What Really Grinds My Gears...

Are people with big egos! That’s right, I don’t care who you are or how special you may think you are, you’re not that awesome! Everywhere I go now there seems to be at least one ego driven wanker strutting about thinking they are better than everyone in the room.

Nightclubs are generally the place where you see these people walking around like their gods gift. When really most people (with a brain) just look at them and think “what a tosser”. The have the poxy ass walk and talk absolute crap it’s just mental… hey buddy take a good look at yourself, you’re a complete spastic and nobody likes you! What makes it even worse are the people who buy into their bullshit, they keep feeding the beast that is their ego, making it bigger and bigger.

Another place I’ve started to notice this happening is at sporting events. Last week playing division 5 soccer, not division 1, division 5! There was this guy lets call him “Yellow Socks” who thought he was the next Ronaldo. When in reality this guy had nothing going for him at all, he would try all this fancy footwork and when somebody got within 3 paces of him he would fumble the ball away. The dude thought he was so hot he would walk up to you (walk, not run, not even jog), stop and try a rainbow kick to get the ball around you, unsuccessfully every time! Dude if you read this… and god I wish there was a chance you actually would… you suck balls! Grow up and come play with the big boys you knob jockey!

Down the skate park there are a few big headed clowns too! These kids are between the ages of like 9 – 14 and they are swearing like sailors. Not cool kiddies not cool! I’m not one to judge people on their language but I don’t believe I curse that much and it was pointless swearing anyway. They were just trying to fit the word f**k in whenever possible. Granted these kids were better than me at skating, well actually they were on bikes but you don’t act up like you were born able to skate so well, you had to start somewhere. I’ve met some really cool cats at the skate park but some of the people down there I just want to bust a few caps in.

CONCLUSION:

IF YOUR EGO IS SO BIG THAT YOU THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE, GROW UP AND THINK AGAIN YOU GIANT ASSHOLE! IT’S PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO RUIN THINGS FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

Brodies Addiction

I have a problem…..
It’s a very real problem and it’s very shameful.

It seems I have become addicted to Myspace and I can’t really figure out why. I started using it as a way to kill time at work but now it seems I come to work so I can access Myspaces with a better connection. Whether it’s during work hours or during my breaks I’m continuously searching through Myspace seeing who I can find.

There are some interesting people out there and Myspaces is also handy to track down people from the past. Using their “Past and Current Students” section on the site, I’ve managed to track down classmates from the past and even started talking to some who were a few years above me when I was back in high school. I’ve also started tracking down other people I know from here and there such as people I see around at gigs, people I’ve dated in the past and many others.

What can I do?
Do they have and sort of patches for this problem?

Oh and if you would like to veiw myspace it can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/brodiepur

Is It That Time Of Year Already?

It’s seems that this is the time of year for all the big bands to start their touring and its sending me broke. In the past month or so bands like Karnivool, Tool, Panic! At The Disco (P!ATD), Avenged Sevenfold, Megadeath, Killswitch Engage, Atreyu, 36 Crazyfists, Rise Against and many more bands that I would love to see have announced that they are touring Melbourne. Most of the tickets for these gigs range from $20 (Karnivool – awesome aussie band!) to $115 (Tool – Also awesome but so expensive because the promoters know that people will pay a lot of money to see them), the rest of the bands mentioned are around the $50 mark. So add all that together and you have a very costly month.

Sadly I can’t afford to go to all of these gigs so I’ve had to choose the ones I really would like to go to and think will be entertaining shows. So far I have tickets to Karnvivool (to both shows) and P!ATD (also to both shows) secured and have the cash saved for Tool because it’s one band you just don’t want to miss when they are out here. I missed Avenged Sevenfold which blows because they are a band I’m really starting to get into at the moment plus one of my favourite Melbourne bands (Mammal) was supporting them. With the rest of the gigs quickly approaching I’m aiming to buy one ticket to one show as each pay week comes along starting with Rise Against. This is fine in theory and a good way of being able to see the bands I love however I do run the risk of the gigs selling out, which is a very likely outcome.

Why are so many bands announcing tours around the same time of year? Surely the promoters would realise that with all these tickets being released at such close dates people can’t afford all these tickets at once. I know it’s not just me struggling with this problem, as I know several people who also want to go to a lot of the gigs mentioned above but can’t spare the cash because they have blown it on other tickets. We can’t be the only people around Australia with this problem, I don’t see any logic behind announcing and selling these tickets so close together.

Sk8r Boi

Some of you may remember my last effort at “Extreme Sports” when I bought my skateboard however it was quite short lived because of my many wrist issues. Well I’ve hit the extreme circuit again and this time I’m going hard at it! My body is currently hurting like its never hurt before but I still feel great. This time round I’ve taken to inline skating as opposed to skateboarding (although I pull out the board every now and then) seeing as I’m already decent skater because of my Ice Hockey experience and skating weekly back in the day.

