[Deviant Nation] thedvsmonkey's Journal

Photography in the New Year!

thedvsmonkey — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:28:30 GMT

2007 I totally slacked off of the whole photography thing. I had one too many models flake out on me and I'd had enough. But I really missed it! Since I didn't do much shooting the entire year I kind of forgot how to use the gear and to take a picture. Well, that time has passed and I'm motivated to shoot again and 2008 is going to be all about photography. And what better way than to start with myself!

So, here ya go! Day 1 from my Flickr 365 set!

On a more pessimistic note, I'm not exactly sure what I did but I have a couple of knots in my back that hurt so much that I can't breathe normally! I think I'm going to have to turn in my change cup so I can get a professional massage. 2 days of not being able to breathe sux ass!

If you wanna check out my Flickr stuff here's a link.

www.flickr.com/photos/thedvsmonkey/

Ahhh

thedvsmonkey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:00:05 GMT

Friends Only Journal

Tee Hee!

thedvsmonkey — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:57:22 GMT

It's the simple things that amuse me the most!

P.S. I blew up a balloon for my wife 5 minutes ago and I think I blew out my eardrums and got an aneurysm! Ooowwwiiieee!!!

Celebrate It

thedvsmonkey — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:31:26 GMT

A new year. What are you going to do?

Blah!

thedvsmonkey — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:39:30 GMT

This is making me fat!

And that really sux because I have no other vices!

Random shit

thedvsmonkey — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:57:09 GMT

This show makes me ashamed to be a human being.

Who gave the green light for this show to be viewed by the public and thought that it was a good idea? They should be fired and never allowed to make decisions again! And how and the hell did it get picked up for a 2nd season?!

Married!

thedvsmonkey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:13:29 GMT

So SinChronicity and I got married today!

Is It Wrong?!

thedvsmonkey — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:16:26 GMT

Is it wrong that I think Erin Esurance is hot?!

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thedvsmonkey — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:26:27 GMT

The last day of Ren Faire. This year was a blast! I had a great time playing Captain Jack Sparrow. I think I've decided to go apeshit crazy and play King Leonidas from 300 next year.

So I've got a good 10 months to grow some hair back and to hit the gym so I look like this.

Should be an interesting year!

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thedvsmonkey — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:18:02 GMT

From this . . .

To this . . .

To this . . .

Helluva day, huh?!

Um, yeah.

thedvsmonkey — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:58:32 GMT

Okay, here I sit at the library at 9:30am! Not my usual Saturday morning but there are a few reasons why I'm here.

1. It gave SinChronicity a break since she didn't have to drive to work and now I can get her lunch and drive her home.

2. It got me off my lazy ass and now I'm forced to actually do some work on the computer that I've procrastinated on for over a week now. Not to mention I got a warning on said computer this morning telling me I'm almost out of space. So now I have to take a couple hours to go through the billions of useless files and delete them and just generally organize the computer so it's more efficient!

3. I guess it's all about the computer! I also need to program at least 3 websites and I've been putting it off for quite some time!

I really needed to clean the condo and today would have been the perfect day for it but I think this stuff needs to be done first. Besides, who the hell would rather stay home cleaning than doing anything else!?!? I did the "light" side of the condo a couple of weeks ago but I'm really not wanting to do the "dark" side cuz it's a helluva lot more involved. "Light" side = the side of the condo including the 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms that are pretty much filled with natural light all day. "Dark" side = the side of the condo including the kitchen, the Turkish Whorehouse/photo studio, and the living room that pretty much only gets natural light for about an hour as the sun comes up and if it weren't for artificial light it would be dark all day! With all of the photo gear and cat trees and toys and whatnot it is a bitch to clean. First of all our kitchen is ridiculously small but it is particularly nasty and I hate cleaning it! Other than the whorehouse which is covered with excercise/weight lifting mats (so the models don't have to kneel/lay on hardwood flooring) the rest of the condo is hardwood flooring and mopping it isn't easy. Not to mention I have to vacuum it first to get all the crap and cat fur and SinChronicity hair outta the way.

