So I’m not, what you would call, a Beyonce fan. I’m rather indifferent to most musical acts that are popular right now. I have in the past compared musical eras and groups. In a discussion about some of the female groups of the last few years I realized that some special ladies have been left off of the list and I’m her to remedy this. The Pointer Sisters. Yes that’s right. See one of the things about musical acts today is all the “help” they can get. Milli Vanilli probably made people recognize it and C&C Music Factory pushed it further. You could grab a big girl with a great voice while showing people a model chick. You’d have a hit until someone realized that the girl in the video wasn’t singing. From that to the era of auto-tune that lets Kanye sing as well as T-Pain and you start to wonder who can ACTUALLY sing. Well the pointer sisters were coming from a time where singers could sing. Plus in the 80’s people had weird styles so you could just make someone cool. You just threw stuff out there and hoped it stuck normally if you had a good sound it would work. Well the Pointer Sisters had a good sound. Enjoy:

This sunday will probably be one of the best football games in recent history. The Pillars of heaven and earth will surely shake. The football Gods will look on and say, “It is good”. Melodramatic, maybe…let me sprinkle a little fairy dust dammit. The Ravens have had a long road this season and it’s only fitting that has lead for good or for ill at Heinz field. It has been a season of surprises for Ravens fans and even if they lose on sunday the season can’t be considered a let down. I’m going to enjoy this game.

“I got a lotta problems with you people and now you’re gonna hear about em!”
Frank Costanza

American Press:
You guys have always had shoes, but did you use them? NO! Get involved people.

Sports Media:
The Ravens just smashed the Cowboys. Why the hell isn’t that a big story. Wait, wait…the Ravens just smashed the Cowboys in the last game at their stadium. The last win there is a by a rookie QB. We tied the record for the longest run ever given up and then on our next play from scrimmage we set a new record. Our PUNTER…ran for a first down. Derrick Mason played with one arm for about 44 minutes of the game and he recovered a fumble and caught a touchdown. All of this in front of the home crowd and about 100 of the Cowboys greatest players. I think that’s a story. In addition…Jerry Jones picked us to play in that game.

Liberals, Progressives and Gay folks:

Yes Obama picked Rick Warren for the Invocation. Tough Titty (and as my great grandmother would have said) but you still gotta suck it. Obama said he would do this…he said everyone will be involved. So are you only happy if he says that on the trail. Or do you want him to mean everyone as in “everyone who supported me”? The biggest insult in all of this is not to gay people, it’s to Joe Lowery. Most of you probably don’t know who he is but you should look him up. There aren’t many Ministers who will support gay marriage, but he is one. He is doing the benediction. Frankly all of you should be embarrassed to not even mention him…even more so to mention him in passing. Kiss my ass and pay the man his proper respect. If you looked at it in context you would see the line up is a stronger insult to those against gay marriage…if we have to pick someone to be insulted.

Now….as soon as someone pins me Festivus can end.

“I think you will hear a lot of discussion and goals and slogans during the election campaigns. When there is a reality check I think any U.S. president has to look very hard at the facts on the ground.”
HOSHIYAR ZEBARI, IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER

So somethings have gone down in the last few. Anyone notice? I’m just trying to stay focused and keep moving. I’m glad that Obama won, but after I watched South Park I realized that alot of people were way too excited. Dude has a hard job infront of him, however he is on task and moving quickly…so at least while everyone else is celebrating he’s putting in work. I’m not really concerned about all the racist bullshit that I have seen in the last few…I expected it. No big surprise. I’m just trying to keep in mind that so far one thing has changed. It doesn’t make people regard me differently and I still have things to do myself. A few people asked me if I cried. I didn’t. Sorry people I’m not really the type to cry. Maybe having a child will do it…who knows. I’m thoughtful more than anything else. Thinking about where I’m headed. Thinking about the attitudes of others. Thinking about the Ravens season (what do you want!). I was impressed at how people came out, I just hope they remain involved. The political process has it’s start on an election day, but it continues afterwards. It’s the follow up that we should be concerned with.

