Beyond dishonorable.

A few years ago, I listened to the Insane Clown Posse on a regular basis. Don't get ahead of me- I didn't think they were the best musical act, or even a very good one, but a few of their songs amused me. And having dial-up back then, the magical powers of LimeWire weren't an option at the time, so I had to get different cds of theirs to get the songs I wanted. So I think I had 4 cds of theirs altogether. Regardless, it was the music that went with the vocals that I liked for the most part. See, I have a legitimate excuse for listening to them now. I never got into the whole Juggalo thing, never bought any of their lame merchandise, and didn't like their movie, Big Money Hu$tla$ at all (the commentary track for it is MUCH better than the movie could ever be). I'm mentioning all this to show that I was never a big fan of theirs- more of a casual listener.

For those who don't know, a Juggalo is more or less an ICP fan, but they're also supposed to be the underdogs. The kind of people who never had much in life and were always put down (ie- the poor/loser kids in school). Ironically, a lot of the merchandise on ICP's site is super god damn expensive. Juggalos are kind of their own sub-culture. They're like mall goths combined with white gangstas. Some of them paint their faces up like Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. Some of them have retarded hair styles. And most of them wear rediculously huge shirts and pants. Think back to Jncos, and triple the size of those suckers, but make them purple. Chances are, you've seen a Juggalo or two this year alone.

ICP did something pretty amazing that I have to give them a lot of credit for- they started their own kind of religion, if you can call it that. They believe in the Dark Carnival. A lot of their songs mention it, and how the band hopes that all the Juggalos end up in Shangri La and not Hell's Pit (their versions of heaven and hell). If you care to know more, just look up The Dark Carnival on Wikipedia, because there's tons of stuff that goes along with it. Luckily, I never cared for that aspect of their music because, well come on, it's stupid. Especially when they revealed that the Carnival is God. I clearly remember a lot of Juggalos at school vowing to never listen to another ICP song again after that happened. Still, they continued to have a solid following, and there are, believe it or not, millions of people who believe in everything they rap about. These people are called tools.

Now, I mention all this to give those who don't know a background on how rediculous Juggalos can be. Not all of them are like this, since I know a few that are regular people, or at least don't flip out when you say x ICP album sucks. But either way, the Juggalo kind is stupid. So when I went on YouTube to see a video of them talking about something (making me feel better about myself), I found something that legitimately made me mad, so much to the point where I took time here to write about it. Here's the clip. Just watch it without me saying anything else:



Isn't that just sickening? I feel bad for Anabelle of course. Anything like that is sad. But the fact that her parents didn't have the decency to dress up -at all- for her funeral is just low. Yes, she mentioned having problems and all that, but those ICP clothes looked pretty new. "Nice" clothes aren't that expensive if you take the time to look around. Target, Fred Meyer, Kohls, Old Navy...all these places have good clothes you can put together to look nice even for one day at a funeral for a good price. And there's always Goodwill. Hey, they could've even sold their ICP clothes to other easily-manipulated fans and used that money towards some dress pants and appropriate shirts! It's just embarrassing to see people dressed like that at a funeral for a baby. And again, I know not everyone can afford a quick outfit, but I'm sure they could've asked someone to borrow a shirt or tie for the funeral, and they could've gotten it.

But then they had the nerve to dress up that poor little girl in an ICP outfit and gold necklace, the last things she'll ever wear before being placed in the ground? That made me sick. The coffin...I can't even put into words what I think about that.

Just as bad is the fact that her mom is bitching to the radio show hosts about how she never got all this stuff, and constantly brings up Anabelle and funeral costs. But she just has to get that autographed cd and all those other things, doesn't she? When possessions become so much of a big deal in your life that you're linking them to your daughter's death and need them that much, that's when you need to stop and realize how much of a monster you've become. I'm sure even ICP themselves are wondering what the hell this lady's thinking.

I think I'm going to just stop here, because it's obvious what's wrong with this situation. I'm sure Anabelle's in a much better place now, and hopefully she'll be reincarnated into someone who puts her mom in her place.

New history of time?

Yesterday we went to Coyote's Bar and Grill for the first time:



It's literally right across the street from us, like a 45 second walk, but I've held out on going there for a few reasons.

-I hate alcohol, so there goes the bar portion, which is a big part of the place since it's right there in the name. Plus I've never been to a bar.
-I don't watch sports, and it has a lot of big tvs that show whatever games are on. I follow sports a little bit at work when I read the newspaper, but that's about it.
-The prices were high when they were opene for the first 6 months, and homie don't play that.

But my dad wanted to go there for lunch with us, so we went of course. It turned out to be really good, and not like what I was expecting on the inside. It was pretty spacious, clean and well kept, and the food didn't take that long for the 7 of us. Granted, it was at like 5pm, and on a sunday, but when I think of a bar, I picture a place full of Ron Whites. What was cool was that they actually have a comparison of the different kinds of meat for burgers they use, showing what's better/worse than what. In seeing this, I went with the Bison burger with Swiss, plain as usual. God damn was that a burger. $11, but worth it. That sucker was so close to being perfect. It just needed to be less moist. Burger King and Jack in the Box gets it right on the dry and moistness of their burgers. Here, I had to press my napkin against it a few times but it was still incredible. 'big sized burger too with a cool bun I hadn't seen before.

The fries that came with it sucked, and Kairi turned them down too. 'wonder if there's a way to just get the burger itself for like $8 or something...'cause I want another one soon.

So if you live in the Hillsboro area and want a good burger, go to Coyote's. Yeah, eventhough I watch what I eat and avoid things with a lot of fat and cholesterol, fast food places are a weekend weakness that I can't turn down. For some reason, the cheap burgers taste so good to me. Here's how I rank them now:

-Wendy's
-Burger King
-Coyote's
-Basco's
-Jack in the Box
-McDonald's
-Sonic
-Carl's Jr. (I don't want all that stuff piled on, just give me the burger!)
-A&W

I really shouldn't have typed this since it just made me really hungry.

UNDER THE WEATHER. GET IT? HAW HAW HAW.

The new look., originally uploaded by Enter the Chicken.

It's snowed for the last 5 days and I'm getting tired of it. It's not that I don't like the snow, because I do like it a lot, but it's just causing too many problems with various things (like money). What I got out of this cold streak, though, is a real use for my scarf that I've had for 4 or 5 months now. I couldn't figure out how to wear it properly with anything I have, but like this? Hell yes. Give me the Old Country Woman look any day over a typical neck wrap-around.

Kairi loves the snow. She experienced it for the first time last Christmas, but she was only 10 months old at the time. On sunday she woke up, looked out the window and kept going "wassat? Wassat? WASSAT?!", pointing at all the snow. She was a little cautious of it at first when she went outside, and I don't think she's tried eating it, but she loves throwing snowballs and clapping her mittens together, making that *thump* sound that only mittens can make.

I have a New Year's Resolution for once. It's to start saving money after I do my taxes next year, at least $85 a month. We need to move into a new place by this time next year (at least, that's my plan), and I want to have something set aside already so there's no panic to get the total amount right from the get-go. 'be nice if that rumored second kicker check turned out to be the real deal. I'm hearing the end of this year or sometime in January, but I'm not going to give my hopes up.