and kneels to all the false beliefs of professors and English students abroad but I am not your broad I am a man and a vulture and I am tired of being alone on this telephone pole. I will not give in to my feelings because every time I am left further from the truth and belief that someone else gives a damn when no one gave a damn I hate this gut retching spirit I ate at birth on my way from the warm wet dark to the cold dry light I want it back the feeling of security I want it back to hell with personality I say the clowns and the frowns I see on all of your faces to the grave of communist have gone looking for their skulls and mixed messages of half belief and gathering the remains of Stalin only to leave them on the alter of political press releases for the greater good the security of a nation that has killed it's own and the Americana on my shelf has never meant so much to me as they did the day I found them in a burnt out house next to a melted radio that will play no more Chaplin or Pete fountain so dance to the swinging music of velvet curtains and French lounge acts so damn the brigade and mix your own drinks my burnt apples and roly polies will sing and ring their own tunes but I have stood too long and the drink will never come back from my lips to taste the sweet tonic that will cure your memory loss and that babe suckling has choked on golden keys I will give you my last breath if it would mean I didn't have to convince you of who I am and what I mean to you I will never mean as much to us as he does and I would still fall to your feet before you if you would only stop long enough for me to catch my breath.

My History in Music Volume One; A Musical for the Masses

Before we begin let's remember the rules 1. Play it loud 2. Shake your butt 3. Nod your head

Let’s begin
1. Batman theme- this is one of those life memories watching the TV, ever since I’ve been a fan of the man
2. Fortunate Son, Credence Clearwater Revival- this is a song that represents my father and his taste of music, my early life was influenced by my parents taste in music like any good child
3. I am a Rock, Simon & Garfunkel- this one is my mother's style even though she's mostly a country fan I don't have any dolly patron or Kenny Rogers.
4. Anytime, Patsy Cline- this one goes out to my grandparents on both sides their are fans of the old style country, and I have to say so am I
5. America, Neil Diamond- this is the first song that I remember thinking I love this voice and due to my patriotism I also loved the message
6. All Shook Up, Elvis- this is my first and favorite singer of all time. From elementary to middle school he was all I listened to.
7. Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul- she is my first crush on a singer, I think that's the only reason I even listened to the music but for a short time my freshmen year I really liked this cd
8. Smells like teen Spirit, Nirvana- this song changed my life it was big enough to break into the small town of Evanston Wy. It rocked my head like a blender and I loved it I loved it so much unknowingly it changed my life, the first time I heard it was in the summer before my junior year, right before I went to Alaska to visit family.
9. Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash- this is the song I remember most during the long drive to Alaska in the back of my grandparent’s r.v.
10. This is Shangrila, Mother Love Bone- the beginning of my new world sounds like this. While in anchorage I spent all my time with my older cousin Michael Jordon. He had died his hair black and broken up with his girlfriend, he was about five years older than me and had this wide range of music I had never heard of in my small town mind. He spent most of his time driving around and listening to music that blew my mind wide open.
11. Hunger Strike, Temple of the Dog- this song was dedicated to Andrew Wood the singer of Mother Love Bone who died of an accidental overdose on heroin. It was also the first time I heard the melodic voice of Eddie Vedder and I had my first homoerotic moments as I heard his voice.
12. So Far Away, Social Distortion- another group Michael introduced me to, my first punk band and still the best.
13. Why Go, Pearl Jam- I loved his voice as you know and I love the fact that the songs not only rock your world they tell you about the world we really live in.
14. Would?, Alice in Chains- after returning home with a list of bands from my cousin to check out I went hunting and found the next three on the list. I love how this particular song opens.
15. Dollar Bill, Screaming Trees- another great band that is still great to listen to, I love his deep voice my second c.d. I ever bought as I made my transition from tape to cd. Mother love bone was the first it came in the long cardboard boxes.
16. Head Like A Hole, Nine inch Nails- ok so besides being a song that introduced me to industrial genre it also says my name right before the singing begins if you listen carefully to the chanting at the very beginning. They scream my name three times and then Trent comes on and starts singing.
17. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd- the major events of my junior year were trying to not get killed by the cowboys and jocks for being different and the other major event was finding my first love, Julie Christensen. During the course of our time together she made me a mix with this song and the next on it. So now I can't hear them without thinking of her and this one in particular would foreshadows things to come.
18. Possession, Sarah McLachlan- I loved hearing this song on a mix from a girl I liked and I have yet to have this happen to me (what the song is about) but a guy can still hope.
19, Wave of Mutilation (U.K. Surf Mix), The Pixies- the next most important person to me in my junior year was Justin from Seattle, he helped me learn to develop my own sense of style and taught me a lot about music. He was also the first close friend I had since the seventh grade. He didn't mind getting harassed by the cowboys and jocks along with me. This song reminds me of the times we would go to his house for lunch and eat gas station burritos while he and his dad got high.
20. Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland- I can't say I like the movie but this song can still make me smile and at times come to the edge of tears, its a great song.

