it's a miracle!

the kings have traded jason labarbera (aka lolbarbera aka labarbera streisand aka clownshoes aka laflopera) to the canucks for a 7th round draft pick.

let's just hope ersberg can stay healthy and quick's recent amazingness (three total goals allowed in four games) isn't just beginner's luck. that's a lot of faith to put in the kid. i'm sure things will be ok. i like what i've seen. it's amazing watching a tense situation and NOT having the goalie scrambling around like a fish out of water. quick doesn't overcommit or overreact, he plays his size and has good positioning. oh and his rebound control is pretty damn good too.

i'm honestly surprised any team was willing to pick up labarbera.


~~~

this year is almost done. next year will be about proving that i can do better than i did this year. hopefully i can make it through without making any stunningly bad decisions and maybe i'll even find a little bit of direction. because right now it's all a big mess. and hopefully the process will be punctuated by trent shows. :D

~~~

i feel sick. this better be gone by tomorrow!

ok everyone. have a good day tomorrow and be safe and don't drink and drive and see you later!

ouch part two

unf unf unf.

i'll stop soon. i promise.

if clits could talk

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from the road

We're an hour into the drive home, and it has been nothing but creedence the whole way. GodDAMN I hate creedence clearwater revival!!
...And my ipod is dead :(

This was the weirdest christmas. It was the first time (ever) I wasn't home and didn't do the traditional christmas eve business with entire family. I didn't think I'd care, but now I'm kind of sad about it. But I guess it was for a good cause.

...And I wonder still I wonder whooo stooooopped the raaaaaaaain. OMG JOHN FOGERTY SHUT UP!!! I wish I could stop HIM.

omg

katie is a goddess. best. calendar. ever.





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oh, and miguel coming through with the power adapter for my computer!!!! i now have access to my mac for the first time in months. i get to update my ipod and look at pictures and otherwise get the hell away from windows vista, which frustrates me on a daily basis. AND the super amazing flatiron that dries and straightens wet hair. which is awesome.

seriously, best christmas ever.

ouch

unf unf unf

awww

two of my favorite things :)




seriously, men + cute dogs... and then all the girls turn to putty.

ps: peek is so much cuter than that dog. just sayin'...

what??

betty page died a week ago and i had no idea!

:(

omg why won't it die?

the rage/nin rumor won't go away! my heart actually aches at the thought of this. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO US?! i get trent is a fan of this band, and that's fabulous, whatever, but the two crowds... that's going to be a nightmare. :(

i was so looking forward to doing pit for a few of these shows...

ok i really hope i'm overreacting and this rumor goes away.

3 or 4 days gone

i don't even remember how long it has been. i have so much i should be doing. but i've been busy looking at footage from the shows, organizing my pictures and otherwise wasting time. and just when i thought i had run out of ways to waste time, katie finds the finck appreciation thread. then, when that's done, i find the trent reznor appreciation and photo thread. it's page after page of absolute GOLD, and i'm on page 24 and i just discovered there are 238 pages. :(

damn the internet!

so i still have like 200 pages of photos and hilarious fangirl comments to look at (and maybe agree with). chaonatic still has like 75% of the show to put up.

...and the kings play the redwings tomorrow. and miguel gets back.

i really don't foresee anything productive happening this weekend.

rumor

that nin will be touring with rage against the machine in the spring.

...dear god i hope not. :(

no more youtube for a long time!!!

youtube is soooo slooooooow. but anyhow, i finished uploading all of the best snippets of robin's awesomeness. if you're going to watch these (and you should, particularly the one from gave up) then you should definitely watch them in high quality. i hate youtube and how they make the quality so crappy. it looks so much better in the original file :(

in order, these are clips from terrible lie, wish, the good soldier, god given (including the fast whisper part) and gave up (where he's alone in front of the screen at the end of the song).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwFcPVQP7tQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fYjj4MQvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxyXOYa2M3k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOUVCRmMl8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaa0B_eEt24

~~~

also:

lol (i now kind of know what this is like. it's not cute.):


and, shouldn't the goalie be like, standing up? why yes, he should!!!! I HATE YOU LABARBERA! (i love how the crowd behind him is so. not. amused.)




finally, i had to post this because drew doughty and oscar moller are so damn cute. even if moller is missing a tooth.

my sentiments exactly

tonight's kings game was so incredibly frustrating. my entire family (including an uncle!) actually sat around to watch it because it was SUCH A GOOD FUCKING GAME!! it completely looked like a playoff game. and i was so proud of my boys for ruling at life. and, of course, labarbera ruined it for us. so i went over to lgk and, as usual, cbgb expressed my feelings better than i ever could. it made me laugh so hard that i decided to post it here so i could look back on it any and every time lolbarbera ruins my life (no profanity allowed on the boards so nevermind all the ***. i actually think that makes it funnier):


Mother***ing LaBarbera!!!!

The Kings DOMINATED the game!

You let f******ing ROSZIVAL beat you TWICE!!!?!?!?!?!?!?


You c****ksucking worthless piece of fu**ing SH**

If LaBarbera is EVER in goal for the Kings, I'm not going.

Why this horrible excuse for a goaltender exists on the Kings.... I'm so funkinh angry my head is about to explode. I wish I had a toothless crack head wife so I could beat the crap out of her just for existing.

The Kings were BEAUTIFUL.

The Kings BATTLED

The Kings DESERVED to win.

But that mother*****er let us down AGAIN.

I'm not going. If this turd is in net, I'm not giving the Kings my money.

Let Quick and Bernier or Zatkoff take the chance.

This turd is not an NHL goaltender.

ROSZIVAL????

TWICE?????????

I can't even say his name. I want to vomit. I want to puke all over myself I'm so disgusted. Jason the f***kstain is the worst excuse for a goaltender EVER. Yes, even worse than Beachball. The Kings played their ASS off and what does this jackalope do?

As long as LaBarbera is starting, I'm not going. I can't support this sh----t

pictures and stuff

ok finally finished uploading my videos. i hate that youtube takes so long and that vimeo gives you so little space. but whatever. the sound on these is pretty awful, but i kept my arm steady for the most part and they're still fun to watch.

edit: just watched them again. trent is a very thick little man. and robin is such a sexy fucking beast. that part in echoplex starting at like 2:16 where he's playing he's in a trance. i could watch that all day, every day. yummmm.

here's closer:

NIN Closer in Sacramento December 12 from missroseline on Vimeo.

and for youtube, don't forget to watch them in hq if you can:

echoplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aw8hvUlKZ4
(robin is such a badass in that last guitar part!)

wretched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmF5ImNIIQU

head down (particularly bad sound): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VuDf0lkI64

the rest of my videos are just random clips of robin moments i love but nobody was going to capture but me. i haven't uploaded them yet but i'm not sure anyone would really care to see them except katie.

