Hello!

Honoring Chris

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:29:50 GMT

There will be a visitation Friday from 5-8pm at Niday Funeral Home 12440 Beamer Rd
Houston, TX 77089-5377 (281)464-7200 . The celebration of his life service will be on Saturday morning at 10am at Niday Funeral Home.

For those desiring, a Phi Beta Kappa scholarship will be set up in Christopher’s name at San Jacinto South College. Donations can also be made in his name to the Epilepsy Foundation, 2630 Fountainview, Suite 210, Houston, Texas 77057.

Chris Gregory 1985-2006

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:24:31 GMT

My little brother Chris passed away last night. To all of you out there, you knew him as framboisesven, and this was his live journal. Chris was the sweetest person I have ever known. Words cannot do justice for the person that he was and I believe that the Lord called him way to early. All that I ask is that you keep my family and me in your prayers. The details for his funeral are being set.

Is this picture real?

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:20:43 GMT

Be Obscene! Be Be Obscene!

Oh yeah. The new single courtesy of Blue October, "Into the Ocean", hits airwaves tomorrow.

So this is NOT how you get someone to add you on myspace

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:11:51 GMT

I got this from a 15 year old with a really bizarre user name.

message title: "smile"
"hey whats up... i saw your page and i really think you have a nice smile... hope we can get to know each other..."

EW! HIGH SCHOOLERS! YUCK!
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EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW:

JUST TWO Days until the wide radio release of the radio cut of Blue October's "Into The Ocean"

Everybody better be requesting "Into the Ocean" by Blue October on their rock stations!!!

Censored Stories

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:25:51 GMT

Top 25 censored stories of 2006.

http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2006/index.htm

I will read this when I come home from the bank.

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EVERYBODY:

3 Days until the release of the radio cut of "Into The Ocean" by Blue October.

Everybody better be requesting it on their local rock stations :)

I just had an idea for a play

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:12:51 GMT

A wife and a husband have finished finalizing their bitter divorce and the wife is retrieving some items from their old country house. Just as the two are finished and the wife is ready to go, she forgets her keys. The wife and husband go look upstairs in the bedroom.

The door-knob breaks and the two are locked in for the night in a windowless, hot bedroom until the daughter comes to visit the dad and will be able to get the door open.

It's basically a tragedy genre with elements of romance genre mixed in (the two reconcile their divorce through the night, and find that although they don't to be married, being separated will bring them closer together as people than they ever were when they were married). About the divorce, initially I had this idea that the two had some kind of cheating or money thing going on. But what I'd really like is if one person realized they haven't loved the other for years on end, you know, something more commonplace, and the other stays married just out of marriage itself.

And their two opposing views of marriage had driven them to their bitter divorce. But through the night, they go through a whirlwind of emotions towards eachother. That's why there's a BAT and a king-sized MATTRESS in the room.

4 days

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:50:44 GMT

4 days until the single "Into The Ocean" by Blue October is released

Here's a fun fact: So far, what the guys have scheduled in Europe (in addition to a couple Canadian dates):

London, England

Berlin, Germany

Erfurt, Germany

Amsterdam, Netherlands

and possibly another London, England date.

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In addition to the Foiled Album being back to where it debuted (29, a 14 spot gain) on the United States Billboard chart, Blue has made an impressive international splash on Canada.

"Hate Me" is #4 in rock (CAN)

"Foiled" is #38 in sales (CAN)

I've decided on my Mythology Paper

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:49:36 GMT

And the topic of my 5 page Mythology research paper will be...

Rulers of The Underworld (A Cross-Cultural Study)

Some questions I've already come up with are...

1. How did the Underworld rulers come to ruling?

2. Why do they continue ruling, as opposed to vying for a different domain (e.g. heaven, mt. olympus)?

3ab. Why do they rule over the dead - the evil rulers could just use them for their bidding, right?