To be continued in volume two....

Pass it Around

My boss called in sick yesterday due to heavy vomiting and I have to wonder if she caught it from me, as you know I was puking and still went to work, is that some form of biological terrorism?

Well I don't have a lot to say except that I’ve been working on a history of my life in music, creating mixes that reflect my life; it is both enjoyable and painful. I can look back in verse and melody to hear the joys and triumphs next to the heartbreak and loneliness, I’ve always been a fan of music and the power it holds, much like smell. You can catch a whiff of something and be sent to a place and time you vaguely remember otherwise. So to music transports me to point of clean straight lines in my mind. I just finished volume two the beginning of my high school years and wow! All I have left to do is write the legend to decipher the map I’ve made. And the artwork. The first volume has a cover of a mixture of photographs, so this one needs to be different and something that reflects the mood of my soul at that particular time in my life. I think I’ll post the mixes on my blog.

So until that time I’ll speed away fast because that's the only way the city lights look right.

Happy May Day

I almost forgot to wish you all a happy may day.

remember to put out the hearth fires and lay flowers on your door and windows to keep those mischievous fairies at bay

and take a dance around the may pole for me

A Third Charm

So I’ve been meaning to tell you about my third visit to marriage counseling. We had to feel out our family history both physical and mental I guess he wants to know if crazy runs in the family. I hate filling out these kinds of forms and sadly I’ve done it before. The way I look at it he's trying to find a reason for me being so messed up meaning what my parents did to me as child. Well I have a basic news flash I don't go in for all that blaming the parents crap unless they left marks from the beatings or they sexually messed with you or verbally messed you up. And the verbal is very iffy.

I don't know I don't like to think I have so little control over my mind even at a young age. I don't know I don't know all the answers I just don't want to spend my time hating my parents for how they raised me.

So he talked about the wife's history and just a little counseling over all. The thing I wanted to talk about that's still bugging me is this, "I don't think you’re (me and my wife) personalities match enough that you'll ever be able to be real close, but I think I can help you make it work enough to be happy" what the Hell does that mean?!

What’s the point of going to a counselor if they can only help us get close enough to be happy but not real close. Isn’t that the point of being married! To be the closest with that one person and be happy. To be able to be everything with that person and not have regrets? I don't want it to "work" I want it to be great and wonderful and happy. I don't want to settle and from how I look at what the counselor is saying is we're settling even if we are happy, but how can I be happy about that. I don't want my wife settling for me when she could have so much more with someone else.

I sometimes wonder if this is going to help or if he's knows it's doomed and he just wants to milk some money out of us.

I sound bitter but I’m just a little disappointed and I was hoping for more.

Until the next flip

Who's My Rival

I have to say that I hate taking a new position when you have to work with the person you in affect replaced, I’ve had to do this twice now in my working career and both times the person has this grudge that is taken out on me, what the hell I didn't do anything to take the position away from them so why do they have to go after me. It’s big time annoying, especially when I try to make changes and they fight me every inch because I want to do things different from the way they did it. But obviously if they were doing it the "right" way then they would still be in that position. Anyways it's a frustration. I'd like to be able to learn a new position without the old person hanging around to argue every point.

Enough of that

I got Pearl Jam's new album this weekend, I pre-ordered it and for once the mail delivered something early. I won't give it away for anyone that reads this that might care, but it's a good one, I believe it will rank up there with their top ones. Great mix of tempo and melody and plenty of foot tapping will ensue.