~~~

and here be my photos:


and the rest of the acceptable ones

cal clutterbuttpuppies or nin causes sleep deprivation which in turn makes the strangest things hilarious

ok, wow. i haven't slept enough since last wednesday night and it was a very long, very cold journey but it was well worth it.

sacramento:
this was the worst venue of all time. they wouldn't let us park on property until 6 pm (wtf?) and they kept acting surprised that people were showing up early to stand in line. we were moved around quite a bit, threatened and yelled at that we were trespassing and to leave, but whatever. katie and i got there at like, 6:30-ish and walked through the thickest fog of all time so nobody who worked there saw us. that's how we got away with it. we checked the entrances and nobody else was there, so we decided on one to start the line at. we had already been told we couldn't be there, but fuck that. so we just sat silently for like, what, an hour and a half? before anyone else showed up. then, you know, more and more people showed up and complained that they had been there earlier but were kicked out. but nobody challenged our first-ness. so YAY! we were first! and in all the times we've done this, we've never been first. it was a pretty good feeling. it was fucking freezing. omg. OMG.

but whatever. so the nin.com presale ticket experience was amazing. they took such good care of us. i wish they had their shit together like this all the other times before this tour, but whatever. they lined us up, making sure to keep the order of the line (which means so much because we've been fucked over before), we were given our tickets and then walked into the arena. a security man told us that if we ran we'd be kicked out. so for the first time in history i got to calmly stroll up to the barricade and decide precisely where i wanted to be instead of the mad rush and scramble to even get a spot. it felt so amazing to have our long, cold wait pay off like that. so i decided where robin was going to be and planted myself there. then security made sure the front row was all presale people by checking our wristbands. and throughout the show this really awesome security guard named shannon (is that how you spell the boy version of that name?) gave us water on cue. like i said, we were really taken care of. where was shannon the water boy all the other times i needed him in the pit?!

so the pit wasn't bad in terms of moshing or crowd surfing, which was nice. on my right, there was a really strong guy holding back the crowd, so my right side was fine but the left side was completely different. obviously, the closer you are to the center (tr) the worse the going. i took a lot of elbows and lots of crushing, but eh, it was ok. i've been through worse. it was just funny after the show because my left side hurt so badly but the right was ok. oh, and the girl next to me was about to be kicked in the head by a crowd surfer wearing combat boots, so i covered her head and pushed it off to the side and took the kick to the hand. so that actually still hurts. but the strangest thing that happened was that i experienced my first credit card. you know when someone slides their hand between your buttcheeks and says "credit card" ? well she didn't say it and i'm pretty sure it was an accident (though i don't know how this happens on accident) but some girl stuck her hand up my skirt and in my butt. WHAT??!! i was actually filming closer at the time so when you watch the clip i'm going to post later, at about 1:02 you hear me yelp and see the camera go nuts for a minute. it was SHOCKING.

so the actual show: was a good one. i've dreamed of being on the barricade right in front of robin pretty much since the first time i saw the dude perform, and he didn't disappoint. i felt bad because i was staring at him pretty much the whole time and most of my pictures and videos focus on him. i couldn't help it! he's captivating! and he does a lot of very strange dances that you don't really notice if you're sitting far away. like there was one point where he was pretty much doing a samba in the corner. it was so funny. i sincerely hope that i get the opportunity to do rail in front of robin again. as usual i didn't pay any attention to justin and i noticed alessandro looked really over it and bored.

the set was good. it was the standard one plus wretched (YES!!!!) and the good soldier. and the big electronica party was vessel and warning. and we got big comedown (which has been rotating in and out). overall i was very pleased with the setlist (disappointed not to have reptile or great destroyer, but you can't win them all) and the show.

vegas:
we were expecting SO MUCH from this show. we were worried that it was going to be a huge letdown. we got there late because the strip and parking were a nightmare, but luckily for us they started really late. our seats were pretty good. middle section, almost exactly in the middle of the theater, and maybe 12 rows back? i'm not sure. on the way in we saw billy howerdel and charlie clouser. it was kind of weird seeing them standing in line picking up tickets like anybody else. you'd think they'd get the hook-up.

so after 1,000,000 all of my concerns were assuaged. all i could say was "wow. fucking wow." trent came out with SO MUCH ENERGY and aggression and passion. already the show was so much better than the night before. tr stole my attention right back from robin and i was like YES! HERE is my rock star. also, the sound was brutal. i hear that other parts of the theater had kind of crappy sound, but from where i sat, it was a-mazing. really loud but also the whole band just sounded fantastic. and josh was showboating his ass off because it was his last show. fancy drumming galore. seriously, after every song people all around us kept saying "wow wow wow" because it was such a YES!!!!!! performance. i even got tricked into clapping because i was so into it. then i caught myself and stopped. i don't clap. but anyhow, this show was easily the best one i saw from this tour. considering the perfectionist that trent is, and that the music sounds spot on every night, it's hard to imagine the songs sounding better from one night to the next. but in vegas, the songs sounded like perfection. i've heard head like a hole SO MANY TIMES but i fell in love with it all over again. all of the songs. just PERFECT. it's like all the musicians were competing with one another to sound the best.

this time we got the great destroyer and REPTILE and good soldier again. it was great.

i got really emotional at this show because it felt like an ending. tr even hinted that it was going to be the last for at least quite a while. and i also got emotional because the music was so gorgeous. but whatever. anyhow, during his speech he announced a us tour next year with a 4-piece band that (thankfully) will include robin and justin. it felt like he gave me a hug because i felt so much better. at least i can worry about the end next year instead of now. he also surprised everyone by announcing that alessandro was leaving too. and alessandro surprised the crowd by giving one very lucky fan his keyboard.

overall vegas was a very satisfying show and completely lived up to my expectations. it was good to see tr so on his game. it was nice seeing this huge production for the last time. and i look forward to the new 4-piece "deconstructed" approach. i'm hoping that he busts out some old songs we haven't heard in a while. and maybe they'll finally play and all that could have been!

i got some video that i'll post later. the sound isn't good but the video itself is. and i'll post pictures too.

k bye. :)

hmph

it's time for trent! i'm excited but... then that means after this weekend it's over. for who knows how long! :(

yay for being in the pit again. i'll finally get to experience robin's super coolness up close.

but i can't find my camera! where did it go?!?!?!

k bye.

who wears short shorts?

evgeni malkin wears short shorts! lol wow. those are reeeeeally short dude.

daily peek

i've been doing these for noelle, and it occurred to me that i should post them here so i can have a record. because i delete them from my phone once i've sent them. so anyhow, here are a few of the best from the past few days. peek is so cute :)

daily peek: post-bath edition


babushka peek:






more HERE

oh, yuck.

smashing pumpkins version of "landslide." billy corgan's voice sounds so unbelievably shitty. so, so bad.


on another note: having rhapsody rules. :)

so funny

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

what i get for trying to be normal

since i'm now working with some regularity, i decided it's about time that i start going to bed at a more reasonable hour. so tonight at around 10 i was playing sudoku (yes, i'm a loser like that) and i started feeling sleepy. so i seized the opportunity and went to bed. then i woke up at 3:00. and i tried, but i can't go back to sleep. so now it's 4, and i don't know what to do. this sucks.

:(

thanks to the folks at lgk.com

you see, THIS is why jason labarbera angers me so. yeah he can make a big save from time to time, but then things like this happen:







he'll over-commit to a potential shot or randomly go far out of the net for no reason! i cannot think of another goaltender who does this with the same regularity that jlb does. it makes me crazy. JUST STAY IN THE NET!!!

(for those of you not in the know, you see that overhead shot? it's a really bad thing if the defending team's goaltender can't be seen in an overhead shot of the net.... really, really bad.)

seriously

i love kanye's song "love lockdown" SO MUCH! so so so so much.
when those drums come in... it's like, YES!!!

it's been a long time since i've loved a song this much.


~~~

here's a better angle of the whole "big titty bra" incident:



~~~

one more thing: you know those celebrity playlists on itunes? i hate it when they pick one of their own songs. it's so tacky.

lolwut

tr talking about big titties.

moody

i love this weather.

back to my roots

omg, how did i forget about this???

oh, shane...

waste of time

the kings are looking like SHIT tonight. seriously. like little turds with skates and sticks. like this:




where'd the real team go???

= B

1. sharp cheddar > colby jack cheese. i wish i could get my family to agree. maybe then they'd buy better cheese.

2. jack black is very funny. instead of sleeping, i'm up watching nacho libre.
chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants... in your rrrrroom. it's for fun.

3. wrestling is a super-duper gay sport.

