February 13, 2006
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Our Subconscious Must Be An Idiot!
(Band information at the bottom of this post!!!)
The brainwashing of my parents has trickled down into the simplest of things in my lifestyle now. I have discovered something about this thing they call "Health Food". Aside from how much it sucks, I have discovered the absence of what discriminates one food from the other, I have found that this "Health Food" they speak of has no flavor whatsoever. Imagine biting into a chewable version of plywood. I say "chewable", but sometimes the gag reaction in the back of my throat prevents such things, and I say "plywood", but I've actually tasted plywood, and it has more of a flavor than this "Health Food".
I have just come to a realization. When I was in the Juvenile Detention Center, I always thought that the food had no flavor, and couldn't wait to get home to have a good "Home-Cooked Meal", but when your "Home-Cooked Meals" start having less flavor than the food at JDC, and you begin fantasizing about the green beans (or whatever that was) back in JDC, something is deathly wrong with your household.
What happened to the Herb-Roasted Chicken with the Golden Sauce of the past? Now my chicken reminds me of the pig fetus I dissected in 8th grade Physical Science.
Whatever happened to the Old-Fashioned Cajun Jambalaya, that came from my aunt's recipe when she lived in Louisiana? Now my rice is gummy and naked of spicy goodness. It's kind of confusing when your rice feels like really watered down oatmeal in your mouth. You start questioning what time of the day it is.
As for the green beans, which were the only thing I wouldn't eat before any of this culinary blasphemy began, they remain the same as before. I'm slowly realizing that this is becoming a lose-lose situation for my taste buds.
I remember how my parents used to tell me to finish my plate, because there were starving children in Africa who were eating clay to relieve their hunger (which I replied, "Let them come over to our house, they can eat here."). Now my parents are purposely leaving portions of their plate uneaten, in order to "Trick their minds into thinking that is all they need to feel full". Trick their minds? They are telling their minds "I don't need to eat that portion of my food so I can trick my mind into thinking I don't need it". You would think that your subconscious would be a little smarter than that, if you're telling it what you're going to do to trick it. Their subconscious must be an idiot if it doesn't catch that one!
I guess I'm going to go point and laugh at my parents' subconscious, just walk up to them and point at their brain and say "Haha! Your subconscious is retarded!"
On a side note, I have decided that if I lose weight as a result of my parents' brainwashing, it will only be because of malnutrition and lack of appetite. If this occurs, I have made the decision to make the decision to sue McDonald's. It's not that McDonald's would have anything to do with my weight loss. In fact, the words "McDonald's" and "weight loss" seem to create a paradox of mass proportions (pun intended). My logic is that McDonald's simply has a lot of money lying around that they probably won't ever use, except to give to homeless charities in attempt to feel better about their selves for helping cause America's obesity problem. That's probably what I'll do. I'll sue McDonald's if I lose weight from my parents' brainwashing. It makes a lot of sense to me at least.
If my scanner worked right now, I would all entertain your eyes with my artwork, but since it doesn't, I guess that's too bad for you.
Untitled and possibly unfinished
Have you ever
stepped back to stare
life straight in the face,
Tear away what matters
and then erase
the irrelevant things
that cause malevolent rings
to form around eyes
lying in dormant disguise
Ignoring the eccentric mendacities
While revealing the truths in life?
So suprising is the uprising
of a singularly eclipsed
reality reality amidst
idealist corruption of lips.
Again, our band plays February 18th at the Hot Springs Mall. Here's the flyer.
Deuces,
Caleb
Comments (8)
Actually, I'm not about to argue with you on anything you said, except for the SoaD thing. I'll just bury that.
I thought I had made it clear that everyone has the right to their preferences and what people like in music is completely dependent on that. I meant to push that point. I kind of did, but it manifested itself in the form of "your musical tastes are not mine", and it sounded more critical to everyone else than defensive of everyone's rights. I meant it one way, and halfway pushed it another. It all works out in the end, I suppose.
Anyway, I halfway agree with the Tool thing. They are good, I won't disagree with you on that, but their albums just don't flow. They're all choppy, and move from one good song to another in a way that's like throwing a stone into an otherwise peaceful stream.
Okay, that metaphor isn't as good as I had hoped for it to be, but I think you get my drift.