It’s the beginning of a new week and so I must say that I want it to be a good one. I’m not sick anymore and so I got that going for me as well as great tunes to listen to.

Last pop culture mention - United 93 was a good film but it could have been a lot better. They didn't give any background on the passengers so by the end when they die you feel bad for them but it wasn't a tear jerker like I thought it did because I didn't even know their names. So it's a good film to watch but then you need to do your own research to learn about the people who died to save the capital.

funny

MySpace Layouts

Strange Guy Update

he came in on wednesday and didn't say anything and didn't have his metallic briefcase with him so i'm thinking he's crazy or the meeting with the senators didn't go so well.

After Three Days I Have Returned

I know you've missed me oh so bad so I had to come back and tell you the news. I’m feeling a hint better but that hint is great!

While I was away sick I watched the Godfather Pts I & II and I noticed this time how great our families are compared to what they could be like no family is as bad as that.

So I want to talk about how hairy I am.

It really surprises me how hairy I am. I mean come on I was a late bloomer and so by the time the hair started to come in I was thrilled and wanting more. Long ago I lost the excitement and I keep wondering if it will ever stop. Now part of it is my fault, my chest mostly. When it came in I was 19 or so and it was taking its time, so I did what men around the world are warned not to do. I shaved my chest in certain areas to encourage the growth. Well it worked too well.
I’m 29 now and my back is starting to grow its own hair well it's been growing in the last five years, and steadily spreading. My wife talked me into waxing my back and at first it hurt like a bugger and she said it wouldn't grow back as thick as before well she was wrong.
It’s like a plague or something as it spreads down my back and chest and arms. I don't have the hair glow yet, (ya know when a shirtless guy has a peculiar glow from a distance and when you get closer you realize the glow is his hair that encompasses his body.)Yeah thankfully it isn't that bad but I could give magnum PI or Robin Williams a run for their money.
I went camping once and decided to go skinny dipping, I thought I was alone but it turns out once I made it to the shore three kids started screaming and crying about a Bigfoot. I freaked out and started to look around to see if I could see it and then I noticed they were all pointing at me, boy that was a low moment in my life. Needless to say I don’t get naked in nature anymore.

I Hate the Mail

I can see by the internet that my package i've been waiting on arrived at my post office on the 21st and it's the 26th and i still don't have th package. I'm a but confused.
really i'm confused in a lot of different parts of my life.

whenever i get sick i always seem to get a little depressed, i wonder why that is?

i spent the first part of the day at a defensive driving class and now i'm getting ready for the wednesday rush of kids to come and hang out at the library and argue over the computers as they can get onto my space i hate that stupid site.

i really want to take a four story leap off of a building right about now

Hot Showers and Stuffy Heads

You'll have to excuse me while I listen to Pearl Jam's song that's posted on Amazon.com "Life Wasted" it's amazing.

So needless to report that my allergies/asthma/cold are still thriving in my head and body. And you'd think a hot shower would help things but in fact it made me feel even worse, so stick that in your butter.

o.k. I’m behind on blog issues I want to bring up but this one is big and I can't in all good conscious not tell you about it in case the guy ends up not being crazy.


So last week from Wednesday to Thursday we had this strange older guy living at the library in one of our conference rooms. he carried an oversized metal briefcase the kind you see in movies that the drug dealers carry their money in, so for the two days he was here he carried the thing with him everywhere even when he left the room to go and get a drink from the water fountain, or when he would come up and ask us for random odd things, like a calendar from 2004 or a star chart. He said he was working on something very important for the government but couldn't get into so we just assumed he was crazy and smiled. At one point he asked if we had a shredder, I told him we do and he asked if it would be ok for him to shred the documents himself so I said sure. From that point on he would help himself to our shredder at odd times and would watch the paper to make sure all of it made it through before leaving. the next weird thing was one day he asked one of the other employees to watch the briefcase (I don't know what he had to do that he couldn't take it with him (he took it into the restroom with him)) he told the employee that if anything should happen to the case that the government would be coming after the employee as well as him so not to take his eyes off of it.
yesterday I was talking to one of our elderly patrons that come in daily and he told me that he went to lunch with the guy, and they talked about the weird conversation they had about how this guy was in the Regan administration, but couldn't talk about what he did for Regan, and how whatever it was that he was working on was for a big meeting in D.C. with some senators. He also told our regular patron that he was staying at the monastery (I guess they still offer sanctuary (which is very cool)). so anyways the last thing the guy told our patron is to watch for his name in the news in the coming weeks because something big is going to happens, so to protect this guy from whoever he was hiding from I won't tell you his name but I’m going to be keeping an eye out for his name in the papers and I’ll let you all know if I see it.