4. my dad offered to buy my ticket for the game tomorrow. well, later today. and i decided not to go because i don't want to make the trek to la alone and nobody can come. so i'll be watching it on tv. if it turns out to be a really good game i'm going to cry. i can't believe they've already played 18 games and i haven't gone yet. OMG the season's almost 1/4 gone! IT GOES BY SO FAST!!!

you know what i was? wrong!

this "getting their asses handed to them" business i spoke of earlier? well, no. that was inaccurate. the kings actually ended up winning 5-2. which is deceptive because two of the goals were empty net goals.

i didn't know that semin was injured and not playing. :(
and ovechkin had a stinky game and wound up -4. and he was REALLY involved in three of our goals... in a not so good way. our first goal actually came off of his stick. our second goal was thanks to his turn-over. and our third goal was on the power play, which we had because he bowled over dustin brown. but i will say that even on an off night, he's still amazing to watch. he scared the bejesus out of me every time he was on the ice because i was sure he was going to score.

the caps hadn't lost in regulation in 8 games. and in the last game they scored 6 (!!!!) goals, and 5 in the one before that, and 3 before that, and 5 before that, and 4 before that. they're the third highest scoring team and get tons of shots on goal.

this was their first regulation loss since NOVEMBER 1. we only allowed them 21 shots. stingy. this was only the second loss for their goalie. ersberg was solid tonight... and the two goals that went in weren't his fault. and drew doughty is a stud. he is hot stuff. he seriously makes me shout out how sexy his play is every single game. it's' like: "OMG DID YOU SEE THAT SAUCY LITTLE PASS!? YES!!!" tonight he punked ovechkin one on one and took the puck away from him and skated away. it was awesome.

~~~

oh, and omg!!! i never, EVER thought i'd see this again:



i can once again get a whole tank for 20 dollars.

and i already kind of loved him.

"What's so special about [Sidney Crosby]? I don't see anything special there. Yes, he does skate well, has a good head, good pass. But there's nothing else. … I think that if you take any player, even if he is dead wood, and start promoting him, you'll get a star. Especially if he scores 100 points. No one is going to care about anyone else. No one is going to care whether he possesses great skill. Let's say you put someone in front of the net and let him deflect pucks in, and he scored 50 goals -- everyone will say, 'Wow!' and then hand him a $10 million per year contract. That's what they like here."
-- Washington Capitals forward Alexander Semin

but now i kind of really love him. FINALLY!!! i have been complaining about crosby's overexposure pretty much since the day he was drafted. WE GET IT! he's a good hockey player. fabulous. but there ARE other players. i hate that every single day there's a story about the pittsburgh fucking penguins on the nhl site (or any site that's discussing hockey). 30 teams, guys. 30 teams. anyhow, all you EVER hear is people singing crosby's praise because he's the superstar and the face of the game. whenever people who don't know hockey try to talk to me about it, they always ask me about crosby. i won't even say he's overrated, but i'm just so sick of him. and i'm so glad to hear alexander semin (pronounced seh-min, not semen, fyi) speak his mind.

now, semin's on the caps with ovechkin. and ovechkin gets a lot of exposure too (though definitely not as much as crosby) and there's this brewing rivalry between the two clubs. i think a lot of it is fabricated by the media, but when they play each other the playoff atmosphere is there. i love ovechkin, though. i love semin. i love the caps. i don't get to see them play very often since they're an east coast team, but whenever i watch them it's such a good time. and there is NOTHING better than watching ovechkin celebrate scoring a goal. homeboy gets SO EXCITED!!! EVERY TIME!!! and he scores a shitload of goals. more than crosby. he's jut so much more fun than crosby.

anyhow, i can see how semin would be the one to say this about crosby. i hope that it takes the rivalry to a new level. and i can't wait for the kings game against the caps tonight. i think the kings are going to pretty much have their asses to them. i mean, they are going to get SMOKED. poor little ersberg isn't going to know what hit him. (although the caps [i think] will have theodore in net and heaven knows he is permeable, so i'm hoping for a high-scoring affair). but whatever, it'll be fun because you know ovechkin is going to score and jump around like an excited little girl. a big, hairy russian girl.

~~~

and in looking for a picture of semin to accompany this post, i came across this and decided it was definitely worth posting for the lolz:



where to start? (he's the one on the far left, by the way). i cannot look at that picture without laughing. first of all, i fucking LOVE foreign fashion. *especially* eastern european fashion. i don't think it gets any funnier. that is one tight, sparkly tank top. neatly tucked in. and those jeans! lol. i've seen jeans with that many sexy holes in them... on women. this is probably the gayest get-up ever. but you can't make fun of him because he is 6'2" and huge and will kick your ass. as funny as those jeans you mustn't overlook the muscular thighs bulging out.

ok i'm done with that. i just couldn't believe that picture was real and alexander ovechkin was voluntarily wearing that outfit.

and i've lost interest in finding a good picture of semin. like i said, ovechkin is just really entertaining.

complete sentences ARE scary!

kind of funny, kind of stupid article

and this was funny too. we would so never get an ad like that here.

chuck norris does not love the gay, but don cherry does

ok, so you know those really cheesy kiss cams they do at games? and how in the dying seconds they always put it on two players who look straight ahead and pretend it's not happening? well, instead of doing this, stephane veilleux decided to lean over and kiss his teammate's helmet. this was hilarious and unexpected.




the commentators said a little bit about it, with the obligatory "Yeugh" noises. overall everyone thought it was funny, but they also made sure to be (jokingly) mildly grossed out because that's the norm in america. ESPECIALLY in the sports world.

so then i decided to look for more hockey kisses and i found this video of ziggy palffy laying one (a real one) on travis green:




now, for those of you who aren't in the know, the loud, old dude on the right is don cherry. he's the host of hockey night in canada and he's major over there. anyhow, he's pretty hard to peg but he's a major patriot and seemingly excited about military stuff and generally strikes me as pretty conservative. but you'll notice (and i don't know when this video is from but it's gotta be pretty old considering palffy hasn't played in a while and that islanders uniform looks way 90s, so this was, you know, when gay stuff was a little less mainstream) that while cherry was definitely amused, he didn't say anything homophobic. keep in mind that hockey in canada is like football here. hockey night in canada and don cherry are classic. i could be wrong about this, but i would imagine that if two football players were to have kissed on the lips, at least one of the commentators would have been like "EWWWWWW!!!!!!!"

i just thought it was interesting because it so wasn't the reaction i expected from don cherry. that old guy is nuts. and upon further research, i found out that cherry went on the record in support of same-sex civil marriages (which canada has allowed for quite a while now). he is an anglican and doesn't support same-sex marriage in the church, but he said something to the effect of: "well it's not costing me money so why should i care? let people be." i wish more americans could have that attitude, especially on record.


oh, and an yzerman man-love moment just for kicks:




and again, without don cherry screaming, for fun:

lol

more the engrish!

wow!

the kings/stars game last night was one of the better ones i've seen this season. it had everything, including the memorable WOW moments that i've been missing.

1. look at brown's hit on robidas. and note doughty's face (first guy on the bench to the left). he's grinning as much as i was. best hit of the season!



