methodicalneuropathy

Man, Facebook blows dickheads… I mean really, there’s no personality. I don’t see why folks clamor over it so much. Instead of having plenty of wide open space to express your thoughts and personality, there’s only like a few categories to fill in your basic information, and a few other details. Everything is all white and happy. Social [engineering] networking on Quaaludes…

Okay, so it was trash day today. And for anyone who has been to my place, sometimes I kind of procrastinate on taking my trash out, so there were a few bags. Also, there was this bag of nasty, unspeakable horror that no human should dare touch. It had wet, rusty pieces of metal, algae, and other nasty shit. Not to mention the same bag had random kitchen garbage as well. Well, I was getting all my garbage together, and I had my cell phone in my front pocket. I tied all the bags up, and then went to the bathroom to wash my hands. I came out of the bathroom and noticed there was no cell phone in my pocket. I looked all over the place, first in my office because that’s where I normally leave it. It wasn’t in there. I checked all the other rooms. No dice. So I happened along this site called “Where’s My Cell Phone” (http://www.wheresmycellphone.com), which I thought was a fucking scam at first (like one of those sites that gets your information and sells it), but ended up it was legit. I entered my cell number, and my phone started ringing. And you guessed it, it just happened to be coming from the nastiest fucking bag of trash in the kitchen. So I stuck my hand in the muck and pulled out my phone. Then I spent the next half hour in my bathroom cleaning the hell out of it with alcohol. Good times. So the next time you can’t find your cell phone, make sure to go to that site. It’s free (and no, I don’t get paid shit for saying that, you silly gooses). Until next time…

What’s with all these idiot-ass twats clamoring for the movie Twilight? I shrugged it off as worthless the moment I saw the first ad/trailer for it, and rightfully so. After all the hype, my girlfriend, who was also sure it was a joke, wanted to see what all the obsession was about. I, unfortunately, sat down to watch said bullshit with her. I don’t think we actually made it through the first half hour of the movie. It was complete garbage, and layers of gay beyond all human understanding. Or what I like to refer to as “The Jonas Brothers of Vampire Movies”. It had elements of a “teen” movie mixed with elements of Dawson’s Creek, and Dawson’s Creek prevailed. It’s just ridiculous how these idiots, mainly ditsy females, clamor over this movie. It has built a huge fandom, with ages ranging from child to middle aged cunts with growths in their earlobes who dress up as vampires at “Twilight parties” (seriously, these people fucking exist). Anyway, in closing, if you were considering watching this movie to see what all the fuss is about, you’re better off using the time to practice with your favorite phallic-like object to remove your gag reflex so that you can prepare yourself for the next huge commercial cock to be crammed down your throat. Later kids

I was thinking earlier this evening of growing up and got a little half-assed nostalgic. Shit was so simple back then, fuckin’ video games, G.I. Joes, jackin’, etc… Well, maybe a few things haven’t changed. But speaking of jackin’ I used to have these two jack socks under my bed and they were named Dreamcatcher and Mr. Crispy. Protein really makes shit super stiff, these fuckin’ socks were whored so much, they had some sharp edges. I could cut butter with my jack socks. Anyway, I just thought I’d share. Tune in next time. And remember kids, Target is only K Mart with better shit.

I was just reminiscing recently about back in 2003, when I was in a band and we all lived in the same house. I had just graduated high school less than a year earlier, and not one of us had a job (there were four of us in the band, and three of the guys, including myself, lived in the house together). Aside from the four bandmates, one of my best friends lived right down the road from me, and he came over to the house all the time. He didn’t work either. We were all in our late teens and early twenties, and we experienced nothing but hanging out, and playing music 7 days a week. Don’t get me wrong though, we didn’t have much money, and couldn’t afford to do much, but being able to go to bed as the sun came up and waking up in the afternoon just to hang out and play music was just utter euphoria. We are raised our entire lives to believe that we have to wake up at the same time everyday, and go to the same place for 40 years to be able to “make it” in life. It has been over six years since we all lived in that house, and I have accomplished a good bit (as many people do in a 6 year period) since then. But I can honestly say that through the projects I have been involved with, the jobs I have been employed in, and the money (and I hate money) that I’ve made since, not much seems to be able to top those times.

