chill, aka how dirty boys get clean

after a really hard thirteen hour day's work, with the summer sun heating the fuckin' plant to a mild floor temperature of 108F (42°C).. there's no better way to relax and slow down than a slow soak in the tub and a bottle (or three) of Molson's finest Canadian beer..

A to Z

A. Available or taken: taken.. as taken as a KFC drive-thru

B. Best Friend: the Brownie gang

C. Cake or pie: pie pie pie.. apple pie, custard pie, rhubarb pie, bread pudding, coffee mousse, cream pie ;-) all sorts of pie - yum!

D. Drink of choice: beer

E. Essential item: three things - wallet, phone and keys

F. Favorite color: black is good

G. Gummi bears or worms: jelly babies actually

H. Hometown: Nairobi

I. Indulgence: scotch

J. January or February: January.. right in the peak of winter

K. Kids and/or names: none & nope

L. Life is incomplete without: the people and things that are around me

M. Marriage date: in another couple of years, definitely!

N. Number of siblings: none, nada

O. Oranges or apples: apples

P. Phobias/Fears: Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear of failure or defeat, sounds bizarre eh?!

Q. Quote: "Expectations reduce joy"

R. Reason to smile: lots, you just need to look around for things that make you smile

S. Season: spring is good

T. Tag 3 / 6 people: tag yourselves!

U. Unknown fact about me: i'm lazy - no wait, you knew that. ok, i think too much. my brain is always running in overdrive, on multiple channels, which explains why i rarely sleep well.

V. Vegetable you hate: Turnips! aaargh!

W. Worst habit: being high-handed and sarcastic

X. X-rays: dental mostly

Y. Your favorite food: barbecue.. ribs, steaks, chicken, anything!

Z. Zodiac: capricorn.

one rainy day

someone saved me the trouble of having to embed the song 'One Rainy Day' - Godsmack by making up a very apt video using the film Spawn.. i love this song, it reminds me of everything i like about music and how a good song can always make you feel like you belong..

if you ever doubted Godsmack's musical credentials listen to the whole song.. Sully's haunting vocals and the soaring guitar solos should dispel any qualms you have

Oh man, I'm tired and lonely, Again, why must it be
A man is drowning slowly, And he can't keep above
Gone way to deep, oh yeah

Open skies are falling, Tears are coming down
Like a drop of rain falls to the ocean, And comes back around
One rainy day

Oh so many times I should've crawled, when I went running by
And since then I've been left feeling traumatized
Raped and drained of an innocence, A gift we've lost over time
And still I gaze through this one rainy day
Alone with no one by my side

Open skies are falling, Tears are coming down
Like a drop of rain falls to the ocean, And comes back around, yeah
I swear I've given, I've given you all I can
Never will you ever make me feel this way again, oh
On this one rainy day

Hey, open skies are falling, Tears are coming down
Like a drop of rain falls to the ocean, And comes back around
One rainy day, One rainy day
Oh one rainy day, It's been just, one rainy day..

"One Rainy Day" - Godsmack (from the album 'IV')

Things I've Learned - Pt.6

i've spent a lot of time watching Comedy Central, most of it stand-up shows and blue collar tv.. heh! anyways, the one thing i've learned is that people will laugh at anything.

much as we harp on about political correctness, people will still laugh at retard jokes, blond jokes, racist jokes, fat jokes, everything.. and i agree with that. we gotta have a funny bone, and be able to take things with a chill pill, sit back and laugh at ourselves.

charlie chaplin said that the essence of comedy is pain - how true. someone's pain is always involved for us to have a few laughs. but we must learn to laugh at ourselves first. if anything, it'll only make you less self-conscious about things that bother you.

pertinent observations

like any other man or woman, i am a creature of habit. when i lived alone i never thought i'd be able to deal with living with someone. now that i've been living with someone it doesn't feel like i can live alone again. this is confusing.

the significant other left today for a long, long journey that will cover three seas, three continents and three months. which brings me to another point - how do you like your goodbyes? short and painful, or long and tortuous? i've tried both and the unequivocal response is that they both suck equally.

triple threat

yes, this blog is three years old today. and no, i won't give you a long spiel about how good it's been and how faithful all ye readers are for still dropping by even though i write more rarely than a monk swears

but i will let you know that while lots of old time bloggers are falling by the wayside and others are taking sabbaticals.. i'll still be here, plodding along with a post or so whenever it tickles my fancy or guilt wracks my mind, but more so when i have something to write about.. so hang around, i ain't done yet.

just to celebrate the third birthday.. a picture of three tits.



ok ok, i kid.. three perfect breasts coming up..



fine, those were only chicken breasts.. so here's third time lucky!



you see, i always come through! now raise your glasses and here's a toast to good times..