It seems to me that this week there are a lot of children (and by “children” I mean kids under the age of 7 or 8) in the news. This week we have one story where a parent goes into the store to pick up items and leaves their kid in the car unattended while some teenagers decide to attempt grand theft auto; only getting away with only the parents purse once they saw a kid in the child’s seat. I oddly wonder why was the parent’s purse was left in the car if they were getting “items”? Or to the kindergarten child who took his family's gun to school and the gun fell out of their pocket, which of course discharged. Where was this kids parent’s when they sent their kid to school with a gun in their pocket? I’m not saying anything about gun owners, but it makes every responsible gun owner out there look like a moron who can’t handle owning a gun if you have a child in the household.
This brings me to my topic today; parents and cell phones.
As a kid do you ever remember having lunch with your parents? It was even more enjoyable if you had siblings and your parent took you alone to lunch. That lunch was considered quality time with your parents, something that I remember doing with my own, it was something special and a lifelong memory. Today I saw a toddler eating lunch with their mother. The kid was very well behaved and eating their lunch, trying very desperately to talk and get their mothers attention. No the child wasn’t screaming or crying to get their mothers attention, but just talking and saying mom and then talking again, eventually giving up and looking down at their plate of food. Their mother, who was busy texting and updating/checking their facebook status’s of the day. I admit there was a strong urge to say something and toss their phone across the room... but I resisted.
But this cell phone addiction is just that, an addiction. Where do parents or even any of us, break away from our updating of the status’s and set the technology aside? In this case, a 3 year old is the one who is suffering because a phone is more important than them. And parents just because you think your child is a genius because they can unlock your phones unlock pattern rather than being able to communicate, trust me your child is not a genius; they are just mimicking what you do with your phone. Or if you think your child being able to scroll threw a cell phones pictures or navigate to different applications, yeah sorry not a genius, just think of how many times your child has seen you do this. So maybe set your phone down and spend some time with your child rather than telling us all that you are at lunch with them!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Drunk Blond
This video is for the drunk blond at the end of the bar. Thanks for making fun of me for ordering a Pepsi that night. (don't worry she wasn't the only one who made fun of me for ordering that Pepsi, so had to incorporate everyone who commented on that or my drinking water...)
Dear Blondie, I hope you appreciate how great you look! You have the drunk head on the bar, the drunk hair twirl... I hope your hang over was worth it!
ps... thank you to the entire bar for being such great drunk sports also!
Kids and shopping carts
Lets start with the grocery store and kids. I know pushing the shopping cart and helping out is really an exciting and fun time for them. But parents, I'm sorry to say this, but would it be THAT hard to watch your children why they do this!!! As my life flashed before my eyes today, a kid came running full force down the isle at me like I was a target or a bowling pin that needed to be knocked down. I jumped out of the way just in time, my hip nearly feeling the cart's edge smash into it. And the words Jesus Christ (more of a thank you prayer perhaps) but then the words son of a bitch slip out of my mouth and the parent now comes and finds her child to see what the fuss is about. Well your precious little devil almost took out my hip and knee cap with a shopping cart and now I'm leaning against the soup cans making sure nothing is injured, with my hand on my heart to make sure the heart is still ticking. The mother decides to have the nerve to start yelling at me because she heard me swear in front of her child. (not yelling at the right person lady!) The mother was quite shocked when I told her how I felt about her precious little son and was quite shocked/annoyed when I asked where was she this entire time? (a question she wasn't expecting)... She just took over pushing the cart as her son now started to cry and walked away.
Way to go parents!
Way to go parents!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Where's the consideration?
Inconsiderate:
1.Without regards to others - lacking thought or consideration for other people and their feelings
Today’s blog starts out with a definition. I think at times we all need to be reminded of what the word “inconsiderate” means. We are all quick to forget, that despite the fact of putting yourself first is usually good, that sometimes in certain situations there is room to consider what you say to others, primarily your friends.
Examples:
- When you are hanging out with a friend in a bar/club/concert venue… if you are bored and decide to leave, let your friend know. Just ditching them might seem funny (depending on who your friend is), repercussions of your choices might not be so nice.
- When you are at a concert and you are in the front row, I know (as well as everyone else there) the guitarist playing in front of you is within arms reach. Reaching out and trying to touch the guitarist, granted they “may” be into that (who knows), but reaching out and attempting to strum the stings on the guitar is a bad idea! Do not alienate the guitarist like this.
- When your friend calls to tell you about a serious situation, please refrain from asking them where they purchased their shoes. Despite it being a compliment to your friends taste and/or style, there are more appropriate times to ask that.
- While at the doctors office, it is not necessary for Nurses to talk to everyone like they are deaf. Also not necessary to talk to patients like we are under the age of 5. That fake perky tone does noting for me... trust me!