It all started on Sunday afternoon when instead of going to the ice hockey as planned I received a phone call from my mate Burt asking if I wanted to come down to the Yarra Glen skate park for the arvo because it was such a lovely day. Thrilled by the fact I haven’t skated in over three months I jumped at the opportunity for a skate. The Yarra Glen skate park was really well set out with an awesome grind bar which is a good size for beginners, my goal for next time I go down there is to be able to grind it.

We skated there for roughly an hour and a half until we received a phone call from Niki and TigR saying that they had just finished work and they wanted to skate too. So instead of making them drive all the way up to Yarra Glen (there wasn’t much day light left) we decided to meet them at the Croydon skate park because it has lights. By the time we arrived there were still people skating and the fact that most of us were either first time skate park goers or just simply can’t skate we waited until they disappeared. Croydon skate park was really we set out also, it has some nice smaller ramps to start yourself on. At Croydon for what ever reason I had a lot more confidence (maybe it was stupidity… we’ll never know), I was trying heaps of random stuff with out the fear of stacking. I fell over a few times which is expected, but I only had one really bad painful fall. I basically pulled some muscle in my neck after I face planted into the ground after coming down a really steep ramp, this ramp is now known as my Mount Everest, one day I shall conquer it. We skated until 10.30pm under the lights and we all had a ball, Niki got on and a skateboarded for the very first time and by the end of the night she was able to go down a ramp un-aided which isn’t the simplest thing to do for a beginner, so to be able to do that after just a few hours is a great achievement.

That wasn’t the end of the adventure though, Niki decided she must own a skateboard of her own that evening so we made a trip to the 24 hour Kmart in Burwood. I had a slight sense of de-ja vu as this is exactly what I did when I first wanted to skate. She bought an awesome looking board with a cute little picture of a teddy bear in a blender, she named her board ‘Victor”. By this time it was around 11.15, Burt, Niki and I all decided that we would have enough time to deflower her virgin board at Croydon before the lights get turned off, we got there and found ourselves with about 10 minutes left to skate before lights out.

My Monday evening was very similar, we all ended up back at Croydon skate park just after dark before going to maccas to get a free meal from our friend Amelia. After the maccas we all went back to the skate park where we set up some tunes and skated until late in the evening.

All this skating has left me very sore but it’s worth it, I have missed doing stuff like this and living a fairly active lifestyle. I feel like I’m a teenager again, hanging out at a skate park after dark (not that that’s what I used to do, it’s just how it feels) bumming around with mates, it’s a strange feeling, but a good one to say the least.

What Really Grinds My Gears...

Is the quality of our indoor soccer matches these days, to be more specific the poor refereeing. I try not to bitch and moan about the referees decisions too often, during the game I may yell stuff out but I don’t sit there and stew on the decisions made after, its is after all only just a game. But after last nights Usual Suspects match I think I’ve finally cracked it with the inability of the refs to make any decisions.

Understandably they can’t get every call right or see everything that happens on the field (they are only human after all) but there’s a difference between that and nearly losing control of the entire game. Last night was one of the most appalling efforts to ref a match I have ever come across. Last night we played a team (La La Land) who we decimated 15–0 last time we played them, so understandably they decided to change their game plan. They decided to not use skill to try and beat us, they would just push us around (both during and behind play), act like wankers by threatening us and generally not show us any of the respect I believe we deserve.

In the first 5 minutes or so both Matt (got taken out from behind) and I (kicked in the knee) had to sub off for a brief period because these guys were not playing at the ball they were playing at us. This was just the beginning, Trav was basically levelled while they ball was up the other end of the field, I was threatened sever times, they were continuously attacking savagely from behind and simply just pushing us around. It was disgraceful! Although some of obvious attempts to hurt us were called, many weren’t and probably the thing that annoys me most is there was only one warning handed out. The ref basically lost control of the game because he neglected to make those tough decisions, he didn’t enforce any sort of authority.

We ended up winning the match based on our skills and perseverance (karma may also have come into play) so I’m happy about that. I don’t remember the score line and honestly I don’t really care, we beat them because we deserved it. I’m just glad match is over because it was such a poor game.

So all you soccer refs or any refs as a matter of fact who may stumble upon this blog (unlikely I know, but you never know) here’s my advice: Don’t be afraid to make the tough decisions, in the end it’s better than making no decision at all as you will just lose control of the game and perhaps more importantly the respect of the players.