WWWD:

“Nobody ever said I was no Einstein, bub - but you are on the money about me not bein’ a dummy!”
Wolverine

“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.”
Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)

So as it goes we all spend some time alone. Frankly I enjoy this. I’m the type of person that could spend an hour talking to myself and have a satisfying conversation. That said I also do things when I’m alone and here are some of my favorites currently.

Books:

I’ve been hooked on Richard Matheson, Phillip Dick and now Orson Scott Card. I’m going to run out and pick up the rest of the Ender series this weekend. Curse my ability to read quickly. It’s a terrible thing to be able to read and comprehend quickly while loving books. I keep going through them so quick when I run out of a particular author I’m left hanging til I find something I can dig again.

TV:

I am not one of those people who doesn’t watch TV, I am one of the people who thinks those people should get cable and at least have the History, Discovery and Bio channels. Good shit. However I do get healthy doses of Cartoon Network and movie channels.

Venture Bros. - Remember Johnny Quest? Add about 30 years, family dysfunction sexual innuendo, a million pop culture references and you get the Venture Bros. Not to mention Johnny Quest and Race Bannon are actually in an episode each. They also have the best use of David Bowies Space Oddity.

Entourage - For some reason I slept on this show for a while, but my roommate put me on and I fricking dig it. Ari Gold is the shit.

Robot Chicken - If you are within 3 - 5 years my age you should be watching Robot Chicken…it’s only 15 minutes but it’s well worth it. I highly recommend the Star Wars special.

“Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.”
Jules de Gaultier

I feel like a Renaisance man because I get as excited at the thought of a 1969 Shelby Cobra GT as I do when I think about getting more memory for my new computer that already has 2 gigs…don’t get me started on slaving the old harddrive.

I never felt the threat of the Joker until I saw The Dark Knight Saturday…for those debating it…Jack’s version sucks in comparison.

I sometimes think I’d like to get into a sword fight.

I think my roommates cat always knows what I’m saying…but picks what to respond to.

Sometimes in my head I think like a Lolcat.

I haven’t looked…but I’m sure there is muppet porn out there.

Sometimes I wish I was from Scotland…so I could identify myself as a Highlander…not like the movie…the phrase just sounds cool.

In movies people get mad and start breaking things from anger…if I ever do that it’s because I’ve always wanted to and have been presented with the chance to get away with it.

I want to buy a boot knife.

I keep having thoughts of being disrespected and instead of punching or yelling…grabbing the person by the throat and talking to them like I’m explaining some paperwork.

Venture Bros. is the shit.

I’ll feel like a true success when I get to have a mini-bar in my office.

I don’t fawn over babies, I like kids that can talk. So when there are sibilings present, a baby and an older child, I talk to the older one so people don’t have to a chance to ask them what they think about the baby.

I’m never scared of peoples dogs…I worry if the person will get mad if I have to hurt their pet cause they didn’t have it under control.

I still want to learn to surf.

X-Games > Olympics.

When I think of being a movie character I don’t think of being the hero…I think of being the guy that goes to fight approaching enemy warriors to give the hero more time to do….whatever.

I wish saturday morning cartoons were better…I hope by the time I have kids they are, I don’t want to have to watch crap with my kids.

Baltimore’s main business is tourism…and I keep wondering what people are coming to see.

“I shall be waiting to reward your genius, or to have you beheaded for terminal stupidity! I have spoken.”
Cobra Commander

That’s right, I have toys. I couldn’t help but buy them when I saw them. My childhood reached up and spoke to me. This is what it said,

“GET THAT SHIT MAN!!!! What you don’t wanna buy a toooooy in front of your lady? You better buy that or I’ll give you some issues to deal with on your birthday. That’s right, you don’t get it and I’ll make sure that you’re buying a motorcycle and a leather jacket when you turn 40. You know you want it, I know you want it…hell she knows you want it. Buy it or I’ll throw a tantrum right here.”

Yeah…G.I. Joe is having it’s 25th anniversary and I saw this:

What young man that watched G.I. Joe or played with the action figures did not love Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow? Lame ones that’s who. I have probably owned at lest 4 variations of Snake Eyes….3 of them have been stolen from me. Those were the days. My cousin would come over and we would spend hours setting up some scenario. Once we were ready to actually play…it would be time for him to go home. I was hurt when I thought Duke was going to die in G.I. Joe the Movie. Oh Yeah…I did get the William “Refrigerator” Perry mail in action figure.

