NIN and Gary Numan

Wow. The Tension 2013 show was nothing short of incredible. I had an amazing time and it looks like Trent is in a better place now. He seemed much happier to me in this tour as the last time I saw him (Lights in the Sky) was not as good as this tour was. The performance was amazing.

NIN

Going to see NIN right now. I am excited. One year I will have box seats.

Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash

 

So I watched a documentary that caught my eye because it featured Banksy who I admire very much. It is called "Exit Through the Gift Shop". I love his art, I think he is very talented and I am jealous. This rant isn't about him though it is about this monster that he partially created named "Thierry Guetta aka Mister Brainwash". I already disliked Andy Warhol and I was glad he was gone, but now this Thierry guy has taken his lame ass place in my opinion. This man is an egotistical, arrogant, irresponsible, self absorbed prick. I have every right to make that observation by pointing out that he is more than okay with ignoring his familial responsibilities. This douche bag decides his calling has found him so fuck his families well being; he found something he likes while his wife stays at home raising their children alone.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. I think this man is insulting to the street art community because he has introduced commercial mass produced shitty unoriginal art to the world like Brito has done. Brito sucks, his third grader art is ugly and boring and only appeals to lame ass hipsters who wouldn't know a good piece of art if they walked right into it. The only reason he is even popular is because he is Cuban and of course all of the Cubans in South Florida have to eat that shit up because since he made it big, they feel like they made it big. Keep your blotchy paint globs of color mass. His artistic abilities are on the level of that of an autistic child running amok over a canvas with open paint cans tied to his underwear. Sure it's art, but it is shitty art. If I paint with my non-dominant limb I could make shitty art too.

This schmuck has taken something that is basically sacred to most artists and exploited and abused his privileges of knowing some of the best damn street artists that exist today. He is a living breathing mockery of what those other artists strive to be and they pour themselves into their work, whereas he is taking stock images, paying people to alter them with Photoshop and selling them for absurd amounts. Fucking absurd. It isn't art to him it is a business. He is on camera admitting that he is just making up prices when he is talking to art dealers and he mocks them on camera after getting off the phone with them. He knows he is a fraud, but hipsters are making him famous just like the iPhone was famous for being an overpriced piece of shit. Have you noticed that ever since Jobs died the fucking iPhone has now become more usable? They stole the best qualities from other phones and put it into their interface.

Thierry Guetta used Banksy and Shepard Fairey's fame, and rode their coat tails to recognition. They both regret it now obviously, as their disdain and regret for the man is all too obvious when watching them on this film. This guy is a crook at best, he is unoriginal and insulting. Fuck you Mr. Brainwash, you suck and you should be ashamed of yourself.

the shielded fools

The times that I have traveled to other states and on cruises to other countries and lands I have constantly encountered the same type of fools. Every time I go somewhere I can count on finding american Midwesterners who always are either incredibly ignorant or very agreeable. What both groups have in common is having been deprived of coastal common activities. Since they all usually live in religious areas; enjoying themselves is out of the question usually. Therefore when they travel to the tropics or to places of gambling they over indulge in drink, the aquatics and the gambling. It is annoying to hear and watch them do it but it is for the most part not their fault. I do still find them annoying though. I dislike how coastal activities are considered some strange form of rarity and obscurity to them. It's their parents' and community leaders fault for keeping them so ignorant. Which is why when they finally get to their coastal activities they go a little crazy.

The people I find the least tolerable are the ones that are inebriated for the entire duration of their trip. The people I like even less are the people who are stuck up obnoxious yuppy assholes that are drunk for the entire trip. Annoying. I don't like hearing them talk like they are so much better than everyone else around them. I think probably the most annoying is hearing yuppies talk about how they have a nicer wine collection at home with respect to what is currently available to them.

Then there are the old coots. The people that are so goddamn decrepit they should be dead already but decide "Nope I must go on this cruise to annoy everyone with my super slow speed and my required nursing attention everywhere." I'm fine with them doing as they please but not at the fucking cost of my comfort and convenience. I am on vacation too, so go die slowly elsewhere. Invalid people should not be allowed on excursions or activities that are obviously a bad idea for them to be on. Lengthy walks or anything that requires endurance or a teeny bit of strength that their old fucking bodies obviously do not have.

