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[28 Mar 2007|04:48pm] |
I don't ever update this anymore. I also don't read anyone elses entries. I don't even know if I have any friends on here anymore.
Oh well.
I've been sick since last thursday. I managed to stumble into a pretty nasty virus. The only solution the doctors offered was cough syrup and codeine. At least I was able to sleep through the night once they put me on it. Friday was so rough I went back to Richmond first thing in the morning. By sunday my dad had what I had. It was a mess. This week has been terrible.
School is alright.
I want to transfer to VCU Film. I'm planning on it for the second semester of next year.
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[31 Jan 2007|03:12pm] |
First, I apologize for decieving anyone who has come to this journal expecting a discussion of music. I only tagged the artists I did because they are all Christian oriented acts, so it was merely my attempt to get the attention of those whose opinions I am interested in discussing (Christians, or non-Christians who would like to discuss)
I'll preface this by saying that I am an atheist. I have no interest in having faith myself, however, I am fascinated by the ability of others to accept or live by a system of religion. I consider myself fairly qualified to discuss this subject, having read the King James version of the Holy Bible, and the New Oxford Edition, both in their entirety, as well as a fair number of texts concerning theology, and faith, by scholars such as Wink, CS Lewis, etc.
I have a problem with religion. I'm specifically picking on Christianity here, I know, but that's simply because I know more about it than other faiths.
The biggest hypocrisy I see in following an indoctrinated religion is that they all ultimately are rooted in books written by men, and feature events and/or concepts that are intangible in the physical world. Also, it seems important to note that most religions that exist today are actually an amalgamated form of other faiths. The "Christ" myth has existed in the majority of pre-christian faiths (Ancient Egyptians had the resurrection of Osiris, the Greeks had their Christ in Apollo).
The necessity of an all emcompassing religion to explain terrible things occurring in the world, with almost no concrete basis can be traced back to the beginning of civilization. What I've never understood is how someone could sit there and say that Christianity is more "real" or "applicable" than, for instance, an "out of date" system like the Greek Mythologies, which I'm pretty sure most people write off as being unused. They serve the same purpose. They both contain elements of the supernatural, the likes of which haven't actually ever been seen by any practitioners of said faith, but rather are simply recounted by men, in a book.
Then you have the contradictions that are put forth in the Good Book. The old Testament basically sets life up so that I can do anything I want, beat my children, murder my wife, keep slaves, etc. and then justify it with a passage from the Bible (Leviticus for the most part). The majority of the first portion of the Bible sets forth ground-rules that read as a guide to surviving as a powerless unorganized group of twelve Jewish tribes struggling to even exist (ie. Not eating pork, which would have been hard to keep fresh, and healthy in the situation of the Israelites of Old Testament times)
I will admit that the New Testament offers some philosophical concepts that can be applied fairly well to co-exist with your fellow man, but it also seems to be so very contradictory to what the Old Testament, which was also placed in the Canon by the Ecumenical councils early on, seems to offer. It also seems worth noting that the ideas of compassion and fraternity offered by Christ in the Gospels specifically, are not exclusive to Christianity, but rather, most faiths.
My favorite contradiction? The Apocrypha. Why does it even exist? What mortal man is worthy of discrediting a book supposedly inspired by God? A politically minded one. That's who. What best benefits me, and my burgeoning new religion? These books that I(spoken from the perspective of the Ecumenical Councils) have chosen to include are the books that will keep me in power over the members of my organization (the soon to be church, Catholic specifically)
Religion is, in my opinion and experience, simply a sedative for the uneducated. If one cannot come to terms with the fact that the nature of humanity has resulted in horror, such as war or genocide, then it can simply be blamed on an invisible, intangible, unapproachable figure who encompasses all things evil (the "Devil"/"Satan"), because the believer has no understanding of the world around him. Religion has always existed solely to explain the inexplicable. In our modern age of realism and science, which can all be proved, in the physical world around us, I fail to see where there is room for a supernatural redeemer and creator, who also allows evil to exist, rooted so very deeply in his creation. If God is good, by definition, then why does the world work the way it does. If God made everything, and had the power to make it any way he wanted to, then why would he make it so living creatures would have to die for others to survive? Why would a benevolent creator allow his creation to run amuck as it has? This paradox, this inexplicable, often unaddressed, often suppressed question lies at the heart of my atheism. I see the God of Christianity as a Loki. A mischievous, naive, sadistic trickster, and as such, I prefer to live in a world where I accept what I see, and what can be explained without drawing on the improbable, or the imaginary.
