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The Moon Rock Crisis of 2016: another short story

2010-02-04T20:14:00.003-05:00

In the year 2016, a moon rock will sell for $42,190 to an entrepreneur who was independently wealthy named Douglas McWhorter. At this time in world history, entrepreneurs and independently wealthy people (both terms always indicate the same people) will account for a vast majority of the economies of developed countries. The people of Earth will learn about the opportunity to buy Moon rocks by way of GlobeTube: a virtual device that is implanted in the left eye of every new born child.

From the moment that every human is born it experiences what is known in decades of the past as television or digital entertainment, but only in one eye, and the display is some sort of elaborate hologram with vivid colors and depth. GlobeTube is a self-operated device, and the only moment in which the subject has no control is when advertisements (streaming from the subject's home country's national network) superimpose themselves every two minutes and thirty seconds.

Liberty Lunar Mining (based out of Carslbad, California) was contracted by the United States (who convinced the U.N. to grant it absolute sovereignty of Lunar affairs) to mine rocks from the Moon. The rocks ranged anywhere from $12,000 to roughly $100,000 in price, making them affordable for the mass of independently wealthy, and, to be honest, excruciatingly bored, entrepreneurs who were delighted to stake their claim to a piece of the Earth's sattelite.

Come 2018, LLM had removed enough mass from the Moon to cause the Earth's gravity to pull it into the atmosphere and send it colliding into the Earth's crust. In short, the Moon now surmounts a large portion of the California coastline and the Liberty Lunar Mining operation literally extinguished itself. Most of the excruciatingly bored independently wealthy entrepreneurs survived the catastrophe.

A Gloomy Birthday Celebration: a short story.

2009-12-05T14:05:00.004-05:00

Earl Strickland was a damn good car salesman. From the early spring of 1991 to the late summer of 1992, he boasted the title of "salesman of the month" at the Ford dealership on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.

This was all before he ate some soup, rice, steak, and vegetables prepared by an ex-tae kwon do instructor at a Hibachi restaurant in Columbus, Ohio in 2009. He was on vacation to be with his grandchildren, whom he spent most of his time ignoring so as to stay asleep as often as possible, and whoever else would suddenly be deemed part of his daughter's family. Earl was never fond of any man that she had ever been with, and probably never intended to be fond of any man that would ever be with her. It may be that he didn't like his daughter very much.

But it probably wasn't the sodium massacre of a meal that triggered Earl's demise in the japanese steakhouse.

Ramikera Zarigani is the man to blame. He was born in Kyoto, Japan. He fought in World War 2, became a prisoner of war, but decided to stay in America when he was released. During the war, he was the most faithless kamikaze pilot in the entire fleet. He didn't really want to die. And when he landed his plane on Luau Boulevard instead of crashing into a building, or a hospital, or someone's home, he had done the most noble deed that he would ever do, and felt amazed by his ability to show mercy. The least noble deed that he has ever done in his life was on November 27th, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, and he has no idea that he did it.

Mr. Zarigani was 74 years old. He was in the Hibachi Japanese Steakhouse working as nothing other than a bumbling jester, expected to sing "Happy Birthday" to anyone who came in and announced that it was their birthday to the staff. The Gibson family arrived at about 6:30pm, 15 minutes before Earl Strickland and his unappreciated company sat down two tables next to them. The Gibson family had two birthday - celebrators with them (youngest daughter Amy Gibson and the family's friend, Tyler Joseph), which had Mr. Zarigani especially exhilarated.

He began the ceremonial "Happy Birthday" song, which he sang in English with a purposefully derogatory accent, by violently slapping a small round leather drum with a wooden stick. The first strike that Zarigani made with the wooden stick caused the heart attack that ended Earl's life like a mute button on a stereo system.

Maybe I'm just a damn good blogger.

2009-11-06T19:44:00.003-05:00

Since I am in college, naturally I am exploring my interests and talents in search of a career path. Recently I have become interested in Philosophy, Theology, and the like, so I have been doing a good amount of reading as well (Kierkegaard, Hegel, MLK, Thoreau, Gandhi, Emerson). After the reading that I have done, I have realized how poor my writing is in comparison to effective, contributory thinkers and writers of the past. So I have kind of gone on a journey to figure out how I could possibly write with vigor and ease simultaneously. At the heart of this journey, I realized, lies my natural ability to blog with vigor and ease. Is there any way to take advantage of this unprovoked urge? Maybe no other way than to indulge in it.

Dirty laundry: my nemesis.

2009-06-26T14:15:00.002-04:00

I have now gone about a month without doing any laundry and I think it's finally starting to affect my overall well-being. It has decreased the number of showers I take, decreased the amount of quality food that I consume every day, decreased the number of people that want to acknowledge me in public, and significantly decreased my psychological comfort level.

Ok so maybe I'm not serious about the psychological discomfort, but I am getting agitated looking at the pile of dirty clothes in the corner of my room and it has affected my roommates and their personal wardrobes as well. I've been wearing either Anthony Domine underwear or none at all going on about two weeks. I just realized how awful this post is.

--
daniel

Good riddance, F-book.

2009-06-25T23:04:00.002-04:00

Indeed.

I deactivated my account on the social networking site known as Facebook. For many of us on the internet, Facebook is a perennial companion. For many of us who are always on the internet because we have iPhones, Facebook can become like a maddening itch that must be scratched every 2 minutes. And we scratch it. With reluctance.

At least I was always reluctant about it. Hating that I knew more about people that I haven't seen in 3 years than my friends that I see every day, just because I had immediate access to it. I feel much more free to get on with my own life and stop worrying about what other people are doing and if I'll ever get to see them again.

