I Love You Jesus Christ (2088 hits)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (View user info) at 2006-03-04 01:15:23 EST
Here's another boring ETS post. I'm sorry about this. You seem to have become my personal confessional of late. In that time I've done little else but pummel you with esoteric nonsense and long-winded rants about things that I find deeply disturbing about our world, and I apologize.
I apologize because I can't be the guy who writes the funny posts about Black Jesuses and Neandertal Inventors and topsy-turvy worlds when our own world is in such shambles. It is with a heavy heart that I approach most days anymore. I slink into my tech support chair and know that this is the day I should have called the Peace Corps, or driven to the Gulf Coast with a carload of supplies and a tool belt. I am not so naive to think that bad things just suddenly started happening in the world, but for some reason, I've just started paying attention to them, and it's making me feel like dirt. DIRT.
It's like there is a voice inside me that will not go away. I pull the covers over my head at night and it will not go away. I turn the channel and it will not go away. It is growing in urgency and I honestly don't know why.
I have a strong suspicion that I am by no means the only one.
Wouldn't it be nice if just you and me - whoever is reading this - didn't have to go through this same old bullshit dance of 'post/read/review/rate/argue'? I'd like to chill with Loki and Caul and Apollo and anyone else who wanted to come, smoke a J, and communicate rather than posture and judge like a bunch of peacocks.
I would like to relate in words that aren't shackled to a webpage for once, wide open for misinterpretation, not because I feel the need to be accepted by you, but because I value understanding. It would be easier to just say the words.
Taking this website seriously? I take most interactions seriously right now. I can't help it. This might be silicon and plastic in front of me, but there is flesh and bone on the other end too.
I wish I would just DO something besides be another selfish asshole - running for money and personal gain day in and day out.
I catch hell for thinking this way at 28 years of age. I guess most people think I should have left all this nonsense behind me by now and accepted the evil in the world. I suppose they think that having a conscience and a need to express that inward voice in an outward manner is a point of shame and naivete.
There are a few things about the world that, yes, I have learned.
I know there is a thin line between murderer and liberator - between hero and villain.
I know that it's a line that knows no end, knows no boundaries of country or state, and has cut its way through the hearts of men since the beginning of time.
In quiet moments, in the stillness of my own soul, I wonder where Jesus lives.
I wonder if I'm right when I say: "There is a time to kill."
I wonder if I'm right when I say: "The meek shall inherit the earth."
I turn on my television, sit on my couch, and watch from a perch of safety - a safety built on the back of 230 years of backroom deals - as tragedy and slaughter fill my screen in second-hand, carefully filtered images...American-made images. Kosher images. Images of the first G-Rated war in history. And I think to myself, 'God, help us.'
'Jesus, help us.'
One evil man comes to light and there are 100 more that scramble to take his place. Like cockroaches.
I can't look at it, but I cannot turn away from it either. I feel guilty.
I've been toying with the thought of buying a Kalashnikov. Why? Lots of reasons, I guess, none of which I can decide are for the best.
I wonder sometimes if the only votes ever cast in this world are of the lead and steel variety.
I suppose when it boils right down to it, you either accept things as they are, or you fight against them. Seems simple enough. Not so simple when you follow your possible actions to their end.
Hero or villain? I think we all know which side I'd 'end up' on.
Everywhere I turn, there is something to remind me of my guilt. There is always something to remind me of just how I am contributing to the very things I purport to hate. Something tells me I'm not the first person to ever feel this way.
I search for Jesus again. I look real fucking hard for him, you know... I close my eyes and I listen harder... Sure enough, anytime I call, he's there.
A fucking sinner like me.
I can't help but cry sometimes. (Yes I do cry.) It's really overwhelming.
You know, it's funny... I don't feel this way because I'm afraid of feeling the wrath of God and the retribution for my earthly sins and transgressions toward my fellow man, I feel this way because I know that in spite of all the bad, the bottomless well of love is still right there - just beneath the surface of everything. And I see images of enemies dropping their weapons long enough to hug one another and say, "my brother!"
