30 September, 2008
29 September, 2008
My Bloody Valentine
the book of Q
So - what's Q? Backdrop: scholars took a long time - well, it took them 1800 years -to actually look closely @ the New Testament and conduct literature studies on them to try to figure much stuff out. Until then, most thought that the Gospels were written by followers of Christ (we think only John was, now, and sorta...) But 1800 years later... Quickly, modern bible theory has it that earliest writings still with us were St. Paul's letters, written in the late 40's through the 50's. The earliest gospel is - surely- Mark , and it was written sometime in the 60's - 65 is thought of as a best date. So, Mark doesn't have stuff on the Destruction of the Temple (where God lived, according to the ancient Jews), but both Matthew and Luke do. Matthew and Luke also comment on things in Mark, but mark doesn't comment on them. We believe that Matthew and Luke were written about 15-20 years later, and John later than that.
And by written down - these Gospels were @ first Oral tradition- then written down. of course, there are many many many different versions of these books - there is not one UR copy of Mark or Matthew etc etc etc or of any of Paul's letters. In fact, there are many differences. Bart Erhman, a specialist in this area (such a favourite author of mine - his is a real interesting story of a strict biblical upbringing, until he actually read the stuff carefully..... I do not know about you, but I feel finding out that it wasn't God who snapped her fingers and took over some old Palestinian's writing arm but rather human work - sure, divinely inspired, but isn't everything human--and surely these would be - to me, it makes these books and the wisdon i then even more holy) , writes that computers have yet to count the differences in the versions of old New Testaments. Because the different and separated early christian communities had their separate congregations and separate needs, different oral and written traditions were both needed and then handed down (why there FOUR Gospels - trust me, there were many that didn't make it).
So- Q. Again, Mark - the shortest of the Gospels, was always thought of as the weakest. Now that Scholars believe it to be the first, it has a lot of cachet. When the scholars looked @ Matthew and Luke, they saw almost all of Mark's stories in the later two gospels. Lots of the same stories. Usually in the same order. Usually, even, with the same terms and words. So, it is obvious to scholars ( well, not all scholars, but...)that it was Mark first and the other two cribbed lots of stuff from Mark.
Big However = both Luke and Matthew have tonnes of shit that Mark doesn't have. In fact, A LOT OF THE SHIT that the latter two had Mark simply didn't have. And to make it far more interesting, both Matthew and Luke have a lot in common - again, same stories and parables, in the same order, same words, etc etc etc... that lead to the theory that another book was used along w/ Mark by the authors of Matthew and Luke to write their books.
What book and where was it? It has never been found. But the theory goes that the book -called "Q" because the original werke was done by Germans, and Q is short of Quelle, or source. What kind of a book was it? They think that is was a collection of sayings and parables. Not in mark, but in both of the others, are such things that even non Christians are very familiar with :
The Beatitudes (Blessed are the ....)
Love your enemies (my favourite, if only I could follow it)
The Golden Rule (see above)
The Birds of Heaven and The Lilies in the Field
Judge not, lest ye be judged ( a deep favourite of Der Fuhrer - it's all about the judging in his world)
The Parable of the Lost Sheep (one sheep lost? Go looking for that lost one)
The Birds of Heaven and The Lilies in the Field
The Parable of the blind leading the blind
The Lord's Prayer
(for full list look for it)
But there are problems. First off, how come no one has found a Q? Well, we really haven't, but we also know that lots of stuff was lost. For example, the Nag Hammidi library and the Dead sea scrolls are examples of stuff hidden for almost 2,000 years and found. We also know that many of Paul's letters were lost - he references them in some of his extant letters, but never found. And the fact that they think Q is a book of sayings is ok - @ Nag Hammadi and elsewhere, there have been 'Gospels' of sayings found (Gospel of Thomas) . There are other theories of how the gospels were written. But I do enjoy this theory. And w/ my fetish for biblical scholarship - it's fading now, 14-15 months in, but still strong - the Theory of a "Q" source is really kool.
Oh - so this book? Ok. Not much more. I needed to read it. It was interesting in parts, and also parts confusing. It presents Q as a book that came to-gether in three different periods. How they figgered this - I mean, they haven't been able to ever find a copy of the book, so the authors claim that it has three distinct periods of growth are somewhat strange. The author feels that Q - in a phrase - was "...an early list of Jesus's instructions to his followers which were eclisped for reasons of emerging church hierarchy..." (in the book, not the exact quote)
the debate
27 September, 2008
26 September, 2008
Published: August 5, 2008
Googling Andruw Jones
J&B represented by: Chemical man, Stix, Shoe and Lazers
The competition: Bar, Best of Morning Wood, Team Miller
This week’s summary begins with the Aflac trivia question from the Sox game (for those of you who may not have seen it): Who are the only 3 players in MLB history with a stolen base in 4 different decades?