Don't get me wrong, I definitely think it's good to stay in touch, but I don't think that always means that you should. So for those of you who read this blog and miss me on Facebook, you probably have my phone number or you can just email me: johndanielgibson@gmail.com

I think this also means I will be blogging more often rather than just changing my name on Facebook to "J. Walter Weatherman" or editing my Facebook profile for my own amusement. I have just uncovered an interesting truth about bloggers: regularly bored.

--
Danielmaniel

The Room has proved itself to be perpetually humorous.

2009-04-16T14:32:00.002-04:00

Ok, so I think it's time that I let anyone who might possibly read this blog know that there is a movie you must purchase and watch at least 4 times. To instigate your interest in this film, you need to understand why it exists.

Tommy Wiseau.

This man is the most incredible person I've ever witnessed. To start with, it is unknown where he is from because he refuses to disclose this information. He speaks three languages including English, which he most certainly does not have a grasp on. Despite his deficient phonetic ability, he approaches thespian craft with a confusingly excessive passion. His efforts prove to be in vain when you watch "The Room". And by "efforts" I mean his endeavors with being not only the lead actor, but also the director, the writer, the producer, and even the executive producer. What's more amazing about this guy is that he has plans to make a sitcom called "The Neighbors", of which I have had the wonderful opportunity of discovering a video clip on YouTube (check it out for yourself). Also in his plans are a book about the difference between 35mm film and high-definition video (he used both formats in "The Room" and seems to think that he has revolutionized the idea of combining the formats somehow. (note: "The Room" looks like shit.)) and a Broadway adaptation of "The Room", which I find completely inconceivable.

What I'm trying to say is that this guy can provide you with some quality entertainment and amusement. Buy "The Room" on Amazon, make Tommy Wiseau richer, more encouraged, and hopefully a more accessible "talent" in our entertainment industry through his potential works to come and have no doubt that they would be masterpieces.

Suggestion for reading my 25 things.

2009-02-20T05:06:00.002-05:00

They are most humorous when narrated out loud. Most importantly the really weird, cockamamy ones.

My 25 things. That have nothing to do with Owen Heisey's 25 things.

2009-02-20T05:04:00.001-05:00

1. This is the first note I've ever posted. Is this new to Facebook?

2. I completed this note on Tuesday afternoon/early evening.

3. I have been in Nashville, Tennessee for the last 6 months studying Music Business at Belmont Univeristy. I studied Macroeconomics, Music Publishing, Recording Technology, and Business Law. It was.. great.

4. I am signing up for pan flute lessons this summer.

5. I have never and do not plan to bungee jump.

6. Owen Heisey is going to start a television show that will air all throughout Western Europe. The show will star Owen as himself playing a single teacher in a French private school who teaches English. It will be a crime/drama/mystery television series.

7. I remain a Music Business major at Belmont. A scary place to be.

8. I am currently eating one big scoop of ice cream AND drinking a beverage containing roughly 45-50g of sugar for my Diabetes Diet.

9. As a member of a local monastery, I fasted for 30 days and lost 20 pounds. I don't think it was very healthy for my body because it feels much weaker now.

10. When I was living in Italy, I formed a strong bond with a stray spider monkey that was owned by Antonio Mangipane, the local farmer who was notorious for his addiction to heroine. The monkey seemed to have some issues with depression because it never moved or made any noise. It was normally just slouching underneath a wooden bridge down the road from my ranch. Since he was in such a condition, I usually spent most of my time coddling his lazy, exhausted frame in my arms while he stared off into the horizon and would exhale deeply and audibly every 15-25 seconds.

11. There is nothing more liberating than playing "The Fascist" on the guitar.

12. The best book ever written was "I Am America (And So Can You)" by Stephen Colbert. This is mostly because it is in no way proving any point or making a literary breakthrough. And it's not trying to be all sweatervest-glasses-are-so-cool-library-going-book-a-week-reading-smug-ass-preachy-artsy-fartsy like J.D. Salinger.

13. I listened to Radiohead's "In Rainbows" way more than Owen did, and I will also be subject to way more nostalgia than he would be when I hear it again.

14. I would never join a debate team. I do all my thinking and speaking on my own, and I also think all the people on the debate team at Belmont are good students.

15. As an adult, I enjoy Sherlock Holmes short stories so much that I have been known to smoke from a pipe wearing a top hat on a wooden rocking chair on any given Sunday afternoon. Some of these afternoons escalate into me using a cane for the rest of the day, which once kept me from getting a job at a golf course.

16. In California, I lived next door to Joel Osteen. As a result, I was inspired to read the Bible.

17. I miss Ohio a little bit. I miss the people that are there. They should all follow me around for the rest of my life.

18. My goals this semester include passing all of my classes with at least a B, attending more of my classes, and making more friends!

19. I am currently reading Nickelodeon Magazine. It's retarded.

20. My favorite record right now is Fleet Foxes' self-titled debut album. Close behind is Bon Iver.

21. My favorite movie right now is The Dark Knight. I should watch that tonight. I haven't seen it since it came out in theatres. I love it.

22. Fortunately, I have not succumb to the vacuum of brain power that is reality tv. However, I recently got Netflix and have been watching "Dexter" pretty religiously. Brilliant.

23. Netflix provided me with the opportunity to consume even more media via the option to "Watch Instantly" from the website. I have watch the first and second seasons of 30 Rock, James and the Giant Peach, and Bob Marley Live. Haha.

