Yes, yes, I know you've all been eagerly anticipating me posting my list of gifts this year (Shut up, yes you have!). Rest assured that it is coming soon. And no, I didn't just get coal in my stocking and using this lack-of-list time to buy stuff for myself to make it look better. I swear.

I want to take the opportunity to say something about S.P.I.T., and I don't mean saliva. Guys, Corey fucked up and he knows it. He admits it. He even apologized for it. For one reason or another, Corey has really gotten gung-ho about this whole ghost-hunting thing, and really wants...NEEDS...people to be part of it. Yes, yes, I know - first he bitches everyone out - in a massive display of personal attacks no less - and NOW not only is everyone welcome but now he's ASKING for people to jump on the bandwagon. I can definitely understand - and respect - anyone who was on the receiving end of the bitch out to not want anything to do with it at all.

Anyway, my point is - Corey fucked up. But then, we've all done that haven't we? From spilling the beans about someone's secrets or breaking confidence and blabbing something; to getting people kicked out of a place due to profane language, or overstaying a welcome; to even taking a simple joke WAY too far and inadvertently - and unintentionally - causing a friend, or friends, mental anguish (that last one would be ME, btw). In light of this, just consider giving Corey a chance to make up for a COLOSSAL mistake, and check into giving S.P.I.T. just one more shot. Thank you in advance. :)

I have a half-day today - glorious! I have less that two hours left. YAY! Then lunch with the wifey (love you, baby!), and then spending a little time with Joanna and her new boyfriend, Sean. Sean's a pretty cool guy, from what I learned of him over Thanksgiving...I'm happy for my sister.

Tomorrow is New Years. Most of the people I know are going to Jason's. Heather and I are splitting our time between her parents place and Scott's. I'm not sure how many people besides myself, Heather, Scott, and Amanda will be AT Scott's, but you never know.

@Jason: I mean no disrespect at all for not coming, nor do I believe Scott does. We wish you ALL the happiest of New Years celebrations, and, well, we'll see you guys in 2006. (And my apologies to Scott for speaking for him, if it offended him in any way.)

Heather starts her Masters program very soon. She's nervous; I would be, too. But, I know she's going to do great, and everything will be just fine. I'm so damn proud of her...

Corey has a girlfriend, someone he met online. Her name escapes me at the moment. I'm sure I'll meet her soon enough. Congrats, Corey!

And now I've written too much. So I will end this now. Happy New Year if I don't get to blog before then!

Quilled Tunes: "Auld Lang Syne" - Robert Burns

Gotta tell ya; as holidays go, Christmas is up there for me.

My favorite is probably always going to be Halloween...but that's more for the spirit of things that day. Thanksgiving I like for the food. Christmas I love for the warm fuzzies I always get; I always get happier this time of year. (Yes, yes...I DO like the gifts, both giving and receiving, but that's a different part of it altogether).

New Years is coming up, and several wheels are in motion as to what we'll do this year. More on that as events transpire.

The official count of my Christmas "loot" will be making it's appearance very soon; I still have things on their way (!!)...when I am in receipt of all of it, I will post for your viewing pleasure. I will deliver a hint though: it's crazy.

That being said, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas season, full of family, warmth, love, and that everyone was safe. I love all you guys - Tom, Jon, Scott, Nix, Corey, the Beav, all the rest of the Juicers, all my wonderful friends and family - and of course my wonderful wife - and I look forward to knowing all of you next Christmas and the subsequent Christmases after that!

Badger, Badger, Badger...Mushroom, Mushroom!!

A Snake! A Snake! Oh, it's big!

(Yeah, funny that this thing involves 'shrooms, huh?)

Also, don't forget to check out this Thing Falling Down A Hill.

Bush called a Senate filibuster "inexcusable."
"The senators obstructing the Patriot Act need to understand that the expiration of this vital law will endanger America and will leave us in a weaker position in the fight against brutal killers," Bush said.
At a separate media event, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said, "If the impasse continues, when Americans wake up on January 1, we will not be as safe."

