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Cake day: October 3rd, 2023

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  • I’m certainly no A2 lovin back the blue gun nut but if there’s any group that I feel completely fine with having guns, it’s the president’s secret service. These folks are held to the highest standards with the highest training guarding arguably the most important political figure in the world. They are not your average frumpy ass cop with a drinking problem and anger management issues. These sneaky fuckers are hand picked from the best of the best. You never hear about the secret service gunning someone down because they were just in a bad mood that day.






  • I would LOVE to get one of those. I make a lot of custom rack mount panels for audio and video carts for film/television production and there have been too many times where I thought of some special part that could open up a whole world of entirely new build options for me but that thing/part just doesn’t exist. One day I’ll have one to play with… it’s high up there on the list.





  • Me too brother. I don’t realize I’m doing it until she pauses whatever we are watching and say, “look, I can listen to you or I can listen to the TV. I cant do both.” The guilt sets in and I, for the 6th time in the last hour, apologize for being a little chatter box… until something happens that I once again i must proclaim aloud to my wife who knew full well my apologies and self awareness dont mean shit in times like.


  • Oh man. I love to be tinkering in my workshop on whatever project I got going, listening to music, singing to myself and hitting some fresh ganja. THEN, and the wife’s favorite part… I get to cooking a kickass dinner. I only like to drink a light beer and starting in the afternoon. By 5pm, I’m 4-6 deep, big time stoned and chef Emerald is in the house baby! I stick to water after that because if I go to bed all drinky, I’ll feel like shit the following day. I dont like listening to other drunks or their shitty ass music when I’m feeling the vibe so i almost exclusively drink when I’m having me time/alone, able to tune my system up/wife not home yet and its sunny outside. That is a perfect day for me. It doesn’t happen often but when it does… man I really enjoy it.

    I used to have a major problem with alcohol in my 20’s and it caused me untold damage. I quit partying for a good number of years to get my shit together and regroup. Now, I can actually enjoy it without going way overboard and making choices and actions that severely negatively impact my existance, it’s an entirely different thing for me now. Moderation and a little bit of discipline did me a world of good.


  • I work in the film business. Im one of the on set tech worker bees and the thing that annoys me most in movies is making them. What a shit industry. In the past +5 years of so, it has really gone down Hill. I’m an IATSE member and year after year these big studios have taken everything from us, refused to give reasonable raises, even if only to keep up with inflation, and the daily production demands get bigger and bigger, putting so much pressure on the crews. On top of all that, they brag about setting record profits every year while pretending to be shooting a huge film on a shoestring budget. I hate it and I’ve been trying to get into another industry but it’s so hard. It’s hard for me to enjoy movies anymore because I’m so resentful. I work on the big big stuff too so it’s not like I’m getting screwed over my little indie shit stain prod cos. These are the jobs people dream of and it’s not what you think it is and everyone hates it once they get here. It’s not the work itself though, it’s those you work for. Ignorant peanut counters and the precious shareholders ruin everything.



  • Tool has been my favorite band for ~25 years now. I’ve been a fan through nearly their entire history and if there’s one thing that’s been a consistent element of the band, it’s that MJK is a fucking prick. No two ways about it. He’s a little shit with a HUGE ego and he’s just not a pleasant human. Creative as hell and damn good at what he does but a massive massive dick head. He’s not the reason I like Tool though and I wouldn’t even call myself an MJK fan, I dislike him in a lot of ways but when it comes to him, Danny, Adam and Justin laying down some badass fuckin jams, no one does it for me like Tool. Danny and Adam especially. They are the core of Tool for me and I think MJK gets waaaaay too much credit for the band.