First Half: News/2008 White Sox/October 2008 Playboy
With minimum 50 Ks, which ’08 Sox pitcher has the best K/BB ratio?
With minimum 300 ABs, which Chicago player (either team) has the top average?
(note: bad guess from another team- Nick Swisher)
In his new biography, Robert Wagner confesses that, as a 22 year old, he had an affair with this actress more than 20 years his senior?
Name the 4 MLB teams for whom Javier Vazquez has played?
Miss October Year of Birth? (mentioned only to point out that Benkowski provided a visual aid for the team that selected this question…ahh, throwback to the old “gift of porn” days)
True/False: Julie Newmar posed for a nude set of photos in the 1970s, but they never were published?
As expected, Benkowski has some “guess the punchline” questions in the Playboy category. One joke asked what a sorority girl said after having multiple orgasms. Bar input: “I know you’re not Pat Benkowski.”
J&B selects its “Lady’s Choice” trick- Shortest Hair. Morning Wood guy: “Shortest hair where?”
Did not catch the halftime scores, but J&B was in the lead.
Second Half: Bears & Cubs/90s TV/Death, Dying & Graves
Which 2 Presidents are buried in Arlington, VA?
Only Cub position player with more BB than K in 2008?
100 people die each year choking on b.p.- what does b.p. stand for?
’90- short-lived sitcom based upon “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” starred this 21 year old actress who would later go on to become very famous?
Which 2 Presidents are buried together in the same crypt?
(bad guess: Washington and Lincoln)
1990s- 3 TV shows finished #1 for the season multiple times- 1 was a sitcom, 2 were not sitcoms?
Fall ’97- NBC Thursday lineup- 7:00 Friends 7:30 ?? 8:00 Seinfeld 8:30 ?? 9:00 ER
Who was the host of the 90s adult dating show “Studs”?
Only Cub pitcher with a better than 4:1 K:BB ratio?
Leading cause of death in US for kids aged 1-4?
Scores after two halves: J&B 2320 Bar 1870 Wood 1750 Miller 1390
Choice of Final Category: 90s Music or September National Enquirer. Two of three wins wager, with 3000 bonus for all three correct.
J&B, Bar and Miller select Music.
90s Music:
1991- who sang “Mysterious Ways”?
1991- who sang “2 Legit 2 Quit”?
1999- who sang “Amazed”?
National Enquirer:
“I’ll destroy you”- Oprah says this to whom?
Guy named John Seville was in a coma until his wife placed what on his chest, pulling him out of it?
Mariah Carey flipped out over a book’s revelation that she was dumped by her boyfriend after cheating with what person (6 letters)?
As Rocky said to Drago: “Go for it”
J&B guesses U2, MC Hammer and Lonestar. Stix is very confident in all three answers, only questioning whether the middle song was made after the “MC” was dropped from Hammer’s name- will Benkowski penalize teams (or just J&B)?
Aflac answer: Rickey Henderson, Tim Raines and Ted Williams.
First half answers:
Matt Thornton
Reed Johnson
Barbara Stanwyck
Expos, Yankees, Diamondbacks, White Sox
1986
True
Actual punchline: “Are you all on the same team?”
Second half answers:
Taft and JFK
Ryan Theriot
Ballpoint pen (other guesses: body parts, buttered popcorn)
Jennifer Aniston
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Seinfeld, ER and 60 Minutes
Veronica’s Closet and Union Square
Mark DeCarlo
Bobby Howry
Car accidents
Final question:
Miller- 1390- Music- guesses U2 (correct), MC Hammer (correct), and Lonestar (correct)- wagered 1385 plus bonus- up to 5775 and the lead (but somehow the drama is missing).
Wood- 1750- Enquirer- guesses Dr Phil (correct), “my blowup doll” (no), and Eminem (correct)- wagered 1739- up to 3489.
Bar- 1870- Music- guesses U2 (correct), MC Hammer (correct), and Lonestar (correct)- wagered 1870 plus bonus- up to 6740 and the lead.
J&B- 2320- Music- guesses U2 (correct), MC Hammer (correct), and Lonestar (correct)- wagered 1421 plus bonus- up to 6741. And that’s why they call it “the classic”.
Only missing answer- the guy awoke from his coma when his new born baby was placed on his chest.