Im The White Larry Bird

I played basketball on Tuesday night and well to be honest I’m pretty disappointed with my “ability” and my “skills”. Usually when I play a sport I’d rate myself as fairly good at most of the things I do, but when it comes to basketball I think I’m a complete hack. I really don’t like sucking at sports I feel like a chump, so I don’t think basketball is my thing. The worst part of my game is easily my shooting, I would probably be ok if I could drive into the key but being mixed I wasn’t allowed to so this rendered me completely useless in my opinion.

On a positive note I really did really enjoy it and would be happy to play again if asked, practice makes perfect as they say. Going into the match I was a little worried on how my wrists would hold up, but I had them strapped and secured so they ended up being fine. The real test comes on Thursday when I goal keep for my work team, but if I can’t handle it I can easily swap with someone else.

That’s really all I have to say to be honest, I’m just writing this to kill time while I’m waiting for the person I’m talking to in messenger to respond.

My Dream Journey

I’ve recently started researching the more adventurous side of dreaming, more specifically “Lucid Dreaming” so I have created this blog to help log my dreams and explain what it is exactly what I am doing.

http://brodiesluciddreams.blogspot.com/

Brodie's Movie Review: Stay Alive

Last night I went and saw a movie called “Stay Alive” and before I went in I was quite sceptical about the story line and lack of any Hollywood stars (It was a B grade horror film). There we a handful of faces I recognised (from many other B grade films) but the only person who may have had any drawing power was Frankie Muniz from Malcolm in the Middle and even then it’s not because of his classy acting skills.

The move itself is about this countess who used to torture and kill people back in the 17th century. Apparently this countess was a real person (Elizabeth something), I have to look into that because it would be an interesting read. This countess manages to come back and kill people through a video game. The idea is, if you die in the game you die in real life. The nerd inside me is what drew me to seeing this flick and even though the storyline seems completely mental it was a very entertaining film. One of the highlights for me was some of the dialogue (the use of the word “Newb” was a stand out) and some of the T-shirts the cast wear, one guys was wearing a shirt saying “w00t”… gold!

The “in-game” footage was also entertaining and reminded me of my old gamer days. It’s inspired me to upgrade my PC and work on getting broadband at my house now that I have my fancy new job and pay rise. Another plus for the film was the use of silence in some of the suspenseful parts of the film. Generally for me the score is what really completes a movie 9 times out of 10. The use of silence was a good idea sadly they didn’t pull it off to well but I appreciated something different and had it worked it would have been great.

It’s worth a look when it comes out on to DVD and I’d probably even buy it if there were decent special features to seal the deal. Brodie’s movie rating: 7 hookers out of 10.

Mammal @ Bang

This weekend I did something I haven’t done in a long while and that was to go to a gig essentially by myself. As usual I knew some people there, but I wouldn’t say I’m close friends with them or anything like that, but I just couldn’t wait any longer to see this band. In the end, the band was well worth the wait, and I may have pee’d a little with excitement.

For what seems like a lifetime now I’ve been searching for a band to replace Full Scale since they split up, but now it’s dawned on me that I never will. There are many local/Australian bands around that I still love (Karnivool and Seven especially) but nothing comes close to the power and emotion I felt when listening to Full Scales music. I have so much love and respect for this band and what they went through trying to make it “big” and getting completely screwed over by their record label. I just can’t explain what their music means to me, at their final show roughly 8 months back I even felt like crying, it was an emotional evening for many people. I’m actually considering getting a tattoo with their symbol and “respect” or something like that in the near future.

But back on topic, the band I went to see is called Mammal and they basically rocked my man-gina to the brink of eruption. The reason why I have been so excited about this band is because it has the lead singer from my favourite band in the world (Full Scale… duh!) fronting it. The man himself is Ezekiel Ox and both his stage presence and vocals are amazing, the man truly has it all. Not to forget about the rest of the band however their music is quite powerful, tight and hard hitting. I have no doubt that they will make it big in the Melbourne music scene. But as usual Zekes stage antics left the punters in awe. One of the many highlights was the stage dive of a set of amps stacked roughly 8 to 10 feet high into a group of about 10 or so males, it was truly awesome. I captured the footage on my phone and I’ll try and put it on the net at some point.

I also wanted to go to this gig because I wanted to see what Bang was like, in my honest opinion it blew. It’s held every Saturday at the Royal Melbourne Hotel and it’s ran by the same people who run Next every Thursday at the Colonial Hotel so I was expecting that it would be as good (if not better) than Next. I was very disappointed with my visit to Bang, although the venue was quite cool, I think it was an old dungeon or jail or something (correct me if I’m wrong) but that’s all it has going for it. The “metal” room was hella empty and there was another “room” (it was just a long hallway in between the two other rooms) which was also fairly boring with music that didn’t really interest me so I was very disappointed with Bang, maybe it’s just because I expected to much? In my opinion Next is the greatest place on the planet, for what ever reason it is I just love it there.

