theory sounds cooler

In the City by The Jam

Oh my dusty blog. How dusty thou are. It's not like I have anything to say, but when has that stopped me? Exactly.

I am going to take a gamble and hope that I get a ticket at the door for Andrew WK this sunday. I will try. At worst I will end up not spending 25 bucks.

I'm listening to a pretty kick ass mixtape (playlist) by way of Suicide Watch over on ye olde tumblr. The song featured at the top of this post isn't featured on the mixtape, but I still like it. A few weeks ago I heard it at the bookstore on Clark, the one south of the Metro. It struck me as a great song to hear while killing some time.

I just finished reading Snow Crash by Neal Stepheson. Part of the reason I picked that up was because all of his other stuff is intimidatingly tomeish, the other part is because I have been thinking about cyber punk for the last few weeks. It all started off with watching Johnny Mnemonic, which is a really cool movie based on a great story by William Gibson. Next time we hang out ask me to tell you about my Keanu Reeves theory. Actually it's more of a hypothesis, but theory sounds cooler. Gravity is just a theory. Snow Crash is about... a lot of things. It's packed with lots of stuff, but there are sword fights, hacking, dystopian neon future, rock and roll, virtual reality, and it's damn fun.

In an attempt to do something I have signed up for Script Frenzy, also because I like to torment myself with ridiculous things. I fucking know! Madness! Now that I'm actually typing it out the actual dread comes seeping out of the back of my brain and begins oozing forward. I was thinking about doing a bunch of short preposterous plays, but I don't read plays, I don't even go to plays. I did see The Crucible many moons ago. I do like movies. I watch a lot of movies. Every once in a while I read a script. So I decided to try to do a screenplay. What other genre other than action could I pick? Everyone knows the hardest part about coming up with a movie is the title. You can't have something too subtle or it'll get ignored, and you can't have something too ostentatious because it will not live up to its title. I want to call it Saint of Killers, but that's a character in the Preacher comics. Santo de Matadores? Nah, that sounds like it'll be very luchador based, plus it'll be yoked with the association of El Santo.

Talking about movies. I saw a great trailer a few weeks ago. I'm not sure where... BUT! It was an asian movie, not a martial arts or a crime flick, which I hold dear, but a low key thing. Time for love? A Season for Love? something with love in the title. The trailer was kick ass. I like it just because of that.

WHAT'S IN MY BAG

There's a really good chance that if you see me carrying around my bag it's cause there's stuff in it, sometimes it's pretty awesome stuff, like beer, the rest of the time it's just stuff. Here's what's in my bag tonight.

1. A couple of rags I stapled at work to create some kind of compress thing because I had hurt my wrist drunkenly arm wrestling. My boss asked what happened and I wussed out and I told him I tripped because the train station was icy, which it was. I didn't want to tell him that I hurt myself when drunk because I was really hungover. Now I keep them because they might be useful.

2. Sugar free Red Bull. I've really cut down on my pop drinking, which is great but I need caffeine. One of my favorite ways to get it is this crazy black tea they have at Loose Leaf Lounge, it is insane. I don't like coffee a whole lot, no I like it a lot but not enough to drink it all the time as it messes with my stomach.

3. Swamplandia! by Karen Russel. I saw my bag and thought, nothing but novels and energy drinks, how sad. The book is way better than I thought it would be. The best book I've read this year is The Name of the Wind. I always tell myself to keep track of what I read, I even have a goodreads account to help, but I always end up slacking off on that. Sometimes it feels like I read a novel a week. I am still trying to read more non fiction, but I have given up all hope on not reading fiction.

4. My lunch was in here from like 11 am to around 2:50 pm, it's a some kind of lunch receptacle. I am also a lunch receptacle.

5. Tape. It's not sticky or anything although you can use it to lash stuff together or leave tracks for people to follow.

6. A rubber band.

7. Super glue. Comes in crazy handy.

8. A lighter. In case I need fire.

9. Matches. In case I lose the lighter.

10. A notepad. The pen is really cool since the tube is made out of really stiff cardboard.

11. I can't believe I have only 1 mechanical pencil and 1 sharpie.

12. A notebook. It's a pretty cool one from whitelines. I thought my last notebook was cooler since it looked like something with dire spells in it or something. This one is easier to write on though.

13. A knife. Not a "good" knife. It gets the job of cutting stuff done so it's okay.

14. A tiny cupcake shaped eraser. For real.

It's odd that I don't have more writing instruments in there or my water bottle. Since it's winter I usually keep my flashlight in my jacket. I want to get some of those tiny first aid kits as previous experiences have proven that they are handy. I will settle for some hello kitty bandaids. I have some straight up medical tape somewhere. The last thing I used it for was to wrap a present for one of my friends. I thought it was hilarious. I used to carry around a poncho, but I usually check the weather before I leave and it's not like I'm going off into the woods. I should also carry some tape as well.

drama, back stabbing, editing

Last night I fired up ye olde Netflix and watched, for the first time in my life, the Jersey Shore. It was terrible, but it gave me an idea, no, not giving back New Jersey to the English, it's not the state's fault, but that I should have my own reality show: The Bruno Shore. It wouldn't be like most reality shows, with all the drama, back stabbing, editing, and scripted events, but a real reality show. You, the viewer, would follow me throughout the day. Watch as I decide what kind of pizza to get! Thrill at me returning library books! Let wonder fill your life as I dance around to Devo songs when no one is watching! Gander at me as I take a hardcore nap, the kind where you end up drooling, anime style, and watch me talk in my sleep as I meet Lady Gaga Batman in my dreams. Of course there will be partying! Now you too can experience the joy of sitting at Goldie's drinking Manhattans, or sometimes they don't have bitters or cherries, so I don't call them Manhattans but Jersey Cities. Then you wouldn't even have to read my blog posts because I could rant directly to the camera. I think the best scenes will be the scenes where I am sitting somewhere, just staring off into space, when suddenly I start laughing because I start thinking about ducks or something. You see? Wouldn't that be cool? You could learn all my secrets, like how I manage to wake up so goddamn early. (Hint: unless I've been out till 4 am, I just do.)

I like this song, it's really sweet: Oh No by All Girl Summer Fun Band

Find more All Girl Summer Fun Band albums at Myspace Music

Vitamin X - Fuck Shit Up.

I think Lady Gaga should write and direct the Batman musical.

Things people have called me

As in "Hey ___" Or what have you

Bro
Dude
Brother
Carnal
Hermano
Cowboy
Tiger
Sir
Guy
Man
Kid
Boss
Compa