January/February 2005

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2/27/05
What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something.
What makes you think I'm not?
Just a wee bit behind in my posting.  I've been busy.  Have a bunch of pictures that I need to upload.  But I'm watching the Oscars now, for some reason.  I'm not sure.
Anyway, I had a pretty good month.  Went to a party at Brian's (AKA Dr. Atomic).  Got to know a few people there and discovered that I'm some kind of (very very) minor celebrity.  I am the Contempt Photo Guy.  Twas good times.  The week after that was hanging out in NJ.  The following week was quite an adventure.  I went to check out the gates in central park.  It was interesting.  I also hit the Hayden Plane'arium, which was wicked cool.  Then got some food and saw Constantine.  I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.  Keanu was, well, Keanu, but the plot was cool and the effects, were neato.  Then went to Contempt to fulfill my obligations.  This past weekend, I went back to QXTs and made myself suffer for the rest of the weekend.  Yesterday was quite interesting.  I'm going to repost here what I've posted elsewhere because it needs to be told.  Warning, not family friendly story ahead.

Started off with trying to find parking in Harrison. I settled on the Quickcheck parking lot because I didn't happen to have the $4 of quarters that it takes to park on the street. Then a panicked wait at the PATH station as I envisioned all sorts of horrible things happening to my car. Then I missed the train cause I was heading to 14th street and didn't get on the WTC train forgetting that I had to get on the WTC train and transfer at the next stop. Did I mention that is was horrifyingly cold? Horrifying will crop up again later in the evening.
Met up with Dan, Li, and Josh at Union Square and we got yummy Thai for dinner. Then Dan and I head for the NYC Goth Rock fest.
Now, before I go into my description of the evening with the fact that I really don't like most goth music. Actually the only reason I went was to see Anathema Device. OK, here's where it gets interesting.
So, Dan and I caught the last bit of the first band. At one point the lead singer wrapped the mic chord around her arm and pretended to shoot up with a needle (it had fake blood and everything). Then she started messing with a veil and ended up getting tangled up with it several times. At the same time, she pulled out this rather large sci-fi looking gun. Played around with it, pointed it at the crowd and shot confetti out. Finally she stepped down into the crowd ran her veil over several people and walked out the door. Meanwhile the band is still playing for a bit while she is gone. And she doesn't even come back to help them break down their gear.
The next band was definitely interesting. Not their music really, but their stage show. At one point the drummer's shirt disappeared and the lead singer took his off too. I turned to Brian and said "If he takes his pants off, I'm out of here." to which he responded, "It'd be much better if the hot guitar chick took her skirt off." Precognition anyone? A little bit later while checking out said hot guitar chick I thought, wasn't she wearing a darker shirt? Wait! She's not wearing a shirt anymore. Or anything else above the waist either. Yup topless hot guitar chick. Then...(yup there's a then to this) I was looking again and saw she was missing something else, her skirt! No one saw her take anything off. Shes a stripper ninja or something. So, totally naked hot guitar chick. Of course everyone was watching the band now. At this point Brian blurts out "Hey, that's cheating!" There was also something odd going on on the floor between the lead singer and some other chick, but I couldn't (or didn't want to) see. Then the band broked down their gear. Above mentioned guitarist still not getting dressed.
The next band was Anathema Device. They rocked. I haven't seen them for about 2 years and they have improved greatly. Not that they were bad before, they just mesh better. Loved the new songs. Until their gear decided to quit during the last one. Stupid gear {kicks the dirt}.
The next band was...ok I guess. Couldn't really get past the lead singer's huge orange hair with bats in it. Dan, dratomic, Jeff and I went to get air and grab food/drink.
The next band...well...oh my...
Ok, they had a fire eater which was kind of cool. They also had a chick dancing off to the side, which was ok until she took a razor blade and carved 'slut' into her abdomen. Yeah, seriously. The lead singer pretended to cut up her face with a knife then sucked a gun and put the gun somewhere I was glad I couldn't see.
So we left.
Got to WTC, sat into he cold for 20 minutes waiting for the train. got back to my car and found nothing horrible had happened. Dove home.

