for christmas trent leaked the closure dvd to the internet, as he calls it, a “guilt free” download. it’s 7.7 freaking gigs, dual layer. the exterior of my dvd burner says “dual RW drive double layer” so that means i can burn this bad boy? someone with more knowledge on this stuff please tell me. it’ll take me a year and a day to get the file. and i dunno if theres something special i have to do to get it to burn right, or if nero will automatically know, but how do you burn a 7.7 gig file onto a 4 gig dvd??? the download keeps stopping and i don’t even have even a byte of data apparently – it either gives an error message as unable to open file, or downloader unexpectedly quit. is that a torrent tracker problem or a problem on my end?…but NEEEEEED! maybe now i’ll actually watch closure. vhs is so annoying 😛
dream
dreamed i was on america’s next top model. and for some unknown reason i made it to the final 4. and then skipped ahead and had made it to the final 2. the final photo shoot was really like a physical challenge that we had to pass, and it was we had to cut through a tree with just one swing of an ax. so of course i was totally spazzing and resigned to the fact that i was going to lose, cuz no way could i do that. so we went to the final shoot and tyra was doing our makeup, at a makeup counter at a department store in a mall. and she put some weird last forever lipstick on me and i had to hold my lips a certain way for so long until it dried i thought they were going to get stuck that way. never got to the photo shoot. apparently we were in chicago, and after the final shoot which never really happened tyra asked what we were going to do before the final judging, and i was like, pfft there’s nothing to do in chicago it’s so boring. and she kinda got mad cuz apparently she lived there. then i thought, i’ll go do urbex and go to gary. yeah, all dressed up and model-y, good idea haha…dunno. haha
sadly, i had forgotten anne rice found god, and was writing a book about jesus, as told from his point of view.
so the whole story about the resolution of the stolen tickets thing. phil and his mom went to the arena and were taken into someones office to talk to someone higher up, who was much much nicer about the whole thing. apparently the sabres legal team didn’t want to give us anything, but whoever this guy was, said, we’re season ticket holders, and whatever, and gave us the 42 sabres bucks. apparently they were able to find out who stole the tickets, and apparently they’ve had lots of problems with him, and he is now banned from HSBC arena. his season tickets were taken away, he’s lost all privileges and is banned. that alone makes me feel better about the whole situation.
1. nicole ritchie is so fucking ugly.
2. i’m totally in love with brangelina
3. i can’t wait for a W memoir to see if he will ever admit that he was wrong
and oh yeah. phil went back to the arena with his mom, and they have now given us 42 “sabres dollars” to use at the arena…well i guess i can’t complain, but no i really can. i feel like sending the letter i wrote anyway, because they really treated us like shit.
something keeps beeping…if i’m dead, it’s from carbon monoxide
finally, phil and i got to go to our first buffalo sabres game tonight, vs florida. only took half a season for us to make it haha. we spent a half an hour yelling with the account services people about our tickets to the toronto game being stolen before thanksgiving, before i stormed out of the office. really. so tired of the bullshit. the simple fact that you gave us a default password of our zipcode makes you liable. negligence is the word i believe. everyone i’ve talked to about the situation says we can take them to small claims court. seems like a whole lot of trouble for forty two fucking dollars! but now it’s the principle of the thing. you don’t create an unsafe web application and then claim that you’re not responsible when things go wrong. having never logged onto our account, i don’t know, but it’s possible that phil’s credit card information is listed in it – the person who stole our tickets could have easily stolen his credit card if so. it’s absolutely ridiculous. phil laughed later on that i got so pissed off. i was seriously livid and on the verge of a stroke. i said it is damn good the sabres won the game or i would have been even more pissed off. for future use i wrote a nice 2 page letter calmly explaining the whole situation, the reasons we think the sabres are responsible for the theft of our tickets, and what we would like from them – forty two fucking dollars. not too much to ask for i don’t think!
anyway. as it happens, mark from the CTRC board was sitting 3 seats away from us. small world. and from him, i got the story about my true vintage jersey…#7 john tucker. one of those players who they called up from rochester, scored in every game, but was sent back only to go on to later success until he ruined his career with cocaine. ha!
overall the game wasn’t terribly exciting, we played like absolute shite on the power play (it looked like our 5 years ago power play), had only 16 shots but managed to win 2-1 without going into overtime. it was still fun once the 1st period ended and we weren’t as pissed off anymore. and i finally was able to get a stuffed sabretooth!! and for free, because we forgot about the “sabres bucks” that came with our season ticket account. haha. next game in 2 weeks. vs…carolina. should be a good one.
ok so i renewed my spiral membership – and i really think it’s unnecessary to charge another 8$ for shipping of the tshirt and other crap they may be sending. we didn’t have to pay for shipping of membership items last year and they included a huge fuck off poster…not happy about that…i could really care less about getting another tshirt. all i want is my presales and early access to the venue.
and in other nin news, a fourth London show was added. wtf. i don’t even want to go to it. and i’m not buying a ticket for it. besides it probably interferes with travel plans, but who knows, i dont have my travel calendar here with me.