Anyhow my whole point is that old people suck and people who have been censored for most of their lives are like children and easily offended because of their lack of exposure. I like being desentized and I think everyone should be because it makes us more tolerable of everything. This is not a bad thing. The only time it isn't good is sexually in my opinion because it can become unhealthy. As long as people are logical we don't require censorship and at that point things like alcohol, beaches and gambling won't be so goddamn impressive.

My Kind of Celebrities

So I am in Vegas right now and I was having breakfast, then I turned my head to the right for a moment and I saw someone I admire very much eating breakfast as well. I had to do a double take. I was in utter shock and disbelief. I was then faced with the usual situation that any considerate person is faced with: "Do I just accept that I have seen this person and keep it quiet or do I go over and interrupt his personal time with his wife so I can selfishly admire him out loud?" I decided not to bother him. I don't regret my decision, I wish I could have taken a photo with him or something, but it would have been inappropriate. I am sure he is tired of his notoriety by now, people smear his photos all over the place and invade his privacy enough. I am sure he wants to be left alone.

Anyhow, just wanted to mention it. This made my day.

The funny part is even if I said who it was, I am sure no one would really know him, but he is awesome. He got me through some hard times by making me laugh my ass off.

Vegas

Went to Vegas for business. The trip there was fucking horrible. Not because of the airline, which actually surprised the hell out of me, but because I have never been on a flight with so many douche bags per square inch before. There is/was a game for UM versus I don't give a shit; and for some strange reason this meant a crap load of people in their late thirties early forties all needed to have a reunion and go to said game in Vegas. Lucky me I happened to be on the same flight as the douche parade. They were loud, obnoxious, rude and intoxicated before they even got to the plane.

Apparently it is illegal to drink your alcohol that you brought on  to a plane. It is a Federal offense actually as they were informed by the flight attendant. They were warned repeatedly. This group of fucking morons decided they had to be as rowdy and loud as possible regardless of the other passengers. When they were told to stay seated they didn't. When they were told not to walk around, they walked around. When they were told not to form a line at the bathroom, they formed a line.

They hooted and hollered. They chanted UM to show their pride for their college. They chanted for one of their friends who is getting married. They wouldn't shut the fuck up and were more than okay with annoying everyone during the entire 5 hour flight.

I would have gladly executed each and everyone of them.

Finally we land.

Finally we get out of the plane. Before getting off the plane I exchange frustrations with the stewardesses and they told me they are actually cops on vacation.

This just furthers my proof that South Florida cops are the biggest douche bags when it comes to cops.

As we enter the terminal I was filled with joy to see the assholes who were warned repeatedly about their alcohol talking to some Las Vegas police. They were being questioned. This made me really happy to see.

Later going into the exit line for a Taxi I saw a spooky looking tribe of people. Ugly doesn't begin to describe this family. They cut the taxi line. A patrolling police officer told them to get the fuck out of the line and they have just lost their privileges for taxi. The ugly family retaliated by calling him a faggot. They along with others were thrown out because they cut the lines. I hate people and I hate cops, but I do love order and punishment to those who earned it.

This is a cool place.

Incompetent Project Partners

I have had the fortune and misfortune of working on a massive project at work. My side of things are done, but the people who asked for all of this to begin with are scrambling due to a lack of organization. The main culprit keeps saying he isn't technical enough so that is already a strike against himself. He isn't the right guy for the job for such a technical project. Then he has the balls to keep calling me on my cell and or desk phone and bother me about the project.

It is amusing because it doesn't affect me but this asshole is trying to drag me through the mud due to his short comings. You won't get far in my company doing that. So fuck him.

Brightway Insurance

This company sucks. They dropped the ball on my flood insurance coverage which is very annoying. I ended up with gap insurance due to their screw up. It put me through a lot if headache because I expected them to do their job. Well I was wrong apparently I am the only person on this planet who does his job when he is supposed to.

Long story short I worked around my insurance agent to get my insurance corrected because my agent sat on his hands instead of doing his job. It would have been fine if they would have communicated with me more often, but they left me in the dark and then claimed I never sent them the information they needed to get their job done. I sent then the notice I received four times. Every time I spoke to them about it they said they didn't get it from me. Fucking liars.

I'm not dead

I have been pretty good as of late. Nothing bothering me really and no time to complain I have been too busy. OK on to the first complaint next post.