That horse ain't dead yet
Have you seen this? Good stuff.
Monday, March 15, 2004
Things I saw at the zoo or Yeah, it's actually 5 a.m.
Saturday a friend and I had planned on driving out to Asheboro and visit the North Carolina Zoological Park, otherwise known as the zoo. Friday evening I started to feel a little poopy with a headache and scratchy throat. I woke up early Saturday and was feeling poopier. I took some medication and went back to bed for a few hours. I woke up feeling pretty good so I went ahead and went to the zoo. I love that zoo. I really appreciate how they make an effort there to make the animals comfortable. Even to the point of not giving us humans the most advantageous sightlines. They don't hide the animals from us but they do seem to try to give each enclosure a spot where the animals can go and hide from the spectators if they so wish.
Highlights:
Oh man, the polar bears. I love the polar bears. They are the first exhibit I visit and the one I spend the most time at. We got real lucky this time. There are two of them one was crashed out on his belly and the other was playing with one of those red lifeguard flotation devices. He would pounce on it in the water and drive it to the bottom and try to hold it down. After it popped back up he would grab it, hold it and bite on it. He would then float near the underwater viewing glass, push off the glass with his back feet like a competition swimmer and push himself back to the shallow water and do it again. We watched him play for over fifiteen minutes.
The gorillas were especially disgusting. One gorillla presented his or her butt to another and starting pissing at his feet. The subject of this offense then leaned over, stuck out his jaw and proceeded to accept the urine into his mouth. This was taking place right at the glass in front of over twenty people packed tight. The reaction was a unanimous "ewww!" Then the pee reciever closed his mouth and drank the piss. The crowd said "ewww" again even louder. One little boy, hearing the reaction rushed to his Father's side near me and asked his dad, "What's going on?" Dad said, "Did you see it." His son answered, "no." Dad said, "Nevermind." I said to him, "Yeah, you're better off." Dad chuckled. I didn't take a picture of that. I was too shocked to react.
This was the first time I had been to the zoo since they had reopened the chimpanzee enclosure. Over the last couple of years they had the chimps off display while their environment was being remodeled. The new display is fantastic. There are several windows which offer you a great view and it's very large. They even opened the back up so the lions can view the chimps from their area. It's interesting to be able to watch the chimps while you see a lion in the background doing the same thing. When we got there two juvenile chimps were play-fighting right near the viewing windows. It was fascinating to watch them wrestle and beat on each other.
If you look in the center of this picture you can see the female lion checking out the chimps.
When I got home Saturday afternoon my cold came back hard. I felt like shit for the rest of the night and missed a shindig to celebrate a friend's upcoming wedding. I guess I wasn't feeling as well as I thought when I left out that morning. I believe I will stay home from work today so as not to infect my co-workers. I am sure they will appreciate that gesture.
Saturday a friend and I had planned on driving out to Asheboro and visit the North Carolina Zoological Park, otherwise known as the zoo. Friday evening I started to feel a little poopy with a headache and scratchy throat. I woke up early Saturday and was feeling poopier. I took some medication and went back to bed for a few hours. I woke up feeling pretty good so I went ahead and went to the zoo. I love that zoo. I really appreciate how they make an effort there to make the animals comfortable. Even to the point of not giving us humans the most advantageous sightlines. They don't hide the animals from us but they do seem to try to give each enclosure a spot where the animals can go and hide from the spectators if they so wish.
Highlights:
Oh man, the polar bears. I love the polar bears. They are the first exhibit I visit and the one I spend the most time at. We got real lucky this time. There are two of them one was crashed out on his belly and the other was playing with one of those red lifeguard flotation devices. He would pounce on it in the water and drive it to the bottom and try to hold it down. After it popped back up he would grab it, hold it and bite on it. He would then float near the underwater viewing glass, push off the glass with his back feet like a competition swimmer and push himself back to the shallow water and do it again. We watched him play for over fifiteen minutes.
The gorillas were especially disgusting. One gorillla presented his or her butt to another and starting pissing at his feet. The subject of this offense then leaned over, stuck out his jaw and proceeded to accept the urine into his mouth. This was taking place right at the glass in front of over twenty people packed tight. The reaction was a unanimous "ewww!" Then the pee reciever closed his mouth and drank the piss. The crowd said "ewww" again even louder. One little boy, hearing the reaction rushed to his Father's side near me and asked his dad, "What's going on?" Dad said, "Did you see it." His son answered, "no." Dad said, "Nevermind." I said to him, "Yeah, you're better off." Dad chuckled. I didn't take a picture of that. I was too shocked to react.
