Full Throttle

A Fat Marine and a Friendly War

I love War. Those guys are extremely friendly and kick some serious rear entry! Their concert was my favorite, they performed some awesome songs. "World is a Ghetto" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?" were the best. The crowd loved it and we all rocked out. After the concert, their awesome merchandising guy gave me a rockin' War hat. I've been singing War songs all day. I had a blast.

Josh Gracin, on the other hand, sucks. The guy has blimped out. I bet he has added a hundred pounds. And the dude is a former Marine. The really amazing part? The girls were crazy over him. And by crazy, I mean complete lunacy. They screamed his name at every word, proclaimed his cuteness and offered their highly valuable and well-trained services. After the concert, the guy sat down at the edge of the stage while two dozen or so hardcore female groupies gathered around and lusted.

It was disgusting. The worst part is that these were not Wasilla, buck-toothed girls either. We are talking fine specimens. We are talking short jean mini-skirts were represented here. And they were cooning to a guy that looked like he had just lumbered off his cheeto-stained couch with an Xbox 360 controller permanently in his hands. In addition, the music was awful.

Yesterday I did Jars of Clay, which was tolerable. Today is my day off so I enjoyed some peace and quiet that was busy classrooms and crazy beginning-of-the-semester-moments. So far, I've been leaving my house around 8 and getting home around 11. Joy for 15-hour days. Anyway's, those days were a bit relieved when an entire posse of crazy kids from that remote little school I attended showed up. We sucked helium and bugged carnies. Scott has suggested that the company (Wilson Entertainments) hires me as Stage Manager. The gypsy chicks say that they love me. I'm now barking (doing the street hustling/sales pitch thing) for their show and they think it's the best thing in the world.

That's pretty much the extent of it. I've got some college stories but I'll save them. I suggest, if you have Facebook, that you add me!

Pirates, the Rerun

Pirates Of The Caribbeans was so awesome I'm seeing it again, tonight, with Chad. We're renting a movie first and watching it before we embark on another movie viewing, this one containing awesome water villains of squid-Lovecraft-variety. 'Tis a joyous sport indeed.

I'm keeping up the posting streak but barely. I must shove off now to the wonderful lands of Blockbuster.

Buckle your Swash and Jolly your Roger,
- Maddog
i'm going under, trying to break through

Bronze Gods

  Bronze Gods 
  Originally uploaded by The Maddog.

Matt and I finished the road trip to Seward. It was pretty awesome, both the trip and watching the Mount Marathon Race. Incredible how those guys would go from 0 to 3,000 feet and back again in around 45 minutes. Just amazing. I took a bunch of pictures, you can find them by clicking on the picture to go to my Flickr account, they are all contained there. This picture is my favorite, we stopped at a pretty cool place and shot some photos.

Overall, we had a blast. The race was a lot of fun to watch. We got in around 11 at night in Seward, so we also got to watch some fireworks and grill hotdogs on the tailgate of my truck for some dinner. I cooked flapjacks in the morning and we watched the local town parade. I also found out that the Alaska State Defense Force, who has recently contacted me due to paperwork problems, has an awesome, awesome boat. I really hope I get assigned on that thing after training.

Afterward, we booked out of town, stopping at a restaurant on the way back. I had the best salad ever. Man, that thing kicked butt. After Matt hit on the waitress, we plugged out there and I drove us all home. We also watched some Venture Bros.

That show totally rocks as well. More on it later. Well, I'm out. Catch this bronze god later.

His Sexiness,
- The Maddog
big pimpin'

Independence Day

It is America's Independence Day, something extremely important in this day and age. Time to celebrate when Americanism was created by cooking outdoors, blowing stuff and making loud noises. It is your patriotic duty! Get in fights, shoot guns and make homemade bombs! Drive big trucks and hummers, wear red, white and blue and build fires! This is America!

Right now I'm down in Seward doing all of the above. I imagine I'm doing some awesome things but I won't know until I get back. To fully celebrate, I think a good little quote will suffice. It is important to remember that on this day the Battle of Gettysburg was effectively over. Here is a quote from a hero from that battle and war and my own personal hero, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. He said this when dedicating a monument to the 20th Maine at Gettysburg. Not only was very prophetic but it is a good reminder for these times were we have entered into yet another war:

In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays.   Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the   vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not   and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and   done for them, shall come to this deathless field to ponder and dream; And lo! the shadow of a   mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their   souls.

God Bless America. Happy Fourth of July, everyone!
- Maddog
rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there

Run, run as fast as you can

Matt and I are embarking on a epic trip tomorrow. It's a three-day road trip down to Seward to partake in awesome 4th of July celebrations and watch the epic Mount Marathon, the biggest, most grueling race in mountain running. It should be pretty awesome and I promise lots of totally pimpin' pictures are to come when we do it.

I do have to get out all the camping stuff again though. We'll be sleeping mostly in the back of the truck as camping areas are totally filled up but we'll find something, I'm sure. If not, we'll just drive down the road until we find a good place to sleep. It'll be interesting, that's for sure.

