get out of the way! I am in a car! You are just a person!

Seriously, why do people walk in front of cars that are coming towards them!?! I remember when I was little, and my mom and dad taught me that I should look both ways before crossing the street, and if cars are coming, then they told me, “don’t cross, wait until it is safe, and there are no cars coming”. I know that it sounds like rocket science, but if you really look at it, it is actually basic common sense!!

Every day on the way to work, I pass by this high school in my neighborhood. Yes, it is in the ghetto, and yes, it is almost an all black high school. I am not trying to be racist or prejudiced here; I just want to know why all of those kids think that it is perfectly fine and dandy to walk out in front of cars that are hurdling towards them!? I worry about the future of our nation’s youth, especially when they make it plainly obvious that they don’t even value traffic laws or their own safety! I wonder if it is because they just don’t give a fuck, or if it is something more, such as a belief that I should be watching out for them, and therefore, it is my responsibility not to hit someone walking in the road. Hmpf! It just really pisses me off big time. Just wait until I pass by! It will only take a minute! And don’t just stand in the road or walk diagonally (taking the most amount of time possible), if you see me coming, get the fuck out of the way! I wouldn’t know from personal experience, but I would think that a 2-3 ton piece of metal hurdling towards you would hurt if it hit you! Seriously!!

AND! Just so you see I am not just picking on only those kids, now, I’m talking to you Emory Girl: when the light is green, DON’T WALK! You won’t make it! Me slamming on breaks to keep from hitting your dumb ass is not something that I should be required to do because you can’t follow instructions! In fact, that goes for all you Emory kids! Or anyone else out there that does this! It is REALLY annoying to have my shit fly in the floorboard because your dumbass didn’t bother to look and see that my light was indeed green!!!

Man, where is the world going? People must think they are all superman, and that their bodies are so strong that they can resist getting hit by a car. (Did someone say “Superbleeders?”) Well, let’s hope that I am always SUPER ALERT, so that I don’t accidentally hit and kill some moron walking in the middle of the road, right?

it’s a boy!

My dad called me this morning with the news that my sister had her baby last night around 8pm. His name is Jackson Blake. Could it be any more “country” than that? Probably not… but regardless, yay for her! I guess I am one of those gay uncles now… that’s alright, when he comes out to me in 18 years, we’ll all know it was worth having good old gay uncle duane and gay uncle James!

I just can’t wait to see how long she breast feeds… are we taking bets? I say she won’t last 2 weeks. After all, she is the one that thinks you are more likely to get pregnant while breast feeding; so who knows how long it will take for Nestle to infiltrate the Blake household…

podcasting, here I come!

I used to think podcasting was a little silly; mainly because I don’t listen to any, and I don’t really know that much about them. Yes, that is something you should know about me, if I don’t know it, I ridicule it. Things work better that way. Anyway… Now, I have been invited to be a member of the Georgia Podcast Network, that some of my friends created. Last night, we had our first podcast party, and I recorded my very first podcast. While I thought I was a little silly, and do have doubts as to whether anyone would actually want to listen to me go on and on about whatever for however long I talked, I definitely thought it was fun. Too bad Rusty deleted it. Anyway… Next time I do one, I will let you all know so that you can check it out over at the Georgia Podcast Network’s site, when it goes live. I am pretty excited about being a part of something like this, and I really appreciate Amber and Rusty designing it, and wanting me to be involved! Can’t wait till the next podcasting!

Also, we are making up funny “commercials” and “PSAs” that will play like real commercials during some of the other podcasts. Watch out for those, because some of them are hilarious… that is what happens when I get together with a bunch of creative people (I’m looking at you Tony!), and have beer a flowing! Stay tuned…

what I learned at the dogwood festival this year:

— It is possible to drink for 12 hours straight and be alright.
— Lori’s buffalo chicken dip stuff is the food of the gods. I want that recipe.
Do not leave children unattended. Seriously. They may find, and start drinking, alcohol.
— I am not the only person that is OCD about clean hands.
— Some of the art at the festival is actually cool.
— You too can get yourself air brushed.
— It’s actually superheros that kill fire ants.
— Midnight blue doesn’t only ryhme with purple shoe; it is a purple shoe.
— Shh… we are seceding.
— Threadless shirts rule. Everyone has them; at least, the cool everyones.
— Watch the ground, you may find money.
Free koozie = awesome. Thanks Dave!
Jumping on a trampoline may seem innocuous at first, but someone inevitably gets hurt (sorry Brian!; I really do feel bad!).
— I think I may have torn something in my knee. (see trampoline related injuries)
— You too can be embarrassed because you are outside having a stupid argument with your boyfriend on the phone while everyone else is inside playing Cranium. Weirdness. Sorry guys.
— Playing charades is awesome; and frequently hard. Especially if you are drunk.
— I think I drank like 90 beers yesterday. AND, that totally massive rum and coke; seriously, it was made in a Nalgene for crying out loud.
— And last be certainly not least; blogging is cool because it has allowed me to make friends with some of the coolest people ever.