24. Michael, my brother, inspired me when he went to Africa after Christmas. He's also a very muscular and large person, both features of which I envy.

25. My favorite thing to happen this year was the election of Barack Obama.

Watch Rachel Maddow on MSNBC.

2009-01-28T22:13:00.002-05:00

She is on a very liberal news network, but she is VERY fair in her interviews and also quite assertive in challenging the Obama administration on their current decisions. Let's just say she really breaks down the recent stimulus package bill and shows why she doesn't believe that it will work.. based on facts and evidence. Over the amount of time that I watched her show tonight, she disagreed with the actions of Obama, Republicans in the House, and Democrats in the House. Beyond all of this, she is a fantastic speaker. I would venture to say she's way better than any President we've ever had. She's great. Watch it.

--
Daniel

The New Year came 'round again... without celebration

2009-01-01T15:49:00.002-05:00

Ok... so I DID go to a supposed "New Years Eve" Party, but I left at 11:45. I was not about to celebrate the passing of a year. I was already moving on to the next one. I got home, passed out, woke up, and was already 12 hours into 2009. My favorite restaurant, Kalamata's, was closed on New Year's Day.

-
Daniel

So we have a new President coming into office in January? And he's a black guy named Barack Obama? Aight.

2008-12-14T15:00:00.003-05:00

It's really not that big of a deal. I can explain myself in many ways.

If you're a Christian, like myself, you take this as being God's will and God is still in control.

If you're a white person who thinks this is somehow an example of how foreigners are taking over our country, watch Gangs of New York and notice that the New Yorkers thought the Irish were invading the country during that time. Now we've widdled it down to white vs. color. Well, at least you have. Foreigners were invading our country as soon as immigration started. I've gotten over it, and apparently so have alot of other people. Or maybe they're all just "foreigners". (This could lead to my theory of how immigration doomed the United States and initiated its inevitably forseeable demise forthwith)

If you're anything else, I feel inclined to believe you voted for Barack Obama. At least the majority of you.

Disclaimer: Daniel Gibson is an Independent Voter who failed to submit an Absentee Ballot on time due to the United States Postal Service.

Something on television has really been bothering me.

2008-08-13T02:28:00.003-04:00

freecreditreport.com

They have the worst commercials that are based on the dumbest songs ever. They recently came out with a new one on bicycles where the "hook" of the jingle is literally "i'm singin' f to the r to the e to the e to the c to the r to the edit to the re to the port to the dot to the com come on every body drive your bike and sing along". And there's more. There's choreography on bikes and a shot of the band cheering the singer along from a presumably local garage while rocking out at just the right volume for his voice to carry over everything going on around him. Basically, I hate freecreditreport.com.

Movies, TV, and the like

2008-07-19T17:14:00.003-04:00

THE DARK KNIGHT - purchased midnight showing ticket 2 weeks in advance. I was supposed to meet friends there, but their tickets were for a different theatre. I sat by strangers... it was still a good seat. The movie was fantastic. I always love a performance by Christian Bale and Heath Ledger reinvented himself to play his character which made the movie in my opinion. The only complaint I have is the whole actress swap from Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal. It's just confusing... and I don't really like Maggie even though she's a better actress than Katie.

MAGNOLIA - easily my favorite movie of all time. There are not only multiple stories going on, but they are fascinating stories. Stories with deep, painful roots. The kind that submerge your thought process into those roots. Incredible acting.

IDIOCRACY - one of my favorite comedies of all time. Luke Wilson is really funny in this just because he's always getting screwed by dumbasses galore. It's a slap happy movie for sure... or just a slap-happy-inducing movie.

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE - actually a pretty good tv show.

ENTOURAGE - I've only seen about 5 or 6 episodes, but I plan on renting the DVDs and watching it. It's not really funny or dramatic or anything. It's kind of everything... like a soap opera for early 20s dudes. It's entertaining.

COLBERT REPORT/DAILY SHOW - never fail.

LOSTWINDS - a Wii game which can be bought in the online store under the WiiWare section. It's just an all around cool game. You blow wind to move your character, kill enemies, and eventually make your character straight up fly. They're coming out with sequels, too. The sequels are going to continue the story with your character in the same condition he was in. So... you can still fly.

word.

Penny Arcade Video Game?!?!?

2008-06-16T10:55:00.002-04:00

My favorite webcomic on the planet, Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com), has just released an action-adventure-RPG! Turns out that Jerry wrote the script, so I'm looking forward to some incredibly amusing dialogue. The game is for Xbox 360, PC, Mac, and Linux. You can get it at http://www.playgreenhouse.com/. It's called "On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness: Episode One". I'm pumped. Episode 2 is also due out soon. Anyway.

"dude I can do that in my SLEEP!"

2008-05-05T14:18:00.002-04:00

"meaning I can't do it when I'm awake. But I've dreamed about doing it HUNDREDS of times."

Things will be changing pretty soon...

2008-05-04T18:16:00.002-04:00

I basically can't wait for my good friend, pal, and former BEST friend Anthony Domine to come and be my roommate here in Nashville. Ok so basically living with Jacob was a living nightmare. Living with Gabe is like living with a person that expects you to adapt to their mood. The problem is that this person only has two moods.

Mood #1: Rowdy. Obnoxious. Loud. Bro-friendly.

Mood #2: Serious. Slightly coldhearted. Possibly partially deaf.

Anyway... I'm just pointing out that the whole roommate situation down here hasn't turned out so AWESOME.

