What Its Like To Be A Teenage Clone: A Rope Of Sand

Good evening boys and girls, how are we all feeling tonight? Good, great. Not to much to write about tonight. Just thought I'd share some things, you know me, no matter how miniscule they happen to be. Hang on to your belongings and keep all hands and feet inside the ride at all times.

Let me start off by saying that never again will I go to Steak N' Shake on a Monday night ever again. The service sucked major monkey testicles and it just had a sucky vibe to it all around. Dan and I have never experienced so low caliber service in our lives. I didn't even have coffee, all I had was some water. I think this is due mainly in part to the fact that we show up right when all the waitresses are changing shifts. Therefore the waitress we had, leaves, and we never get assigned a new one in the process. Just kind of forgotten, they know we're there but they just choose not to refill our glasses. I think we may have to switch it up for a while and go to the Steak N' Shake in Roseland instead. There is also some breakfast at Harry's Waffle House and a trip to White Castle thrown in when George gets back in town.

I'd like to say that the title of this entry really has 2 meanings. 1: I have been observing that the more and more generations go through this town, the more and more they get dumber and exact replicas of eachother. They just keep getting themselves into categories such as jocks, goths, nerds, hardasses, stoners, etc. The fact of people who can be themselves and just get along with everyone is a rarity these days. Its a sad thing to see how many individuals are succuming to this clique bullshit, and just watching them dwindle into clones of the person right next to them. B: It is a line from the first episode of one of the greatest shows ever on televison: Clone High. It was on MTV a few years ago, but it got cancelled just before it could finish a single season. I believe that it was to racy and controversial for the time. I mean with 9/11 happening here, and then you have a show about cloned world leaders and celebrities that are being lived up by a parody of shows such as Melrose Place, 90210, and Dawson's Creek. Take for example, Ghandi. They made him out to be a short, annoyance who just happens to be a party animal that has ADD and enjoys shoving random objects up his nose. The show is genious though, I just wish people could have a little more sense of humor about it. I wonder if I got enough people to sign a petition if they would put it back on the air. Hmmm...

Dan is going to take one of my songs that I wrote and make some music for it. All I did was right the lyrics, I had a piano piece written for it but I am very interested to see what Dan does with this one. I have been feeding him songs for a while, and I finally struck the right chord with him. The song he picked was "Never A Reason". If you scroll down you can read it and find out what you think of the lyrics. Personally, the song has a lot of meaning to me, I wrote it when I got back from Frankfort. I had a lot of thoughts going through my head and a phone next to me, wanting to make a phone call against my better judgement. So instead I picked up a pen and grabbed a couple of post it notes and away I went. It is a strong song and I hope Dan does it justice.

Not too much happened today. Went to Wings Etc. tonight with Cappaparappa and Scotty. Chris just kind of stopped by my house unexpectedly. I have to admit it was good to see that tall gooney bastard. I mean that in the best way possible. I haven't seen him since schools been out, it would've been cool to hang out with a bigger crowd...but what can you do? Aside from that, I really didn't do anything. I found out that comic book store I wanted to work at went out of business for good about a week ago. *sigh* There is still hope though, BuyMeToys.com is the last and only comic store remaining in this area. I don't know whats sadder, the fact that there are no comic book stores around here or the fact that I am so hell bent on working at one. My only fallbacks I can think of are Orbit, Low Bob's, Tinderbox, or I may even work at a gas station. The more and more I watch Clerks, the more and more I just have the urge to have a job where I don't have to do anything. Then again do I really want to have that small chance of being shot? The next couple of days are going to suck. Dan will be at IU, ChelC is unavailable until the weekend, and Scott is going to be at work. I don't know about Ian or Ryan. I've been meaning to get in touch with the Patterson's too. They used to be a better family to me than my actual family. I don't know what went wrong, we grew up I guess. I miss them though, not as much Matt as I do Lauren, Nancy, and Phil.

ChelC gave me a copy of Anna Nalick's album "Wreck Of The Day". I haven't had it all that long but this album is already one of my favorites ever. Its absolutely amazing. Her voice, her songwriting, everything is perfect. I never get sick of it, it has not left my CD player since I bought it. "Breathe (2 am)" is destined to become a classic. Its just a really beautiful song. My favorites are "Forever Love (Digame)", "In the Rough", "In My Head" and "Catalyst". But they're all good. There are of course a few downsides though. "Bleed" is definately the weakest, worst song on the album, sadly...I always skip it. "Wreck of the Day" is a great song but its just SO slow and it goes nowhere. Overall, its a great album, its worth twice the price you pay for it. Definately get this one, you'll be glad you did. I didn't pay for it of course, I'm just saying if I had to I would pay twice as much...not really but it gets the point across. Thanks for the burn ChelC.

I found some pictures tonight of me at Palm Springs a couple of years back, it made me reminiss and think back on that trip. Let me share some tips with you in case you ever decide to go there. Until next time, be safe and eat your greens.

1. If you are under 60 years old, you are considered a teenager, and you are a small minority in what otherwise is a geriatric community.
2. Palm Springs stopped being a "party" town in the early 90's after Sonny Bono outlawed thong bikinis in public. "Spring Breakers" left - never to return.
3. La Quinta Resort gives you really cheap rates in the Summer months, allowing you to stay where Justin Timberlake & Cameron Diaz regularly visit for less than $80 a night.
4. No matter how cheap the room is, if you don't play golf or tennis, you will have a miserable time with nothing to do.
5. The rooms are cheap because during the day, it's 225 degrees in the shade (this number works for both the Fahrenheit & Celsius scales of temperature measurement).
6. If you get bored during the day, and decide to sit by the pool or wade in the pool for 30 minutes - DON'T.
7. Sunburns caused by 30 minutes of sitting by and wading in the pool, take about a week to stop hurting. This is for olive skinned people who already were somewhat tanned.
8. Once sunburnt, your last available option for entertainment has expired, and the remainder of your stay will be even more boring than before - unless you like itching, followed by shrill girl-like screams afterwards.
9. Don't ever grab your steering wheel after your car has stood in the desert sun for a few days. It will cause you to run back to the evil pool to cool off your 2nd degree burns, causing more sunburn on your already baked nape of neck. Leather-faced senior citizens will scowl at you with disrespect, causing you to go "medieval on their asses". You will lose these fights, because those senior citizens where actually around during medieval times and still carry large metal weapons and turkey legs that they can hurl with incredible accuracy.
10. If the concierge recommends "Ray's" as a place to have a nice steak, don't confuse it with "Roy's", which has a menu entirely dedicated to seafood. An otherwise nice restaurant, but halibut and steak taste ENTIRELY different.