In the throes of sobriety...

Funniest interview ever (seriously!)

2008-04-07T08:42:18Z

I was leafing through an old copy of Big Brother magazine and came across this interview, its just really funny...

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"Myself am Hell"
By: Chris Nieratko

So, why Myself Am Hell?

Satan said it in "Paradise Lost" by John Milton after he got chained down to the lake of fire. he gathers his demons on the shore of this lake of fire and he gets to the end and he gives this rousing speech and he says, "I am Lord, I take command, myself am hell" And it's just like, wow.

We were hoping you guys were Europeans that didn't know any English.

It was this guy, majored in English.

Majored in English and came up with Myself Am Hell?

Four years of education in Albany just to get Myself Am Hell.

So, what's with the fangs?

I got 'em initially because when we were headlining shows back home, if there were people that were going to see other bands, we'd be like, "Yo, we're playing at midnight. Do you guys want to hang out?" They'd be like "Oh my God! You have fangs." And they would stay just to see if it was crazy or whatever. It was really just something to draw attention and get some publicity for the band.

Do you have a job back in New York?

Um, yeah, this band.

That's it?

It's a 24/7 kinda thing. Check out the website, MyselfAmHell.com.

Do you like it when people come up to you and say stuff like "Myself am liking your album?"

Some people have gotten a lot more creative than that.

What kind of metal are you guys?

We're like thrash, speed metal on the technical side with death metal vocals.

So you guys don't burn churches?

Not yet, maybe if we get to Europ. We could join in, wear a little chainmail. Once we were in Canada and we were fuckin' around and there was this big church. And I didn't see that there was this big sign and it said "This Church Repels All Things Evil." And I went running up the steps chasing a balloon and I fell. I looked up and saw that big sign and I was like, "Oh fuck."

Yourself was feeling stupid?

No, myself was too evil to get into that church.

Have you guys ever burned a CD in a microwave?

Our friend's mom was really really religious and she cracked our CD into a thousand pieces and set it on fire. And she also prayed that we would die in anonymity. So you guys take care of that, you're putting us on a little documentary. Screw her.

So how many t-shirts have you sold along the way to get out to California?

Actually a bunch, 'cause we're running out.

How many t-shirts does it take to fill a tank?

Two.

Why aren't there more black black metal bands?

'Cause they suck.

But Living Colour was good.

They weren't a black metal band.

But how come there's no black dudes in black metal?

They know where the money's at, they Rap. The guys from God Forbid are black.

God forbid there's black guys in black metal.

They're more like hardcore heavy metal.

Do they Rap?

No.

If myself am inviting you to a slumber party at my hotel, yourselves am coming?

Absolutely. Ourselves will even bring alcohol. Myself am drinking.

Myself am thinking the interview is done.

Alright man. Ourselves thank you.

What could be sexier than an Elf princess' sword?

2008-03-23T09:24:07Z

hahahah Clerks II never gets old.

I just realized I have way less time than I thought I did, to finish this painting... hustle Dave HUSTLE!!!! hut hut!

just gave Sneaky a bath after 3 weeks, poor cat must've felt so miserable, he was pretty filthy.. he didn't even try to avoid the water like he usually does. I didn't have to subdue him. which made giving him a bath pretty easy.

Muse - Space Dementia

2008-02-28T01:52:12Z

Muse is tooooo good! *sigh* I just got a copy of the Hullabaloo DVD, which explains the post. It would have been so cool to have been there... that was one fucking great show.

"Space Dementia"
Muse - Origin of Symmetry / Hullabaloo

H8 - is the one for me
It gives me all I need
And helps me coexist
With the chill

You make me sick
Because I adore you so
I love all the dirty tricks
And twisted games you play
On me

Space dementia in your eyes and
Peace will arise
And tear us apart
And make us meaningless again

You'll make us wanna die
I'd cut your name in my heart
We'll destroy this world for you
I know you want me to
Feel your pain

Space dementia in your eyes and
Peace will arise
And tear us apart
And make us meaningless again

"New Born"
Muse - Origin of Symmetry / Hullabaloo

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like a birth squeeze
The love for what you hide
The bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born
When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Hopeless time to roam
The distance to your home
Fades away to nowhere
How much are you worth
You can't come down to earth
You’re swelling up, you're unstoppable
'cause you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Destroy the spineless
Show me it's real
Wasting our last chance
To come away
Just break the silence
'cause I’m drifting away
Away from you

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like it's a birth squeeze
And the love for what you hide
And the bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born
When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Destroy the spineless
Show me it's real
Wasting their last chance
To come away
Just break the silence
‘cause I'm drifting away
Away from you