When Anthony gets down here I imagine he and I eating ice cream cones on our mopeds and abusing the horns on them. Playing electric guitars through the same amp with a drum machine in the background. Hiding candy bars in our beards and taking them out for a mid-day snack.

This just in: ESPN is amazing.

2008-04-17T18:07:00.003-04:00

See...

it's so easy to get pissed about watching channels like MSNBC and CNN because all they talk about is random bullshit full of cockamamy. Mostly semantics about the election, private lives of those involved in the election, or private lives of anyone else in our government. Anyway, ESPN is hilarious because it's hard to get pissed about what they're talking about. It's just fun talk all day. All of the commercials are geared towards beer-drinkin'-wife-neglectin' DUDES. Doesn't matter if you're 16 or if you're 60... when you watch ESPN, you're a DUDE. I love it when you watch ESPN all day and every show is about the same stuff except different people say the same things different ways. It's so entertaining. The best part about it though is when they talk about golf. They seriously think that Tiger Woods' dominance is unquestionable. Like, I would love to agree, but he's just simply the best golfer ever. But he's also in a group of the best golfers in the world... so he's not completely dominant. He's lost plenty of tournaments... and DIDN'T win them. I dunno... just goofy. I love you, ESPN Only because you're gutter media that's really FUN.

Dudes vs. Super-dudes

2008-03-26T02:16:00.003-04:00

So I was having dinner in the cafe at Belmont last week with my friend DJ and we both witnessed a wonderful scuffle between two different social groups. The first group was a table full of members of the baseball team, and the second group was a table full of the artsy-fartsy type that hates anyone who isn't an artist or a big fan of art or someone with an "alternative" sense of fashion.

(Note: the funniest part about an "alternative" sense of fashion is that all the people that dress a certain way hang out with each other. So that means that they all dress the same. Which no longer makes it an alternative.)

The baseball team dudes randomly crack up about what I'm assuming is an inside joke or at least what I know was an inaudible comment. Out of nowhere, one of the super-dudes at the arts-only table starts laughing and clapping with them and purposely makes himself the loudest of all and also continues the gesture beyond the team of baseball dudes. After he realizes that his insult was recognized, he sits down abruptly. Here come the counter-attacks. They can be summarize in the sentence "Jeez-took it way too far-shut up-you're an idiot, dude-you're gay". This is followed by a mini-celebration and slap of hands at the baseball table. After this, another one of the arts-only dudes (wearing a very short-cut V-neck t-shirt, rolled up jeans, and a pair of moccasins) brings a flower and hands it to one of the baseball players. I interpreted this as an "I'm so confident that I will do something ridiculous and pointless, look you in the eye, and walk away" type of "fuck-you". It's a creative type of "fuck-you" that only an artsy fartsy dude would come up with. The victim at the baseball table responds with "what the hell??", and soon gets some backup from his buddies. I must admit, when one of the baseball guys said "did you see that? he had cleavage!", I was very tickled. It was awesome. Because it was true, but also because only a meathead would think of that. DJ and I were cracking up this entire time. It was pretty great.

Oh, Hilary

2008-01-21T00:31:00.000-05:00

Stop trying to act like you want to be President of the United States. We all know that you're going to turn all of the American men into slaves and take away our right to vote. Quit lying to the people!

seriously, world. Let's cancel the whole new years holiday.

2007-12-31T23:53:00.000-05:00

I don't really understand why we need to close hospitals, grocery stores, Burger King, and the GI depot early just for the birth of our miraculous planet. Its just an excuse for all the singles out there to get wasted and try to have a regretful evening, or for high schoolers to not need an excuse to have a "party". (namely, the high schoolers whose main interest is getting sloppy drunk.)

If you watch Arrested Development...

2007-12-26T00:31:00.000-05:00

You KNOW you want this t-shirt.

Christmas: a time of jolly cheer.

2007-12-25T15:54:00.001-05:00

I've spent loads of time with all of my friends back in Columbus, OH. Brian Estabrook now feels at "home" at my house. In fact, we pretty much refer to my house as "home". We stay up incredibly late watching tv, sitting in the hottub, battling it out Wii-sports style, playing ping-pong, and swearing at each other. Owen Heisey has also been by quite a bit... mostly for the ridiculous evenings with Estabrook. Keep in mind, Owen is deceptively good at Wii tennis.. but nowhere near my level of expertise. My dominance at Wii sports is slightly played down by the fact that I sit down for every sport, and at first glance it would appear that I am completely uninterested in the task at hand. Estabrook really gets into it though... especially tennis. He's probably the worst Wii tennis player I've ever seen.

Steroids would make sports amazing.

2007-11-30T22:24:00.000-05:00

Think about it. If we made it legal for all the pro athlete's to use steroids, it would be crazy. I'd like to think it would become a necessary component to competing in every sport professionally. We'd have Wrestlers almost killing the other instantly by getting the first "grab". It would be like a professional sports association of the Incredible Hulks. Maybe we could make them like a different league, if people are still interested in watered-down, clean athleticism. Thank you for your time.

Oikncroamip Nubtoewrs

2007-11-27T22:24:00.000-05:00

So.. there is a theory about the truth behind the relation between Radiohead's In Rainbows and Ok Computer. I take a deeper look into the theory presented in this article.

And yes... copy and paste this into your address bar as previously instructed. See:"Ok..."

http://puddlegum.net/radiohead-01-and-10/

Ok...