2. look at doughty's play to keep the puck in the zone. as the guy who posted the video said, "he's like the canadian superman." seriously, this is probably the coolest move to keep a play on-side that i have ever seen.




brown had another monster hit, but i didn't find footage of it. but it wasn't half as cool as the one i posted. and the kings went on to win in a (5-round!) shoot-out, which made an exciting game even better.

and it looks like the brown/kopitar/whoever tm decides to play line is picking up. and this was the third win in a row. in short, this could be the breakthrough game. things look like they're coming together. and brownie looks like he's picking up the hits.

yay!

and if you're reading this and you don't care, that's fine, but just watch the first clip. it's like 20 seconds long and so entertaining.

last time for a while

i can't help but still be so pissed off about proposition 8 passing. the very idea that we get to vote on who gets civil rights is beyond me. thank god we didn't leave it up to voters to decide whether women should have been granted the right to vote because how many men were gonna go for that? and it's a good thing southern voters weren't the ones to decide whether black people could attend the same schools as their precious white kids.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/state.laws/index.html

"Proposition 8 is not against any group in our society. Its sole focus is on preserving God's plan for people living upon this earth throughout time," Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, said in a statement Thursday."

that entire article drove me crazy. first i'd like to tell cardinal roger mahony that he is full of shit. prop 8 is not against any group in our society? REALLY?!

and preserving god's plan? i can't believe i even read that. i mean, it was obvious that the initiative was totally religious, but they were careful not to mention that too much because we're supposed to have a separation of church and state, right?

just the notion that now, for the first time in us history, we have eliminated an already existing right because of CHRISTIANITY... i mean, wow. WOW.

this would be so different if the courts hadn't already granted the right. yeah, i'd be mad if we voted on whether or not to allow same-sex marriage and people voted no. but now we have approximately 18,000 married gay couples (and i'm hearing they'll get to stay married) and then everyone else gets to just be in a civil union. how confusing and unfair.

i think we should just get rid of civil marriage. let the churches do it if they want, but the government should only recognize civil unions. problem solved.

oh, and i learned today that prisoners get to get married while in prison. i'd heard something about that long but never followed up on it or anything. but yeah. murderers are still better than the gays, right?

i'm curious to see what will happen now with the new lawsuits being filed. i'm also curious what else christians are going to force on the rest of us.

drained

still haven't been to bed. today has been epic.

i can't remember the last time i was this proud to be an american. and i've certainly never been this happy about an election result before. when they called it for obama, we flipped our shit. i reacted in a way that i could not possibly anticipate. i wanted him to win, sure, but i had no idea i cared as much i apparently did. (actually, to be perfectly accurate, i flipped my shit when i heard he won ohio and that brought his ev tally to 200. i just kept shouting "CALIFORNIA HAS 55 VOTES!!! THAT'S IT HE'S WINNING!!!!). we screamed and danced and ran through the streets. then we partied at the dem hq in chula vista, where total strangers were crying and hugging. i mean, it was a PARTY. it was like the movies. i'm so fucking excited to have this guy be our president. he is so inspirational to people. tonight i saw sooooo many people of color just bawling because they never thought it would happen. i remember watching "head of state" a few years ago and thinking "yeah, ok, sure." i just didn't think it would happen. but it DID. MUAHAHAHA.

i also can't remember the last time i was this fucking embarrassed and disgusted to be a californian. prop 2 passed no problem. and 4 looks like it'll pass. and 8 looks like it will as well. are you kidding me? we're more concerned about the rights of CHICKENS than we are about the rights of HUMAN BEINGS?!?!?!?!??! i've been baffled for a while as to why these religious groups were campaigning so hard for 8 but barely mentioning 4. especially since they went the "protect your kids" route... i mean, 4 actually pertains to children. i believed 8 would pass from the get-go, but what is so heartbreaking is how close it is. you better believe i've been tracking this thing all night and yes has been leading by roughly 300,000 votes the whole time. come ON. that's nothing. i can't believe we've singled out gay people to legislate against. and arkansas banning gay adoption? and arizona and florida banning gay marriage? whatever. i mean, i didn't expect much from those other states, but i expected more from my home state. i'm so fucking pissed off that those assholes with their little yes on 8 signs on my street get to rejoice and praise god that they won.


and now, a little story:
a few of us were holding no on 8 and obama signs on a street corner today. for quite a while, we were receiving generally positive responses. i was very surprised. most people were honking and giving thumbs up, with the occasional douchebag in a truck booing or shouting "MCCAAAAAAAAIN" as he drove off. then, this parade of ULTRA douchebag trucks arrived. (gotta say, size and amount of lift a truck has is negatively correlated with IQ. OMG do i hate men in lifted trucks). a douchey looking teen in the first truck threw something at us that landed at my feet. i looked at it and had an "oh fuck" moment, but didn't react in time. then it exploded. i dont' know much about firecrackers and explosive devices, so i couldn't really tell you what it was. but it made a loud noise and exploded gas and color?? then he drove away screaming and laughing like a maniac. at this point i was kind of frightened but mostly angry. then another truck came by and it was overflowing with white trash looking kids screaming stuff at us. i decided it was probably time to get going because these morons in the trucks obviously knew each other and probably planned to go fuck with the faggots who dared to protest for their rights. as i was walking back to my car, the truck overflowing with kids came back and they had a megaphone and were just SCREAMING at us. i couldn't understand most of what they were saying besides "yes on 8" "mccain" and "faggots." we didn't back down though and they turned out to be pussies because they drove away in a hurry. whatever. once they parked their ridiculous, enormous fucking truck and started heading into the market (we were all parked in a shopping center), i drove by them with my sign just to rile them up again. fuckers.

the experience was eye-opening. i mean, nothing much actually happened to us but it was nonetheless kind of scary and very unpleasant. i would never do anything like that to, say, the yes on 8 people. yeah, i yelled "bigots" at them but i wouldn't throw an explosive device or chance them with a megaphone. whatever. the point is, as much as i support lgbt rights, i'm still not a lesbian. much less a gay man. i have never really had to endure something scary like that. like, people wanting to intimidate me and threaten my safety and scream hateful insults at me. it gave me just a tiny sample of what so many gay people go through just because of who they are.


things i'm sick of hearing:
1. "i have no problem with gay people but i just believe marriage should be between one man and one woman." no, sorry to say, you do have a problem with gay people. you think their love is somehow less valid than your own. and don't tell me about your gay friends because i seriously doubt you have any. and if you do, they hate you.

2. angry mccain supporters ranting about the election and posting things like this stunning facebook update:
"***** is so not excited about the horrid future of our country. I'M MOVIN' TO CANADA!!!!!!"

tonight i've heard from and read about tons of conservatives who are pissed off as hell about obama winning, and who are worried that we're gonna become this socialist nation. these people have been threatening a move to canada or, in many cases, western europe.

to this, i say: o rly? you see, a threat like that only works when someone like me uses it. i've pondered a move to canada or france many times in the past 8 years because this country was frustrating for someone like ME. but a conservative moving to canada to escape the evils of obama? REALLY!?! do you KNOW anything about canada? their conservatives are more liberal than a lot of our democrats. they have higher taxes, universal health care, and *GASP* GAY MARRIAGE!!!! oh, and they don't want you. and europe? i don't know where you're planning on going, specifically, but many of those countries are vastly more socialist and liberal than obama could possibly make this joint. oh, and they also don't want you.

by and large, western europe and canada don't like our republicans. yeah, usa has gained some instant cred abroad, but that is solely because obama won. i reckon that if mccain had won, they'd hate us more right now. so, these conservatives should either try to find a country that thinks more like they do (these countries exist, but are probably not the most pleasant to live in), or they should just shut up! nobody wants your ass except others like you in this country so just stop it, k?

3. sick of hearing sarah palin talk. luckily, she'll probably fade away now. at least for a while. and she'll definitely stop appearing in my hockey games now.

