Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive...

Ever get caught in a lie? Ever get caught in a big nasty lie? You know one of those ones where you stacked lie upon, lie upon, upon lie and so forth? Ever told a lie so many times you believed it? Ever told a lie so many times you believed it, then found out it was a lie and couldn't believe it?

Amazing how certain circumstances bring you to a place where you realize you've been lying to yourself. Lying to yourself about the way a number of things have come to be, possibly your way of life. Maybe lying to yourself caused you to feel better about something in the past that it seemed alright for a season. Maybe it lifted you to the point that you didn't want to go back to knowing the truth. Is it wrong to tell these kinds of lies to yourself? Is it wrong to tell people the same lies? Is it wrong even though you have reached the point that you believe them to be true and you don't even realize you are telling lies?

Does it really hurt anyone if you've made something up about your past to cover something that hurts you to remember? Have you ever told a lie to make your situation look worse? Made it seem like you've overcome adversity that you've never faced? Can you grow from false experiences? Can you make yourself a better person based on the lies you've told yourself? Is it possible?

Have you ever told someone a lie to make them feel better? Ever told someone a lie so you would avoid having to talk about something? Have you ever told someone you were "fine" because it seems like the right thing to do, when really nothing is "fine"? Is this wrong? I mean, is it really wrong to build someone up with a lie when they really don't want the truth?

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." ~ Sir Walter Scott

I hate sports

I swear I should just stop watching sports all together. I'd get a lot less irritated. I mean I get really irate when things don't go my way. I'm a terrible loser, thing is, I should be used to it by now. Rarely does the team I want to win actually win.

I'm also gettiing pretty sick of listening and reading about big market east coast and west coast teams. What about us midwesterners? We have to watch local stations to get some kind of commentary on midwest teams, Chicago doesn't count. Chicago is big market enough that it doesn't matter if it is east or west, but that doesn't give all the big sports stations a break.

I get too agitated and excited, I should mellow out and either not watch or just learn to roll with it. Obviously the latter has always been a problem for me. Oh well, we'll see how Monday Night Football goes tonight...

Wow...

Ok, so I didn't see The Spooklight, we had a lot of fun driving around and yelling "I'm The Spooklight" at people though. Kind of disappointing, luckily on the same night I had one of the greatest experiences of my life.

Believe it or not I saw the single greatest concert of my life. Lets start from the beginning...

Blindside is one of my favorite bands (I have a lot), I've been following them for several years but since they are from Sweeden and I've never had the chance to see them in concert. I judge a lot about a band by how they play live, I don't like listening to "studio bands". I love the experience of seeing a really good live show.

We're basically caught up... After taking several wrong turns, we made it to The Foundry, I was first timer here and really enjoyed the atmosphere. So we're chillin' and listening to the opening band, The Radiance Effect and we realize... these guys are pretty great for openers and locals. Not to say we have a bunch of terrible bands in the area, but generally the first opener for concerts haven't been that great. Then another band, who never mentioned their name, played and they were pretty good as well.

Then Edison Glass came out and played and man those guys were great, they have to vocalists with fantastic range. They played my favorite song of theirs which made me happy, I thoroughly enjoyed their show.

Ok, now this is when things went from good to THE GREATEST SHOW EVER. Blindside. As mentioned before, I have never seen them live before so I had no idea what to expect. I'm sure if I did have any expectations they would have been blown out of the water. They were completely breath-taking. I mean I've seen some pretty awesome concerts, but I can't believe how much more superior this concert was. I love just about every Blindside song so it really didn't matter what they played. They rocked, they rocked so much there wasn't single person in the place that wasn't going crazy. It was the best fan interaction of any show I've seen.

One of the factors was that there was no security at all. Basically, there were a very short set of rules and there were some guys there that could enforce them, but no seemed to test the limits. We got some footage of the show, so hopefully in the near future I can post some.

Still a little stunned by it all...

Hornet...

There's a little ghost town about an hour and a half from here on the Oklahoma border, that supposedly has a ghostlight. It is considered one of the most famous in the country and is commonly just referred to to as "The Spooklight". There are many, many stories all over the interweb that describe experiences with The Spooklight. There have been many people that have tried to explain it, but thus far there is not a good one. There have been many people that believe it is just car headlights light refracting off of the landscape from a distant highway in Oklahoma. The only problem with this theory is that there have been sighting of The Spooklight since the 1880's, which would rule out cars.


I've been out there several times, to the areas that The Spooklight shows up, but unfotunately haven't seen a thing. Several of my friends have been and have seen it and even have pictures. Let me show you a few...

Oh what is that in the distance? A light of some sort? Do you think that car installed GLOWING GREEN headlights? I think not. I'd also like to mention that these are the best and most recent pictures I have seen of The Spooklight.

Did it move?

Holy crap, is it getting bigger?

It's mutating!!!!

Headlights can't do that, I've tried.

The last two here are obviously the most amazing, but to see the progression... wow.

So what's the point of all of this? I'm heading back out there Friday, maybe I'll get lucky and see it. Maybe not, either way it's amazing how much fun you can have waiting for a mystical light to appear. Wish me luck and safety. I will update you all after I get back.

Going Insane...

Do you see that picture? The GI Joe guy running into the kitchen? It's driving me insane. I know full well that I have the ability to change it; afterall, I did put it there. The problem is that it fits the name too well to remove it. I guess if I stopped staring at it I might be fine. Maybe I should post a still instead of the moving one?

I can't stop watching it though, my eyes are fixed to it. It just cycles through and through and I become hypnotized with the running man. In my head I can hear the dialogue, which makes me laugh everytime I think about it.

"You not cooking!"

"Yeah I do!"

"PORKCHOP SANDWICHES..."

Never seen this video before? Google it, you might be sorry, but it's still funny.



*The video contains profanity generously, if you are offended by profane language I urge you not to watch.

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Ok, so here it is, bright shiny and new...

I really have nothing to blog about... yet. It will come to me, I'll have a spark of creativity and post something splendid. Everyone will be in awe of my abilities. Ok, well maybe some of that isn't true, quite possibly all of it. I'll let you decide.