2007-11-27T02:38:00.001-05:00

so at one point I had to leave the room this video was playing in just so I could catch my breath from how hard I was laughing. Whoever made these videos did a really great job, and I can't get enough. There are a bunch of them on YouTube, but this one just sent me over the edge. No, not the U2 guitarist. So I guess it really just Slash-ed me with a sharp blade of laughter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEwIRZ9pLCM

EDIT: For you idiots who don't know how to copy and paste. Copy that line right there. Yeah, that one above this paragraph. Yup, that's it. Now paste it in your address bar. There you go!

ATTENTION, Users of Gas Stations!

2007-11-26T13:04:00.000-05:00

Gas is expensive.
Farts contain methane.
Don't fart at the pump.

Gettin a new iMac with Leopard. vroom.

2007-11-12T01:29:00.001-05:00

Not disappointed by Disappointed by Candy

2007-11-10T16:46:00.001-05:00

Yesterday I went to the CD release party of a local band called Disappointed by Candy. They're a trio that has powerful, fluid dance beats with great staccato, a melodic, thumping bass, and an extremely talented frontman. His name is Gabe. I know him a little bit.. seen him around the village.. used to be in a boardgame club together. Jeremy, the drummer, is a regular in the UPS Store so I also kind of know him. I've never met the bass player. Anyway, Gabe and Jeremy are also a part of a band called Jars of Clay. Gabe fills in on bass, and Jeremy on drums (not permanently). Anyway, Disappointed by Candy's music is most definitely preferred to their sister group. However, Jars of Clay surprisingly produced the group's debut album which I got a copy of after paying my cover at the door. Having heard the whole album I've noticed that every song is solid. Each has a great melody that keeps you interested enough to leave it on all day at work or never skip a track when you leave it in your car. For a first listen, it's definitely the best first-listen I've experienced from a dance-rock-pop group. The best part about their music is that the lyrics aren't retarded. In fact, they are quite the contrary.

So the new episode of The Office was amazing...

2007-11-09T21:23:00.000-05:00

quite possibly one of my favorites to date. I loved Michael's decision to pretend he is Survivorman for a few days, take off work, leaving Jim in charge. Another memorable bit was when Jim was talking about how Michael celebrates birthdays by surprise every time. Of course, Michael makes a fool of himself in front of the camera the entire time in the wilderness while Dwight stalks his every move unbeknown to him. I also like how they brought a totally different aspect to the actors' styles by making Jim's decisions unpopular to the majority of the office. Then, at the end, Jim and Michael have almost a mentor-apprentice style conversation that alludes to Michael not being as big of an idiot as we all think.

Disappointing News

2007-11-08T10:31:00.000-05:00

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/r_l_stine_reveals_slappy

SPRINGSTEEN

2007-11-02T01:38:00.001-04:00

Bruce Springsteen's "Magic" is definitely one of my favorite albums of 2007. Another is the new Radiohead album, but there is way too much that I could say about that album and none of it would make any sense.

Springsteen dominates with his voice and his songwriting. Simple melodies that just work for a badass tune. I like all of the songs, but my favorites are "Your Own Worst Enemy", "Girls in Their Summer Clothes", and "I'll Work For Your Love". He has a very distinct rhythm for the way he writes his lyrics that is strictly debonair. Check it out.

Shibitty Dibitty Do

2007-10-28T22:12:00.000-04:00

That's "scat" for "Good day to you". Anyway, Today was uneventful mostly except for this one event. I had band practice with 2 dudes from Belmont who were interested in my shits (my music), and so we got together and jammed out some tunes. Turns out these boys know how to butter their bread. Anyway, so I think we probably jammed Kinda Feels Like You out 6 or 7 times and called it a day. I really look forward to bringing some naked material in and trying it with the band before I record it.

RIDDANCE

Hail to the Cheese

2007-10-25T16:41:00.000-04:00

Stephen Colbert is definitely one of my favorite actors of all time. He does some of the most ridiculous things that actually affect politics and the "politics of politics". His show, the Colbert Report, is on Comedy Central. You can watch alot of the show online at www.comedycentral.com. He recently announced that he is running for President of the United States as a Republican AND a Democrat in South Carolina. He's also using his television show to report the news about his own presidential campaign using an endorsement from Doritos. However, it's completely legal since he's using the Doritos endorsement money to fund his show, which covers his campaign and also acts as his entire campaign strategy. Check him out.

DRA does it again.

2007-10-24T01:09:00.000-04:00

The subject is the Ryan Adams concert held at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on Shocktober 23rd, 2007 A.D. (yes, on this very faithful night).

If there is any way to describe the ass-whooping courtesy Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, I would say that the ass is very "bruised" and "bloodied". The Cardinals ripped and jammed through some great DRA tunes. My favorite was when Ryan played the piano for the only time that night for "Rescue Blues", during which Jon Graboff whipped out an electric guitar from behind his pedal steel stand and proceeded to electrify the air in the room with his graceful tones. He looked like a white B.B. King... with blonde hair... and glasses. So not really anything like B.B. King, but he was playing a hollowbody.

Return of the Blog

2007-10-23T10:44:00.001-04:00

Uh... hi.

I've decided to start posting blogs on here again. I don't know if anyone will ever read this.
Moving on, politics are going all over the place these days. I wonder what would happen to our country if we got rid of the parties. Just a thought.

I've been playing Paper Mario on my Nintendo Wii. I had to buy a classic controller to play the game because it was originally designed to be played on the Nintendo 64. Anyway, the game is really fun and the dialogue is hilarious. In one cut scene, Princess Peach reads Bowser's diary after sneaking into his room and one of the entries was: "Dear Diary, today I stole the Star Rod from Star Haven and used it to beat Mario and now I'm invincible! Cool!" There are alot of humorous characters other than Bowser, though. The Koopa Brothers are turtles that wear headbands and have a strange resemblance to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. However, these guys seem to be dunces. When you start fighting them, you hear them scrambling around and "shushing" each other until they appear as a wooden version of Bowser which could also be known as "Trojan Bowser". They also worry about "how cool they look" constantly. It's a ticklish sort of humour.

