"Libertad's bus ride to Hell..." written by Libertad on estrip.org

04/12/11 08:17 - ID#54041

Libertad's bus ride to Hell...

We moved to the country in the early 90's and we had to take a school bus for about a half hour each way. When I say it was a bus ride to Hell it was more like the ride and my life itself were Hell, not a destination. Besides being taunted for our Long Island accents I had to come to terms with a radio station called 98PXY, the only approved station the bus driver could play.

So here is a sampler of my bus ride. If your really want to relive my life, repeat 2x's daily for 6 years.

Arrested Development - Mr Wendal

Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever

Macarena - Los del Rio

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Haddaway - What Is Love

La Bouche Be my Lover

Culture Beat: Mr. Vain

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

Goo Goo Dolls - Slide

Seal - Crazy (Video)

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Spin Doctors - Little Miss Can't Be Wrong

Ace of Base - The Sign

Joan Osborne - One of us

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply

Paula Cole- I Don't Want To Wait

Rhythm is a dancer

Robin S - Show Me Love

Ace Of Base - All That She Wants

WHIGFIELD - SATURDAY NIGHT

No Mercy - Where Do You Go?

OMC - How Bizarre

uncutsaniflush writes at 09:35:23 04/17/11 - Comment #61821: Yes, it is amazing to me how songs can trigger memories both good and bad. There are songs that I used to like that I find it hard to listen to because of the events associated with them. On the other hand, there are some songs that I don't really like, that I will listen to because of the happy memories they bring.

mike writes at 10:45:56 04/13/11 - Comment #61750: Oh Mr. Wendell. I hope we never have to hear it again! A lot of those songs I actually really like though but I guess it all depends on what they relate to in your life and being forced to listen to them over and over and over . It is crazy how much songs relate to memories. I don't know if I wrote about this or not when it happened but a few months ago one of my friends from when I was younger e-mailed me because they heard "one sweet daY" by mariah carey and it made them laugh adn think of us and it was weird cuz I had heard it like the next day for the first time in forev. But really that song was from like 1 moment. of our lives like 15 years ago and its funny how much it still strikes a chord in both of us. Music is powerful that way.

libertad writes at 07:11:38 04/13/11 - Comment #61742: I knew there would be some backlash on this. I forgot my worst favorite song so I just added it to the top, Arrested Development Mr. Wendell.

There are a lot of songs that I like from the 90's and I hope to one day make a list of them too. They are probably more from the later 90's I think. (e:tiny) and (e:brit) we are all the same age, I can definitely see (e:brit) with the straight up bangs that were so popular back then.

(e:uncutsaniflush), I thought this would spark your interests. Did I ever like these songs or did I just grow to hate them because they were so overplayed? I would say that I never really liked these ones but it definitely is making me think. Actually, I would say that these songs really alienated me from music at the time. Of course this was pre Internet was everywhere era so it was kind of hard to have access to anything that my parents didn't own or that wasn't on the radio.

I really think that I especially hate these songs not just because they aren't my taste but for the association they have in my life. The bus, 98pxy and my life which for the most part during these years was not so happy. It was interesting because Mike and I were at Cathode and strangely they began showing the videos of this period and this all started coming back to me.

I love how music really makes you remember different times, people or places in your life. It is so powerful really, even though these songs make me remember things from the past that weren't that happy, I am sort of glad for them.

tinypliny writes at 10:59:16 04/12/11 - Comment #61739: Only misspell them. haha

tinypliny writes at 10:58:34 04/12/11 - Comment #61738: Chumbawamba is a genius btw. No one is allowed to hate them!

brit writes at 10:51:34 04/12/11 - Comment #61736: absolute classics there my love!

tinypliny writes at 10:01:17 04/12/11 - Comment #61735: Wait... not high school, more like primary-middle school. Because I took a 1 hour bus ride to school each way then and we didn't get to hear any songs on the way. We chatted non-stop or made-up and sang our own song parodies. In high school, I walked 5 minutes to school because my parents had finally decided that I was wasting too much time commuting...

tinypliny writes at 09:58:15 04/12/11 - Comment #61734: HEY! Those were all the songs when I was in high school! :-) I like them still!

uncutsaniflush writes at 09:28:00 04/12/11 - Comment #61733: Did you ever like the songs? Or did you grow to hate them? It would piss me off more if the experience took songs I liked and poisoned them.