4ab. In the case of the Christian Bible myth (in scholarly definition of myth), why does God allow Lucifer (someone he is punishing) to have certain powers and be his constant enemy as the ruler of the Hell domain?

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5 days until the radio cut of "Into the Ocean" by Blue October is released.

for the sake of deadwood

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:17:25 GMT

I got my hbo back. Finally, I can stop watching those damn encore channels.

Project Runway THREE

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:14:21 GMT

Tonight's episode delivered like domino's!

I don't know if it's Malan (greasy NY guy with fake British accent) or Vincent (greasy older NY guy with no sense of fashion since he left the business 25 years ago) that will steal this season of Project Runway.

As far as quotes go, Malan wins.

Malan: (in overdramatic faux-British accent) "You know, it's reaaaaally bad feng-shui to have fake flowers in your apartment." (he puts the flowers in the trash, as if they're not in the apartment anymore)

Malan: (discovering that the materials used in the challenge will be all from the apartment, says to camera in overdramatic faux-British accent) "I was SOOOOooo shocked when I discovered that we'd have to be using bedsheets for our first challenge instead of the finer threads that I prefer." (this might be misquoted by a word or two, but the drama is still understated)

As far as crazy goes, Vincent wins.

Vincent ran all over his apartment, grabbing bedsheets and curtains and everything he could find, and what does he do? He puts a fucking WICKER BASKET on the model's head and ties beads to the basket, and acts like its the coolest thing he's EVER seen in his entire life! Even his competitors wanted to say something to him but the german competitor, Uli, said "I wanted to say something to Vincent about the basket on the model's head, but he seemed so proud."

Good lord I need these clips on you tube.

Something stupid about Beowulf

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:35:29 GMT

Reading Beowulf:

Why the hell is Grendel's mother keeping the only weapon (a gold-hilted ice-blade) that can pierce through the scales of her neck to her fiery blood? It's such a celebrated piece of literature but has something so blatantly stupid in it.

Blue on Leno

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:42:49 GMT

I'll be using the Video feature on my Myspace as a 'hush-hush' archive for Blue October files (the promo videos if I have space, but moreso the television appearance stuff). If you want to see it, go to my video collection. I refuse to clutter up my page with an annoying auto-loading video.

Wow

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:42:23 GMT

I finally saw "Manos: The Hands of Fate".

It was truly a difficult episode of Mystery Science Theater to get through, even with the commentary. It might not be so bad if the movie's plot were squeezed into 22 minutes of television, cutting out that couple that keeps making out on the Texas highway for no reason.

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:57:31 GMT

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.	× I don't watch much TV these days.	✓ I own lots of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.	✓ I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
✓ I've watched porn movies.	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	× I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