Goddamn this fucking conscience.
What is a conscience anyway?
Forget this post.
Holland, 1945
Neutral Milk Hotel
The only girl I've ever loved
Was born with roses in her eyes
But then they buried her alive
One evening 1945
With just her sister at her side
And only weeks before the guns
All came and rained on everyone
Now she's a little boy in Spain
Playing pianos filled with flames
On empty rings around the sun
All sing to say my dream has come
But now we must pick up every piece
Of the life we used to love
Just to keep ourselves
At least enough to carry on
And now we ride the circus wheel
With your dark brother wrapped in white
Says it was good to be alive
But now he rides a comet's flame
And won't be coming back again
The Earth looks better from a star
That's right above from where you are
He didn't mean to make you cry
With sparks that ring and bullets fly
On empty rings around your heart
The world just screams and falls apart
But now we must pick up every piece
Of the life we used to love
Just to keep ourselves
At least enough to carry on
And here's where your mother sleeps
And here is the room where your brothers were born
Indentions in the sheets
Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
And it's so sad to see the world agree
That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes
User Reviews
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2006-03-08 09:24:44 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I think you are a prick. Go die. More oxygen for the rest of us.
(How do you like me now, fuckstick?)
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-07 11:52:57 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-06 12:05:08 (#)
Ranking: -2
What a fuckin crybaby nancyboy you are
Jesus hates you
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-06 21:30:53 EST (#)
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MUNKEY, YOU MISSED THIS COMMENT THOUGH
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-06 12:05:08 (#)
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What a fuckin crybaby nancyboy you are
Jesus hates you
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2006-03-06 21:14:43 EST (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:47:58 (#)
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You're all right,ETS. You're funny, highly intelligent and I can only strive to be half the man you are.
Don't be so down all the time, you're good people.
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Agreed.
I really liked this.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-03-06 18:03:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2006-03-06 08:14:05 (#)
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Damn kid. You know what you need? You need to hit the Gap. Tell you what, whenever I get down in the dumps like you seem to be, I just hit the Gap and get myself a new shirt or sweater or something and that usually cheers me right up.
Trust me, the solution to all your problems can be found at the Gap.
!!!!!!homo alert!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Oxymoron (user info) at 2006-03-06 14:42:53 EST (#)
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I liked the insight to your world ETS, very interesting.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-03-06 12:17:07 EST (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:57:25 (#)
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Whatever dude. "Judge not lest thee be judged."
I didn't point any fingers on this post except at myself, yet now other people are (predictably) pointing their fingers at me too and accusing me of not doing things they themselves are not doing. If you don't see hypocracy in that, then you don't know the meaning of the word.
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How am I a hypocrite? I don't think being a corporate cog is wrong. I don't think the way I live my life is wrong. I am comfortable with my job, and how I make my money, I am proud of what I do. You think what you do is wrong, but you do nothing about it. You feel like you need to change things, but you don't. By your own standards you are wrong, but you do nothing about it, that makes you a hypocrite, that is why you are full of shit.
This is the same drivel you are always spouting, except at least this time you admitted you are full of shit when you lamented that you have yet to join the peace corp or really tried to help anyone.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-03-06 12:16:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:57:25 (#)
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Whatever dude. "Judge not lest thee be judged."
I didn't point any fingers on this post except at myself, yet now other people are (predictably) pointing their fingers at me too and accusing me of not doing things they themselves are not doing. If you don't see hypocracy in that, then you don't know the meaning of the word.
Forget it. Just pretend I never said anything at all. That's probably for the fucking best.
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just because someone's judgmental, which everyone is, doesn't make them a hypocrit.
and you enjoy the attention, negative or whatnot, and you know this and we know this.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-06 12:10:16 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
He's now crying in the Uber history posts...His tear ducts must be open for business 24/7.
Too much estrogen.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-06 12:05:08 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
What a fuckin crybaby nancyboy you are
Jesus hates you
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:57:25 EST (#)
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Whatever dude. "Judge not lest thee be judged."