This is the last weekend of Ren Faire so that'll be it for Captain Jack Sparrow for awhile. And that means that it's time to shave this godamn beard off and to shave off this annoying hair! I've been wanting to grow my hair out since I was in the military and this year I finally did it. I shaved my head over a year ago and haven't had it cut since. It's the longest it's ever been and now I remember why it hasn't been long for so many years. Because it's fucking annoying. Ever since it got past the short stage I've been bitching about it. Once I took the dreads out I believe I've whined about it every single day! It's always in my eyeballs and in my mouth and is just a general pain in the ass! So, once I get home from Faire tomorrow evening the clippers are already charging as well as my ridiculous expensive electric shaver and BAM, no more hair! I bought one of those self-cleaning super duper Braun shavers that does everything but blow me and I must admit it does a fantastic job! The only thing is that I really do have to shave it everyday or the growth becomes too difficult to shave and then I get wicked razor burn. So that means I need to spend at least an extra half an hour shaving in the morning. It's really the only downfall of having a shaved bald head. But eventually I'll get too lazy and I'll start growing the hair out again.

If you hadn't noticed I'm procrastinating again which is why I'm blabbing in this journal instead of doing any work. Fuck it! I have like 7 more hours here so I have time.

Enjoy the "holiday" weekend and keep safe!

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thedvsmonkey — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:04:57 GMT

"You stupid FM I don't want to buy your shitty mangoes"

That just made my day!

Even More Nostalgia

thedvsmonkey — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:31:34 GMT

Okay, how has it taken me this long to figure out what a treasure trove YouTube is? Considering I'm pretty much trapped in the 80s YouTube is like a godsend for me. I spent yesterday trapped in my office as the weather beshat upon this area with some seriously violent storms. And that's when I discovered that I could view 80s MTV videos! These pretty much represent the 80s and they just crack me up!

I thought Sonny Crocket in his undercover persona, "Sonny Burnett" was just too fucking cool!

I think this video is pretty indicative of why I'm stuck in the 80s. This is perhaps my favorite video ever and it just cracks me the hell up!

I used to watch this show at least 4 times a day. I used to video tape every episode and when I came back from classes at night I'd watch the day's episodes. I wanted to be MacGyver!

There's nothing I can say about this next clip. It simply speaks for itself!

I could go on and on but I'll spare you all. I could stay up all night doin this! In fact, I probably wiil!

testing

thedvsmonkey — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:51:13 GMT

Video/Self Nostalgia, take 2

thedvsmonkey — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:30:13 GMT

When I was in 7th grade this video made me wanna be able to have a ponytail. It would take quite a few years before I was able to grow one let alone be someplace where it was semi-acceptable to actually have one.

This was the video that made me wanna have an earring. I had my best friend's girlfriend pierce it and I kept it for all of like 2 hours. I went home wearing a hoodie hood to hide it and my father was in the worst mood ever so I thought it prudent to take it out. Again, it was years before I could get it pierced again.

Now look at the freak I've become!

AAAAAaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

thedvsmonkey — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:09:13 GMT

Okay, I'm sitting in my office and I have less than zero desire to do anything. I'm actually watching "The World's Most Amazing Videos" on Spike if that gives you any indication of how unmotivated I am. I think the spoiler I ordered for my car is going to be delivered today and all I wanna do is leave so I can install it. And now 2 hours of Star Trek TNG to distract me even more!

I'm feeling much better but still not 100 percent. Harsh reality hits when I realize how I've let myself go to shit. I haven't been sick this much in years. I've gotten an ulcer twice and really really sick like 3 times now in the past yearish and that's just not cool. So, it's time for me to get my ass in gear and start taking care of business!

That would also include me picking my camera up again. I'm going to start shooting again as much as I can so if you need a photographer just lemme know and we'll figure something out.

Ahhh!

thedvsmonkey — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:42:06 GMT

Thank Zeus! I feel so much better today! So much better that I got my singing voice back and was able to sing along to all the songs I downloaded on iTunes this weekend. Nothing better than singing along to 80s music that's on my iPod playing thru the car stereo whilst driving around doing what I do.

No sleep again

thedvsmonkey — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:34:14 GMT

Well, it seems my sleeping schedule is a tad messed up now. I didn't really get to sleep until after 5am and didn't get out of bed until noonish. I didn't do anything all day either other than go to Whole Foods for Vitamin C, Chlorella, Orange Juice and Cranberry Juice and to just get out of the condo for some non a/c air. This humidity is brutal! I didn't go to Ren Faire like i wanted to since I figured that it probably wouldn't do me much of a favor to walk around dressed like Captain Jack Sparrow in sweltering heat and humidity all day.

I forced myself to grab the check book and pay every single creditor something. It wasn't much but the effort made me feel better about things and it also made me make a promise out loud to myself to pay every creditor something every month and to pay them on time!