Next trivia night in two weeks- Thursday, October 9th. Stix is out (due to his third procedure, not due to him and Nitenurse “googling Andruw Jones”).
24 September, 2008
soccer, again
23 September, 2008
all sexed up
Love the barn Swallows. to me, they are the birds of twilight (yes, robins and the cardinal @ the feeder, but otherwise...). They swoop and whirl all abou the darkning summer evening, my guess is going for all the insects. They will all swirl about real good, and then zoom rite over the ground a foot or two up like a P-51 strafing nazi positions.
Problems
So the problem @ my school here is that there is NO SPACE for girls soccer. it seems to have been the lowest regarded sport @ this school, so there is no history of off season training. Given no training, all of the available space has been taken by all of the other sports. Especially since this school now has 3,500 kids, the competiton for space is tremendous.
So, I will take what I can get. I approached one of those in the know, and my asking for just 2 days a week one gym, 4pm-6pm = IMPOSSIBLE!! I'm working on a 2 day "open gym" concept - off season, you really shouldn't be coaching them as a team, so it's billd as a 2 day -NOT TRYOUT- funcamp. However, it will be good to see the younger geneation.
Then i tried to get space @ a nearby ark district gym. however, they re also booked rite after school. No good. The idea to get them coming back to one of the two parks nearby @ nite - if i can get a free gym - for maybe 2h of play -would be good. Still working on that.
So, I went to my old schools practice and talked to an old collegue. He has the girls go to a place on 14th and Loomis -an indoor soccer dome type deal - and it's 2 20m halfs, $800-$900 to join. two sessions. This seems close to ideal - except I to have to selll it to the girls. I do not want to force them into something they do not want to do -but shit, it kills me seeing the football team and basketball team basically practicing the year round. I just hate that it's my girls who suffer because this school has never had that sort of program in place. And shit, it's fucking this shit who has to do that. yeesh.
But todays facts and figures findings did me well. I have to hold a meeting very soon to guage the interest.
22 September, 2008
Going mobile
Totally Wired
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*=yeah, yeah, just wait until the first weekend of october.
two golden opinions of my father
He told me of my Dad. the Croat kid was kinds Croat toasted (I smelled it rite away -& viddied the Skybottlettes he was replenishing his 7up bottle w/. ). He told me very little, but this : "Yr Dad man. Tough as nails." Funny. My Dad was pretty no nonsense. I additionally was funnied up because I realised that The Croat Kid might have seen my Dad as nails because he was a bit of a rowdy kid, and I imagine my Dad had to yell @ us for whatever reasons over the years.
And the Joker. he met my Dad 10y after these episodes. The Joker was also toasted when he talked of my Dad one nite w/ Ocean near. He said two things. One was this "He rarely spoke. But when he did, it was usually..... (.....shit, i forget -but he wanted to convey somehting along the lines of ...) ... with great gravity (or, maybe, w/ great authority 0r like a pronouncement)." And then he said "When I think of the South Side, I think of yr Dad."
Obviously, all three of these things made me giddy w/ giddiness.
football, soccer, and baseball / the wkd in sports
Friday after school I dashed out to my hood to take in my old school's soccer team play. I understand that to getmeself readied up in total, i need to hang out w/ the coaching staff I used to coach with. I'm not nervous about being the top guy @ my school this year, but I also know that now that i am actively looking - instead of absorbing the lessons gradually - to upgrade my coaching abilities, the re immersion will do me and my teams fine.
They played near my hood - @ the Oak Lawn complex rite behind Christ hospital - and both games were played @ once. It used to be first varsity-then J-V- but this year they seem to be paying both games @ once. Big Change.
It was to the St. Rita game next. Played Mt. Carmel. I had to dash up Belmontbound and swung around real quicklike - almost one fluid motion, w/ the Sox win playing out on-air - and steamed back to 79th and Western to make it to the football game @ halftime.
There was a huge setup to this years rivalry - they have been playing since 1924, i think. Mt. Carmel had gone 18-3 in the last 21 games between the two - but make it 18-4 now. It seems that these days rita beats carmel only once every 7 years or so (Rita beat them always when I was growing up, but times change), so it was a kool atmosphere. There were 12,ooo fans there - never had that stadium been so surrounded by fans - it was on t.v., and --kinda embarrassingly -the schools rang the bells after the win. Well, it got a laugh outta me.
Saturday was losses by the Irish and the Sox. There was also to be freshman soccer game from my old school - it was scheduled for 10am @ 31st and somewhere east (like, as in east of State street - some unknown place for me...), but when I called up Pito for the directions, he told me that there was only 10m left - oh, sorry, I didn't tell you it was @ 9am??