I didn't point any fingers on this post except at myself, yet now other people are (predictably) pointing their fingers at me too and accusing me of not doing things they themselves are not doing. If you don't see hypocracy in that, then you don't know the meaning of the word.
Forget it. Just pretend I never said anything at all. That's probably for the fucking best.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:45:13 EST (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:37:11 (#)
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If I'm a hypocrite for doing 'nothing', then surely anyone who judges me for it must be doing something themselves. Right?
Otherwise, I shudder to think about the level of hypocracy in that.
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no, if you do the do as i say not as i do thing that makes you a hypocrit. pointing out that someone's actions aren't lining up with their words it doesn't mean you're a hypocrit even if your actions don't line up with their words. it's only if your own words don't line up with your own actions.
there's no hypocrisy if others aren't doing what you got called a hypocrit for not doing.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:37:11 EST (#)
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If I'm a hypocrite for doing 'nothing', then surely anyone who judges me for it must be doing something themselves. Right?
Otherwise, I shudder to think about the level of hypocracy in that.
Submitted by Drone_of_Industry (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:31:27 EST (#)
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'I suppose when it boils right down to it, you either accept things as they are, or you fight against them. Seems simple enough. Not so simple when you follow your possible actions to their end.'
There is no end in sight... that's what kills the persistence. I suppose we must constantly chooses the next battle to focus on and gather as many recruits as we can along the way. I feel this may continue throughout the rest of our lives. Living inside of it, it seems we either spend all of our energy working for it or fighting against it.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:20:12 EST (#)
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I don't hate you. I do think you are somewhat a biggot when it comes to exchanging opinions but that's about it.
You sound like someone who's dwelling in his own shit. You need to move out of wherever you are.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-03-06 11:06:15 EST (#)
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"I wish I would just DO something besides be another selfish asshole - running for money and personal gain day in and day out.
I catch hell for thinking this way at 28 years of age. I guess most people think I should have left all this nonsense behind me by now and accepted the evil in the world. I suppose they think that having a conscience and a need to express that inward voice in an outward manner is a point of shame and naivete."
ETS, you don't catch hell because you think this way, you catch hell because you always post about thinking this way but don't DO anything about it. If you don't want to be another selfish asshole then for fucks sake do something about it, don't sit there and cry about it tearing you apart when you won't do anything about it.
Pointing out that you are a hypocrite doesn't make you any less of a hypocrite, but I guess it makes you less of an asshole.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2006-03-06 09:58:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"Jesus Christ I love you"
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-03-06 09:54:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-03-04 13:21:37 (#)
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Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2006-03-04 11:58:37 (#)
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I don't have anything witty to say right now, so just take the +2 and imagine I said something profound like everyone else is probably going to do.
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I just read this again and this was still the best I could do, too.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-03-06 09:46:55 EST (#)
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no offense but i can't imagine anyone being surprised that you cry.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-03-06 09:42:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2006-03-06 08:14:05 (#)
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Damn kid. You know what you need? You need to hit the Gap. Tell you what, whenever I get down in the dumps like you seem to be, I just hit the Gap and get myself a new shirt or sweater or something and that usually cheers me right up.
Trust me, the solution to all your problems can be found at the Gap.
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Old Navy, biotches.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-03-06 09:40:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"In quiet moments, in the stillness of my own soul, I wonder where Jesus lives."
On a sugar plantation in Maracaibo.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-03-06 08:39:58 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Boring and tinted with emo. While the points were valid everyone has the sense of not knowing and you just made yourself sound like you broke the rule about letting your hair grow more than 1/2" above your vaginal slit.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-03-06 08:32:04 EST (#)
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Were you there....
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2006-03-06 08:14:05 EST (#)
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Damn kid. You know what you need? You need to hit the Gap. Tell you what, whenever I get down in the dumps like you seem to be, I just hit the Gap and get myself a new shirt or sweater or something and that usually cheers me right up.
Trust me, the solution to all your problems can be found at the Gap.
Submitted by rockdocc (user info) at 2006-03-06 00:44:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
A beuaty.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-04 19:21:49 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
I won't -2 your shaky ass because you DID warn us in the first line.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-03-04 19:20:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
let's pretend that other review never happened.