For some reason, your post reminds me of the Talking Heads song Heaven. :::link::: "The band in heaven plays my favorite song. They play it once again, they play it all night long."

Apparently, there is a thin line between concepts of Hell and Heaven.

I feel for you about being made fun of for your accent. Growing up in a Detroit suburb that was predominantly German-American, I didn't have a name, I was just that "dumb Polak." It probably didn't help that when I moved to the U.S. at the age of 6, I didn't speak English.

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04/11/11 08:11 - ID#54031

Goodbye winter

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04/06/11 09:45 - ID#53992

Honey badger make you shit yo pants!

Just want to share that the honey badger made it as a Yahoo feature!

Thanks (e:terry) for bringing us this

Your bad ass narration of the honey badger, aka, (e:lilho), was awesome.

(e:lilho) where are you? Do you really think you are going to stop being on the internet?

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03/28/11 08:41 - ID#53936

Best of sketchy bunnies

Thanks to sketchbunnies.failblog.org for the use of their stuff.

Remember Sketchy Santas?

The tootsie roll is just a little bit deeper.

Bunnies should not get an orange rocket around children!

I don't think this is a bunny, perhaps a demonic pig?

Last, but not least!!!

Thanks (e:metalpeter), I stole this from your Halloween journal journal from 2010.

I will leave you with preciousness, not sketchiness. Coco Conejo sends love to all!

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03/28/11 02:59 - ID#53930

Mugs in the news!

I just found this awesome mug shot thing that shows full color photos of all the arrests in Chicago and what they were arrested for. It is really kind of fun when you are bored.

(e:flacidness) have you seen this? So far I haven't seen your mug shot but I am looking for you.

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03/27/11 09:56 - ID#53928

Dear Ugly Bra Girl,

This is a continuation of my second to last journal, "Laundry nightmares turn to wet dreams." Basically, this girl with ugly bras just leaves her clothes in the washer for literally hours on end. When I go to do my laundry I have to wonder did these machines stop two minutes ago or two hours ago? So I wait not wanting to jump the gun if their cycle had just ended and end up wasting tons of time waiting.

If you read the comments on my last journal and what I wanted to do to ugly bra girl's stuff, this is way better. This is the second week in a row that I had taken her stuff out of the washer after waiting a half hour to see if she would remove them first. Both times when I had completely finished washing and drying three loads of laundry, she had not come down yet to remove her clothes from the washers.

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03/23/11 11:07 - ID#53898

Call for action

Hey guys,

If you get a chance (it only takes a minute), please call your NYS Assembly Member today and ask them to fully fund the NYS Tobacco Control Program at 58.4 million. Please do so right away as they are voting on this withing the next 48 hours.

Working for the NYS Smokers' Quitline, I know how desperate people are in need of help quitting smoking. It is completely unfair that the government is taxing cigarettes at the levels they are while at the same time threatening to remove funding to help people quit.

Currently, for every dollar collected in taxes, less than a fraction of a penny is invested in smoking cessation. Tobacco dependence is a serious addiction and many people are unable to quit without support.

To find the number for your representative follow the link.

Thanks,

Libertad

P.S The NYS Smokers' Quitline helped me quit 4 years ago and I am still extremely greatful for their assistance. The money invested in these programs is not wasted.

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03/19/11 07:06 - ID#53873

Laundry nightmares turn to wet dreams

I can't wait to one day have my own washer and dryer. I'm so sick of sharing the machines in our building with these nasty people who just leave their stuff in the machines for as long as they want. It really grosses me out when I have to touch other peoples nasty underwear and clothes because they leave their stuff in them. I set a timer to remind myself that the cycle is done.

Besides that I have little tiny holes in a bunch of shirts which I think are because of the machines. I'm a long ways away from having my own washer and dryer but hopefully not too long. First I have to move to somewhere with hookups. Gotta have the hookups.

