November 28, 2006

Megadeth and the Metroplex

There used to be a small club in Atlanta called the Metroplex. If I recall, it was on Marietta Street right down the road from the convention center. Mostly it was used by hardcore bands who would come and play. Lots of all ages shows. After awhile though, I guess they decided to cash in on the cow and started to let “speed metal” bands play there. I got to see early Anthrax there, as well as Motorhead and Megadeth. Lemmy autographed the back of my jeans jacket one year when they played. One of my favorite shows was when Threshold of Pain and some other damn band that actually produced a few albums Hallows Eve opened up for Megadeth. As soon as I hit the Post button I will remember the name of the band I am sure.

My roommates/friends, Eddie and Lewis went to that show with me. I was already working for the company that I still work for, but was not married yet and still hanging out with the guys, so I was probably 20 or so. We rode down in Eddie’s VW Beetle and had a blast. A mile or so from the Metroplex, the fucking engine started smoking and stuff at a stop sign, so he stopped for a minute, and all of a sudden it caught fire. Lewis was sitting in back, shitting a golden brick as he waited for us to get out so he could fly out of the car.

We stood there for a moment pondering what to do, but the solution was already clear. We finally heard the sirens about a half mile later as we were laughing our asses off on the way to the show. Car fire? Who gives a shit, Megadeth was playing. Nobody ever did get in touch with Eddie about his car, so I guess it must have burned beyond recognition.

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Connection Issues

I am having problems getting on to the Internet this afternoon. I’ve reset my cable modem and router, but that does not seem to have taken care of the problem. Damn, no way I am going to call Charter. Every time I go through their tech support, I have to go through this screwed up automated deal that is fine for clueless folks but by the time I call them, I have done all of the troubleshooting that is going to get done. 90% of the time I know more than the dude on the other end of the phone anyway. I’ve had their job, and most of them have no fucking clue. What do you expect for nine or ten bucks an hour I guess, which is all they pay those guys.

It appears that the problem is starting to resolve itself. I can get to most sites, but some stuff is still inaccessible.


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Shit truck




Shit truck

Originally uploaded by rmiles.


Anybody want some stew fixins’?

I adopted a cat about a year ago. She is an inside cat. When I adopted her I got most of the shots and stuff. One thing I have not done yet is to get her fixed. I haven’t really worried about it too much, as she doesn’t go outside. Unfortunately the kids have let her out twice in the last month, so now she is pregnant. Around this time in January we should have a bunch of shitten pissen kittens around the house. If Rob were still alive I might have to send him a care package. I know that I won’t have too many problems getting rid of them, but what a pain in the ass.

It’s back to work for me this morning. That one day off after working seven days just kicks my ass. I managed to sleep about nine hours Sunday night, and then went to bed early last night, but tossed and turned for quite awhile, so am pretty tired this morning, and just didn’t want to get out of bed. I need to be able to clone myself.