This was the first time I had been to the zoo since they had reopened the chimpanzee enclosure. Over the last couple of years they had the chimps off display while their environment was being remodeled. The new display is fantastic. There are several windows which offer you a great view and it's very large. They even opened the back up so the lions can view the chimps from their area. It's interesting to be able to watch the chimps while you see a lion in the background doing the same thing. When we got there two juvenile chimps were play-fighting right near the viewing windows. It was fascinating to watch them wrestle and beat on each other.
If you look in the center of this picture you can see the female lion checking out the chimps.
When I got home Saturday afternoon my cold came back hard. I felt like shit for the rest of the night and missed a shindig to celebrate a friend's upcoming wedding. I guess I wasn't feeling as well as I thought when I left out that morning. I believe I will stay home from work today so as not to infect my co-workers. I am sure they will appreciate that gesture.
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Take that, you sweaty bastards!
I went and saw Primus perfrom at the Grady Cole Center the other night. How was it, you wonder? Let's just say it was the Primus saw I've been wanting to see since I discovered them in 1990. Two sets, over two hours long and the the encore was "Too Many Puppies." It's always cool when the one song you want to hear by a band is played in the encore.
Funny moment of the night: I don't remember which song it was, either "Is it Luck" or "II" but during this particular song the mosh pit was really going. Bodies were flying all over the place and it was starting to get a little too big for those of us there to actually see the band. Primus songs change tempo a lot and this song had three seperate portions where it sped up and the moshers would go gaga. The third time this portion came around Les Claypool slowed the band down and started chanting the lyrics to the soft un-moshable beat. It was brilliant. All the moshers froze is their starting positions, kinda looked around and then turned to face the band. I didn't expect to laugh outloud at the concert but I gotta thank Les for that gut laugh.
I went and saw Primus perfrom at the Grady Cole Center the other night. How was it, you wonder? Let's just say it was the Primus saw I've been wanting to see since I discovered them in 1990. Two sets, over two hours long and the the encore was "Too Many Puppies." It's always cool when the one song you want to hear by a band is played in the encore.
Funny moment of the night: I don't remember which song it was, either "Is it Luck" or "II" but during this particular song the mosh pit was really going. Bodies were flying all over the place and it was starting to get a little too big for those of us there to actually see the band. Primus songs change tempo a lot and this song had three seperate portions where it sped up and the moshers would go gaga. The third time this portion came around Les Claypool slowed the band down and started chanting the lyrics to the soft un-moshable beat. It was brilliant. All the moshers froze is their starting positions, kinda looked around and then turned to face the band. I didn't expect to laugh outloud at the concert but I gotta thank Les for that gut laugh.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
What a crock of crap
We all know drinking and driving is wrong. It's dangerous and puts you and others at risk. I still don't understand why everytime an athlete gets into legal trouble you always hear idiots crying for the athlete to be fined or supsended by the governing agency of the sport he is associated with. If any other person gets a DUI these media whores don't call reporters and demand that bankers, librarians and any other average joe should be fined by his employer.
We all know drinking and driving is wrong. It's dangerous and puts you and others at risk. I still don't understand why everytime an athlete gets into legal trouble you always hear idiots crying for the athlete to be fined or supsended by the governing agency of the sport he is associated with. If any other person gets a DUI these media whores don't call reporters and demand that bankers, librarians and any other average joe should be fined by his employer.
Saturday, March 06, 2004
Bigger, longer, now in my possesion
Yesterday I stopped by the Repo Records store on Central Ave. When I first moved to Charlotte back in 1990 Repo was the only place I bought CD's. They had a good selection and the best prices in town. They also had one of the first good used selections in Charlotte. They were really ahead of the curve at Repo as far as re-selling used CD's. I remember when they were being pressured by the industry to stop selling used CD's but they owner ignored the industry and kept on selling them. Now, of course, almost every music store now sells used CD's. Another thing I loved about Repo was that their prices were the lowest in town. I don't know how they managed to sell new CD's at almost five dollars less than the other stores but they did.
I've stopped going to Repo in the last few years although I am glad to see that the store on Central Ave is still open. I think I go there less than I used to is because I don't drive down Central Ave that much anymore. I stopped in yesterday because it was nice out and I was wanting to extend my drive around town for a litte while.
I spent about half an hour browsing through the used collection and I was happy to see that their selection is still pretty darn good. They actually had a couple of used CD's by the Mekons and those are about as common as used Flaming Lips albums and Neil Young albums without Pearl Jam or not dedicated to Kurt Cobain. I almost bought the Mekons CD's but I saw the used DVD of Southpark: Bigger, Longer and Uncut for $10. I've been meaning to get that for a while so I put back the Mekons and left with Southpark.