Anyway, I agree with you. I guess it just didn't come out the way that I had intended. It was a rant, after all, and most of my rants only make sense somewhat. Coherency isn't really a strong point for me, and you should know that by now.
In other news, I fucked up and I don't know if I'll be able to go to your concert Saturday unless I can get a ride from someone. Shit.
-Jonathan, aka -=The Grammar Nazi=-
Okay, my first line in that last comment wasn't true. I did argue a little bit. Oh well.
-Jonathan, aka -=The Grammar Nazi=-
Alex Lied to me about a bunch of stuff, it kind of pissed me off
I'm not trying to start any shit, just so you know ahead of time.
Going down that route, you might as well say that no music is unique. Given the right circumstances, anything can be duplicated in music. Some bands only play certain songs in the studio because they add a couple of extra guitar players or some extra drum parts occasionally. Just because there aren't enough permanent members in a band doesn't mean there won't always be enough temps.
I guess what I'm saying is that "unique" is a relative and present term. What may seem new and phenomenal now can be easily duplicated and overdone tomorrow, rather in a style of music or even in one song. Look at "Louie Louie". Wait, never mind, that's another bad example. That song never gets old. I even heard that there was a radio station somewhere that played that song for 24 hours straight and never used the same recording twice. It is the most recorded song of all time. Weird, eh?
But, like I said, music is only unique for a certain period of time. Even some elements of prog rock can be duplicated if you try hard enough.
Nothing's impossible, nothing's perfect, nothing's unique.
-Jonathan, aka -=The Grammar Nazi=-
This might be irrelevant. One time back in like the 5th grade I hung out with a bunch or Muslim ppl . My friend Malika had a huge bag of rice from over there at her house and I thought sense I was hungry that I would just make some rice and mix in milk, sugar, and butter like you do for breakfast. Lets just say I found out that that rice is not like American rice and it tastes like shit when you try to make an American dish with it. But you would be amazed about how good it tasted when my friend Wajiha's moms sister made that Brianni. Or however you spell that.
Oh and I was watching the show True Life: Im on a diet. And there was this chick doing this high protein thingy and she would boil her chicken on the stove with nothing but a little salt. Which in turn made it taste like nothing. Well, I have some business to attent to.
The weirdo herself,
~*~ Leigh ~*~
Wow, it feels funny signing my name as Leigh.
Yet again, I agree wtih you. I love prog rock. It's...I don't know how to describe it. I just love it. But, I also love a lot of other stuff.
All of this stemmed from a couple of important details: Everyone has their own musical tastes, there's no point in bashing other people for their musical taste (which I am guilty of, I'll admit to it), all music and all instruments are real (and I still don't get how anyone could have possibly believed that only wind instruments and orchestra music are the only real instruments and music), and music is constantly evolving. I support these facts fully, and I was only trying to push those and make sure people understood them, not necessarily agree with them. You and I seem to agree on a lot of things that have to do with music, but have you noticed how different our musical tastes are? I mean, we listen to a lot of the same bands, but there are enough that make us different. I try to listen to any and all music that I can, because I think it's stupid to become ignorant of any kind of music without giving it a chance. To be fair, I probably should give rap a bit more of chance, as that is actually considered a style of music for some God-Damned reason. The only reason I didn't give it much of a chance before was some of the lyrics I heard, and I'm pretty sure I just worded this sentence wrong somehow. Grammar? Hell, who knows. But, I digress.
My point is that I'm not trying to push my views down anyone's throats, and I'm not trying to start anything with you. This is, yet again, one of those many cases that has many details to it, and there's no way to get every bit of it right. Hell, is there a wrong or right with music? I don't think so. It's all expression of emotion. Emotions can't be wrong, can they? No. Is it possible to disagree with other's emotions? I think so, I'm not sure. Yeah, I'm pretty sure of it. Shit, I'm rambling again.
I can't even think of a good way to close this. I hope I got my point across, whatever it was.
-Jonathan, aka -=The Grammar Nazi=-
Happy late Valentines Day to you also...except your thingy wasnt really late. Well, I got to go and clean my damn dirty room.
Shaya.
No, it's not just you. It really has gotten gayer over time.
Cherish the classics!
-Mark-
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