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  • to the three yammering fundies at the borders

    This goes out to the three hyenas that were a paltry 12 feet away from my girlfriend and me as we tried enjoying some coffee and reading time at the Borders in Gresham this Saturday.

    Dear ladies, i just wanted to let you know how much i appreciated having my ability to read and the conversations i tried having with my girlfriend interrupted by your absolutely insane, banal, DSM-IV quality fundamentalist ramblings. Yes, i’m genuinely sorry that you know someone who is having a drinking problem, but i want to gently contradict your analysis that the cause is, as you put it, “Satan, who hates all souls” forcing him to drink. I’d like to offer another, more plausible, explanation.
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  • another beginning

    Sigh.

    All i wanted to do was move the journal to a different directory. It shouldn’t be hard but apparently it is. I ended up breaking the entire thing.

    I wanted to spend more time trying to fix it and i had a pretty good idea of where the problem was. Unfortunately it required skills i don’t have [yet] like how to edit SQL tables through the admin tool.

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  • general generalness

    This an actual quote from a singles site:

    HI MY NAME IS [name deleted] AND I HAVE 3 KIDS SO IF YOU DONT LIKE KIDS PLEASE DONT BOTHER BECAUSE THEY ARE MY LIFE AND I WOULDNT GIVE MY KIDS UP TO PLEASE ANY MAN NO MATTER WHAT THE LAST GUY I WAS WITH DIDNT LIKE ONE OF MY KIDS TO WELL… I AM LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS SOMEONE WHO IS SMART / FUNNY / WHEN I THINK OF MORE THINGS I WILL UPDATE MY PROFILE SORRY THINGS ARE SO BLUNT BUT THAT IS ME .. IF U ARE LOOKIN FOR SOMEONE TO WALK WITH AMD SMILE AT OR HAVE A HEART TO HEART I AM YOUR WOMEN!!! I LOVE TO GET ON…

    I am just so giddy. This one is a keeper!

    This isn’t just a trainwreck- it’s so full of wrecky goodness that scientists and grammarians will need years to find a new word to describe how this one woman, on her own, managed to rape the English language this bad. Gang Bang bad.

    Way to go, slick. As if Gresham [yes, her profile says she’s from Gresham] really needed you to help wound their image more than it is.

    One of these nights, i expect these turds of Gresham will rise up and burn down the local Borders for being "elitist" or satanic because they have books- then everyone will get into their Trans Am’s, crank up the Foreigner and drive to the Burger King to get some dinner. Then they’ll go back to their shanty, watch some WWE, stuff their heads with pork rinds, then relax with a nice Newport Menthol before the NASCAR race starts.

    And you bred… THREE TIMES? You’ve already squeezed three stomach monkeys from your vaa-jay-jay? Well, since you’re in Gresham, are you nineteen or something? Was the daddys name Clevon; by chance? Fuck me. Mike Judge was right… more than that, history will vindicate Idiocracy by elevating it to "prophetic" status.

    What else? I had a very nice date a couple of weekends ago. I’m not sure where it’s going, if anywhere, but i think there’s some potential there. I hope she does too.

    It’s spring here. There aren’t too many more days before the school year ends and the little urchins get to enjoy a few weeks without my screaming at them, blowing my whistle, telling them to take their goddamned little gay ass hoodies off, asking for their hall pass and being a general pain in the ass. And those are just some of the reasons why they’ll miss me too. For my part, i’m feeling some anxiety about this summer. Chances are good that PPS will have work for me, but there’s no guarantee. In addition my medical premium has gone up 900% and my deduction for my pension has kicked in as well. That’s about $200 gone from my paycheck every month.

    One of the things i really like about my job is the fact that i get to come home with a clear conscience. I don’t have to serve weasels, i don’t have to deal with pretensious marketing and/or sales fucks, i don’t have to work with people whose life ambition is to fuck over as many other people as possible to boost their self esteem.

    And that’s the thing about working at PPS- we’re all there to help make Portland a little bit better. Myself included.

