Your pointless thoughts & observations

I should quit smoking tobacco, it really is the stupidest thing ever. My mind is already all for the idea, but body keeps craving. So every morning is like:

mind: wow, so fresh, really nice
body: *under breath* roll a cigarette
mind: nah, I don't need it
*two hours later*
body: you think you can get away with this? Roll it!
mind: shut up, you don't need it.
body: but I do! Right now.
mind: nah, you're fine.
*an hour later*
body: you know why I'm here
mind: shut up
*half hour later*
body: oh c'mon, it's really nothing. You've done some work, Mind, you deserve it. And you know it feels good for you too.
mind: well...
body: just roll it
mind: you know, if I just ignore you, eventually you will shut up, I have that kind of power...
body: TOBACCO
mind: ...
body: TOBACCO
*ten minutes later*
mind: *occupied*
body: *hands a 50 euro bill to the muscle memory*
 

pointless observation of what toledo is like:

I finally encountered what's popularly referred to as a "neck beard".  I was delivering a Subway footlong to the gentleman in question, who indeed had a lush beard which covered only his neck.  He also had a wispy moustache, strikingly incongruent with the fullness of the hair upon his neck.  He lived in a basement suite too, just like the meme said he would.  Anyway, he seemed like a very nice person.

  On 6/23/2019 at 12:35 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

I finally encountered what's popularly referred to as a "neck beard".  I was delivering a Subway footlong to the gentleman in question, who indeed had a lush beard which covered only his neck.  He also had a wispy moustache, strikingly incongruent with the fullness of the hair upon his neck.  He lived in a basement suite too, just like the meme said he would.  Anyway, he seemed like a very nice person.

Other criteria include:

Fedora

”aaacccchhhhhtttttually”

lots of anime

Telling chicks that GoT “isn’t for the faint of heart”, assuming they haven’t seen it but they have.

libertarian

drinking blue Mountain Dew 

Zelda t shirts

viking-esque hairstyle 

cargo shorts n crocs

Works in IT

Second half of Aerosmith's Night in the Ruts album is basically Led Zeppelin.  

Also, just noticed a squashed dead fly that's stuck to the top corner, bottom half of my lap top that's presumably been there all morning.

  On 6/23/2019 at 12:35 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

I finally encountered what's popularly referred to as a "neck beard".  I was delivering a Subway footlong to the gentleman in question, who indeed had a lush beard which covered only his neck.  He also had a wispy moustache, strikingly incongruent with the fullness of the hair upon his neck.  He lived in a basement suite too, just like the meme said he would.  Anyway, he seemed like a very nice person.

It's always weird for me when I meet somebody who completely embodies some stereotype. It's like meeting a mythical creature that you thought doesn't actually exist.

Pointless thought.. I've noticed that cities and towns have a kind of character or personality I like or dislike not depended on how good the place seems on paper. A bit similar to people. Some people have the same taste in music, political views, interests and so on but I can't just get along with them because the personalities don't match. But some people have completely different taste in music, opposite political views and no common interests and we still get along fine.

It's the same with towns and cities with me. The public transport may be good, lots of good restaurants, record shops, cafes, bars but something with the place's character is that I don't like. But another place might lack all the "good things" and I still like it. Some kind of gut feeling how the place just feels, a town personality or character match or mismatch.

i should start every day w/this clip

  On 6/29/2019 at 8:59 AM, zkom said:

 

Pointless thought.. I've noticed that cities and towns have a kind of character or personality I like or dislike not depended on how good the place seems on paper. A bit similar to people. Some people have the same taste in music, political views, interests and so on but I can't just get along with them because the personalities don't match. But some people have completely different taste in music, opposite political views and no common interests and we still get along fine.

It's the same with towns and cities with me. The public transport may be good, lots of good restaurants, record shops, cafes, bars but something with the place's character is that I don't like. But another place might lack all the "good things" and I still like it. Some kind of gut feeling how the place just feels, a town personality or character match or mismatch.

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I agree with this post and I like the Boston area but I’m also really fucking sick of it. Other places definitely have better character, at least for me. 

I'd very much like to visit USA one day. To see everything, the urban jungle of NYC, the urban hell of Detroit and other cities around lakes Erie and Michigan, the vast steppes and unknown backwater towns of "the Mid", all the way to explore nature of Rockies, Apalachians, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, down to the deserts of Nevada and the west coast, including LA and SF. I know this is largely due to excess consummation of all kinds of american cinema, novels, and history, but I don't care. This would probably take more than a couple of months to do, and a large amount of money. The latter is especially a problem. So I'm thinking maybe going vagabond style, but that requires a level of courage I'm yet to attain, but mayybee... I mean what do I have to lose...

Going through the Ramones discog, which I did once before maybe... 5 years ago?  My observation is that almost every section of their songs could be considered either a refrain or chorus.  Where the chorus ends and the verse begins is never entirely clear. 

