Brain Splatter

Software updates. Always makes me a bit nervous. But this was just a quick Firefox one so it wasn't that bad. Not like when the update is by our friends from Microsoft or Adobe. That makes me worried. I need to update my Flash.

It's not that I think the update people don't know what they are doing. Shit, I think they are smart people. Smarter than me. Or at least better trained. I just think that maybe, just maybe, when they are sitting up there, over there, where ever, they forget that things in the real world fuck up a lot.

Murphy's Law says if something can go wrong it will. I would like to update that. My law would say: Shit has gone wrong. Shit is going wrong now. Shit is going to always be wrong. You should prepare right from the start to shovel, fix, and manage all the shit that is going to be wrong.

OK. Maybe I am over stating things. Then again maybe I am not. Have you been on the Bay Bridge? No. Well it was shut down for a bit because a cable snapped. That is not really that big of a deal. Things do break. The problem is, if you look around you, everything is right on the verge of breaking down. Nothing is made to last.

I don't know if this is just because that is the nature of us as humans or if it is purely part of the American mind set. I honestly think that in the recent development. We became a country where it is easier to throw something away than it is to get it fixed. Fixing things became passe'. It is all about the new, the now, the "what's next".

Damn.

I lost the track of this fucking entry. I don't know what I am trying to say. I think I might have to quit this fucking entry and start on a new one.

You know what happened. I've started caring about what I write. I used to just write and not give a shit how profane or stupid or clueless it was. I used to say what the fuck was on my mind and just let the shit go. Now, I am giving a shit what no one thinks.

Because I have have no illusions that anyone is reading this. Expecting someone to read something that you have written seems to me to be a type of vanity. Would it be cool if someone came and enjoyed what I said? Sure why the fuck not. On the other side of that, then I would have to perform for them. I would have to say something interesting. I would have to put up with someone else's ideas about my ideas. As it is now my ideas are my own. I like that.

I need some food. I had a cup of coffee and a boloney sammich. I can't decide if I should have tacos or a fried eggs sammich with cheese. I am leaning toward the egg sammich. Also another cup of coffee. Yeah. That seems right. That seems like it will hit the spot. Besides the taco shit isn't going anywhere and if I want it I will have it later. It is all about me. Fuck yeah! Laterzzz...

Labels: boring, gibberish, ignore, random

// posted by Biff Manly @ 12:55 PM 0 comments

Why don't cars have one seat in the front? Why do they have to have two seats? No matter how small the car is it has two seats. I say it is a waste of space. You could keep important things in that extra space. Hell you could get rid of the trunk completely.

They seem to want to come out with smaller and smaller more fuel efficient cars. They are having trouble finding space for batteries and and extra generators. I say the front passenger space would be a great place. And the extra space freed up would give the car makers some room to put in a proper back seat in case someone really needs or wants to have passengers. As it is now, lots of small cars have bench backseats or so little leg room as to be unusable anyway.

True story--one year I was going to my aunt's for holiday. I can't remember if it was Christmas or Thanksgiving. She had a Chevy Cavalier. Which being not only a small car, was a dangerous piece of shit car. So my aunt is driving and my grandmother was in the passenger seat. That means I had to wedge myself into the back. So the car being two door I squeeze into the back past the front passenger seat. Then because my relatives are normal human size there was nowhere for my legs. So I kind of half curled up on the back bench seat. I couldn't have sat up even if there was leg room anyway because God has seen fit to give me a head but the designers of the Cavalier apparently didn't think that people with heads would be sitting in the back seat of the car so they didn't add the room for one. Needless to say the ride was not one of the highlights of my life. Getting out of the car was much more fun when I had to butter my ass up to be able to get out of the back.

If they had put a proper back seat in the car and not had a front passenger seat it would have been a much better ride. Especially in a commuter car. Or an economy car. Why do you need four places to possibly sit?

