So this Winter is going on Forever  

    ”Either this winter will go on forever… or I will die before it ends!” I keep saying. It is never going to end and I’m going to die! Lately, I have been listening to a lot of Syd Barrett. It is perfect for blue, grey days. His music makes me want to start writing (music, stories… anything) again.

    Rach and I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Minus the annoying sad/melodramatic music, it was definitely a David Fincher movie. It was a great but sad movie. I was hoping the Benjamin would turn into an embryo at the end and disappear but the story and make-up was good.

    Today I caught ~fifty fish. Out of those, I kept ten. My daddy taught me how to clean them so I cleaned them all and now when you people come to see me I will give you fish to eat. You will eat them with your teeth in your mouth. If you have no teeth I will gladly pre-digest the fish for you and regurgitate it into your throat.

    Is there really such thing as too much Marx Brothers or too much Syd Barrett or too much Salvador Dali or too much surrealism?

June 07, 2009 by flipjargendy No Comments »
Categorized: General, Music

Fishing with a Bunch of Loons!  

    Rach and I have been living in the northern part of this torture chamber state for over half a year now. This iron maiden winter was tough but is almost over. The ice has opened up in a few spots on the lake and I have gone fishing twice now this year…. that does not mean I caught anything though. With the surroundings I was able to enjoy, I did not care if I caught anything or not.     The first day I saw a few Loons some distance away, swimming in the water and thought it was amazing. The next time I went I tried another location and there were Loons there too! Six of them, three pairs. They stayed together as if they were mates. This time they were about forty feet away and after some time they came within about twenty-five feet away. I saw craw fish scrapping around on the rocks by me. Possibly, I will quit my job and we will live off fish!

    Now that it is warming up I am happy but I am really missing my friends. I wish I could go bass fishing with Chad. Nothing seems right without Adam climbing around in some impossible chasm. There is nothing like the rubber band tapping of Alex laughing and talking. He is a funny guy. When will I get to have a good conversation with KC again as we watch Giant Robot save the Earth… then watch some more Star Trek. What about Josh and his “BABY!”, fortunately that “engorged dog on a fetus binge” was fictional. Who could go without a few pounds of Aaron & Miranda’s granola and cute little Emy. I sure do miss Mike’s murderous mania, which we will revive when we camp… I sure would like to get to know his wife! Ashley’s cozy creativity is surely missed and now she has gone to another state! Speaking of cozy I really miss the company of Ryan & Mel and the cozy air about them and their home. I always feel like I am in a James Joyce book when I am there. There are more of you but I have run out of time for typing… maybe next time I will get to post the rest.

Good night.

April 20, 2009 by flipjargendy 1 Comment »
Categorized: General

Events Seem Bigger Then They Seem  

    There have actually been some interesting events since my last post! What has happen?

    We went to see a The Fidler on the Roof in Minneapolis. Currently, I feel more at home there then I do in Walker. Hopefully now that it is getting nice out I will become more aquanted with Walker. The play was AMAZING! Ryan & Mel, my mom and Rach’s dad went. The same guy who played Tevye, the main character, was in the play as the same character! His name is Topol. He was amazing. During the play I came back to the realization that I love the sound of traditional Jewish music.

    We watched Death of a Salesman one night. It was one of the best movies I have ever seen but I still wanted to go for a drive and crash into a tree afterward.

    A sojourn to Breckenridge provided me with the company of Josh. Tis’ a journey in its self having him stay with us. We all watched The Muppet Show with Alice Cooper on it. It was tremendous.

    We will be visiting Aaron, Miranda and their little E (do not want to try spelling. Will probably misspell). Lets hope we can get there for his first public talk! Then help out with sand bags.

    It is snowing again and as I watch the little tendril puddings fall to the ground I want to burry myself and freeze to death.

Have a good night.

March 31, 2009 by flipjargendy No Comments »
Categorized: General

Addresses Please…  

    Went on a trip and had trouble getting addresses. It would be nice to have a record of my friends addresses. Please send them to me. Just click Contact and send me a message with your address.