And Sunday was pretty loppy bad. went to the Fire game, and they lost 4-1. Ouch. Watched the Bears before going into the Fire game, and they were winning. But the transistor radio gave me that overtime loss.
Oh, and the magic # was cut to 5. Alone good amongst the sporting news of the day.
19 September, 2008
Venus
Still - anything w/ old age. I'm old enough now , and have lived in very close juxtposition w/ the elderly, I am becoming concerned w/ issues of age and all.
And, still, concerned w/ issues of Venus.
18 September, 2008
17 September, 2008
On being Winters
So - I have written before how I am pulling each girl aside from last year and giving her instructions: Are you coming back? Are you in any other sport. Yes, I am the head coach. Are you looking for good girls in yr gym classes? Saw Chiva. Yes, Y are my goalie this year. Saw Green Shoes and told her that I am planning for NEXT YEAR in regards to her - Since Chiva is a senior, I will need agoalie the next two years. I have told two that they are to be promoted to varsity.
I am also trying to prepare the girls for the season. My old schools had the teams training in the off season. My second hs team played twice a week after the season from 3-6 pm. Those were the days I strip off y shirt and totally take my shifts on the floor, playing w/ 14-18 yr old mexican kids. They aere so much better than I, but I was never a better athlete or soccer player than the mid to late 90's**. @ my last school, it was far more serious - beginnig in November, we'd have the girls starting to play 3x a week after school off season, and 5x a week from the week before xmas to whenever we were eliminated from the playoffs. Itw as alway important to get these city public school kids playing whenevr we could - All those suburban white schools are gigantically good, and we have to do so much to play thos teams and only lose, say 9-1. Some of y may remember that Neice #1 as a really good hs player - her teams would have beaten us 15-0. So, we have a lot of work, and I want to make sure that these city kids are being lionized as soccder players and young adults as much as any of the New Trier, Marist, or Sandburg kids. More, in fact.
So, I have been talking to everyone who can help me. In the last week, I have returned to my old school in order to - now, for the first time as boss - to gather in all thier wisdom. I ask and observe. And the great thing is, they know my situation and are excited for me - They are giving me all sorts of info and insite - and I need it all. So, last week I went to a game for the fist time this year - Fuicking hell, they beat Mt. carmel 3-1 (!!!) and I believe Iw illbe there till the end of the season. Not really coachoing, but all are familier to me,- so in yesterdays J-V game wheich i showed up, I did do a little talking during halftime.
I have continually gone to La Fleur in the PE dept to try and get guidence. They like that someone has taken in interest in the soccer program. I want to duplicate the programs I have been in, but realise that I am new. So, first item is to make sure the girls kno i am incharge. Not that it's self aggrandisement, but I want them to know that i intend to be a force. Second thing I am working on. I really want a gym to get the girls in so they can play maybe 2 nites a week for 2h. But I cannot get the gym for anyhting more than a token few days. I'll take it, but need to get the girls playing more, and NOW. So, I have to try and find another gym to get them time (Chicago winters are out, so no outdoor), but it's gonna be tough. It will take time to make this program into what I more envision(sic) it.
And then there is the problem of girls dropping out. I will amidt that I had tough plans for the goalie situation, but the regualr goalie for th last two years has left the school. I wanted an upgrade in that position - and how hard would it have been to say "I'm replacing you w/ thre J-V goalie". But it would have neded to have been done. Then my first choice replacement for her said she was quitting (but I had last years JV golaie in mind) - and then today told me she will probably be back. In my mind, i thknk i will have her on the field and 2d string varsity goalie. I'm real glad she's back. I have already told Green shoes -a soph - that she is to be made into a goalie for the future - and blessed kid that she is, she of course accepted my plans for her. But I am alsp losing two players - one that will be terrible to do w/out - to Mexican dansing class in the spring. I will have to go after them and pester them to rejoin.
AS a last aside, I will say that ......here come Hilts the Messiah - it is my duty to be their coach. If you read Securityout last season, you knew I loved that team. But:
I also know that the human currency in this school - 3,500 kids, Very Very Very Mexican-American (in the city, mainly the best teams (boys and girls) are generally the Mexican schools (best suburban schools generally are white, except for the occasional Morton etc etc etc...), and a funky ass school. Plus I'm tired of it always being -in girls soccer - the same white dominated teams in the public schools - Whitney Young, Payton, Northside - you w/ kids and live on the northside all know these schools, I'm tickled to find out - I want the Southside to have a dominant female soccer team again, farragut nonwithstanding. And, @ this school - although there are MUCHMUCHMUCH better coaches than me out there - I believe I am in a position to make this school a soccer great. Girls soccer. My plate is full rite now.