My ultimate dream is to have laundry in my actual living space. I also really love the new style washers and dryers that save energy and water, they are so seXXXy.

This is a real magnet that's on my fridge.

libertad writes at 10:05:48 03/27/11 - Comment #61498: I do. Wish I was like you and your brother who have never done laundry before, all I can say is it must be nice. I have done laundry since I was very young. For a long time I did my Dad's and brother's too.

I don't really hate laundry that much but I do hate having to share 3 machines with 60 units. This wouldn't be that bad if people didn't leave their clothes for long periods of time.

paul writes at 08:08:42 03/27/11 - Comment #61494: Wow, you have a lot of laundry hostility.

libertad writes at 07:50:49 03/27/11 - Comment #61492: It was the same freaking nasty ass from last week that left their clothes. I can tell, because when I had to move her clothes after I was absolutely sure that 30 minutes had passed since her cycle ended, she had the same ugly bras with skulls on them. This time I am really wanting to throw her clothes on the floor, or if she does come down to put it in the dryer I was thinking I could stop her dry cycle so her clothes are still wet when she comes to get them 3 hours later.

Mike says I shouldn't do it, but I really, really want to. Years ago I would have done a lot worse. I guess that after presenting a study on Karma Friday night I really should not do anything but I want this girl to suffer for messing up my night twice in a row.

I'm not going to do it, I hate you Mike. I'll just have faith that she is going to be reborn into some hideous lowly creature. hehehehehe!

libertad writes at 07:01:24 03/27/11 - Comment #61491: Yet again someone has left their clothes in the washing machine screwing everything up for me.

flacidness writes at 12:53:53 03/21/11 - Comment #61361: Double stacks are pretty sexy and cheap.

heidi writes at 10:23:32 03/20/11 - Comment #61358: I'm allergic to the fragrances of laundry detergent and my current place has no laundry facilities. The last place had the stuff in the basement but it was such a pain that I started using a wash-n-fold service. I take my whites and darks there on my way to class and pick them up on my way home. I take my delicates to my aunt's house - seems so silly to transport laundry that far, but the system seems to be working for me right now. I miss laundry facilities something awful - I like to do laundry more often than I do now.

tinypliny writes at 01:10:25 03/20/11 - Comment #61353: I don't really feel the need to wash my towels more than once a week... They are dried to a crisp in my flat in less than an hour. It's that dry. And it's not as if I track tonloads of dirt and sweat on them everyday. I use them just once after I shower. Seems wasteful to wash such big unwieldy pieces of fabric all the time...

Though I get why you may want to wash your gym towels. Heh, I just don't have as much laundry as you do. I can probably really stretch everything I have and go without doing laundry for a whole month. :)

tinypliny writes at 01:05:08 03/20/11 - Comment #61352: Actually, I am not very grossed out by my building's common laundromat anymore. Maybe my threshold of tolerance has increased or maybe I have finally hit upon the oddest time to do laundry (2:00AM Fridays or Saturdays) when all the machines are free. Also, the person with the long blonde hair seems to have left the building. (e:tinypliny,40322)

libertad writes at 11:05:10 03/20/11 - Comment #61351: Someone moved my stuff once. I was really mad especially because he claimed that he was waiting there for 15 minutes. He may have been waiting there that long but it definitely was not 15 minutes after my cycle had ended, cause as usual I had set a timer.

The tough part is you never know when you see someone's clothes in the machine when they will be back. In this particular instance that sparked this post, the perpetrator still had not come to attend to their clothes after I had completely finished washing and drying my clothes. These people really put others in a very awkward position of having to decide whether or not to move someone else's dirty drawers.

