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6月28日 "Random Thoughts"........."Curiousity....Fido....X-Ray....Fluffy-Duffy."......Ronnie, I gotta ask: Who the F__K is naming your cats?
Alan J. from Motovan, is Santa Claus in disguise. I'm completely convinced of that. He just shaves his beard in the summer, and drops a hundred pounds. Once again: THANK YOU, ALAN!!! :)
Insanity, drug and alcohol abuse, are prerequisites for employment in the motorcycle buisness. As for the retail industry as a whole, I say this: If you can work in it for a substantial amount of time, and NOT come away from it with a pathological distaste for people in general, it can only be considered AN ACT OF GOD.
It's amazing how much you can find out about someone, by simply allowing them to open up. Some of the historically significant things they've lived through, and witnesses firsthand. Just goes to prove: You NEVER know who's sitting next to you.
"Captain Hoolie" has kahunas the size of grapefruits. Anyone that can be politically incorrect enough to throw on a German WW2 helmet, and march through a company chating "SWINEHOUND!" at the top of his lungs? Well...What REALLY can you do against a superhero? That's right....NOTHING! So eat a bowl of F__K, and lighten up.
NO....I emphatically DON'T care what people think of me. And you know what? MORE people should adopt my train of thought. They'd be much better off psychologically. So STOP asking. Because I DON'T care. And NEVER WILL. Is it really such a hard concept to grasp?
And now....I have two words for you.
"BRAND WHORE"!!! :)
6月22日 "8 hour road trip"....WITH passenger. ON A SPORT BIKE.
And that's a personal record.
"Captain Hoolie"......Eat your heart out! 6月18日 "Sex clubs", and "sun up"....... Wow.
What an INSANE weekend this turned out to be.
I saw the sunrise for the first time in ages. Or, as I so aptly refer to it, "THE WRATH OF GOD". Because, when you're walking out of a sex club at 4:30am, sleep deprived and discheveled, that's EXACTLY what it feels like (That's right people. Goths don't tan. Henceforth, why no goth bars have patios.). Having my ass habitually groped, by gangly, PVC-clad male vamps is creepy enough (Andrew...You're a BIG, F__KING PERVERT! However, I wouldn't have you any other way.). However. Getting my nipple pinched, by a half-naked drunken aboriginal, with one glass eye, was DEFINITELY NOT an enjoyable experience. Especially when I was in the process of getting it on with someone (I don't care if we stole YOUR land. That's still MY nipple. AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT.). To my riding companion from the "Steel City", I say this: Feel no obligation whatsoever, to thank me for the prior warning. Just always remember this. No matter how breathtakingly beautiful a woman may appear, if she's six and a half feet tall, SHE'S A MAN.
The ride home was interesting. With the contrasting half-moon and dark sky to the west of me, and twilight to the east, I felt momentairly trapped between two worlds. The experience awakened feelings I had not felt in quite a while. I always prided myself on getting home before sunrise. But occasionally, some experiences are worth getting "tanned" for. :)
See ya next week,
Gh0sT XXX 6月14日 The "God Complex" at work.... Anyone see this story....?
Now before anyone goes off the deep end, this isn't about a person's right to choose. Because, God knows, just how much eaiser it would be on my vocation, if helmet laws were abolished outright. Not to metion, it would permit Darwin's theories to finally take full effect. But no. This isn't about that.
This is about COMMON SENSE. Something alot of pro athletes seem to be completely lacking.
Are some of them talented? Absolutely. Physically gifted? Without question. BUT, neither of those equate to intelligence. What they often DO equate to, is what is commonly refer to as a "God Complex". In short, as a result of their physical gifts, the rules of us earthly mortals, do not apply to them. This situation just goes to further prove my notion that, the complex developed on the field, is often applied in the real world. Because an athlete can run the length of a football field in a matter of seconds, the whole time dodging 300-pound linebackers, they subsequently feel they can "outmanouver" an oncoming vehicle with their motorcycle, in a matter of a split second. Because they can withstand the tackle of an opposing player, then certainly, they can withstand the impact, of a 3000-pound metal car.