4. sick of hearing people, mostly conservatives, try to take credit away from obama, the campaign he ran and the people he inspired. ok, the economy tanked and sarah palin was a horrid choice for vp. there's this talk that any dem, doesn't matter who, would've won. well yeah, the democrats had momentum but you're trying to tell me obama isn't special, you're lying. first, he defeated hillary. i had a professor who called her the "hildabeast" because he believed she'd easily become the new president because she had SO MUCH support and he just didn't believe she could be stopped. whatever. then this guy comes out of fucking nowhere and he's so intelligent, articulate and just... for lack of a better word, special. i was a full-on hillary supporter, but when i voted in the primaries for some reason my hand acted independently and marked obama. whatever. i guess i've been the one whining for the past 8 years (with good reason) and now that i'm on the winning side (for the first time! i never vote for the winner!) i should just get used to the other side saying stupid shit.


~~~

i've been trying to type a lot and kill time because i'm waiting for official prop 8 results. with 92% of the vote in, it's not looking good.

but 1a looks like it'll pass. so that's cool.

i'm now seriously considering grad school somewhere else. the more i learn about massachusetts, the more i like it. so maybe there? (they just voted to decriminalize marijuana possession under one ounce. i don't smoke, but it's cool that that could even pass). sandi's been telling me from the day that she met me that she thinks i would be completely at home in MA.

it's 6 am now and i'm so tired so i think i give up and am going to bed.

to recap:

obama winning? very good!
prop 8 passing? very depressing.
big, lifted trucks? should be banned
and their drivers? should be shipped out of state
conservatives claiming they're gonna leave the country and be happier elsewhere? awesome. (ps- i wish they WOULD leave).

cue mission impossible music

a GRIP of yes on 8 signs appeared in the medians of major streets around my neighborhood. and on street corners. this pissed me off. i'm talking a veritable shitload of signs. something had to be done. we decided to drive around and nab them all. ALL. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

to be clear, we didn't take any that were on private property. although that would be very gratifying (because there are so many). just the ones on public property.


anyhow, after running around for an hour being sneaky, i started getting sad because it is very unsatisfying work. i wanted to SEE the reaction of the pro-h8te people once their signs were suddenly ALL missing. then, as i was taking the last sign, some lady pulled over across the street and screamed at me "PUT THAT BACK YOU NASTY BITCH!!!" it made my night complete. i was glad i was able to see just that one pissed off bigot.

ok, goodnight.

j'adore canada!

http://perezhilton.com/2008-11-02-sarah-palin-got-punkdbig-time


oh WOW is this entertaining. how did she not get that this was fake?!

i also find it amazing that the potential vp didn't know who the top canadian officials are. especially since she supposedly worked with canada a lot as governor. keep studyin', you betcha!

what?!

very quickly: the nhl network has been taunting me because i didn't have access to it and yet it was always broadcasting amazing games. i just assumed it was similar in price to nhl center ice ($160). today i decided to call and see how much it is, just for fun, and it's only 3 dollars a month!! i just got a whole crapload of games for cheeeeeeap. YES!

!!!

i voted. it took a long time because the line was ridiculously long but i was excited to get this over with. i'm so over this election season. let's just DO THIS!!!

i want this dog!

omg, fuck OFF!!! >:O

just read that governor palin will be dropping the puck in friday's game in st. louis.

wasn't pulling this stunt just ONCE enough? did she not get enough booing? HER FACE NEEDS TO JUST GO AWAY!

oh, and what makes this worse it that friday's game in st. louis is against... the kings!!! >:O

first the flyers and now this?!?! just leave my teams alone you cunt!!!!!

i love these men today

1.

i've always loved jon stewart, but lately the daily show has been funnier than ever! i know we have sarah palin's genius to thank for a lot of it because you just can't make up a character like her. everything she says is wonderfully hilarious. but whatever. thank you, jon stewart, for making me laugh hard every night. tonight's episode was especially good.

2.

drew doughty!!! kings' first draft pick in june (second overall), and many were disappointed that the kings missed out on getting first overall and thus missed out on stamkos. to that i say: whatever. i love love LOVE this kid! it's funny that i'm five years his senior and can totally call him a kid. but anyhow, i fucking love him. we're only 5 (!!!!!) games into the season and he already looks good out there. most draft picks don't go straight into playing in the nhl, much less playing 25 minutes in a game! and how about his goal tonight?! beeeeeeautiful! he looked really good handling the puck and i'm excited about what is clearly a bright future as an offensive defenseman. i mean, he's way more exciting to watch offensively than like, kopitar tonight! he's got me more excited than jack johnson and he comes with a lot less hype. if i love him this much after only 5 games, i can only imagine what i'll be feeling oh, i dunno, 40 games from now. keep it up drew!

(right now, i don't love: kopitar. what happened to you? now that you're signed up to make like, 7 million a year you decide it's time to be invisible on the ice? i expect more from you, young man!

also, labarbera. i won't jump on the lgk bandwagon and call you 'lolbarbera,' mostly because it sounds stupid, but 3 goals on 6 shots? is that a joke? yes, two of the goals were made possible by some really ugly turnovers, but that's what the goalie is for. to bail out the team when they make a mistake. this team has been heavily made-over since last season. the penalty kill is astounding (perfect on the season! whodathunkit?!) and the shots against is waaaaaay down and you guys are looking out for one another. it looks like a real team. but the one thing that hasn't changed from last season is the spurts of goals allowed by the one and only labarbera. it makes me cringe because i know once one goes in, in the next few minutes there will be a few more. i can't WAIT for bernier or quick to mature and get the hell out of minors and give this team the goaltending they need to have a fighting chance. then they'd win games like tonight's. the kings RULED tonight and still lost thanks in large part to the goaltending.)

3. trent reznor



just remembered the nin remix site. rediscovered that he has downward spiral and year zero (and perfect drug and deep) up without vocals. BEST KARAOKE CD EVER!!! it's so cool to hear everything without the singing, especially downward spiral stuff. i can't wait until i take care of my computer situation so i can put all the tracks on my ipod and listen to it all very closely. but for now, i have nin karaoke for the car.


ok, and this concludes this segment. thank you.


~~~

oh yeah! they started this weird new segment during intermission that shows you what the players do during their workouts. i dunno how much any of us really care, but anything with frolov running around in short shorts is ok with me. he gets to be on this post because i love him... even if i don't really have a particular reason to love him today...

robert smith, anyone?

dear manson and twiggy,

you are 39 and 37. you are getting old. this is not looking good anymore. it's time to start phasing it out and looking like respectable middle-aged men. you don't want to end up like this:

ZEUUUUUUUS!!!

ok, so, when the kings signed michal handzus two seasons ago, i went crazy with excitement because homeboy RULED with the flyers.

but last season, his first season with the kings, he was recovering from an injury and was playing dreadfully. and he was pulling in $4 mil so that was a whole lot of cap space for almost no results. i was sad.