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[25 Jan 2007|01:02pm] |
That's right. If you like the following bands, you're either deaf, stupid, or have never actually listened to them, and just pretend to like them because it's "cool." I take comfort knowing that most "scenesters" will either grow out of it, or are so stupid that they will never even finish high school, and will be working low wage jobs for the rest of their lives, which they deserve for being so easily played by musical "trends" amongst their white trash buddies. I write this based on my experience here, on Last.fm, and in the local scene (Fredericksburg, a fairly large metlacore/deathcore/shittyscenester-core scene. Site of lots of big deathcore fests and shit.) There are plenty of bands I haven't included, because either they are so insignificant and terrible that they have slipped my mind, or because I have yet to hear about them, and how "BRVVVT@LL" they are.
Job For A Cowboy- Not Death Metal.
Through the Eyes of the Dead- Not Death Metal.
Suicide Silence- Not Death Metal.
Between the Buried and Me- Not Death Metal.
The Number Twelve Looks Like You- Not Death Metal.
HeavyHeavyLowLow- Not Death Metal. Or Grindcore.
Sawtooth Grin- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
wecamewithbrokenteeth- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
The Acacia Strain- Not hardcore.
Waking The Cadaver- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Ion Dissonance- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Every Time I Die- Not hardcore.
Norma Jean- Not hardcore.
The Chariot- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Bury Your Dead- Not Hardcore.
Fear Before the March of Flames- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
O Captain! My Captain!- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Elysia- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Suffokate- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
As Blood Runs Black- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Winds of Plague- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
All Shall Perish- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
See You Next Tuesday- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Anally Aborted Fetus- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Cloacal Kiss- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Dance Club Massacre- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Arsonists Get All The Girls- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
The Devil Wears Prada- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Dr. Acula- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Tower of Rome- Not Death Metal, or Grindcore.
Don't ever talk to me about any of these bands, unless you're open to being treated like the moron you must be to like them in the first place.
Also, I have to say something about the trends that go along with the music, that aren't intrinsically related to the music, such as fashion. Girls, take your extensions out. You look foolish. Also, tone the makeup down a little bit. The neon blue and neon pink may have been acceptable when you broke into mommy's makeup at age 5, but you're 15 now. Be a big girl, and stop looking like a clown.
Also, the new-found trend involving the use of horror related imagery disgusts me, as someone who has been an avid fan of the genre for years now. I own several hundred less than mainstream horror films, images from which you now coat your myspace pages in, while not actually having ever seen the film your images reference. If you haven't seen Zombi 2, then take the fucking Fulci .gif off your page. If you haven't read any H.P. Lovecraft, stop making references to him just because your favorite shitty scenester "BRVTAL GORE DEATHGRINDCORE" band likes it. There have always been GOOD death and grind bands who have made use of horror imagery in their music. Bands like Necrophagia, Carcass, Morbid Angel, Frightmare, Ghoul, etc. all make use of some sort of horror themed images.
PS. None of the bands I listed above are either death metal, grindcore, or deathgrind in any sense of the terms. Fuck, I even had one idiot on Last.fm try to convince me that WCWBT used elements of Black Metal in their "music." As a member of a real Black Metal band myself, I can honestly say that scene kids seem to know NOTHING about Black Metal, and I would appreciate it if things stayed that way.
The following should be used as references for comparison in determining whether or not a band you like fits into the following respective categories. If your band doesn't sound like one of these bands, then you've probably got the genre mislabelled:
Death Metal:
-Morbid Angel
-Krisiun
-Immolation
-Cryptopsy
-Obituary
Grindcore:
-Napalm Death
-Terrorizer
-Brutal Truth
-Nasum
Hardcore:
-Bad Brains
-Minor Threat
-Black Flag
-Gorilla Biscuits
-Circle Jerks
-Ten Yard Fight
-Champion
Heavy Hardcore, or Metalcore:
-Integrity
-Ringworm
-Unbroken
-Cro-Mags
-Earth Crisis
-Madball
Feel free to argue with me about any of this, however, I can't guarantee that I won't be harsh, call you names, or even be downright mean.
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I leave to go to college tomorrow morning, so if you want to see me before then, you better do it today.
Also, anyone interested in my phone number, or email address or whatever, contact me through myspace at Burton's Myspace
So yeah. Bye Richmond, and all of those people I know! Hello sketchy, cocaine addled Fredericksburg!
