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03/03/2006 17:02 #29363

Spot the Man
Category: sexism
This picture is in response to the conversation we had in the chat today. Can anyone spot the man is this picture. Here's a hint it's not the guy holding the camera. (e:jason) this is for you:

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I'm not sexist but I thought this was kinda funny.

With humor this time, MrDT


jason - 03/04/06 16:21
Hilarious, yet still shocking and insulting.

If memory serves me correctly, this was from the ridiculous "protest" at Augusta National. The women wanted to force Augusta National, a private club owned and operated by its members, to invite a woman to their club. They are the bullies, not that jackass holding up the sign.

I think it does take a big brass set of nuts to hop in front of a group of ultra-feminists and hold up that sign. I'm surprised he still has his limbs. It's not like too many haters of other groups have the sack to stand in front of their enemy and say what they think...usually it's done from far, far away - with the stroke of a keyboard or pen.
imk2 - 03/04/06 13:05
jenks,

i had an epileptic seizure while watching punked and any mention of such things puts me in a very vulnerable place. sensitivity would be appreciated!

man, you got me!
jenks - 03/04/06 12:29
haha imk! You've been punk'd!

AA is for quitters! [my mom is an alcoholic, I am allowed to make AA jokes.]

And I think the original picture is quite funny.
imk2 - 03/04/06 12:11
jenks,

you have my deepest apologies. my father was too, an alcoholic, but nothing could save him. i certainly understand where you're coming from.
jenks - 03/04/06 04:59
imk, I don't appreciate that comment about AA. My mother is an alcoholic and AA saved her life and I don't think it's something to joke about. Please respect that.




;)
imk2 - 03/04/06 02:50
It can be funny and offensive concurringly. If I was a woman standing in that picture, sure, yes, I would be peeved and offended. But let’s admit, there are many things we find ourselves chuckling at all the while knowing that it is inappropriate or hurtful or just plain immoral. There’s a time and place, maybe a public blog is and maybe it isnt the venue to post such things. But then again, looking at my journal entries, I bet there’s a fair amount of offensive crap that many people would rather not see or read. mrdt asked, and so everyone is welcome to voice their opinion. People, you don’t have to defend your posts whenever someone says something you don’t like. That’s to be expected. Be comfortable enough with your ideas so that you don’t get defensive each time they are challenged. Put it out there, hear what is said, and move on. If you want everyone to agree with you and praise you go to an AA meeting.
mrdt - 03/04/06 02:28
you guys are a trip!!!
ajay - 03/03/06 21:30
Firstly, (e:Joshua), this is goddamn public journal. It is meant for other people to read. If you don't want others to read what you write, then don't write it here! Write it in your little diary like the kid that you are.

It doesn't feel very funny when someone picks on you, does it? I rest my case. ;-)
joshua - 03/03/06 20:57
P.S. Ajay, if I policed other peoples journals as persistantly as you do because I found something I didn't like, I'd be collecting payment from you for accuracy and quality review.
joshua - 03/03/06 20:56
Whether the women think its funny or not is beside the point and irrelevant. Yeah, the guy is a jackass - that is fairly obvious. Take a look at the crowd - if you think those girls wouldn't or couldn't stick up for themselves you have got to be an fool... and you are.

No, there was no humor in your statement, and even if there was, nobody would understand you. The rest of what you wrote (thankfully it was brief) is meaningless drivel that nobody cares about. You challenging my or DT's manhood or guts somehow is absolutely hilarious to me - now, THAT is actually funny. So perhaps your sense of humor has a future after all. ;-D



ajay - 03/03/06 19:39
Why not ask the women if they think it's funny?

BTW: it doesn't require any cojones to insult a group that you know won't fight back.

But what would you two know about cojones anyways?

