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[March/1 of ?] Can you feel that? Oh shit!

Have you ever felt that, as an online culture, we "backed" the wrong horse in the memetic zeitgeist? Right now you're probably wondering what the hell is it that I'm talking about specifically, but rest easy: I am indeed talking about how Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness" fucking sucks and how we should've memefied "Stupify" instead.

---- The argument is simple: Better overall instrumental performance AND way funnier/more annoying vocal stylings. If you think I'm high on fumes or something, hear for yourself.

---- If you're listening to crappy butt-rock, at least go for the track that has something going on for it throughout, instead of just one mildly interesting hissy-fit on a song that also includes a skit that sounds like the best acting Robert Downey Jr. ever did, it's all I'm saying. ---- On second thought, Dan Donegan is a "Cancel culture" whingy shithead that makes me embarrassed that I use the same guitar brand as he does and David Draiman is an all-around garbage person, so I think that's way funnier (even if unintentionally) than anything they have ever put to tape. Here's a cool song by an awesome band that I still love instead...

Anyway, I'll probably go back to writing about anime and Fire Emblem because that's all it ever seems to interest people when I type out these journal entries/brain droppings. Love a duck!

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(30/300) "Lost in the Catacombs"

So I made the "mistake" of agreeing to (re)watch The Social Network and... y'know, I think I changed my mind. Like sure, the original intent of the movie is still dogshit and has aged worse than spoiled milk (it helps that the main subjects of the "biopic" are all well-known shitheads by now), but y'know? I think the movie actually becomes interesting/even good if you go with one thing in mind... ---- ...if you've watched any of Aaron Sorkin's output, watch the Social Network again and just take into account that pretty much every single character trait found within all the male main characters is present within Sorkin!Zuckerberg... but as opposed to how you're supposed to like Jed, Josh & Sam (West Wing), Danny & Matt (Studio 60) and Will, Jim & Don (Newsroom), rare are the instances in The Social Network where you don't want to punch the shit out of Mark. ---- And it almost feels as though dear old Aaron had a revelation; that brief moment of clarity where he realizes "Maybe they're not telling it like it is... oh my god, am I just a bitter, irony-blind asshole?" while he was writing the adaptation to The Accidental Billionaires. ---- So yeah, fuck it: Some actual (albeit probably unintentional) goodness out of Sorkin. Anyway, read you later, alligator!

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[12/300] The Pinnacle of Ignorance.

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools in your kit as a guitar player who plays any sort of rock music. The ability to control chaos shouldn't be taken lightly, though: It is part of your toolkit, after all, so you should know how and when to deploy it. ---- Seeing so many of my fellow guitar players choosing to excise it in favor of allowing themselves to try and clean their sound smacks me of a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes guitar playing with gain and/or distortion so fun. ---- I do understand the appeal of playing with a clean electric guitar sound, of course, but this isn't about that: The noise that comes with choosing to play an overdriven guitar sound should always be deployed as required, but choosing to pretend it isn't there will always leave you feeling like there's a gap to be filled. ---- Get out of your own way, guitar player, this ain't rocket science! The filth is offering a hand, so make sure you grab it back, if needed. Read you later, alligator!

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[2/300] A patsy is useful.

Have you ever wondered if looking at someone might reveal some things that person might not want revealed? People talk so much about knowing how to read body language and whatnot, but given the fact that at the end of the day, this is mostly exploited by total and complete charlatans, there is an inkling in the back of my head that it's way realer than a three dollar bill. ---- But still, when that does happen, isn't it most strange how much the actions that follow immediately after can make such huge an impact on how the relationship (whether a concrete one or non-existent-until-then has said relationship been) will unfold from then on? ---- That happened today. Still not quite sure how something like this can happen through a zoom meeting, but damn it, that was the most out there interaction I've ever have had with a co-worker since I began working from home. I could see into that person's very soul, and it terrified both them and yours truly. Just... beyond life-changing. ---- I don't think I've ever have shared that same utterly perplexed look with anyone else aside from my mom, my wife and a deceased bandmate. How do you ever go from then on? I hope I can someday have the answers. Read ya' later, alligator!