I strongly urge you to check out Mammal (http://www.myspace.com/mammaltheband) when you can they are worth every penny.

Things are comming up Brodie!(Sounds Disturbing Doesn't It?)

Considering my situation and my current mood I had an awesome day yesterday. Basically the day before (Wednesday) I was told that my trial for new position was over and that I would be having my review on the Thursday. Going to bed on the Wednesday night I knew I was going to have either a horrible day or an just an ok day, the thought of having an awesome day never crossed my mind because I was still pretty down about my recent break-up.

I had my review in the morning because I had told them I wanted to get it out of the way so I wouldn’t stress about it, it turns out I had nothing to stress about at all. Overall the review was nothing but good news. My boss was very impressed with the way I handled most tasks, especially the first task he gave me. He basically said that he had set me up to fail, he wanted to see how I went about solving the problem in hand. He was impressed with the ideas I had and how I tried to fix it, he said I did better than he thought I would have done. So w00t go me!

Like most Thursdays I had soccer in the evening but I only ended up playing for my work team TNA, as usual I was awesome (not to gloat or be big headed or anything), I think I saved more shots with my legs than our goalie (who did do an awesome job anyway). We ended up winning 15-3 I think, I scored 5 or 6 goals and played out an entire game which is always painful. I didn’t play my other match because Bri and Tiff were taking me out to cheer me up.

While I really wanted to go out I had my doubts about where we were actually going, I’m ashamed to admit where I went to be honest but hey, it's too late now. We went to Daisies (*shudders*) and when we got there we all felt rather out of place. The place is shocking, it’s a total meat market, and my god, the guys in there are disgraceful. Like most guys I enjoy a good perve now and then (and it was a good perve) but you must show some restraint people and I don’t think the fellas at Daisies even know the meaning of the word. They would just stare, unashamed if they were busted, in fact they still just kept staring. Special mention to Bri and Tiff, while dancing on the podium I was watching all the guys around me, their dancing certainly caught their attention. And let’s not forget how they all “strut” about, I was laughing so much at how truly wanky they both walked and looked.

We all felt insanely old there, even I felt old and usually I wouldn’t give a stuff, but this time it was completely different. I ran into a friend who I’ve known since she was about 12, she still gets lifts to school with my mother in the mornings. This girl truly is a beautiful person though, looks wise she’s an A+++ (that’s right triple plus) but her personality shines. She’s probably one of the nicest people I have ever met. We could contribute this to both Pat and Robbie, as they were here peer support leaders back in high school. Pat do you remember Abbey? That’s who I’m talking about. That’s when I felt really old, we were in year 11 when they had just started year 7, its scary stuff. We decided to move on and head over to Balsamic and check out what it’s like down there on a Thursday evening. Overall balsamic was ok, music was better than Daisies, it was still pretty bad in my opinion but at least I knew the songs being played. Not a great deal went on here so we all retired home to bed after a couple of drinks.

I must say I’m in high spirits today for no good reason, it’s been about as uneventful as most Fridays at work. So I think I’m dealing with everything ok now, I’d like to especially thank Leigh, Bri and Tiff for helping me sort out my shit.

Movin' On Up

Well it’s time to try and move on, it’s time to get motivated and start fresh. My plan is to throw myself into work and reaching my goal for this year which was getting fit and “toning” up for summer. I will make myself sexy and that way I can rub that in everybody’s faces (hopefully literally also). I will also try making time to concentrate on song writing and drumming again, I really should look into both singing classes and some form of song writing workshop, I think it would be very helpful.

I’ve also recently been thinking about writing a book, I’ve been told that I’m an entertaining writer so I thought I might give it a shot. Basically the idea of the book is a topic I’m becoming all too familiar with, break-ups. To be more specific about the subject, bad break-ups (I’ve dumped someone via SMS before and well that’s pretty terrible, but most of you know that story). I want to interview people and get there stories and write about the outcome, maybe get both sides of the story by contacting their ex. I’m not entirely sure on the format I would write it in but I’m sure I’ll figure something out.

I’ll be going out more often now and I’ll certainly be looking for people to party with, if you’re interested let me know. I’m willing to try new places (I always have been) and do new things, I’m going to live by my new philosophy “Life’s a gamble – Let it ride!” and see how it goes, I’m not going to hold back.

MSN Spaces Is Completely Retarded!

What Really Grinds My Gears...

As you can tell I’ve created a new blog at http://www.blogger.com/, I’m fed up with Myspaces and all the problems it has. This time the link to publish the blog doesn’t work at Myspaces, its retarded! I need to blog because it gives me something to do while at work and Myspaces was just becoming insanely frustrating.

I hope you all continue to enjoy my blogs. And if there are any new readers you can read my old blogs at http://spaces.msn.com/brodiepur/