I mean, this HAS to be their reasoning, yes? Because why else, would someone be so blatantly careless, and ride a 400 pound rocket on two wheels, WITHOUT the proper gear? Other than maybe having a death wish? Read the article. The Giants coach refered to the incident as "shocking". SHOCKING? What, in the BLUE HELL, is so "shocking" about this? Incidents of this nature can happen to everyday people. And do. So what EXACTLY makes it so improbable, that it would occur to a pro athlete? At least with "Joe Average", he or she is smart enough to know they're not invincible. So nine times out of ten, they take the proper precautions.
Want further proof? How about from a monetary standpoint.
Pro athletes sign contracts all the time, that make them rich literally overnight. Some so incredibly high, that they could literally play one....count 'em, ONE....season, and NEVER have to work another day in their lives. How many of us are so spoiled, er...I mean "fortunate"? However, their income depends soley on their physical well-being. Players play hurt all the time. But legit injuries can sideline someone for months. Maybe years, if it's bad enough. Therefore, just how practical or intelligent is it, to risk your one, Golden Goose? That being, your physical assets?
Think about it, from a business standpoint. You're an owner, and you've invested multi-millions into one player. In the hopes he will bring home the cup. How do you deal with a player, who so flippantly disregards your generousity, by engaging in reckless behaviour? What message does that send to you? I'm not saying as an owner, you own that player's soul. Lock, stock, and barrel. But when they are already engaged in dangerous activites, like motorcycling, and can't even be bothered to wear a helmet? Well. To me, that speaks volumes about a person's midset. Not to mention, just how quickly they can go from being an asset, to a liability.
Pro athletes. A breed apart.
Gh0sT
6月8日 A Typical Day In 'Ghostville'......... This is just priceless. So I have to share it with everyone.
So I went for a highway cruise to Burlington tonight. I had just filled the tank yesterday, before travling to Toronto and back. But just to be sure, I gave it a good shake, and it was still reasonably full (For those who don't know, 99% of all bikes DO NOT have a gas gauge.). Although I'm still getting use to the bike, I know emphatically, it's far, more economical fuel-wise, than my previous 750cc bike. I can usually get several trips to Toronto and back, before it needs at most, a half-filling.
On my return, I'm on the Gardner, traveling east. I'm so close to my exit, at the Cawthra off ramp, I can literally see it in the distance. Suddenly, the tach starts to plummet. And I mean PLUMMET. I got the throttle cracked open all the way, and it's still sinking like the Titanic. "Uh oh. This can't be good." I'm thinking to myself. So I start going over the list of potential problems in my head, as I pull off to the side of the road. Snapped cable line, wet spark plugs, etc, etc.. I get the thing to a hault, try to start it a few times, and nothing. I shut the bike off, and retry the startup sequence. Again, nothing. So I dismount the bike, and place my helmet to the rear of the bike on the ground. This being the universal signal to other bikers, that the rider on the roadside is f__ked. Er, I mean "in distress".
After several attempts, I say to myself. "It CAN'T be gas. There's NO way.I just filled the motherf__ker yesterday.". On a whim, I turn the bike over to the "Reserve" tank. And sure enough, it started up with the first push of a button!
At this point, I'm laughing SO damn hard, I'm in tears rolling around on the side of the road. Cars are whipping by me at 120 km/h, and the driver's have to be asking themselves, "What the f__k is this guy's problem?". Because I just remembered seeing the annual "Isle of Mann" race at work, where the lead rider actually lost the race, because his pit crew forgot to fill up his tank during a pitstop! And I know this has happened to other riders. I just never thought it would happen to me.
But sometimes, the Gods just kick you, right in the Jimmys! WHOOO....YAAA!
So always check, and double check your tank! And if you ever see me on the side of the road, be sure to have a good laugh at my expense. :)
Gh0sT
6月5日 F.U. JOHN Q............Holy s__t. I can't f__king believe how egocentric and selfish the general public can be. I actually had a customer throw a hissy fit tonight, because I told him we were closing up, and I need to get home as soon as possible. The sonofabitch showed up five minutes before closing, and got offended when I couldn't stay for an hour after close to help him on my own time.
So on the off chance he, or anyone else like him reads this, here's the "411" on why I couldn't stay, hotshot.
I HAD TO TAKE MY MOM TO THE HOSPITAL.