Today's lesson... Think before you talk! What is that saying? "If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all?" Or screw it and just nod your head, seem interested and walk away while thinking "dumb-ass!".
1.Without regards to others - lacking thought or consideration for other people and their feelings
Today’s blog starts out with a definition. I think at times we all need to be reminded of what the word “inconsiderate” means. We are all quick to forget, that despite the fact of putting yourself first is usually good, that sometimes in certain situations there is room to consider what you say to others, primarily your friends.
Examples:
- When you are hanging out with a friend in a bar/club/concert venue… if you are bored and decide to leave, let your friend know. Just ditching them might seem funny (depending on who your friend is), repercussions of your choices might not be so nice.
- When you are at a concert and you are in the front row, I know (as well as everyone else there) the guitarist playing in front of you is within arms reach. Reaching out and trying to touch the guitarist, granted they “may” be into that (who knows), but reaching out and attempting to strum the stings on the guitar is a bad idea! Do not alienate the guitarist like this.
- When your friend calls to tell you about a serious situation, please refrain from asking them where they purchased their shoes. Despite it being a compliment to your friends taste and/or style, there are more appropriate times to ask that.
- While at the doctors office, it is not necessary for Nurses to talk to everyone like they are deaf. Also not necessary to talk to patients like we are under the age of 5. That fake perky tone does noting for me... trust me!
Today's lesson... Think before you talk! What is that saying? "If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all?" Or screw it and just nod your head, seem interested and walk away while thinking "dumb-ass!".
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Dead Masquerade Tour
The Dead Masquerade Tour 2011
Featuring: Escape the Fate, Alesana, Motionless In White, Get Scared & Drive A
Venue: The Rave
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Date: 2/19/2011
Stage: The Rave Hall
Capacity: 1500
Drive A
From: Los Angeles, CA
Bruno Mascolo -Vocals, Guitar
Jason Nott- Guitar, Vocals
Cody Root-Drums
Taylor Knowles-Bass Guitar
Drive A started off the night at the Rave. They succeeded at warming up the crowd for the night to come. The mosh pits started early and kept on going straight through the night. Drive A brings forth a raw and unpolished sound, and I can detect a hint of the Ramones in their music style. What you hear live is pretty similar to what you will hear on their upcoming debut album “Loss of Desire”. I was ultimately impressed with Drive A’s song ‘Can’t Sleep It Off’; catchy beat along with lyrics that you can easily sing along to. Everyone knows that there are days when saying (or in this case singing) fuck you just makes everything better. During the song “Take a Side”, Drive A successfully got Milwaukee to part sides, left and right… then once the song started everyone made a mad crazy dash to the center to mosh. It was impressive to see everyone willing to have a bit of fun with the opening act. After Drive A’s set you might have seen Bruno walking around greeting people and selling their 4 song EP titled “The Marked Man”.
Get Scared
From: Utah
Time: 6:50 PM – 7:25 PM
Nicholas Matthews (Vocals)
Johnny B (Guitar)
Bradley Lloyd Iverson (Guitar)
Dan Edwards - (Drums)
Get Scared is an infectiously catchy band. Nicholas Matthews has an alluring vocal range and incorporates a bit of screaming into the music. Get Scared announced the song “Fail” as a new song from an upcoming album titled “Best Kind of Mess” due out this year. The last song of the set “If She Only Knew Voodoo Like I Do” was ultimately a crowd favorite. Voodoo has an enticing sound & beat that draws one to move and dance. But don’t put aside the head banging, there is room for that too!
Set List:
-Deepest Cut
-Sarcasm
-You Are What You Are
-Fail
-Lock the Doors
-If Only She Knew Voodoo Like I Do
Motionless in White
From: Pennsylvania
Time: 7:45 PM – 8:10 PM
Christopher "Chris Motionless" Cerulli – Vocals
Joshua Balz – Keyboards/Programming
TJ Bell – Guitar/Vocals
Ricky "Horror" Olson – Bass
Angelo Parente – Drums
Ryan Sitkowski – guitar
The stage lights emitted a red color as Motionless in White took the stage. Chris stood on his platform, greeted Milwaukee and then screamed “What the Fuck?” thus beginning the first song of their set “Immaculate Misconception”. These boys get the best response for an onstage question. Chris asks the crowd who has seen the movie twilight and a there were a few hands & a few screams (to be honest the screams were mainly from girls). Chris continues saying fuck twilight and announces the 2nd song “We Only Come Out At Night”. Chris did say that someday he might not get a friendly response from saying that. Throughout the night Motionless in White interacted with the crowd and got a great response from them. Chris tried to get the Milwaukee crowd to do some circular pit action, but one should know that the infamous circular pits are famous in the Eagles Ballroom; the Rave Hall isn’t quite as spacious as the ballroom upstairs. For their final song of the night “Abigail” Chris stage dove into the crowd, which seemed to be the thing to do tonight.