I guess I do a lot of laundry each week. Every week I have 3 loads. I like to wash my sheets every week and I also use a lot of towels when I go to the gym. At home I use the same towel every day but when I shower at the gym I use a new towel each time. Quarters are always prized possessions for me. Not only do I need them for the machines but for the bus fare which is 1.75, so I always need 3 quarters 1 way or else have to lose .25 if I don't have the proper change.

metalpeter writes at 10:47:21 03/20/11 - Comment #61348: Mon-Friday I have a work uniform well many..... So that is just Sat and Sun or maybe Friday Night that I have Jeans and T-shirts and Hoodies or during the summer shorts for...... I just meant socks and underwear wise.... My Place they have Machines but you have to share it with who knows how many people.... Not saying that is gross but it kinda is..... Used to do clothes at my mothers every other weekend but with her using it and sis and niece using it trying to find a day when it is open is kinda tough........

jbeatty writes at 10:46:00 03/20/11 - Comment #61347: I was never comfortable moving peoples clothes for them either. I really don't miss saving quarters and waiting for an open machine all the time.

tinypliny writes at 10:19:22 03/20/11 - Comment #61345: Hold on... (e:metalpeter), did you just say that you never do laundry and keep buying the clothes you need?! What do you do with the unlaundered mass of clothes???!!

metalpeter writes at 09:53:06 03/20/11 - Comment #61340: (e:twisted)'s sounds awesome Wish I had one I can't tell you how long it has been since I've done clothes I just kinda keep buying stuff I need..... I kinda don't think you are supposed to move others clothes but what ever.... But also if you go to a public place and not one in your building you are supposed to stay their with them....Or maybe the people go Oh yeah he will move the clothes for us so we will be back in 3 hrs but it would freak me out if someone moved my stuff......

tinypliny writes at 12:24:37 03/20/11 - Comment #61336: They are really popular back home. In fact, it's hard to find a washer and dryer separately, because they are such a waste of space.

BTW. I love that laundry room. Look at all the sunlight... I don't think I have ever done laundry in such a cheerful room.

mike writes at 08:58:43 03/19/11 - Comment #61326: 90 % of men in Italy have never used a washing machine

paul writes at 08:00:39 03/19/11 - Comment #61325: (e:twisted) had this really awesome machine that was a washer and dryer in one. You just put it in and it came out clean and dry.

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03/16/11 07:52 - ID#53850

Wish me luck

I hardly ever do raffles but there was one at Roswell today for colon cancer and they had a lot of nice stuff. Instead of getting a sheet of tickets to put in various baskets I paid $5 for the drawing for the 42" TV. Chances seem better than winning the lottery and those TVs are expensive.

I really want a new one. Mine is so dinky and it is old so I have to have that stupid converter box since I don't have cable. This is my second converter box and this one doesn't work properly so I only have like two channels.

I was surprised to see many of the gift baskets with liquor in them. It sort of made me laugh to see the liquor bottles in the hospital like that, they even had tequila. The raffle is going on for three days I think so you could still enter if you want, just don't go for the TV!

I am on a blogging roll....

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03/15/11 09:26 - ID#53840

How I got to Buffalo

My move to Buffalo was a very good decision. If I had stayed in Rochester I doubt that I would have faired very well. I was working at the Sutherland Group and living at my Dad's house after leaving an abusive relationship. Under pressure from my abusive boyfriend, I had purchased a brand new vehicle. I found myself trapped, in order to pay for the car, I couldn't afford to live on my own.

So I ended up crashing the car, totaling it (not on purpose). The car was gone and so was my ball and chain. My friend Mary had already moved to Buffalo and was living with her boyfriend Adam and they offered to have me move into their 2nd bedroom for a very low cost. They lived on Main Street, steps from the Amherst Street Rail Station. I could take a train to the local community college ECC and not need a new car, a new ball and chain.

I left Rochester, I left a lot of things, my family, my abusive ex, my past. It was refreshing but I had a very hard time. My past wasn't so easily left. Actually, it followed me. Shortly after arriving, the city of Rochester seized my bank account for unpaid parking tickets, of course from the ex. The only money I had in the account was enough to pay for the monthly bus pass I needed to get to school and work.

I have been in Buffalo for 11 years now, the longest I have ever been anywhere in my life. I am a Buffalonian more than I am anything else. I went to ECC City Campus, I transfered to Buffalo State and I have worked and contributed ever since I got here. It is here that I have found faith again, here in one of the most distressed cities in the US. I love Buffalo even when in the beginning I hated it.