Stuck At the Drive-In

2008-02-15T03:29:49Z

Transatlantic Foe
At the Drive-In

pet sounds filling pet peeve voids
black and white t.v. with the sound turned down
is this mono or stereo?

lending aneurysm
satisfaction in the fruitless gaze of your mona lisa's lazy smile
trick ourselves in portable stanzas
black, russian throated on this guillotine cancer
how steep we are
but there's just no telling
just no telling

savion is under heel 
clicking morse code through movie stills again

the sky had blackened with carrion birds
pinstriped suits and cigarettes tapped danced
through the tepid burlesque
their mouths were parched with excess thirst
bridge and chorus candy curse
still they sang through the strepthroat verse

pet sounds filling pet peeve voids
black and white t.v. with the sound turned down
is this mono or stereo?

if i had a dollar for every plot that you made
in this bed of nails we made
trick ourselves in portable stanzas
black, russian throated on this quillotine cancer
how steep we are
but there's just no telling
just no telling

pet sounds filling pet peeve voids
black and white t.v. with the sound turned down
like breathing blood through the lungs of a czar's child...

savion is under heel 
clicking morse code through movie stills again

At the Drive-In

2007-11-29T04:49:03Z

"Lopsided"
By: At The Drive-In

this is the accent of the halfhearted land
does it all make sense now
and if the ship was built in bottled sand
does it all make sense now
the anchor's kiss was scrawled in dyslexic crayon
yes it all makes sense now

is this just a life preserver
or a bivouac tenure
the tropic of cancer answered,
"drink the quicksand'

a mirror was splintered on the deck floor
does it all make sense now
a stowaway that lived beneath this hull
does it all make sense now
the anchor's kiss was scrawled in dyslexic crayon
yes it all makes sense now