(see any humor in the above statement? ;-) )
joshua - 03/03/06 18:42
Ajay doesn't detect humor well, even if its in poor taste. Counter protesting is apparently bullying now, huh Ajay? Anyway, I thought it was funny. You have to give him this - that took cajones.
mrdt - 03/03/06 17:27
it's a joke lighten up!!!
ajay - 03/03/06 17:21
I don't see a man in there... I just see a bully trying to compensate for something by insulting women. Looking at the size of his sign, he sure has a lot of compensating to do...

03/03/2006 02:51 #29362

beautiful peeps---the franchise
Category: everythings peachy
New user sound for your listening pleasure!!!!

Its coming pretty close to my one year anniversary since I started really working out and dedicating myself to becoming physically fit. I envy you skinny people with fast metabolisms. I can't eat or drink anything without seeing the ramifications on the scale. I recently started a mini-weight loss training session before I go to Florida. I'll probably hit ten-eleven pounds by the time I leave next Saturday, which is good but I'm sick of the work it takes. When I wake up in the morning I have to figure out what I have scheduled for the day and how to fit the gym/six meals in between. I have to eat breakfast, make some food for the day cram it into my little lunch box then when its time I usually eat it cold. Usually, on my way to the gym I go through my routine in my head, do I have enough time; will it take to much time; is it a lite day or a heavy day; how do I feel; set progression; rep progression; how can I raise my intensity; mass movements vs definition; what worked last week/didn't work; should I add more weight, sets or reps. Truth be told its more mentally exhausting than physical, some days. Don't get me wrong...it feels so good, especially for a guy dealing with a lot of financial stress. My problems don't seem as difficult and my serotonin levels are higher keeping my general disposition out of the gutter.

But some days I ask myself what the fuck do I do it all for? I guess its because I have always been overweight and really want to be the skinny underwear model guy. Last year I was a skinny guy for about 3 weeks but then I had the great idea to bulk up and after four months I was back to my starting weight (included is about 15#'s of new muscle). Alot of it can be blamed on the fact that I'm not working as much and its winter so I'm relatively inactive (skiing is way to expensive). I guess we all have parts of us that we would rather do without but sometimes I hit this threshold and want to throw it all away and let myself go over a burger, fries and milkshake which I occasionally indulged in.

I'm pretty sure the beautiful people have it easier. The ones who can just go to the gym a few days a week and can eat whatever they want. Not only do they add muscle but they never put on a pound. And here I am working my ass off to see some good muscle separation between my shoulders, chest and upper arms. How long does it take....I know a very long time. It really is a slow process especially for guys like me because you can't build muscle when your cutting and actually you lose muscle and when I can't keep the fat off when trying to bulk up. I guess I'm mad at myself for over bulking this winter cause I didn't really know what I was doing. I do now though but 30#s later its too late, time to diet again. Maybe this summer I won't try to cut up and I'll just keep on building then next year I'll have all that mass under a layer of fat and I'll be a good candidate to win the Body for Life and the Men's Health competition. I just don't know right now. Sometimes I beat up on myself mentally because it's taking so long to hit my goals. If nobody wants to work out with me I'll have to get a trainer. Right now I'm feeling the gym burnout so it will be a nice change of pace. Got to keep movin..got to do more...got to be more.

I am breathing in some serious paint fumes and my house is completely trashed. I guess my brothers moving back in here. His shit is absolutely fucking everywhere. Tonight when I wake up because I have to take a leak I'm sure to break a fuckin toe on the stuff he has cluttered through the hall. Yeah I can't wait. I'm gonna miss having the whole house to myself. Crankin' the music all hours, living by myself in a clean, serene and peaceful environment. Now I have two people to clean up after. He doesn't even have his essentials here but I'm cleaning up dishes, popcorn everywhere, diet pepsi cans, junk, junk mail. Fuck, fuck, fuck!!!!!!!! I can see it now doing his dishes while I'm rushing to get food for the day ready, picking up towels, throwing out his junk mail cluttering the kitchen table. He's got some kind of hearing problem and can talk really loud which usually wakes me up from a sound slumber. Its like National Lampoons Vacation, I'm Clark and he's cousin Eddy..."Merry Christmas, shitter's full." "Honey have you checked our shitters lately." Dont get me wrong I love him more than any body in the world but sometimes he's a little ignorant of other people and I hate using that word. Reminds me of when MJ was on South Park.

