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Not really pissed but definitely frustrated. The problems with the regal just seem to keep adding up, but i cant find the time to or have the knowledge to fix them.
When i could work on it, the weather was shitty. Then when the weather was nice i hurt my ****ing hand at work.
When i could work on it, the weather was shitty. Then when the weather was nice i hurt my ****ing hand at work.
Well, since I started this thread, I will b*tch here then. I work nights, and do not get home until midnight, which means I can't really fall asleep until 2am at the earliest. So, I was overjoyed at 8am when my neighbor's German Shepherd started it's barking routine. I wound up going in the other room, laying on the couch and turning on a giant circulation fan I have for noise full blast. After my nerves calmed down, I fell asleep a half hour later. Now, the power company normally turns off the power on the 10th after non-payment, and today is the 8th. I had not payed my bill yet, but was going to today. Well, at 9:30am, the power was shut off. This woke me up immediately as it killed the fan noise. So, I went to pay it 10 minutes later. I then called the power company to have it cut back on. So, I then went to Dunkin Donuts, had a bagel and coffee, and then ran my yard waste to the county dump. I figured the power would soon be back on, and I could resume my sleep and was trying to kill some time until then. I had, after all, only had 4 hours sleep the day before, so I was on a serious sleep deficit. So, I did the dump thing, went window shopping for metal roofing and a bathroom vanity, then fertilized my lawn, and then pressure washed the pool area of my house( where a giant, 5 in in dia. wasp nest greeted me, along with around 8 smaller ones!- Did I mention I was out of wasp and hornet spray?). It was not until 7pm-almost 10 hours later that the power was put back on! So, no sleep for me. I also had to return the pressure washer to my parents house, so I was not done till 9:30 with that. Then it was homework time, and my least favorite thing, conic sections and their mathematical formulas! So, as I write this, I am going to try and sleep now so that I can get up at 7am for school, then do a closing shift where I work and go home around midnight. AAAAGH!
Schooling in your chosen profession will be your ticket out.
You'll look back (some day) and be proud you persevered!
You'll look back (some day) and be proud you persevered!
This is something that is once again brought to mind as I sit here, listening to Bob Dylan on Youtube. The last time I wrote of this was in my blog after watching something on PBS.
Music, indeed anything of a cultural nature, can only really be understood fully in the moment it is intended by those it is intended for. All those who follow afterwards are unable to fully understand the time in which it was done because they did not experience it. No matter how much we wish we could, we can never go back in time. Unfortunately, today there seems to be nothing unique, nor truly artistic in nature about mainstream culture. It is all corporate and contrived, run through the filter of focus groups and advertisers to see what will maximize profitability and offend only a few. Maybe the internet will permit the de-corporatization of culture to some extent, but only for the few who dare to question convention. Most never will, and instead will allow themselves to be spoon fed what they are to like and dislike by the guru's of culture and fashion, never questioning why they are to like it. Why else do tens of millions of lemmings watch American Idol every week, and eschew anything which can make them think or be different? They instead choose to have their emotions and feelings manipulated by mass marketing for the purpose of selling them some merchandise which is then associated with these feelings. Could a cultural maverick emerge in this setting? Yes, but then no. Yes, someone may rise from nowhere, but as soon as they do, they become corrupted by the corporate world and are turned to produce a more profitable product. Much like good brands of products that are bought up by Wal Mart, and then the brand is used to sell a lesser product. Just look at all of the groups that have sold out because their music is seen as being good for commercials. For example, REM once swore they would never allow their music to be used to sell products, yet the other day, I heard one of their songs being used to hock a Toyota.
This too applies to musclecars. Look at the retro cars being designed today. Then look at the prices. The original musclecars were cheap, fast fun marketed to the youth market in a time of low insurance premiums and cheap gas. A $40,000 Camaro or Challeneger is not the same thing. It is marketed to young professionals who can afford such an extravagance, or Baby Boomers wishing to relive the past. They are not youth market, or "every-man" cars like the originals. The last true Musclecar was the 1993 Mustang 5.0. It was cheap, fast, and responded well to modifications. Subsequent Mustangs have been pricey, and most are equipped with an engine that is expensive to play with. This is why the youth market played with Civics instead.