Ah, yes...keep on using the threat of a terrorist attack and the fear that goes with it as a tool to achieve your own agendas. That's a GREAT way to live up to the "moral" ideology that you waggle around in front of you as a faux persona.

FYI, the Patriot Act is one of those things that's good in theory, but easily taken too far. Bush and his administration have definitely taken it too far and used it, and other such things, as excuses to do pretty much whatever the hell they want in terms of torture, violation of privacy, etc.

The simple fact of the matter is - as long as there are people willing to die for a cause, there will be terrorism. In order to stop terrorism completely, you'd have to become an isolationist country, and privacy would be non-existent. In short, terrorism is NOT something you can just "wipe out" with warfare of any kind. If anything, all of this is FUELING more terrorist attacks to happen, not abating them.

They've got a large portion of our nation's people duped into buying into all this shit, which makes the brave people fighting against the administration rather unpopular in that public's eye. Nevertheless, thank god they do it regardless, otherwise there would be nothing trying to stop this bullshit.

Ah, hell...what's the point? No more political content until after Christmas! Have a Merry one, my little Quillmaniacs!

NEVER QUESTION A DRUNK

A woman was shopping at her local supermarket where she selected
a half-gallon of 2% milk,
a carton of eggs,
a quart of orange juice,
a head of romaine lettuce,
a 2 lb. can of coffee,
and a 1 lb. package of bacon.

As she was unloading her items on the conveyor belt to check out, a
Drunk standing behind her watched as she placed the items in front of
the cashier.
While the cashier was ringing up her purchases, the drunk calmly stated,

"You must be single."
The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was intrigued
by the
derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single.
She looked at her six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly
unusual
about her selections that could have tipped off the drunk to her marital
status.
Curiosity getting the better of her, she said "Well, you know what,
you're absolutely correct. But how on earth did you know that?"
The drunk replied, " 'Cause you're ugly."

XXX-Mas Fun!

One of the weirdest things I've ever heard is Jingle Bells played backwards. Talk about creepy!

You Are a Christmas Sweater!

Over the top, colorful, and totally flashy.You're not afraid to be a little tacky.

What Crappy Christmas Gift Are You?

Back to the day-by-day after a fun-filled weekend away in Branson. We had lots of fun with the Manzellas, and hope to make it a regular trip.

Been reading a lot in the news about Bush's speeches lately. I know that I've held fast to the idea that we "can't" win this mistake of a war...I've been adamant about that to the point of annoyance. Today, I considered the question, "Well, what IF we actually DO 'win' this thing?" (And by "win", I mean doing the best job of polishing the biggest turd in the history of warfare since Vietnam...) "Would the ends justify the means?"

No. No they wouldn't. I'm all for bringing freedom and liberty and justice to oppressed people. I'm definitely with the idea of good over evil. I agree that terrorism has become a problem due to technology, and that efforts need to be made to stamp it out. However, even IF we're able to help Iraq become a self-sustaining engine of democracy, we still were LIED TO going in to get us there. Our troops were still sent in without a plan to protect them with their best interests in mind. They were still sent in ill-prepared. You have to question these things, because the "means" are the soldiers - the U.S. soldiers - that DIED when they might not have, had our current administration not RUSHED INTO THIS WAR without allies and without proper precautions.

I mean, sure - if the end result of all this is that Iraq actually becomes free, that's definitely a great thing. But was that worth lying to the entire country? No. Misleading the entire country by cherry-picking the intelligence to get where YOU want to go, with little to no regard for the people you're putting in the line of fire? No.

More on this to follow...

Fantastically Funny

"And then, in a final fuck you to the fans, the film closes with Reed's lengthy, and horrifically fake and stiff hand waving goodbye through the limo's sun roof. We fade out, meaning that inspiring image is actually the final shot of the movie."

This quote is from a review of the horrible never-released Fantastic Four movie from the 90's, found on www.agonybooth.com. The reviews there are insult-filled, tearing apart "bad" movies...however, THIS one line made my laugh so hard that I went into a coughing fit; I've actually SEEN this piece of cinematic crap when Question showed it to us, and I still have the image of what he's talking about in my mind today. Hilarious! (Although the screen cap that accompanies this text helps in fueling the chuckles. It really was such a horrible movie...)

...TIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Where ya goin', Timmy??

Whatcha doin', Timmy??

You gonna go piss-pants, Timmy?? *High-Pitch voice* Ohhhhh, Timmy...a little to the left...stick it all the way up there...ow ow, stop!...YES! \nn/

Hehe. :) I have to be stopped...

Work's going excellent. Heather is officially getting into full-swing and readying for her first semester at Lindenwood. Last night was karaoke at "House Of Rock" with Nix. Tomorrow night is hanging with Beaver and Corey...and possibly others, depending. Thursday is hanging out with Joe and maybe Scuba, and watching a movie or two. Friday is chillin' at home with my lovely woman. This weekend is Branson, MO with the Manzellas.

And tonight...is dinner and a movie with Heather. Score!


Quilled Tunes: "Dirty Deeds" - AC/DC

Who's High-Pitch?

You don't care about MY happiness....or MY well-being...all you care about is your hatred for one person!

Don't worry; when you DO get a job in your field, you'll be making more money that Steve ever will.

I'm not playing this game anymore! *runs into the bathroom and cries like a 3-year-old very sissy girl*

Now that me and Toni are going to be getting a house, Steve's going to be really in competition with me!

Steve only acts like a friend to make himself look good; he's really just a selfish asshole.

I figured it out; see, Steve doesn't like Toni because she's more successful than him and he's just jealous...

The guys [Scott, Corey, etc] ditched me because they just listen to Steve too much...they do whatever he tells them to do.

Hey, Beaver; I'll do you one better...

...............

What a pathetic piece of total shit. I would be hard-pressed to find an individual who was the poster-child for a diaper product if I spent the remainder of my life searching for one. There really aren't words for such idiocy and immaturity; but I'll try anyway.

You have maybe two or three people you consider friends who don't rag on you for being a total bitchy pussy. You are a constant target of ridicule and the subject of several running jokes, none of them flattering at all. You would rather focus and obsess about ME than enjoy a naked, writhing female dancing in front of you at your own fucking bachelor party, which, by the way, nobody enjoyed except for YOU. You lost all of your friends because...well, shit, that's one for Unsolved Mysteries there, because no one can figure out why you turned into such an unbelievable and overwhelming DICK. You drive a truck and peddle paper for a living, and yet you consider yourself to be above all others in stature. The world is laughing at you. You are a laughing stock to your former friends, most of your CURRENT friends - few of them that there are - at your work, and it's a safe bet people chuckle at you while you wander in public, too.

Hehe. This blog was fun! BTW, click on the title of this blog for a site that fits E-Rich High-Pitch to a "T"...


Quilled Tunes: "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Four Seasons

I'm probably going to be dead by the time all this global warming crap really throws the world into the summer-blockbuster disaster movie chaos like in "The Day After Tomorrow"...but dammit, it still boils my blood that the administration that WE "hired" [elected, but not really, due to cheating], who supposedly is supposed to be working for US, is doing everything to actually destroy the world we live in.

Who backs out of something like the Kyoto agreement? Who thinks to themselves, "Well, global warming is destroying the world, but we can stop it by cutting back on emissions that our industrialized economy makes...nah, I'd rather opt for continued cheap production and pollute our globe; let the next sap suffer for the money I will make from that." George W. Bush does.

George W. Bush: "Dyuh, the Kyoto agreement will hurt our economy."

Yeah? And how great will our economy be when half our nation is under water, there's no more ozone layer to protect us, and everything from the air we breathe to the dirt we build on is radioactive and poisonous? How strong will our economy be when there are NO MORE FUCKING PEOPLE TO ACT AS CONSUMERS because we killed the very planet on which we live?

Hmmm...let's see...save the planet...be a selfish asshole...save the planet...be a selfish asshole...Yeah. Seems like a REAL tough call there.

...pre-Christmas movie "haul" list...

It's Sunday, and, as promised, here is the list of recent additions to our household DVD collection:

The Dark Crystal
True Lies
Saving Silverman
Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Seinfeld: Season 5
Seinfeld: Season 6

"But Steve...where's the horror?" Oh, ye of little faith...