Consider this blog: returned.

Norah Jones pick up the phone...

2006-07-09T01:51:00.000-04:00

... come on home to your lover's place you'll know my face and remember my name and maybe we can be...

...together...

...forever.

Almost Summer

2006-05-21T22:31:00.000-04:00

It's almost summer, school is winding down. I'm a senior, which means I'll be moving on to another walk of life. I would say I'm ready for that.

I played twice this weekend and sang alot, so my voice is a little worn. But whatever, it's all in good fun.

JTW confirmed wingnight for tuesday, so that's another good thing. Also, he said that he reads my blog (interesting...).

Happy Mothes Day (Yes, Mothes Day)

2006-05-14T14:45:00.000-04:00

That title is dedicated to Henry Heisey and Owen Heisey. I only include Owen because I wouldn't know Henry if I didn't know Owen, and Owen showed me the video where Henry goes to TJ's Country Place; ridiculous.

Moving on, Ginger and the rest of our family celebrated Mothers Day today. Michael's gift was getting up at 9 to go get Ginger some Starbucks. I, however, laid in bed. Michael also wrote her a note that said:

"Thanks for being our mom and sorry you have to put up with all the bad behavior (Amy). I've tried to do all I can, but it's not always easy being the best. Love, Michael" (abridged)

I didn't get her anything until Mothes Day morning when I got one of my senior pictures (she has the exact same picture blown up in our kitchen) and wrote a note on it. It said:

"Happy Mothes Day, dude. I love you even though you're a stubborn woman. - Daniel" (unabridged)

Happy Mothes Day.

Saturday, May 6th

2006-05-02T21:59:00.000-04:00

The Moonlighters (me and my band) are playing a show. We're still figuring out if it will be a full band thing, still not sure. Anyway, we'll be playing some songs and having some fun. Show up!

Recently

2006-05-01T23:32:00.000-04:00

I've been into Demolition lately. (Ryan Adams) Mostly the quiet, genius, acoustic songs. I have also been trying to write a bunch of songs in the same sort of style.... the songs on that cd are so good. The lyrics are captivating and the music plays a perfect counterpart, especially the unconventional chord voicings. yah...

The Blues Jr is the voice of Christ.

2006-04-25T23:52:00.000-04:00

Almost. Jacob and I worked on I'll Bring You Roses today, and it turned out pretty sweet. I have been honing my guitar skills and working on a solid, smooth feel. This is now possible because of this little beauty.

It can do wonders for you. This is all thanks to Matt Huber. I'm not really sure where Matt is... I haven't spoken to him in a while, but I HAVE been using his amplifier. Anyway, big thanks to Matt and Fender.

P.S.: JTW - when are we gonna have Wing Night? It'd be a huge event; I'll be there.

Dear Apostle John

2006-04-24T23:21:00.000-04:00

Thanks for writing a sweet book of the Bible! I hope that I can get past your first chapter, and move on to the rest of your great work. Also, do you remember when I memorized the 3rd chapter of your book?? Good times. Anyway, keep on spreadin' the word, brotha.

April 22, 2006

2006-04-23T00:13:00.000-04:00

We played at the Wild West Auction tonight. Me, David Julca, Bronson Duke, Jacob Snyder, Allan Van Cleave, and Nate Rowe. At first people were angry because they couldn't hear the people trying to make bids. I think we turned ourselves down about 3 or 4 different times. Anyway, it went pretty well and we got some more people that wanted us to play other events and stuff. I think that's probably the best thing that came out of it -- or the 30 dollars in tips we made (pretty cool). We also got a $25 gift certificate to a book store. (I'm gonna go buy Perelandra by C.S. Lewis just because) And the other dudes are getting gift cards to Chipotle. That's it... have a good night.

National...

2006-04-20T23:22:00.000-04:00

...Catch a squirrel and tame it day! No but seriously, John Paul Haydocy has done the impossible. It's hilarious.

Bethany "Babe"/"Bee"/"B"/"Babeany" Gibson

2006-04-18T23:57:00.000-04:00

She is a smashing woman. She loves art, poetry, good films, and literature. She also loves Jesus in a strange way that your normal conservative Christian would not. Anyone out there who thinks they know much about Christians, I urge you to forget all of it. Because it is true... there are Christians out there who probably share your same beliefs and dilemmas (i.e., Iraq, Homosexual discrimination). I have been thinking about this alot because I have realized many of those who are not of the "Christian" title seem to think that anyone who is of the title supports Bush and supports the imposition of our government and Christianity on the rest of the world. Surprise! this is not true. Anyway, this is just something that has flooded my mind for the past few hours. Also, I've been working out a bit... just push-ups and crunches and walks and runs and jogs. Whatev

Goodnight, and Good Luck. (movie)

My brother, Michael.

2006-04-17T22:44:00.000-04:00

What the HELL is going on with this new year?

2006-04-17T22:36:00.000-04:00

Yeah, it's really not that bad. I just thought it would be funny to make that the next title considering I haven't posted since New Year's dawn. Anyway, I don't think much has changed since my last post besides that my brother has started a new "thing". Anytime he starts talking to someone (he'll begin to talk - then) he will respond for them with a deep sort of voice. Typically the response includes a "dude" somewhere in there. For example, I'm sitting on my computer and Michael walks in - (Michael) "Hey come look at this." (Michael as me) "No dude, I'm talking to my friends and you're not my friend you're my brother."

yup, new years sucked.

