Come on in. You've found my place where I release my
anger. My wife and children are very happy that I found a new place
to do so. I no longer keep my anger all bottled up and threaten to
beat them when I get home. I finally recognize that was not an effective
way to handle my stress and anger.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I don't really physically
abuse my family. I was joking and the unfortunate part is that I have
to "spell it out" to you, the reader, because you might
actually believe I do. I think any man that is physically abusive
to his family (or to anyone) is really no man at all. It is a hell
of a lot harder to be a good husband and father than just walking
around with a penis. Any idiot can do that, and many of us have seen
a lot of them. I think any man that is abusive should be hung upside-down
by his testicles. Did someone say pinata?
I'm all about video games. I'm all about music. I'm all
about putting the two together. There's something about Guitar Hero
and Rock Band that irritates me. Maybe it's because I'm a guitar player,
been in a bunch of bands, played a lot of video games - both hours and
hours of relative mindless escape.
American Idol is over, Futurama is over, and South Park
is on a re-run. So of course I'm looking through my favorite sites.
I came here, checked the Republican Primary in Florida, looked at some
naked pictures of a fat Britney Spears and realized I'm getting older.
I checked out kotaku.com - my favorite game blog site. I found this
video they posted of a kid on the Ellen DeGeneres Show playing Guitar
Hero, the last stage, perfectly. It was really cool to watch.
But what happened to actual guitar heros? I'm so sick
of these indie bands, new metal bands, and pop bands/artist who can
barely play any of their own instruments. Whatever happened to practice,
sleeping with your guitar by your side (I did that circa age 16-1, perfecting
your skills BEFORE turning to drugs to "enhance" your sound?
Now what is popular is boring, lacking creativity, a throw-back to the
60's and 70's, and full lead guitar players who never learned a scale
out of the standard pentatonic. G Major is their friend.
What happened to guitar heros like Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani,
and Brian May? OK, they may still be around, but they are not what's
popular today, they are not toping charts. When was the last time you
went to a concert, and the lead guitar player threw his guitar around
his head, finger tapped a five minute solo while the lead singer took
to the back of the stage, giving his right-hand man center stage? When
was the last time you rocked this hard?
If the kid in the video spent as much time learning to
play the regular guitar as he did the toy guitar from Guitar Hero, then
maybe we'd have more actual Guitar Heros today. Society is growing too
closely to technology. One day a kid will be born, and immediately plugged
in, he'll have chords and wires for parents, he'll be raised with the
best information to date, and make love to a robotic fembot. Until that
time, put down some of this technology garbage, and do something that
just might advance your creativity and human spirit. Pour yourself into
writing, music, or heck, a bottle of beer, but for once, don't play
a game mimicking something that is already kick ass cool. Don't download
a new track from some shit band on your iPod, don't play the cyber beer
drinking game. Just do it, do it all.
Of course I say this as I type it on my girlfriends Mac.
I hate Macs. THERE'S ONLY ONE MOUSE BUTTON!!!! HOW THE HECK DO YOU RIGHT
CLICK??????
Stop telling me to drink more water. Seriously, WTF? I’ll
drink water when I’m <gasp> THIRSTY! Many advocates for
water drinking tell me if I’m thirsty then it is already too late;
that thirsty sensation is an indication that one is dehydrated. Well,
duh. Why else would I feel thirsty?
Maybe the practice of this principle is why most Americans
are overweight. The advocates for food consumption have all come together
and are encouraging Americans to eat constantly. If one feels the sensation
of hunger, then it’s too late. He’s slowly dying of starvation.
Let’s all eat when we’re hungry and drink
when we’re thirsty. We just might be able to avoid obesity.
McDonald’s can suck it. Seriously! When I finish using
all the free coupons they gave me (as a result of the below), I’m
done with them forever. I know forever is a long time and staying
away from McDonalds might be hard, but I’m so pissed-off that
there is no way in hell I will ever return.
I try to eat well according to my own standards (loosely
based on that pyramid we were all taught in third grade). I’m
not some weirdo hippy-earthy guy, and I don’t go out of my way
to eat organic – I don’t avoid it, I’ll eat it if
it’s in front of me. I eat a “normal” well-rounded
diet. I get my share of fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, starch
and carbohydrates, pesticides, and excessive animal hormones. I try
to avoid easy meals, such as ready-made dinners, processed foods,
and fast-food joints.
On this particular day I was having a difficult time
getting the kids ready for school and I was unable to prepare a lunch
to bring to work (usually leftovers from the previous night’s
dinner). My current office work-load had me neck deep in projects
and time was my enemy. I needed a quick lunch and I only had a few
dollars in my wallet. I mentioned to my co-workers that I was planning
on picking some dollar menu items up from McBurgerwendy and two of
them said they’d like me to get them a parfait each if I was
going to Mickey D’s. I agreed to and off to McDonald’s
I went.
