The past couple of days

For starters, I'm going to say that on Wednesday morning, I got my laundry done and I also finished reading the book I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD: THE DIRTY LIFE AND TIMES OF WARREN ZEVON. Other than that, Wednesday was a slow day. Wednesday night, I went to the Roving Imp to work on the Powerpoint and to read this book called SINGULARITY.

Thursday, I had to do some shopping for my grandma...like get milk and what not. She also needed to know what time Bank Of America closed. Yes, the Bank of America pictured here. She called up the bank but all she got was a recording in which she had to provide her social security number (well, last 4 digits anyway), and the zip code to her house. All she wanted to do was have a human tell her what time the bank closed. But Bank of America is loaded with idiots who probably don't even know what time they close themselves.
By the way, can Bank Of America get mad at me for saying this about them. Sure. But I don't care. They've screwed Americans over enough. They begged for a big bail out and then just blew that money on a personal jet. Would I be going too far to say they should be called Bank of Alcida? Okay, maybe. I'll just end my Bank of America bashing by calling them idiots.
Anyway, I went there and drove by the bank's front door/window to get a glimps of their closing time. It's 5pm on weekdays. Do they know that? I don't know, they're loaded with idiots. But I'm passed that rant. I parked the car and called my grandma to notify her of the closing time. This took an extra 15 minutes of driving and calling time I wouldn't have had to do if they weren't...I'm past that rant. Anyway, it was 106 or something and I was sitting in my car trying to call my grandma to notify her of the time that they closed.

Here's what I said on facebook:

David spyed on a bank today. His mission: Find for his grandma the time they closed. Information she couldn't get from the recorded humans when she called. He feels like such a bad boy...a bad, sweaty boy.
Some comments I got:
Chris said: :\
Jeremy said: This makes me want to delete my Facebook account. And my brain.
Tom said: LOL @ David and Jeremy both.
I finally replied: All I can say is that everyone has their reasons for disliking Bank of America. This being the bank that my grandma was wanting to find out when they closed but had to provide her social security number and house zip code and still couldn't talk to a person to find out the time the bank closed is her reason for hating Bank Of America.

I came home, showered, shaved, headed to pick my friend Zach up for a ride to his grandma's place...his car is broken down. But first, he got me a meal from his job at Los Cabos at the Legends.

Then I headed to the Roving Imp for Coma rehearsal. Then I stayed to watch the rehearsal of the new, reformatted Dimensional Rift. Then, for Biblioclast tomorrow (well, tonight anyway), we watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Then a few of us who were still left went up to the roof and watched the meteor shower. Then after awhile, we all dispersed, I got home, took care of some business on here and typed this. Now that I'm up-to-date on this and I don't want a weird moment like in the movie Spaceballs after they had fast forwarded, I'll go ahead, post this, and log off.

July

Okay, well, this is August and I haven't really given an overview of the month of July yet. So here it goes:
1) Forth of July, we started the watching of Star Trek Enterprise (season 1 so technically just ENTERPRISE) at the Roving Imp Theater.
2) Finished reading the Harry Potter series. I had started The Deathly Hallows June 30th and was finished reading it by the 6th or 7th of July.
3) Had the last Dimensional Rift show I will be in. It's not the last D.R. but John is switching things up. But I did make it into R. I. Spectacular! Yea!
4) I finally got my friend from StitchTactics to come see my show on the 31st. I almost didn't get her because she's moving to New York in less than a month.
5) I got my oil changed in the car.
6) I got my book choice read...Hitchhicker's Guide To The Galaxy...on read out loud Wednesday.
7) I finished the album overview for Warren Zevon's Mr. Bad Example.
8) I started giving Steve a ride from his place to the theater due to the fact that his car has been in the shop and the actual owner hasn't been taking care of it.
9) I saw the Vagina Monologues at the Barn Players. Denise, that's John's wife, was in it and invited us all to see it.

I can't remember much else, so I'll leave it at that.

Quantum Trek

So, I found out tonight that an iMac and an Apple are not the same thing. I thought they were like saying that a Chevrolet and a Chevy were the same thing. As it turns out, it's like saying that a Chevy and a Malibu are the same thing. In reality, Apple is the company and iMac was the product.
By the way, I'm very much a PC.

Oh, and in honor of watching Star Trek Enterprise at the Roving Imp on Sundays now, here's an Enterprise/Quantum Leap mesh I found at YouTube.

Survey 002

Okay, so I decided to post another survey. This is a wind down before I go to bed. I had a horrible Sunday and I'll be taking it out on this Survey. I hope you find it ammusing. If not, I hope you find yourself better off than I am.

This survey gets a little personal; can you handle it?
I've had more personal ones. Truely. You should have seen some that I did on MySpace.

If you married the last person you texted, what would your last name be?
I'm a guy. No matter who I texted, my last name would be the same.