is this just a life preserver
or a bivouac tenure
the tropic of cancer answered,
"drink the quicksand"
its gills will swin faster after a breath from the shore
breathe the taste of salt water
dry heave up and overboard
ponce de leon wrinkles
let's make it young again
boat drinks for captains
row our boat stowaway
it all makes sense now
if our map was torn, navigate, navigate
if your compass broke, navigate, navigate

~~~~~~~~
Maaaannnnn, its a shame they broke up, they were a great band.... *sigh*

masamang_damo @ 2007-05-15T16:52:00

2007-05-15T08:46:13Z

[ ] High School Musical
[x] Holes
[ ] Lizzie McGuire Movie
[ ] Cheetah Girls
[ ] Halloween Town High
[ ] Cadet Kelly

total so far : 1

[ ] Get a Clue
[ ] Motocrossed
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
[x] Pocahontas
[ ] Pocahontas 2
[x] Lady and the Tramp

total so far: 4

[ ] Lady and the Tramp 2
[x] Cinderella
[ ] The Parent Trap (original)
[ ] The Parent Trap (with Lindsay
Lohan)
[x] The Little Mermaid
[ ] The Little Mermaid 2

Total so far: 6

[x] Mary Poppins
[x] The Fox and the Hound
[x] Dumbo
[x] Pinocchio
[x] Bambi

total so far: 11

[x] Basil: The Great Mouse Detective
[x] The Rescuers Down Under
[x] Toy Story
[ ] Toy Story 2
[x] Lion King
[ ] Lion King 2

total so far: 15

[x] Peter Pan
[ ] Peter Pan 2
[x] Fantasia
[x] The Three Caballeros
[x] Alice in Wonderland
[x] Sleeping Beauty

total so far: 20

[x] 101 Dalmatians
[ ] 102 Dalmatians
[x] The Sword in the Stone
[x] The Jungle Book
[x] The Aristocats

total so far: 24

[x] Robin Hood
[x] Oliver and Company
[x] Beauty and the Beast
[ ] Beauty and the Beast 2
[x] Aladdin
[ ] Aladdin: Return of Jafar
[ ] Aladdin: The King of Thieves

total so far: 28

[x] Finding Nemo.
[ ] Monsters, Inc.
[x] Hercules
[x] Mulan
[ ] Mulan 2
[x] Tarzan

total so far: 32

[x] Lilo & Stitch
[x] The Hunchback of Notre Dame
[x] The Emperor's New Groove
[x] The Nightmare Before Christmas
[ ] Bed Knobs and Broomsticks
[x] Pete's Dragon

total so far: 37

[x] Remember the Titans
[x] Who Framed Roger Rabbit
[ ] James and the Giant Peach
[x] Mighty Ducks
[x] A Bug's Life
[x] The Incredibles

total so far: 42

[ ] A Goofy Movie
[ ] An Extremely Goofy Movie
[x] Atlantis
[x] The Chronicles of Narnia
[ ] Around the World in 80 Days
[ ] Confessions of a Teenage Drama
Queen

total so far: 44

[ ] A Cinderella Story
[x] Pirates of the Carribean
[x] Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man's Chest
[ ] National Treasure
[ ] Princess Diaries
[ ] Princess Diaries 2

total so far: 46

[ ] Freaky Friday
[x] Honey I Shrunk the Kids
[x] A Muppet Christmas Carol
[ ] Ice Princess

total: 48
Why?? coz I'm bored...

I think you missed a few disney movies...Weren't "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Radio Flyer", "Herbie", "Operation: Dumbo Drop" and a few others also by Disney?

masamang_damo @ 2007-04-10T13:38:00

2007-04-10T05:23:00Z

I am:

Jules Verne

The 19th century Frenchman who made science fiction into a successful commercial genre.

Which science fiction writer are you?

..that's funny, I've never read any of his stuff heheheh

You have to see this, its amazing!!

2006-12-04T15:57:06Z

The best I've seen in quite a while...o_0 Enjoy!

"Chessmates"
Watercolor
By: Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

Been a while...

2006-09-20T23:02:20Z

Just for the sake of posting.. :) Check this out, hehehe

I made these for use as avatars :)

lol

Scrollsssssss

2006-07-25T07:06:38Z

Here's another image I made for the animation...

Scrolls baby!!!! Yeah!!

Peach tree

2006-07-20T02:42:23Z

This is the first time I've made anything solely digital... what do you think?

Koi - Final (varnished)

2006-06-24T05:08:38Z

Here is the final work, varnished and all.

Koi
Oil on Canvas
30 x 30 Inches
June, 2006

Just for the heck of it... heheheh

2006-06-21T11:37:11Z

O, yan! hehehehe tama na :D

Events

* 955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.

* 2003 - The American television series Futurama ends

* 2005 - Lee Seung Seop dies from exhaustion in South Korea after playing 49 straight hours of StarCraft. <--- LOL!!(*knocks on wood)

Births

* 1397 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)

* 1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor <-- Today I becam, namber wann!!)

Deaths

* 1945 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (b. 1882)

DJAAAAAANNNNNNGOOOOOO!!!!!

2006-06-05T06:52:02Z

Djaaaaaaaannnggoooooooo!!!!!

Is the glass half full or half empty?

2005-11-08T12:10:50Z

I find myself going through more potentially rough waters. No longer moored, the open seas inspire feelings of apprehension and excitement. I am torn between stability and soul. I must admit though, teaching was fun. It was a learning experience for me as well as for the students. I just regret not having been able to stay longer, but I can't really complain. I'm getting what I wanted, and that was to have time to paint.

There's always a trade-off.

In any event, I'm gearing up to focus on painting and photography again. I've not been painting for far too long.

Am planning to hold a one or two man show. I think its time, and I believe I'm ready. All I really need to do now is secure the materials and begin work.

I already have a concept I'm happy with. Can't wait to begin, nor can I wait to show everyone. :)

I hope that the ill-fated roll I shot at the COG gig in Olongapo isn't a sign of things to come, or that my camera's fucked... :P Too bad that it was that roll that didn't make it.

Can't have it all.

Later... :D

Where is my precioussssss.....

2005-10-28T09:52:10Z

Its been a whole week since Smeagol disappeared. :(

I just hope that he changed address and wasn't run over or made into siopao by some 2-bit roadside dimsum vendor...

*sigh* oh well...

I hope that he's alright.

miss that funny cat. The strange thing is that I doubt he'd have strayed far because my house is all he's known, he opened his eyes for the first time in doors, and he wasn't let outside to roam til he was almost fully grown.

