It's funny, I'm putting together a list of things to do in Philly for someone, and just cimpiling this list is reminding me of all this shit I really should be doing more often. I know that it's terribly cliche to say something like "You know, I live here, but I never really [insert touristy function here]!", but I mean I don't even live there. I really do enjoy the city to my fullest every time I'm there, so why don't I do this stuff? I guess because I think I know what bars I like, where I don't wanna be on a friday night after 11, where the bad crowds go, where to good ones go... I''ve fallen into a rut. And, much like the rest of life, that's dangerous. The longer you spend on what you feel like is comfortable ground, the more helpess and guarded you become when trying something new.
and I really hate that shit. I just snapped at someone the other day for making fun of karaoke, saying it was just people making asses of themselves. OF COURSE IT IS. Even those wacky Japanese busniessmen who turned it into the phenomenon that it is today know that. The point is, it's fun. I don't really know what I'm going after here, it's just a half-baked theory i'm piecing together. So go out and do something new. Go laser bowling or hiking or buy an issue of Cat Fancy. try not to become a curmudgeon just yet. The more you abstain from trying new things, the more you grow to dislike people for no fucking reason whatsoever and in turn come across as a snotty tool. And nobody likes those. In the meantime, I'll try to follow my own advice.
Also, I just wanted to point out that when you're done doing fun, new things, there's a new show that's gonna be on the Sci-Fi network (which I've avoided like a network of hornests as long as I can remember -exception: Twilight Zone episodes) that's coming out soon called The Amazing Screw-On Head. It's from the creator of Hellboy and I think it looks to be incredible. Incidentally, there's talk of at least 2 Hellboy animated movies for TV being developed, both featuring voicework from the actors in the movies (including the frighteningly underrated Ron Perlman - blame that terrible Alien movie with Winona Ryder). so yeah, that's pretty cool.
If you're wondering about the caustic message and photo above, there's an explanation here. To have government officials posing as unbiased commentators is tactily deceptive and just plain wrong. There's plenty of people out there that will mimic the administration's bidding, at least try to delve deep enough to find someone not directly employed by it.
No music today, I'll try to post some real snappy wizbangs for you tomorrow, though.
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