Were you happy when you woke up today?
Of course. I was an f'ng rainbow this morning. Okay, no I take that back. I was actually happier this morning.

What were you doing yesterday?
Improv...the only thing I find myself happy doing.

What's the last thing you put in your mouth?
Maybe water. That's my best guess.

When were you on the phone last? And with who?
I have no idea right now. Friday, I called home to get help finding a location. This afternoon, Zach called me to help him out with something on Facebook.

Have a best friend?
Believe it or not, yes.

Are you scared to fall in love?
Seriously, what is with this question? It always asks if someone is scared to fall in love but I've never seen one that asks if anyone is scared of rejection. That would be the more logical question to ask. And by the way, to that question, yes.

Do you think teenagers can be in love?
I don't doubt anyone's capacity to love. What I doubt is a person's capacity to know what to do about it. I don't think teenagers are mature enough to really know how to handle being in love. But I don't doubt their capacity to be in love.

Last person you wanted to punch in the face?
I plead the 1st. Oh wait, that would be telling. I plead the fifth.

What time is it right this second?
3:07 and 40 seconds.

What do you want right now?
for it to be an hour earlier.

Who was the last person you took a picture with?
Hilary. She was at the Roving Imp last night.

Are you single/taken/heartbroken/or confused?
Something like that.

When was the last time you cried?
I almost cried during Denise's part in The Vagina Monologues.

Do you have a good relationship with your parents?
At times

Do you find it hard to trust others?
I don't like to admit it but I sometimes do.

How fast does your mind change?
I give up. How fast?

I bet you miss somebody right now?
Okay, you know what. This is another one of those questions you ask over and over and over, survey question asker. Why does it matter if I miss somebody right now. I miss a lot of people. What's the big deal to ask a survey question about it?

Can you honestly say you're okay right now?
No! I wouldn't be doing this survey if I were okay right now. I said I'm using it to unwind. I guess I should have looked at the questions better.

Why do you think so many people cheat?
Some because they think they're actually all that but in reality they just want to take what they already have for granted as though they're always going to have it so what's wrong with a little more on the side type of attitude.

Tell me what's on your mind?
Tell you what's on my mind? I don't even know what's on my mind. If I were to take what's on my mind and put it down here, it's just going to be gibberish for the reader and that's not the way I'm personally used to playing chain-death-murder.

What are you looking forward to in the three months?
Halloween is coming up in about 3 months. Before that, there is the KC Improv Festival. There is also an improv jam coming up in September. And before too aweful long, I'll be in an R. I. Spectacular show.

How many messages are in your phones inbox?
Something around 100 or so. I'm guessing.

When is your next road trip?
I don't know. I'd love to go on one.

Do you have someone of the opposite sex you can tell anything to?
I wish. Everytime I think I do, I never hear from them again or they would just rather not hear my voice.

How's your heart?
It's probably clogged from all the cholesterol I've had in my life. I don't eat as much as I used to eat so hopefully it's improving. Now, you want to hear how my spleen is doing?

What are you planning on doing after this?
I don't know. I was hoping it would relax me so I could go to sleep but it's not doing the trick.

Have you told anybody you loved them today?
Just my family.

What color is your phone?
My cell phone is black with some silver. My bedroom phone is white with blue trim.

What does your 3rd recent text say?
I don't know. It's off. And if anything, it should be chargeing.

What are you wearing right now?
Boxer shorts and a tee-shirt.

Do you wish someone would call or text you right now?
No. It's after 3am and my cell is off and the house phone ringing would wake...well... at least my mom up.

Do you crack your knuckles?
Not really if I can help it.

What were you doing yesterday at midnight?
I was returning to the Roving Imp after returning Steve home after the shows.

When was the last time you laughed really hard?
Last night during the improv shows.

Would you marry someone 8 years older than you?
I don't know. I've always been interested in younger girls. Not in a sick perverted teenager way (except for when I was a teenager that is). That's just how I always understood it is that the guy marries women who are younger than him.

Can you go in public looking like you do?
No. I'm in my underpants.

What side of the bed do you sleep on?
The top side.

What's the first thing you'll do on your wedding day?
Close the portal back to my own universe because the one I'll be in there is better by 300% by proxy.

Do you fall for people easily?
I really don't get this question.

Has anyone put their arms around you in the past 5 days?
Sure. That happens during hugs.

Do you miss the way things used to be?
No. I always remember life sucking...especially after taking these surveys. What ever happen to the fun ones?

Has anyone ever told you they love you?
Not beyond family or the friend type of way.

Want someone back in your life?
Yeah, actually

Will tomorrow be better than today?
Only if we can get 4 people for Trivia.

Does it bother you when someone lies to you?
Off stage, yes. On stage it doesn't matter because it's just a part.

Is there anyone who understands your relationship status?
Yes. It's "single." What part of "single" would anyone have trouble understanding.

