tales of the mango kid

is it just me or

2006-02-06T00:25:00.000-05:00

are there alot of fucking morons about... esp on the internet... i don't get it... maybe i am feeling old... but the kids just be dumb... EMO... is dumb... thank you for making it impossible to wear converse all stars, and no... your music is not new... all music is emotional... it always convies an emotion of some sort... you music should be called shitty re-hashed 80s crap by pussies...

if i was on much's VJ search and that idiot devon asked me if i would do a better job then him... the right answer is not "i will vj without my shirt" or "its all about the hair" the correct answer is "i would have to try pretty damn hard to be worse then you"

some of you might be happy, some might be scared, but yes... the ill tempered mango kid has returned... and this is because for the past 2 weekends i have been stuck doing shitty homework all weekend long... i am pissed off... good thing i am getting some cash these next 2 weeks...

crying after winning the super bowl is OK, crying after your mum bought cherry instead of blue berry yoghurt makes you a fucking pussy
-this has been free commentry from the mango kid

Prince is Back

2006-02-05T21:38:00.000-05:00

Time Heals Nothing

2006-02-01T01:05:00.000-05:00

hello all... so... i have a dream post... ooooo... now you find out how messed up my mind is... subconsiously.

so first dream was saturday night... and the dream was, i went to sonic boom, to go buy van halen II, yes.. so i go... but the album is not there, so i go to the dude at the counter, and he takes the metal hook and slings it over shoulder, and fishes it out of the window and boom, i have the album... well... where to start with whats wrong with this dream...
1. if you ask the people at sonic boom if they have anything... they have no fucking clue... they are dumb as bricks...
2. um... there is nothing in the window of sonic boom
3. the sticker on the cd was from monster records, where there are cds in the window

dream #2

last night, i dreamt i was at ryerson, running around the halls, in my tighty whities, no problem, cause it was summer and really hot... cept they were like the oldest ratiest brown stained briefs... and everyone could see the fart holes... now... heres the thing... i never wear tighty whities, i have been a boxer man for a LONG time... and well... if it was summer... i would wear shorts... and not tighty whities..lol... like i said... i have been having weird dreams recently

cold sweat

2006-01-22T10:51:00.000-05:00

Wild One

2006-01-21T01:05:00.000-05:00

the 80s are back in style

2006-01-21T00:41:00.000-05:00

well its safe to say the 80s are back... the republicans are in the white house, it seems the conservatives will be on parliment hill, US has beef with Iran, there was another live aid, new wave is back in style, A.I.D.S. is on the rise, big brother is watching your movements... and the scariest thing is

People are oblivious again

if hair metal comes back just hand me the gun... i don't think i can deal with another hairspray induced fashion craze... or the return of boybands

chinatown

2006-01-20T01:06:00.000-05:00

whisky in the jar

2006-01-18T23:54:00.000-05:00

i won't take your bullshit

2005-12-20T17:20:00.000-05:00

well jack straw... if that is how you feel... then why is it that the poor have to work twice as hard as the rich to keep their family afloat... you feel it is some god given reason why these people are kept down? so you think people are getting a free medical ride... that people do not have the right to live... and you include immigrants... see you could have saved your sorry ass if you didn't include immigrants... i can see your true colours and that is WHITE... in fact.. i bet you look at the world in black and white... you think people make more money because they work harder... what kind of work do people at the top do??? really... give me insight in the corperate balence... all the work is done by lower people... you probably think i am poor... nope... i am upper middle class, with 2 parents working in upper managment... they are both immigrants, and worked god damn hard to get where they are today... however not everybody gets that chance... your logic seems to show that being born poor, makes you in fact lazy... i would see that far from the truth... next you will tell me that paris hilton has worked so damn hard to make it where she is today... i might shed a tear... hey... what happens when someone who is rich does get cancer, has to quit his job, pay for health care and ends up with nothing and half his strengh, thats right... he'll be lazy... i wish people like you would move to the states... and enjoy the wonderful health care system there... the one where you have to re mortgage your house so that you can live

supporting the conservative party makes me sooooo punk

2005-12-05T21:22:00.000-05:00

i don't get it

the commercials are corny

stephen harper looks really scary

the slogan "stand up for canada" scares me

does anyone else feel that the conservative party is one that well will not agree with me being well... being... it looks like harpers campaign will be based on scaring priveledge middle class whites into thinking that there is something wrong with canada

truth of the matter is i don't like the liberals... but i sure don't like the conservatives... i am an NDP kinda guy... this is true... but here are somethings that have bothered me

1. Harper plans to close safe houses in vancouver for people to shoot up

now... i am not an advocate for drugs... i don't do drugs, i think drugs are terrible... heroin has taken the life of phil lynott and many others, heroin kills the body and the soul... BUT by closing these clinics this will not stop people from shooting up, it will only make it more dangerous... it will lead to an increase in cases of AIDS, it will literalry kill people... it will cause people to steal from hospitals on all sides, this is a bad idea.

2. Two Teir Health Care

hey, if your rich, great... going to the hospital is a trying situation right now, you have to wait in long lines, if you want an MRI you have to wait 3 months, public health is strained right now... BUT what do you feel about $20,000 health bills, the truth of the matter is, if we go to a split private/public health care system, well there will be no going back, i think many do not realise this... once we take away our public system, there is no way in hell any party will bring bcak public health care, and the saddest part is that many white middle class familes feel they can pay medical bills... well i hope a second mortgage doesn't scare you and whats this about better health care... well maybe... but after you get your first thing fixed and you have a second problem and have to go to a hospital again... guess its public this time... what... they made public worst... son of a bitch

can you tell me where my country lies

2005-11-29T09:57:00.000-05:00

ok... so its been over a month

screw me...

anyway... life has been pretty boring... went shopping this weekend and to a wedding, but i am more intrested in the shopping... got lots of stuff, very nice... yeah

have you ever felt that you really didn't like the person sitting in front of you on the subway and you want to hoof them in the balls... that was me today, it might have been from the heat, or how crowded the subway was, or just the fact i didn't like the way the guy looked but i reall really wanted to hoof him in the balls and watch him writh in pain...

i have a sore throat... so i am a bit angry

so um... yeah i should have seen crash kelly and the illuminati instead

2005-10-30T01:16:00.000-05:00

i am PISSED
holy shit.. i am pissed in a violent way... i wanna break some fucker every which way... like i wanna fuck this boy up... i can't remember being this angry in a very very long time... maybe its the ghetto shooting out of me...

for all the negative things i might say about gene simmons, he brings up one very good point... the excuse that you're "drunk/high" is a bullshit one, its no excuse at all, you made yourself that way live with it...

if the drunk excuse worked... then i could fuck your mom, slit her throat. and bury her in your backyard, and say, oh man, i was trippin... BULLSHIT
BULLSHIT
FUCKING BULLSHIT

right now... i am just so angry i can't think properly
just let this be...
one thing to be known, drunk or sober, nobody controls adeem but adeem himself
nobody can think of telling me how to fucking live my life

i do things like the man boob search, yes, as a joke, its fun... but to have some dude rip into you the whole night about it... man... thats fucking shit... having a dude rip into how i live my life... i don't need that shit either

i should have gone to the concert at horseshoe tavern... atleast then i would have enjoyed some music...

this by way is not directed at ashley... thank you for inviting me... its just a certain someone... *wink wink* has sent me off into a rage

i leave you with a song basically sounding how i feel... thunder and lightning by thin lizzy

Locked up in the classroom waiting for a break
Down to the school yard knockin' the gate
Into the alley meeting with the boys
Waiting for the weekend to make a little noise
Thunder's roar, lightning fast
Kick in the girls and we started to blast
Screaming at the heavens every frightening stomp
It was a Saturday night when heavy rock was born
Like thunder and lightning
god damn, it's so exciting
It hits you like a hammer
god damn
It was Saturday night I was ready for the dance
My girl walked in holding another guys hand
He stood six foot six, he looked two miles wide
I was taking it easy 'till he took her outside
I was madder than hell and fit to burn
This guy had been around before but now he'd have to learn
Standing in the corner giving him a thrill
You can keep your lover honey, but he'll have to pay the bill
When the place started rocking it was Saturday night
I was dressed to kill I was feelin' alright
Alright in the middle of the night
I wasn't ready for a rumble but the mood was right
He got up to leave, I stood in his way
I said now that you've had your fun the price you'll have to pay
In the doorway, up against the wall
When they play a heavy record then I'm gonna have a ball
We started to rumble I was stumbling in
We were rocking and rolling and rolling and tumbling
I fumbled he started to win
When they played another record then I hit him again
I hit him again and I couldn't hit him anymore
My hands were black and blue and my jaw was sore
Screaming at the heavens every frightening stomp
It was a Saturday night when heavy rock was born

lee town, is the best town

2005-10-14T13:28:00.000-04:00

dude, i had lee town it was soooooo good... cheap chinese food... with jumbo portions... this is getting dangerous...

ok... so at ryerson today is monday, now now, i know that the calender says friday, but we treat it as a monday.... the problem with monday for me is, the class i hate the most is on monday, i would not mind if monday had my fun classes, but friday is the day of my fun classes, the day i lose... oh yeah.. .KISS ROCKS

perils of living in modern society

2005-10-09T23:16:00.000-04:00

as i went to sleep on friday night, i forgot to plug in my cell phone, and forgot to set my laptop up through my stereo... lets just say, i took enough of the bips and bops for a bit until i had to take care of it... i would have my lap top constantly telling me people are coming on msn... then my phone would go blip boop bop... seriously... sleep is hazordous...

oh yeah... check out the van morrison contractual obligation album, for download here

i am a strong democrat, could have told you that

2005-10-03T19:55:00.000-04:00

You are a
Social Liberal
(76% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(26% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Strong Democrat

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Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane

2005-10-02T23:15:00.000-04:00

I sit here, about quarter past eleven on a Sunday night, and I start to think, who am I, what am I. and I start to relise that I am extremely confused...I am not confused in the sense that as a teen I was once confused about my love life, for the first time, I am absolutely sure about my love life, and that is not to have one. I don't think people understand me, so here I go.

in terms of love life, I never felt satisfied, many of you know my past exploits... well... more like rejections, but you get the jist of it. well now, i feel, that its fine to be alone, in fact, being alone is the greatest thing for me. but it truly starts to hamper ones social life. you start looking around, feeling that you have this great new revolution in your life, the old regime has toppled and the new one has brought happiness and joy, and little flags for the children to wave. but then everyone surrounding you helps the old regime, it begins to make you a rouge state.

you also begin to relise that, you were never really important, well you are important, but not in a way you once felt, not in a way that your new look on life needs. then you start to branch out, contact friends you have not heard from in a long time, people that you used to talk to, but due to circumstances, have lost touch. you start seeing these people, and its great, you have a real good time.