An hour before closing, she sliced a tendon in her hand at the house with a garden trimmer, and bled all over the house like a stuck pig. But unlike the selfish cocks__kers like MOST of you PRICKS are, she insisted on gutting it out until my shift ended, before requiring me to take her there. Not wanting to "inconvience" me at my place of employment. Which most of you dickheads seem to have no issue doing, on MY time.
Do any of you classless aphids ever stop to think, even for a second, that maybe WE have familes we need to get home to? Or chores that WE need to get done? Or you are still of the notion, that WE live only to serve YOU? If it was up to you, and the corporate hiarchy that runs our places of buisness, we'd be locked up in a small box, and pulled out to serve at your beckoning. But guess what? THAT'S NOT HOW THE WORLD WORKS, A__HOLES. And if a buisness is open 12 hours a day, 6 days a F__KING week, and you STILL can't manage to get your asses there before closing, then it's YOU that has the problem. The problem of "time management". Or dare I say, the lackthereof.
Personally, were I so inept, I would be too embarassed to even knock on the door of a closed buisness. Even when the doors are locked tight, I see you idiots pulling on them harder, than a grade 7 pubecsent boy pulls on his pecker, during a vintage John Holmes porn vid. S__T. If any one of you, had a shred of conscious in yoru entire body, the sonofabitch would certainly die of lonliness.
"And that's all, folks!"
6月4日 Post Break-Up Adventures in Ghostland......After the failure of yet another relationship (Through no fault of my own, and my first real attempt after four years of self-imposed social exile.), and not wanting to find myself of the buisness end of a booze bender, I decided some much needed therapy was in order. Occasionally, this has been known to involve certain Ghost 'trademark' destructive behaviours. Such as over exercising (Which I don't. I'm just making up for the other 'couch potato' Canadians.), anoxeria (Which I'm not. I'm just "digestively challenged".), and pill-popping ("You mean they DON'T make a powder-blue M&M? I thought it tasted weird...."). Last night, I choose an alternative route to self-medication. Involving copious amounts of Godsmack (Because, let's be honest: Is there an angrier, more awesome band out there right now? I don't f__king think so.), riding my Ninja through a rainstorm (Because if I was a cat, I'd have 8 lives too many already.), and attending a private fetish event, in a seedy district of town (Because there's nothing like the sounds of wails and groans, to soothe the savage beast.). I tell ya. Being surrounded by gimps, cross-dressers, adult babbies, and an assortment of other social misfits, really does put the mind at ease. It's ironic in that, I have to seek out such an establishment, with its motley crue of characters, in order to feel a sense of nomalcy. To me, they're more "normal" per se, then most of the "normal" people I encounter on a daily basis. More honest, more upright, and far more consistent. Both emotionally and mentally. And there is something to be said for that. I recently learned, one of the most psychologically damaging events that can transpire in one's life, is when someone you are close to, does a complete, 180 degree turn, in an extremely short span of time. Especially if it's an intimate relationship. Not only does it making one feel lost, confused, and hurt, it also gives one reason to question their own sense of personal judgement. Which, in my opinion, is the greater of the evil's. Think about it like this. If someone does something outright against your person, at the very least, you're fully aware of what occured, and can subsequently deal with it on those grounds. On principle alone, you are, essentially, "in the know". Or, if the change or changes in question, take place over a lengthy period of time, at the very least, you can see the end result coming. And therefore, have time to prepare for the inevitable. However, when that change seemingly occurs overnight, without any insight on the "Five W's", it's psychologically tramatizing. Much like the end result, of a right-hook to the jaw, one moment everything is fine. The next, you're starring up from the ground, asking "What happened?". It's totally and competely discombobulating to the psyche. Which is possibly why the sudden death of anything, whether it be a person or a relationship, hurts the worst. Because we're just not programmed to comprehend sudden, dramatic change. So in short, I guess what I'm saying, is this. If you have issues, with someone or with a situation, don't leave that person in the dark. At the very least, throw them a bone. Because if you fail to do that, you may be doing more damage, than by keeping silent. In the immortal words of Sully Erna..."Speak the truth....Or make your peace some other way." Bye for now kids, Gh0sT xxx |
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