Porcupine Tree

I just got back from the Porcupine Tree show at the House of Blues. I have to go to bed. It was as amazing as you think it was. In honor of it, I give you these:




















And I think all of you want to know what Mikael thinks about it.

Everybody be cool this is a robbery.

I'm not ashamed to thieve ideas. Especially when they are from a site as amazing as this

Me + Glen Phillips =

Love Babies.

I went to his show this last Sunday. As well as playing music, he talked about allot of stuff. Including Dirty Dancing.

I went with Shawn, Michelle and Sarah. It was at a yoga place. It was neat.

One of the greatest things about Glen live is his banter with the audience. Nowhere else could this have taken place:

Shawn: (yelled about the rest of the crowd) "I had the time of my life!"

Glen: (spoken quietly into the mic) "And I owe it all to you"

Also, I insulted the opening lady. Her name is Natalia. I called her Natalie. Then I banged on the bathroom door and yelled to see if there was anyone in there. Only to find it was Mr. Phillips. I scared him. I'm a douche.

He played Rise Up. Which is basically his best song ever. You can hear it on his myspace.

Life

Wow! Matthew Israel himself reads my blog! Somehow I doubt it.

Someone claiming to be Matthew Israel (the founder and man in charge at Judge Rotenberg) left this comment on my last post:

Ms. Gonnerman’s article “School of Shock,” which appears in the September/October issue of the Mother Jones magazine, is an entirely one-sided and biased account of the court- and parent-approved behavior modification therapy used at the Judge Rotenberg Center to successfully treat, without drugs, severe (sometimes life-threatening) behavior problems of children and young adults with special needs that have not responded to any other form of treatment. For readers who would like to hear the other side of this story, please see this.


Well, I read it. I encourage you to do the same. Everyone deserves the full story. And, when you are done reading it, I look forward to finding out where you stand on this subject.

I doubt it will change your mind about whether or not children should be hooked up to shocking machines. Who knows though. There are still folks out there who sings W's praises after all he's done. This world is pretty batshit crazy.

If you enjoy being pissed off, read this post.

I got my first Mother Jones in the mail on Friday. The cover story is about this school in Massachusetts for autistic, mentally retarded and emotionally troubled kids. It's called the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center. You can read about it here or just go pick up the latest issue of Mother Jones.

Please sit down. I want you to be mentally and physically prepared for what you are about to read. Do it!


More than half of these kids are hooked up to electrodes which the staff uses to administer a 2 second shock anytime they do something "wrong". They have to wear a backpack containing the device and its batteries 24 hours a day. Even when they are fucking showering. And when they are sleeping, the backpack remains right by their side. Some of these kids have been wearing these devices for years. Like more than 5.

I really wanted to write up a very in depth review of the story. But as I'm typing this, I just fucking cant. I want to slit someones throat.

This is fucking torture. They fucking shock these kids. Painful fucking shocks. Like they are animals or something. If this was being done to prisoners it would be called what it is.

The only reason this school is still around is because of connections to senators and whatnot that keep them protected. And here is the kicker: This "school" is kept running through our fucking tax dollars.

I just cant type anymore.

The Office: U.K. v U.S.

As a lifelong citizen of the United States of America I have a unique perspective of this ball made of dirt and water flying through space and time at a zillion miles per second that we live on. (I apologize for the length of the previous sentence and its rambling nature)

• Any race of people which don't require sun block are automatically inferior and less civilized than us.
• God is on our side and our side only in every war. That includes ones that we start.
• As far as television shows are concerned, we hand the world its ass.

There seems to be two types of folks in this world: Those that regard the U.S. version of The Office as not only superior to the U.K. version but also as one of the greatest television shows in history, and those which are worthless baggies of human excrement who don't deserve the iPods Jesus died on the cross to give them.

There are several reason why someone might be deranged enough to say such a thing.

• They have never seen the U.S. version
• They don't have air conditioning.
• They are deaf and blind.
• They are being held hostage and they have been told that unless they say the U.K. version is better their kids will be eaten by cannibals.
• They have lead poisoning.

How I usually get people to agree with me is to beat them upon the face with my fists. However, since you are there and I am here (unless I am watching you read this, in which case prepare for a smack) so the only thing I can do is present the facts:

• Pam is hotter than Dawn. Barely.

• Even though Tim is a better name, Jim makes the funnier faces.
• Michael Scott is a douche. David Brent is most likely a child rapist.
• Better character development.
• You don't need and English to English dictionary. Unless you live in England, in which case, I don't care.

It's science.