but again, life is unfullfilling... it seems to make vicious cycles out of everything, the little flags aren't waved by the children anymore, the new regime doesn't have that new car smell anymore, and self doubt rears its ugly head, and things aren't as great as you tell people. well sorta.

life begins to be complicated, you feel everything is alright, you go around, smile at al the ladies, flirting like a peacock in heat, because god damn it, you the fuck is gunna stop you. you begin to relise that all this worry and self doubt is not worth your energy and think maybe that movie was awesome, but you really shouldn't feel that way after a movie.

life is complicated... yes, my outlook on life is different... yes, am i questioning things in my life... yes, would i ever change who i am just because i am different... no fucking way bob

the adeem project

2005-09-15T08:25:00.000-04:00

hello

for some of you, this might be the first time in a long time reciving an e-mail from me, other might not remember me at all. at one point my route through life must have traveled close to mine. maybe followed the same path, maybe our paths crossed at one instance, maybe i just got a hold of your e-mail a creepy way... who knows... anyway. as most of you know, i run a blog... i try to keep ideas fresh and try experiments all the time. so this is my experiment. i want to know what sorta response i get. i would like people to right back sending me what they think of me. if you don't remember me, you can right that too. just to jog some memories, my name is Adeem, i used to go to king. that should be all i need... just to prove this is not stroking my ego. my blog adress is http://themangokid.blogspot.com a copy of this letter is posted there, and responses will be posted there, no need to worry, i will not say from whom they come from, the first posting will take place when i have 10 responses, and then i will see how it goes from there. thank you for participating.

exciting times

2005-09-11T10:48:00.000-04:00

danko jones is gunna have a show on the 8th of october, the best part about this is... i have a test the week before, and my next test is the next week, like the week following the concert there are no tests, i dunno how they pulled it off to have the concert on the perfect day for me... if you didn't know already i am a huge dankophile... its almost exactly a year to the day of my first danko show... and there are gunna be new tunes... WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

sounds like an internet pyramid scheme

2005-09-09T20:55:00.000-04:00

do you know what a pyramid scheme is? i always used to hear about them on aqua teen and it seemed like a kinda joke almost... they fucking well are not

i go to a job interview with rogers communication yesterday, it seemed wierd that they asked to meet at the toronto star building over the rogers building... but duh... i didn't think about it, i met the people there, and we went to the cafateria for the interview... again, warning bells should have gone off.

a job interview should not feel like you are being sold something... this dude kept pushing rogers cell phones, over and over, almost brainwashing... well if i had a more conventional mind it might have worked... but i am in a way... weird... so yeah.. i was at one point trying to think things through and he followed in shiester order trying to bombard me with questions abot what i was thinking so i told him i am not intrested in his job and bid him good day... plus... you didn't want me to try and sell you a cell phone plan would you... of course not...

i am so tired

2005-09-09T01:26:00.000-04:00

i will post soon... probably after i sleep

i used to dream about your sister, fucking me in the shower

2005-08-30T20:13:00.000-04:00

well the summer is almost done... what do i have to show for it??? i don't really know... this has been a really wierd summer... i think a large part of that is down to having mono for 3 of the 4 months really put a damper on it... but like... there was no adventure... i dunno bout you, but something definatly was lacking this summer

well the last few days have made up for it... jen's BBQ was a hoot, i did the BBQing, and it rained, and then i started dancing in the rain... all bollywood style... it could be considered my audition tape if someone recorded it... but there were no camera... i think

shitty times in a shitty world, shitty songs about shitty girls

2005-08-26T11:09:00.000-04:00

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shitty times in a shitty world, shitty songs about shitty girls

2005-08-26T10:55:00.000-04:00

listening to some doughboys... gotta love "shitty song" i am back from england... and it was not the best trip...lol... overall my whole family feels sorta cheated by the trip, since we were unable to do what we wanted, i did get a ton of music... and an england jersey... so that makes me happy...

the thin lizzy show was fucking awesome... i really should have taken some pictures, but i didn't... roger did get one of me... lets hope he sends it to me... he is off in ireland at the moment... actually i think he might be in the plane now... who knows... but he was there for the statue unvailing... which is super cool... i hope i get to go see it sometime... i do want to visit ireland later in my life...

DECLARATION OF WAR

i am declaring all out war on telemarketers... i have already struck some heavy blows... it started last week friday when one called about insurance... i told them my leg was blown off in a war, so i cannot get insurance... i have also had the "child scolorship" one, where i told them i was infertile... i had a financial company call... butchered my dads name.... guessed the middle name wrong... so i told him that there is no need to mortgage my cardboard box... last night i had a longdistance company phone... and i told them i had no one to call since my family was all killed in a plane crash... so there you go... the war has begun...

The Mango Kid will be gone for 2 weeks

2005-07-31T09:36:00.000-04:00

i'm goin to england BITCH!

The Mono Kid is NO MORE

2005-07-21T20:02:00.000-04:00

Went to the Doctor today... basically i am done with this stupid mono business i am so relieved that it is over, i am allowed to play baseball again... i am allowed to do a hell of alot more now, thankfully... with my liver and spleen in tact... turns out my parents will be leaving this weekend, going to michigan, which will be good, not for them, but it allows me to come home from the concert hella late, and not have the parents bust me... doors open 8 pm, its at healy's and should be really really really good... i am fully hyped now, i can't wait for the show, when i go in full regalie...lol and to go with the running theme, another thin lizzy song.. "with love"

It's a tedious existence laying your love on the line
Resistance is useless she can leave at any time
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless
But this Casanova's roving days are over more or less

With love

She broke my heart and made me sad
You foolish boy you lost what you had

My Mademoiselle I must make my farewell
You see Senor I know she don't want me no more
I'd like to make that Fraulein mine, mein Fraulein
So I'll depart sweetheart and leave you with this line

With love
She says she won't be back no more
With love
She says she's leaving for sure

My Mademoiselle I'll say farewell
No matter where you are, Au Revoir
'Til we meet again, Auf Wiedersehn

She wrote it on a letter
But it didn't make him feel any better
With love
She says goodbye, adios, farewell

There are those who will spend a lifetime of leisure
'Til the leisure finally takes control
And they'll spend their life in search of pleasure
Never knowing the treasure that they own

There are those who will spend a lifetime in hard labour
'Til the labour breaks both body and soul
And they will learn to love their neighbor
And be assured of what they own

LITTLE DARLING

2005-07-21T12:19:00.000-04:00

ok... so i didn't post yesterday... not like anyone is reading this anyway... so yesterday i went down town... the reason i went is my laptop has like this chunk of it missing, like the casing... so i go to see if they will fix it so IBM doesn't fuck me with repair charges... well it was a wasted trip, they said not to worry about it... so then i went to the monster... gearing up fully for the show, got the thin lizzy playin all day long, its great... picked up 2 more watchmen albums, which is cool... the show is only 2 more sleeps away... YAY!!!!!! soo excited... goin to the doctor today... gunna get all checked up, probably the last one, i really don't feel mono'd up anymore... so thats a good thing...

going with my theme i leave you with the lyrics to "Johnny"

Somewhere on the waterfront
Johnny's hiding with a gun
Swears he'll kill any man that tells his story
He's ain't sorry for what he's done

He broke into a drugstore
Just to cure his daily need
Didn't mean to shoot the guard
But he was blinded by the greed

Oh, Johnny

See that nun, she's his sister
She doesn't know that he's gone bad
When they told it to his papa
It drove the old man mad

Just as his mother warned him
From her dying bed
It's alright to lose your heart
But never lose your head

Oh, Johnny

Now the cops have got him surrounded
And he doesn't stand a hope
He wonders how he could be in so much trouble
Over just a little dope

Five to one he gets away
That's the odds I'm going to give
Five to four they blast him away
Three to one he's going to live

Oh, Johnny
Oh, Johnny, you better run

Back in the alley where he was slain
Thought I heard something move
Beside the trash can lay a heart and chain
The picture had been removed

Just another junkyard piece
Looking for a bed
It's alright to lose your heart
But never lose your head

Oh, Johnny

*Lookout!*

Paradise in the Driveway

2005-07-19T14:39:00.000-04:00

today i was able to stay in a little spot of paradise for a little over an hour, in my own driveway... i live in scarbrough, not like i am gunna find a tranquil piece of nirvana, but i came damn close today... i was sitting in the driveway on an old chair, had Thin Lizzy's Debut album playing on the speakers my dad has in the garage, a big bowl of cherries and a big glass of ice water, it takes little to make me happy, but the sun felt so great, its not too hot today, its a dry heat so it felt nice, the music was playing so you know i was happy with that, and i love cherries, and water, well i have been drinking alot of water recently, its good...lol... the thin lizzy song of the day today is "Vegabond of the Western World"

I could tell you the story of a vagabond
A playboy of the western world
One day by chance he came upon
A fair young maid, a country girl

He told her that he loved her
And he took all of her silver
He told her that he needed her too
He said "Hey baby, you got eyes of blue"
But he was a vagabond

Blue eyes, oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
The kind of eyes that say "I do" eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes

He roamed around the cities
Searching for his fortune and fame
No lady ever got to know his name
Shame, but that was his game

Gave a girl a baby boy
He said "This child is my pride and joy"
"I'm busy running wild and free"
"Make sure he grows up like me"
And I'm a vagabond

Blue eyes, oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
The kind of eyes that say "I do" eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes

Oh I could tell you a story of a vagabond
He was a playboy of the western world
He wore an earring in his left ear
You see his father he was a gypsy

You just might meet him upon the highway
Pretty fine dancer too
But he's leave you blue, he'd leave
He'd leave you woman

Phil Lynott, the romantic we lost too soon

2005-07-19T00:02:00.000-04:00

hello people... as most of you know, there will be a thin lizzy tribute show this saturday, and trust me... i will be there... with my afro wig, the moustashe i have been growing for a while, thin lizzy shirt, and shorts (what... its gunna be hot... and nobody sees the bottom half of pictures) the proceeds from the concert will be going to the rosin dubh foundation, as the statue will be put up in august of this year on grafton st. in dublin Ireland... now as you all know... music is an extremly important thing for me... and though less then a year ago, i would not be able to tell you anything about thin lizzy, i must say, they fucking rock... they consistantly put out great albums, and thier sound was always changing (as well as guitarists) the one thing that really sets them apart was the ability phil lynott had at making some of the greatest damn songs... his lyrics flow like poetry and were able to create these soundscape descriptive stories that has not been seen since his passing... that is right folks... Phil Lynott's lyrical ability is better then the original mango kid DANKO JONES, better then Billy Corgan, better then Prince, better then Chris Cornell, better then Marc Bolan, better then Gordie Johnson, and a damn sight better then Kurt Cobain... if you don't believe me... just listen to the 7 minute opus Diddy Levine from thier debut album... i will even post the lyrics... Phil Lynott, blew everyone out of the water when it came to lyrics, and he is sorley missed by this mango kid...