No other news for the day.
Sexyness out,
- Maddog
o fortuna

The Squads of the Exos

I now possess the entire Exosquad collection of awesome cartoons, not four hours of man on pig intercourse. Man, these are awesome (the cartoons, that is). I am off to watch the humans fight against those pesky Neosapians.

- Maddog
this is not enough

Solidfy

Long day. I got up at 6 am and worked on the garage, staying there until 6 pm. The contractors came out and poured the slab while the Pop-san and I worked and watched. We now have a full slab down and it looks awesome. It took awhile but we are done with the very beginning. Now all we have to do is build the retaining wall and framing and doors and wiring and plumbing and...

Blargh.

 

Tomorrow Chad and I (perhaps Matt and some others) are going to go see Superman Returns. Here's hoping the Man of Steel has a worthy comeback.

Here's a picture of me working hard in the pouring rain. I'm off to catch a bit of sleep.

Look at that sexy man work that plastic,
- Maddog
my name's thomas, last name crown

The Jeep Wore Red...

So.

Have you noticed I start most of my writings with that word? I like the word, for it conveys much. Indeed, those two letters create an aura of expectation and anxiety. It leads one to believe that an essay of explanation is forthcoming or it may cause one to believe that an action from oneself is expected. Regardless, it is a word that brings to mind a badass. As I’m in the business of being a badass, it is thus a word I use.

I went camping a few days ago. The trip needs proper explaining, as it was a badass trip. Palmer, Cody L. and Cody W. all wanted to go on some form of camping trip, so we humm-and-hawwed about it until we decided on Moose Range, up near Jonesville road. Cody L. (henceforth called Cody), Palmer and I loaded my truck; put my dog in the back and all squeezed inside the cab. About an hour later, we were at an awesome campsite. It overlooked the entire valley, absolutely beautiful. The three of us explored the entire mountain after setting up camp and fired off the .22 a bit before Cody W. (henceforth Wingert) arrived. My truck peformed wonderfully now that it is fixed. We could go everywhere, coupled with my superior badass driving skills that allowed us to scale sheer cliffs. It was badass.

We all piled into Wingert’s Jeep and did more mobbin’ on the trails. It was awesome, that Jeep could go anywhere. We returned back, sat at the campfire forever talking about poop and girls and went to sleep. In the morning, I practiced a bit of my badass Dutch oven cooking wizardry and fixed some rockin’ Breakfast Pizza.  We ate, packed up and zipped home. All in all, it was hella cool. We’re planning to do another, longer trip up further away somewhere, probably a 3-day trip at Gunsight Mountain or something.

Anyways, I’m back now and I’ve got a few more posts coming (Did you know Kent Hovind, aka Doc Dino, is a fraud?) so staayyy tuned. And I’m wrestling with my summer classes. I’ve decided that I need to date a Mathematics Major. Someone waaayy smarter then me to do my homework. It’s a brilliant plan, I’d get brains to do my work (and looks too) while they’d get my badassness. It’s a bit one-sided, so I figure she’d have to cook for me too.

Hmmm…

Oh, and having a ten-year erection would really get you down.

Camping pics below the fold! Goodnight (actually mornin'), my sexy readers,

- Maddog

foxy foxy, what's it going to be

Route 66 and the Cars

Cars is an awesome movie. It's a love letter to the era of Route 66 and those long-gone days of neon signs, American muscle and good 'ole racing. It is not, in any fashion, a kids movie. No child would ever understand Route 66, NASCAR fan girls flashing or Italian Ferrari racing. It's definitely meant for lovers of the American Car. I absolutely adored the movie but very few kids laughed.

When the movie first had the trailers, I was highly skeptical and thought this would be Pixar's first downfall. I went with my family and Sarah's. It was a free ticket to the movie and I was expecting to be underwhelmed. But it nailed the American love of our automobiles. It had great graphics and a great dedication to the era of "American Graffiti". I loved it. Sarah nor her family or mine really thought it was great. You really gotta love cars to love that film. It's the Pixar film I've enjoyed the most, that's for sure.

I also saw Gone in Sixty Seconds, I must have had racing in my blood today. It was also a very good movie, I was shocked. I expected it to be a Fast and Furious style, boring with nothing but car chases. But it surprised me with good characters, good story and only a few well done chases. Solid movie, all together. Plus, Nicholas Cage straight up rocks.

That's all for now. I'm off to dream about my 1970 Chevelle SS with the 454. One of these days, I shall have it, deep forest green and it shall be pure sex.

 

Go American Muscle,
- Maddog
get your kicks on route 66

Picnic

Just before I'm about to head to bed, it should be noted that I went to the church picnic and man, was it bad. Not that many people showed up plus the basketball court was terrible. Ugh. Major boring. Matt and Corn showed up and we went to go get Palmer. It also should be noted that my truck got stuck in a gravel parking lot. I reallllyyy need to fix it. Bad.

Anyways, I'm off to bed. I get to go read this awesome book by William Gibson called Pattern Recognition. It's basically about advertising and marketing in the 21st Century and the mystery of special movie clips that are uploaded to the internet. It's really, really good. I heartily recommend it. Well, I'm off for the night.

Peace and pain,
- Maddog
excuse me miss but i saw you from across the room