I GOTTA GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE

I GOTTA GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE 

On the last Tuesday of January lands the national day like most other national days randomly scattered along the calendar year. But today's National Day is National Plan a Vacation day. Honestly, I fucking need it.

The other day I got a letter for the Estate of my ex's mom and it sort of hit me. I mean, it's just a collections attempt and I'm used to seeing this sort of that stuff because I had to deal with it when my own father passed away a little more than six years ago and for the years that followed. It was frustrating and most of all, I was confused more so that they'd send it to me when my ex basically made sure all her mail was sent to her new place. Anyhow, I guess collections will just try to reach out to where ever could potentially be a relative.

Okay, enough of that. Just an example of what sort of shit I have been going through. On top of somehow getting a bit more emotional this year about my father's death anniversary, things have just been a bit heavy lately and I have been thinking about the weekend... or those attempts to escape the daily grind - which, I guess is funny for me since my daily grind isn't the average daily grind, so to speak.

But I need to get out. My father traveled a lot. Sometimes it would be fake business travel to places with a mistress, some times it was with my mother to far off places, especially around the next few months time period. Always traveling around my birthday, skipping it. But I have been thinking about it. I haven't done my fair amount of traveling to my liking. I talked a big game and sure, I went to a lot of places the last few years like Colorado and Florida. Most for official business or on the job sort of thing. I miss the open road. I miss the adventure.

I recently took a trip to San Diego for a day and went to places I hadn't gone to when I used to go there every month or so, back in the day. And it was fun. It was a great experience to discover new sights and to just breath in something new even if it was close by. Got to see Frank Baum's house and the Hotel Del Coronado. Which, fun fact, was the inspiration for the Emerald City. Seeing it in person, I can tell you that it did not disappoint. The fixtures, the entire building filled with wood carved everything. It was a beautiful sight to behold.

Anyhow, National Plan for a vacation is more than just some window dressing. Think about it. If you were to die tomorrow would your work give two shits about it? Do you even think that it would have a moment of silence for you? More than likely not. Shit will just move on like another day. Replace your ass in a couple of days as it takes to get background checks and applications submitted. So why give them your hard work, your time and commitment without taking care of your needs first? If you have sick days, use them. If you have time off. Use it. We are too stuck in this rat race to be seen as useful and half the time you're so not appreciated for the person who you are or the work you do. So you really shouldn't give them more than they require.

Take that day of. Schedule some time off and use it for yourself. You only live once and it's only one life to live. You may as well fill it with as many adventures and memories that you can possibly fill in your mind because you don't know what will happen tomorrow.

I'm writing this... after a long time of not writing, because I need to remind myself that the responsibilities that I take, that I'm still here for me and the life I live with be what I owe to myself. So yeah, this year will have a lot more adventures. Will have a lot more follow through to what I will do. I need to hold myself to account and I need to live for me.

So this year I will make it to New York for spring or summer. Shoot to go before it gets too hot and I will goddamn make it a trip filled with delis and Broadway shows and just experiencing things. Because hey, why the fuck not. 

I have a choice to make on making it to this trip to Cuba, but man, I'm heavily leaning towards doing it. Because when else will I do it? When else will I have the chance?  I also want to do Florida and perhaps, even maybe... do Paris. I need to check that off my list. Who knows what the rest of the year has in store for me, but that's some thing I look forward to. I need to go back up to S.F. this year because I owe it to myself to see what I haven't in a long time. And Vegas is a spot, which I don't think it's too crazy, nor is it a big trip. but I need to make it to see the Tim Burton exhibit and I need to go since the last time I went was with my ex and that wasn't the most fun experience and has some bad memories behind it since she had just lost her job and even though I didn't know it, it was the start of her decline into basically moving away from the relationship. Oh well, I still love Vegas. I want to do it right and I'm long over due for a trip that is about having fun and not about putting the needs of others before my own.

basically, that's what this is. Me holding myself to the mark and doing things for myself. For doing trips for myself. Anthony Bourdain, another man I admired and who's death hit me hard, he didn't start his life traveling till he was 43. So now that I'm in this golden years where I'm basically retired of basically doing much other than finding my own passion, It's time for me to fulfill that whole aspect where folks would tell me that I reminded them of Bourdain. I need to travel. To see the world and what it has to offer, what other cultures have to show me about themselves and show me about myself.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the year. I'll make it the best goddamn time and travel that I can possible handle.

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET SPIDER POWERS, PETER PARKER

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET SPIDER POWERS, PETER PARKER  

So in Australia a dude got bitten on his dick twice now. 

A 21-year-old Australian tradesman has been bitten by a venomous spider on the penis for a second time.