2006-01-01T05:05:00.000-05:00

juuuuust as i predicted. i was heading north on 23 when 2006 came around, i didn't even CARE. anyway, so allan van cleave said dick clarks an idiot because during the countdown he said "13...12...8" and continued and finished the countdown early and right after the 6 on 2006, it actually became 2006.

PATHETIC

Moving... right along...

2005-12-27T16:36:00.000-05:00

Christmas is over, Channakuh is over, and everyone is bored. But wait! New Years is just around the corner!

New Years. Probably the lamest holiday ever. Doesn't make any sense, no one cares, it's almost like a joke of a holiday. Anytime this holiday comes around, it reminds you of the classic "Just another year" phrase. Except for when it's a new millenium, which won't come for another 995 years. Good luck staying alive til that one. Anyway, so New Years is a sack o' crap.

Todd Alex Friend of Women started recording with us, and is going to hook us up with some drum mics and a B3 in a church. This will be good stuff, and hopefully will be worth the money that we pay the big guy.

Let me revert to New Years. The new thing to say at New Years is "Moving... right along..."

Thank you, and Bye.

Brian Estabrook.

2005-12-19T03:31:00.000-05:00

Brian Estabrook: Man of Night

2005-12-19T03:14:00.000-05:00

He came to my house for the very first time tonight and was completely engaged in indulging himself into anything that I possessed. I love the man. We started by trying to record a song, but then he wanted to change a few things and it ended up we got into a relationships/love/women/college/life discussion. Yes, a strange sequence of events. However, it was a good time during that.

TELEVISION then became a focus of the rest of the evening. This started around... let's say 1 or 2. We started with some Punk'd ("She said 'KICK HIS ASSSSS'"), moved onto Naked Gun ("Did anyone get a license plate? Anyone get a look at the driver?", "Use your open eye."), some Ryan Adams on Letterman ("Whaddya got there?" "oh that's.." "WELL HOW ABOUT THAT."), some The Office ("Well Happy Birthday, Jesus, sorry your party's so lame."), and finished with some Arrested Development (The Narcissist line from Michael and "It's not my trick, Michael. It's my Allusion.").

We scrounged for food and I almost started up the grill at 2:45 when Brian said "Maybe I'll just have some cookies." And he did, and I ate the Gnocci. Then Brian started acting very hyper (due to lack of sleep) and just started eating things like popcorn, bread, and cookie dough. He passed out in the tile bathroom until I drug him to the refrigerator and poured an entire can of Coca-Cola down his throat. He woke up, got in his car, and drove home.

I therefore declare Brian Estabrook the Man of Night because he can endure such a long and strenuous night of eating, talking, playing music, laughing, and passing out and then drive home. My hat goes off to you, sir.

The End

Books, covers, phrases, words, sentences, and generations.

2005-12-18T02:17:00.000-05:00

Dear everyone,

Please judge a book by it's cover. Because it can actually be done. Wise old sayings that try to be smart, witty, or absolute are STUPID. It's about time our generation started speaking like a new generation. I've noticed that the attempts to do this have become feeble.

Examples:
1. What's up?
2. How's it going? (Used as "Hey")
3. Dude (about an object, an action, or someone you don't know)
4. Any ghetto/gangster slang ever uttered.
5. Like (it has become an intolerable word that no one actually hears or pays attention to anymore because it is overused and no one actually cares what it means or WHEN you are supposed to use it in a sentence)

I have decided not to name the rest of these phrases/words simply because I don't care. My point is that any cliche or wise phrase is from a completely different generation. We need new cliches. I can't come up with any, but that would be great if the rest of you guys would DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Thanks alot,
J.D.G.

Boredom strikes like a wolf at the door

2005-12-10T19:06:00.000-05:00

Today; probably the most uneventful time period of my life to date. Me and Drew shoveled snow outside because Ginger brought us Bob Evan's sandwiches at 2:45 PM so we owed it to her. The only thing we had done to the snow since it came was drive over it, so it was basically cemented to the ground (or the driveway). So we had to work at it pretty hard to get the icy snow off. I'm not gonna lie, we did a fantastic job and Ginger was proud of me.

Anyway, Need For Speed underground could be renamed to "Daniel's Bane". Whenever I'm reallllly bored I play it and I'm so far in the game that I have to do these ridiculous pursuits and have a bount of over 4 million dollars and I just can't seem to outrun 25 cop cars, kill 30 of them, hit 50 of them, cost the state over 1 million dollars in damage, pass 12 road blocks, evade 8 spike strips, and then escape the cops. The problem is that the Ferrari Murcielago and the Ford GT and the Mercedes McClaren are soooo HOT.

My brother has some hilarious pictures of him wearing a beard that he painted on his face. Drew thought that it was a real beard when he first saw the pictures. Your misfortune is that I cannot upload them to this website, so you will have to know me personally and come to my house in order to see them. Maybe this will give me some company on a boring Saturday night.

f(___)in a (Yeah)

2005-12-09T02:13:00.002-05:00

Hilarious night tonight. Dan Purdy and I made plans for him to come over, somewhere around 6 P.M. or so. He calls me back moments later and informs me that he is "on his way". I'm thinking to myself, "cool that's great awesome good". I fall asleep on my couch and wake up at 10:30 P.M. with no sign of Dan. I wondered what might have happened to our plans, so I call his house and his sister picks up and says "Oh, is this Daniel Gibson?" I respond with the obvious answer, and she says, "Oh, he's on his way." I am dumbfounded.