this season he looks like his old self and it's awesome! in tonight's game, he scored 56 seconds in and then scored the winner in overtime. and, in between, spent the time ruling all. glad to see he's back, glad to see la fans are embracing him and i'm starting to hear the zeeeeeeeuuuuuuuus rumble when he's got the puck.


~~~

anyone see W? is it any good?

things

1. gale harold is in critical condition after a motorcycle accident! NO WAY! brian kinney better NOT die!!!!! i'll be so pissed off.

2. kings!!! i know it's only three games in, but i'm already liking what i'm seeing a lot more than anything i saw last season. a perfect penalty kill so far!? are you telling me terry murray did in one month what marc crawford couldn't do in two years as coach!? the goals against avg. is down, barbs is looking better (but slightly manorexic), and teammates are standing up for one another! the way denis gauthier went after getzlaf for his hit on barbs was something i haven't seen in years from the kings. it was awesome. they have a long way to go and this season is going to be mostly about developing the young guys, i know this, but right now, win or lose, they're playing hard and the games are entertaining. i'm optimistic about the (near) future. and seeing looooots more BROWNIESMASH moments!

3. noelle and i did some pretty mischievous stuff last night in protest of pro prop. 8 people. stay tuned to see if we get caught...

oooooh wow

that one. the one on the right. wow. and i bought the cd without even knowing what the band looked like.

"commie faggots"

scary.

temper, temper

i'm so fucking happy to have hockey back.



i was surprised to see kopitar have an outburst like that. either he has a crazy hard swing or that glass was ready to break. glad the goalie behind it wasn't injured!

BOO!!!

i hadn't seen footage but the story on espn described it as a "little bit of booing."

it sounds like a lot of booing to me! they just turned up the music to try and drown it out. she sucks.



but, i have to say, i really like her coat.

23

saw nick and norah's infinite playlist.

1. it made me feel old
2. i'm kind of in love with the actress who plays norah. she is beautiful!


i liked it, though.

oh, and apparently palin faced quite a bit of booing at the flyers game. GOOD!

k bye.

OMG, EW!

sarah palin is doing the ceremonial puck drop for the season opener for the flyers. >:(

you know...

i can't wait until election day. i'll probably be really disappointed, but i just can't wait for this to be done.

~

also can't wait for december. got my floor tickets for sacramento. it's going to be an insanely cold day of waiting. it's going to suck if i don't wind up in the front.

big update

hello! i've returned from las vegas and have finally gotten around to organizing all my pictures and videos from my recent trips. and now i will share. and i'm in a really good mood because i saw the first game of the season today and hockey is back! yes!

now i'll provide only a brief rundown on vegas:
*saw the beatles love show twice. it is so unbelievably cool. noelle was really reluctant to go because she hated the beatles but she left the show a total convert and now wants all the albums. i've been trying to convince her for years that she was missing out.

*lance burton: i thought i'd be a lot more impressed. so many of the magic tricks were so hard to see so it felt like you were being tricked. it didn't feel amazing. save for this trick where he ripped up a piece of paper and then moved his hand and a bird flew out of it. WHAT?!

*crazy horse: my least favorite show we saw. plus our table had a creeper at it. and we were in the front row. too close.

*thunder from down under: oommmggg it was SO FUN!!! these guys... they were such a hoot. they were totally waxed. it was so strange seeing all this manflesh with no hair on it. it was kind of nice, actually. all that hair obscures what's underneath. i dunno. they ran through the audience and danced on the tables and encouraged the ladies to touch them. it's such a different vibe than a sexy woman show. those are silent and the guys sit back it's all very like, dirty. this was completely different. these women were screaming and grabbing things like there was no tomorrow and it seemed like everyone was having such a good time. i'd totally go again.

*zumanity: they changed it from the last time i saw it. it's a good show. i mean, i reckon all cirque du soleil shows are great.

*tournament of kings: probably the nerdiest thing i've ever been to. i hear it's like medieval times. despite the nerdiness of the whole event, it was so fun. i got really into the battle scenes. and then these random guys wearing just tights came out and stood around to carry off wounded knights. it was very gay. i appreciated it.

overall, vegas was fun as always. and since neither katie nor i had internet access when trent tickets went on sale, jeremy was kind enough to get some for us. it was just funny getting the tickets when i was in the casino where the show will be taking place. got to take a peek at the venue in which he'll be playing. ok that's all i will say about that.

~

creepy tree from bellagio conservatory:


filmed this in nj. i thought tr playing the marimba/xylophone/vibraphone/whatever that thing is was cute. the ghosts set was charming. (it's shaky in the beginning but it gets steadier a little bit into it. and would you listen to all the assholes talking?! just because it's a slower part of the set does NOT mean it's time to have discussions. that nj crowd was so full of assholes. worst crowd ever!!!!!!!!!!!)



this was actually last night when we had the power outage that lasted like, 14 hours. dad decided to entertain us with his singing.




~~~

and some photos:

angry painting from moma invites you to visit my flickr to view all recent photos:



go here: http://flickr.com/photos/31199731@N08/sets/72157607785497113/with/2917398649/


ok that is all.

bye!

vacation! be back friday...

unless the hotel's internet isn't too expensive. because, who am i kidding, i won't make it 5 days without internet.

love lockdown

i completely love kanye west's new song. he is really obnoxious, but buddy writes some really good singles.

yay, finally!

i'm so glad they're finally allowing palin to do more interviews and even answer impromptu questions because she's good for the lolz.

i think she's probably even funnier than bush. you see, bush is funny because he never sounds like he knows what he's talking about. he always looks really uncomfortable with being in front of the camera and his responses just sound... dumb. he's just not a good speaker. but palin is funny because, well first, she points like my mom does. when my mom is mad, she does this angry pointing thing... the mom finger. palin does that. secondly, she's got this really shrill, annoying voice that SOUNDS like a mom nagging at you. but most importantly, she speaks with so much conviction, like she really, really, REALLY believes in what she's saying, while pointing very adamantly.

the problem is, she shit she says is SO STUPID. it's not like bush, who may actually be saying something that makes sense but you overlook it because he sounds silly. she just sounds so sure of herself and then you listen to the actual words and it's like, god what a fucking moron.

like her interview with katie couric in which she was asked what she meant by saying that she had foreign policy experience because alaska is close to russia (lol), and she muttered something about putin in the airspace? what?

or when she was asked whether she agreed with how bush has handled the iraq war and she started talking about not fighting fights at home because it destroys communities... like the community of new york. what?!

i hope she gets lots more interview time. ...so snl has lots more material.

a date with jeordie?!

are we really to believe that tr actually wrote this??? it's so much funnier than he normally is:

Hello everyone.

I'd like to thank everyone for a very successful year so far in the world of Nine Inch Nails. I'm enjoying my couple of weeks off between legs of our Lights In The Sky tour and got to thinking... "wouldn't it be fun to send out a survey to everyone that's shown interest in NIN?" Well, that's not exactly how it went, but regardless - here it is. As we've moved from the familiar world of record labels and BS into the unknown world of doing everything yourself, we've realized it would benefit us and our ability to interact with you if we knew more about what you want, what you like, what you look like naked, etc.I know it's a pain in the ass but we'd truly appreciate it if you'd take a minute and help us out. As an incentive, everyone who completes the survey will be able to download a video of live performance from this most recent tour (and I know what's going through your little minds right now: "I'll just grab this off a torrent site and not have to fill out the survey!!!" and guess what? You will be able to do just that and BEAT THE SYSTEM!!!! NIN=pwn3d!!!)
BUT
What if we were to select some of those that DO complete the survey and provide them with something really cool? I'm not saying we'll ever get around to it, but if we did maybe something like signed stuff, flying someone to a show somewhere in the world, a magic amulet that makes you invisible, a date with Jeordie White (condoms supplied of course), you
know - something cool. See, you'd miss that opportunity AND be a cheater. Do the right thing - help us out. You'll feel better.

Thank you and I've had too much caffeine this morning,
Trent


~~~~~~

as if he really needs to bribe us to take that survey. but that video at the end is a finck-o-rama so it's a good prize.

i think this survey thing is really encouraging. i've been very impressed with the way tr has been like, going out of his way to please the fans. for instance, the whole presale thing on the last tour was not easy to coordinate, i'm sure. nabbing the best tickets, doing the whole separate entrance and separate will-call... but it created this really wonderful experience. quick moving line at will-call, friendly security and an entrance that's right by your hand-picked-to-be-awesome seats. i am a fan of lots of other musicians and this special treatment is never an option. or if it is, you have to pay a whole lot extra. and then the presale also ensures that scalpers don't get their paws on the good seats and re-sell them for 3x the price. (where was this when he played soma and i had to pay like, 100 dollars for a 30 dollar ticket?!?!?!).

anyhow, i'm a fan of any given musician because i appreciate their talent and their product. the music is pretty much all i expect. so if the artist happens to be an asshole... eh, whatever. but to feel taken care of as a fan is really cool and obviously makes you appreciate that artist so much more. like, i think about it, and the second time i met trent he was rushing through the lobby of the hotel, carrying a bunch of luggage and praying not to get noticed. i felt like an asshole for stopping him and was pretty nervous that he was going to tell me to fuck off. but no, he was nice about it.

i know i'm rambling.

the other reason i find this survey encouraging, besides him trying to figure out what his fans think and want, is that it means he's not ready to stop doing music. every once in a while i remember that he's 43 and has been doing this a really long time and wonder how much longer we can really expect him to put out records and tour. obviously, the survey doesn't guarantee anything, but why take the time to figure out what's what in the fan universe if you don't plan to put it to use? i take this survey to mean that we can expect lots more nin activity.