Are you a naturally happy person? Or is your happiness forced?
Do I look f**king happy? Man, I think I was happier before I took this survey...if that was even possable.
I'm through with this now. Good night!

You know what's annoying? 001

You know what's annoying? Photobucket. I use it a lot when I make the videos for the overviews of the Warren Zevon albums. But it's hard to work with. You put in the subject of what you're looking for. Let's say it's "stupid." The first page comes up with 20 images out of 103,431. Right away, the very first page gives me 5 images that have the word "stupid" in the image...one of them is a repeat. 2 images have one or more cats. 1 has a rabbit with a 4-leaf clover on it's ear through bad photoshopping. One has the word "idiot" but not stupid. There is one image from Futurama in which they are listening to Bender (which may be stupid that they're listening to him but I don't recognize the exact episode). There is an image that looks like some guy from a T.V. screen who looks like he is stupid and 1 baby or toddler and the rest of people but none actually has anyone doing something stupid. The first stupid thing is on the 2nd page that is an animated image of a monkey trying to stick a fork into a socket. On the third page, I found a guy shooting a fire cracker out of his pants. It, too, was an animation. What I'm trying to get at is that something may get tagged as "stupid" as the photo loader was just being a jerk and saying that someone was stupid and it got placed under stupid. Also, I was trying to find an animated image of a tornado sirin blowing. (Warren Zevon has a line that is "everytime I hear the sirins blow") If I type in "Blow" in the search, I get this message:

Your search term probably relates to adult content. Photobucket DOES NOT host sexually explicit content.


Warning: If you are under 18 or live in an area where it is illegal for you to view explicit content try another search.

or...

Continue your Photobucket search here

However, if I were to look for images of a jerk, I don't find images of anyone necesarily being a jerk, but I do find animation charicters jerking-off every now and then. I must have a problem figuring out what is consider sexual words. Why is "blowing" any more sexual than "jerking-off?" Even if I were to put in "whistle blow," I get that message. Ugh! I guess I could have a blog update about trying to figure out why certain things are sexual and others aren't. But I'm trying to keep this a family friendly blog. I just want to say that everyone has a fetish.
There is an advantage to Photobucket over Google Image. There is a greater chance of finding an animated image. I love these and try to get at least 1 into the videos.

Mr. Bad Example

Here is the video overview of the Warren Zevon album Mr. Bad Example. I find this album to be one of the more complex in subject matter. But that's just me.

Writing Contest

James Nelson, who I know from the Roving Imp but is currently living in Germany, had a writing contest on his Facebook 1.5 weeks ago and I decided to enter it since there was no lost at entering...and I did go to KU for Creative Writing (even though my Bachelors is in English...but that's besides the point). The contest involved the following paragraph:

A man called Peter took an airplane to New York to visit his sister. When he arrived at the airport, an old man asked him a question. Peter gave a short reply and the man invited him for a drink. Peter accepted, and after he had the drink, caught the airplane to New York. When he got to his sister's apartment, his sister invited him into the living room. As he entered the room, he was surprised to see the same man.

The objective was to make this paragraph more interesting by adding non-defining relative clauses. This is non-needed information that goes in to help define a noun. For example, I could say that "during the month of June, the month that I turned 27, I was reading a lot of Harry Potter." The part that is "the month that I turned 27" is the non-defining relative clause because it's not important to the rest of the sentence...hince I put it in italics.
Anyway, this is how it looked when I added mine and submitted it:

A man called Peter, who was a werewolf, took an airplane, which was missing its black box, to New York, the city as well as the state, to visit his sister, who was appearing in Les Miserables on Broadway. When he arrived at the airport, the really dirty one and not the one that was well kept, an old man, who happened to be dressed in women’s underwear, asked him a question. Peter, who was easily offended by old men wearing women's underwear who tried to ask him questions, gave a short reply and the man, who was lonely and ashamed to have insulted Peter, invited him for a drink, which was Diet Coke due to a shortage of rum at the airport. Peter, who wasn't in a huge hurry since the show didn't start for a number of hours and the moon was only going to be a quarter full that night, accepted, and after he had the drink, which had a bit too much aspertain than he cared for, caught the airplane to New York, which was running late. When he got to his sister's apartment, which looked like a pig's pen with the exception of one small spot on the counter next to a bowl of bananas, his sister invited him into the living room, which looked like an F-5 tornado had ramshacked the place. As he entered the room, moving on tip-toe so as not to crush anything scattered on his sister's floor, he was surprised to see, and smell since he did have that wolf-like ability, the same man, who was still drinking his now flat Diet Coke.

It made honorable mention! It, unfortunately, built up an expectation of werewolf carnage and the Diet Coke was left in question of what it actually meant. James said his favorite part was the use of the (apparently non-existant) word "ramshacked".

Anyway, that was my entry.