Pained (Sean)'s Journal

4:17AM

In an uncharacteristically social maneuver, I went to see Covenant at the Masquerade tonight. Velerion was feeling lonely and home-bound while his girl was out of town, so I dragged him along. In a bout of alcohol-induced munchies, we decided to order food from a completely stoned GameWorks waitress. Further drinking was abandoned in favor of keeping the fodder down. We arrived at the venue in time for Mellowtron's third song.

Now, I'm not a huge fan of EBM (I prefer more ethereal/Project-ish music), but I did manage to Macarena to "Like Tears in Rain", so it wasn't a total loss. I got to see scarecrow_23 and songofthesiren again, after so long - which in itself was worth the effort of going. I saw a few familiar faces from when I went clubbing regularly, but no one I knew well enough to fondle.

The Castle had an after-party, at which I made a brief appearance. Either I've been out of the loop too long, or maybe I'm just getting old, but the DJ's set was entirely too bland. It made me feel querulous for calling theonebob's convergence set merely "good"; by comparison it was singularly exceptional.

I dislike seeming ungrateful, so kudos and thanks to the DJs who realize that you can mix songs without them all having the exact same beat 14 rancid tracks in a row. At least they haven't confiscated my MP3s (yet), so I can mix my own... or even catch xiane on WNRN and the_macross on IPM.

Current mood: cynical

2:39AM - About time, right?

Ok, after much coercion and cursing, I've finally retrieved the photos from my camera and uploaded them. You can view them on my hastily composed web page: CyberPixies.net.


My alcohol-dessicated brain made several mistakes over the C9 weekend. I don't mind admitting to these three:

josienutter	cnjosephyne

gargoyl	Nina Hagen

Ferengi forehead	batty_'s ass

Thanks to everyone who went to C9. I had an absolute blast.

1:52AM - Hi honey, I'm home....

Got in about 24 hours ago. Slept, worked, etc.
In short, C9 was absolutely astounding, but I didn't get to spend near enough time with anyone.
I'm transferring pictures from my camera as I'm typing. I'll let you know when they're up.

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Current mood: cheerful

1:09AM - Hurray for Vacations

Well, I'm packing for C9. Plane leaves in about 12 hours.
Sin City, baby... oh, yeah...

If you're going, be sure to look me up.
I'll have my phone with me. If you're reading this, you probably have my cell number.
Right now, I'm only sure that Sherrod, batty_, and the very cool gargoyl will be there - and I'm looking forward to hanging out with all of them.

I haven't heard if baobh or slashandburn will be there. I'm guessing one will and the other won't. I've also recently heard that camenaecamenae won't be meeting me at the airport during my layover in Birmingham. :(

I'll be staying at the Burbon Street Hotel (around the corner from the Flamingo). My flight arrives in Las Vegas at 6:30pm (their time, I presume).

See you freaks soon.
(Pix to be included in the next post).

Current mood: anxious

10:28PM - Wow...

For those of you who are into space travel...
http://www.msnbc.com/news/902224.asp?vts=041820031850

Current mood: impressed

2:04AM - You've got questions, no one has answers.

It seems that many of the people on my friends list have some celebrity or another to drool and swoon over. I'm feeling left out. So, can anyone suggest a target for my unfocused lust?

Current mood: curious

7:22AM - Odd little quiz...

I ____ Sean.
Sean is ____.
If I were alone in a room with Sean, I would _______.
I think Sean should _____.
Sean needs ______.
I want to _________ Sean.

(stolen from nymphie)

11:26PM

First, a hearty thanks to those of you who actually took the time to answer the Blunt Truth survey I posted a few days ago.

When you call up credit card companies, sometimes they ask you your mother's maiden name for security, and you have to give the correct answer to acess your account. The credit card company I'm with now let me pick the question and answer.... so now when i call them, they have to ask "What are you wearing?" and I -have- to respond "I don't think that's appropriate!".

Also, who put my name in that valentine's day thing?

Finally, I've been playing NationStates for the last few days. It's quite fun actually - if you can get past the rampant moronity of the other players.

Current mood: blank

5:58AM - Hippy yerfday, two ewes.

It's a shame that it takes a special occasion to remind us how much some people mean to us. I am no less at fault than others on that point.

That being the case, I would like to send my very best birthday wishes to a frightfully splendid woman, and one of my dearest friends: krasota.