High Tension (Unrated)
Storm Of The Century
House/House II
Return To Horror High
White Noise
Salem's Lot

There will be more, I assure you. :)

Laundry calls now. Until next time, my Quillmaniacs.

...and yet another post...

Not that it's terribly important to anyone, but a list of the newest movies to our relatively-impressive DVD collection is forthcoming. Probably tomorrow. Probably.

Tonight is my work's office Christmas party at Dave & Busters...this is going to be fun! :)

Did more Christmas shopping for Heather last night, then over to Ben's. We watched two of the new movies, The Dark Crystal and Return To Horror High. Dark Crystal was excellent, as always; RTHH was 100% campy horror fun. Scuba, Beaver, Dave, myself, and, of course, Benedetto were in attendance.

In hanging out with Beaver these past few nights, I've gotten the privilege of hearing many interesting stories from the other circle of people that he associates with. Actually, just a couple of people in particular. The stories point out that things are way more stupid and immature than I could have ever imagined. It's sad really; almost makes me outright pity these people. Almost...

Now I must go to get ready for the party. I will see all you Quillmaniacs later.


Quilled Mood: mellow
Quilled Tunes: "Break On Through" - The Doors

I did Christmas shopping for Heather last night; I'm doing more tonight (no, I'm STILL not done). I had some time and I typed up a list of everything she's getting so far...

...and spoiled isn't the word for it. She's getting one damn good Christmas haul, and that's not counting anything she gets from anyone other than me.

Tonight, guy's night over at Ben's house. We will be watching movies. Beaver and Dave are accompying me on my yuletide-spending spree tonight as well. Scuba will be joining us at Ben's, if not before then; Scott may be coming over after work, we don't know yet.

I picked up some new movies, but I'll name them later this weekend. There Beaver - I updated my blog, so you can stop drooling in anticipation of my words and life-happenings as you made clear at lunch today. Oh, and just to piss you off using political content...

...George W. Bush is the worst president. Ever. :)

Quilled Tunes: "Jingle Bells" - James Pierpont

The White House: "Those Democratic congressional leaders who try to suggest that we don't have a plan are deeply irresponsible."

Quill: As irresponsible as, say, rushing into a war ill-prepared and without backup? As irresponsible as twisting the facts to garnish support for an Iraq war, such as claiming the "known" existence of WMDs when there ARE none, and connection to the 9/11 terrorist attacks when there isn't any? As irresponsible as persisting with one of the largest military mistakes in the history of the world just to avoid admitting fault, at the cost of the lives of our troops and the reputation of the United States with the rest of the world?

Thanks, Kettle...and now, back to Mr. Pot.

You think the soldiers don't know they were sent into a cluster-fuck situation? You think at least some of them don't know that this cause is hopeless? What's the matter, afraid that if enough soldiers get a fire lit under them by the Dems that they'll just stop pressing your little campaign of "righteousness"? I think you are. I think that's why you play on their sense of loyalty and justice and patriotism that largely fueled their enlistment in the first place. Just what would you do if they refused to continue with "your" war? For all your bolstering about bravery, you're all just cowards, afraid of the power that the Democrats represent; afraid of it because you know goddamned good and well that it's only a matter of time before you lose your grip on things around here. You're grasp is slipping. Sip on that fact, for all it's bitterness to you...

Isn't it funny how it's alright for Bush and his brood to criticize anything they feel is worthy - such as same-sex marriage, the entire Democratic party, etc....but the moment Bush's very-clear mistake is brought into play, they whine and cry like a three-year-old over how it's not fair and un-American to do so.

@ The Bush Administration: Laugh now; we'll laugh last. No leader or organization in the history of our country has committed more acts against simple morality as you. Whatever your fate in the future, karma is going to bite you in the ass. Even if you continue to score "victories" for your own agendas, your legacy will not be able to be spun into something great - history will remember you as the worst leader of the free world, who's decisions were made with selfish intent and stupidity. You will be cast into the same category of the Bin Ladens and the Hitlers; for you are a terrorist yourself, seperated from the rest only by a very thin line, getting thinner by the day.