    There’s something else- something bigger than this entry merits. It weighs on me in a way that forces me to examine myself and the effect i have on others.

    Maybe next time.

  • check your IQ at the door, please

    As some of you know, i had a nice long tirade about the behavior of certain guys in the locker room at the gym i go to. Guess what? I’ve got more tiradesauce to pour upon you.

    Prepare to be anointed.

    Let’s start with last night. There’s this rule that if you’re going to sit in the jacuzzi, you have to take a shower first. Okay, i’m not crazy about it, but it probably has a good reason, like excessive lint and hair not falling off of a body and getting into their filters. As a side, the thought of that many people shedding lint and/or hair kind of grosses me out. Wait, it DOES gross me out. So the shower they expect you to use is in a tiny alcove by the pool, steambath, sauna and jacuzzi. In other words, it’s for everyone and everyone can, should they choose to, watch you using it. So imagine my dismay when i behold some scrawny
    guy using it last night and realize he’s not wearing a swim suit- he’s wearing his whitey tighties. For those of you who need a visual queue, guess what thin white cotton does once it gets wet? Yes, much to my testosterone filled delight, i was able to behold his goddamned ass. I didn’t wait to see the engine driving the caboose but figured it was going to be equally as transparent.

    Once i’m done soaking in the jacuzzi for a while and sitting in the sauna (which was cranked up higher than i’ve ever felt it before), i go into the locker room to change. And of course, since quys apparently check their iq’s at the door along with common sense and mutual respect, i was subjected to some loudmouthed obnoxious rednecks bleeting. See, when you leave the key you need to open your lock INSIDE OF THE LOCKER, there’s not a whole lot you can do about it. Most people gifted with the basic common sense given to a bucket of oatmeal would realize, “Well, crap. Guess I’m going to have to cut the lock.”

    But not this princess.

    Let me also add to this that i’m not there to make eye contact. I’m not in the locker room to make conversation either. It’s a little too gay for me. And i’m not talking about guys having sex gay either. I’m talking about having your family watch as Michael Jackson gives you a tongue bath while having tapioca pudding smeared on you with a wooden spoon by a guy
    in drag kind of gay.

    And that’s pretty gay.

    So this guy realizes his key is inside of one of his two lockers [don’t know why he needed two, but there you are]. And he has his moment of realization. Goody. Get it out of your system, buttercup. But that wasn’t enough. Instead of asking someone to get someone at the desk to bring the bolt cutters in, he proceedes to cock walk the length of the lockerroom bellowing, “Summabitch!” over and over and fucking-will-you-stop-it OVER.

    Yes, here i am, hot, sweaty, tired and trying to get my thoughts together to decide what to do with my night and i have to listen to this guy bleating “SUMMABITCH” over and over. To add some more special gay gaysauce to it, when he walks by me, he keeps trying to make eye contact [i can see this with my peripheral vision]. Maybe to him it’s his way of bonding. For me, not making eye contact was my special little non gay way of saying “I DO NOT WANT TO FUCKING MALE BOND WITH YOU, SPORT.”

    It was clearly a productive day for Fucktards.

    I was going to write a bit about my ongoing treatment of my sleep apnea and the benefits of finally getting some decent sleep, but my time is somewhat limited. I’ll come back to this another time.

    A friend of mine hosted a site for written erotica for a while. Unfortunately it was trolled so heavily by wankers looking for cheap jollies that the cost of bandwidth overcame his ability to manage it. Well, during this time i was somewhat productive in writing stories for it. I’d written a few stories up until then that were met with fairly high praise. To rewind a bit, my early stories were often very touchy-feely. I wanted to appeal to a wide audience and that meant appealing to women. I avoided words like “pussy” and “cunt”. Then i started reading erotica by women. My gawd… “pussy”, “cunt”, “asshole” and “fuck” littered these stories like New York City during a ticker tape parade. Add to this that a woman i used to date and am still very fond of, calls her naughty bits her “cunt”. The idea being that when she uses the word, it’s a source of power and pride for her. She effectively disarms anyone who would use “cunt” as an insult and makes it an issue of beauty and authority. And as a previous roommate of mine [a woman] used to say, “Never trust a woman who can’t say “pussy”.