Thanks!

February 24, 2009 by flipjargendy No Comments »
Categorized: General

V for Ven… and Chris Cunningham got fired  

    Yesterday I was watching television, which is a rarity, and actually found something I really wanted to watch. It was not just something to dull my mind for sleep, as I sometimes do. An edited version of V for Vendetta was on! The movie was half way through. I did not want to ruin the graphic novel which I still have not finished to watch a movie which I have not started. However, today, I saw that it was on so I recorded it! Sometime soon I will watch it.

    That graphic novel is packed in a box somewhere and is sitting in my garage. Sadly, it has been borrowed for far too long. As soon as it is unpacked it shall be returned to its rightful owner. Sorry for keeping it so long, Noraa.

    On a sad note, the man I suspect is truly Chris Cunningham, Josh, has been fired. Currently I do not know why but he did have plans of leaving. One night he invited me to share a pizza with him. It was then that he shared with me his dreams of becoming a diamond miner. He said his uncle, who is already a diamond miner, took a big chunk of raw diamonds and used it as a cereal bowl since it was just the right shape for one. Josh told me that if he became a miner he would look for a piece he could drink out of. All I could picture was a scrawny, pale skinned, caucasian version of Snoop Dog.

    For those who have not yet seen it, Noraa has released a third episode of Botopia which you may view below. It is hilarious and I am exitedly thinking (now and then) of ideas for the fourth episode. Noraa, the third episode is amazing!

October 23, 2008 by flipjargendy 1 Comment »
Categorized: General

Email Subscriptions Begin! (This time)  

    I just installed a new plugin (for fellow geeks: the plugin) that allows me to invite people to be notified each time I update this blog. If you are here because you received an email asking you to confirm, do it! You know me! If you want to be subscribed with a different email address let me know. It is easy to change.

    This post is just to notify anyone coming here that this is Flipjargendy! There are not many posts yet. I do not post constantly. When I do you now can receive emails informing you of updates! If you have not yet subscribed you can do so on the Subscribe page. The link is located at the top right of the page. For now take a look at my old posts, if you wish. Just so I know you have made it here leave me a comment. After all, this is my only way of communicating to you from Titan, Saturn.

October 13, 2008 by flipjargendy 3 Comments »
Categorized: General, Technology

The Chocolate Shoppe Chap  

    There is a story I wrote in early 2005 that has been on my mind for a couple of months now. I wanted to read it and see if I still liked it. It is probably one of my favorite ones. This is the reason I still keep my old blog active. There are a number of stories like this one.

    Maybe I will try to get it published some day. The story goes as follows:

i’m not to blame, for i cannot help that it tastes so good…

   Walking through isles of chocolate, sugars and candies can get you quite hungry. Walking one day on my way down the street the Billy Belly Boy barren with blubber blew his blither blather over my way,”Come with me to the candy shoppe store and we’ll have a good time i say!”
   ”That we must do if we are to have ourselves a good day. We shall eat some candy and chocolate my friend if we go over that way.” i shoved through the air with my throat on that day. We walked side by side to the chocolate shoppe to find what we would on that certain day.
   The shoppe door opened with a frivolous sound, the bells jingled and the speakers from above played that severed sivle sound, and no that isn’t a song, it’s a sound. He went his way and i went mine to find whatever our mouths did long. While wondering the isles feeling fwong and sig dwong i could not believe what my eyes came upon. There was dancing and cheering that went on within as i stared at, what i felt i did win. It was Baby Beef Batter and Wiz Cries With Brim. Never seeing or knowing this sort of thing could touch your lips i took the box and shook it for my mind then did wonder what was in this box with such a draw and a shine.
   Walking to the front i did not take my time, i walked fast because then it wasn’t running… at least in my mind. For there were signs in this chocolate shoppe store that said “no running no shouting i do not have the time!” and i did not want to break them, those rules on the sign. When i got to the counter and paid for mine i whispered quite loudly, remember the sign,”Hey blithering buddy, i had just seen the time, i fear i am late and must flap and flim flime. i bid thee adieu and good luck i hope you find what is right for you.”
   For quite some time i had not seen the blithering blubber boy who’d led me to find that magic that touched my lips. He had disappeared, the TV had said a few times. i had figured he’d probably be dead by this time. Upon hearing this news i thought it would be good if i went back on down to the chocolate shoppe for a day. It was what he’d want me to do, the little blithering blathering blubber boy that led me to my baby beef batter. Walking through the isles, what i had come for i could not find. It was what i’d longed for for quite some time so i went to the spot where it was, what i thought i would find. Instead when i looked there was another box that had a good shine. Upon it’s smooth blumby bum, bimbly exterior read the words “Blither Blather Blubber Boy Batter, Better Bet Big Buck That IT’S GOOD!”
   And it was… good that is.