So yeah, now that I've terrified my family about my trips to NY...
OK, so I'll get the pics up of the gates and the Device show soon.  I'm on my laptop now and the pics are on my PC.  Oh, I think I need a new one of those soon enough too.
OK, I'm out.  I forgot to get new Brita filters, so all I have to drink is tea and now I'm all sweaty.  Just wanted to let you know.

1/30/05
There is always hope, only because that is the one thing no one has figured out how to kill.
Wow, what a weekend.  But, before I get to that, I'd like to thank T&C for having me over Wed night.  You guys rock!  Anyway, Friday Sean, Adrienne, Cindy and I went to QXTs once more, where we met D-mo.  That was much fun, I made my way down to the stompy room and had a blast.  We closed the place out and got home around 4ish.  Saturday was a very lazy day involving much lounging and napping because that evening was Contempt.  Had much fun despite lingering soreness.  Took a few pics.  Again closed the pace and got home at 5:30am.  Got woken up by and insane fuzzy thing and a wrong number at 7:45am.  Blah.  but, actually managed to get things done today.  Did laundry and paid bills.  Even made it out to Barnes and Noble to pic up a wondrous tome entitled Active Directory for Microsoft Windows Server 2003.  After that watched Monster Squad, did the pic fixing and posting and this update.  Apparently I need less sleep in my life.
Next month is uberbusy.  Every Saturday is booked.  Plus events have been set in motion.  Yup, it'll defiantly be interesting.
Here are some fuzzy pics

That's the thing she broke 5 minutes after I set it up.  I have retied it, but she broke it again.

She's mad at me for disturbing her in her fort.

1/24/05
How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants.
Two things to share today.
I've had this stuck in my head for quite some time now.
And, I want more.

1/22/05
At last we meet again for the first time for the last time.
Um yeah, sorry about that.  Been kinda lazy.
First off, had a great holiday.  My family is very very generous.  I'm still catching up on DVDs.
On boxing day, I went out to a party in Brooklyn.  Was a bit nervous since I really didn't know anyone there, but had a great time once I got there.  Good food and interesting conversation (what is the definition of evil anyway and does Bush fall under it?).  Work was still busy during this time with many upgrades going on.  Then there was New Years Eve which was at Tim's once again.  That boy knows how to party.  I was actually wiped around 1:30 and split, bringing Li back here to crash.  New Years day involved going to indian buffet with Li, ROSS and Tom, then returning and watching a movie without the Tom.  I can't remember which movie, though.  Nope, thinking about it and can't recall.  Oh yeah!  It was Shaun of the Dead.  Now that's a great movie!!  I think that Sunday I watched the Battlestar Galactica miniseries with My dad.  Or maybe it was the following weekend.  Blah, stoopit memory.  I don't remember much happening the next week, if I did something fun/cool with you, I apologize.   Oh, that Friday, the 7th that is, I went to QXT's with a bunch of cool people and ran into KJ there, whom I haven't seen in a few years.  It's a great place and hopefully I'll get back there someday. Last Friday, I dropped Myx off to get her claws and lady-parts removed.  That night, I watched the premier of Battlestar Galactica.  Damn this is going to be a good series.  Nice to actually have an outer-space Sci-fi show on TV once again.  Picked Myx up on Saturday and spend the day with her.  Sunday saw The House of Flying Daggers with Burke n Tom.  Then went home cause I was worried about the cat.  Tom followed me because he was in my car.  We watched American Splendor.  Another great movie.  Makes you feel better about your life.  Which brings us down to this weekend, which i am spending snowed in my apartment.  I'm thinking I should've gone out somewhere last night, because this afternoon I was getting a little bored.  I alleviated said boredom by taking a nap.
This upcoming month is busy.
This saturday is Contempt.
Feb 5th is a party at Dr Atomic's
Feb 12th is D&D
Feb 26th is an Anathema Device show.
Hopefully, it'll be a lot less time before I update this again.  I assume I will be taking pics at Contempt, so it shouldn't be.  I'll try not be be a Tom or Ed.