    So my stories shifted. I quit being touchy feely and just wrote as the animal in my head demanded of me. Cock, pussy, cunt, fuck, lick, suck, spank, etc… these words were my arsenal as much as any womans erotica. But my stories weren’t about outright fucking- they were stories about affection, seduction, lust, love and a few kinks tossed in to make em interesting.

    The afore mentioned friend that i have neglected has read those stories [no, i will not share with you] and liked them. She liked some more than others, which is fine because not only am i not trying to be all things to all people when i write, but lets face it- each of us have different turn ons.

    So fast forward. I’ve been talking to a woman i’ve “met” via a singles site that we’re both on. I decided to send her this story that my neglected friend “D” liked. The response i got back was tepid at best. “Women don’t write or like erotica like this.” was basically what i was told. It was, as she put it, a typical guys fantasy story.

    And i have to say, i was floored. Like i said, i write stories about situations, seduction and genuine affection. And yes, i’m graphic about sex but try to keep things appropriate. And in my experience i understand guys tend to be more visual than women but believe me, there are lots of women who love watching sex- whether it be when they’re having sex and watching the licky parts in the inserty parts or the pokey bits in the inserty bits or any other area of interest or watching someone else have sex [such as a video]. Lots of women like watching sex and i think you can safely describe that as an explicit behavior.

    But everyone is different.

    As an aside, i haven’t really written many stories since. One in fact and i still haven’t gotten around to doing the second part of it. My writing style has evolved a LOT since then anyway. I recently wrote a piece of Warhammer 40k fan fiction, which i’ll eventually publish here and elsewhere.

    Okay, i need to draw this to a close. I am listening to a CD that i haven’t listened to in years and years and years. I found this little gem at the now defunct ABCD’s on Airport Blvd in Austin. I was living with my ex then and i guess i’ve avoided this cd for a long time because of the memories associated with it, which are sweet in recollection, bitter in realization. Alas, i finally pulled it out and i’d forgotten how warm and beautiful Artificial Intelligence II is. If you like IDM at all or just some good downtempo and ambient grooves now and then, you owe it to yourself to snag a copy of AI II.

    I was going to write a bit about my ongoing treatment of my sleep apnea and the benefits of finally getting some decent sleep, but my time is somewhat limited. I’ll come back to this another time.

    A friend of mine hosted a site for written erotica for a while. Unfortunately it was trolled so heavily by wankers looking for cheap jollies that the cost of bandwidth overcame his ability to manage it. Well, during this time i was somewhat productive in writing stories for it. I’d written a few stories up until then that were met with fairly high praise. To rewind a bit, my early stories were often very touchy-feely. I wanted to appeal to a wide audience and that meant appealing to women. I avoided words like “pussy” and “cunt”. Then i started reading erotica by women. My gawd… “pussy”, “cunt”, “asshole” and “fuck” littered these stories like New York City during a ticker tape parade. Add to this that a woman i used to date and am still very fond of, calls her naughty bits her “cunt”. The idea being that when she uses the word, it’s a source of power and pride for her. She effectively disarms anyone who would use “cunt” as an insult and makes it an issue of beauty and authority. And as a previous roommate of mine [a woman] used to say, “Never trust a woman who can’t say “pussy”.

    So my stories shifted. I quit being touchy feely and just wrote as the animal in my head demanded of me. Cock, pussy, cunt, fuck, lick, suck, spank, etc… these words were my arsenal as much as any womans erotica. But my stories weren’t about outright fucking- they were stories about affection, seduction, lust, love and a few kinks tossed in to make em interesting.