In the later forties
When Diddy Levine lived with Eunice King
He gave her the ring that she wore

Janice the smiling daughter
Who came from a marriage way before
But Eunice was the father that she always saw

Though they never never never never told her
She always knew the score
You see kids were so much wiser after the wars

But Diddy hadn't have enough
She had to get some more
On a ration piece of paper, she wrote "Eunice, I'm not sure"

And with her child in her arms
She went looking for a fling
Besides, she didn't like the name Mrs. King

The first time that she heard Damper Dan
Was on the radio
Crooning at a volume that was way, way down low

Diddy was surprised to hear that Damper's name was Dan
Soon after he was a calling
And he asked, begged and pleaded for her hand

Damper's heart was dampened
When Diddy answered "no, no, no, no, no"
But if she changed her mind, she said "Dan, I'll let you know"

With her child in her arms
She went looking for man
Besides, she didn't like the name Damper Dan

Janice the smiling daughter grew up to be a teenage queen
Through all of her mother's lovers
She kept the name Levine

Behind the picture house she first made her scene
With a boy called Allister
Who was dating a friend called Celine

And Celine wasn't mad when Janice came in between
But Allister got scared when he heard
And he joined the USA Marines

Inheritance, you see, runs through every family
Who is to say what is to be is any better
Over and over it goes, goodness and badness winds blow

Over and over, over and over
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over
The good and the bad winds blow

Change in Programing

2005-07-19T00:00:00.000-04:00

From Now until the concert, i will be posting lyrics from my favorite Thin Lizzy songs

HAPPY B-DAY SHAUN

2005-07-18T11:06:00.000-04:00

you know full well i was gunna use this picture

do you hear what i hear?

2005-07-16T23:35:00.000-04:00

something, that really pisses me off... i mean really gets on me tits... is when people clap at the end of a movie... now i can understand you know, end of the movie, and your at the priemier so all the people who made the movie are there so they can recieve the applause, i can understand clapping at the end of a play, the actors are there, recieving the applause, hell i can understand small children clapping, a movie is a big thing for a kid... but seriously... grown people, should not clap at the end of a movie, its silly... who are you clapping to??? the actors??? no they are in LA right now rolling in cash, the director? producer? nope, they aren't there either... hell the guy who wiped johnny depp's ass wasn't even there... no, you are clapping for the sad git who is making sure the reels of film are being loaded on to the projector... thats about the only person you are clapping to... and no, its not like your claping might produce an encore, like a concert... no... you are clapping in vien... there is no reason at all to clap... hell i see it to make more sense to get the clap at a movie, then to clap at one...

Major update

2005-07-07T10:44:00.000-04:00

well not really... i am still suffering through mono... went to niagara falls on saturday... had family around... it was wierd... like we went to the gardens and shit... and like... if you go to the free stuff... you will find like a shit load of indian people... like ok... i know there could be alot of people at the floral clock or shit like that... but... everywhere i looked it was brown people... i mean EVERYONE was brown... whats up with that... did they all decide to come here on the same day or something...

major shake up in my top 5 bands

1.Danko Jones
2.Thin Lizzy
3.Smashing Pumpkins
4.Prince
5.T.rex

billy corgans solo album finally pushed the pumpkins off the high perch... i guess you could say.. i grew out of them

update on PJ Phil

2005-06-20T20:09:00.000-04:00

he is still alive... i got an e-mail from him today... he has been hanging out with jarvis church... you remember him right... he was in the philosopher kings... the singer... the guy who kinda looks like danko jones... but reall doesn't.... yeah him...lol

by popular demand

2005-06-17T23:22:00.000-04:00

my before my hair cut... don't i look super fucked up

new band alert

2005-06-03T20:47:00.000-04:00

ok guys... go to http://www.shadygrady.net and check out this band... the mp3s on the site are fucking awesome... some good old rock and roll

what the mango kid has been listening to recently

2005-06-01T09:16:00.000-04:00

alot of thin lizzy... my johnny the fox album came in and jesus h christ is a great album... the david usher album blows... but thin lizzy is great... i have also been listening to the night life album, and rengades still... i am only 3 albums away from getting them all... woo hoo

a sad depressed git is not a martyr

2005-05-30T20:32:00.000-04:00

Martyr

One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles.
One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle.

Why is it always said kurt cobain is a martyr... i don't see him being listed as what a martyr is... people always said kurt died for his music... thats not true, he died because he couldn't handle fame... he died because he was a junkie... the music had nothing to do with it... he didn't further the music... he killed the music... he killed alternative music and caused the record industry to find the "new nirvana" instead of finding good music...

when i think of martyr i think of the men who died in europe, i think of people who gave up their lives so that we could live, i think of martin luther king helping push the civil rights movement and being killed because of that...

Kurt Cobain killed himself... he filled his vein with herion and then stuck a shot gun to his face put his toe on the tigger and did himself... thats not being a martyr... thats being a sad git who needed help....

why am i so tired

2005-05-30T20:26:00.000-04:00

well... i can now explain my life with mono.. mono blows... i hate being tired all the time... i mean it really eats into my summer of fun... i mean the main worry for me is my liver/spleen i don't want to mess it up too much... but the tiredness kills... i go out and then like walk maybe a block and i am done... i get worn out and need to rest... or i come home and have to sleep... kids... don't get mono its not fun

my sisters view of the much music countdown

2005-05-29T14:44:00.000-04:00

30. massari: Hate Them, don’t like sound

29.Eminem: hate him, music is stupid

28.Sloan: Don’t know who they are

27.DC: They are OK

26.Coldplay: not a big fan, they are boring

25.Foo Fighters: don’t like them, video to soft

24.Kelly Clarkson: shes OK

23.Kalen Porter: like him a bit, not a huge fan

22.Bobby Valintino: No Idea

21.Queens of the Stone age: not too bad

20.The Killers: don’t like new video

19.Matt Mays and el torpedos: don’t know them

18.Arcade Fire: Don’t know them

17.Frankie J: No Clue

16.Simple Plan: like them a lot

15.Backstreet Boys: just ew

14.Alexisonfire: don’t like them

13.50 cent: HATE him

12.Shawn Desman: he is ok

11.Green Day: like them

10.Audioslave: don’t like them

9. Theroy of a deadman: not too bad

8.Akon: HATE him, video is annoying

7.U2: don’t like them, very boring

6.Amerie: don’t like her, annoying voice

5.Gwen Stefanni: she is ok

4.Avril Lavigne: really like her

3. Black Eyed Peas: Don’t like them

2.The Game: HATE him

1.Ciara: don’t really like her

Smashing pumpkins: they're not bad
Danko Jones: He's OK
Thin Lizzy: Don't Like them
Prince: he's pretty good
Soundgarden: Don't know who they are

i added the last 5, they are my top 5... i didn't know who any of the bands were so i asked my sister... i still don't know who a bunch of them are

where has the mango kid been???

2005-05-25T22:50:00.000-04:00

i have been sick... i promise to post soon... i have mono... so i have ideas and things i would like to post.. so don't worry... substance will come soon

i am getting lazy

2005-05-11T17:28:00.000-04:00

Go to images.google.com. Type in your answers to the following questions and post the first postable image result for each (although this may depend on your definition of what is postable.) First name, favorite book, current mood, worst fear, favorite place, a fruit, what you had for breakfast this morn, a person of the opposite sex, your most favorite thing in the world, last name.

First name: Adeem
http://www.hiphophunks.com/adeem.jpg

Favortie Book: White Teeth
http://www.rockyriverdental.com/images/white-teeth.jpg

Current Mood: mellow NSFW(it brings up a naked chick)
http://samos.lighthunters.net/3views/mellow.jpg

Worst Fear: Being Alone
http://inconduit.com/words/find/being_alone.jpg

Favorite Place: Monster Records
http://www.bluemonsterrecords.com/images/blue_monster_logo.gif

Fruit: Mango
http://lennthompson.typepad.com/lenndevours/images/mango.jpg

What I Had For Breakfast this Morning: Chinese Food
http://www.pjchmiel.com/photo/food/buddhadelight1.jpg

Person of Opposite Sex: Erin
http://www.nyaa.edu/dp2003/erin-carney-young.jpg

Most Favorite Thing in the World: Records
http://www.littlebrotherrecords.com/lb.gif

Last Name: Shah
http://i.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1960/1101600912_400.jpg

show recap

2005-05-11T17:13:00.000-04:00

ok... finally i will post my update... well i got to the venue early... there was family stuff going on so i had to just get out of the house... as i was pulling into the parking lot for the venue, i saw Danko and JC walking through the parking lot... they heard the music from my car and stopped and then i waved over to them, and they said "your mango kid?" and i was like yeah, and then they asked for my real name and they were going to put me down on the guest list...

i finally parked the car and then went walking to go pick up some white castle before the show, as i was walking a man asked me "are you looking for danko?" i was taken aback and said i was going to the show but right now i was going to get some food, then i asked him how he knew, he told me he recognized me from the toronto show and he was the sound guy, he told me to go to the resturant after white castle cause thats where danko was, i told him i wanted white castle and he said no go to this place its healthy food. so i ended up going

at the place i ordered a spicy chicken flat bread and talked to danko a bit, then his food came and he left and then i got my food and i walked over to a bench and ate it... then i had time to kill so i was going around and telling people about the band at record stores and other alternative places i checked out

i waited outside the venue for a while, and then JC came out to talk to some friends from columbus, i talked to him for a bit and he signed my cds. then we were in the venue, and and it was a cool venue, i think a little bigger then lees, but thats cause it doesn't have the pit and such.

inside the venue a sound guy came up to me and gave me a danko pick which was cool, and then danko, JC and damon were chilling around the venue, i got a picture taken with JC and JC and Danko, and JC told me that the first annouced show for the band they were opening up for a band from colombus and thats who they were talking to, they were talking road stories and such, and i saw damon at the bar by himself, so i went over and talked to him

he told me that he does go on the messege board and saw that people were saying he was elusive and doesn't sign, how ever he told me i should get on here and quash that rumour, because he did sign and he was cool

the show was very cool, same set list, there was some technical difficulties at the begining but it was cool, i was not the only one to travel aways to see the band as there were people from west virginia and indiana to see the band. some high points were at one point someone in the crowd yelled out "LETS GET IT ON" and danko replied "I'm a guy, and You're a guy, and I'm not really into that" it was funny stuff... and by the time mountain was playing i think they had the whole audience in their hands, durring the show damon broke a drumstick and i caught it (that makes 2)

after the show i met up with JC and he gave me a pick which was very cool and i bought a t-shirt, i talked with the band a bit, and i talked to the danko fans that were there, who looked at my cds, and asked questions about the band and about some of the cds they had not seen, and then i got danko to sign my cds, and he put great comments on them and then he gave me two picks, the band thanked me for comming out and driving the distance and such

the comas almost put me into one, and i told damon its a total let down going from danko to that crap, so said good day to the band and best wishes on the rest of the tour and came home and had some white castle

the pictures are down below and i was featured on dankos road report

the pictures of the show

2005-05-11T17:09:00.000-04:00

the wishlist

2005-05-02T15:52:00.000-04:00

i have just updated the wishlist... and the link now does send you to MY wish list...