* * * * *

× I have broken someone's bones.	× I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.	× I hate the rain.
× I'm paranoid at times.	× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.	✓ I need/want money right now.
✓ I love sushi.	× I talk really, really fast.	× I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair.	× I have lost money in Las Vegas.	✓ I have at least one sibling.
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.	✓ I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.	× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
✓ I like the way that I look.	× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.	✓ I am usually pessimistic.
× I have a lot of mood swings.	× I think prostitution should be legalized.	× I slept with a roommate.
✓ I have a hidden talent.	× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.	✓ I have a lot of friends.
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.	✓ I enjoy talking on the phone.	✓ I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
× I love to shop and/or window shop.	✓ I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.	× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone.	× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.	✓ I've rejected someone before.
✓ I currently like/love someone.	× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.	✓ I want to have children in the future.
× I have changed a diaper before.	× I've called the cops on a friend before.	× I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.	× I am shy around the opposite sex.	× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
✓ I have at least 5 away messages saved.	✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.	✓ I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie.	× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.	✓ I enjoy some country music.
✓ I would die for my best friends.	✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.	× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
✓ I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.	× I have dated a close friend's ex.	× I am happy at this moment.
✓ I'm obsessed with guys.	× Democrat.	× Republican.
✓ I don't even know what I am.	× I am punk rockish.	✓ I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
× I study for tests most of the time.	× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.	× I can work on a car.
× I love my job(s).	✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now.	× I have more than just my ears pierced.
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can.	× I have jumped off a bridge.	× I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.	✓ I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.	× I am proficient on a musical instrument.
× I hate office jobs.	× I went to college out of state.	× I am adopted.
× I am a pyro.	× I have thrown up from crying too much.	× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
× I fall for the worst people.	✓ I adore bright colours.	× I usually like covers better than originals.
✓ I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.	× I can pick up things with my toes.	✓ I can't whistle.
✓ I have ridden/owned a horse.	× I still have every journal I've ever written in.	✓ I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.	× I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.	× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.	✓ I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.	× I am a caffeine junkie.
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.	× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.	× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
× I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.	× I'm an artist.	× I am ambidextrous.
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.	× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.	× I have terrible teeth.
× I hate my toes.	✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.	× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
× I have lived in either three different states or countries.	× I am extremely flexible.	✓ I love hugs more than kisses.
✓ I want to own my own business.	× I smoke.	✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal.	✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.	× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.	✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.	× I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
× I have played strip poker with someone else before.	× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.	× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
✓ I can't stand being alone.	✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time.	× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.	× I'm a judgmental asshole.	× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
× I have travelled on more than one continent.	✓ I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.	✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
× I am a Libertarian.	✓ I can speak more than one language.	× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
× I would rather read than watch TV.	× I like reading fact more than fiction.	× I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
✓ I have no piercings.	× I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.	× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.	× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.	× I like most animals better than most people.
✓ I own a collection of retro games consoles.	× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.	✓ I have hit someone with a dead fish.
× I am compulsively honest.	× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.	× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.	× I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.	× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.	✓ I dislike milk.	× I obsessively wash my hands.
✓ I always carry something significant around with me.	✓ Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.	✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.	× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.	✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.	× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.	× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.	✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.	× I don't like to chew gum.
× I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.	✓ I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.	× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
× I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.	× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.	✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.	× I have a custom-built computer.	✓ I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.	✓ I've gone skinny-dipping.	✓ I've performed in three plays.
✓ I enjoy burritos.	× I'm Irish and loving it.	× I have a thing for redheads.
× I am a twin!	× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.	✓ Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.	× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.	✓ I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself.	× I wish I was more open-minded.	× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
✓ I download songs from the internet.	× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.	× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.	✓ I love playing Truth or Dare.	× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
✓ Music helps me remember that I am not alone.	✓ Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.	✓ I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.	× I can only hate someone that I love.	× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

Bad Day

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:25:47 GMT

1. Long time friend of the family Mike Siggins dies in a fatal motorcycle accident while on a short return from the air force, is survived by his wife.
2. World Cup ends with Italy winning over France in PKs (I was rooting for France). Maybe if Zidane only hadn't have headbutted that guy...
3. I had to resign from all extra-curricular activities because they contribute to my seizures.
4. I got into a bad argument with my dad.
5. Said farewell to a 'friend' before collapsing on the kitchen floor crying. Seems like you don't know how much you have in someone before you lose them.
6. The first lost episode of Chapelle's show was only hit and miss.
7. Didn't get any work done on the papers and presentation for Mythology

It's official. New single from Blue October!

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:58:19 GMT

Well, it's official. According to FMQB (http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16770), "Into the Ocean" is the new single from Blue October and is 'going for adds' on Alternative Stations (contrary to popular belief that it would be going the pop route) on the 17th of July. No date set for AC yet.

Love the timing. Hope the song choice works.

Stay up late

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:06:47 GMT

Stay up late and you'll find yourself creating photoshop masterpieces like this:

Scary.

Gross Video

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:26:19 GMT

Yeah, Peta is evil and full of corruption and stupid and whatnot. Okay, whatever. But if it not for Peta, where would we get this video?

http://www.peta2.com/takecharge/swf/fur_farm.swf

Grade for Tragedy 5 weeker

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:45:45 GMT

I got a B on the Midterm, B+ on the Final, and B+ overall.