Hell Yeah.

Sadly when I got older…my grandmother saw fit to give them all to my cousin. Which is quite depressing now because some of the 25th anniversary joints are re-releases of figures I actually had. Between them and my Star Wars toys I could own two homes by now…thanks guys really. I’m going to bring this up at Thanksgiving…believe that.

There is a G.I. Joe movie coming out soon…I’m not psyched that Marlon Wayans is in it….but Ray Park playing Snake Eyes is bad ass.

If you think I’m just weird and one of those old geeks…I’ll throw my mother under the bus by saying she (I am to) is now hooked on Ninja Warrior.

“The tyranny of an object. It doesn’t know I exist.”
Deckard
I’m not going all artsy on you, but I could. I’ll name this blog Kamehameha and won’t talk about the King or Dragon Ball Z. Don’t push me. Anyway, I’m talking about a book: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Better known to the populace as the film Blade Runner. The two share some things, but like many adaptations some things were left out that, while I like the movie, make the book so much better. The things and subsequent themes that were left out don’t break the movie…it is more of a cult classic anyway, but they are actually quite relevant to today. I keep thinking about the contrast of Mercerism to the Internet. The view of the ownership of animals and even the thought of owning an electric one to keep up the illusion remind me of several things around me. The biggest difference I could point out is that the book is just more complex than the movie. If you like the movie you would love the book. If you don’t like the movie you may still like the book. I especially love the exploration of the disregard of Chickenheads (Dude came up with that phrase a decade before I was born) while stressing empathy. Even the androids who aren’t considered as alive disregard the Chickenheads. I know my man D.P. is down with the movie. I hope ya’ll get down with the book. After the movie came out they changed some printings to “Blade Runner”, but unless it says it’s the movie novelization you’re good.

WWWD:
“I’m a creature of the wild. I hate cities… hate civilization with all its idiot rules. Gimme the free, open, elemental spaces of my mountains where a man holds his fate in his own hands. No lies there. No deception, no compromise. So why, I wonder, do I love this land, this city? It’s probably the most structured on Earth, laced tight with centuries of tradition and ritual, covering every conceivable aspect of public and private life. I was born to one world. But I choose to be part of the other.”
Wolverine

“You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to folk ‘em, know when to walk away and know when to run.”
Kenny Rogers

In 48 hours from now I may be trying to sell a kidney so I can get back on the tables. Me and The Vixen are going to Atlantic City. I’m pretty sure I won’t get up any retirement money, but perhaps I can finish paying student loans or something…or buy a tank of gas. Since I don’t know how to count cards I’ll have to rely on luck…or not drinking until I’m done. So after tuesday don’t expect anything from me till sunday at the earliest. Maybe I’ll post something from the hotel. Maybe not. Who knows…I’m sure to have some pictures when I come back…so you will forgive me…I command you. Until I post again..ciao.

WWWD:
“I don’t play games.”

“Never mind the music, bub — just keep dancin’.”
Wolverine

“I can sense that you’re a terrific lover, and it intimidates me a little.”
Lame Guy

I wrote this in a post yesterday and I got to discussing it with someone…this post is the continuation of that.

4) They just want to see a woman get in. (I’m sure there is a dude out there campaigning for Hillary and getting much ass from it - “Women are equal baby…let’s talk more at my place”.)

me: “Hey…let’s get together…and talk about how Hillary’s gonna win.”

me: “I’ll pour the wine…you talk about potential v.p.’s”

me: “You right, they are being sexist…another drink?”

me: “She’s worked hard for what she has and she really cares…I identify with that caring…are you comfortable?”

Breez:“Let me take your sweater”
(clinton supporters always wear sweaters. ALWAYS)

me: “It really hurt me to know that Bill cheated on her…how could he do that?”…(tear)

Breez: “You seem to be carrying some tension in your arm muscles…do you need a massage?”
me: “I think it’s from carrying the burden of the world”

WWWD:
“I never take anything on faith or at face value.”
Wolverine