a short little post before my show recap

2005-05-02T11:11:00.000-04:00

yes that is me with danko and JC... in that picture we have 2 mango kids...lol.. anyway... rogers site has now been updated... go check it out at http://monsterrecords.ca its some good stuff... so i will give a complete show recap after i get all my house stuff done which should be tonight...lol..

sunday morning

2005-04-24T09:21:00.000-04:00

damn.... i must say... i feel sorry for anyone who is not christian, and not indian on sunday mornings.... because thats all thats on... you have like the church tv programs... which i really don't understand... are you supposed to watch that instead of church or what???

and then the indian programs... i mean yeah i watch them all the time... but like seriously... does EVERY channel have to put one on at the same time... like 6 of the channels have one on right now... its kinda funny...

what do normal people do on sunday morning, there are no cartoons, there are some news programs... and there is coronation st. which i think is great but i watch it durring the week...

speaking of coronation st. someone on that show just actcidently shaved off his eyebrow causing my family and i to just about roll off the couch with laughter due to my past...lol

who the fuck wants to drink "crunk jucie"

2005-04-21T21:32:00.000-04:00

ok... much music is trash... thats all i have to say about that... and who is the genuis that decided that "crunk" will sell something... fuck... "crunk" sounds broken... "crunk juice" really does not sound tasty... it leaves me to feel i will get an STD after drinking it...

i relised a flaw in much musics new programing... and the flaw is there is nowhere for people to request videos... much music has taken away your freedoms and become a dictatorship... much on demand was a show to request music... now... it tells you what to listen to...

in other news... i have now been listed on monster records site its some funny stuff... when like the official thing is unvailed.. i will like have a fancy smasnsy thing for it... but not now...lol

i have a word for the wise... do not light a BBQ with a match... you will burn yourself... and not in a good way...

1 week till work is done... and 9 days till danko in columbus... all hell will break loose

stop the presses

2005-04-20T23:23:00.000-04:00

there is a new billy song... and damn its sooooooooo good... its electronic/heavy, its like if adore was heavy... its so good

10 more days

2005-04-20T23:00:00.000-04:00

10 days to danko in columbus

hot fun summer in the city

2005-04-20T08:34:00.000-04:00

so yesterday was the best day of the year (weather wise) it was sooooooo nice and hot... and i had 2 exams... though this might be seen as a bad thing... it was so fucking good... i feel so good about them because i knew what i was doing... thats always a really good thing when your writing an exam... i really hope i did well on them... and then i am back in school full time it will be all good for next year... school... inprov... oh yeah... as of today i am officially an executive in the improv society... holy crap... its so crazy... less then 8 months ago i didn't know about the improv society... and now almost all my friends at ryerson are from the improv society.

anyway so yesterday was so nice, i went to monster records after my exam, it was nice to just sit on the couch and relax... the new website is almost up... and i hear there will be a link to the mango kid on there so watch out for that...

there is only a week and a half left of work... i am getting excited =D

if i were 14

2005-04-17T23:54:00.000-04:00

do you notice that a hell of alot of LJ and blog people are just whiny kids... i swear... these kids have too much rage about crap that nobody needs to be angry about... i scour the web from time to time and i found a LJ where a girl just constantly complains about crap... like crap she can't change... "grrrrrr a&f sucks... they use porn as advertising" the real funny thing is this girl loves hot topic... now this is how the world of business works... hot topic... is ambercrombie... they are one in the same... they just have different target markets... i mean you can say your all alternative with your kurt cobain t-shirt (which you will spend about $30 on and will cost about $3 to make... thank you for 900% profit)... but the fact of the matter is i can also buy fucking stocks and make money off your ass for buy a shirt featuring someone who died before you were born...

thats right... your alternative store has shareholders that look more like the people you despise so much... they are making money on your ass because you THINK your different... my advice is find something that makes you different, and stop complaining about things that are different from you and then complain about people not understaning you... all the world really needs is more understaing...

the mango kid has returned and i am angry because the part of the social demographic pie chart i fall in tells me to be

another survey... sorry

2005-04-16T19:31:00.000-04:00

1. Pick a band and answer only using the band's song titles:DANKO JONES
2. Are you male or female: "Samual Sin"
3. Describe how you feel about yourself: "The Mango Kid"
4. Your best piece of advice: "Word is Bond"
5. Describe your last relationship: "Too Much Trouble"
6. Describe your last or current crush: "Hot Damn Woman"
7. Say something to someone you have a crush on: "My Love is Bold"
8. Say something to an ex: "Get Outta Town"
9. Say something to someone who hurt you severely: "Suicide Woman"
10. How do you feel right now: "I'm Alive and on Fire"

the light at the end of the tunnel

2005-04-14T20:46:00.000-04:00

there will come a time, when you feel that the world is dark, you will be stuck and be in fear of your so called life because you don't know where to go... you will stay in this was for a long time, always thinking you have found a door out of the darkness on to open it and find yourself even deeper, or worse, have a small 10 watt light bulb on giving you false hope only to burn out shortly there after, but trust me my friends you will find your way out... i feel i have... and i was stuck in the basement, both wrists slashed

i promise to start posting more

2005-04-13T17:49:00.000-04:00

be gentle
SURVEYSURVEYSURVEYSURVEY!!!
1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it. ____________________
2. Am I lovable? _______________________
3. How long have you known me? ____________________
4. When and how did we first meet? ____________________
5. What was your first impression?
6. Do you still think that way about me now? <-- im afraid of this one
7. What do you think my weakness is? ____________________
8. Do you think I'll get married? ____________________
9. What makes me happy? ____________________
10. What makes me sad? ____________________
11. What reminds you of me? ____________________
12. If you could give me anything what would it be? ____________________
13. How well do you know me? ____________________
14. When's the last time you saw me? ____________________
15. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't? ____________________
16. Do you think I could kill someone? ____________________
17. Describe me in one word. ____________________
18. Do you think our friendship is getting stronger/weaker/or staying the same? ____________________
19. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen? ____________________
20. Do you like waffles? ____________________
21. Name 3 things about me you like. ____________________
22. Name 3 things about me you dislike. ____________________
23. What do you think youll remember most of me in 5 years? ____________________
24. On a scale from 1-10, where should I get that piercing I've wanted? lol ____________________
25. Are you going to put this on your LJ and see what I say about you? ____________________

MISSING... THE MANGO KID

2005-04-11T09:25:00.000-04:00

HAVE YOU SEEN THE MANGO KID???

updated list

2005-03-20T21:54:00.000-05:00

1. Smashing Pumpkins
2. Danko Jones
3. Prince
4. Thin Lizzy
5. Soundgarden
6. Everclear
7. Matthew Good (band)
8. Jane's Addiction
9. Big Sugar
10. Sloan

those pumpkins will always stay at the top, but there i have a holy trinity now...

Holy Ghost- The Late Phil Lynott
Father- Prince
Son- Danko

i got a dirty mind

2005-03-18T21:31:00.000-05:00

oh yeah... as you see the updated list, i now have a dirty mind, i also have princes self titled album, and van halens diver down... though i was the butt of every joke in class, because my taste is "3 decades behind" but meh... i'm cool with that

today i helped my buddy shaun move, who would think it was such hard work, it was cool though, i love manual labour, serious... because when i am done, i have a sense of accomplishment... all i know is when i move, i am coming after you and you are helping me... i got a lot of shit...

i had a job interview today, man i looked BOSS, like oh boy, i felt all like "look at me, yeah you want a piece of this" it was nuts, i felt all powerfull and stuff, it was cool, i have one picture, i dunno how it turned out, but damn, sometimes dressing up feels good, also i really didn't drink pop in a week and like i feel alot thiner, its crazy, i drop that stuff and the pounds come flying off... a few people at work saw me today... they could not believe it was me... i must say, i clean up good...

i am running for improv society vice president... i hope i win, unless like Jay is running, or even if Rob is running, then i will like concede, they are like gunna be in their last years, or around there, and would deserve it alot more then i do...

