Wow. I can't believe that I completely forgot to update after seeing Slipknot in concert (again) last month. I mean SERIOUSLY! It was on May 14, and it--was--AWESOME! I mean ye GODS was it a killer freaking show! I saw them live in 2001, before I ever listened to their music, and I quickly became obsessed. Now I absolutely LOVE Slipknot--they are one of my favorite bands, right up there with Manson and Rammstein and Disturbed and Petty (yes, I realize he doesn't fit with the rest of that metalness... but I still fucking love his music!)--and since I first saw them live, I've been saying "Lord have mercy, I want to see Slipknot live again!" Of course, 2 days after the concert, I started saying that exact same thing all over again. Yes, folks. They are just--that--good. Ooh, and their new album "Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses" is just too goddamn cool. "The Virus of Life," which is a love song from a stalker's point of view, along the same lines as "Prosthetics" and "Iowa" (the SONG "Iowa," as their second album is ALSO called "Iowa")--it's just... *shudder* too good to ever be described in the 1's and 0's that make up the little green words on this webpage. And "Prosthetics" and "Iowa" are 2 of my absolute FAVORITE slipknot songs. Now, of course, "The Virus of Life" has staked its claim to that same title of "Favorite Slipknot Song." Fucking AWESOME songs. They make me shudder and drool and go into a delightful little spazz-fit.
Well, all that being said... you get the picture. I LOVE SLIPKNOT! They are fucking gods! No matter how much other people think they "crapped out" on "Vol. 3". =)
Must remember to update Musical Obsessions with Slipknot Lyrics now.
Umm, some interesting news. Well, who knows how "interesting" you people will think it is. But it's goddamn interesting to me. So nyah-nyah. Ohyeah, the news! I got a letter from my grandfather (the one living one) a couple weeks ago, and I just emailed him half an hour ago. I find it unspeakably cool that I'm back in contact with the people in my family that I've not heard from for a decade. You people have no idea what it's like having a mother like I have being the ONLY thing you know of your family. It's fucking DEPRESSING. And scary, too. And a bit sickening. And the fact that I'm her freaking doppleganger is... well, it's like looking into some psychotic mirror-into-the-future from a REALLY bad horror movie. But now I'm actually starting to learn some things about my father's side of the family. Like that my aunt Victoria (and she is my middle-namesake) is married to a man who is a published writer. That made my jaw drop. It also made me a bit envious--as I want to become a published (and rich and successful and LIKED) writer myself. Then again, his writing is not quite my style. Which is odd to say, I know, because he writes horror. And the novel I've been working on for so long it's sickening is about vampires. So we're both horror writers (though I'd hardly call my writing typical horror, as it's violent but that's not all it is). But--as with so many writers I've read--his voice just doesn't quite do it for me. Now Edgar Allan Poe. Dean Koontz. Monica J. O'Rourke. *CARLTON MELLICK III*. THOSE guys' styles, their very distinctive voices, definitely DO get me going (in the way that a great book or an extraordinary story can get under your skin and infect you like a wonderful, wonderful virus).
Now that I've explored that tangent, I'll get back to what I was talking about before--my family. Now I have a bunch more cousins, too. I"m the oldest one--odd, since for the first half of my life, I was the YOUNGEST out of all of my mom's step-siblings' children. I also found that we have a psychiatrist and a conservative Republican in the family (they aren't the same person, though the shrink could easily be very conservative... I just don't know one way or the other). That's to be expected--Republicans are everywhere, and with my deep loathing for psychiatrists (I saw many too many as a young child), it only makes sense that someone I'm related to would happen to BE one. *sigh* C'est la vie, n'est-ce pas? Of course, there are a couple lawyers in there, as well (my uncle... gah, I can't recall which... I think it's Teddy) and his wife Deb. So yeah, quite a bit of smarts in my family. Makes me smile. Yep.
Well, I'm getting a bit bored with this. I'm going to stop talking now. Check back later. I'm sure I'll have plenty more fun and interesting things to tell you about.
--HQ
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4-29-04
Yes, I realize it has been quite some time since I have updated this site. The fact is I've been able to think of nothing worth saying. So it goes. I've had a lot on my mind lately. I've still some things to do for CCA that must be done soon. And I absolutely must remember to do them tomorrow.
Well I've now seen Kill Bill Volume 2 THREE times. Dear lord, how I love that movie. It is amazing. And when I say "I love that movie," I don't mean just Volume 2. I mean the entire thing, Volumes 1 AND 2.... as they really are just 2 parts of one movie that was never intended to be 2 parts. Sadly they had to break it into 2 parts because a 4-hour movie would have made NO money. I'm happy that both volumes are now viewable and no longer just one more thing I must look forward to. And now I simply cannot wait until volume 2 is on DVD and I can watch it all from the comfort of my bed in one sitting. My that will be sweet.
I've done something fun on livejournal.... and within the next week or so, I will have mix tapes and cds from about 1.5 dozen people. I'm seriuosly jonesin' for new music. I got one yesterday, and it was a very cool CD. Insane Clown Posse is a group I've wanted to listen to for some time, and they are very very strange. I liked what I heard. I'm looking forward to getting something in the mail other than my phone bill.
Anyhow, I will soon add some new things and will add more to some sections that already exist. So I say goodbye for now, and check back within a week for some new fun.
