Full of Rock

My buddy Greg introduced me to this band (from Vancouver I think) called Strapping Young Lad. They're alot of Rock and when I get paid I think I'm going to go pick up an album or two of theirs.

Speaking of Greg and music here is his metal band out of San Diego: Modessa. Not really my flavor of metal but they are really good and if you like that "I'm squeezing out a 12 pound turd while singing" kind of vocal sound then they are where it's at.

Booklist

I've picked up alot of new stuff lately:

Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hilter and Marcuse by Erik von Kuehnelt-Liddehn.
I just started this book and it's great. Most of his works are out of print or hard to find but I found this one on consignment at a used & rare book shop. The copy I have is exchanges Marcuse for Pol Pot in the title. I thimk the diffrence is I have an updated copy but I can't be sure. I'm loving this book and now I'm going to have ot track down his Liberty or Equality? or Amazon.com that motherfucker.

The Oxford History of Greece and Hellenistic World
Again I just got this one and I haven't yet read the whoel thing but it seems so far to be what you would expect of an Oxford History. Not all the chapters are of equal quality but so far so good.

DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman, M.D.
Of good quality and considering the often glaring bias and illegitimacy amoung authors in this field of study Dr. Strassman had written an excellent book, a few contradictory positions and drug-culture mysticism, aside.

A Concise History of Italy by Christopher Duggan
A good but not great history, an easy read. I was pleased overall but am disapointed with the lack of modern context. A good read but a library canidate.

Tolstoy by A.N. Wilson
Found a first editioin in great condition but it's sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read. I'll post an update when I find the room to fit it in.

100 People who are Screwing up America by Bernard Goldberg
Anotehr library canidate. Goldberg's book is a piece of crap but I must admit that on occasion hte aroma is borderline funny. I was a bad place in reading material when I bought this book and I was intrigued. This guy has on the cover a Jew,Wigger, Black, obese man, pop culture plastic pedophile thingy (guess who that is), a drunken Mick, former Klu Klux Klan member (and present Democratic senator) and, well...Howard Dean. The book elicited the occasional chuckle but for the most part it was his way of crapping on 90 liberals and more co-workers while claiming an un-biased position by throwing in 10 or so of the Right's worst nut cases. Thanks Bernie.

Wow Goldberg got all that and the others got a few sentances. Oh well, diffrent audiences.

Last Action Hero

I was reading a forum I frequent alot this morning after work and I found a thread about the new movie 'Jarhead' based of the book. Now the book was good, I think it did a good job of showing how the Marine Corps is neither good nor bad its just so fucked up that it becomes impossible to attribute any real label to it. It just kind of is. Most of the posters either were looking forward to the movie or were at lest showing some intrest except one dude who made the comment that he "had to read the book for some college class" and the story "sucked" because the Marine in the book "never even shoot anyone". That sucks when people have no intrest in a movie unless there are explosions and violence, that in their mind, the only worthwhile story that can be told about the military is one of violence and death.

On a diffrent note I got naked pictures of a female Marine I work with. She's a "meh" but the fact that she's a Marine and I work with her made it worth it. The pictures will be posted on the internet once the relationship falls apart. I hope.

Avril ravaged by walrus.

My friend Greg informed me via his attention whore substation (MySpace) that everyone's favorite jailbait masurbation fantasy, Avril Lavigne, covered the System of a Down song 'Chop Suey'. Why? None of her central fanbase listens to System of a Down so the only reason I could think of that this singing, dancing corporate Muppet would do so in order to boulster her "street cred" or something. You know she can't do anything public, so much as something on stage in front of tens of thousands of screaming allowences, unless she get the nod from her Record Label daddy first. Cha-ching. She's hardcore in that PG-13, it's ok to let me 14 year old buy this album, sort of way. Did you know she hangs out with Marilyn Manson. RAWK!

And finally: A walrus pounding his pud.

So...alone...

It has recently come to my attention that "a lot" of people actually read this piece of shit blog. The problem is none of you assholes bother to leave the occasional comment and so as far as I'm concerned for the past few months I've been doing nothing but talking to myself (with the exception of a few friends back home, but they already know the story). So I ask that you leave me the occasional flame or something. Fuck.

I guess something burned down in Laurel Bay today, I can't be sure as I wasn't on duty when it happened but thats what all the fire trucks and the PMO grapevine told me.

On a happy note I got a new ATM card so I'm eating again and the starvation/alcohol buzz is slowly receding, which is a good thing since I have to at work in 4 1/2 hours.

Ever seen Aliens? Of course you have. Well remember where Bishop does that crazy knife thing with his hand on the table? Of course you do. Remember when you and your friends tried to recreate this scene in the high schol cafeteria? Well your parole officer remembers. Now you can cut the PO out of the loop with this retarded yet some how captivating flash game. There is a secret to it but I'll let you piece it together.

Man can live off Guinness alone.

So blacked out a few days ago (a whole 'nother post all together) and lost my ATM card. Since I have zero cash and I've maxed out my Credit Card buying non-substance items and my Credit Union is closed on weekends I'll be surviving over the weekend on what's in my fridge: Guinness and Mayo. Mmmm, home cookin'.

Gin and Tonic makes me...sonic...bubonic...catatonic...ryme yo.

Holy crap, wasted. Any who, check this dumb hoe's blog out. And ridicule her. She desreves it for being stupid.

Have some porn.

Porn is good. If you don't use torrents you're wrong.