    The afore mentioned friend that i have neglected has read those stories [no, i will not share with you] and liked them. She liked some more than others, which is fine because not only am i not trying to be all things to all people when i write, but lets face it- each of us have different turn ons.

    So fast forward. I’ve been talking to a woman i’ve “met” via a singles site that we’re both on. I decided to send her this story that my neglected friend “D” liked. The response i got back was tepid at best. “Women don’t write or like erotica like this.” was basically what i was told. It was, as she put it, a typical guys fantasy story.

    And i have to say, i was floored. Like i said, i write stories about situations, seduction and genuine affection. And yes, i’m graphic about sex but try to keep things appropriate. And in my experience i understand guys tend to be more visual than women but believe me, there are lots of women who love watching sex- whether it be when they’re having sex and watching the licky parts in the inserty parts or the pokey bits in the inserty bits or any other area of interest or watching someone else have sex [such as a video]. Lots of women like watching sex and i think you can safely describe that as an explicit behavior.

    But everyone is different.

    As a side, i haven’t really written many stories since. One in fact and i still haven’t gotten around to doing the second part of it. My writing style has evolved a LOT since then anyway. I recently wrote a piece of Warhammer 40k fan fiction, which i’ll eventually publish here and elsewhere.

    Okay, i need to draw this to a close. I am listening to a CD that i haven’t listened to in years and years and years. I found this little gem at the now defunct ABCD’s on Airport Blvd in Austin. I was living with my ex then and i guess i’ve avoided this cd for a long time because of the memories associated with it, which are sweet in recollection, bitter in realization. Alas, i finally pulled it out and i’d forgotten how warm and beautiful Artificial Intelligence II is. If you like IDM at all or just some good downtempo and ambient grooves now and then, you owe it to yourself to snag a copy of AI II.

  • let the beast run free

    From the previous version of synaesthetic.com:

    I haven’t ranted for a while. Tonight that ends.

    Top of the list is one that i actually did rant about some time ago- the guy at the gym who decided that it was acceptable to stand at the sink nude and shave himself. I thought i had it somewhere but i don’t. Oh well, basically i was getting dressed after working out. I look up and see this guy in the sink area. His hairy back and ass is facing me as he’s pressing his nasty ass crotch against the counters edge. Well, goodie for you, sport. I just can’t tell you how happy i am that you’ve finally taken it upon yourself to show the entire world that you have found a special place to press your nasty ass tallywhacker that doesn’t try to claw your eyeballs out. No, seriously… goody for you. I just want the entire fucking world to know how happy i am that you’re so delicate and care free that we just admire you and your hairy back and ass as you gingerly go and press your dick upon even more common area surfaces than the sinks edge. I want you to be my special friend. Just think of all the fun we could have going around town, dropping our pants and grinding our fucking gonads on unsuspecting surfaces… parking meters, meter maids, fresh fruit, manhole covers, escalator railings, railroad cars, NASCAR fans, etc…

    And we can’t forget my other 24 Hour Fitness friend !! Like you, my hairy backed, counter fucking friend, he too has found a new and special place in the sink area. Yes, as i was once again trying to get dressed, i looked up to see special friend number 2 standing with his shorts on. He’s stretching the elastic band out and pressed against the wall. His hand is disappeared into his crotchable area. It took me a second to realize he was “fluffing his pubes” by having the hand dryer blow air into his pants while he teased his special little hairy cloud. Oh golly- i can just see it now- Special Friend Number 2 goes home to his svelte, chiseled husband who is just giddy as his Fluffy Pubic Cloud Boy shows off his special little treasure. They spend the night watching Doris Day movies, playing Bronski Beat vinyl while jerking each other off with surgical gloves.

    Let’s not forget my other special little treasure. This one takes shape in the form of either a man or a woman, but usually a man. They find me when i’m trying to relax in a sauna or steambath. It’s easy to identify them by the fact that somewhere in their training, someone told them it’s okay to bring a sweatsuit into the sauna. They come in and start doing calisthenics for no goddamned apparent reason. No one has a gun on them, they’re not in a bet, they just have this bizarre urge to fuck up everyone else’s time and make a total ass of themselves in the process. Do you fucktards actually believe you’re doing yourself any favors by showing all of us how you can do jumping jacks in the goddamned sauna?