Think about it. Most of the cars you see on a day to day basis rarely have more than one person in them anyway. Most cars are driven to work, parked, and then driven home. What a great way to save weight by getting rid of the damn extra seat that is never used!

Yes some people car pool. Some people take the kids to school. But lets be honest people, most of the time it is just you in your car. Making a decent car with one seat or if you want two seats put one in the back, and you can make thinner cars too. Where is it written that you have to be side by side with your passenger? That is all I am saying. Laterzzz...

OK, it isn't really. But if I was a wrestler I might be named El Diablo. Only if I could wear a mask. There is a long history of wrestlers wearing masks. One I remember from when I was a kid was Mil Mascaras. I think it means Thousand Masks. The coolest thing about that guy was that in the match, if another wrestler went after his mask and pulled it off, Mil always had another mask on underneath. When you are a little kid, shit like that is awesome.

I think when you are a kid, masks are fun. So are gloves. Costumes are cool in general. And don't get me started on capes. Who doesn't love a capes? I think it would be cool to dress as a ninja at least once a week. Not for kinky sex like those people who dress up in a furry animal costumes. That is just a little bit of the freaky. I guess it kind of relates though. The thing about costumes is that it allows you to be someone different for a time. To hide and reinvent yourself. That is why people love Halloween.

To a lesser extent, I think people dress in costumes on a smaller scale everyday. Be it jewelery or high heel shoes or what type of coat you choose. For example, I would love a leather jacket. The wearing of leather has more of a connotation then just warmth. Leather, is dangerous or sexy. It is in essence a second skin. Just as a tangent, I used to love walking by the Wilson's leather store at the mall even when I was a kid. That smell of leather was awesome. I had a pair of leather studded gloves when I was kid that I loved wearing. I would play superhero in them. I always thought of them as like my power gauntlets. I had those gloves for years until they dried out and cracked. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.

Let's talk about current events. Uh...I can't think of anything current that I want to talk about. I am starting not to care about the election coming up. I don't know if I care one way or another if it is Obama or Clinton. I guess McCain is going to get the GOP nomination, then he just has to pick a running mate. I think he should pick Larry the Cable Guy just because that would be a hell of a ticket. McCain and Cable Guy in '08!

With Obama he has to pick someone that is good but not too good because then people might want to kill him. Clinton needs to pick someone really bad because everyone hates her already. Even Hillery's supporters don't really like her. She is not really that likeable of a person. Obama kicks ass in that regard.

He seems to be really likeable especially when he is giving a speech. And his supporters really like him. Hell, they applauded when he blew his nose. It is like a cult of personality. Most of Obama's most fervent supporters don't really support a certain issue that he stands for. They like that Obama is young, energetic, and yes, black. He is new and different on the presidential stage. He is not George W. Bush, he doesn't have the last name Clinton, and he isn't a hypocritical reverend who has no chance of winning. I think when most people see Obama they kind of see a new Kennedy. And that would be JFK not Teddy the fat drunk who killed that girl in the drunk driving accident. Oh, wait, allegedly killed. Have to add that. Wouldn't want to get sued or anything.

Uh oh, I almost had a rant about to get started about the country and the state of it. But I am not going to be doing that.I just don't feel it right now. I mean, I can always bitch and moan about things. That is just what I do. But today, I am not going to do that.(Pause).

OK, took a little pause there. Had to get a few things done while I had the time and the inclination. Threw out some garbage. Tomorrow is garbage day and if I didn't do it today the garbage would just sit until tomorrow. I am trying to clear all this shit out of my way. Cluttered space equals a cluttered mind. Or maybe the cluttered space is a symptom of the cluttered mind. I need to simplify and minimalize.(pause again).

Just did my taxes,and ate, and just popped an Ambien, so I am going to bed. I might post this tomorrow. I am tired and 4am comes quick. Laterzzz...

Labels: clutter, garbage, leather, mask, ninja, random

// posted by Biff Manly @ 6:00 PM 0 comments