Set List:
- Immaculate Misconception
- We Only Come Out At Night
- Creatures
- Ghost in the Mirror
-Puppets (the First Snow)
-Abigail
Alesana
From: Raleigh, NC
Time: 8:30 PM – 9:10PM
Jeremy Bryan – drums
Shane Crump – bass
Dennis Lee – vocals
Shawn Milke – rhythm guitar,Vocals
Patrick Thompson – lead guitar
Alex Torres – guitar
Alesana came out on stage wearing black suit jackets with white ties. The crowd greeted them with screams; obviously the crowd was anxiously awaiting these guys. By the end of Alesana’s first song, I could understand why; they were an energetic bunch with the stage movement and guitar flips. Alesana has an interesting sound that alternates melodic vocals and screaming. The stage presence of Alesana was excellent. Though they did have some technical difficulties throughout the set, primarily in the beginning with some sound and feedback issues, but they just went with it. As they tried to fix things they interacted with the crowd. I give props to singer Dennis Lee, I have never seen someone put a microphone in their mouth and still continue to scream and sing the lyrics of a song, I admit it was interesting, and Dennis kept up with the stage diving and jumped in the crowd too.
Set List:
- Curse of the Virgin Canvas
-The Artist
-The Murderer
-Hymn for the Shameless
-The Thespian
-Annabel
Escape the Fate
From Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 9:45 PM – 10:45 PM
Craig Mabbitt – Lead Vocals
Max Green – Bass, backing vocals
Bryan Money – guitars, backing vocals, synthesizers, keys
Robert Ortiz – Drums
There was a 35 minute wait for Escape the Fate to take the stage. When Escape the Fate finally decided to take the stage technically their first song of the night was the 1st track “Choose Your Fate” off of their self-titled album “Escape the Fate”. The anticipation for the band to get on stage was increasing as the intro was a minute thirty seconds. The crowd started to chant along with the intro’s words “Choose your fate”. The stage lights flicker and flood the stage, finally this time, Escape the Fate is on stage and break into the song “The Massacre”. After the first song, Escape the Fate greeted Milwaukee, and told them that tonight filling in for Max is none other than TJ from Motionless in White. I applaud TJ for playing two sets tonight! The crowd was totally enamored with Escape the Fate, there were so many people singing along to the lyrics and moshing and jumping it was impressive. Craig announced the 4th song “Issues” by saying “Sing it loud, sing it proud…if you know the words”. The guitar solo was a favorite of mine during the song “Bad Blood”. The night ended with a two song encore.
Set List:
- Massacre
-10 Miles Wide
-The Flood
-Issues
-Something
-Bad Blood
-Day of Reckoning
-Zombie Dance
-You are so Beautiful
-Gorgeous Nightmare
-Situations
Encore:
-This War is Ours
-The Aftermath
Featuring: Escape the Fate, Alesana, Motionless In White, Get Scared & Drive A
Venue: The Rave
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Date: 2/19/2011
Stage: The Rave Hall
Capacity: 1500
Drive A
From: Los Angeles, CA
Bruno Mascolo -Vocals, Guitar
Jason Nott- Guitar, Vocals
Cody Root-Drums
Taylor Knowles-Bass Guitar
Drive A started off the night at the Rave. They succeeded at warming up the crowd for the night to come. The mosh pits started early and kept on going straight through the night. Drive A brings forth a raw and unpolished sound, and I can detect a hint of the Ramones in their music style. What you hear live is pretty similar to what you will hear on their upcoming debut album “Loss of Desire”. I was ultimately impressed with Drive A’s song ‘Can’t Sleep It Off’; catchy beat along with lyrics that you can easily sing along to. Everyone knows that there are days when saying (or in this case singing) fuck you just makes everything better. During the song “Take a Side”, Drive A successfully got Milwaukee to part sides, left and right… then once the song started everyone made a mad crazy dash to the center to mosh. It was impressive to see everyone willing to have a bit of fun with the opening act. After Drive A’s set you might have seen Bruno walking around greeting people and selling their 4 song EP titled “The Marked Man”.
Get Scared
From: Utah
Time: 6:50 PM – 7:25 PM
Nicholas Matthews (Vocals)
Johnny B (Guitar)
Bradley Lloyd Iverson (Guitar)
Dan Edwards - (Drums)
Get Scared is an infectiously catchy band. Nicholas Matthews has an alluring vocal range and incorporates a bit of screaming into the music. Get Scared announced the song “Fail” as a new song from an upcoming album titled “Best Kind of Mess” due out this year. The last song of the set “If She Only Knew Voodoo Like I Do” was ultimately a crowd favorite. Voodoo has an enticing sound & beat that draws one to move and dance. But don’t put aside the head banging, there is room for that too!
