The Springhill Mine Reclamation Project

I've moved

2009-01-23T22:22:19Z

to the AC Temple, and I probably didn't tell you. I'm bad about that. So, I'm telling you now.

Graph it out yourself, nerd.

2009-01-04T09:35:43Z

The holidays:

Started on a high note, as well as several low notes, and a bunch in-between at Rev. Jack Ladybird & Hightower's x-mas spectacle (peppermint sonicified)

dove down to shitty, thanks to pervasive, poorly treated mental illness among my family members (sample quote, "I am a brilliant man.")

Got better, thanks to U China's x-mas day seafood buffet (you can eat a lot more when you're not having to talk to people)

Got great, at robb and lydia's wedding reception and accompanying after party/hangover day at jon ezell's (the best time i've ever had in Tuscaloosa, bar none)

Made a sharp turn towards awesomeness in Pickens County (new additions to my lexicon: Skootch, awesome awful harmony, bubble yum soda, swedish candles, glogg)

and just when I thought it was all over:

George Royer comes to the plaza with good news and a pretty lady, and I come home with a phone number.

potent quotables holiday edition 2008
"you got to tap a bitch on the shoulder"

"I call 'em my pussy cushions" (possibly followed by "faggot!")

"who's been fucking the spirit of the forest?"

"We're sitting on each others butt's"---
---"That's a sosha bisskit."

"let's go slam a sparks in the gas station parking lot!"

"I'm afraid I'll lose my shirts."

got any more for me? I think we can put bartlett's to shame.

daylightrambler @ 2008-10-30T15:26:00

2008-10-30T20:28:43Z

I feel like i'm disappearing.

I need to do a show every weekend from now on.

I just need someone to drive me there.

We'll throw away the TV and the radio...

2008-09-26T02:48:09Z

I showed up late for the 1st day of my new job. I'm working for UAB as a groundskeeper, and I love it. The only problem is that I work from 6 am 'til 2:45 pm, and I haven't figured out when the best time to drink is. (fuck some grammar)

I really like the work, though. The weather has been fuckin' awesome, and while y'all have been shelving books or delivering sandwiches, or whatever the fuck it is you do, I've been outside, mowing lawns in the cool breeze and pruning ivy in the warm sun. Don't get me wrong, it's gonna suck come the end of October when it's 50 degrees in the morning, but for now....

My car's fucked up, I'm probably gonna have to wait 3 weeks for a check from UAB, I had to borrow money from my mother just to be able to eat, I've gotta pack tomorrow and move on Saturday, but it's all going pretty goddamned good.

This Saturday!!!!!!

2008-09-04T21:29:02Z

If you didn't come out to Bottletree last sunday, you missed a good show, and this one's stacking up to be even wilder.

Change in lineup, though: The Cancers played last week, The Boyfriends, formerly the Ah's, will be performing their (our) first gig ever.

Also, my set will bear no resemblance to the one I did last week, nor any previous set I did, ever. I'm attempting some things live that I've only I done on tape before.

So come on out!

daylightrambler @ 2008-06-18T16:20:00

2008-06-18T21:34:52Z

I was out swimming yesterday, and tried to scrape some mud off my feet. Unfortunately, the tree I picked was the stomping grounds of one of these bad-asses:

Meet the Buck Moth caterpillar, one of many species of stinging caterpillars.

My foot swelled up and was itching like hell, and this morning my GI was intensely disturbed, and I had to fight to keep from vomiting. I even left work early because I felt so shitty. This afternoon the swelling subsided and I got to see the bastard's calling card:

that's a good 2 inches of sting right there.

via Vice

2008-06-17T18:31:16Z

There's this blog, Sexy People, dedicated to awesome portraits, of the olan mills/glamour shots variety. A lot of good stuff, but my favorite:

look closely at the baby.

that's right, they cut and pasted their new child into an old family portrait.

daylightrambler @ 2008-06-09T10:06:00

2008-06-09T15:24:31Z

Got back early from the lake, decided to take the day off of work like I had originally planned. For some peace and quiet, you know?

Well, the landlord picked today to clean up the brush pile/ snake & rat breeding pit in the vacant lot next door, which is something we've been asking about for awhile. They're using this crazy bulldozer with a wood chipping attachment that resembles a snowblower, and sounds like something they'd use to dig a swimming pool... in hell. Also, the fleeing reptiles and rodents will likely head towards higher ground, like our house.

The lake trip was great, though. Discovered that the only decent way to prepare porkchops is on the grill. I got a little lax in applying sunblock and now I'm shrimp-burnt, which is less than lobster-burnt, but still itches like hell. Also, I was accosted by a lake troll.

