Author: Joel M.



12

now I know a

year has 12

days.

Sometimes

more but

usually less.

Now I’ve

learned not

everything has

a name

Or how do you

call a thing that

eats itself

This year has

one day.

It happens

again when I

try to sleep

Problems to

wake up?

None.

I’ve got

problems to fall

asleep.

Red is the

colour of being

weak.

White is the

colour of being

weak.

Red is the

colour of being

White is the

colour of being

a sheep.

Red is the

colour of why

am I so weak?

More Notwist lyrics because I like them and I like their music. September 23rd and The Fire Theft releases their debut album! Wooooo! Meanwhile, you all need to go and check out IMDb within the next week because there might be a special addition to the database.

That’s all.

The String

That was the day

They put that string into your

head.

It made such terrifying noise

That you wished that you were

dead.

You have been thrown

To be the stone

That kills the people who once

left you all alone

These are the things you’ll

die for.

I finally saw Once Upon A Time In Mexico… alright, so I saw it the day it came out (Friday). I must say that the plot was rather incomprehensible and the movie was a mess… but a darn good enjoyable mess at that. The filming and the action and the one liners were the icing on a cake that may have been burned… but nevertheless the frosting redeemed it. OUATIM is primarily a good excuse to bring back the Mariachi and torture him and his friends for another hour and a half and have the audience take great pleasure in it. There is no denying that Rodriguez is a talented film maker… perhaps not so much a writer of good stories… but nevertheless a smart man behind the camera. It will be sweet to see what he moves onto next seeing as he has two of his (exremely profitable) film franchise trilogies in the can. There is never too much certainty that these franchises are dead but for now, we can expect him to shift gears and begin working on some totally fresh stuff.

At least, that is Joel’s small view. Oh darn it just go and see the stikning movie! You won’t be disappointed!






“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

– George Washington, General of the Confederate Army, First President of the United States of America, Founding Father

(From his Farewell Address)

Well today was my birthday!!! And that is now over with and I am tired, full of cake, and generally satisfied. I got a whole bunch of awesome crap, including this sweet glass desk that I am writing on write now. A bunch of my buds came over and we hung out, did drugs, smoked, drank, cursed and played beer pong. We went swimming in the pond and canoeing and played some board games (with drinking and swearing involved). We also drank hard liquor and ran off at the mouth.

‘Cuz, you know, I am now 20 years old.

I feel ancient.

But I will combat that feeling now by doing some push ups, be right back.

Annnnnd: The grand total amount of push ups that I could do at this instant was only the pitiful amount of: 16

Actually I got sort of tired of them and decided to quit.

So, that solidifies it. I am stinking old.

Oh well.

I got a book from my parents as well: The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton. He is supposed to be one of the authors that mainly influenced C.S. Lewis. That is awesome. Chesterton was a smart guy. I am looking forward to learning more about him.

Well…. sleep is calling me very loudly right now.

I bid you all a very fond goodnight.

Goodnight.

Well nothing new has happened to me as of late except that I ran into Kelly Day while I was walking downtown to the movie shop to look for, ahem, “rare” films to buy. I like “rare” films. They make me happy for a little while… then I get tired. Anyhow, I ran into Kelly and she was carrying a bottle of Guinness Beer. I asked her where in the heck she got it ‘cuz I wanted some and she just said “oh, my brother gave it to me… but only because I clean his apartment out from time to time”. I thought crap, man I can’t hold with cleaning apartments plus I’m going to be 20 on this Sunday September 7th… not 21. And drinking is wrong.

So I said well have fun Kelly and don’t go driving anywhere and she said she only planned to go down to Pauper’s to score some Coke (I assumed she meant the carbonated beverage) before going home to pray and prepare for youth group tonight.

So that got me thinking. What if, and I mean this in the most “what iffish” sense that it can possibly be taken, what if we all (meaning myself and whoever wants to) go downtown and have a token fest? Yeah, you might not know what a token fest is and so will nobody else who is wandering around downtown… that is until you EXPLAIN it to them. See, what a token fest is is this: In the early fifties, New York City used to have public transportation that utilized tokens. Today, those tokens are still in use, but just earlier this year they were phased out of use on the subway rails in favor of metro cards. You could still use them on busses but in this December, that too will go the way of the dodo. Why, then what will happen to all of those leftover tokens? People will throw them away or they will keep them and start up collections OR… they will hold token fests on the sidewalks of their local communities. What do you do at a token fest? Well, there are all sorts of uses for tokens still: You can carry them in your pocket; you can balance them on your nose and have races; you can stack them high into the sky until your token tower falls; you can amuse yourself by throwing them into cups from a set distance; you can put them into a milk jug to make noise with at football games; you can still throw them into wishing wells; you can eat them and then fish them out of your own poop days later- in short: tokens are the CONSUMMATE toy. They are portable, fun, durable, fun, round, fun, textured, fun and above all, they are TOKENS!

