J-Sin

Recent evidence that surfaced regarding Oakland police infiltrating a political protest and then eventually leading the protest, shows a scary reflection of our times. This blanket policy of "anti-terrorism" has nothing to do with political protests born out of terrorism but rather another way that our State wants to control us.

Meanwhile another scientist steps forward and tells the world that, no, global warming DOES EXIST. I listened to a Congressional hearing on this matter yesterday and listened as one conservative emphasized the word "model" and thankfully the scientist rebutted "no this is not a MODEL". I'm tired of the climate research. I want to see action for a change. Oh wait, I'm talking about Congress...

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Or I'll be forced to flip your punk ass upside down. Booya.

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Lance Bass is gay. How quickly will all those little fangirls' parents toss out their posters now--you know because gaydom is a disease and all that Christian blather.

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I'm not much of a big Seth Godin fan (he's attracted far too many wonks and fan-boys for my tastes) buuuuut that's not to say that I couldn't totally appreciate his perfect assessment of what plagues the Democratic Party. In a word, lack of good succint heart-tugging storytelling. All of us so-called intellectual leftists like to talk the talk about how we think the fluff is just that, but if you look to pop culture you know that the masses don't think that "Ulysses" was a great book--in fact no one really SHOULD, since all you're bragging about is how you totally "got something" that no one else possibly could, since you're all too brilliant and yadda yadda uppitty uppitty. It's all in that same sense of irrational urgency to show off how fucking brilliant you are that folks lose touch with reality. Yes I know that I subscribe to the belief systems that indeed many in academia hold true as well, but why would I waste my time trying to impress how undeniably well-read I am or how much better I am than some inferior wonk that doesn't subscribe to the anti-pop culture iconoclast way of life. I guess in essence those that follow that yawning path of mental masturbation are indeed just pushing an agenda that is their own lame clique's version of pop culture.

But getting back to the Democrats.

This is their problem, they try to speak to the masses with garbled nonsense and solely without any sort of heart-wrenching fortitude. That's not to say they need to tell the stupid stories that Republicans say--you know all "oh my what if this snowflake baby was used to further research that could benefit millions" and moral relativity nonsense--but instead they could do what former Senator John Edwards did and talk about what a lack of a true health care system has on America. Or bad immigration policies. Or the lack of stem cell research. Etc. Etc.

It's not hard, you just have to release yourself from the think tank mantra.

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Don't you think you do a little something to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions??

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Oddly enough I just got four birthday comments on myspace. Weird I know!

So it really sucks to be turning 28. Why? Because I'm closer to 30? I dunno. Not really. I guess it's more because I realize that I'm running out of time to change my life's course and switch gears. Not that I really want to but that option of "oh he's just a young cat, that's normal" has pretty much run dry. Now I'm a responsible duder that's expected to keep on keepin' on. Regardless of all this shit, I'm old. I saw something on TV that made me remember all the stupid college parties I went to. Whatever, I'm sure if I went back now I would hate everyone there.

Speaking of college and old shit, I talked recently to a friend from college that I hadn't talked to in probably three years. Same old same old--at least in my mind. Didn't know I was married or had a kid, or was thinking of either. Guess that shows how close those relationships are that you think are enormously close. Whatever. It's amazing because I think once the conversation started I was ready for its foreclosure. Almost a "yeah yeah, I promise, pinky swear, we'll totally do stuff" kind of thing and if she reads this, well oh well. I mean come on--three years is an infinity plus two. And no one wants to deal with that. Moving on is an interesting aside of the growing up scenario that we all inevitably face in some fashion or another unless we're clingers. Well anyways....

The world needs more noise and I'm about ready to deliver. I want to work on a field recording project, pretty badly. I listened to some wacky noise abstract project Yellow Swans the other day. It set me off. I need to do this, finally. Help!

And to think I'm gonna be the big 2-8 on Monday. Fuck that. I don't know why age progression bothers me so much but it does. Whatever.

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This morning I had a pretty hectic day at the old workplace. But I awoke to hear my boy rise from his slumber and grunt his way awake. I went to check on him. He was ear to ear grins. And he was staring up at his Looney Tunes mobile. So I moved some of the Looney Tuners around and his grin got bigger. He was checking things out. This is somewhat unheard of in the six-week age limit that he is. But man oh man did it get me through the rest of my day. Nothing can block an awesome smile and understanding from my son.

Right now I'm listening to him on his baby monitor and with every grunt, sigh, and sound, I tense up ready to go into action. But it's all worth it--that smile will really melt your heart. I tell you what, fatherhood is a damn cool thing and I can't believe that I'm here talking about something I never really thought I'd experience. For those of you who have known me since I was younger, you know exactly where I'm coming from. It's breathtaking and I encourage all to engage in becoming a parent if you have that option and want it.