Much more later on the soccer thing - if yr sick of it already, then be glad I stopped here and did not continue for another 2-3 pages...... MOre later
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**=I'm old now and rarely play in the scrimmiges - funny, I'm the boss and I do what I want in practice, so if i'm tired, I don't play, but I insert myself into the game when ever I want.
16 September, 2008
Mother and Lover
But things are now diff. I have a car. It's always been very hard for me to see anyone - even myself in the mirror -every single day (I know, I want children, but I will rubicon that ...). I will totally amidt that it almost completely burned me out - for several years, It seemed that i never had any time to myself - and believe me, I can go months w/out talking ot another soiul. I'm very outgoing, and I am very NOT outgoing. Context.
So, on a nite Gf and I had no plans, I decided to finally watch it w/ Mom. And Gf called, and I actually LIED TO HER and told her Mom and I were just flipping around channels because the Sox game was on the radio. It's a confusing situation in which I really have no clue....
15 September, 2008
14 September, 2008
Play for May / This Saturday / I'm going
I wanted to send along that info for that benefit show that Crankface and I (Liz Bustamante) are playing. We are raising money to fight Kawasaki's disease and theshow will feature bands alternating between two stages at Phyllis'Musical Inn. Crankface and I are also playing music with Ham(Corn Kings) and Processed (Poster Children) but unfortunately the poster's were made before we decided upon a band name. Jabbar.
Without and Within / Many posts in one
12 September, 2008
“Stix” is Hungarian for “gay”
Names edited by Hilts
It was another relatively dead night at TC Pub last night. Perhaps it was just the timing, as two star players didn’t arrive until after the trivia game ended (J&B’s Pat and the Bar’s Trophy).
J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Stix, Vaugh and Lazers
The competition: Bar, Porch People, and Jukebox
First Half: News/NFL 2008/Mixed Up
Zach Thomas is currently on what NFL team?
Who is the NFL’s highest paid kicker?
Who was the owner of the pet shop that housed Magilla Gorilla?
Who played Sally Rogers on the “Dick Van Dyke Show”?
Before becoming famous on a sitcom, which actress appeared in commercials for Homemakers?
Some of the “Ladies Choice” challenges picked tonight: Longest Hair, Highest Heels, and Smallest Ears.
Scores at the half: Porch 1440 Jukebox 960 J&B 830 Bar 770
Due to their last place standing at the half, the Bar gets to help pick categories for the second half.
Also of note was the old guy from Porch hitting on Vaughn. She is not pleased, and even less so when let in on Chem’s earlier idea to send the old guy a drink and say it was from her.
Second Half: Entertainment/White Sox/Locations
Octavio Dotel’s first MLB team?
2007 Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama?
As of March ’08, the top grossing animated movie of all-time (from 2004)?
Ehren Wasserman’s first MLB team?
2007 Golden Globe for Best Actress- Julie Christie- what movie?
The furthest east one can be in Chicago is how far east (within 200)?
1996- White Sox opening day LF?
Most complete games in White Sox history- 356- what pitcher?
Benkowski begins a Location question: “If you’re on the north side…”
One of the Bar players: “hahaha faggots.”
J&B has “Ladies Only” choice of “Long Distance Roll” or “Arm Wrestling”. Vaughn says that she arm wrestles her sons all the time and selects that option. The gal representing the Bar whoops Vaughn’s ass. Strong showing for a woman with small ears.
Scores after two halves: Porch 2550 Bar 1930 J&B 1780 Jukebox 1380
Choice of Final Category: 90s Music, 80s Entertainment, or 80s/90s/00s Heavyweight Boxing. Two of three wins wager. All three will win 3000 bonus points.
J&B selects 90s Music and wagers it all.
90s Music:
1993- “Hero”- name the artist?
1996- “You’re Making Me High”- name the artist?
1999- “Have You Ever?”- name the artist?
80s Entertainment:
After Brad Palmer moved to channel 7, who became the morning sportscaster on WBBM- Newsradio 78?
On the “Wonder Years”- what was the full name of Kevin’s girlfriend?
1987- On Q101, Benkowski was the morning sportscaster for Robert Murphy’s show. Benkowski also was the sportscaster for the afternoon show- who was the dj for that afternoon drive?
No team selected the boxing category.
Gents?