I mean really, what can top waking up at 2 PM and creeping into the living room wearing nothing but leopard-pattern boxer shorts, and blasting Cannibal Corpse as high as it will go to cause your couch-sleeping drummer to jump out of his skin? Or getting the guys together and playing for hours on end in the basement? Or making some frozen pizzas or ramen noodles, and piling in the living room to have one of our long-winded discussions about everything and nothing at the same time? One of the guys had a video camera that we would set in the corner and record our hours-long conversations, then we would watch the tapes later and just laugh and laugh. Good times.

Unfortunately, as time progresses, many things change for better and for worse. We all moved out of the house later that year, and really haven’t played together since. Also, some of the guys are married, some with kids, some have jobs that don’t allow for much else other than work and sleep, and one of the guys lives a few hundred miles away in another state. We are all still friends of course, we just don’t see each other nearly as much as I would like.

I guess the point that I am trying to make aside from reminiscing, is that you’re never too old to enjoy life. The need to set aside your happiness for “responsibility” is a misconception, and is intended to create just another worker ant. And chasing money will only make you unhappy and in need of more money and material. I was the happiest when I was dirt poor and had nothing but music. Start enjoying life for what it is, and try to not worry about money and material as much. Money and material are superficial, and can be gone in an instant. The relationships, the impacts that you make, and the art that you create will live on way after you’re gone. Appreciate and embrace what you have, and sing your life away

Before I get started taking well-deserved jabs at some fucking consumerist idiots, let me go ahead and let everyone know that I am pretty much a computer nerd. With that said, I know articles regarding computers (unless it’s something about the “new thing” that you can buy so the skank down the block can fuck you, or your buddy, who you rub dicks with, will think you’re cool) are mostly boring for the casual user. And by “casual user”, I mean someone who doesn’t care what the computer acts like or looks like, and the only things they are concerned about is checking e-mail and keeping in touch with loved ones. For many of us though, the computer (and the Internet) is our gateway to the world. Without computers, we would not have a fraction of the amenities we enjoy today, and as it sits right at this second if all the computers in the world shut down, so would the societies. With that said, it’s obvious that computers and the Internet are more than just toys, they are tools and extensions of ourselves. And since all humans, and all living things are born as sovereigns, and are entitled to inalienable rights (freedom of speech, expression, beliefs, etc), then this should apply to all extensions of ourselves. And since your extensions fall under your inalienable sovereignty, then you should be able to manipulate and control them to your exact wants and needs inside the confines of available technology.

The Monopoly of Microsoft and the Ignorance of the General Consumer: The unfortunate thing is that many people do not realize that this is an issue, let alone an issue of freedom of speech and expression. The general population is so used to using software which is already loaded on a computer that they purchase at their store of choice (i.e. Microsoft Windows), that they believe this is the only choice or at least the main one. The problem with software like Microsoft Windows is that although you have paid for the software and it is yours, you can only do with it as they allow you. You cannot see the source (the “nuts and bolts” of the software) to change, or have changed, anything from a security flaw to certain aesthetic modifications. Think of buying a car, but not being able to raise the hood or look under the car before you buy it, or ever for that matter. You have no idea what is going on, and worse yet, you can’t fix it. Although you own it, the people who sold the vehicle to you built it intentionally so that you cannot see their parts or replace anything. Obviously you wouldn’t buy the car. With that same thought process, why would you buy an operating system that doesn’t allow you to see the nuts and bolts, or change it for the better? Although Microsoft is a monopoly, and they make shoddy software and operating systems, at least most programs written are written for their software, so compatibility is more than a reasonable choice-maker.

