With the new year, comes changes. And we (or me?) over here at CLUSTERFUCK felt there was no better way to ring in the new decade but with a little face lift. Yeah, yeah ok. It's not that big of a deal. Sure. But with changes to the layout also comes the "10 Questions With..." segment! (Someone hit the fake crowd applause button, please.) I've already got a few queued up and ready to roll and the first one will come at some point today. Like i said, it will be a weekly thing so make sure to keep checking back for those. I'm pretty happy, ok EXTREMELY happy, with the ones i have so far. Of course come back for other things too cause that won't be my only posting venture. Please, enjoy yourselves. It's a new year, and hate is hella out of style. Love is the new black. Tell your friends to read, subscribe, etc etc. Get the word out there. The more readers i get, the more i can get to you.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, things you'd like to see in this blog..let me know! Email inbox is always open for you guys. lax_bitch@yahoo.com it is! Hate mail can be left with your moms though cause i have no time for it. I'd raise a toast to this new beginning, but you know, drinking at work is kind of out of the question. <3
Allow me to re-introduce myself...
2009: 2004 All Over Again
I'll be honest, 2004 was probably one of the best years of my life. I graduated high school, i turned 18, got my drivers license and just pretty much did whatever the hell i wanted to. That was also the year that i discovered my one true love; LIVE MUSIC. I had always loved going to shows and seeing people in concert, but for some reason in 2004 it hit me like a rock. It was all i wanted to do. I would hit 3 shows in 3 days on school nights and go to school dead as fuck, but i didn't care. Road trips to LA were frequent. I had the opportunity of meeting and hanging out with a lot of people i admired in the music world and made quite a few friends along the way. Then the years following, just never lived up. Don't get me wrong, i gave birth to my daughter which was the most amazing day in my life. And every day since i've had her has been amazing and a blessing. But somewhere in all of the commotion and craziness, i lost myself. I stopped going to shows, hell i stopped doing a lot of things that used to make me happy. And when 2009 hit, i made some major changes in my life that i felt were necessary and i never looked back. I vowed to make 2009 what every year after 2004 should have been. And god damnit did i ever. Yes of course things were a little different seeing as how i had a daughter. But that just made things more fun. I got a new job, got back into going to shows, i finally stopped pussing out and got the ink done that i wanted, i bought myself a car and again, made a lot of new friends along the way. I was given the opportunity of a lifetime to help film a live dvd for one of my favorite bands. I got to shoot photos from a press pit. I went back to Warped Tour for the first time since 2004 as a 'worker'. More road trips back down to LA. Most of all, i felt like i was finally 'ME' again. Most of what i felt was missing in my life had returned. And for someone who spent 2 years dealing with severe postpartum depression, to feel like yourself again is a really big deal.
I would have to say some of my favorite parts of this year (not including time spent with my daughter), had to be the many times i got to see my boys in Hollywood Undead. From hometown shows, to Vegas, to New Mexico, to Sacramento, home and then Vegas again...it was always good times.
Picture post will come soon. For now, time to go wait on the countdown with my little one. <3
Woohoo!
Happy New Years to me! Wine & sparkling cider plus a little bit of Patron...staying in isn't always so bad.
The smell of...defeat?
I really think with all the money that San Francisco is spending on 'going green', they should start putting some money into their public transportation system. And no, I'm not talking about making it run on solar energy or any shit like that. I'm talking AIR FRESHENERS!! The horrible stenches coming off of those trains have got to be doing some kind of damage to our Earth's atmosphere. So i have come up with a plan, a very good one if i do say so myself. Let me pitch it to you guys first before i take it to City Hall. Here goes.
Have you ever stepped onto a BART train, MUNI bus or cable car and had your eyes start burning? Your nose start feeling like the inner lining had been singed off? Had your face contort into a totally unflattering 'stink face'?? If you can answer yes to one or all of these questions, I have your solution! STENCH SENSE!! Stench Sense is a revolutionary device that is placed at the entry and exit points of your form of public transportation. Let's say an old homeless man bummed up enough change to get himself onto your bus. He hasn't showered since God knows when and he's covered in every form of bodily fluid you can imagine. Now who wants to sit next to that?? Or even be in the same 10 mile radius? Well now with Stench Sense's amazing odor sensors, you won't have to worry! As anything that smells any less fresh than a baby out of a bathtub passes by, the sensors will go off and POW! A deodorizing spray/air neutralizer blasts the culprit until the smell is gone! You will no longer have to sit next to Mr. 'I Just Got Out of the Gym and Decided Not To Shower Before I Left'. No more holding your nose when Ms. 'I'm Trying To Cover Up Last Night's Puke, Alcohol and Cigarettes With Cheap Perfume' stands next to you. And no more dry heaving when Mr. 'I Sleep On The Streets and Just Shat Myself Ten Minutes Ago' passes down your aisle. STENCH SENSE has got you covered. Or should we say THEM covered!
Yeah, yeah?? What do you think? Awesome idea, right? I'm totally writing to Mr. Newsom's sexy ass about this right now!
New segment coming soon!
In 2010 coming with an updated layout of good ol' CLUSTERFUCK will also be a new segment i like to call 10 Questions With _____. It will be a short, but informative, interview with a person of my choosing that i feel more people need to be aware of. They may be someone you know, they may not be. Either way, it's someone i feel you need to listen up to and know more about. It will be a weekly thing, one interview a week. Or less, depending on how fast i can bring them in. First one will be with a person very near and dear to my heart, and that will kick off the new year on 1/5/10 so keep a look out and check back often for more updates and more of me babbling on!
Quickly.
Just wanted to share a few links i think everyone needs to check out. So go now. Stop reading this and GO!
Rad Creations
Veronica Farr: San Diego Pop Culture Examiner
RyanLoco.com
Pride Clothing
The Chive
Happy reading! Or buying. Buy stuff, too!
Big Bang Theory: Intelligent Humor
One of my favorite shows on right now has got to be "The Big Bang Theory". Unlike it's network partner "How I Met Your Mother", Big Bang hasn't gone stale. It's a different kind of humor that not everyone will like, but it is definitely something i look forward to. All of the actors have such great chemistry and even guest stars that come on fit in so well. Whereas a lot of guest stars on sitcoms seem out of place, theirs always fit right in. You can catch "The Big Bang Theory" Monday nights on CBS.