...still going through that Ramones discog.  These guys probably have more potential hits that never got released as singles than any other band.  Also, their least successful album commercially is also one of their strongest (Too Tough to Die), and it's not because it's their least commercial - quite the contrary.  I mean you couldn't ask for a more anthemic chorus than this one:

The problem insofar as it being a "hit" is that it's got the longest intro of any Ramone song + the listener needs to get through 2 verses and pre-choruses to get there.  But if Warner was actually on top of things they would have pushed for a radio edit (cut that intro in half, lose the 2nd verse/pre-chorus) and this could have easily been that breakout hit they were looking for.  

  On 6/29/2019 at 8:19 PM, cichlisuite said:

I'd very much like to visit USA one day. To see everything, the urban jungle of NYC, the urban hell of Detroit and other cities around lakes Erie and Michigan, the vast steppes and unknown backwater towns of "the Mid", all the way to explore nature of Rockies, Apalachians, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, down to the deserts of Nevada and the west coast, including LA and SF. I know this is largely due to excess consummation of all kinds of american cinema, novels, and history, but I don't care. This would probably take more than a couple of months to do, and a large amount of money. The latter is especially a problem. So I'm thinking maybe going vagabond style, but that requires a level of courage I'm yet to attain, but mayybee... I mean what do I have to lose...

I'd like very much to travel the entire route 66, guessing it's as cliché as it gets but hollywood movies printed it in my mind... I'd stop at every gas station to buy beef jerky... and I'd stop on every place in which it looked like somebody got murdered, and would fell right into the trap of a serial killer... no but really, I'd love to... 

  On 7/8/2019 at 7:43 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

...still going through that Ramones discog.  These guys probably have more potential hits that never got released as singles than any other band. 

 

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That's because it's all pretty much the same song. It's a really, really good song and I love it to death, but the fact that they kept doing it over and over again really didn't help.

Usagi is still a "top member" and he hasn't been here in months.

  On 7/8/2019 at 9:57 PM, rhmilo said:

That's because it's all pretty much the same song. It's a really, really good song and I love it to death, but the fact that they kept doing it over and over again really didn't help.

Nah, i think that sells them short.  In the beginning their songs were modelled after 50's - early 60's pop hits, but interpreted through distorted power-chords and slightly faster tempos.  That remained a constant throughout their albums, but interspersed with that were more hardcore-punk influenced stuff (a lot of the songs Dee Dee wrote/did lead vox on), and then often a few awkward producer-influenced numbers (let's try synth pop here, okay now this one's gonna be a power ballad, etc.). It's all simple songs insomuch as the chord structure is always quite conventional/predictable, but melodically, rhythmically and song structure-wise they play around a fair bit.  Any time they write a song that pays homage to early Beach Boys tunes, it's always excellent.  I'd be satisfied with a discog filled with just that.

  On 6/29/2019 at 8:19 PM, cichlisuite said:

The latter is especially a problem. So I'm thinking maybe going vagabond style, but that requires a level of courage I'm yet to attain, but mayybee... I mean what do I have to lose...

Your life, All sets of tires (a few times over), your pride,  possible skin cancer, grizzly bear attack, vanishing, the possibility of breaking down in very bad places, getting mugged or shot from not having developed the American sense of danger detection. And most importantly underestimating the vast distances you just referenced. 

Im just kidding!  Sounds like a lot of fun. Look at Van life videos on YouTube. Try and figure out a way to make a living via the internet. Id love to live out of a van in Yosemite or a few months. 

typing "wat" into my browser for it to autocomplete to WATMM makes me smile sometimes

Love that Ramones track. 

Johnny Ramones said most bands only have a few great songs. 

(regretful) observation: missed out on buying some quality bathwater

^ A coworker told me about that yesterday, but didn't mention her name. So I asked, "is that Belle Delphine?" And after a few seconds of examination, he said "yup"

Gotta give her credit tho, she knows how to exploit desperate gamers.

  On 7/12/2019 at 5:31 PM, ambergonk said:

Gotta give her credit tho, she knows how to exploit desperate gamers men.

seems to be a thing nowadays though with different platforms similar to patreon where you "donate" for specific privileges that come with the amount you have contributed. i think this has gained more attention because it's a little more SFW based on the fact that her "fans" are gamers but the troll promising NSFW content was epic and expertly executed 

:::cue the Japanese panty vending machine legend:::

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-love-machine/

have you ever noticed those people who are watching comedy movies, who seem to only laugh, or laugh more, when you're next to them? like, giving you cues on the funny parts, but with laughs? it gets on my nerves... 

  On 7/13/2019 at 10:42 PM, Tim_J said:

have you ever noticed those people who are watching comedy movies, who seem to only laugh, or laugh more, when you're next to them? like, giving you cues on the funny parts, but with laughs? it gets on my nerves... 

I knew someone in college who would always try to come across as the alpha male and when he would have a girl over, he would watch Dumb & Dumber and force loud “alpha male”(?) laughter and I can only imagine how awkward this was for a few girls who he never ended up getting with. 

Fake laughter is fucking annoying whoever is doing it.

I once knew a girl that would do that around me and then one day I realised she'd been doing it to get my attention because shed liked me but I'm a stupid boy who's not to privy to that stuff.