i am so tired... i need sleep like you would not belive

updated list

2005-03-18T21:22:00.000-05:00

Aerosmith-O'Yeah(greatest hits)
Alien Ant Farm-ANThology
Alice in Chians- Facelift
Alice in Chains- Dirt
Alice in Chains- Alice in Chains
Auf der Maur- Auf der Maur
Beatles- Revolver
Beatles- Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles- 1
Big Sugar- Heated
Big Sugar- Hit and Run
Big Wreck- In Memory Of
Boston- Boston
BTO- Greatest Hits
Bush-Sixteen Stone
Bush-Razorblade Suitcase
Bush- Science of things
Bush- Golden State
Catherine- Sorry
Catherine- Hot Saki and Bedtime Stories
C'MON- Midnight is the Answer
Jimmy Chaimberlain Complex- Life Begins Again
Coldplay-Parachutes
Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head
Collective Soul- Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid
Collective Soul- Collective Soul
Collective Soul- 7even Year Itch
Cornell, Chris- Euphoria Morning
Copyright- The Hidden World
Deep Purple- The Very Best of
Doughboys- Crush
Duran Duran- Greatest
Edwin- Another Spin Around the Sun
Eve 6- Eve 6
Everclear- World of Noise
Everclear- White Trash Hell
Everclear- Sparkle and Fade
Everclear- So Much for the Afterglow
Everclear- Songs to an American Movie pt 1, Learning how to Smile
Everclear- Songs to an American Movie pt 2, Good Time for a Bad Attitude
Everclear- Slow Motion Daydream
Faith No More- The Real Thing
Fat Boy Slim- You've Come A Long Way, Baby
Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters- The Coulour and the Shape
Foo Fighters- There is Nothing Left to Lose
Foo Fighters- One by One
Gandharvas- Soap Bubble and Inertia
Gandharvas- Sold for a Smile
MGB- Last of The Ghetto Astronauts
MGB- Raygun EP
MGB- Underdogs
MGB- Beautiful Midnight
MGB- The Audio of Being
Good, Matthew- Avalanche
Good, Matthew- White Light Rock and Roll Review
Grand Theft Audio- Blame Everyone
Green Day- International Superhits
Iha, James- Let it Come Down
IME- Scenery and Fish
IME- Blue Green Orange
IME- The Quicksilver Meat Dream
Jane's Addiction- Nothing Shocking
Jane's Addiction- Ritual de lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction- Strays
Jones, Danko- My Love is Bold
Jones, Danko- I'm Alive and on Fire
Jones, Danko- Born a Lion
Jones, Danko- We Sweat Blood
Jones, Danko- The Magical World of Rock (spoken word)
Kula Shaker- K
Live- Throwing Copper
Live- Secret Samadhi
Lit- A Place in the Sun
Moist- Silver
Moist- Creature
Moist- Mercedes 5 and dime
Navarro, Dave- Trust No One
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
Oasis- Definatly Maybe
Oasis- (Whats the Story) Morning Glory
Oasis- Be Here Now
Oasis- The Masterplan
Oasis- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
OLP- Naveed
OLP- Clumsy
OLP- Happiness... is not a Fish That You Can Catch
OLP-Spiritual Machines
Pearl Jam- Rearviewmirror
The Philosopher Kings- Famous Rich and Beautiful
Placebo- Without You I'm Nothing
Placebo- Black Market Music
The Police- Every Breath You Take
Prince- Prince
Prince- Dirty Mind
Prince- Controversy
Prince-1999
Prince- Purple Rain
Prince- Sign 'O' the Times
Prince- Symbol (fucking edited version)
Prince- The Hits (3 cd set)
Prince- Chaos and Disorder
Prince- Musicology
Pulp- Different Class
Radiohead- Pablo Honey
Radiohead- The Bends
Radiohead- OK Computer
Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire
RHCP- One Hot Minute
RHCP- Californication
RHCP- Greatest Hits
Silverchair- Frogstomp
Silverchair- Greatest Hits (2 disc set)
Silvertide-Show and Tell
Sloan- Smeared
Sloan- Twice Removed
Sloan- One Chord to Another
Sloan- Navy Blues
Sloan- Between the Bridges
Sloan- Pretty Together
Sloan- Action Pact
Smashing Pumpkins- Gish
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Smashing Pumpkins- Earphoria
Smashing Pumpkins- Pisces Iscarot
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins- The Aeroplane Flies High
Smashing Pumpkins- Adore
Smashing Pumpkins- Machina [The Machines of God]
Smashing Pumpkins- Rotten Apples/Judas O
Sonic Debris- Velvet Thorns
Soundgarden- Ultramega OK
Soundgarden- Louder the Love
Soundgarden- Badmotofinger
Soundgarden- Superunknown
Soundgarden- Down on the Supside
Spacehog- Resident Alien
Spacehog- The Chinese Album
Spacehog- The Hogyssey
Stone Temple Piolots- Core
Temple of the Dog- Temple of the dog
Thin Lizzy- Jail Break
Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind
The Tragically Hip- Fully Completly
The Tragically Hip- Trobule at the Henhouse
The Tragically Hip- Phantom Power
T.Rex- Electric Warrior
Tricky Woo- Les Sables Magiques
U2- The Joshua Tree
Usher, David- Little Songs
Usher, David-Morning Orbit
Usher, David- Hallucunations
Van Halen- Diver Down
Van Halen- 1984
Veruca Salt- American Thighs
Veruca Slat- Eight Arms to Hold You
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Weezer- Blue Album
White, Barry- Greatest Hits
Zwan- Mary Star of the Sea
No Alternative
Singles Soundtrack
Godzilla Soundtrack

commenting

2005-03-18T07:45:00.000-05:00

i have heard from a few people that commenting is not working very well, if this does happen, please send me an e-mail and i will try to fix this problem buggca at yahoo

in other news

2005-03-17T17:39:00.000-05:00

its st paddys day, that means, all good irish rock music (that means thin lizzy) at monster records, and at my home when i get there

also laura added me to her links on her blog so go over to her page from my links cause her blog is alot more intresting then mine

a public service announcement from the mango kid

2005-03-17T17:28:00.000-05:00

old woman: what have you done with reena
the mango kid: uh excuse me
old woman: what has happend to reena
the mango kid: uh how am i supposed to know
old woman: well your both from the same area right
the mango kid: uh, you mean scarbrough
old woman: hahahaha no silly i mean from the same country
the mango kid: uh... canada?
old woman: hahahaha no you know what i mean
the mango kid: sorry, i do not know what happend to reena

this was a conversation that took place in my workplace with a fellow employee about another employee that i hardly talk to... now i think would be the right time to give you some lessons.

the indian subcontenet is home to about 1.5 billion people.... now... i have a hard time keeping my first cousins in order, so i'm sorry if i don't know gopal rajpundiharikrishna... its not my fault i don't have super brown radar...

another thing... damn, i am the type of person who lost his best friend, how can i keep track of co-workers, and other such people i hardly talk to

not all indians know eachother, its hard to believe with our giant extended families but i don't know every brown person in canada, i don't even know every brown person on my block

if you want to know where people are, ask people who would know, not people who have the same skin colour, you insult my intelligence when you do so. there was a time when people could get away with such behaviour, but that was like 50 years ago... i think its time to relise that not all brown, black, white, yellow, purple, peach, pink, and god knows what other colour are the same... sorry for the rant but this is something that bugs me

junk mail sucks

2005-03-16T23:07:00.000-05:00

have you ever waited for like a special e-mail... or just an e-mail in general, telling you that you someone has commented on your blog, or even just an e-mail from a friend, and you leave your computer on all the time, so when you wake up to check your mail... there is an e-mail, your heart skips a beat, then you get there, and you get like a e-mail from a mailing list you went on a long time ago and forgot about... like really, i don't need to get FHM sent to my e-mail every friday anymore, i should just tell them to stop sending me the stuff... but i am so damn lazy, to just click the button that makes them all go away, like the blockbuster i get mailed with cupons, i am too cheap to say "no i don't want 2 for 1 movie rentals" but when i get them in my mail when i expect response i say "mutha fucka, don't make me come through the wires and beat yo ass down" as you can see my scarbourgh comes out... i really dunno where this is going, but its stops now

Dirty Mind

2005-03-15T22:05:00.000-05:00

ok... still don't have dirty mind... will probably pick it up on friday when i get paid... i have to get it.. i have been listening to random tracks from it... falling in love with this album i don't have yet... it was prince's 3rd album and really the one where he started showing his potential... if you don't believe me, just listen to how different the tracks are, prince really streched into alot different muscial genres, again showcasing why he is one of the best artists ever... prince 1980- 1987 is prime music.. after that... he kinda went sucky... trying to rap and stuff... but when prince was hot, not many can match his ability, this man played guitar, drums, bass, keyboard, basically everything on the albums, i know alot of times he just gets shunned, but seriously, slip in a prince album pre 1987 and you are looking at a man meshing rock,funk,new wave, soul, and hard rock, to further cement his place in history, he wrote most of the top songs in the 80s again proving that he was a musical genuis... the major problem for prince was that he over saturated the market, relasing a shit load of music over a short time period... but for the brilliance that he produced prince you get the mango kids seal of approval with songs like "dirty mind", "when you were mine", "head", "D.M.S.R", "darling nicky", "jack U off", "sexuality", "do me baby" and the rest. prince, i salute you

am i the only loser who comes on this blog

2005-03-15T21:56:00.000-05:00

well... am i????

the truth is on its way

2005-03-15T11:03:00.000-05:00

the sign

of the mango kid

3 albums away

2005-03-15T10:41:00.000-05:00

i am 3 albums away from getting all the good prince albums left.... only ones missing "dirty mind", "around the world in a day" and "parade" but i hope to make it only 2 soon "dirty mind" is mine... i mean honestly... if your used to my dobule entadnres than you know this is perfect... maybe i should go eat a fajita

the Mango Kid is an Idiot

2005-03-15T09:18:00.000-05:00

A FIRST CLASS IDIOT... his level of stupidy goes far beyond anything seen in this world... my god... i am even talking in the third person... I AM AN IDIOT

MISSING... PJ PHIL

2005-03-14T23:55:00.000-05:00

i have decided to start a new on going feature on the blog and that is... a missing feature, people you remember for like 2 seconds and think... where are they now... and the first one is one that has taken me out of my bed to write (god don't ask why, i can't tell you)

Missing: PJ PHIL

now... pj phil, is not doctor phil... lets get that straight... if you were ever between the ages of 0-29, you most probably remember something about PJ phil, he hosted the zone on YTV and presented quite a few things (the anti-gravity room to name one).

i remember PJ phil as being the cool/alternative PJ, the one that like had the long hair and was not what you would think a childrens TV presenter to be. he was one of the first to say "crap" continually... i remember it just sorta happend once and they kept doing it... it was hillarious

another thing i remember is he would always interview the coolest people, i kinda seem to remember him interviewing billy corgan (though i can't confirm this), and other musicians, he also interviewed a teacher of mine (mr. Watkins) who was drafted into the CFL, got injured in college, became a teacher, drew comic books, a jack of all trades, and coined the nick name "monkey boy" for me.

now where is PJ phil now... well... he left YTV in the year 2000, and went on to have some small but crappy movie roles, he also toured with a goth hard rock band, and is doing stand up at the comedy store in LA, where he lives, i will be E-mailing PJ phil to see if i can get a further update on how he is doing

walking... the lost art form

2005-03-14T19:09:00.000-05:00

is it just me or do people not walk anymore...is there some pandemic where peoples legs are being broken and messed up causing people not to walk anymore, let me tell my story first. i take the 86 bus from kennedy station to kingston and lawrence... this is quite a distance... to walk would take me about a day, yet, when i get on my bus waiting the 10 minutes in the cold for it to finally come it is full of people, people who ring the bell right as we leave the station to get off the first stop... now if you have never been to kennedy station... the place where the stop is a less then 5 minute walk from the station... LESS then 5 minutes... this is in nice weather, not too cold typ eof stuff and is done by healthy young people who seem to be able to walk....

what has happend... are we so pathetic that now walking short distances is such a problem that we are going to wait longer then it would take to actually do the walk... no wonder there is an obesity epidemic, walking is too much stress for people.

i'm a down town person... so maybe i don't understand but when i am down town and want to get somewhere... i walk... i dislike taking the ttc once in the city... if i can walk there i would rather do that, i find walking relaxing and helpfull, they help me clear my head, you get to see things and stop in shops and cafes maybe pick up a drink. i walk everyday from ryerson (younge and dundas) to monster records (younge and irwin) and then walk up to bloor station, on this walk, i am able to see something new each day, remember why i love toronto, then there are special days when i walk to sonic boom or somewhere in the annex, or somewhere on queen st. W, usually when i have to get a new shirt

danko once sang "i love living in the city" and thats how i feel... not that i live in the city, but i truly love the city... i never shy from the fact that i will be getting out of scarbrough when i finally move, and move down town...

in more pressing matters... i got Sign 'O' the Times by prince today, the dobule album for free from monster cause disc 2 looked fucked and i have been alphabetizing the cds there... but its all good on my laptop so thanks roger... thats 161

great moments in film history

2005-03-13T21:12:00.000-05:00

i love watching movies, i usually end up watching movies nobody has heard of because A) i like being different, B) i am cheap so i rent old movies...i have picked out some of my favorite scenes in movies because well they are really good

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

this movie is pure classic, with paul newman and robert redford... i love the scene at the end... they are surrounded in an old building and its obvious they don't have enough ammo to fight it out, and if they are caught they will be hanged... so in a final flash of brilliance, they come out, guns ablazing and the screen fades... its so classic... you feel bad because you know they die, but you are impressed by the bravery and fighting spirit.

