You got the place all to yourself
“What the fuck.”
(Quite a few Risky Business references so I suggest you check it out. Oh, and it’s gonna be a little less PG this time, sorry.)
Hey! It’s what Tom Cruise said and look where he stood at the end of the (career launching) movie Risky Business. He got to drive around in his Father’s Porsche, (as much backwards forwards but hell, it’s a Porsche.) got laid, gained a few bucks, lost a few bucks and soaked the Porsche in Lake Michigan. Pretty crazy huh? Yeah, that’s what I thought after I watched it.
So of course when given the opportunity to have the time of my life and maybe even top Joel Goodsen what did I do? Did I throw a giant party (A party that is going to stop you from talking about the Food Fight?)? Did I get so wasted I couldn’t find my own feet? Did I invite a bunch of girls over to have sex totally unprotected while doing intravenous drugs at the same time? Would the story be funny if I did? No (No). No. No. No. There would be none of that. So, if none of that what did I do?
Well, Friday at work I strained my calf muscle while pushing hundreds of carts through inches of snow. I was offered a job in the furniture department, which will ultimately lengthen my stay in hell (Wal-Mart). After work I went to my friends house where I sat and watched a game of Risk go horribly awry, whilst watching a Kung Fu parody and hearing that Matt Good is sold out. I continued home to watch some Arrested Development while I had A beer. And, unfortunately, was able to locate my feet with ease.
Saturday, I didn’t have to work until 4:30 so I had sometime to get over my Friday night drinking binge. I watched the men’s Bronze medal hockey game, y’know, the one the Canadians should’ve completely bypassed. I stumbled upon a TV show hosted by a rapping Arab, which was hilarious. The hilarity was cut short though, as I realized it was time for work (Which once again, to my surprise, wasn’t fun). So now I’m hanging out at home, watching a movie, I’m on my second beer. Still able to find my feet. Oh, you wanna know what I’m watching? Risky Business o’course. Maybe it’ll stir up a few new ideas for my next weekend alone.
-Teck
The dream is always the same.
posted by Teck @ 12:46 AM
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Heyyy Terry
I am equally as bored and as half empty as you right now. Sitting on MSN-- I'm always sitting on MSN. Well, I may as well say something with Deep Impact. Nothing can ever be as cool as the movies, an asteroid will never hit the earth and food fights will never happen... Uhh 90% truth. It's because movies can't capture true boredom, if they did then people would leave the theatre demanding refunds. True boredom though, is what life is. When else do we have a time to think about our day, to learn guitar, to a grow a crush on someone? How else would we know what to do tomorrow, or my play Wonderwall around a campfire, or find the right words to ask somone out? Being bored is essential. I guess you gotta work with bad TV and the two beer buzz.
Yeah, I am just about to go to work but I'm bored as well as you and d00.
I agree with d00, we use our spare time, or our bored time to shape who we are, I picked up guitar simply cuz I was bored and tired of sitting around all day. Boredom makes the exciting times we experience more vivid. When I play a show live in front of fans who are really into the music, in juxtaposition to my normal day of sitting alone in my room practising on my practise pad, THAT is what makes the former so fulfilling.
I mean look at a successful band like Rush, they play in front of tens of thousands of people (and sometimes HUNDREDS of thousands) just about EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for years and years. Neil Peart even says that it begins to be a chore, and it is like going to work for them. Eventually, if you are given too much excitment, it will bore you.
We need boredom to contrast excitement, cuz then it adds even more color to exciting times in our lives. Hopefully that made sense, I'm just rambling
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