Yesterday I stopped by the Repo Records store on Central Ave. When I first moved to Charlotte back in 1990 Repo was the only place I bought CD's. They had a good selection and the best prices in town. They also had one of the first good used selections in Charlotte. They were really ahead of the curve at Repo as far as re-selling used CD's. I remember when they were being pressured by the industry to stop selling used CD's but they owner ignored the industry and kept on selling them. Now, of course, almost every music store now sells used CD's. Another thing I loved about Repo was that their prices were the lowest in town. I don't know how they managed to sell new CD's at almost five dollars less than the other stores but they did.
I've stopped going to Repo in the last few years although I am glad to see that the store on Central Ave is still open. I think I go there less than I used to is because I don't drive down Central Ave that much anymore. I stopped in yesterday because it was nice out and I was wanting to extend my drive around town for a litte while.
I spent about half an hour browsing through the used collection and I was happy to see that their selection is still pretty darn good. They actually had a couple of used CD's by the Mekons and those are about as common as used Flaming Lips albums and Neil Young albums without Pearl Jam or not dedicated to Kurt Cobain. I almost bought the Mekons CD's but I saw the used DVD of Southpark: Bigger, Longer and Uncut for $10. I've been meaning to get that for a while so I put back the Mekons and left with Southpark.
Thursday, March 04, 2004
What a dick
I am sure this may have popped up on other liberal America-hating blogs but our president sure is a dick.
An unrelated but still humorous note
I have a list of my passwords for all those dang sites that require passwords saved on my yahoo account. I had to check it the other day in order to access a site I hadn't been to in a while. I noticed that a large number of my passwords are obscene. I thought about that and then realized that my speech in the company of my friends is laden with obscenities as heavily as Charlotte's sky is with ozone. And if you scroll down a little bit you will see yesteday's obscene bile ridden post. Must be this modern world pressing down on me.
I am sure this may have popped up on other liberal America-hating blogs but our president sure is a dick.
An unrelated but still humorous note
I have a list of my passwords for all those dang sites that require passwords saved on my yahoo account. I had to check it the other day in order to access a site I hadn't been to in a while. I noticed that a large number of my passwords are obscene. I thought about that and then realized that my speech in the company of my friends is laden with obscenities as heavily as Charlotte's sky is with ozone. And if you scroll down a little bit you will see yesteday's obscene bile ridden post. Must be this modern world pressing down on me.
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
It's now a tradition
I just bought my ticket to next week's Primus show and since I had to purchase the ticket through Ticketmaster I will do my standard "I hate ticketmaster" rant.
Here we go. Fuck, I hate Ticketmaster. I fucking hate them. I just bought a $30 Primus ticket and it cost me $41.60. One quarter of my cost went to a third party that did nothing but gouge me. God, they fucking suck. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate Ticketmaster. A friend of mine was going to go to the show and I was considering buying him a ticket. Once I saw how much I was giving to those fuckers at Ticketmaster for one ticket there was no way I could really afford to buy two. The fuckers.
OK, I feel a little better now. Not much better. The fuckers.
I just bought my ticket to next week's Primus show and since I had to purchase the ticket through Ticketmaster I will do my standard "I hate ticketmaster" rant.
Here we go. Fuck, I hate Ticketmaster. I fucking hate them. I just bought a $30 Primus ticket and it cost me $41.60. One quarter of my cost went to a third party that did nothing but gouge me. God, they fucking suck. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate Ticketmaster. A friend of mine was going to go to the show and I was considering buying him a ticket. Once I saw how much I was giving to those fuckers at Ticketmaster for one ticket there was no way I could really afford to buy two. The fuckers.
OK, I feel a little better now. Not much better. The fuckers.
Monday, March 01, 2004
Hollywood Glitter
I am sure you probably guessed that I have a great disdain for those that follow the lives of celebrities. Is it really necessary to know who movie and television stars currently are banging? I think not. My knowledge of the goings on of our elite corps of celebrities stems mostly from the covers of People magazine that I scan while waiting in line at the grocery store and the headlines on Yahoo! news that you can't help but see as you check the site.
Still, I am a sucker for the Oscars. Once a year I actually pay attention to movie stars and allow them their 3 1/2 hours of pomp and self congratualtion. They've given me hours of entertainment over the years to I'll give them a Sunday evening.
I am sure you probably guessed that I have a great disdain for those that follow the lives of celebrities. Is it really necessary to know who movie and television stars currently are banging? I think not. My knowledge of the goings on of our elite corps of celebrities stems mostly from the covers of People magazine that I scan while waiting in line at the grocery store and the headlines on Yahoo! news that you can't help but see as you check the site.
Still, I am a sucker for the Oscars. Once a year I actually pay attention to movie stars and allow them their 3 1/2 hours of pomp and self congratualtion. They've given me hours of entertainment over the years to I'll give them a Sunday evening.
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