The Graduate

this is one of my favorite films... there are few films that rank close to this one in my view. the scene that always stands out is when Dustin Hoffman as Ben says "Mrs. Robinson you are sceducing me" and that is a great scene, its hillarious how shy and uncomfortable he is. i am also taken by the scenes where there is no speaking at all, where all that plays are the haunting tunes of simon and garfunkel over the passage of time, seeing the character build and become more confident, leading to the end with the fight scene in the church... this is what all coming of age movies strive to be.

Die Hard

this is the best action movie one vs all, thing... hands down, bruce willis makes this movie work... this movie is just a quote-a-palooza, but the scene that is most powerfull has to be when in bare feet, john mclain walks across a floor covered in broken glass... his feet leaving a trail of blood...

so yeah... those are 3 movies i think are fucking awesome... and my favorite 3 scenes from them

holy crap

2005-03-13T19:11:00.000-05:00

wow.. i have 160 albums that like i carry with me... this does not include alot of shit cds i don't play or the ones that i have sold

CD List

2005-03-13T17:33:00.000-05:00

this is the cd list of mine as of march 13th 2005

Aerosmith-O'Yeah(greatest hits)
Alien Ant Farm-ANThology
Alice in Chians- Facelift
Alice in Chains- Dirt
Alice in Chains- Alice in Chains
Auf der Maur- Auf der Maur
Beatles- Revolver
Beatles- Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles- 1
Big Sugar- Heated
Big Sugar- Hit and Run
Big Wreck- In Memory Of
Boston- Boston
BTO- Greatest Hits
Bush-Sixteen Stone
Bush-Razorblade Suitcase
Bush- Science of things
Bush- Golden State
Catherine- Sorry
Catherine- Hot Saki and Bedtime Stories
C'MON- Midnight is the Answer
Jimmy Chaimberlain Complex- Life Begins Again
Coldplay-Parachutes
Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head
Collective Soul- Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid
Collective Soul- Collective Soul
Collective Soul- 7even Year Itch
Cornell, Chris- Euphoria Morning
Copyright- The Hidden World
Deep Purple- The Very Best of
Doughboys- Crush
Duran Duran- Greatest
Edwin- Another Spin Around the Sun
Eve 6- Eve 6
Everclear- World of Noise
Everclear- White Trash Hell
Everclear- Sparkle and Fade
Everclear- So Much for the Afterglow
Everclear- Songs to an American Movie pt 1, Learning how to Smile
Everclear- Songs to an American Movie pt 2, Good Time for a Bad Attitude
Everclear- Slow Motion Daydream
Faith No More- The Real Thing
Fat Boy Slim- You've Come A Long Way, Baby
Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters- The Coulour and the Shape
Foo Fighters- There is Nothing Left to Lose
Foo Fighters- One by One
Gandharvas- Soap Bubble and Inertia
Gandharvas- Sold for a Smile
MGB- Last of The Ghetto Astronauts
MGB- Raygun EP
MGB- Underdogs
MGB- Beautiful Midnight
MGB- The Audio of Being
Good, Matthew- Avalanche
Good, Matthew- White Light Rock and Roll Review
Grand Theft Audio- Blame Everyone
Green Day- International Superhits
Iha, James- Let it Come Down
IME- Scenery and Fish
IME- Blue Green Orange
IME- The Quicksilver Meat Dream
Jane's Addiction- Nothing Shocking
Jane's Addiction- Ritual de lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction- Strays
Jones, Danko- My Love is Bold
Jones, Danko- I'm Alive and on Fire
Jones, Danko- Born a Lion
Jones, Danko- We Sweat Blood
Jones, Danko- The Magical World of Rock (spoken word)
Kula Shaker- K
Live- Throwing Copper
Live- Secret Samadhi
Lit- A Place in the Sun
Moist- Silver
Moist- Creature
Moist- Mercedes 5 and dime
Navarro, Dave- Trust No One
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
Oasis- Definatly Maybe
Oasis- (Whats the Story) Morning Glory
Oasis- Be Here Now
Oasis- The Masterplan
Oasis- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
OLP- Naveed
OLP- Clumsy
OLP- Happiness... is not a Fish That You Can Catch
OLP-Spiritual Machines
Pearl Jam- Rearviewmirror
The Philosopher Kings- Famous Rich and Beautiful
Placebo- Without You I'm Nothing
Placebo- Black Market Music
The Police- Every Breath You Take
Prince- Controversy
Prince-1999
Prince- Purple Rain
Prince- Symbol (fucking edited version)
Prince- The Hits (3 cd set)
Prince- Chaos and Disorder
Prince- Musicology
Pulp- Different Class
Radiohead- Pablo Honey
Radiohead- The Bends
Radiohead- OK Computer
Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire
RHCP- One Hot Minute
RHCP- Californication
RHCP- Greatest Hits
Silverchair- Frogstomp
Silverchair- Greatest Hits (2 disc set)
Silvertide-Show and Tell
Sloan- Smeared
Sloan- Twice Removed
Sloan- One Chord to Another
Sloan- Navy Blues
Sloan- Between the Bridges
Sloan- Pretty Together
Sloan- Action Pact
Smashing Pumpkins- Gish
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Smashing Pumpkins- Earphoria
Smashing Pumpkins- Pisces Iscarot
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins- The Aeroplane Flies High
Smashing Pumpkins- Adore
Smashing Pumpkins- Machina [The Machines of God]
Smashing Pumpkins- Rotten Apples/Judas O
Sonic Debris- Velvet Thorns
Soundgarden- Ultramega OK
Soundgarden- Louder the Love
Soundgarden- Badmotofinger
Soundgarden- Superunknown
Soundgarden- Down on the Supside
Spacehog- Resident Alien
Spacehog- The Chinese Album
Spacehog- The Hogyssey
Stone Temple Piolots- Core
Temple of the Dog- Temple of the dog
Thin Lizzy- Jail Break
Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind
The Tragically Hip- Fully Completly
The Tragically Hip- Trobule at the Henhouse
The Tragically Hip- Phantom Power
T.Rex- Electric Warrior
Tricky Woo- Les Sables Magiques
U2- The Joshua Tree
Usher, David- Little Songs
Usher, David-Morning Orbit
Usher, David- Hallucunations
Van Halen- 1984
Veruca Salt- American Thighs
Veruca Slat- Eight Arms to Hold You
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Weezer- Blue Album
White, Barry- Greatest Hits
Zwan- Mary Star of the Sea
No Alternative
Singles Soundtrack
Godzilla Soundtrack

a critique of "the Namesake"

2005-03-12T17:36:00.000-05:00

ok... so tell you the truth... i found out about this book because it is going to be the next big role for kal penn... but after reading a synopsis i felt that this would be a good fun read... i mean they are calling an inidian guy "gogol" and i have yet to see kal penn play a straight role...

the back of the book claims "devided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs" well they are 2 for 3... there are no comic detours... there is no way in hell there are comic detours... i am the type of person that will laugh at books like white teeth "where in the bible does it say thou shalt take canned peas from parents to give to the poor" this book... had no jokes... i mean yeah there were parts that made me smile... like when the ignorent white person was saying he will never get sick... that type of stuff yeah.. its kinda funny but it took all of 3 paragraphs...

now i am not saying this is a bad book... it was a great book... just not what i was expecting... the story is one tradegy after aother... and as a second generation indian i could definatly feel his trial and tribulations as they are the same that i have faced numerous times... however it doesn't take a desi to feel out right pain... and this book has alot of pain...

if you are looking for a happy ending... or an ending at all steer clear... but if you want to read the story of a man growing up in america... who seriously has to find himself, a life which is one actcident after another... then read this book... if you want to feel human... then read this book

the world is a horrible horrible place

2005-03-12T14:05:00.000-05:00

after reading "the namesake" i have to agree with laura when she says the world is a horrible horrible place... holy crap what a depressing book... and the thing is... i don't think anyone else will find it depressing

Happy Birthday

2005-03-12T00:13:00.000-05:00

happy 23rd b-day heather... hopefully you stumble on this blog sometime in the next week so you can see the birthday wishes...lol

when you fall down your head hits the ground

2005-03-11T23:41:00.000-05:00

so tonight i saw "be cool" wow... i enjoyed it... i dunno if anyone else did... john travolta... yeah he looks creepy... like really creepy... i think its something to do with his hair it made his forehead look weird and he ended up looking really really old... mind you.. the guy has got to be in his 50s... uma thurnman was smoking hot.... i must say... time has been nice to her... that or she has a really great plastic surgeon... behind every great hollywood copule is a great plastic surgeon... what really made this move good though was the supporting cast.. the rock was great in his role as a homosexual bodygaurd... what is great is how he played it pretty true to himself... and didn't play up the whole "LOOK AT ME I AM OVER FEMINITE" type of thing alot of people do when playing a homosexual... andre 3000 was hillarious... its not that he had a huge part... but the little things he did do had me in stiches... always overdoing it to take it to the funny level... like not just drinking tea, but having the pinky out, and slurping it and it being in some little pink cup... well i enjoyed the movie... it had great comedic moments...

Stand Inside Your Love is a great tune.... i used to listen to it all the time when i was younger... it is a song that reminds me of those nights alone in my room... with the pumpkins blaring through the stereo that is now in the living room and it reminds me of taking the bus to school, not ryerson but RH.King... seeing people i recognize only in the back of my head now, their faces clear as the richest crystal but the names escape me... letting the world pass by while i have on my headphones.. billy preaching his gospel... machina is really an album i have not listened to since i graduated high school... alot of the songs about the end of that band... i could relate to with the end of an era in my life... and now in my second year of university i put it on... and really... i can still feel for the music... maybe more then i did before... emotionally... and nostalgiclly...

all of this makes me think about how much i wish i played like guitar... i feel like i could write 50 million songs right now... but they would all end up sounding like "cowboy song" by Thin Lizzy... that song has been stuck in my head all day... its so theripudic to hear it now... like "YES" lol... its being released from my system... such a classic tune... it follows a slow,fast,slow,fast formula that is just great... and matches the way i feel right now...

truth about shauns pictures

2005-03-10T21:26:00.000-05:00

ok... so they are pretty bad pictures... but the truth is... he has an extremly wide selection of pictures to get back at me with... and i just have these two... lol... plus... the money one is a good picture... and the guy knows i am just joking around...

hell in a hand basket

2005-03-10T21:00:00.000-05:00

lol... ok... i love toronto... i love livin in the city... but there has been some crazy shit recently... on tuesday some guy with 2 knives was like lunging at cops and stuff... then yesterday a guy lights himself on fire in a van... and then today while i was at monster records like 9 cop cars were outside a martial arts store taking a guy... its been one wild week...

my book is going really well... almost done it... already... damn... i go through these things too fast... its not as good as white teeth.. cause white teeth was more HAR HAR, this one is more like "shit... i know exactly what he is talking about and this is getting creepy"

i mention people from time to time... so the people who comment most are gunna be mentioned here...