Here's what the professor e-mailed me concerning my 3-hour Final (which was 2 papers you had to write, one researched and one referring to the book and class notes. I BARELY HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT ORGANIZATION THANKYOUVERYMUCH)

"You’re a unique soul who poses challenges to my judgment, Topher. Regardless of what I think, you’re obviously finding your way and will continue to do so. Cheers for your buoyant spirit. You had a good session in a number of ways-perfect attendance, perfect quiz scores.

Your writing is what presents the greatest challenge. Often it is potentially brilliant, but it has a difficult time getting its bearings or footings. Organization seems altogether secondary, with costs to your reader’s attention.

But credit to you for thinking. Your reader can’t always follow, but it seems you’re always up to something, with varying results. The research report works very well, as your indirect expression seems adapted to Albee’s coded methods. But the essay seems to be about everything at once, with no real definitions of terms or clarity of outcome."

--And then it goes on describing the essay and research reports in detail, but I think that's enough and it summarizes what he thinks of me.

But I think he did reveal something about me that is true. Theo said about me, "You're the king of non sequitur."

WHY!!!?!??!?!?

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:09:54 GMT

I am cleansing my computer of its weird pictures. Some of them will be those I have taken.

http://i6.tinypic.com/1z6bous.jpg - Lollipop Condom rainbow (BIG)

http://i6.tinypic.com/1z6ceg7.jpg - Really ugly biker dude (BIG)

http://i6.tinypic.com/1z6cmzo.jpg - A person I know and his gf's heads for some reason overlayed over my brother's Polish ex-girlfriend (BIG)

RAPE!

Noah. The first Vegan?

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:59:45 GMT

So God said to Noah to build an ark and put two of every animal on it, right? Ok, so not a few extra in case he accidentally took a sick one or... hey, doesn't Noah need to eat? I guess Noah and his family practiced veganism for 40 days PLUS the time it took for it to go down.

Just seems a little weird.

This is my offering for today

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:48:50 GMT

This is my offering for today. I received it as an image invite in my e-mail, and I'm putting it up here for all zero of you interested. Have fun!

http://i6.tinypic.com/1z5sso0.jpg

Old Friends

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:14:54 GMT

Yep, I can't remember the last time I spoke to him in real life, but on July 4th I ran into Emrys. He's doing great, developed a whole lot as a person, changed religions, moved out of his house and has changed career paths from fashion into helping psychology - specifically children who are victims of child abuse. Kind of what Justin Furstenfeld used to do.

We took these photos on my front porch and it was just finished raining, so it had a barbara walters special like effect on the camera.

http://i6.tinypic.com/1z3ufjd.jpg - "emrys01.jpg"
http://i6.tinypic.com/1z3uk29.jpg - "emrys02.jpg"
http://i6.tinypic.com/1z3uki1.jpg - "emrys03.jpg"
http://i6.tinypic.com/1z3ukw9.jpg - "emrys04.jpg" <- Me and Emrys
http://i6.tinypic.com/1z3ul5d.jpg - "emrys05.jpg"

Emrys also as it happens has his own band on myspace. If you look on my myspace friends you'll see it definitely see it under a different name, but he's got it as a picture. There aren't any songs yet, but when Myspace has free Myspace music bandwidth, why NOT just form a band just to get a Myspace music account? :)

I don't know who this is dedicated to. I think that frightens me.

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 03:48:46 GMT

Common Ground

A song that went wrong
Would you take it away?
Simple loves need simple songs
Simple people are so strong

But only strong enough to survive
I promise I will find your pain and know
Inside your mind you are alive
Leave this town and you'll see that I've

Found your pain in every town
But in this town I have walked to my own beat
This town needs common ground
Or my simple song will just die down.

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If you actually read this, please reply. You deserve some sort of reward for putting up with my crap.

Gay Pride Festivus Pictures

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:30:45 GMT