So, we will do this again soon, right? We don’t need no stinking dogwood festival as an excuse!!

Cartoon at Out of Hand

My awesome friend (but bad blogger) Steve Yockey has a write up about his new show Cartoon, in Creative Loafing… check it out here. Also, if you are in ATL, or will be in ATL check out Cartoon:
Through April 23. Out of Hand Theater. 7 Stages Back Stage Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. $12-$35. 404-522-6194. www.outofhandtheater.com.

That’s right… three posts; one day. Can you handle the madness?!

fine this georgia patrol!

Since I thought that the woman being fined for the BuSHIT sticker was LAME and totally a violation of her first amendment, I think we should all get behind her and speak out as well. Luckily, it was thrown out, and she doesn’t have to pay the citation (there is justice! who knew?); and to celebrate, Kyle over at bumperactive.com, informed me that he is giving Georgia residents a free bumper sticker. I hope I get one! Go to the link and get one for yourself!


Amber has the link too!

thanks ya’ll!

I am still not 100%, but I definitely feel better today. I called in a prescription, but forgot my insurance card, so I will have to get it today… I never turn down drugs (except for the bad kind!). I also just wanted to say thanks to everyone that wished me well during my sickness… I don’t handle being sick very well because I HATE sitting on the couch for several hours and doing nothing.

We watched Memoirs of a Geisha last night, and eh, I wasn’t that impressed. Maybe it is the sinus infection. Who knows. Art show tonight. Dogwood Festival cookout tomorrow. Podcast party Sunday. Busy weekend ahead, and here’s hoping the sickness doesn’t come back…

What’s everyone else doing this weekend?

I’m sick

And maybe you guessed; I don’t handle sick well. I’m going back to the couch to watch TV and movies. I will probably watch Brokeback today. That is at least a highlight. I gotta run, I have hours of pouting and poking out my lip to do, so that James will make me feel better.

Hope everyone else is doing better than me today. Hopefully, my doctor will come through with the drugs, and we can nip this in the bud, eh? In the mean time… I wonder what effect beer has on Sudafed?

a story of addiction; my addiction

As you all know by now, I am a hacking, sneezing, non-breathing beast right now, thanks to nature’s big O; but I see fit to have a talk with you about a little something I feel the need to get off my chest. I have an addiction, and no matter how I try to avoid its seductive powers, I am powerless in the wake of its strong hold. Whenever I get sick, or have one of my 100’s of sinus infections each year, I start pumping in the drugs; Decongestants, Claritin, Benadryl, and just about anything else I can think of that will keep me from experiencing one more second of discomfort. I reach for the pills quickly, and carry around small amounts of them, medicating not as indicated, but as I feel the need to. But this is not my addiction, this is a normal reaction that most people have in the time of sickness. This is normal.

another “sex” post…

But this time, nature is the one that came. Seriously, there is tree semen everywhere, and my nose is more than inflamed. I am also loopy from my decongestant (that isn’t working; other than to just disorient me, and distract me from the fact that I can’t breathe), so there isn’t going to be much substance to today’s post. But, interestingly enough, it does make me think of what the drag queen Coco Peru, said in Trick, “You ever get come* in your eye Gabriel, HMM? It BURNS.” Well, kindly, nature didn’t come* in my eye, but my nose sure as hell burns. And, it is stuffy. Boo!

Bobafred (and surely many others of you out there) totally feels my pain. I don’t think that people who don’t live in ATL understand… I know that it is bad other places, but it is just dreadful here; apparently, the pollen count was the highest ever recorded yesterday. Damn tree reproduction. May all of our sinuses be saved from nature’s big O! Good for you nature, glad you got there and all, but bad for the rest of us. Oy.

[picture from billsantoro.com]

*I know I didn’t spell “come” in that way, but I honestly get enough weird searches without adding fuel to the fire

UPDATE: Apparently, the haze I am in is thick; somehow comments got turned off. DAMN YOU SPRING!!! They are back on now.