So what happens to everyone? Why does everyone get roped into a bland mechanical existence of meaningless drivel? To me it seems that most people are just filling their time until they die, but deluding themselves into thinking that is not what they are doing. Every 3-5 years, buy a new beige Camry, Impala or Accord. Have kids. Buy a typical 3 bedroom 2 bath house, try to plan for retirement, etc. Never step outside the lines for fear of what would happen of you did. You may lose what little insignificant crap you have. Follow a career path, etc. Why? What's the whole point? What are you ultimately working towards in the end? All this gets you is a pine box 6 feet under when you are done. That is, unless God exists then it is all different, in a way. But that leads into a whole new set of existential questions.
What does all of this have to do with Dylan? Not too much I guess. I dunno why, but older 60's folk music makes me think like nothing else. Maybe that's why I like it. Anyhow, there's my random rant for today!
Music, indeed anything of a cultural nature, can only really be understood fully in the moment it is intended by those it is intended for. All those who follow afterwards are unable to fully understand the time in which it was done because they did not experience it. No matter how much we wish we could, we can never go back in time. Unfortunately, today there seems to be nothing unique, nor truly artistic in nature about mainstream culture. It is all corporate and contrived, run through the filter of focus groups and advertisers to see what will maximize profitability and offend only a few. Maybe the internet will permit the de-corporatization of culture to some extent, but only for the few who dare to question convention. Most never will, and instead will allow themselves to be spoon fed what they are to like and dislike by the guru's of culture and fashion, never questioning why they are to like it. Why else do tens of millions of lemmings watch American Idol every week, and eschew anything which can make them think or be different? They instead choose to have their emotions and feelings manipulated by mass marketing for the purpose of selling them some merchandise which is then associated with these feelings. Could a cultural maverick emerge in this setting? Yes, but then no. Yes, someone may rise from nowhere, but as soon as they do, they become corrupted by the corporate world and are turned to produce a more profitable product. Much like good brands of products that are bought up by Wal Mart, and then the brand is used to sell a lesser product. Just look at all of the groups that have sold out because their music is seen as being good for commercials. For example, REM once swore they would never allow their music to be used to sell products, yet the other day, I heard one of their songs being used to hock a Toyota.
This too applies to musclecars. Look at the retro cars being designed today. Then look at the prices. The original musclecars were cheap, fast fun marketed to the youth market in a time of low insurance premiums and cheap gas. A $40,000 Camaro or Challeneger is not the same thing. It is marketed to young professionals who can afford such an extravagance, or Baby Boomers wishing to relive the past. They are not youth market, or "every-man" cars like the originals. The last true Musclecar was the 1993 Mustang 5.0. It was cheap, fast, and responded well to modifications. Subsequent Mustangs have been pricey, and most are equipped with an engine that is expensive to play with. This is why the youth market played with Civics instead.
So what happens to everyone? Why does everyone get roped into a bland mechanical existence of meaningless drivel? To me it seems that most people are just filling their time until they die, but deluding themselves into thinking that is not what they are doing. Every 3-5 years, buy a new beige Camry, Impala or Accord. Have kids. Buy a typical 3 bedroom 2 bath house, try to plan for retirement, etc. Never step outside the lines for fear of what would happen of you did. You may lose what little insignificant crap you have. Follow a career path, etc. Why? What's the whole point? What are you ultimately working towards in the end? All this gets you is a pine box 6 feet under when you are done. That is, unless God exists then it is all different, in a way. But that leads into a whole new set of existential questions.
What does all of this have to do with Dylan? Not too much I guess. I dunno why, but older 60's folk music makes me think like nothing else. Maybe that's why I like it. Anyhow, there's my random rant for today!
If u hate conic sections now, wait until you hit the stuff in diff-eq and multi variable, youll want them back
jonessmc87 said:
I remember that stuff beat me up good when I was getting my BS EE degree from Penn State. Graduated in 98.
I would like to b*tch about a Jeep. I just finished puttin in a 4.0 into a cherokee. If anyone has done this they might remember the upper torx bolt on the upper right side of the bell housing. :evil: I hate that bolt. Boy I feel better now
I'd like to b*tch about the availability of gbody parts, or lack of therefore.
After spending weeks in a community of gbody guys :waves:
I had to go to another country to find a set of 3.73s. Awesome.
Not only that, But my area sucks because of the race tracks, theres NO body parts left.
After spending weeks in a community of gbody guys :waves:
I had to go to another country to find a set of 3.73s. Awesome.
Not only that, But my area sucks because of the race tracks, theres NO body parts left.
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