I am very tired.

I ended up staying up until like 8am. I did some work on setting up linux, but it’s not working very well because the linux kernel hates me.

Went to bed at 8am, woke up at 3:00pm. Last night my bike computer was setup, so I was anxious to test it out. So, I ate some lunch, did some things with the internet, and then got on the bike around 4:00pm. I attached my computer, and it wasn’t responding very well. So, I rode the bike around for a while, but it never worked well. The speedometer would jump between 0, 12, 6, 5, etc. I brought it to dad’s attention later that night, and he thinks the sensor and wheel connection are too far apart. So, he’s going to try and fix things.

I took my speedometer off of my bike, and stashed it in my coat pocket (yes, still wearing winter clothing. It got cold again). Then, I took off in the direction of orion to visit a record store I had always been interested in checking out. So, I went through oxford lakes, and down m24 towards orion.

Skip ahead 45 minutes, i was there. I checked out the record store, and there wasn’t anything interesting there. So, i went on to my usual orion activities. Making it out to the river they have out there, and looking at the stream.

I’ve done this about 4 times now. It’s a nice river.

Then I got back on my bike, and went back in the direction of oxford. I had more energy left, because there wasn’t very much wind out there.

Nearing the oxford lakes enterance that I usually enter through, I decided I could do some more biking. So, I turned at glasepi, and decided I could probably do my usual 10 mile route, on top of the 10 - 15 mile route that I did for the orion trip. My legs started disagreeing with me, but the voices in my head were able to shut them up for the rest of the trip.

So, I went on that route. Down glaspie, cutting onto m24, continuing down that road for several miles until I reached the enterance for the golf course. Then, getting on foot, and hiking up some large hills by the high school, until i had found ashphault, then I rode up a little hill, and back down the biggest hill in oxford. Then, I took glaspie back to the oxford lakes enterance I had previously visited, and riding back home.

On the leg back down glaspie, my legs started tingling. To help keep my mind off the possible loss of limb, I started humming some inspirational music to myself.

Then i continued back through oxford lakes, down the neighborhood streets, and all the way back home.

That reminds me, Yesterday I ran into a mailbox in oxford lakes. I didn’t crash, but my coat was ripped. I was riding down this road, and I had to take the side of the road, because of cars being around. Well, i was trying my best to avoid mailboxes, but one of them caught my arm, and i was nearly knocked off the bike. I managed to stay off the ground, but there’s a small tare on my coat arm now.

When I got back home, I was drenched in sweat. Much more sweat than any previous workout. Both of the arms on my longsleave shirt were soaked, and so was the front of my chest, and my back. I was kind of proud of myself when i looked myself in the mirror.

I was told that I should go to this concert that is happening at rob’s place on saturday. It’s $5 to get in, but I only have a dollar in my wallet. Maybe I’ll bike up to the bank tomorrow to get the cash to see the show. There will be 3 bands, and each are hardcore, local bands.

Session Start (mikey:jeremy): Thu Mar 23 15:23:33 2006
[15:23] jeremy: mike this sat is a concert up at robs u should come up there 5 bands and it will be awesome
[15:23] mikey: which bands?
[15:24] jeremy: class one download and 4 others
[15:24] jeremy: cod is on myspace
[15:24] mikey: what genre?
[15:24] jeremy: punk rock/ hard core, like atreyu and rancid shit
[15:25] mikey: atreyu is not punk rock.
[15:25] mikey: i’ll try and get some cash in hand, i only have a dollar right now
[15:25] mikey:
4 BANDS - CLASS ONE DOWNLOAD, TEN TON DIESEL HEAD, TOMMY GUNN, DESTRUCTION 412 (PITTSBURG) $5 21 & OVER
[15:26] jeremy: yea
[15:36] mikey: alright, i’ll try and get there.
[15:36] *** Error while sending IM: This user is currently not logged on
Session Close (jeremy): Thu Mar 23 22:46:09 2006

yeah, there’s more bands thatn I had expected. I don’t feel like hitting the up arrow to edit that text.

That’s all I have for you nice people. Have a nice day.

I got my stuff saturday.

Now, I can play a couple of little things, but I am not able to rock out just yet.

I have bid on this book, and I’m hoping to win the auction.

That book should give me the basic rounds on how to rock out, I am also looking for a dvd guide.

I would probably be better off getting lessons from somebody, but that brings up another problem with my mind. I’m not so good at processing things at the speed of regular people. I know, this may be a shock to some of you, but I have suffered from a learning disability all my life.

There, I said it.

Every person I have ever told this to has been quite suprised. They think that just because I’m skilled with computers, that I must be of genius intelligence in every subject under the sun.

I have been wanting to be on medication for about 10 years, but the medication costs are too great. When I was insured with my parents, they always refused it. Except for when i was put on zoloft, they were fine with mind control at that time.

I was taken away from this post by work… What was i saying?

Ohh yeah, lessons.. Well, that would cost a lot of money, because it would take me so long to learn it. I would be better off just buying some static learning material, and watching it over and over again to learn it.

You folks should watch this: http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/03/marc-emery-prince-of-pot.html

well, that’s all i have to say. Laterios people.

Looks like fedex actually delivers on saturday. According their shipping status page, they’re delivering my stuff on that day.

I’m getting better at playing without an amp. I still have to learn scales, and chords, and a lot of other stuff, but it’s fun.