Sometimes when I'd get home way way late, like 4 am, he would be hangin out by the front gate waitin for me.

I'm reminded of that time when I forgot my keys. I was stuck out front, it was 4am, our helpers sleep like logs so the doorbell gave on me without them so more as tossing or turning in bed. Annoyed at myself for leavin my keys, annoyed at them for not hearing the dang doorbell just outside their room... Smeagol came out front and sat next to me while I was leanin against the wall havin a cig... when he showed up he even looked up at me inquisitively. It was uncanny.

I could almost hear him say "So, what happened to you? Left yer keys eh? Tsk"

He was a bright cat. I hope he ain't roadkill.

Life is wonderful!!! I've just been told in so many words that my work on the website/new lessons and being the HKC telephone receptionist and graphic designer and general tech support man to the other teachers isn't needed. I have 2 weeks left to work. Dang, I think my sister has precognitive dreams...

*BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP* that shit. Painting here I come.

Everything is a blessing until its a curse.

...this bites

2005-10-23T18:37:44Z

Going online at home is like driving a sports car down a rocky dirt road where you have to drive at 20 miles an' hour to avoid getting the underside of your car scraped up or worse.

Its just not right. :P

I'm bored too...

Sorry for the big gaps in posting... :P

2005-10-23T18:16:29Z

I know that its been a while. :p There hasn't been much to post. But it has been a fun and interesting weekend.

Felt good to hang out with friends. :)

I'm getting old... :p

*sigh*..

Whaddaya know, a thing for goth chicks hahahahahah!!!!

2005-10-05T04:35:25Z

You scored as Outcasts. Outcasts: Existing even more on the periphery than Grungies this Clique has no common ground other than being outside the main sweep of Bloodsucker society. Perhaps they own a rap album, perhaps the Bitches have cut off their privileges or perhaps they just have a fetish for goth chicks. Whatever the reason they do not have the support of a Clique and tend to be cut off and shut out.

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Outcasts

59%

Freaks

50%

Perkies

47%

Crowleys

41%

Pretentious Art Whores

41%

Grungies

41%

Moshers

38%

Gothistocrats

38%

What Bloodsucker: The Angst Clique Am I?
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masamang_damo @ 2005-09-30T19:14:00

2005-09-30T11:26:07Z

It sucks to have a mental block. My decision to try using watercolor again was stopped at the door by a thick block.

:p Gotta find a way to salvage the stained half sheet of watercolor paper that I stretched. I wonder what it is, am I too deep into acrylics? or am I just rusty? *sigh*

Blugh?!!? what to do... decisions decisions...

On the bright side, I'm about to open an account and with little effort should be significantly richer by the time Santa squeezes through whatever he squeezes through to get into houses with no chimneys.

L I S T E N T O D A V E A T T E L L

...since its a time of changes, why not but keep on changing...

2005-09-22T18:14:20Z

I just set my newly stretched watercolor paper to dry. Remember the girl with the rose? "Kate" hehehe Well, I cut her out.

Its gonna be fun going back to watercolor. Been years since I used that medium. Much too long.

Much too long since I picked up a paintbrush. Any paint brush... :p

I wonder where this will lead. Hmmm...

Oh, and by the way, I'm so happy about all the positive feedback I've been getting about the painting.

Thanks everyone! :) Glad you all like it. :)

...it keeps going and going and going.

2005-09-21T18:55:36Z

Have you ever felt like sometimes, in the blurriness of day-to-day life... The time when everthing is most crisp and clear it in the wee hours when your eyes are getting a bit heavy and you're having trouble focusing your eyes so then you rely on how well you can type without looking. Well, that's what I'm doing right now.

Bites to see that some people are still edgy at work... :p

Anyway, I got to see a funny MADtv spoof of Limp Bizkit and Fred Durst... The new lyrics were quite good. :)

That's about it... :p

I have become...... BLAND.

....yawn

2005-09-20T19:23:38Z

I'm posting out of sheer boredom at the moment. Feel kind of weird. :p But anyway... I'm off to watch TV and eat tortilla chips and hope something good is on.

Goodnight.

Bummer...

2005-09-13T19:25:59Z

I just found out today that I didn't make the top 200 in the photo contest... :P sucks, but oh well. I also recent noticed that the proportions of the painting I'm working on are kinda off. SO I have to rework more than I thought I would.

Fuck.

But after some stretching and airbrushing and adjusting in photoshop I made an image of what I want the finished painting to look like. I hope you like it, :) Big big thanks to Sunny D who took the photo and posted it on deviant art.

Enjoy.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, can't from work and my connection at home runs at a whopping speed of 13-45kbps. Just a while ago, on my fourth connection attempt, I logged on at 6! yes 6 kilobytes per second...a tortoise with a broken leg is faster than Tri-Isys! Life's a bitch ain't it? Hahaha :P Blargh!

Must paint more, falling behind.

...its been a while.

2005-08-15T18:47:16Z

haven't been able to post lately... obviously. hehehe :p mainly because it got blocked and I was too lazy to post anything at home. I guess I got spoiled by the faster internet at work...

*sigh* dial-up... :P

I am almost done with my new painting... :) its at around 80% complete. Going to work on it for a couple of hours after I finish this post. If I get in the zone I'll finish it tonight. :)

I think I might be onto something. :) Feed back has been really good on this painting. :)

More Cyanide and Happiness for everybody!!!