The man was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Tuesday, when he suffered a repeat of the incident five months ago.
Jordan, who preferred not to reveal his surname, said he was bitten on "pretty much the same spot" by the spider.
"I'm the most unlucky guy in the country at the moment," he told the BBC.
"I was sitting on the toilet doing my business and just felt the sting that I felt the first time.
"I was like 'I can't believe it's happened again.' I looked down and I've seen a few little legs come from around the rim"

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He said that being bitten the first time had made him wary of using portable toilets."After the first time it happened I didn't really want to use one again," he said.
"Toilets got cleaned that day and I thought it was my opportunity to go use one. Had a look under both seats and then I sat down did my business. Next thing you know, I'm bent over in pain."

There is just so much to unpack in this news piece - First off, you're in Australia, everything wants to kill you. Going into an outdoor toilet, and I mean, I'm going to let my ignorance and jaded Hollywood view of Australia come out here, isn't every bathroom outdoors in "the outback"? Regardless, just assume when you go outside in Australia, things will want to kill you.

Jordan, who preferred not to reveal his surname, which, let's be honest here, wouldn't have mattered anyway because forever more you will be called 'Jordan, you know, that guy who likes to fuck spiders', yeah, I said it - Spider fucker and it's only justice that his dick got bit here. He had it coming. Stop trying to have unwanted sex with those 8 legged creatures.

So how do we even get to bite number 2? If I were to suffer an accidental bite from a spider, I know where I wouldn't be going back to do my business. But no, you see "He said that being bitten the first time had made him wary of using portable toilets, but since this one got cleaned that day, he thought it was my opportunity to go use one"

First off, no one thinks like that. Just admit it you Spider-fucker, you have a strange goddamn fetish. It would be a bit more normal if your fantasy was to just use clean fucking portable toilets, but it's not. People who just want to deflower an outside shitter don't end up getting bit in their penis two damn times. They have their own set of issues and I'm already writing a lot about a penis spider bite, so let me just finish (is probable a thing he said right before the spider bit him)

One of his colleagues took him from the worksite to the hospital, but there was something different in the whole situation a second time. "This time they were making jokes before I was getting in the car." What did you honestly expect? Even if they don't want to accept the dark reality that you have a fetish for spiders, they're not going to let the chance go to mock you about it go by as you get off the rest of the work day. Maybe you'd wise up from your forcing yourself on spiders ways and not end up leaving work a third time in the near future. Doubtful, because we all know what's going to happen in another two weeks, you're going to try to fuck yet another spider, Jordan. You can lie to us all you want, who you can't lie to is yourself.

The hospital declined to discuss the matter based on patient privacy, but we all know the real reason they didn't want to talk about it, I bet that fucker was trying to lure more spiders in the hospital into his kinky web of desire.

Or maybe there's something far more innocent here that I'm overlooking. It's not that the worksite crew is laughing at your plight of being dick bitten twice, it's the fact that you are getting off the time to go to the hospital. Look, Marcus pouring concrete over there has been biting 4 times by that asshole spider in the toilet, you don't see him fucking running to the doctor. How about you just take it like a champ and realize that bathroom's cost is you're going to get bitten. We could try to kill that spider, but he's part of the fucking Union to and has the same rights as you and me.

Then again, it's more than likely you're just a spider fucker, Jordan.

DEFUNCT TV - IT'S THE MUPPETS!

DEFUNCT TV - IT'S THE MUPPETS! 

Here's another segment about the history of Jim Henson and well, it's awesome. View it and get informed on how Jim Henson pulled all the muppets together.

GALAXY'S EDGE - LIGHTSABER BUILDING

GALAXY'S EDGE - LIGHTSABER BUILDING

While being to Star Wars Galaxy Edge a couple of times now, I still haven't done the lightsaber building. Mainly because I already have a couple of hilts and the whole glowing saber seems a bit too big for my liking of carrying around. Anyhow, here's the whole thing.



Which seems pretty impressive, but here I am just not caring about *my* own lightsaber and I'd rather just have one of the legacy sabers from the films.

DEFUNCT TV - SESAME STREET

DEFUNCT TV - SESAME STREET

So here's a second part to that Defunct TV Jim Henson special that is really well worth viewing.



 It's honestly a great educational aspect to learning the history and how we got to where we are now.

DR. JOHN

DR. JOHN 

Dr. John, a New Orleans legend passed away. And man, I miss that place a lot. The last time I was there was in 2014 and I came back to my father passing away while I was mid flight. Honestly, I want to go back in the worst way. Probably won't happen till after Christmas, but I'm going to make it a thing because New Orleans, you are a home away from home that I love oh so much and Dr. John made it just that much more inviting.

Rest in Peace you amazing man.

The Dr. John second line in New Orleans yesterday. pic.twitter.com/OJO38S1QCj

— Dust-to-Digital (@dusttodigital) June 8, 2019

DEFUNCT TV - THE JIM HENSON DOCUMENTARY

DEFUNCT TV - THE JIM HENSON DOCUMENTARY

I love Jim Henson's work. That's pretty much an understatement as his work made such an impression on me growing up. So hey, here's this first part of this documentary on him by Defunct TV, a youtube channel that seemed to focus on Disney videos, so this is awesome.