September 18, 2008 by flipjargendy No Comments »
Categorized: Creations

Late Nights at the Grocery Store  

    Since I have quit working at Hardee’s I have begun doing cleaning jobs at night. It is pleasent work. Three nights out of the week, I clean the floors at the local grocery store. There is a guy named “Josh” who I am sure is Chris Cunningham. Josh has short hair but every other feature is identical. I am onto you Josh!

    The house is comming along well. The first few steps were demolision work and then small things that were not noticable but necessary. We have been taking photos of the progress. With the photos I will be creating a, part, slide show, part, video from begining to end. It may be a little funny but its main purpose will be to show friends and family the steps we took and the work we did to get the house looking the way it is (will be). It will be a fun project to help me relax when we finally finish working on the house. I cannot wait!

August 29, 2008 by flipjargendy No Comments »
Categorized: General

Exodus from the Grease Sauna!  

    Alas! my skin can remain cleansed. My employment at Hardee’s has ended. Never again will I choose employment in which I spend any amount of time in a grease sauna kitchen. Each night I came home I was forced to shower because if I didn’t: “Get those Hardee’s hands away from me!”, my wife would say. “You stink!”, everyone would say. Those days are no more! No more!

    As for my diet, eating vegan, I have started eating small portions of fish and other sea creatures. My mother-in-law and I started to become skeptical of the book we were reading, The China Study. She did a little research and found out that the authors of the book omitted data on the amount of sea food consumed my the Chinese.
    While the weight of the authors’ points have been greatly diminished by this, I still feel eating, mainly, vegetarian will reap enormous health benefits. I have already lost weight and started feeling better within the first week. Of course I did have a few relapses and decided to eat some meat. That was short lived thanks to my employment at Hardee’s.

August 21, 2008 by flipjargendy No Comments »
Categorized: General

My new Employment makes Me Sick  

    Since starting my new job at Hardee’s, a fast food restaraunt, I have started eating vegan. Not for the aspect of protecting animals but for health reasons. Working there has actually stifled any urges to go back to eating meat. The smell of the meat all days gives me a stomach ache and headache. Seeing it go from frozen slabs to greasy, oil slabs has ever dispelled me of the cravings of a burger.

    This sounds a little outlandish. Let me explain. In order to get the loan for my house, my wife and I had to get jobs as soon as possible. Where we will soon be living is in a small town. There is not much employment available. Needless to say, I will be quiting soon.
    The reason I have started eating vegan, along with my wife and her parents is because we have all been reading this book called The China Study (more current post regarding the book) by Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II. It goes into detail on the authors’ findings from studying the effects of eating mainly animal proteins (anything with animal based ingredients) compaired to eating only plant proteins. There have been many other studies and tests done which compliment their findings which the book describes. Some of the other studies were done in the 1960’s and re-produced in the 1980’s (I think the 80’s) with the same results.
    The findings in these studies show that changing your diet from mainly animal proteins to plant proteins can reverse cancer and heart disease and prevent them. The results have been shown in rats and humans. It is very intriguing. If you are concerned about your health or just are interested in being healthy, this is definitely something you should read.

    Well, now I am off to help people clog their arteries with huge burgers that will kill you.

August 01, 2008 by flipjargendy No Comments »
Categorized: General

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