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The Face of FEAR
January 31, 2008 by NaysWay · Leave a Comment
Working in Graphics hasn’t help me with my ADD problem…
My days are numbered here at Blogger. And while I’ve read in other problogging sites that one of the number one mistakes bloggers make is apologizing for not posting in a while, I feel compelled to make that a priority faux pas. Explaining why I haven’t posted may be mistake number two, but I have yet to see it so I will carry on.
I think I’ve outgrown Blogger. It’s not you, it’s me.
I am still researching new homes and think I may have narrowed it down to two. Be on the lookout for a new URL. Who knows, because of those heartless bastards at AOL I may have to register under a totally different domain. But you will be the first to know.
Oh, yeah, and if you see photos enlarged beyond their capacity in archived posts, fear not. I am fully aware and am using Blogger to test a few components the new house will possess. You will love it and, most importantly, I will love it. Or at least stop annoying BFam with the amount of time I’m hogging up the computer at home.
And we’re still friends.
January 29, 2008 by NaysWay · Leave a Comment
Recently, a friend of mine [and overwhelming, obsession-aware boy band fan] alerted me to some news that rocked her world. Below is the conversation that transpired upon making her revelation…
“How excited are you that NKOTB [New Kids on the Block] are reuniting?”
“Oh, that’s who it is?! I thought it was BSB [Backstreet Boys].”
“No. I thought I responded to you last night…”
“You may have, but I haven’t turned on my cell. Can they at least be New Grown Ass Men on the Block?”
“No!”
“Why not? They’d still be new. They’ve never come out and been men before. What’s wrong with that? How about New Not Really Kids Anymore on the Block?”
[silence]
“New Have Children and Pay Mortgages on the Block?”
[more silence]
“New Middle Agers on the Block?”
[silence continues]
“New Thirty is the New Twenties on the Block?”
[more silence still]
“I could go on…”
“I’m ignoring you.”
“Aw, Kirby. Don’t be that way.”
How something so funny can go so wrong…
I see fat lips in this kid’s future. Look into my crystal ball with me, won’t you?
We Will Rock You
January 23, 2008 by NaysWay · Leave a Comment
We here, at the house of FEAR, have been all consumed by the electronic succubus otherwise known as Rock Band. Want proof? Are you trying to hurt my feelings because I don’t have a camera? Is that it? You want to make me cry because some yetis broke into my minivan and stole my camera?! You want to rub in the fact that I own a minivan? Well, I hope you feel better about yourself!
This Rock Band revolution is so serious, I have IT technicians at my job threatening my life by calling me out in a guitar rock-off. Am I scared? Hell no! BRING IT – on the Medium level! I am not afraid, sir. These same technicians claim I am holding back BFam’s drumming skills with my guitar abilities – or lack thereof in this case. This is the new sport. Trash talking over video games involving synthetic musical instruments. Can any of the said trash talkers pick up a real guitar or drum and play? To quote my good friend, Eric Cartman, “real instruments are for old people”.
In the next few weeks, I plan to remedy my camera issue with a gift to myself from the wilted, rotten fruits of my robot-induced labor [you'd have to be there] to give proof to my claims. And you, Mr. IT man, can suck it big time. On Medium. Anything past that will make me cry.
Hiding Giants
As a parent, you are forced to watch and listen to endless hours of a form of animation, puppets or, within the last five years, grown men (and sometimes women) dressed in primary colors with their kid-friendly, sing-songy lyrics. Your children call this entertainment. You call this Chinese water torture.
You act as though you are completely annoyed by the melodic metronome of good-for-you messages. But you go to work finding yourself singing about the Big Red Car, or Fruit Salad (Yummy, Yummy), or Bing Bang Diggariggadong, or The Alphabet of Nations. Oh, alright. The Alphabet of Nations is pretty cool, and I’ll tell you why.
They Might Be Giants.
John and John, the dynamic accordion, keyboard and guitar playing lead singers of the group, don’t dress up in colors, or crazy felt costumes, or other visual gimmicks to get their point across. They pick up their instruments and sing. Sure, try and act as if you’ve never heard of them. They sing more theme songs to television shows than you realize. Mooter loves their Here Comes the ABC’s DVD and it is currently on her playlist in her room. This February, Here Comes the 123′s is due to arrive in a CD/DVD combination package and I, for one, can’t wait to grab it. For Mooter. Yeah.
They may put their songs to animation or puppetry, but stay away from such nonsense when it’s time to perform. How grown-up is that?
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