Enter Linux: To keep this easy to digest, Linux is an open source and free (as in free speech, and most of the time, as in free beer as well) operating system that you can not only see the “nuts and bolts”, you have the right granted to you to legally modify the software as much as you like and distribute it freely. Also, Linux is a highly stable operating system that is more secure and hardware-friendly out-of-the-box than any other popular operating system on the market. And again, in most cases Linux is free of charge. There are only a few downsides as of right now for Linux, the main one being compatibility with certain programs. With that said, you can easily setup a “dual boot” situation so that you can keep your Windows installation to use Photoshop (currently Photoshop CS2 and before will run in Linux) or play certain games.

With the aforementioned “introduction” and explanation of the application of free speech and expression, we can now get to the real issue:

Enter the Apple (Mac) Fandom: Apple is a company that makes Macintosh computers. They are marketed as the “answer” to Windows, or the guru’s alternative to Windows. Both are not true. Windows is an operating system which is made available to virtually all computer companies to preload in their hardware. Microsoft does not make computers, they only make the operating system Windows. Apple, on the other hand who is highly monopolistic and proprietary, makes the Mac OSX (Mac operating system), the Mac hardware (to an extent), the bundled software, and most of the available software to purchase for the Mac. Also, where Windows is engineered to run out-of-the-box for PCs (and when I say “PC” I mean virtually any personal computer that is available to the consumer), Mac OSX is only available for Mac hardware and is only supported as such. A huge misconception of Apple’s Mac computers is that the software is the best for any kind of studio (audio, video, graphic, etc) application, or for that matter, any other professional application. The truth is for every great piece of production software made for Mac, there is at least an equal made for Windows. Mac OSX is also “closed source” and non-free (as in free speech) just like Windows. They also try to tie in all of their other products into one monopolistic, non-free bundle (like Mac computers, Apple iPhones, Apple iPods, iTunes, and even their own proprietary wireless network routers). Apple has been able to successfully create a cult-like social meme for their products which ignorant consumerists of their fandom snap up at the first opportunity to purchase. Apple’s products are very overpriced and their prices are generally head and shoulders above in comparison with other equal or better hardware or software. And as far as the only big issue that Linux has, which is compatibility, Mac has the same issue. The exception is that Linux can emulate and run many more Windows programs than Mac, and there are more added almost on a daily basis. The one thing that Mac does have over other operating systems and hardware is aesthetics, and only aesthetics. An interesting fact is that much of their iPhone software which runs the phone and certain aspects of the Mac OSX operating system has been “borrowed” from the K desktop environment (Linux) and applied to their proprietary software, then closed the source (which is in violation of the GPL license, the license which grants all Linux users the right to freely edit and distribute the software), which contributes to the software’s visual appeal.

In closing, both Windows and Mac are garbage to the fullest extent. At least Windows does have one thing going for it, compatibility. So if you take your rights as a sovereign seriously, or in more simpler terms, if you take the operation, functionality and security of your computer seriously, give Linux a try. I have been using Linux in one form or another for about a decade, and have never run any anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware, etc. programs on it, because it is just that secure. Also, the server that hosts this site is 100% Linux and free software (even Wordpress which powers this blog is free software – as in free speech and free beer). You can’t lose, it’s free. If you are an Apple fan, you really need to ask yourself why you are.

Okay, here’s the deal, I’m testing out something. So I just really needed to make a post with some fuckin’ “filler” to see how it would work out? What am I testing you ask? Well, it’s some shiny new shit, if it works that is. If it doesn’t work, then it’s as worthless as a cock-flavored lollipop. Basically, if you’re on Myspace, and you’re reading this because you saw it on Myspace, then it fuckin’ works. Otherwise, I’m basically talking to myself, which I do all the time anyway, so not too much of a loss. Anyway, happy fuckin’ times and comment some shit. Later