I lost my wallet before I left. I'm still holding out hope that it's in my room, but continuing excavations have not bore this out.

fuck.

daylightrambler @ 2008-06-04T14:56:00

2008-06-04T20:30:52Z

First off, anyone got a dent pullin' kit? I really don't feel like jerry-riggin' anything in this heat. (I'm gonna try anyway, though.)

I haven't smoked a cigarette since Sunday, the longest I've gone without one in 13 years.

I really think this is one of the high points of my life, (I don't just mean the not smoking thing) and I thank every one of you.

Sunday Pics

2008-06-02T21:07:43Z

More Pics Here.

daylightrambler @ 2008-05-01T13:44:00

2008-05-01T18:50:05Z

If I fill out another application, my eyes are going to pry themselves from their comfy, circular abodes, and roll away to greener fields, flopping their little optic nerve flagella behind them.

daylightrambler @ 2008-04-25T11:46:00

2008-04-25T16:59:22Z

Hey Red Mountain Family!

Here are the recordings from last night's practice (in mp3 format):

Touché (take 1)

Touché (take 2)

I Miss it When...

I want to thank everyone for their hard work. I know we had a slow start last night, but I think we really pulled it together. Take 2 of "Touché" is proof of that. My only regret: not recording the third take of "Don't Want to Live on the Moon." By the way, if anyone has access to a printer, could you do me a favor a print 3 or 4 copies of the Chord/Lyric sheet to that song. All you have to do is cut and paste the text from this page into a blank word-processing file. I'd really appreciate it.

daylightrambler @ 2008-04-19T15:53:00

2008-04-19T21:16:31Z

I quit my job today. I went about it all the wrong way, of course. Instead of quitting when everyone around me told me to, I held on 'til the shit hit the fan and my fight or flight response kicked in, and now I'm in Millbrook.

This is all a result of trying to go off my Lexxapro/Ativan therapy (which totals about $100 a month), in order to save money . I've been doing a lot better, at least in social situations, but I tend to let the stress from work pile up. Couple that with my attempts to avoid any conflict whatsoever, and I end up with GI problems and the wish to never leave my room again. I think I'm going to take my mother's offer of help and hang out here 'til I can see my doctor on Monday and refill my prescriptions. Then the job hunt will begin in earnest.

I've got to stop repeating these same mistakes, break out of these patterns, once and for all.

daylightrambler @ 2008-04-12T13:55:00

2008-04-12T18:59:37Z

Fee Itemization

Description	Quantity	Amount	Total

ATM NON-WACHOVIA WITHDRAWALS	2	$2.00	$4.00

Total:

$5.00

Apparently, 2+2=5 at Wachovia

Also:

daylightrambler @ 2008-03-30T17:59:00

2008-03-30T23:01:39Z

I escaped a collapsing building, but I can still hear the screams in the wreckage.

daylightrambler @ 2008-03-25T21:11:00

2008-03-26T02:12:49Z

When will I ever learn?

daylightrambler @ 2008-03-12T14:30:00

2008-03-12T19:34:00Z

Here's a re-upload of my album for those that were asking about it: Daylight Ramblings & Fever Dreams, aka The Compleat Asshole

Also, I get off at or before 4 every day next week! Let's do something!

daylightrambler @ 2008-03-10T17:16:00

2008-03-10T22:29:31Z

This is the cake my aunt made for my ex-/future brother-in-law's birthday:

I also made a cake this weekend, but it had more in common with Frank Gehry's work :

but it tasted pretty damn good.

daylightrambler @ 2008-03-02T14:55:00

2008-03-02T21:12:57Z

I just agreed to take my little sister to see this band at the end of March.

What've I done?

daylightrambler @ 2008-02-27T22:20:00

2008-02-28T04:30:04Z

Check out the No Parents demos and myspace profile:

also:

SPREAD IT FAR, SPREAD IT WIDE

2008-02-26T03:54:15Z

THE NEW REVOLUTION IS HERE

daylightrambler @ 2008-02-25T13:55:00

2008-02-25T20:05:40Z

Russ was complaining about me posting pics of myself without smiling, plus, I found this awesome pair of shades Sunday morning after the party:

so there.

daylightrambler @ 2008-02-13T15:17:00

2008-02-13T21:31:01Z

Come see me in a ridiculously large polo shirt at Lenny's Sub Shop! (across from the Trak Shak in downtown Homewood)

It's actually pretty fun, so far.

Plus, I'm off this Friday.

In a related note, the general consensus here seems to be: No Potluck this week.

daylightrambler @ 2008-02-07T10:03:00

2008-02-07T16:12:19Z

fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

I hate being sick.

Everybody's doin it now

2008-02-03T23:24:34Z