The last couple of days I've felt so torn--wanting to hear him speak yet enjoying every minute of now. Wanting to see him grow into a man, but wanting to still be able to change his diaper. Wanting to tell him the secrets of Jason Jokes™ but not wanting him to yet laugh. It's a strange dilemma but you just have to take everything in stride, realizing that this world, the universe, our everything, is meant to be in a certain way and in a certain order and sometimes, you just have to live within its boundaries.

My son is amazing. And that's all I have to say.

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You'll be seeing more and more of a push to bomb Iran and/or go all-out and invade that country (we're not making those bases in Iraq for nothing right?). Most especially because of the recent reports of Iranians being present at North Korea's missile tests. But first the country will have to swayed into doing that, now how do you think America will be swayed? Our country is entering its darkest period in time. It's pretty sad.

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In Bush's first veto, he made a kid into a photo op to suit his moronic cave-dwelling neanderthal Christian right-wing base.

"This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others," Bush said Wednesday afternoon. "It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect. So I vetoed it."

But the simple fact is that this embroynic stem cell research would find cells from that which was to be thrown away from fertility clinics. The fact that Congress also passed the unnecessary "Fetal Farming" which wasn't needed since there was already a law banning that. But Congressional Republicans wanted to provide the President with some amount of lame ass coverage. Then again, I say fuck those assholes--let them rip apart their own party on an issue that is just playing to the so-called "base" (those same fucktards that aren't going to ever vote AGAINST a Republican anyway). I mean Nancy Reagan is for stem cells, so is Arrrrnold, Frist, and many more. But maybe I should just give 'em a taste of their own medicine, church sign style! I know that Republicans think that they can sway more Catholic votes over to them since the official Church position is against stem cells--but the Church is also against the death penalty and we all know Bush's feelings and direct actions (or inactions if you will) on that topical subject.

Yawn, American politics are dumb and yet effect our daily lives way too much to be totally ignorant towards. I wish more people felt the same sort of urgency that I have felt over the past several years. I mean, this is YOUR tax dollars at work. This is YOUR country. Why don't you care or try? No excuse is acceptable. Oh well, there goes my podium...

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I too, am annoyed that I kind of like the reggae-fused Paris Hilton single. But at least I got the new Daughters album which is pretty crazy and reminds me a bit of Rapider Than Horsepower.

Yesterday after a bit of a rough day (didn't get much sleep the whole weekend), I was driving home and got a nosebleed because of the shitty weather. Since I have no tissues or paper towels or anything in my car, my shirt sleeve got to face the brunt of my gusher. I rarely get nosebleeds, only you know, when it's the most inconvenient time. So boo on that.

The other anoyance is that Bush bowing to stupid ridiculous unfounded Christian fundamentalists might just veto a Stem Cell bill. How ignorant is that? The majority of Americans want it, Science wants it, Medical Research wants it, but no Pat Robertson clowns don't want it, and that's more important than saving lives or enriching lives. Fact is those embryos get tossed anyway, so why not use them? Only morons that don't understand the technology wouldn't be behind this. And yes I'll state it again, I'm sorry if you're against it, you're fucking retarded.

Money quote:

This election year has been full of "wedge" issues in which Republicans sought to split Democrats on cultural issues such as flag burning and same-sex marriage; this week alone, while war threatens the Middle East, the House is taking up legislation protecting the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and a gay-marriage amendment to the Constitution that has already been rejected by the Senate.

Way to keep your eyes on the ball dipshits.

But this morning around 5am, I was holding my son and smiled at him and he again smiled back. Which was super-awesome and made everything alright.

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Apparantly Republicans have forgotten that their president uses 9/11 and its bodies and the imagery of soldiers as propaganda in his every day speech when they expressed lame political outrage over this compelling video which effectively outlines every reason why America should not vote for Republicans in November. I'm disappointed that the DCCC pulled the ad. But I'm more disappointed that the Republicans would cry foul when they know they're even more guilty of that crime. To be honest, I don't even think the ad was in bad taste--it effectively brought the message that the Republicans are in charge and have dropped the ball on so many things while lining their pockets with lobby money. I'll say it again, I'll quit on America if the Republicans are allowed to STEAL another election, since I don't truly believe that much of America voted for Bush in '04.

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This morning as I was holding my son Keegan in my arms I looked down and he unleashed a huge grin. Now I know most people say "blah blah, babies don't smile till their older, it's just gas". No it wasn't gas. Because he was looking straight into my eyes and I smiled back and his grin widened. This continued for a few minutes. It was amazing and made me feel more connected to him than ever before. Breathtaking!