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2006-03-04 15:20:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well done. I'm pretty sure this is the first thing you've ever written that I've actually enjoyed.
Good luck, dude. Don't give up idealism just yet.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-04 14:40:25 EST (#)
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"The meek shall inherit the earth."
Poor meek.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-04 13:34:40 EST (#)
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The entire thing (not just the end) read like a poem rather than a post to which I would start a conversation off of.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-03-04 13:21:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2006-03-04 11:58:37 (#)
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I don't have anything witty to say right now, so just take the +2 and imagine I said something profound like everyone else is probably going to do.
Submitted by thechairnamedgod (user info) at 2006-03-04 12:30:04 EST (#)
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"I catch hell for thinking this way at 28 years of age. I guess most people think I should have left all this nonsense behind me by now and accepted the evil in the world. I suppose they think that having a conscience and a need to express that inward voice in an outward manner is a point of shame and naivete."
i imagine growing up must suck
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2006-03-04 11:58:37 EST (#)
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I don't have anything witty to say right now, so just take the +2 and imagine I said something profound like everyone else is probably going to do.
Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2006-03-04 11:31:22 EST (#)
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It's funny. I am 28 as well, and for the last 5 years I have been going through pretty much exactly the same turmoil of conscience as you.
Jesus himself is not the answer, but he was a damn good example.
See here:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/39866
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2006-03-04 11:09:14 EST (#)
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Dude, just step back, take a deep breath, and do the right thing when you can. Identify needs within your county, or even just within your neighborhood. Thinking about all of humanity is getting a little bit ahead of yourself, isn't it? You don't pick up a guitar for the very first time and immediately start jamming with Yngwie.
Seriously. The people I know who have made the biggest difference in the world never set out to change the world, just to keep improving their immediate communities. Even something as big and messy as the world is tractable if you break it up into small enough pieces. Small changes added over time are going to have a far huger effect than spending all your energy in one giant futile burst and getting burned out.
The woodstock crowd was never going to change anything except their own brain chemistry. Who knows what kind of world we'd be living in if they'd had a little patience, forethought, and direction?
One thing I do know, Jesus ain't the answer.
Submitted by sheckynecky (user info) at 2006-03-04 10:15:29 EST (#)
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The toughest thing for me most of the time is actually deciding on what the fuck to do. About anything. The feeling of going in too many different directions at once but actually doing nothing and making no progress is probably the worst place to be. Big change isn't going to happen because of something you do. Its going to happen because you and other caring people pick one or two things and do them the best they can, making the change that they are able to. Some people's contributions may become something bigger and affect more people, but you are never going to get anywhere if you don't just pick some things and begin. You can't know your possible options until you choose at least the first few steps towards something. It may not be the next thing you do or the next couple of people you meet that really energize you, but have faith that there are other people out there who want the same things that you do. I think most of us do, but until more things happen, and more people talk and are actively seeking something better we won't see change. (paragraph change for the haters)
I know all of what I wrote says nothing specific, but thats part of my point. I don't know what needs to happen to see something big change. I just know that I can only do what I can do. As one person in the place that I am.
I think even your writing here must have made at least a few people become just a little bit more curious about something. whatever, energy use, weather patterns, national forests, whatever. this is one small thing. just keep adding the small things and meet more people who can support you where you are.
I know the hard part is feeling like there just isn't enough time, things are too bad for there to b e enough time. unless you do something big, now, its no use. Its too much. Thinking like that is BAD!!!! Don't think like that!!! BAD!
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-03-04 09:49:26 EST (#)
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HOLY longwinded response....sorry bout that but I wax philisophical whilst listening to Rusted Root in the AM.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-03-04 09:47:06 EST (#)
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You know I sat here with this post open for the last half hour or so, thinking about how to respond to it. I know that I could have easily just -2d it and left some comment but I don't think it deserves it at all. And in the past I think I've done that with your posts, for that I apologize.
