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election day 04…oh shit

i wonder what tomorrow will be like. four more years of absurdity? or maybe a chance to start cleaning up all the poop flung everywhere. cross your fingers people…

i was thinking too the other day, how certain scary people said that bush was ordained by god to be our president. they may be right you know. im not exactly your average god-fearing citizen. but if bush were re-elected today, maybe it was the will of god…as vicious punishment for innumerous past sins. like, “here you go dudes. a swarm of locusts, flies, boils, and a few lightnings bolts for shits and giggles…all rolled into one ball of english-mauling stupidity. congrats, hes your president for another four years!
shit would that suck.

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vote, people…

with the presidential elections only weeks away, its time to get partisan yo. many of the major news publications came out with their endorsements this past week…such as the ny times and boston globe for kerry, and the chicago tribune for cunt…i mean bush (all via gothamist). while i generally stay clear of politics, and would rather have the two candidates over for a rockin’ movie nite with beer and atomic wings, i thought id take the time to give our endorsement to a candidate. on behalf of the crew at m3ntal contraband…me, cow, bear, and sheep the intern…we whole-heartedly endorse the democratic nominee john f. kerry for president. mainly because we see eye-to-eye on 80% of his policies…but in actuality because we just think bush is a fucking idiot. like ridiculously stupid. no seriously, i dont understand why people keep saying “dont underestimate his intelligence,” because the dudes got some serious m3ntal deficiencies…and im probably already overestimating his intelligence. aside from the fact that english was my second language and i seem to have a better grasp of it than bush, his faith-based logic and really really flawed environmental, foreign, scientific, and economic policies are destroying the fabric of our country. i am however rather impressed with the speed at which he completely and utterly destroyed the respectability and credibility of the u.s. in the international community. fucking record-breaking…why is this fuck our president again?

for an interesting look into the (relatively empty) mind of our good president, the ny times has a lengthy (but enlightening) 11-page article on the major events that shaped george w. bushs life…from indirection in his youth, to his spiritual rebirth as a freaky born-again christian, to becoming the inept president of the most powerful country in the world.

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debating debates

bush > kerry flip flops.
kerry > i dont flip flop…ive believed in one thing consistently and blah blah…(goes on to elaborate).
bush > kerry flip flops. its so hard out there in iraq for our troops. so very hard.
kerry > the president needs to have an exit strategy and blah blah blah (goes on to elaborate).
bush > kerry flip flops. its hard in iraq. so hard that its really hard…totally hard in iraq. like real hard. i shit you not.
kerry > *thinking in his mind* youre a fucking twit, bush.

i despise politics, but bush is just a fucking idiot. name dropping repeating ass english language-fucking non-substantive idiot. and if he is re-elected in november, i have to say that my hatred will not be directed at him specifically, but at the stupid, naive, uninformed, close-minded, freedom fries-eating fucks of america who put him in office.

HIGHLIGHT
mixed mexicans…mexed missages…mexed mexicans…

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2005 enduro

wah, im a wee depressed at the moment. no no, im over the kristin kreuk incident…this is bike related. this was going to be the last biking season i rode my giant warp, since i fig’d it was time to upgrade to a better (and preferably lighter) frame. so i had my eyes set on one of the specialized enduros. full-susp, multi-terrain ride, and a rockin’ design. i was waiting for the 2005 enduro preview to pop up on the specialized website, but they were taking motherfucking forever, so i googled it instead. and holy shit was it a sad sight. it turns out that specialized redesigned the entire enduro frame for 2005, tossing aside the coo freeride-ish design i liked so much in favor of this weird looking bumpy, unelegant mess. ok, i realize everything was probably done for a reason, and the frames probably better in almost all regards in terms of riding and ish…but i dont care. i wanted a coo looking frame yo, and this 2005 model wont be doing it for me. bugger, i might have to push up my purchase date to grab a 2004 before theyre all gone…or ebay a frame or something and build it up. i suppose i wouldnt really mind building up a new bike. specialized…or maybe foes racing, mountain cycle, or whatnot. wait, let me check my ass for a sec. nope, no money flying out…damnit.

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administrative m3mo

i dont know whats going on, but i generally dont like receiving 25,000 hits (1k uniques) in one day. especially when i have a sneaky feeling theyre not actual site visits. so starting today, all images on this blog will be site-protected. they cant be viewed off-site, and all links to images will be redirected back to the main page. in other words, all images are going to be kept in and viewed from this site.

sorry to those who just linked an image or two…i didnt really mind those. its whoevers generating these excessive hits that im miffed at. links to archived pages will still work…only images are protected.

ADDENDUM
oh, and im nearing blog burnout, so im taking a breather today. maybe ill post something during lunch…we’ll see.

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i hate marketing calls on my cell

i think im this close to strangling my mother. i just received…2 minutes ago…at work…while im working, a marketing call on my cell phone from a realtor telling me about the low interest rates on real estate in new jersey right now. and this wasnt just a random realtor. oh no…this was a friend of my parents, and was given my cell phone number by my fucking mom. “do you speak chinese? oh…your chinese is so good.” woman, please. do not patronize me. i dont give a shit that the interest rates are the lowest theyve been in 40 years. i dont give a shit that townhouses in denville are 300k right now. i dont give a shit about my distant future and how i should think about settling down. and for chrissakes i dont think i need to “eat more“. w. t. f.