Organize a token fest today.

Later friends.

Writing with renewed force this time, I come to you in intesity to drive home my powerful psyche through thought-provoking and masterfully introspective words… forming into cohesion a massive tidal wave of thought that will overpower your senses and send you hurtling towards realms of thought that have never been touched by humans before. I will be your intrepid guide, as I guide you skillfully among the many myriad streams of consciousness and finally rip the scales from your eyes, allowing you to see unclouded the stark world in which we think we live!!!!!

Anyways… that’s the new motto for my blog that I’m thinking of. Like it? I sure do. I plan to ‘ram a wooden stake through’ people’s feeble belief systems. The new aim and purpose of my blog will be to teach through the method of ‘I know the ultimate of ultimates and you need my help’ mentality. Hopefully, I’ll get through to some people.

So I’ve decided to adopt the Ben Gensen approach to blogging as well… so I will couple that (yes, ‘couple’) with my idea of intense introspective condescending writing to form a sort of humorous deep-thinking blog.

Here goes!

I saw Jermy Cordy today. It looked to me like he was tired… tired from something. Probably from running from his past. “Well, you know they say… his past ran a little faster than he did” Morgan Freeman says in one line from the thought-provoking masterpiece film Levity. And so, being a good person, I talked to Jeremy about myself and my ideas… never allowing him time to speak for himself…. then I ate food in front of him. Did I mention he looked tired? Welll, he also looked hungry. I bought 13 bagels and didn’t share them with him. I ate one in front of his sad, sad looking face. Then, I left him alone to think about what I’d said. Later, I got a phone call from Dan Lyon… “hey man, wanna hang out?” he said. I could tell right away that he was having a self-esteem issue. So I told him that hitting rock bottom often helps draw us closer to the truth of the pain and sorrow and angst-ridden depression of life… and also God. I told him that no, I wouldn’t ‘hang out’ with him and that he needed to grow up and stop focusing on himself and fun.

Well, that’s all for Joel’s newly revamped blog! Tune in next time to hear me talk about how I taught Mike how to play musical instruments… because he couldn’t play them right, and also how I helped Brad through some tough times… but he didn’t listen to me and now his life is on the scapes again.

I just got to go and see Man on the Train last night. It was an endearing movie and definitely had some of the best dialogue I’ve seen recently. “They’re getting on my nerves. On my tits, in fact.” says Jean Rochefort’s character at one point in reference to a pair of rowdy college kids. Billy Hallyday plays his diametrically opposed ‘partner’ of sorts. Rochefort plays the stoic retired professor who regrets never having pursued any adventure in his lifetime… he yearns for danger and excitement. Hallyday is tired and depressed, regretting his life of crime and drifting from one town to another, one relationship to another… feeling his age and yearning for simplicity, quiet peace and rest. They make a great pair on screen and it makes me all the more sad that Rochefort came down with illness during the filming of Don Quixote- he’s a fantastic actor.

Well, gotta go back to learning advanced Dreamweaver techniques!

Joel

Still learning stuff.

Last night Def Leg played at the Lighthouse Youth Group. It was excelente! Afterwards I forgot to bring my sister home and went to see the concert video’s few minutes before the camera battery died. Then we took off to work on the alleged ‘horror’ script… and we got as far as a sketchy outline and character names. It’ll be cool if Jeremy keeps his zeal for it and doesn’t let ‘The Serpentine Kiss’ get too much in the way. Well either way I am looking forward to creating a sweeter website for the new film whatever it may end up being and also to make the company image for Everwood Pictures! Also Ever Drive 7 needs album art. Yeeeeeeeeeh! Visit Coke Music if you have a high bandwidth connection… it’s like AIM with figurines and jungles and crappy music loops. Also, today the School of Rock and Matrix Revolutions trailers were released. Check them out bairns!

Latah.

Joel