    What is WRONG with you special fucks?

    Now… when i go have coffee, it’s because i want to sit somewhere and read, drink coffee and mind my business. As i’m known to do, i go downtown to Borders to drink a cup of average joe (as a side, fuck you Borders- nothing was wrong with having Peet’s and now we’re stuck with Starbucks mediocre, over roasted shit- and for those of you about to get snippy with me, Seattle’s Best is actually Starbucks). Aside from the bat shit crazy fuck whose come in and with a voice that can only be described as a cross between a lifetime of smoking 5 packs of Chesterfield kings per day and the delicate timber one gains from gargling fiberglass shavings. He comes in and being disappointed with the fact that we’re not all staring at him, goes on to proclaim, “I NEED A CHEESEBURGER”. He does this for 5 or so minutes and gets increasingly louder until myself and another guy tell him to shut up. Oh god… that just gave him and his special tin foil hat friends even more license to be even more obnoxious. I finally tell him he can go have his goddamned cheeseburger but he’d first have to leave the bookstore and go get it. He turns to me and as he’s about to say something i couldn’t give a shit about, i just cut him off, “I do not care what you’re about to say." He gets ready for a retort to me. I inform him: "THIS ISN’T A CONVERSATION, SPORT.” He decides to not press the issue.

    I have seen some seriously impaired people who really struggle with mental illness. I’m sure this guy has issues that need addressing but the fact that he was able to articulate that he wanted a cheeseburger to anyone who would listen, even if it was in a store that primarily sells books and the fact he was able to spend another 10 or so minutes screaming that he wanted a kleenex means he was pretty much in control of himself. This guy could take care of himself if he wanted to- but he’s a rebel… without a cheeseburger.

    But Cap’n Cheeseburger isn’t the most obnoxious fuck i have to deal with as i’m trying to drink coffee- no, that special award goes to the self centered, shallow, inbred, socially retarded, backward ass twat on her cell phone as she answers it to talk to her special party friends so fucking loud that no one could possibly concentrate on anything they were doing because this pig fucking bimbo has no manners. We all learned what her evening plans were (partying at a bar) and got an ear full of much MENSA phrases like, “NO WAY!” and “Totally!”. Move over Spicolli. When she finally said her goodbyes, 10 minutes later- and no i am not exaggerating, i made sure to parrot it back to her- in a snide tone. Either she decided to not look up or she was
    oblivious to everyone being annoyed with her. I’m thinking it was the latter.

    I work with children. They’re immature. They’re supposed to be immature- that’s why they’re children. Hopefully what i do helps make a few of them more mindful and thoughtful about what they do… and don’t. But when i see an adult doing seriously stupid, socially retarded shit like sitting on a bench at the gym without putting a towel down, or some idiot trying to do exercises in the steambath or sauna when the rest of us are trying to relax or some goddamned braindead narcissistic fruitcake drying his pubes with the public hairdryer, i get mad. I just don’t understand how someone can be so self centered and profoundly inconsiderate of anyone else. For my part, i am no longer silent towards these fucks and i will embarrass them any time they make jackasses of themselves.

    Finally… i’m watching Smallville on CW (CBS/ Warner). They have shows like One Tree Hill and some Gossip Whore show long with “reality” shows like this mom/ daughter thing and that nasty ass Tyra Banks’ America’s Top Model shit (oh God… that show has girls who are so fucking nasty that they could be Victoria’s Secret models- the best place to find horsefaced, nasty ass models who’d look better in the pages of Juggs or an Earl Miller porno). Anyway, how fucking stupid does one have to be to watch any of that shit? Seriously… how FUCKING STUPID?


    I’ve got plenty of java and Chesterfield kings…