My Hooverphonic cd just went back to one so that means I have been typing too long...Sorry to be so negative but I had to get it out. I hate negativity, unfortunately it brews in me like coffee at Starbucks. Most of the time I have a pretty sunny disposition but right now I'm feelin' the shitty cards I got dealt.

I love you all, MrDT
theecarey - 03/04/06 16:04
I found the "frozen" comment. Yay! here it is..

We all need to vent. Spew the negative thoughts and feelings. Better to get them out than to let them manifest in something else. You are number one. You have (literally) worked your ass off. You have come a long way. Continue to look forward in your life, surround yourself with positive people and situations.. Each day is an opportunity to make mentally and physically healthy choices.. yet when we have those moments that we cant quite get through the way we want.. let it be something to learn from, allow moments of "weakness".. we are all human, afterall. If we didn't have moments of discomfort, we wouldn't be aware of the need for cahge; the catalyst for growth.

02/28/2006 02:51 #29360

Spoonful of Sugar
Category: killin time
[size=xl]Why is it so difficult to get up in the morning and fall asleep at night???
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I don't drink much caffiene and workout everday. Hmmm...

Well anyway, I changed my user sound so you can listen to it while you make suggestions on how I can sleep like a normal person. I will probably change it every few days for listening enjoyment. Stay tuned kiddies...

With lots of love, MrDT
metalpeter - 02/28/06 18:37
sometimes it isn't your body it is your mind. That is what some of those sleep medicines do is they don't knock you out they calm you down so that you can sleep.
leetee - 02/28/06 10:09
Anyone that has trouble sleeping has my sympathies. I have the same troubles periodically.

My doctor once told me that some people have trouble sleeping because societies clocks don't agree with their internal sleep/wake clock. Some of us have to force our bodies to wake up at certain times and therefore sleep at certain times, even though it would not be our natural inclination. I asked him if he could tell my boss that, and he asked if he could tell his that...

03/01/2006 03:45 #29361

I Have Exercised the Demon
Category: night time
The night I laid my eyes on you
I felt everything around me move
Got nervous when you looked my way
But you knew all the words to say

And your love slowly moved right in
All this time, oh my love, where you been

Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet

I'm mesmerised in every way
You keep me in a state of daze
Your kisses make my skin feel weak
Always melting in your heat

Then I sore like a bird in the wind
Oh I glide like I'm flying through heaven

-Lio, "Rapture"

I'm trying to get these fuckin arm bands off and both have my arm hair sandwich in between. Thank God for sharp sissors.

What a night, I haven't danced like that in atleast two years. Kristen if you could only see me now; remember when you turned me on to this music like ten years ago. I miss watching you dance and have for many, many years. Remember when you would throw a pill in my mouth and I wouldn't even ask what it was. WHether it was a party or your apartment we would tear it up. Just catch the groove and completely get inside the song. It was like being so fucked up and totally becoming the song, letting everthing go while our minds/bodies/spirits/emotions became for a brief moment one. The music just comes over the top of you and your gone, that is the best rush I have ever had.

Or how about when we would skip school and bug out on some mushrooms. Oh well, you gave it up years ago anyway. I finally stopped doing extacy and the rest of it. Some people think I gave it all up for Jesus, like some AL Green shit but really it was because I was tired of being a fuck-up. All the fucking money I spent to get high and look at where I am. It feels so much better to lift weights everyday and not have that paranoia of mood swings, although it would be nice to puff every once and a while but I can't take the chance with all the hair tests these days. I beat a wiz quiz but can I beat a hair test---why take the chance. Once I graduate I got to start making some serious dollars.