Kids and Runny Noses

I helped in my first Discovery Time today. It's a thing the library does to entertain toddlers while their moms visit and give you weird looks that boarder line inappropriate and disgust. I enjoyed reading to the little munchkins but due to my illness/allergies my nose wanted to run.

I'm trying to get my class schedules to workout so I can be done with grad. School by Sep of next year, but I’m having a hard time getting into my prerequisite classes. Anyways I got two of the five for this summer and two more this fall and I’m hoping by spring I can finish the last one. By taking three classes each semester and going this summer and next I’ll be all done, if the classes will work out.

Now I have to figure out if I want to do a thesis or a comprehensive exam. I’m leaning to the exam, but I don't take tests well, but I have two tries at it so I don't know.

My Current Booklist

FICTION-

General- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, I think this is one of those books any male American should read for the sake of better understanding themselves and their role in life.
Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides, A great book that makes you look at yourself and those around you a bit differently, and to respect those you don't understand.
Classics-Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., One of my all time favorite books due tot he fact it entertains as well as teaches you to look at war and life and love in some many different was.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, A true classic that still lives in today's world. so many classics I've read and not gotten a lot out of due to their lack of relating to the modern day, and yet this book still rings true.
Fantasy-The Once and Future King by T.H.White, the single greatest story I've ever read. it deals with the legend of King Arthur, and yet teaches us about war, love, revenge and loss. It will make you laugh and cry and stop to think.
Assassin's Apprentice; Royal Assassin; Assassin's Quest; Fool's Errand; Golden Fool; Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb, the greatest series of fantasy books out there today. it takes two trilogy to tell the tale but when your done you'll never look at fantasy in the same way, and nothing you read after will quite compare to these stories.
Mystery- The Alienist by Caleb Carr- a great story that keeps you interested from start to Finish and doesn't have an obvious enemy from the start.
Western- Hondo by Louis L'AMOUR- The greatest western write with a great tale. much more than cowboys and Indians.
Romance- The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin, a great story that is both funny and heart warming.
Comedy- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris, a hilarious collection of the authors memories about growing up in Raleigh N.C., and he's beginnings in N.Y.
Horror- I am Legend by Richard Matheson, a great tale of vampires and zombies in an apocalyptic world.

Poetry- Cut Off the Ears of Winter by Peter Covino, a contempary poet that speaks for today.
Howl by Allen Ginsberg, a great classic from the beat generation
Paradise Lost by Milton, any poet that can make you weep for the devil is amazing in my book
Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau, after reading this I almost became a hermit that lived in Alaska.

NONFICTION
Get in the Van-Henry Rollins, a great book based on the journals of the lead singer from BLACK FLAG.
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce, another great book about one of the greatest comics of all time.
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, An engaging story about a man that decides he wants to hike the trail from Georgia to Maine.
The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose, a great recounting of the men that served in World War II as bomber piolets.
Cod: the fish that changed the world by Mark Kurlansky, a great story about a fish most people wouldn't spend five seconds thinking about.
In The Company of Heroes by Michael J Durant, a gripping story about a modern day POW.
The Knight by Alan Baker, an easy way to introduce yourself to the medieval periods greatest weapon.

Watch Out World

You Are 76% Evil

You are very evil. And you're too evil to care. Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.

How Evil Are You?

Ahem

You Are Rain

You can be warm and sexy. Or cold and unwelcoming. Either way, you slowly bring out the beauty around you. You are best known for: your touch Your dominant state: changing

What Type of Weather Are You?

WOw I didn't See this one Coming

In a Past Life...

You Were: An Insane Priest. Where You Lived: Siberia. How You Died: Natural causes.

Who Were You In a Past Life?