*hugs*

Current mood: thankful

7:45AM - The one and only Valentine's day post.

Al Capone had the right idea when it comes to Valentine's day

On a similar note, I picked my three valentine's, just to torture myself.
You can, too!
(snagged from nymphie's journal)

Current mood: amused

1:17AM

Not exactly an original idea, but what do you want? :P

Take my blunt truth survey!

Current mood: complacent

10:09PM - Eh.

As a few of you have commented, I haven't posted in this Journal for quite some time. The bare fact is that I don't consider it worth my time to record the minutia of my daily tribulations. Sure, life's not fair for me either. I simply don't care to remind myself each day of the diverse and myriad methods the world devises to inflict injury upon me - either when writing it, or when reviewing it.

Some events are better when forgotten.

Current mood: indifferent

9:37AM - Just a quickie...

krasota stole serenejournal's survey.

12:46AM - Ugh!

I can't believe how much Y!Geocities sucks. I ran out of daily xfer allotment about 3 hours after I posted the link. So, a friend (girlvinyl - who completely rocks) offered to host them for me. The mirror site is:

http://www.sherrodmedia.com/pained/

It should be faster and more reliable than the Y!G site.

ps: it seems that I've caught a cold. =(

6:15PM - Perhaps more later...

I had a wonderful time at DragonCon. I'm glad I was able to spend some time with those of you who went. If anyone's interested, I've posted my pictures at http://www.geocities.com/pained_x/ - click the arrow to view the picture.
Sorry it had to be Yahoo... my prior web host died.

I wish I was able to take more pictures; there just wasn't enough time (and my batteries died Sunday). I'm also disapointed the Claire Voyant didn't make it for their concert.

Current mood: tired

4:44AM - Just when you thought it was safe...

Detachable Penis

I have The Deadly Phallus of Terror! I'm out of here!

Not so fast.... eek!

... *poof*

That doesn't usually happen... You've turned me into a prancing gay Mario!

Create your own NES Comic

Current mood: crappy

1:27PM - BLAH!

( Some more quizzes and random bits )

Current mood: apathetic

2:34PM - More Survey Sillyness

People on my friends list: 39
Whom I've met in person: 11
To whose house I've been: 3
Who've been to my house: 0
Whose full name I know offhand: 14
Whom I've known more than 3 years: 17
With whom I've lived: 0
Who are exes: 0
Whom I've 'done': 0
Whom I would do: between 2 and 16 (depends on circumstances)
Who live outside my country: 15
On whom I have a secret crush: 2
Who I only know from Live Journal: 4

Current mood: good

11:25AM - I love music.

I’ve been told that I don’t really love music, because I’m only interested in a fairly narrow genre. Music lovers, they say, love all kinds of music.

That’s more than minimally moronic. I’m not a member of the Political Correctness Gestapo. I don’t have a need to treat everything as noteworthy, just to spare someone’s feelings. I am no musical relativist. I feel no compulsion to judge a band compared to others of the same style and the band’s musical ability. I have absolute standards. I am not content to say that a song is good simply because it’s the best that band can do.

I have tastes and preferences. The music that I buy, have, and play means something to me on a personal level. In fact, much of what I own represents a great deal of emotional investment to me. I don’t need to – or even care to – play something because it’s what’s expected, or what I think other people will like, or even because it is of high quality. I have it because I enjoy it.

I feel sad for people who aren’t bright enough, or confident enough in them selves to have tastes of their own. Insanely, it’s these same people who go around shouting at others for not being “unbiased” and not being “honest”, when all they want is other people to be as miserable as they are. I’d like to force feed those people a steady diet of feces – but only the best turds, of course.

Some people say that my tastes suck. That doesn’t bother me. I am not so insecure as to need approval of my musical tastes. I have no intention of placating anyone (friend or foe) with platitudes about their taste in music, nor will I condescend to them by saying they are insufficiently open-minded.

I know what I like, and I want to have as much of it as I can. I assume that other people will be the same, and I try not to interfere with their pursuit. I expect the same curtsey. But given that this country’s newest pass-time is telling other people how they should live (and how they are allowed to have fun) I suppose it shouldn’t surprise my that some are jealous of me enjoying some minor scrap of life.

Current mood: irritated

6:31AM - Lost hope? Maybe it's time to make my move... ;¬)

Stolen from ismene
( More stuff you don't want to know about me )

Current mood: curious