~~~

my love for nin is completely reinvigorated. of course it never went away, but i haven't been this obsessed since high school. i haven't stopped listening to nin since the shows happened (seriously, when i try to listen to anything else i can't take it! nin's better than all of it) and i realize it's all i've been talking about lately and i'm even starting to annoy myself.

i hope to have new things to discuss very soon. hockey starts in less than two weeks (can i get a HELL YES!!!) and i'm going to finally try and get a real job. and take tests and apply to schools and shit.

this past month and a half has been really odd. it has felt kind of like summer vacation used to feel in like, middle school when i really had absolutely nothing to do but have fun. i haven't had a proper summer vacation in so long. i've worked or gone to school. and yeah, it was kind of nice sitting around at first but now i'm bored as hell. after my week-long vacation coming up i really can't wait to like, be productive. it'll rule.

ftw

i seriously haven't laughed this hard in a loooong time.

go here: http://failblog.org/

it's funny.



see more pwn and owned pictures

oh yeah!!!

i forgot that the wings started off their series against the pens with two shut-outs in a row!!!! i can't wait to get those dvds and watch the frustration!

~

i think i recruited katie for vegas (dude, we're totally gonna be in that casino aaaaaaaallllll day just waiting. and that's ok). and for more amazing photoshop updates.


more animals

whoa

finally got around to downloading the behind the scenes of closer footage.

of course it's really cool to see how it all got made. my favorite part? tr filming the shirtless, blindfolded and handcuffed scene.

edit: i had written that before finishing the video. actually, my favorite part is the filming of the little monkey on the cross. it's so cute!

my back hurts

tori's been telling my story lately.

"i guess on days like this you know who your friends are"

and as much as i'd like to think i've learned, i guess i'm still pretty naive.



i need you to remove my worst symptoms.

i'm so old

yesterday was noelle's big 18th birthday celebration. this reminded me of my 18th birthday celebration, which feels like it was yesterday... but it was in fact 5 years ago. :(

there was a first for me though- a fully-nude strip club. it was really gross. that's pretty much all i have to say about that.

i woke up sick this morning. this probably has nothing to do with going to the strip club. we did get back at 6 am... maybe that's what happened? i dunno. i feel like crraaaaapppppp though. i hope i get to sleep it off tonight and it doesn't turn into a major flu or something.

~

whatever. tonight i plan on curling up and watching closure... and maybe a ducks playoff game? i REALLY miss hockey. the season needs to start already!

O-BA-MA!

from nin.com:

"I'd like to thank all of you who attended the first leg of the Lights In The Sky tour. If you missed it, check the schedule - we'll be playing through the rest of this year. If you've seen it, come back - we'll have some new tricks up our sleeve on this next leg. We're very proud of this show and it's been exciting (and quite the challenge) for us to present it to you.

Oh, and it was quite a surprise to get back home, turn on the television and discover we've apparently won the war in Iraq! Yeah, some woman from Alaska said so - apparently that troop surge was all we needed! That's good news, because I was starting to think all the shame and embarrassment I've felt as an American citizen traveling abroad the last few years wasn't going to pay off in the end. Now I can rest easy knowing we've successfully spread FREEDOM - AND we've stopped evildoers in their tracks.

US citizens: Nobody wants anyone preaching their opinions at them - particularly a musician - but PLEASE get involved and pay attention to what's happening during this election and try to see through the clutter to the substance of what is or isn't being said.
Wouldn't it be great to feel proud of this country for a change? Seems like it's within reach.

OK - I got it out of my system. Thanks for reading.

posted by trent reznor at 7:57pm"



love it. i almost through something at the tv when palin said that we were winning because of the troop surge. k BYE.

i'm also excited that they're going to switch up the tour for the next leg. just confirms that i have to go a million more times. i just need to earn some funds!

~

we've been trying to get obama signs for our house but don't feel like paying the shipping charges to buy them from his website. anyhow, today noelle and i were at 7-11, and there's this hair salon next door with an obama sign in the window. so we asked an employee who happened to be walking out where she got the sign. then she busts one out of the trunk of her car and gives it to us. rad! but then we ended up talking with her for a half hour and she turned out to be really rad. very enthusiastic. i love how excited obama supporters get when they talk about him. and she called mccain a "little punk"... and anyone who uses the word "punk" to describe someone has my vote.

oh, and on ets someone said "robin makes aaron look like a punk." that's it, exactly. succinct.

k bye.

and portland?

i'm thinking yes. and perhaps bc. or maybe missoula. FUN!

temper, temper

(at about 3:15) in his guitar does indeed go out and he throws a tantrum then throws the guitar. i wish i had a better quality recording of it.

lovely

i need to see this guy live when he's not falling over drunk. he sounds so nice live :)

SLEEP!

...soon. but, as usual, i must jot down my notes from tonight's show:

this is only my second time seeing nin in la. trent must hate playing there because it's never scheduled! unless i'm missing something, the only other la show was at the hollywood bowl. there was also irvine and anaheim, but those are definitely not la.

anyhow, i don't know why he'd skip la because this shit was sold. out. and let me tell you, the parking situation was pretty much hell. the arena's lot was full so we had to go to the overflow parking lot... which was almost full. then there was a loooong walk (which felt like an eternity going in because it was like 8:50 and the show had started at 8 and i was beginning to panic that i wasn't going to make it in time... but on the way back i realized it wasn't actually that far). plus, this is an old arena in inglewood and so the area is like, old and the streets are not designed for easy access. when you leave staples, everything flows relatively well and you can be out of there and on your choice of one of several freeways in under 10 minutes. we spend almost 40 minutes in traffic just from the freeway exit to the venue. ICKY ICKY POO!

i haven't been to a sold-out arena show in so long. i mean, madonna and paul mccartney are the only two i can recall right now. and when i saw trent at the pond in 2000, that was sold out. but like, sold-out trent arena shows are rare... and that's a shame because it's AMAZING to be there with so many people and listening to all of them screaming the lyrics out. there's nothing like it. obviously, it's always going to be fun at a nin show, but it's sometimes depressing to be in an arena that hosts like, 17,000 but only 10,000 show up. and 10,000 is a lot of people. but i always think: wouldn't it be super cool if every seat had a butt in it?

the energy was definitely better tonight than it was in oakland yesterday. the band came out a little slower and there were some hiccups, but by the time they got to the portion of the set after the ghosts section (starting with wish, i think), they picked it up and the crowd loved that older part of the set so they fed off our energy. it was fantastic!

(expanded) notes i jotted on my phone:

-towards the end of letting you, we noticed robin getting angry before he took off his guitar and hurled it at the barricade. i had been seeing shit fly towards the stage and assumed something hit him and he got mad. but according to ets, his guitar was malfunctioning? the thing is, i didn't really hear that anything going on with his guitar... but oh well. anyhow, a crowd formed near his side of the barricade so i was worried that he may have actually hit someone with the guitar... ...then he stormed off stage. he came back for the next song with a new guitar and tr didn't even seem to notice that all this had happened.

-tr was hurling shit around. he hadn't done that at any other show i've seen from this tour. while i definitely think he's too old to be doing the running around and breaking stuff act, i still like seeing him lob a guitar or mic stand across the stage for no reason. it's fun. and it reminds you how strong he is.