J&B, without any input from Stix, guesses Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton, and Brandy. Okay, you caught me. All of the input came from Stix. He is uncertain about the Brandy answer.
First half answers:
Dallas Cowboys
Robbie Gould
Mr. Peebles
Rose Marie
Shelley Long
Second half answers:
New York Mets
James Spader
Shrek 2
Chicago White Sox
Away From Her
4100 East
Tony Phillips
Ted Lyons
For the Lyons question, the Bar was the last team with a chance at answering, and they select Hangman:
Bar: guesses “C”.
Benkowski: “No ‘C’. The answer is Ted Lyons.”
Bar: “But isn’t his full name Theodore? That’s a bullshit answer.”
It is pointed out to the Bar that there is not a “C” in Theodore either.
Final Question:
Jukebox- 1380- Music- guesses Mariah Carey (correct), Toni Braxton (correct), and Brandy (correct)- wagered 1379 plus bonus- up to 5659 and the short-lived lead.
J&B- 1780- Music- guesses Mariah Carey (correct), Toni Braxton (correct), and Brandy (correct)- wagered 1780 plus bonus- up to 6560.
Bar- 1930- Entertainment- guesses Mike North (no- Benkowski: “No way in a trillion years…bad guess.”), Winnie Cooper (correct), and Bobby Skafish (no)- didn’t catch their wager, but unless it was negative 4631, J&B remains in the lead.
Porch- 2550- Entertainment- guesses Jeff Joniak (no)- Bee Bee (no- Benkowski: “Boy, everybody is fixated on Mike North tonight.”), and no answer for the last one- wagered 1900- down to 650.
J&B rises from the ashes to claim the night’s trivia title.
Missing answers: Rich King and Dan Walker
Next TC Pub trivia in two weeks- September 25th. Thusfar, I am “in”.
LaGrange trivia this Saturday at 7:00 (doors open at 6:00).
Written after rocking to "Hold my Hand" in the morning drive.
11 September, 2008
techicho direrto (sic)
I know, I know, no big deal.
But to me - w/50-60 youths to lead - I feel, in my litte patch of this context (and this context only) - I am an officer. And not justa lieutenent. Maybe a Captain. No, Winters was a major. And that's it. MAjor Hilts, to conflate two real military WW@ figures. Or whatever.
So, this week I am have actively going after it. I've stopped the girls in the hall when I see them and tell them "Look for freshman and soph who are good. Tell them our team is great. use yr influence to gather these girls for our team." When freshman classes come in to the media center for orientation, I use the last few minutes of class to sell them on the team. I tell them even if they are not very good as 9th greaders, we will make them players by 12th. I'm getting better @ it to - the last class actually clapped after my 4m speel. Lets hope these girls are fit.
I've been to the athletic dept again and again for guidence, been to my old school where I used to coach to talk over some things I need to know (this is my first time running the deal - and am excited about seeing my old school play satuday in LaGrange.), named my J-V coach and asistent coach, and non officially told both MMf and Stopper from the J-V team last year that yes they are now varsity. Funny - M MF had to knw, and it was the first thing she asked. I told her "you know what team yr playing for this spring".
So, yeah, sorry guys, more HS girls soccer talk. Get used to it..
Political action from California/Vito broadcasts
I have started a counter-petition to support Oprah against Palin supporters. A false rumor that Oprah has refused Palin's request to be on her show has angered some conservative women and men, who are now threatening to boycott Oprah and have started a petition to force her to interview Palin. Oprah has refused and reminded these people that she decided not to use her show as a platform for any of the candidates, not even Obama, whom she has endorsed. Obama has not been on the show since before he announced his candidacy; Obama, Biden, and McCain will not be on her show before Nov. 4, so why should Palin? Palin supporters are clearly trying to use Oprah to reach women viewers; of course, the idea that Palin is a pro-woman candidate is deeply offensive. And Palin hasn't even been interviewed on any news programs yet! Whether you are a fan of Oprah or not, you have to admit that it is her show and she should be free to choose whomever she wants to have on it.
This seems like just another controversy to distract us from the real issues of the election. The media is already picking up on this fake controversy reporting only on the attacks on Oprah and not the support.
This might seem like a small battle, considering the greater one we face, but we want to beat the opposing petition and support Oprah.
If you'd like to sign, please go to:
Thanks!