ETS I think that you think with your heart, which in my book, holds a lot of weight. Sure sometimes I can't be bothered with your conspiricy theories and sometimes I feel like you are preaching to us but all that aside I think you are a good guy.
But I think you take things too far, don't get me wrong I think it's great to be concerned with the worlds issues and how can you help make things better. But in the end you need to spend some time thinking about the positives because if you don't have that balance it will tear you apart.
I rarely watch the news because they love to hook you with stories of tragedy and desperation and good news doesn't sell nearly as well as bad news. But those times when I do sit down and pay attention I get overwhelmed, I think about how other countries laugh at us, I think about how we are ruining our planet, I think about those things and it can consume me.
And then...
Then my daughter brings me a coloring book and her baggie of broken crayons and says 'color picture daddy' and the warm feeling of goodness washes over me.
The world isn't all that bad for a while and I'll get to handling those other issues in time because right then at that moment there are more pressing issues, more wholesome issues, a child that I can spend time with and teach about the travesties of man and how to address...fix...them.
That is my balance.
So don't take too much to heart the actions on this place, it's only a website full of people looking to blow off steam or waste some idle time with intelligent conversation or witty reparte. And the people, these Uberites, just sometimes get tired of addressing issues and just want the 'Calgon, take me away' peice of life.
So embrace if you will, but embrace both sides now and then because the good isn't always good and the bad, inevitabley, is not always bad.
Oh....and get the Kalishinikov...better to have and not need than need and not have I always say.
Rock on man, and whenever you want to smoke that fattie....I'll bring the hydro you bring the papers and we'll get Chinese eyes and laugh at fart jokes till our sides split.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2006-03-04 06:20:59 EST (#)
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Mmm... Communal jointage...
Not much better than sharing a joint with some good folks.
If you could toke up with 3 famous people / historical figures who would they be? I'd say Albert Einstein, Bob Marley, and Jesus Christ. Other honorable mentions would be George Washington, Adolf Hitler, Moses, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Tyler Durden, Van Gogh, Beethoven and Roger Waters.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-03-04 05:40:12 EST (#)
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Fuck. Shit. Cunt whoreeeeeeeeeeas...
asdjfasdkl;jasdf
YEAH
I like you alright bradley, my fellow midwest internet friend...
there are STRANGERS in my GARAGE
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:55:49 EST (#)
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you can't stay nailed to the cross forever, because that won't do anyone any good
especially yourself
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:48:36 EST (#)
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speaking of Starcastle I bought a Yes shirt the other day
it owns
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:45:13 EST (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:38:02 (#)
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STARCASTLE
I have that
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:41:24 EST (#)
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Can't help noticing you're able to wear different hats on Über. I can relate to the fase you're going through but it is like Forensic says, this is just warming up. Top stuff as usual!!
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:39:11 EST (#)
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tull makes me hard in the pants.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:38:02 EST (#)
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STARCASTLE
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-03-04 04:27:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:52:06 (#)
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DMD: Yea, I love it how it's just something you would never really think of. That band would be almost impossible to reproduce. It's a wandering baroque-era minstrel with a flute playing progressive rock. The most mind blowing stuff is deep on their albums - the instrumental tirades. A-mazing.
My stepdad has a vinyl prog rock collection that's out of this world. My god, there is so much good music in the world.
yeah I'm amassing an mp3 collection, currently at around 12000 songs within the realm of prog or psych
what's the rarest album in that collection?
Submitted by charminglybeef (user info) at 2006-03-04 03:46:50 EST (#)
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I support serious writing. Even by amateurs.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-03-04 03:32:15 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-03-04 03:13:51 EST (#)
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Uhhhhh..... serious posting?? Jethro Tull? JOhn Lennon??
I'm up for all that......
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:58:55 EST (#)
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Guess what.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:52:06 EST (#)
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DMD: Yea, I love it how it's just something you would never really think of. That band would be almost impossible to reproduce. It's a wandering baroque-era minstrel with a flute playing progressive rock. The most mind blowing stuff is deep on their albums - the instrumental tirades. A-mazing.