I’m allowed 30 minutes for lunch so I figured
I’d be ok burning 5 minutes to and 5 minutes from McDonald’s
– that’d give me 20 minutes to eat +/- a few minutes waiting
in line. Let us not forget that McDonald’s is the epitome of
fast-food. If I asked you to close your eyes and visualize the term
fast-food, I’m sure 100% of the time you’d see those golden
arches.
I walked into the McDonald’s to place my order.
I didn’t dare go through the drive-thru because…well…you
know what happens when you go through the drive-thru. I had a seven
item order to place: McChicken, small fry, 4-piece nuggets, side salad,
and three parfaits. Remember, two parfaits were for co-workers. The
rest was for me. I don’t eat like this often so I felt like
going overboard. I’m going to feel like crap anyway, let’s
go all out! That’s my feeling at least.
No line, none, no line at all. I walked right up to
the cashier and waited for her to address me, which signifies that
she is ready and willing to accept my order. She said, “Can
I help you?” However, she was looking at another guy that was
off around the corner from where I was standing. I thought to myself,
oops…I just budged right in front of this guy. He must have
been waiting, but figured it was ok to wander around a bit since no
one else was in line. I turned to look at the guy to apologize but
he was staring at his feet. I shrugged and turned back to the cashier
and she repeated, “Can I help you?” But, she was looking
at that guy again. I thought, what the f*** is going on? I don’t
have time for this. Urgh! Then I noticed that her “good”
eye was looking right at me. Phew, that was close. I was on my way
to becoming irate with a challenged individual without knowing she
was. I would have definitely felt horrible.
I placed my order and gave her the few dollars that
I had. She went and gathered each of my items one at a time. She had
to go all the way into the back cooler/freezer to get my side salad
since they were out. She then had to return to the same cooler to
get the second and third parfait after I reminded her that I ordered
three…not just the one she gave me. Twenty minutes, TWENTY MINUTES!
That’s how long my entire visit inside the McDonald’s
restaurant took (I use the term restaurant loosely). I’m not
including my drive time. Remember, there was no line. All that time
was wasted due to the cashier’s inability to efficiently expedite
my order.
It’s difficult to get angry at the cashier. In
fact, I wasn’t. Regardless if she was disabled or not, people
sometimes have “off” days. What did anger me were the
three other McDonald’s employees that were standing around chatting
while my cashier was clearly struggling to fulfill my order. Twenty
minutes! After I nicely reminded the cashier that my order was to-go,
she bagged it all up and I finally hurried my way back to work.
I sat down with the two and half minutes I had remaining
and unpacked my McDonald’s bag. Wait…WAIT! Where the F***
are the fries?!? Are you kidding me? Where are my God damn fries?
I couldn’t believe it. Of course, why would they get my order
correct? I only gave them twenty minutes to fulfill it.
I was angry enough to write to McDonald’s corporation.
I wrote an email that was very matter-of-fact; leaving out my emotions
(I was still mad). I remained polite and gave the employees the benefit
of the doubt. I received a polite response from Corporate stating
that my experience was forwarded to the franchise owner. Within two
days I received a hand written apologetic letter from the office of
the franchisee, and with the letter I received four – one free
small order of fries coupons, two – one free sandwich of choice
coupon, and two – one dollar McDonald gift certificates; enough
items to actually have a couple “free” lunches at Mickey
D’s. This was a very nice gesture. I wrote an email to the franchisee
thanking them for their kind gesture.
Now this is were I REALLY get ANGRY! A couple of months
had passed before I could get the bad “taste” out of my
mouth and bring myself to return to McDonald’s. It was another
hectic day and I needed a fast lunch. I grabbed all my free coupons
and headed to McDonald’s. Let me get to the point. Limit one
coupon per customer per visit! Apparently that doesn’t mean
one of that kind of coupon per visit, it means one of any kind of
coupon per person per visit. I needed the manager and three different
cashiers to explain that to me; actually I insisted that they all
take their turn to explain it to me (I’m not an idiot, just
angry).
Unfortunately they didn’t know who I was. I was
the mad guy from before, now I’m the REALLY mad guy. How dare
the franchisee try to get me to spend more money with them before
completely making-up with me? No one in their right mind would walk
into a McDonald’s and only order a small fry for lunch (I know
some people do, but they are fat and I am not). To complete the lunch
I would need to BUY a sandwich which I refused to do. So I left with
no food and drove another five minutes to Burger King were they treated
me like a customer. They actually reminded me that I could have it
my way! I love you Burger King.
I wouldn’t classify myself as a speeder. I normally
drive six mph above the speed limit because I was once told by a town
officer that the state police won’t pull drivers over as long
as they are not going faster than seven mph over. True? Maybe.
The below is regarding driving during light to normal
traffic volume (not rush hour) on a four-lane highway (two lanes in
opposing directions) with entrance and exit ramps on the right.
What’s your problem? Do you not see me coming
up behind you at a significantly faster speed than you? Are you not
paying attention? Were you not quizzed about what lane one’s
supposed to drive in when you applied for your driver’s license?
Did nobody explain to you the difference between the cruising lane
and the passing lane? WTF?
