Saturday, July 28, 2007
Gone to Zion Hill and will be back August 10th. Aren't all of you jealous.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Excitement for me.
I found a site that excites me greatly. Click here to see This site will enable me to buy single Karaoke tracks for 2.99. The best part is I can choose to buy them without background vocals making it easier for me to make my parodies. In the past I've sometimes had to double and triple my voice in the recordings to drown out the background vocals. I've bought two new tracks that I'd like to use. I've got a different one in the works and a trip to Zion Hill usually means a new parody for me. So hopefully some new music soon. We watched Of Mice and Men last night and I had forgotten how good it really was. John Malkovich is amazing in it. He makes people cry that watch it. I love the movie. 2 dogs die.
Friday, July 20, 2007
My Mosh Post
I enjoy moshing. I had opportunity to think about this phenomenon at Creation this past year and this is what i came up with:
There are many kinds of moshers. Read through these and figure out where you belong.
Extreme Moshers: These are the true breed. You find them forming moshing circles somewhere in the crowd at concerts. One by one these people throw their bodies into the circle and let loose allowing their bodies to be smashed repeatedly until they eventually fall out of the circle. I tried this once and after knocking several people to the ground I determined that it was not safe for me to ever be in this category.
Close Proximity Moshers: These are the people that try and let loose while they are packed in like sardines in the middle of a mosh pit. Another name for some of these people is "jerk moshers" They tend to be jerks but not necessarily. Jerk Moshers are the ones that try to push the crowd over or purposely try to include other non close proximity moshers in their reindeer games. I am a close proximity mosher a lot but I try to avoid the "jerk" tendancies.
Prop Moshers: These are people that bring things into the pit for the enjoyment of everyone. I like moshing while wearing my tellatubby hats. Other props I've seen include inflatable lobsters, beach balls, mascot heads, dismembered stuffed animals, glow sticks, wooden legs, 6 feet tall cereal boxes, and pudding.
Pansy Moshers: These are the people who are the up and down type. No side to side. They also tend to get upset when they end up getting shoved from side to side. These people need to realize they are in a mosh pit and they belong on the fringe of the pit. I like pansy moshers that don't mind being shoved a bit and actually like having them around me in the pit. It makes for a comfortable and fun experience.
Tarp Moshers: These people prefer moshing only with people they know so they get in their group and mosh together usually in a designated area like a tarp. This is a safe way to get into moshing but for me some of the best parts of the mosh experience are meeting new people and making them laugh.
Tarp People: These are the people that will never experience the joy of moshing because they can't get over the sweat, smells and violence of a good pit. They tend to sit in chairs on tarps or jump up and down by themselves. There is nothing wrong with this if you are 65 or older, pregnant or just a wuss.
A good mosh pit is a place where everyone is having fun. The long waits between concerts become times for these people to bond. The longer the wait the better. My sure fire line that gets people on my side in the pit is to wait until I'm pressed by people on every side and then I scream "somebody's touching me" This always gets a laugh. Chanting Zed Zed Top also gets people going. When I'm in the U.S. I enjoy controlling the pit by starting the American National Anthem and knowing that I caused a thousand people to spontaneously start singing. Also regaling people with stories of my sled dog "Licky" that got his tongue stuck to a flag pole and I had to pull on him for 15 minutes before the tongue snapped off tends to get the attention of the pit. Good Times.
The More you know.
There are many kinds of moshers. Read through these and figure out where you belong.
Extreme Moshers: These are the true breed. You find them forming moshing circles somewhere in the crowd at concerts. One by one these people throw their bodies into the circle and let loose allowing their bodies to be smashed repeatedly until they eventually fall out of the circle. I tried this once and after knocking several people to the ground I determined that it was not safe for me to ever be in this category.
Close Proximity Moshers: These are the people that try and let loose while they are packed in like sardines in the middle of a mosh pit. Another name for some of these people is "jerk moshers" They tend to be jerks but not necessarily. Jerk Moshers are the ones that try to push the crowd over or purposely try to include other non close proximity moshers in their reindeer games. I am a close proximity mosher a lot but I try to avoid the "jerk" tendancies.