Vito
fronchroom
10 September, 2008
When I................got a song........stuck...in my head.......google........find those lyrics...............for me ? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Spiritualized
When I'm tired and all alone
Lord shine a light on me
And when I'm lonesome as can be
Lord shine a light on me
When I'm tired and all alone
Lord shine a light on me
And when I'm lonesome as can be
Lord shine a light on me
Lord shine a light on me
Lord shine a light on me
Lord shine a light on me
09 September, 2008
all of my tears
Well, was @ the Metro for the first time since....... well, since game 2 of the 2003 NL playoffs (I remember because - and i've writen this before - but that nite I was triple decked in the black and silver and walked straight through the crowd of the great unwashed outside of Wrigley. I do so love to appear from time to time in crowds of that sort to feel the power of myself. And to attract lots and lots of attention.). Have I seen a show since 2003 @ the Metro? I can't remember (it was that hippy group that has like 20 members in the group- i'm in the video for tat one song they recoreded that nite).
2003. Jeeze. Err, make that Sheesh, so I'm not so irreligious.
But last nites show was a return to those days, I feel. Dragon and I saw Spiritualised, and guess what?
Great show.
Great show as it was -DO NOT confuse it Spiritualised 1996 or 1997. It wasn't Shockingly Stand Still Because We're Right At The Front Of The Stage And I'm Freaking Out , or the Can I Please Drop To My Knees In Prayer Because This Fucking Show In An Ex Church in Michigan Is Freaking My System Down- but it was a great rock show. It was better than Pitchfork - something about inside a small club w/ a thousand crowd rather than 17,000 people in an outdoor fest - and I will testify that it was brilliant.
Ans Jason? Didn't tell him a gallohello - I forgot, and he probably wouldn't have wanted me yelling out "Gallo says hello !!". But Happy was the Dude - really - he very obviously was having a great time and when they came back for an encore - more obviously happy body language.
I just had a good time. There was maybe plans to hit the Sox game that nite - only 13 home left and it was 1/2 price nite - but decided the Thursday nite game (yes, J and B'r's, mite mean I'ma missing that nite - and maybe more)and maybe Friday were betetr bets. Especially since the rain had turned out Comiskey's lights. There were plans to go totally lazy and stay @ home (and if our russian friend was in commision, I'da probably just stayed @ home - 2d day as I write, y'all). But Gf said I should go to the show, Dragon was going, and I was very happy. And funny. An ingrediant gone, and I go from standing and staring to dansing the whole show (well, 1/3 of the show). I should learn. And I should go to more concerts and Sox games. I really should.
08 September, 2008
stuck inside of o'hare w/ the helena blues again
So, to the United desk, and found out that no my flite no longer existed: and that great plan that would get you to the wedding rite on time- well, sorry, but if you want to get into helena past 10pm for the 4pm reception - well, go ahead. So i decided to scop it all, dejectatly El my way back to the Peter Strasswe, and then home to paste myself rigerously.
The nite was derpessing. My cousin is one of my closest frenz, and somehow I missed waht I know to be a central point of her life (yeah, she's a girl in every way). I had no option when the morning flite was scuppered, but I'm mad i didn't fly in the nite before.
So, stuck in Chicago, should be in Montana this moment, dejected, sorroful, and really not looking forward to talking ot cousin..... glad now that I wasn't the dj
05 September, 2008
the west
The White Whale
Good book. There are many many digressions on a vast amount of things about whales - there are chapters devoted to describing the different sorts of whales - and there are even chapters devoted to describing pictures of whales. So, there is a lot of.....encloypedia time involved.
And it is Ahab who rules this book. Not perfect - Bloom is still my favourite made up person - but each time he takes the stage, it is like Mick or Morrissey out there. His crazyness is divine. His sweltering need to kill Moby Dick is what sets him apart. There are many times where thi gs would be better for the ship and crew if Ahab's obsession was not followed - but followed it was.
I won't ruin the ending fer ya, although I already knew. I'd seen the movie when I was but tyke, and I had the plot. That scene in the movie - it wasn't in the book.
There is great sadness in the book as well. The whalers are trying to kill alive beings, so it is really heartbreaking when the go throught and describe the hunt of the whales and their killing. Very sad. But a good book.
04 September, 2008
virgil 3000
I know, don't complain. But I drift in the hot times, and I am one person who shouldn't be drifting.
Well, @ least it won't be drifting into the street parade.
More later.
02 September, 2008
Just a touch/
Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk. Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints--the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
But on the occasion in question, those dents looked deeper, even as his nervous step that morning left a deeper mark. And, so full of his thought was Ahab, that at every uniform turn that he made, now at the main-mast and now at the binnacle, you could almost see that thought turn in him as he turned, and pace in him as he paced; so completely possessing him, indeed, that it all but seemed the inward mould of every outer movement.