It's only 12:28am. Feels early to me considering I've been wide awake pretty much every night now til at least 3am. I was watching The Big Lebowski in the bedroom but poor SinChronicity has to get up at the asscrack of dawn and the tv was keeping her awake so I came out to the living room so as not to bother her with my coughing and tv watching.

And now that I pretty much had nothing but fluids today I feel hungry. Time to eat something.

Shitty Disposition

thedvsmonkey — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:10:13 GMT

So, here I sit in the notch on my couch. It's 2:32am. I couldn't stay in bed because I feel like shit. Although I'm not nearly as phlegmy as I have been the past few days I feel crappier. I also have a pretty painful headache not to mention I'm wide ass awake so what's the point of tossing and turning in bed, right?! Besides, just because I'm miserable there's no need for me to make SinChronicity miserable as well.

I find myself these days being pretty miserable and having some pretty negative inner dialogue. Despite the fact that on the outside I'm usually a fairly funny, outgoing person (at least I think that's what most people see), on the inside I'm pretty miserable. And the really shitty thing is that it all stems from my finances. I lost my job around 4 years ago and lived for almost a year on unemployment and credit. Well, living on credit got me into a hole so deep that everyday is a challenge. I've borrowed money from people as well. Every month I go in the hole a little deeper because I'm just not making enough to pay even the minimums on my credit cards. So, not only do I owe money to creditors but I owe money to friends, which is the worst part to me because they really stepped up to the plate to help me out and I feel like a complete degenerate because it's going to take me forever to pay everyone back.

I hate to quote Poison but "it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win". Now here's where that shitty inner dialogue comes into play. I work my ass off. I don't hurt anyone. I don't cheat anyone. I'm not prejudiced again anyone. I always give the benefit of the doubt in any situation. And I regularly get fucked! 9 times out of 10. This has started to make me a hateful, spiteful, angry, dejected and very miserable person. I'm starting to really believe that only the fucktard scumbag buttfucking thieves get ahead in this world and that nice guys do indeed finish last. I think about how people say "money doesn't buy happiness" and then people that have a lot of money reply to that with "the only people that say money doesn't buy happiness are poor people" and I think that either way my situation sucks. If I truly do have to become a fucktard asshole to get ahead in life then I become a fucktard asshole. If I stay true to myself and live as a nice guy then I continue to languish in squalor avoiding creditors and eventually friends that I owe money to and getting more miserable everyday.

Now, 10 or so years ago when I was a US Navy Deepsea Diver I'd be screaming about adapt and overcome and quit yer belly aching and get off your ass and take care of business and find a way to improve the situation. The problem is that I'm not surrounding by a 60 or 70 other individuals with the same attitude. Trust me, when you're surrounded by that 24/7 you really do believe that you are immortal and that you can do anything. i miss those days. Now I just feel like a weenie that just sits on the couch and let's life's opportunities pass him by. i miss having friends. I miss having an elite community that always has my back. I miss being surrounded by individuals that went thru the same hell I went thru and that understand.

With all that said, I'm done whining. I don't expect any sympathy. In fact I don't want any. I just needed to get all that out. It certainly hasn't been doing me any good floating around in my head. In fact, I know that's why I'm sick. I'm having a healing crisis. I need to expel all the bad shit out. The stuff in my body but especially the stuff that's in my mind.

It's now 3:08am and I just saw lightning and heard thunder. And there's nothing better than listening to a storm to calm me and lead me to sleep.

Celebrate life and kiss the ones you love!

Blah!

thedvsmonkey — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:07:52 GMT

I feel like crap. That is all.

Weirder and Weirder

thedvsmonkey — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:18:36 GMT

Okay, so last night my condo clubhouse burns down and tonight . . . yes, tonight . . . I drive SinChronicity into the city so she can visit with a friend. Eventually I go pick her up and not even 2 blocks of driving down the road a cop zips in behind me and flashes me to pull over. They ask me to get out of the car and the next thing you know I'm palms down on the back of the car getting patted down then they search my car. Now, I'm still not feeling 100% so it's all happening a little too fast for my sickly brain to keep up with so I'm not really aware of what's really going on til they start hitting me with 20 questions. Long story short, they got a call about someone in a car "similar to mine" doing a drive by at a theatre just down the road. Once they realize how lame I am and that I live in the burbs they chuckle and say that it definitely wasn't me and send us on our merry way. Freaking weird couple of days I must say!