Set List:
-Deepest Cut
-Sarcasm
-You Are What You Are
-Fail
-Lock the Doors
-If Only She Knew Voodoo Like I Do
Motionless in White
From: Pennsylvania
Time: 7:45 PM – 8:10 PM
Christopher "Chris Motionless" Cerulli – Vocals
Joshua Balz – Keyboards/Programming
TJ Bell – Guitar/Vocals
Ricky "Horror" Olson – Bass
Angelo Parente – Drums
Ryan Sitkowski – guitar
The stage lights emitted a red color as Motionless in White took the stage. Chris stood on his platform, greeted Milwaukee and then screamed “What the Fuck?” thus beginning the first song of their set “Immaculate Misconception”. These boys get the best response for an onstage question. Chris asks the crowd who has seen the movie twilight and a there were a few hands & a few screams (to be honest the screams were mainly from girls). Chris continues saying fuck twilight and announces the 2nd song “We Only Come Out At Night”. Chris did say that someday he might not get a friendly response from saying that. Throughout the night Motionless in White interacted with the crowd and got a great response from them. Chris tried to get the Milwaukee crowd to do some circular pit action, but one should know that the infamous circular pits are famous in the Eagles Ballroom; the Rave Hall isn’t quite as spacious as the ballroom upstairs. For their final song of the night “Abigail” Chris stage dove into the crowd, which seemed to be the thing to do tonight.
Set List:
- Immaculate Misconception
- We Only Come Out At Night
- Creatures
- Ghost in the Mirror
-Puppets (the First Snow)
-Abigail
Alesana
From: Raleigh, NC
Time: 8:30 PM – 9:10PM
Jeremy Bryan – drums
Shane Crump – bass
Dennis Lee – vocals
Shawn Milke – rhythm guitar,Vocals
Patrick Thompson – lead guitar
Alex Torres – guitar
Alesana came out on stage wearing black suit jackets with white ties. The crowd greeted them with screams; obviously the crowd was anxiously awaiting these guys. By the end of Alesana’s first song, I could understand why; they were an energetic bunch with the stage movement and guitar flips. Alesana has an interesting sound that alternates melodic vocals and screaming. The stage presence of Alesana was excellent. Though they did have some technical difficulties throughout the set, primarily in the beginning with some sound and feedback issues, but they just went with it. As they tried to fix things they interacted with the crowd. I give props to singer Dennis Lee, I have never seen someone put a microphone in their mouth and still continue to scream and sing the lyrics of a song, I admit it was interesting, and Dennis kept up with the stage diving and jumped in the crowd too.
Set List:
- Curse of the Virgin Canvas
-The Artist
-The Murderer
-Hymn for the Shameless
-The Thespian
-Annabel
Escape the Fate
From Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 9:45 PM – 10:45 PM
Craig Mabbitt – Lead Vocals
Max Green – Bass, backing vocals
Bryan Money – guitars, backing vocals, synthesizers, keys
Robert Ortiz – Drums
There was a 35 minute wait for Escape the Fate to take the stage. When Escape the Fate finally decided to take the stage technically their first song of the night was the 1st track “Choose Your Fate” off of their self-titled album “Escape the Fate”. The anticipation for the band to get on stage was increasing as the intro was a minute thirty seconds. The crowd started to chant along with the intro’s words “Choose your fate”. The stage lights flicker and flood the stage, finally this time, Escape the Fate is on stage and break into the song “The Massacre”. After the first song, Escape the Fate greeted Milwaukee, and told them that tonight filling in for Max is none other than TJ from Motionless in White. I applaud TJ for playing two sets tonight! The crowd was totally enamored with Escape the Fate, there were so many people singing along to the lyrics and moshing and jumping it was impressive. Craig announced the 4th song “Issues” by saying “Sing it loud, sing it proud…if you know the words”. The guitar solo was a favorite of mine during the song “Bad Blood”. The night ended with a two song encore.
Set List:
- Massacre
-10 Miles Wide
-The Flood
-Issues
-Something
-Bad Blood
-Day of Reckoning
-Zombie Dance
-You are so Beautiful
-Gorgeous Nightmare
-Situations
Encore:
-This War is Ours
-The Aftermath
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Night Out
There are definitely nights when going out the movie "The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human" come to mind.
1. The Initiation:
(this is where the couple says hello...the male tries to impress the female with his suave/charismatic moves, in return the female accepts the males initiation and dances with him, blowing off the guy she was just dancing with.)
2. The Dance:
(the initiation is over... which means don't hold back on the moves)
3. The Gift:
(this is the male's appreciation for the female dancing with him. extra bonus points because he made this out of a napkin... which she later accidentally drops in the snow)
1. The Initiation:
2. The Dance:
(the initiation is over... which means don't hold back on the moves)
3. The Gift:
(this is the male's appreciation for the female dancing with him. extra bonus points because he made this out of a napkin... which she later accidentally drops in the snow)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
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