Shaun- probably one of my best friends... we've been through it all... the dude helps me keep it real from time to time... even though sometimes i wish he didn't... lol and as of now i think he is single... so ladies

does this intrest you???

he's good with money...lol... ok... shaun... sorry... the dude is really like my best friend...

Laura:
laura is the leader of my improv group at ryerson and is a super cool person, her blog is incredibly funny... much more so then my humble place in the net... and shes a really really GREAT person...

Haley:
we go back... a friend from my 4 year duty at RH King... her site is cool too... and she really likes my cookies...lol... and shes a real cool person as well

and those are really the only 3 people who comment regularly...lol.. so yeah

does she really know, who i really am? does she really know me at last

2005-03-08T21:58:00.000-05:00

so today walking to the subway station was the first time since... a very long time that i just stared up and looked at the stars... i felt it was right... i feel very at peace with myself in this moment...

its absolutly stunning how beautiful the sky is (even though it was like minus 100) the colour was this great really dark blue and there were a few extremly bright stars out... like 2 or 3 only... like someone had put a giant peice of construction paper over the sky and then pricked holes in it to let the sun through, i dunno... maybe i just don't look at the sky enough, or there are usually clouds... but it was an absolutly beautiful sky and made me feel warm actaully... i kinda wished it was warmer, and i would have spent time just lying down in a park or something staring at the sky...

i have come to relise that in the past 4 months i have changed drastically... i like enjoying the smaller things in life... maybe being suspended from school have something to do with it... but i don't take anything for granted anymore... all through my life i was able to coast with everything going well.. and well in the last 4 months i have had my grandmother die, been suspended from school, and laid off... so i guess you could say i have a new respect for my surroundings

i think i really started writing this blog at the right time in my life... and i can't belive i never had one of these before... i mean i had the live journal before but really the ammount i can do on here is great...

i have to go to the airport tommorow at like 6am... bah.. kill me... i hate the airport... it does however mean i get to drive real fast and like listen to loud music... so thats a plus... i still amaze my mother with my half an hour to mississauga trips...lol... tommorow is also my show... it should be grand.. reminds me to burn the cd.. i love my blog...

i am reading a really great book right now... "the namesake" about a second generation indian... its great... but maybe because its kinda like me... ah well.. still a good book... now not "white teeth" good (I WANT MY BOOK NATASHA) but its still good... it has the ability to approach white teeth level as it is moving faster

i had some poetic bits come to me today.. i think another poem is working its way out of my head... i will be sure to post it when i can... i just can seem to remember any of it... its probably another like " i like her but she will never know" poems... i seem to be full of those... probably having to do with listening to only the pumpkins from grade 9 to grade 11

there was a protest outside oakham house today... which was kinda funny because they harassed more improv people then like the people they were after... it was really weird to see sandra (ehrm i guess i should say alexandra, fuck.... all the time i knew her and for that brief period i went out with her, her name was sandra) at ryerson with derek, but i guess they had to go protest something that didn't end up happening... no hear me out... i am for pro choice... but i don't see protesting works... the way government works and such... protesting just ends up making people like me with strong political beliefs ashamed of my views... i would like to say that these protesters were messy leaving like debris all over... not enviromentally concious protesters... but yeah... protesters usually end up making people go against their cause... i hate to break it to people but its not the 60s anymore... you go and protest and then buy your starbucks coffee... at least i am true to the fact i know that consumerism helps the world go round... i just hate the raping music has to take... but i won't go out and protest against the music industry... i will just buy the cds used

wishlist

2005-03-06T21:50:00.000-05:00

my amazon wish list has been updated... next i have to write an updated invintory of my cds...lol

to the waste of space who comes here

2005-03-04T00:21:00.000-05:00

yeah you... at least put your name to things and a link to your own blog if you have such a problem... be a man about it... if i know you then let yourself be known... stop all this secracy bullshit...

the effect of feelings

2005-03-03T23:13:00.000-05:00

feelings... really they can make sane people do crazy things

-make a man cry himself to sleep
-make a tough rocker guy listen to elton john
-spend hundereds of dollors on presents
-change a man completly
-make a man contemplate a new religion when he has enough trobule beliving in god
-keep you up the night before one of the biggest tests ever
-make a man want to take risks that could ruin his life

as you can see i am really contemplating alot of things right now... i have had a rough time in the past... my luck with women is almost non exsistant... i am sorry if it seems i whine alot on here... i don't mean to... i just look to my blog as my escape... and i guess right now... "tiny dancer" is figuring into all this... i must say elton john had some damn fine songs in the begining of his career, lotta slow jams...

i guess thats why they call love a leap... maybe i am just super afraid of that leap... actually i am not afraid of the leap... i am afraid of the falling and hitting all the jagged edges on the way down... and then being left completly alone down at the bottom with my body stretched out over the rocks bleeding to death and just remembering of another fucked up chance

big fat fanny,she was such a naughty nanny, hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me

2005-03-03T12:22:00.000-05:00

this is the first thursday that i have been able to escape the 7 hour break between classes that i usually have... its so nice... i mean... i love my 6 hours spent at monster every thursday... but today... i get to lie down on the couch, listen to some queen... and relax a bit... i will be doing some review for java script... but that should be fine... just looking over the slides...

i think i might to visit my old drama teacher today... and tell her about my improv show (next week wednesday 7pm, be there or be square) i think she would come... i have not been back to the old RHK in over a year (probably a good reason since it smelt bad last time)

something just struck me... the 86 bus smells, kennedy station smells, my old highschool smells, the ITM lounge smells... I GOT IT!!!!! scarbrough smells... thats why there is so much crime... we are all driven out of our minds because of the smell... we need to get like fabreeze, and in stead of drive by shootings we could do drive by fabreezings... laura... i think our gang has a job to do...

if you didn't know... since i have been moved out of the basement... it has undergone some changes... there is a new sette set... and we are gunna get a new entertainment centre... and new tv... it should be good... you should come around when its done...

i know i said i would never do this again... but i am thinking of growing my hair out long again... i like the wooshing feeling it gives me when i wait for the subway and one goes flying by... hell if i could have a permenant windmachine i would...lol...

i need to buy new headphones again... thats 3 pairs my MD player has destroyed... i probably should just buy a new MD player... but they is expensive and i can't see my self spending that much on something i use only when i am on transit...

OOOOOOOOO today i drive to improv.... lol... i don't have to take the bus back down there thank god... i hate the bus so much... i think cathrine is in order since i can only hear their debut album in the car stereo (damn deep scratches... but its the best 99 cent cd ever)

lovley rita, meter maid

2005-03-02T21:36:00.000-05:00

hello world... so yes... improv show, good vs. evil, it is taking place next wednesday at 7pm for $2... watch as the oakham house improv society is devided as the people who feel back to the future 1 is better then 2 face off...

i am finally done my seminars... damn... they were so fucking boring... i think thats the whole point... make them so unbearable that you don't want to be under probation again so you don't have to go through them...

i am in pain... i dunno why but my back is absolutly killing me... i hope i sleep better tonight and it fixes itself... i hate waiting for the bus... i dunno bout you... but it seems to me that i spend half my life just waiting for the damn bus to come to kennedy station...

i have a dialemia... ever see like a really hot girl on the subway, and like your eyes meet and you smile, and she smiles.. what do you do next??? do you get up out of your seat and talk to her, or does she get out of her seat and talk to you, what if you have a seat open, do they come over to you and sit down, or do you just keep it up until you get off the train and think you missed something that might have been... maybe the moral is i have to stop flirting with random girls on the subway... but damn it... i get so bored with no books or music... ok... i relise that makes me look bad... let me assure you... i am not a player... i am just friendly

tommorow no finance for me... woo hoo... that means i get to go home and study java script before i go drive to improv and then get home and sleep so i can do my mid term... this is looking good... i am gunna go over all the slides... i am understanding java script which is great...

i get to pick up my stuff from monster on friday... so happy... beatles 1, and faith no more...lol... i might get some more stuff from there too... all depends what they have... maybe they will get some lizzy, or T.rex... a mand can dream can't he...

my frilly shirt is great... i love it... only there are some problems with it... it smells... like the insence and other smells are kinda permently in it now... so it never smells as it should... so if people hug me they might think i smell but really its my shirt... i shower daily and use deoderant...

i relised that i will be alone for good friday... do you know how much that sucks... good friday is one of my least favorite holidays... not because like the whole jesus nailed on a cross thing... the part i dislike is the fact they fully close EVERY thing down... i think i might end up like making a cool dinner or doing something with someone... but yeah... alone with no where to go... gotta love good friday

i am middle aged

2005-03-01T22:31:00.000-05:00

the average life span of someone from Serria Leone is 25.9 years... fuck... i am all most a senior citizen

when I'm sixty-four

2005-03-01T22:12:00.000-05:00

i think i am going to enjoy growing old... i feel though i won't become just some other old guy... i can fully see myself turning into my grandfather... i already am alot like him in alot of ways...

my grandfather was sent to 3 sunday schools as a kid, he was not religious, not by a long shot, but he knew his bible cover to cover, so when he was summoned to his door by the jehovah's witness he sure could tell them what was right and what was wrong... i on the other hand have to pass the church of scientology every day and am pestered to take a free stress test... well they don't bother me... i explained that since i have actcepted satan as my lord and savior life has been stress free and asked if they would like to take my stress test... not been bugged since that day

i also like to attack telemarketers (i know, hypocritical but i don't call people) so i listen to their whole thing and then usually say something that will make them feel horrible for racially profiling my last name... i am infact mr. Shah... so if its for a children tuition fund i tell them i am sterile and have hurt my feelings... and if its about long distance i tell them i have no one to call since i am an orphan and that i have been on my own from a young age...

well this weekend i was able to use my old age to my advantage... i was with cori at PTC in the nice new food court in the nice comfy chairs (thanks cori for reminding me they might be full of "teen spirit") but anyway cori was eating and i was falling into a lull in the greatest chair ever until i noticed a young copule sitting on a bench with a friend... well the dude was playing with the chicks boobies (i have the mind of either a 5 year old or a 65 year old... the jury is still out) anyway yeah this was in THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOD COURT... so you really gotta feel sorry for the friend... the guy was stuck to see his friend play with boobies while he just sits on the bench... so this prompted me to call out "back in my day, we played with breasts in private" but i guess he was too busy to hear me...

i want to get old like the guys in the grummpy old men movies... yeah they were grummpy but really they had the heart of a child... and i can see myself taking that role very comfortably... but who knows if i will get to live that long

for those who have a problem with the name "the Mango Kid"

2005-03-01T10:54:00.000-05:00

reveal yourself from your shroud of mystery... do i know you in person??? my name is not that hard to figure out... google it if your having such a problem with it...

please post comments

2005-02-27T18:27:00.000-05:00

PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! i read everyone... they are sent to my e-mail and i love getting feedback

please let me sleep in late....