"D'ye mark him, Flask?" whispered Stubb; "the chick that's in him pecks the shell. 'Twill soon be out."
The hours wore on;--Ahab now shut up within his cabin; anon, pacing the deck, with the same intense bigotry of purpose in his aspect.
It drew near the close of day. Suddenly he came to a halt by the bulwarks, and inserting his bone leg into the auger-hole there, and with one hand grasping a shroud, he ordered Starbuck to send everybody aft.
"Sir!" said the mate, astonished at an order seldom or never given on ship-board except in some extraordinary case.
"Send everybody aft," repeated Ahab. "Mast-heads, there! come down!"
When the entire ship's company were assembled, and with curious and not wholly unapprehensive faces, were eyeing him, for he looked not unlike the weather horizon when a storm is coming up, Ahab, after rapidly glancing over the bulwarks, and then darting his eyes among the crew, started from his standpoint; and as though not a soul were nigh him resumed his heavy turns upon the deck. With bent head and half-slouched hat he continued to pace, unmindful of the wondering whispering among the men; till Stubb cautiously whispered to Flask, that Ahab must have summoned them there for the purpose of witnessing a pedestrian feat. But this did not last long. Vehemently pausing, he cried:--
"What do ye do when ye see a whale, men?"
"Sing out for him!" was the impulsive rejoinder from a score of clubbed voices.
"Good!" cried Ahab, with a wild approval in his tones; observing the hearty animation into which his unexpected question had so magnetically thrown them.
"And what do ye next, men?"
"Lower away, and after him!"
"And what tune is it ye pull to, men?"
"A dead whale or a stove boat!"
More and more strangely and fiercely glad and approving, grew the countenance of the old man at every shout; while the mariners began to gaze curiously at each other, as if marvelling how it was that they themselves became so excited at such seemingly purposeless questions.
But, they were all eagerness again, as Ahab, now half-revolving in his pivot-hole, with one hand reaching high up a shroud, and tightly, almost convulsively grasping it, addressed them thus:--
"All ye mast-headers have before now heard me give orders about a white whale. Look ye! d'ye see this Spanish ounce of gold?"--holding up a broad bright coin to the sun--"it is a sixteen dollar piece, men. D'ye see it? Mr. Starbuck, hand me yon top-maul."
While the mate was getting the hammer, Ahab, without speaking, was slowly rubbing the gold piece against the skirts of his jacket, as if to heighten its lustre, and without using any words was meanwhile lowly humming to himself, producing a sound so strangely muffled and inarticulate that it seemed the mechanical humming of the wheels of his vitality in him.
Receiving the top-maul from Starbuck, he advanced towards the main-mast with the hammer uplifted in one hand, exhibiting the gold with the other, and with a high raised voice exclaiming: "Whosoever of ye raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow and a crooked jaw; whosoever of ye raises me that white-headed whale, with three holes punctured in his starboard fluke--look ye, whosoever of ye raises me that same white whale, he shall have this gold ounce, my boys!"
"Huzza! huzza!" cried the seamen, as with swinging tarpaulins they hailed the act of nailing the gold to the mast.
"It's a white whale, I say," resumed Ahab, as he threw down the topmaul: "a white whale. Skin your eyes for him, men; look sharp for white water; if ye see but a bubble, sing out."
All this while Tashtego, Daggoo, and Queequeg had looked on with even more intense interest and surprise than the rest, and at the mention of the wrinkled brow and crooked jaw they had started as if each was separately touched by some specific recollection.
"Captain Ahab," said Tashtego, "that white whale must be the same that some call Moby Dick."
"Moby Dick?" shouted Ahab. "Do ye know the white whale then, Tash?"
"Does he fan-tail a little curious, sir, before he goes down?" said the Gay-Header deliberately.
"And has he a curious spout, too," said Daggoo, "very bushy, even for a parmacetty, and mighty quick, Captain Ahab?"
"And he have one, two, three--oh! good many iron in him hide, too, Captain," cried Queequeg disjointedly, "all twiske-tee be-twisk, like him--him--" faltering hard for a word, and screwing his hand round and round as though uncorking a bottle--"like him--him--"
"Corkscrew!" cried Ahab, "aye, Queequeg, the harpoons lie all twisted and wrenched in him; aye, Daggoo, his spout is a big one, like a whole shock of wheat, and white as a pile of our Nantucket wool after the great annual sheep-shearing; aye, Tashtego, and he fan-tails like a split jib in a squall. Death and devils! men, it is Moby Dick ye have seen--Moby Dick--Moby Dick!"