--HQ
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3-11-04
Well, Godsmack rocks. They are my gods. And I'd forgotten how killer they are live (as I haven't seen them live since July, '01). I was in the mosh pit (OH yeah!), and the stage was a theater-in-the-round kinda thing, so when they were ready to leave the stage, they had to go through the crowd. And I was standing right alongside the opening they fenced off... It was so cool--they walked right by me!!
Metallica sucks holes. I really do not like them. I really, really don't.
Anyway, I've been doing a bit of work on me site. I have the Musical Obsessions up and running. I'll create a link to it on the right as soon as I'm done typing.
And I got accepted to CCA, so I'm super fucking happy about that.
Nothing else interesting to say........... For NOW.
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1:00 AM, 3-6-04
All right. I'm still working on the bulk of this. But some of it is up and running. Here it be: (Musical Obsessions).
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11:00 PM, 3-5-04
Well, well, well.... I have "1337 cooking skills"... (that's "leet" for those of you who do not KNOW leet, and therefore do not know what 1337 is)... yay for me! Because I cook food. And it is good. Oh, it is so good. (I only like to brag when I feel I've really earned it.)
Unfortunately my "1337 cooking skills" were either envied or despised, as I was bragging about my yummy dinner (ziti with homemade meaty/mushroomy sauce and the best garlic bread I've ever made or eaten... I mean the fucking BEST) to a friend who had recently eaten DC goop. Yuck. Poor him. I'm sorry your dinner sucked. I'm sorrier I was bragging about my GOOD foods so recently after you'd eaten a crappy goop dinner. All in all, I'm sorry, but DAMN I made a fucking yummy dinner.
While I'm on the topic of my 1337 cooking skills, I might as well mention that I love to cook. I really freaking love it. Actually, I love it so much that I've decided I want to be a professional chef. I've decided this relatively recently, of course. Until a few months ago, I was a math major and trying to decide what sort of career that could give me that, upon waking on my 30th birthday, would neither make me want to kill myself nor make me feel as if I'd wasted the last decade of my life.
So in an effort to go after this newfound dream of mine, I recently applied to CCA (The California Culinary Academy). I have also been accepted (GO ME!!!). I have paid to reserve my seat for the August 11th start date (I think that's my start date... I'm still not quite sure on that). And I am STOKED.
I'll get to live in San Francisco. I'll also be close to my best friend ever (only a 30-minute BART ride from SF to Berkeley). I'll be so close to all that culture and good fun INTERESTING stuff. I'll be able to hang out with my best friend whenever the hell I want. (Granted, I could do that NOW, but it takes about 2 1/2 hours to get from Davis to Berkeley... via Amtrak and BART, and it can be a weensy bit of a hassle sometimes... Amtrak is problematic on occasion.) AND I'll be studying something I really, REALLY love!
I have this weird feeling inside... It's a good feeling, mind you... That I've finally found what I'll do with the rest of my life. I have predicted my future. And it is good. And I am happy.
Just going to take awhile to get there. C'est la vie, n'est-ce pas?
Anyway, enough on that. I'll be working on updating some things tonight. Hopefully they'll be up by tomorrow.
Toodles for now, dear readers.
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3:00 AM, 3-5-04
As I promised, here's what I was working on.
(2:00 AM Rant)
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1 AM, 3-5-04
Some new links to the right. If you've not noticed them, here they are:
Randomness
My Immortal
Poetry
I'm also working on something new. It should be done by the time I go to bed tonight. If not, some time tomorrow. Ja.......
Check back later, as I am assured I will have more to tell you of MY World.
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3-4-04
I just remembered that next Wednesday I'm going to see Godsmack live. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have to see Metallica, too... I'll ignore them. I'm only GOING to see Godsmack. I LOVE Godsmack!! They rock my world. Yup.
Also, The Shield's third season starts next Tuesday, which will ROCK. AND a new show that looks pretty good starts next Friday. Next week will be a very good week. Yes.
I've posted some more new pictures, but I've yet to create a link for them. I shall get right on that. Also, I am putting together some information on bands with which I am obsessed. Pictures and lyrics and such. You will be very interested with that, I'm assuming.
Anyway...
Check back later, for I am sure to say many more interesting things.
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3-2-04, 8:00 PM
All right, I've set up a temporary information page. Just for those of you who are desperate to find out who I am. I'll expand on this later, I assume, but for now this is all you get.
Generic Biography...
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3-2-04
Huzzah! I have now returned to say many clever and interesting things... Er... Well, I've returned to say THINGS, I know THAT much for sure.
As I mentioned in the middle of the night, I will post some pictures of me. I will, mind you, only post the pictures in which I think I look good, as I am NOT photogenic and more often than not, I look as pretty as dried, crumbly doggypoop that you'd scrape off of your shoe. Yuck, huh? The picture to the right is a rare thing. It is not just a picture that I don't hate, but it also makes me look cool. And thin. And maybe even sort of evil. Which is good. As the caption says, I love that picture.
Well, I'll get to doing what I've said I would do. I'll say more things later, I'm sure.
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3-1-04
I feel like starting my own webpage. As of yet, I really have no idea what I'm going to put on this page... It's late and I want to get into bed and sleep until about noon... which should give me around 8 hours, give or take...
Some time tomorrow, if I remember to, I will start uploading pictures, helpful links that you WILL care about, and I might even write in something INTERESTING.... ohyeah, baby...
Check back later for more oh, so interesing things said by *ME*.