They played Lio's - Rapture and Delerium's - Silence with Sarah Mclachlan right as everybody was about to leave (good thing I had the keys). This was the first time I had ever heard these songs on the dance floor. Anybody see what happened to (e:jenks), I think see ditched us and I didn't even get the chance to exchange any words. You missed out on some good times, or did you? Oh well, maybe next time, I'm kind of a quiet guy anyway. (e:ladycroft) what is with you and that camera. It was a great idea to go to that bar...I needed that...brought me back to the days of glowsticks and 28" bell bottom pants(Jenco's) on Thursdays they would have straight night for all the raver punks. AT some points it kind of felt like I was tripping again...my eyes kept on going back and forth and would roll back into me head. I'd do it again anytime...you have my number!

I'm pumpin some Armin van Buuren---Transparence is the album. Pretty good but its nothing like the bass I just felt. I don't know why I like this shit so much but it is incredibly soulful not like a lot of the music I listen to today. A good techno album will take you through a journey with ups, downs, climaxes and resolutions. Much like a good book. Maybe thats why. I appreciate all good music. I've listened to jazz, oldies, classic, disco, 80's (whatever that was), 90's alternative, rap, hip-hop, metal and love it all. Not sure of some of things that people have been trying to turn me onto these days but I'm always open for suggestions.

Oh shit I forgot I have to pick up food for class tomorrow. Well its really late. Thank you for having me, its been fun.

Once again, with love, MrDT
theecarey - 03/01/06 17:44
"Just catch the groove and completely get inside the song....totally becoming the song, letting everthing go while our minds/bodies/spirits/emotions became for a brief moment one"
Never popped anything to feel that way. Although I have wondered how intensified it would be with the aid of some 'candy'. Not my thing though, and I know I never will. I was deep into the 'scene', plenty of opportunity, offers and the like.. yet was never curious enough.
I love the mental spot that certain music takes me.. hmm.. glow sticks..
I am sure you know this, but good for you for trading in ruining your body and mind for stregthening your body and mind..
jenks - 03/01/06 16:57
Yeah... sorry about my little disappearing act. Wasn't planning on leaving, until I was reminded that I not only had to work but had to operate in the morning and had had enough to drink. I so wanted to stay out though- I hate missing out on the fun! And yeah, sorry I never even got to say hi.
mrdt - 03/01/06 14:26
Did I really write that...disregard this post I was truely out of my gord...DT
joshua - 03/01/06 13:11
DT, give me some advice on what you think is the best vitamin out there. I'm not talking about a supplement, just your normal daily.
ladycroft - 03/01/06 10:53
it had to be done. it's so hard to capture dance on film! but i have some way cool video clips in the strobe lights!
kaerains - 03/01/06 08:59
I had an awesome time last night!! Thansk for driving Miss Daisy!

02/26/2006 14:06 #29359

My Life at One Time
Category: song


Untitled-

Can I change my mind
did I think things through
It was once my life -
it was my life at one time

Got up early, found something's missing
my only name.
No one else sees but I got stuck,
and soon forever came.
Stopped pushing on for just a second,
then nothing's changed.
Who am I this time, where's my name
I guess it crept away.

No one's calling for me at the door.
And unpredictable won't bother anymore.
And silently gets harder to ignore.
Look straight ahead, there's nothing left to see.
What's done is done, this life has got it's hold on me.
Just let it go, what now can never be.

I forgot that I might see,
So many beautiful things.
I forgot that I might need,
to find out what life could bring.

Take this happy ending away, it's all the same.
God won't waste this simplicity on possibility.
Get me up, wake me up, dreams are filling
this trace of blame.
Frozen still I thought I could stop,
now who's gonna wait.

No one's calling for me at the door.
and unpredictable won't bother anymore.
and silently gets harder to ignore.
look straight ahead, there's nothing left to see.
what's done is done, this life has got it's hold on me.
just let it go, what now can never be.

Now what do I do
can I change my mind
did I think things through

It was once my life - it was my life at one time.