Sunday Drives to Work

So I’m feeling better, I’m at working doing my duty of one Sunday a month. But this is the last Sunday of the year. Up in the mountains the public library likes to stay open during the winter to give the homeless somewhere warm for a few hours a day. but now that the sun is here for a few months They can stay in their natural habitat like the park and public transportation, and we see that ecology has a plan we simple people can't understand.

Sunday work is fun even if your stomach pains have moved into your chest and you can't breath. Asthmas good for something, lingering sickness.

I found a website a friend introduced me to that lets you take all kinds of quizzes and post them on your blogs and hence the three I did yesterday. I was pretty happy with all of them, but I’m unsure of the U.N., in a way I’m for it but conspiracy theorist in me sees the U.N. as the gateway drug to a World Government, and I don't care what people think I don't want to be in the same government as France. I spit in their general direction.

So to all you fun loving Americans that hate the French more for their snobby hats and tight t-shirts than their radical political beliefs I salute you!

Before I go I have to support my new favorite TV. show. it's on IFC Saturday nights at 8 & 11Pm mountain time so figure that out eastern and pacific people (I won't go into the many times my conversions have lead me to tape a rerun of the Golden Girls instead of the desired show), It's called The Henry Rollins Show and if you don't know who he is you'd better learn.

I'm Getting too into These Quizes

You're a Dragon!

Noble, regal, and highly misunderstood, you're a bit of a loner at
heart. You like caves, the sky, and other vast expanses of air where you can blow
off steam. You and people like you got a lot more respect in the old days, but now
your type only shows up in songs about young children. They're the only people who
really believe in your potential. As long as you believe in yourself, and don't
breathe directly at anyone, you'll be okay. You have a strange liking for string and
sealing-wax.


Take the Animal Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Yeah Baby

You're the United Nations!

Most people think you're ineffective, but you are trying to
completely save the world from itself, so there's always going to be a long
way to go.  You're always the one trying to get friends to talk to each
other, enemies to talk to each other, anyone who can to just talk instead of
beating each other about the head and torso.  Sometimes it works and sometimes
it doesn't, and you get very schizophrenic as a result.  But your heart
is in the right place, and sometimes also in New York.


Take the Country Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid

We'll See if this WOrks

You're The Guns of August!

by Barbara Tuchman

Though you're interested in war, what you really want to know is what
causes war. You're out to expose imperialism, militarism, and nationalism for what they
really are. Nevertheless, you're always living in the past and have a hard time dealing
with what's going on today. You're also far more focused on Europe than anywhere else in
the world. A fitting motto for you might be "Guns do kill, but so can
diplomats."


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Earth Day Celebration

I rang in Earth Day by giving up sacrifice to the Porcelain God. Not once but twice and then periodically I sat upon the White God to deliver more sacrifice. Ahhh the joy of stomach pains.

I still went to work sick and for my courage I have been shunned and forced to work in the back back office. I feel like I should be wearing a leper's bell.

I'll keep this short and wish all my many hippy friends a great earth day

Hermit Crabs

The entire time I was growing up as a kid I had pets, dogs, cats, rabbits, ducks, pigs, cows, horses, hamsters, mice, fish, turtles, lizards, igouana( i have know idea how to spell this so hopefully i got close enough so you know what i mean), and now two hermit crabs. You see I have a bit of a curse on my head. I love animals and yet I can't really be around them without getting sick. I have asthma, and very bad allergies, so pretty much everything that has either hair, fur, or feathers I'm allergic to and like horses if I get near them I start having problems breathing. So you can see why I call it a curse. I have a Love I can't fulfill without bodily harm. But my little hermit crabs are good little pets, I admit they don't really give much when I try to cuddle with them but they are fun to hold and pet their legs. They also have very cute eyes. I sometimes wish I was more of the snake type but I'm not, I like them and have held quite a few but in the end they really didn't due much for me. So I'll live a life of hermit crabs and fish.

So one of the things I was hoping would happen didn't. I'm starting Grad. School this summer and because I didn't go in the fall or spring my financial aid allotment should have been big but in the end it'll only cover the classes and maybe the books, I was hoping to pay a few bills, but in the end I still wouldn't have paid them I would have postponed them until after I graduated and my student loans started. In the end things work out for the best.