23.6.05

I'm Not Wearing Any Pants, Film at 11


The Pants are Off
Originally uploaded by stradasphere.

I am without the pants. No, not my cotton Old Navy painter's pants, no not my beloved camo pants given to me by my good GI buddy, and not even my good old American Levi's. I am without my IRONPANTS. These pants were a gateway into the land of the blogosphere. My first glimpse of the depths of the cyberworld. These pants gave me an outlet for my ramblings and gloating on the defeat of backstabbing liberalism, wonderful musings about my beautiful family, and my Rolling Stone caliber rock and roll reviews. BUT ALAS, the pants are off.

The pants have hit the hamper all for love. The pants are a crumpled mass of literary khaki in a pile of otherwise boring and edge-less blogs. The is AB but I am not in the in-crowd there....and I am not a girl or family. I don't belong there anymore. But the pants...at the risk of offending lovey dovey associations, the pants belong to the goodwill of the blogsphere. So, in memorium...
TOP 10 REASONS THE PANTS ARE OFF
10. IP has ran out of people to offend.
9. There is no longer anything fun to report from the weekends (at least no heavy drinking).
8. FOX news has bought it out to further their right wing agenda.
7. AB won't let IP blog at work anymore.
6. Going to church has really sink in.
5. He can't take back calling his finace "Boo" in public.
4. Boo won't let him.
3. He didn't listen to the Strad when warned about losing his edge.
2. IP is was really being written by HWMNBN
1. IP really has lost his edge.

Say it isn't so!!!

So I say farewell to the Pants...weekend reports, shitty kids drawings, open letters to spammers, and all that made coming to work enjoyable. I am happy for you IP, but you ruined my life you gutless bastard!

OK not really but she better be worth it. *sniff*...call me...

posted by Unknown @ 12:25 PM 4 comments

7.6.05

Townshend Was God Again Today...not really


quad
Originally uploaded by stradasphere.

As a believer in God, Jesus Christ, I am a bit ashamed that I turned to Pete Townshend for comfort and peace. After a particularly crappy morning where my inner ugly self emerged, my prayers did not yield comfort. I turned to Quadrophenia for comfort and peace. I remember listening to Quad in my teens when life was confusing, lonely, and sometimes terrifying. I listened to the story of the young Mod who was confused, lonely, and sometimes terrified. I related to this fictional character better than I did to my friends. Then back that up with some of the best guitar, bass, drums, and vocals ever recorded and I was good to go.

Today, at 40, I feel like the teenager I was. I feel lost and lonely. I have Quad playing and somehow I feel safe and understood. NOW, here is the spiritual question: Am I denying the real God, the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit for a mortal, man-made, form of comfort? Am I turning to things of this world to make sense of my world? If so, my faith looks pretty weak. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS...Perhaps God, in His infinite love and compassion, GAVE me a collection of music, and He gave me the most intense musical passion, to soothe my soul. As I listen, I still think about God. Perhaps He gave this to me today to help me get closer to Him. Oh the staunch Christians will disagree but I don't care.

So, I am not praising Pete as I used to. I am praising God for Him...For giving me somewhere to go and feel safe. My heart opens up to the guitars and I see that God is in my heart. God is comforting me. And they say rock and roll is dead. Thank you God!

posted by Unknown @ 12:58 PM 4 comments