2005-02-27T18:09:00.000-05:00

so yeah... ever since i got this sleeping pattern thing... its lead me to not being able to sleep past 9 am... no matter how badly i want to... its kinda like my body has got enough sleep... and the batteries are recharging... its kinda cool but kinda sucks too...

so it seems there has been a giant rift created in the improv society at ryerson... grrrr to the side i am against... cause i have been taking my vitamins, doing my exercise and saying my prayers, so nothing can stop me, or mangomania, cause i'm eating lighting and crapping thunder...

a depressing thought crossed my mind this week... we are half way done this decade, and what can we really show for it... i mean... its like a plastic decade...
in the 50s, rock and roll was born, in the 60s there were bands like the beatles, rolling stones, cream, jimi hendrix who made great music, the 70s brought zepplin, lizzy, kiss, bowie the 80s had depeche mode, the cure, the cars, prince, van halen, the 90s had nirvana, smashing pumpkins, soundgarden, jane's addiction... who do we really have this decade... britany spears???

really... its kinda sad... no bands have been able to really build anything this decade, people are too busy trying to find the new nirvana that they have lost sight that the "new nirvana" won't sound anything like nirvana because they will have to do away with the influx of crap that is out there right now...

really right now... the only bands who get pushed are pre manufactured bands that come in nice cookie cutter molds and then are thrown away after one song... disposable bands... you never really hear about the bands that spend 5 years touring constanly building up a fan base and then release music... no you get bands who have no history thrown at you as the "next big thing" and then fade away as quickly... i think the idea of a rock band is still out there... they just won't be recieving the exposure that they deserve...

so instead of picking up that new ashlee simpson album... save your money... invest it in about 6 tickets to local bands playing dirt cheap and watch the future of music unfold before yoru very eyes, because these people playing... they are doing it for the love of the music... and should be pushed, instead of the prima donna's that are showcased on the lovely much music

Happy Birthday

2005-02-26T21:31:00.000-05:00

Happy 23rd birthday Laura

the original message was
"Happy Birthday 23rd birthday Laura" which made me sound like a giant FOB

serious baseball chat

2005-02-25T21:29:00.000-05:00

hello... there are only a few people who read this... so i thought instead of an e-mail that might miss someone... this goes out to everyone... i am looking for a baseball buddy... see they have flex packs... and i think the 6 game one would really work out well... its 5 games plus home opener for 118.25 for the 100 outfield, or 135.00 for the baseline... there are 5 games i would really like to see... they are against, st.louis and the monster line up they have, anahiem and their crazy line up, seattle with all the new players they have, texas and thier young explosive line up, and detriot who i really think will be a pretty good team this year... it also includes boston coming here for the home opener... please someone tell me they would like to joine me so we can get the flex packs together and sit together

Everybody Loves Raymond

2005-02-25T20:40:00.000-05:00

well maybe not everybody... but i think thats what the television stations seem to think... that show is on everywhere... and all the time...you can flick and you see it like twice... this... was once said about the simpsons... but i think the raymond thing has reached epidemic proportion

lets see, its on global, omni 1, omni 2, fox, TLN, TBS, Comedy... it seems every time i change the channels its on... and heres my thing... i am not that big of a fan of raymond, every now and then its fine... but all the time drives me nuts... and then on TLN when i expect that show they used to have with the guy bugging people in the clubs or one of the tit-ilating soap operas that they have i get "reymondo" i swear... there is not a time when this guys show is on... and usually they could show better shows in its place... TBS coulds show old three's company re runs, Comedy could show Buzz re-runs, tln should get that scrawny italian guy back in the clubs bugging people, omni should show some more bollywood movies from the 70s, fox should show... well let them keep raymond, i am afraid of what they would put on, and global can keep showing the new ones

this brings me to how annoying US television is... i mean they edit EVERYTHING over there... its crazy, i mean look at the outrage they had on a nipple... a nipple, god... if they saw anything on ed's night party they might die

speaking of eds night party, i must say... the quality has seriously dipped.. that show used to be about jokes and like now... its more about how many tits they can show in a half hour period.. its not very funny anymore... and really.. i am bored by it... i want to see ed being really cutting again.. and making fun of the sex stuff instead of just praising it all the time.. i want some satire...

who am i???

2005-02-25T20:36:00.000-05:00

Pak·i

Used as a disparaging term for a person from Pakistan or neighboring countries or for the descendant of such a person.

lim·ey

An English person.

mix

To produce (an organism) by crossbreeding.

paki-limey

Adeem "the mango kid" Shah

noteable mentions

2005-02-25T20:29:00.000-05:00

T.Rex, IME, Queen, RHCP, Foo Fighters (they were once #3), Moist, Oasis, Veruca Salt, Rage, the police, alice in chains, the hip, catherine (damn... how could i miss them... clump them with pumpkins), Radiohead, bush, old OLP

it's official, big sugar has entered my top 10

2005-02-25T20:23:00.000-05:00

1. Smashing Pumpkins
2. Danko Jones
3. Prince
4. Soundgarden
5. Everclear
6. Matthew Good (band)
7. Jane's Addiction
8. Thin Lizzy
9. Big Sugar
10. Sloan

Auf Der Maur is there... it kinda gets clumped in the pumpkins pile... cause like its really hard to not have her on there, but i don't want to leave people off

oh my love, oh my love, i can't hear you my love, tell me where have you gone,oh my love oh my love i can't taste you my love,tell me what have i done

2005-02-25T09:10:00.000-05:00

i am using those lyrics from Auf Der Maur's great song "taste you" because i am stating that i am again going to try and steer clear from cola products... i do this about this time every year... it doesn't usually last though... i had a pretty good run last year until i had a pepsi durring beach vollyball and like heroin... all it takes is one hit to get back into the habit... so i will be living on lemonaid, and jucies and such instead of cola... its alot better for me... i remember how much it helped last year durring exam time and durring personal anguish to not have caffine in my system... and i looked alot more streamlined... really cola messes up everything inside.. it kills my digestive system... and makes me jumpy, sometimes scary, and its addictive... like you would not belive... but i am going to try and steer clear of it...

well at least my headaches gone

2005-02-24T21:42:00.000-05:00

i am so pissed off right now... people.. i must tell you... before you go signing up for a job... google the company your working for... i was almost conned into a knife selling job... before the suspision finally came and i googled the company name and found out i was going to end up selling knifes... the scary thing is no matter how much you search the company website it never really tells you what your job is...

i think my headache has been subdued by anger... really this is one of the only things that supremly pisses me off... i am usually a cool calm guy... i am a giver... i give and give and give... i am happy with that... but when i feel i am being used, or abused, or CONNED... it really burns me up inside... this calls for the cross by danko, or home to hell by danko as well... my head feels like a flame is shooting out of the top of it... and i look like one of those dragon ball Z guys with the crazy blonde hair and power rings...

its actually pretty funny when you think about it... only a few people have seen me really angry... and they are the few people who saw me at my worst in europe... but i think in that 10 day period i flipped out about 5 times... sigle handedly destroying my suitcase... other times i have been angry i can remember... two involved fights my parents were in and i cracked 2 walls in my house... one in the kitchen, and one in the door way to the basement.. i am not a violent person, i could not hit another person... but walls... my friend.. are free game...

but really when i am super super angry... i leave home... like after a really hard day at work... i just leave and usually end up on the batting cages where i spend about $5 and am able to get all that negativity out by working on my left and right handed swing making me a better switch hitter... (tee hee adeem said switch hitter, like hes bisexual) oh yeah.. and i can hit better on my weak side then you can on your strong so shut your mouth... sorry... i was just having an argument with myself

so yeah.. i love baseball... i love watching it... and i love playing... i was in a slo-pitch leauge this past summer with my company... i hope i can play on it again this year... my team was leauge champions... and we had a hell of alot of fun... my team's name was "big smoke" and we were truly the black sheep of the leauge... in the playoffs, while the other teams had set lunchs... half of our team went to subway to get sandwhichs while the other half got 2 cases of beer... we ended up losing the finals in a close game... but the team was so much fun that i feel this year we can repeat our winning ways...

i need a baseball buddy... i am thinking about getting some tickets for next year... i really wished my braves were coming to toronto to play... i want to see detroit this year, i like their team... a pure sleeper team... and i want to see some of the younger teams... not all yankees all the time... ah well... maybe i might just find someone else who is still crazy about baseball...

pictures of the mango kid

2005-02-24T20:16:00.000-05:00

i feel there are not enough enough pictures of me one here... actually i wanted to be really silly so i got some pictures of myself taken... they are kinda embarassing... and probably will render me dateless for years... but all in the name of fun

this is what started it all.. i was wearing my touque cause i had/have a splitting head/neck ache today and my pants were falling down so i thought i should just take a picture of this.. and there it is

this is why i need a freaking haircut...lol... i saw this and thought wow... my hair looks like shit... anyway... thats my "i'm a cowboy looking over my cows" picture

my nickname in the change room for all of 2 weeks in high school was big pimp adeem, it was more a joke then anything else, and there i am in my full pimp slap stance, and pimp hat

the magical world of danko jones

2005-02-24T13:29:00.000-05:00

ok... i tried to make a slide show with jave scrpit for this.. but it would not let me... so i will do it the old fashioned way

so this is the cut out i have been talking about... now in my bedroom Danko "the mango kid" Jones and today we are going on a magical journey with him

Danko here is now in a baseball cap... i don't know if he would ever wear a seatle seahawks cap... maybe he was just drafted by them

here is a picture of comerade danko... in a fine red russian beret

danko is known as a ladies man... but what if he was really pimpin in out...

give him a call and he will send out a girl and you can practise the lovercall

danko as the newest member of nickelback... or pulling a david usher

Danko showing some love to britain

Danko as a 1970s disco don

all hats, flags, necklaces, owned and worn by adeem

3 long hours

2005-02-24T01:12:00.000-05:00

after 3 long hours and basically the whole day of looking at code and trying to figure out why the hell my sidebar is way at the bottom of my page on IE and not mozilla... its cause my pictures in the scarbrough post are WAY too big and have pushed it down... thats the only logical thing now because i tried everything... i even stripped the whole site down, back to what it was... and it could not be fixed... but at least now i know the problem...its my scarbrough post...lol... the lead to my down fall... thank you again scarbrough... so basically... to view my blog the right way... head to www.firefox.com and download the mozilla run browser... in addition to seeing my site correctly... it will save your computer... and stop nasty programs from trying to attack you computer