I got my guitar today.

http://the.photos.cx/P1010015-1141888282.JPG

yeah, it’s nice.

After i got it, I opened it up, and discovered it doesn’t sound too spectacular without an amplifier. I did have some great time strumming it along though.

So, tonight I got an advance on friday’s money, and bought these things:

$99.99 Amplifier: Peavey MAX 158 Bass Practice Combo
$11.99 Cable: Black 18 Foot Fender® ElectroVolt Cable
$12.99 Strap: Navy Yak Pak Skull Guitar Strap 2” Navy

I should be rocking out by monday afternoon, though I am hoping for friday.

i did work for matt aka chew. Fixed up his company’s website, and did some hackin’ around with his invision board installation. He says he’s going to pay me as soon as a client of his pays out some cash. I wonder how much he’ll give me.. I did a lot of work on the thing.

And that’s about it.

friggin’ sweet

I got an email back from tony:

Fuck you.

Produce that asshole.

To which I reply:

Hello Tony,

I’m sure your friends at hot topic totally love it when you say stuff like that to complete strangers, but here on the internet, that’s child’s play. You would have to, at the very least, reference the rape of some member of my family in order to really shock me.

But really Tony, is that a good way to respond to criticism? You could have at the very least tried to stand up for some of your label’s artists. But, I guess it’s hard to do that when they are absolutely talentless.

I hope you have a worthwhile career producing music for the whiny teenagers of America.

Yours Truly,

Mike Bailey

We’ll see if he replies by morning

To: tony@victoryrecords.com
Date: Mar 4, 2006 1:20 AM
Subject: please stop producing bad music.

Hello Tony,

I recently downloaded a victory records 11 track sampler from the internets. After downloading, I opened the included m3u playlist in winamp, and listened.

What followed after I hit the play button was the worst 37 minutes of music I have listened to this year. The fact that your company marketed this sampler as punk rock is absolutely disgusting, and the fact that this music is actually appreciated by the youth of today really makes you think about the kind of people who are going to be responsible for managing tomorrow’s society.

Tony, I don’t know if you’re a big shot at the company or not. I just found your email in the whois records for victoryrecords.com, but dammit, you really need to get someone to wake up to the kind of crap victory records is producing.

Find good punk rock. Bands that sing about girls and love are not punk rock. If you can’t find good punk rock, please stop marketing your label as a punk label, or better yet: stop producing music all together.

Thank you for your time.

Mike Bailey

Hey Kids,

Rode bike today. Same loop, raised my bike seat for more efficient excercising. I need to get my clock back on this bike, and I need a water bottle cage so i can bring a water bottle around, so i don’t get so thirsty, so i can go further.

Today, I had fenixTX stuck in my head, and it adversely affected the excercise. “I, Waisted time, I, waisted time, I, Waisted time” over and over again, really doesn’t help with long term goal planning. I need to start listening to more hardcore punk music.

Thursday night, AMC has smokey and the bandit & the blues brothers back to back, Kick Ass.

I’ve been listening to a band called “hogan beach” a lot these past few days. I recommend you listen to them if you can find some of their music.

sunglasses are okay, i think they’re a little too small for my head, hopefully they don’t break.

Bought a copy of trillian pro, because it’s worth it.

Made this wacky myspace profile. Thanks goes out to yupapa for the smiley, i took it from his forum.

That’s all for now, it’s too late for typing.

Today, I downloaded a couple records which had been declared punk rock, only to find that the bands are bitchy, and talentless.

Never download, or purchase any album by any of these bands:

MC Lars - The Graduate
He says he’s punk rock, and then remixes music on his laptop, and dubs in his own garbage. He says he’s from “The iGeneration”, there is nothing punk about this guy.

Son of Dork - Eddie’s Song
I only got the sampler, and I’m happy it ended that way. This band managed to combine all the worst aspects of blink182, and fallout boy into some kind of bitchrock hybrid that makes you wear pink shirts, and cry during movies at 5 times the normal rate of regular bitchrock.

If you’re a girl between the ages of 14 and 23, or if you’re a guy who grew up without a dad and was brainwashed into sacarficing his life for women, you’ll probably like these bands. Otherwise, stay far far away.

Some good stuff:

The transit war - Ah Discordia
rocks.

The Quakes - PSYOPS
rock + some anti-conservative america stuff = rocks alot.

The other day, I picked up my headphones, and i saw a small crack along the frame near the part which allows for the headphones to be adjusted. I was disappointed to see they were damaged, but I figured it wouldn’t be a big deal, and I would be able to continue using them. Later that night, I went to put my headphones back on, and all of the sudden the right ear broke off, only to be left hanging by the wire.

So, i blew off some steam, and put the headphones down on the desk. About 15 minutes later, I got my engineering skills together, and managed to re-construct the broken ear with the aid of some duct type. I now have to be very careful when putting them on and taking them off because they can’t open very wide without breaking.

I sent an email to the store begging for a replacement pair. I doubt they’ll go along with my plea. The box says they come with a limited 90 day warranty.

You’d think a pair of headphones this expensive would come with a better support policy. I paid what? $130 for these headphones.

The headphones are Technics RP-DH1200’s. I bought them at sixstardj.com, we’ll see if they reply to my email.. probably some time after the new year. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for a “yes, we will replace them” response.

That’s all for this entry.