Seriously, this topic pisses me off! It’s simple,
stay in the right lane unless you need to overcome a slower vehicle
in front of you. Do not immediately gun for the left lane as soon
as you merge onto the highway. All that does is illustrate to the
rest of us that you are lazy, self-centered, and probably uneducated.
The world revolves around the sun, not you!
Most states adhere to the Uniform Vehicle Code. This
code states that all vehicles must remain right if they are traveling
slower than the normal speed of traffic. In this case the speed of
traffic does not necessarily mean the speed limit. Many states actually
have a law that limits the use of the left lane for passing only,
which means stay right. If you’d like to view each state’s
“stay right” law
, you can find them all HERE
in a list that I’ve compiled. Stay
right laws.
I’m fairly certain it is illegal to pass a vehicle
on the right (that’s why the left lane was created). I didn’t
do any research regarding “passing on the right” and what
the laws are in each state. I’m not a lawyer, and I got really
bored doing the research for “stay right”. That’s
part of my life I’ll never get back. If “passing on the
right” is not illegal, then it is certainly considered very
dangerous. Whenever I’ve come up upon a vehicle in the left
lane I’m always hesitant to pass them on the right. They are
usually the type of driver that is clearly not paying attention. Why
else would they be in the left lane with no other vehicles in sight?
Now I need to make a decision. Should I break the law and pass them
on the right? Or, should I obey the law, move to the left lane and
wait until the vehicle in front pulls to the right? That may never
happen. GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE!
One last note regarding driving in the left lane; this
is geared more towards the driver that regularly uses the right lane
but passes other vehicles at an extremely slow rate. If you find yourself
in the left lane passing another vehicle (usually a tractor trailer)
and you are going the same speed or it is taking you longer than two
miles to completely pass it, then please accelerate at least one mph
faster. Please! It is very aggravating to be twelve cars back in a
single line behind a vehicle that won’t accelerate to pass the
vehicle. This is also very dangerous. It is always dangerous to travel
along side another vehicle for a long period of time. All it takes
is for one vehicle to have a tire blowout, swerve into the other’s
lane and collect both vehicles into the guardrail.
Please, please get out of the left lane.
Summary:
I’m angry at drivers that think its ok to cruise in the left
lane expecting other drivers to go around them in the right lane.
Illegal and dangerous.
The guys over at Left
Lane Drivers of America have come up with a great product to remind
those drivers that think the left lane is for cruising. They have
created two different windshield decals that essentially tell drivers
to get out of the left lane; MOVE OVER and SLOWER TRAFFIC each with
an arrow pointing to the right. These decals are printed in reverse
so they can be read while viewing them through the rearview mirror.
When did this happen? I was watching the pre-game show
before the 2007 NFL opening kickoff and Keyshia Cole was singing the
Star Spangled Banner. Her performance angered me a little.
I don’t mean to isolate Keyshia Cole and make her an example,
but she just happens to be the last “big” National Anthem
performance I’ve seen. I can visualize her manager telling her
to make the song her own.
Cole:
One might argue that one can’t expect a professional
recording artist to sing the Star Spangled Banner like everyone
else. That’s my point. Yes, we should all expect it. It’s
the National Anthem. It’s our song as a Nation, not the singer’s
song. It is not a time to be creative. Besides, it’s a very
difficult song to sing normally. I really enjoy the Star Spangled
Banner when it’s sung by a professional recording artist,
and I’m sure others do too. Plus it can produce a proud and
emotional feeling in the listener when sung “correctly”.
Maybe it’s not the individual artist interpretations
that bother me. There have been some really good interpretations in
the past, such as Jimi Hendrix’s guitar instrumental at Woodstock.
That was clearly his interpretation and it's pretty cool. Playing
the tune once like that is questionably acceptable. However, could
you imagine if every time someone was asked to perform the National
Anthem they pulled out a guitar and played a heroin induced jam? That's
the feeling I get when many of these artists are asked to sing.
Hendrix:
Another famous performance was by Whitney Houston during
Super Bowl XXV. Her performance was absolutely amazing.
Houston:
What I think makes Whitney Houston’s performance
such a classic is that any person who knows the melody and words to
the Star Spangled Banner can sing along. There’s no
mystery. While watching Keyshia Cole it becomes far more difficult
to sing along with her later in her performance.
I’ve watched Keyshia Cole’s performance
a few more times now and it’s really pretty good...except near
the end. I think I have ultimately determined what is bothering me
about these types of performances; It’s the melisma.
Also know as vocal runs and sometimes referred to as ranging.
When a vocal artist uses these vocal runs, it often
leaves the impression that the singer can’t find or hold the
correct note. In my opinion, it’s almost insulting. The National
Anthem is about our nation and the people that contribute to the communities
and the society as a whole. It is not about the person performing
the song.
If you are ever asked and agree to perform the Star
Spangled Banner, please stand up and sing it as a proud American.
Sing it as an honor to your country.
Summary:
I’m angry that the Star Spangled Banner
is being performed by recording artists that think they need to make
a special interpretive performance. I want them to sing it as it is
supposed to be sung, and sing it well. That’s why they were
asked to sing it.
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