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| Happy Father's Day |
[18 Jun 2006|10:09am] |
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Which I will gladly be spending at Rite Aid, just missing the Father's Day cookout at the cousins. Which I did not want to go to. At all.
Except that now I had to get up early. Yuck.
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[30 May 2006|10:50pm] |
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Highschool=Complete Forever Done Finished
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[23 Apr 2006|12:46pm] |
Go to this show.
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[12 Apr 2006|10:02pm] |
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I'm gonna start reviewing movies as I watch them using this journal.
"A Ma Soeur" (Fat Girl) 2001, France, UnRated (Graphic sexuality, language, violence)
Stars: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida
3.5/5
First a brief summary: 2 sisters, an attractive skinny older sister, Elena (Mesquida), and her overweight younger sister, Anais (Reboux)are 'au vacances' with their family when they both begin to explore the nature of their own sexuality. Anais becomes conflicted and confused when Elena becomes involved with an older man who is all too eager to use her for sex (under the guise of "loving her")
The film has an interesting plot that does well enough to show us what the characters are thinking and feeling. For instance, during the sex scenes between Elena and her lover, we actually see Anais' face for nearly the duration of the act. This really was an interesting way of exploring the way Anais feels about her sister's newfound sexuality.
Unfortunately, for me, the extreme twist ending ruined the film by completely changing the mood, and to some extent the entire point of the film.
I would still recommend this to anyone who enjoyed films like Y Tu Mama Tambien. If you don't like foreign films, especially depressing french ones that explore a sort of bleak depressing view on sexuality, then this is not the film for you.
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| DO IT! |
[08 Apr 2006|10:28pm] |
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Custer's Last Stand
Everyone needs to go listen to the new updated version of ""Right as Rain" (It sounds 100% better), and download it, to replace the old one where the levels were off, then you need to listen to our new song, "We Only Kiss in Public" and download it as well.
Then comment us to tell us how cool we are.
Thanks everyone!
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| Custers Last Fucking Stand |
[31 Mar 2006|09:38pm] |
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Alright three things:
1. We will be recording the first two tracks for our first EP, titled "Thanatopsis" this saturday. So hopefully, if everything goes well, you'll finallky be able to hear a recording of us.
2. Teeshirts are coming. Design is made, and will be shipped in the coming days. Will be available at shows soon!
3. We will be playing during the Long Lunch Spring Concert Series at our school (oh... joy) in early april. Message us for info.
4. Add our banner to your page, and promote us please!
PS. Incase you're a fucking retard this is about my band Custer's Last Stand.
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[06 May 2005|03:41pm] |
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Not going to first fridays tonight, because of the rain. Yuck/lame.
I've been so bored all day.
Best news ever= my Term Paper Grade.
B+
I'm getting really excited about visiting. I hope it makes everything right.
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[03 May 2005|08:53pm] |
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[26 Apr 2005|06:19pm] |
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...Can you understand my meaning hidden in the roses around my eyes?
I want you to know how much it means to have you in my life.
Your love brings me close again, in this instance, when our worlds collide.
The wire of eternity twists around us.
I can feel this river rising, moving up my back.
Some things never change;
some things never go away.
I could never forget you, and I will never be the same...
So there's a reason I love this song so much.
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http://tehonez.proboards29.com
Go. Join if you don't suck ass. Or are already a member.
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| Survey Bitchs |
[23 Aug 2004|11:40pm] |
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Oi. After this Entry, this is gonna be friends only. Sorry. Leave a comment if you want to be able to read my bizarre rants and can't.
Fill it out or I gut your mother.
1. If you could give me a new username it'd be…
2. Why?
3. If you could give me anything right now, you'd give me…
4. If you could tell me something right now, you'd tell me…
5. If you could ask me anything, you'd ask me…
6. If you met me on the street, you'd…
7. If you had fifteen minutes alone with me, you'd…
8. If you could take me anywhere, you'd take me to…
9. If you could change one thing about me, you'd change…
10. If you could think of five words to describe me, you'd say…
11. If you could name one thing that I remind you of, you'd name…
12. Are you going to steal this survey and see what I write about you?
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You will fill out this Survey I jacked from KatieZORS.
you need me like a bad habit
1. Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. When and how did we meet?
4. Do you have a crush on me?
5. Would you kiss me?
6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
7. Describe me in one word.
8. What was your first impression?
9. Do you still think that way about me now?
10. What reminds you of me?
11. If you could give me anything what would it be?
12. How well do you know me?
13. When's the last time you saw me?
14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
15. Are you going to put this on your blog and see what I say about you?
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