-for a while, i've thought nin keyboardists were lame. i really just have charlie and cortini to go by, but just by judging them it's like, yawn. then someone once told me you can't really rock out at the keyboards. i'd just like to say that robin proves that theory wrong. during the geek-out session where they're all standing at keyboards (except jmj), robin is playing that keyboard like it's the coolest thing ever. and it looks good.

-during the greater good with the big tr mouth projection thing, katie said that it looks like an ad for a dental clinic. she's right. it does. especially when he starts licking his teeth.

-this arena was really too hot. i love when they hold shows in arenas that house hockey teams because then you know the AC is going to be amazing. in philly, i danced my ass off and didn't end up sweaty. that was definitely not the case tonight. i felt so gross from being all hot and also the floor was sticky from spilled beer. when i open an arena, i will force beer to be served in a cup with a lid that is GLUED ON and you can sip it out the side like a coffee cup or with a straw. they serve coffee and soda in cups that don't easily spill so why can't they do that with beer? and soda and coffee aren't substances likely to make you sloppy and make you spill. DUMB.

-this really is the robin show. i watched beside you in time just to see how many solos and spotlights aaron got, and the answer is not many. but it feels like robin gets a spotlight every other song. and not only that, but he's frequently the only one visible on stage. it's like, an important guitar part will come up and he'll step up very close to the front of the stage, and tr will go back by the drums and jmj just kind of steps off to the side. as much as i enjoy it, it also disturbs me that i pay so much more attention to this fool than anyone else.

-trent was very bouncy tonight and katie and i approve of his tight pants. they're like those ridiculously tight black pants the punk kids wear. it's such an upgrade over the weird vinyl looking pants he had last tour.

-i've been waiting for trent to comment on the current presidential race. he's been very critical of bush so i thought it was odd that he still hadn't said anything about mccain. during hand that feeds, bush's image was in the background and at the end of the song it morphed into mccain. yeah it's kind of silly but i was still happy to see it. it's funny though, when i saw bush i got mad and was like, it should be mccain!! and then it was. yay. it should really be palin because mccain is going to win, then die of old age and leave her in charge.

-tonight's pit looked as crazy as the fragility days. people were getting pulled out every five seconds and everyone looked squished and sad. glad i wasn't in there.

-the clapping really has to go. i reported yesterday that robin is too cool to clap. katie pointed out tonight that it's not even like he's busy doing something else during the clapping parts. it's not like he's playing guitar or something. he just stands around or drinks water or like, dances in the corner. ...really, the clapping has to go.

-when trent introduced his "fabulous" band he said something about how they do all the work and "i'm just here bcause i look so goddamn good." then he asked if for the next song we wanted something "light and happy or depressing and dark." then we got reptile. yesssssss!!!!

-one of my favorite moments of the show: during god given, robin whispering the second "i'd never tell you anything..." and then launching right into this solo where on the very first note he throws his head back like ... i don't even know. you'd need to see footage. like he's feeling that note in his special place. then that whole solo is amazing.

-robin looks like he's doing the electric slide half of the time.

-it was nice having katie with me for these two shows because she loves robin just as much as i do. and it's always more fun to obsess when someone else is there agreeing with you.

-trent said in philly that he was going to stop talking at shows and it's really true. i miss the chats. :(

-i stopped caring about actually hearing hurt live. i hate that he still plays it because now everyone knows it and thinks they should sing along. it's just a waste of a live song that should be spent on something loud so singing people can't be heard. but anyhow, once you stop trying to listen to trent play hurt and start paying attention to people in the crowd, it's hilarious. there were some off-key bitches behind us that were a crack-up tonight. and then the obligatory sea of lighters... and iPhones? what? so not the same.

-in this twilight: the really low bass noise that sounds like synth on the record is played on bass live and sounds a lot better and actually a lot creepier. that is jmj's contribution. i don't like the way he plays and i feel like his bass gets drowned out a lot. and he's really boring and loves the clapping. if only we could swap jeordie in, this line up would be the best EVER! but i mean, robin in for aaron... there really is no contest. everything sounds better. and i've come around on josh in for jerome. i know it's been a while but i really liked jerome. but now that josh has been here for a long time, he has added his own touches that i really like. a lot of drum fills that make parts of songs a lot louder and more important sounding than they used to be.

-in terms of back up singing: ally does a lot of it, so there's no change there. during discipline i always think some girl has grabbed the mic though. as katie said: "he's brian molko's italian cousin." robin's back up singing is hilariously bad and jmj's must be fine because i don't notice it. i really miss the hot mess that was jeordie's and aaron's back up singing, though. we were listening to our davis and fresno bootlegs just for the back up parts... just to laugh. SO BAD! which is funny because i've heard them both sing for other things and they sound fine.

-i think the goon moon song about the reach around is my new favorite song.

-we spotted adrianne curry after the show. she is really tall. that's about it.



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on a whole other note, i just found out tonight that the kings are getting ice girls. that is a whole lot of eww. at the gulls games, i wanted to kill the gulls girls. i just hate, hate, HATE the whole bleached blonde, over-tanned sexy girls doing retarded dance routines while drunk guys go "yeeeeeeeeeeeeah." it's so gross. can't there be anything in life where we can go enjoy something without objectifying women somewhere along the way? i just wanna objectify the hockey players in peace! seriously though... that's going to make going to games a lot more obnoxious.

ok, i really have to sleep. work tomorrow. :(

succinct

jmj is still a huge nerd. i really miss jeordie. he (jmj) even went out of his way to walk over to our side and encourage the crowd to clap. gross.

proud to report that robin is way too cool to clap. he never once clapped and certainly never encouraged the crowd to clap.

trent kept doing this total stripper move. you know the one where they throw their butt out and up and then arch their backs up and flip their hair? it was quite entertaining. (i just searched youtube for an example of this very common phenomenon but now can't seem to find it anywhere.... i'm sure you've seen the move).


didn't get wretched nor did we get reptile, which disappointed me. but oh well. there's always tomorrow.

i'm hoping everyone's feeling as frisky tomorrow as they were tonight because that's always more fun to watch.

oh, and there was an earthquake during the show, but we didn't feel a thing.

funny that the last two earthquakes in california were la and oakland, and i happened to be in town for both of them.

k bye.

i actually don't have much to say

besides: i think sarah palin is a fucking revolting choice on mccain's part. it offends me. she is so disgusting. that's about it. she's gross. and if i have to hear one more time that that stupid fucking bitch has 5 kids and is therefore qualified to run things, i'm going to go crazy.

oh, and i absolutely love how her 17 year old teenage daughter is pregnant. and going to marry the guy. love it. k bye. GOODBYEEEEE! some of those conservative groups are such hypocrites. remember when britney spears' little sister, jamie lynn, got pregnant and lots of conservative christian groups called for her show to be canceled because she was such a bad influence? how come nobody's calling for palin to be fired because her family is a bad influence? how is this situation any different? she's supposed to have such strong conservative values that she's going to pass on to america and all that bullshit, but she couldn't even instill those values in her own kid?

this election is going to be rigged, mccain is going to be president, and i am going to be so goddamn pissed off. and in that case, mccain better stay healthy because if that motherfucker dies and leaves that despicable woman in charge of this country... i mean, ew. EW.

if i were hillary clinton, i'd be going absolutely nuts right now. i'd be throwing shit around my house and just screaming. especially every time palin compliments her. oh man do i feel for that woman right now.

ok, i guess i have more to say than i thought.

but like, i keep hearing that at least she's a woman and so i should be happy because we're making progress. what? she's a woman who hates reproductive rights, hates protecting animals, loves oil, loves guns, hates the gays, has governed 3.7 people, and was chosen because she's a hot piece. K BYE.