So he shows up somewhere around 11:15 P.M. A strenuous 5 or so hours from the time that he began his journey. I'm pretty sure if he would have walked (like he first suggested rather than ask his mom for a ride), then he would've beaten himself here. Whatever.

I love reading Owen's blog because it makes me feel great about myself. Every new post has some sort of downer quote or downer statement from the Pirate himself. Then those of you who read both of our blogs come to my page and read all this random crap that I think is funny sometimes (although I guess the post about my job was quite morbid). Anyway, Owen keep living and keep yeah. (I love you)

I'd like to give another shout out to Dan Purdy. Um... you're right here next to me... yeah.

Owen yeah.

Blogging..... yeah

Yeah

In one word...

2005-12-02T01:36:00.001-05:00

I don't know how long it has been since I posted last, but I think we all agree on "too long". Anyway, I have been writing alot of music lately, and I'm really pressing to get alot of work done musically with the "band" and have the chance to do a record over Christmas break. Why am I talking about this? It isn't funny!

Michael came up with a new catch phrase that Brian Estabrook LOVES. It's a phrase used when you see someone being a glutton of anything, typically consumption of a substance. You notice the incident, say "wow." short and quickly, then if you want to add something add "that's ___." Michael likes to say "That's heavy." I like to say "That's pretty thick." I have no idea what Brian says, it probably changes every time. But according to him he's been watching alot of Arrested Development (Season 3), so it probably is turned into a catch phrase that could possibly used by his favorite character, G.O.B.

2 of my friends spent the night tonight (Thursday), and i'm still up at 1:41 A.M. even though they've been in bed. We are planning on getting up around 5:30 or so to go to Bob Evans or something. I wonder if I should go to bed or not. Anyway, school's pretty easy now that I don't have a job, AND IM LOVING NOT HAVING A JOB BY THE WAY. I realllllly want to call in some time and be like "hey, yeah, can you check the schedule for me? oh, i don't work? like, never? well that's great news."

Ahhhhhhhhh........ feeeeeellllssss goooood.

In one word if I could summarize my life between my last post and now it would be: BLISS.

In one word...

2005-12-02T01:36:00.000-05:00

Never get a job.

2005-11-25T13:30:00.000-05:00

Whenever I feel like no one is around, I just get on to that good ol' AIM and sit there. You see all these names at the side and you're just like "jeesh, I have so many friends" and it makes everything that much better. Then after that, you start talking to people and you try to make plans of some kind. Until you find out you have to WORK today.

From 3 P.M. until 9:15 P.M. today I will be assisting the production of pizzas at a pizza shop that I don't necessarily want to succeed at its sales. How ridiculous is that? Honestly, if I just went there and stood for 6 hrs I would feel just as worthless. You would think that after being employed for circa 1 year that I would be valued a little higher than a 25 cent raise since I had begun. Apparently, we are all mistaken. I have made a huge mistake. I allowed myself to be the trustworthy employee that could work anytime and would fill any days even if they were the days I simply couldn't fill. That is how horrible my job is. This is a huge mistake. Because like I said before, I make about nothing/hr. So I think that now I will try to get a job somewhere else.

Anyway, there's a movie out called "Just Friends" starring a bunch of people I don't know, but it was pretty good. It's definitely the weirdest movie I've ever seen though, I think. It's supposed to be a chick flick (maybe?) then it's supposed to be a teen movie (sometimes? maybe?) then it's supposed to be funny (which it is sometimes). Whatever, just go see it.

I would like to give a hand to Mark Alhajj because he has officially taken the most frustrating job ever: the one I leave in 2 days. Mark's a great guy, a hard worker, and he speaks Arabic so I'm sure he'll get the sort of paychecks that I couldn't. All the best of luck to you, Mark! Naheeman, Henebpedbock, whatever.

I

<3

Blogs.

I have joined.

2005-11-24T18:28:00.000-05:00

I am a new member of the writers on the internet. I have noticed that the typical blog is more like a public diary, and I thought that looked pretty goofy and amusing so I decided to become a member. Today is actually Thanksgiving, and my mother and grandmother cooked some fabulous entrees and desserts. Moving into the new generation of Thanksgiving foods, my grandmother made a Cajun Turkey. Loved it.

Xbox 360 came out a few days ago and guess what gamers! I'veeeee got one. My brother, Michael, is ranked somewhere in the top 25 in the world as of today on the game called "Need for Speed: Most Wanted". This game is... let's say... HILARIOUS. Your car is technically invincible, and after a few upgrades (as a Golf GTI) goes 0-120 in about 4 seconds. Another goofy feature is whenever you get over about 5 ft. of air time, the camera makes a whoosh sound, and cuts to a different angle (typically a front view) of your car flying out of a broken window of a mall, or whatever object you used to get that much air. It will do the same effect for when you hit a Semi truck head on. It's ridiculous. The last hilarious camera-switch that happens is when you come in view of a trooper. You're already going about 120 mph and if you've played the game for more than 10 minutes you're bounty is over 10 grand already, so naturally the bobby's gonna put on his lights. ANYWAY, so basically the camera makes another whoosh sound, and zooms in on the cop right before he turns on his lights. The best part about this is that you never see it coming, and you don't actually see the cop because you're going so fast, so when the whoosh sounds the first thing you think of saying (since you've been playing a game full of vulgor gangster slang) is "Awwwwww.. SHIT".