Prop Moshers: These are people that bring things into the pit for the enjoyment of everyone. I like moshing while wearing my tellatubby hats. Other props I've seen include inflatable lobsters, beach balls, mascot heads, dismembered stuffed animals, glow sticks, wooden legs, 6 feet tall cereal boxes, and pudding.
Pansy Moshers: These are the people who are the up and down type. No side to side. They also tend to get upset when they end up getting shoved from side to side. These people need to realize they are in a mosh pit and they belong on the fringe of the pit. I like pansy moshers that don't mind being shoved a bit and actually like having them around me in the pit. It makes for a comfortable and fun experience.
Tarp Moshers: These people prefer moshing only with people they know so they get in their group and mosh together usually in a designated area like a tarp. This is a safe way to get into moshing but for me some of the best parts of the mosh experience are meeting new people and making them laugh.
Tarp People: These are the people that will never experience the joy of moshing because they can't get over the sweat, smells and violence of a good pit. They tend to sit in chairs on tarps or jump up and down by themselves. There is nothing wrong with this if you are 65 or older, pregnant or just a wuss.
A good mosh pit is a place where everyone is having fun. The long waits between concerts become times for these people to bond. The longer the wait the better. My sure fire line that gets people on my side in the pit is to wait until I'm pressed by people on every side and then I scream "somebody's touching me" This always gets a laugh. Chanting Zed Zed Top also gets people going. When I'm in the U.S. I enjoy controlling the pit by starting the American National Anthem and knowing that I caused a thousand people to spontaneously start singing. Also regaling people with stories of my sled dog "Licky" that got his tongue stuck to a flag pole and I had to pull on him for 15 minutes before the tongue snapped off tends to get the attention of the pit. Good Times.
The More you know.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
I want to hold your hand
Ok I'm back and the just for Matt I'm going to try and not "suck" when it comes to posting on my blog. I begin this new era of blogging with a recent true story from Beulah camp last week. My job at Beulah is to work in the kitchen and the last meal Sunday night I found myself doing the last of the cutlery. I was standing in the kitchen and reaching through a window towards the plastic container that was holding the silverware. (the container was full of hot water and javex to allow these utensils to soak) As I was reaching into the water someone thew in another fork so I readjusted my grip and attempted to pick up the fork as well. Suddenly I felt the pain of a slap as a person who I could not see slapped my hand. Instinctively I grabbed the hand and pulled it down into the dirty water and Javex and held the hand there for several moments. A struggle ensued and finally I relented and let the hand go. At that moment the unknown attacker walked around to where I could see her and I stood face to face with the musical guest for that evening's service: Allison Durham Speers. (no relation to Brittany) If you don't know who she is she is a regular on the Gaither videos and has performed concerts at Beulah camp a couple of times before. Realizing I had been forcibly holding hands with her in dirty dish water I said the first thing that came to my mind. "I thought you were trying to steal my fork" She giggled and all was well.
The moral of this story: When you decide to hold hands with someone it is a good idea to know who they are first. That way you can know whether to keep holding on or know when to stab them with a fork.
This is a video of Allison Durham Speers.
The moral of this story: When you decide to hold hands with someone it is a good idea to know who they are first. That way you can know whether to keep holding on or know when to stab them with a fork.
This is a video of Allison Durham Speers.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
A Promise from Kirk
I'm going to be at Beulah for the next week but when i get back I am going to turn up the notch on the quality of my posts. I've just recently decided that I'm not going to use any of my creativity on facebook as it is responsible for tearing a lot of people away from the blog world. (and I couldn't get 25000 people to join my group so I no longer see a point for the existence of facebook) I've had a few ideas recently. In the future I'm going to do a post on the different kinds of moshers. I think I may do a new feature called "Kirk intentionally misinterprets scripture" and I am 2 thirds of the way done in my quest to write a new parody. Blog readers don't fall into the mindless boring trap of the facebook. Myspace users I just pity you. Any Ways I'll post when I get back. Creation was nifty.