(the british next top model is boring)
ages ago, like 6 or 7 years ago, after i read Fight Club i wrote Chuck Palahniuk a letter. and i was thrilled to death that i got a real written response and not a form letter. honestly i didn’t even expect a form letter, and had totally forgotten about having ever written to him when i got the response. carolyn and cyndi had also written to him a while after me, and they both got packages including fun little gifts and i think cyndi got a copy of choke. well since his popularity sort of exploded he no longer accepts fan mail except for during specific “publicized” windows of time, which are announced on chuchpalahniuk.net. i had been wanting to send him some of my photographs because i think he would like them. the mail window finally opened up in october and i sent a letter off. however the rules were he would accept no packages, so i settled for including crappy prints inserted into my letter, as well as some questions about if he’ll write a book that doesn’t have to do with the theme of self destruction. i hope that didn’t come across as mean or critical haha. anyway. i got a package from him today. let’s see what’s in it. lots of gold glitter everywhere. a folding pocket comb that looks like a switch blade haha. a rubber ducky with a party hat on (apparently it’s my power animal). a large christmas light bulb that lights up when you press a button. it’s purple. something that should have been in a package for carolyn – a 50 piece puzzle of a yorkshire terrier. a plastic severed finger. a big plastic spider. a super ball. a crystal ornament that would hang off of a lamp or chandelier. russell stover chocolates. a harmonica. chuch palahniuk tour stories volume 1 and 2 cd…or dvd? cd i think. apparently he made these cds just for people who wrote to him. a book sox package. a huge light up plastic ruby ring. plastic glow in the dark moons and stars. lots and lots of gold glitter now everywhere. a hello my name is…chuck palahniuk signed sticker. trick relighting birthday candles (haha chris). a postcard for Clown Girl. forget me not and money plant seeds (carolyn – didn’t he send you seeds too?) and a small pirate coloring book. LOL
and this letter, that omg, is amazing.
“I love your photographs. My favorite website is “The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit,” and I’ll trespass any time to get a closer look at abandoned masonry structures. What the appeal is, I’m not sure, but I can never get enough. For this reason, Butte, Montana was my favorite place – but good economic times are renovating and ruining all the spooky rotting skyscrapers of Butte.
The Michigan Central Station is my idea of holy ground.
And I’m sorry if I seem in a rut – self destruction as redemption. Being raised as a Catholic really does a number on you. All those tortured saints.
For more of the same, I’m sending you some souvenirs of book tours. Ten years of the stories I read in public, from “Fight Club” in 1996 to “Guts” in 2006. The one new story “Cold Calling” is different and might surprise you.
For now, I’ll definitely keep looking for your work. You, pour this box into a stocking and call it Christmas. And have a great New Year.”
I’ll shut up now, Chuck Palahniuk”
with a hand written signature, “merry christmas” and a note that the next two books are a big change.
he is definitely the coolest ever. if i could only remember what photos i sent him LOL.
will anyone who actually logs onto the spiral on a regular basis please tell me when i can renew my subscription? apparently it’s delayed again? i wonder what happens with my spiral tickets for europe if i don’t renew…like that’s even an option 🙂 but it would be pretty shitty for them to void the ticks if people don’t resub.
ctrc xmas party tonight. off to mikes now.
memories
a year ago today i spent 25 hours traveling to spend about 12 hours in california to see nin in san luis obispo. i think it was that trip alone that certified me as being completely nuts. hahahah.
halo 22
2-27-07….adr2 you better get that day off work. it’s dvd watching day! (or take the 26th off, i’ll be able to get the dvd a day early) the track listing includes super hot with teeth. gah and it includes bonus tracks from the summer tour, super hot closer. and gaaaah somewhat damaged thank you thank you thank you trent.
and there apparently is an evil dead musical?
and anyone want to go explore with me this weekend? please please please
looks like using the key today isn’t gonna happen cuz i have no friends and i’m not going alone 🙁
the seminole indian tribe has bought the hard rock cafe corporation….what do they know about rock and roll? haha the sale is for $965 million dear god! even more incredible, earlier in the year, the co founder of hard rock sold the las vegas hard rock casino for 770 million in cash!. what does that even look like in cash?!?!?! a swimming pool full of bills to jump in i’m sure.
i never think of anything to do until like 3am. like last night. i did nothing ALL day. seriously. i played noah’s ark for about 10 hours. then i remembered i just got photoshop cs2. so let’s install it! ok. then of course i have to transfer all my brushes from ps7 to cs2. and make sure they all work. and rename them all so i actually know what they are. then uninstall ps6 and 7 and cs1(?) that never worked anyway. then look for plugins on demonoid. and then it’s quarter to 5! haha.