My stepdad has a vinyl prog rock collection that's out of this world. My god, there is so much good music in the world.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:36:16 EST (#)
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jethro tull DESTROYS
thick as a brick and aqualung are top notch prog
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:33:03 EST (#)
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Oh yeah! I forgot that you were the one that did the "40 Most Essential Albums" posts, and I remember that album on the list.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:26:58 EST (#)
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Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:19:23 (#)
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You're a Neutral Milk Hotel fan, aren't you? I just realised that the title of this post is the name of another of their songs. Kind of hard to forget, the way he sings it.
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I was listening to that album as I wrote this.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:26:12 EST (#)
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Thanks Sacrilicious and FTW. I hadn't intended on this being a hugfest, but I suppose that's not so bad once in a while is it?
forensicgirl: Yes. I've delved further into the Jethro Tull catalogue than the hits. It's great stuff. In fact, I bought a stack of old vinyl records from an auction not long ago, and there were 3 or 4 Tull records in there. My stepfather and I dusted off the record player, drank some beer, and listened to them all the way through.
I turn on my radio away from NPR sometimes and I usually soon regret that decision. I wonder where all the truth-seekers have run to. In a time where we could really use a Bob Dylan or a John Lennon, the airwaves are filled with more and more commercials masquerading as art. It only serves to widen the gulf between people.
In 1969, a few hundred thousand people gathered in a field in New York and celebrated freedom and love and all that high-minded stuff. 25 years later when my generation tried it, they burned the fucker to the ground. I think that pretty much speaks for itself. That and the fact that most of those free-lovers are now in suits building the next bomb factory.
Where did all their faith go? Did they just succumb to the pressure to 'grow up' and make something of themselves? If this is where the 'good life' gets us, I don't think I want it anymore. Ya know?
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:19:23 EST (#)
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You're a Neutral Milk Hotel fan, aren't you? I just realised that the title of this post is the name of another of their songs. Kind of hard to forget, the way he sings it.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:10:18 EST (#)
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Don't laugh, but have you ever listened to Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull), specifically the Aqualung album?
I think you might relate to some of Ian's songs like "Hymn 43" (how people distort and abuse religion and the name of Jesus and God for selfish ends) and "Wind Up" (bashing the CoE).
A lot of the songs written by Ian for Tull are really deep and thoughtful. Most people just think of Bungle in the Jungle when they think of Tull but other songs like "Requiem" and "One White Duck/Nothing At All" are really quite beautiful.
Just a thought.
I also hate to break it to you, but the thoughts you're having, just get worse as you get older. They are one of the many reasons I don't sleep well.
Submitted by GaidinCanuck (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:09:34 EST (#)
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I almost never rate things here anymore, just because of some of the points you say, but this deserves the +2.
That and it'll be neat to read all the feel good huggy type comments that are about to ensue.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-03-04 02:04:25 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:52:41 (#)
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I may only know you via uber, and you might not know me at all, but you're one of my favorites and I cyber-like you a lot.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:58:13 EST (#)
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wow.
I think that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me on this site. Thanks, Method. You're not bad people yourself.
It's not so much that I'm down on myself, I just feel overwhelmed sometimes by my own impotence to do much to help change things.
This is a cyclical thing I've always struggled with. It comes and goes. This time around it seems more pronounced than usual.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:52:41 EST (#)
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I may only know you via uber, and you might not know me at all, but you're one of my favorites and I cyber-like you a lot.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:47:58 EST (#)
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You're all right,ETS. You're funny, highly intelligent and I can only strive to be half the man you are.
Don't be so down all the time, you're good people.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:38:14 EST (#)
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Awww ETS, I never wanted to kill you, I actually have a soft spot in my heart for you. Contrary to popular belief, I like you. I just like busting your balls even more
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:33:15 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:31:57 EST (#)
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I don't really know what to say to all that.
No Comment.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:28:49 EST (#)
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Anything that doesn't make us want to kill each other, Method, I'm down for.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:20:14 EST (#)
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I love you too Jesus!
do me
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-04 01:19:57 EST (#)
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I'd like to smoke a J with you = (