Friday evening we drove up to National (read: not Reagan, I refuse to call that airport by that horrid name) to pick up my brother-in-law and his girlfriend for their stay here in the States. It was great to see them and he finally got to meet his new nephew. Glad to have him back. Hopefully we'll get a chance to jam out sometime.

Yesterday we hung out with them and watched a couple of movies and some baseball. We saw Annapolis which was horribly predictable yet entertaining enough not to shut off. Then my brother-in-law brought back a bootleg copy of "V for Vendetta". I had seen that movie in the theatre and loved it then but seeing it on DVD really made me realize how much I loved that movie. The parallels between the movie and 9/11, the Bush administration, and the burgeoning fascist regime of neo-cons who shred our civil liberties and are like the plague.

I'm stopping my current policy of reviewing everything sent to me for Smother. It's starting to become a bit of a job and when a sense of dread follows the doorbell ringing and the mailman dropping off 15 packages stocked with some 40 cds, I know that it's time to limit myself. It's a shame and I hate to do it but I also have zero interest in listening to so many albums that I don't like in the first place. So I have a feeling Smother will be a lot more metal, hardcore, punk, indie rock, alt.country, and world music. Oh well, I'm coding a bunch of new features soon that will help make it more user-centric.

I'll leave you with a few questions:

1.) Why does Pellegrino bottled water taste so refreshing and crisp and remind one so much of Italy? (I am excited to take Keegan to Italy).

2.) Does anyone use music mailing lists anymore? The ones I'm on are deader than dead with rarely a post a month.

3.) Anyone else think that I should definitely make a Vegetarian Monster Thick Burger sometime soon? I sure do.

4.) Winning lotto numbers?

5.) Can humans survive on little to no sleep? My wife and I are doing research.

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While Alaska might have recently gotten into the spotlight because of its moronic "NOOO!" Big Oil-festooned and anti-fair-use Senator Ted "Drill the Hell out of My State" Stevens' looney comments on the Internet, it also should be noted that it is one of our most beautiful regions in America and is of course another victim of climate change.

When will our nation wake up and smell the impending tragedy?

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I wholeheartedly agree with this op-ed about baseball socks. They need to be pulled up, it looks great, just like Ty Cobb legging out a triple!

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Man, this assembly of players with real salary cap numbers is pretty impressive. Might have to try that out in this year's Madden. Which reminds me, I need to pre-order that sucka!

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More severe weather outbursts including a tornado near New York City and research proving that a rise in wildfires are directly coorelated to climate change showcases the fact that it's not just the wine that could suffer. Indeed if everyone started to badger their representatives in Congress over addressing climate change instead of the typical horseshit that Congress--you know flag burning, the pledge, and other bs--maybe we could actually live on planet earth for another century or so. That is, until Israel decides to blow up all of our airports in a fit of rage. Seriously, what does the Beirut airport have to do with their kidnapped soldiers? Sounds like an excuse to beat down on Arabs to me. Then again we do live in a country that is so paranoid about terrorism now (doesn't that mean that the terrorist won if we're quickly reaching toward an Authoritarian government?) that if you pay off your credit card, you're a terrorist.

Speaking of Israel, as I was getting ready for work this morning, my wife was watching C-Span's morning call in show, The Washington Journal. A caller called in from North Carolina (brace yourself) and said how the mainstream media is "very anti-Israel". Uh, what? The Washington Post is almost always up the ass of Israel, in fact when the unlikely event of the mainstream media has actually criticized Israel's actions in the past (like when their bulldozers killed an American activist), so-called watchdog groups jumped and essentially said that the media outlet was being anti-Semitic. So yeah, that's fair. I mean clearly Israel has the right to destroy civilians homes. Grief. The Middle East is so retarded--and it's all over a bunch of land and religion. I'm sure God is beaming with pride.

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I don't know what to think about this.

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I'm convinced that Brooke Hogan represents the end of the world and that Suri doesn't exist. But to be fair, we don't have a birth certificate yet for our son. Our hospital told us not to send in the paperwork for 6-8 weeks, but we did get his social security card.

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Because apparantly her vile writing isn't necessarily original. Oops. I'm sure she'll say that it's a liberal conspiracy and blah blah. But it was the New York Post dude. Which ain't liberal.

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This ought to be a pretty amazing movie. I wonder what the plot will be? I can't wait to go back to Don Pablo's and discuss this with that crazy lady who said how much her husband liked Transformers. Oh golly.

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It's ashame but since my little man is sleeping in our room I rarely get to use my most favorite prized possession, a little fan that could. It's called Holmes 2 Cool and it's mighty with its two delightful set of blades that are super-charged to cool you down. I just reviewed it on Amazon, because it's a mighty fine fan and I just hope you appreciate its awesome power as much as I do.

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