Glad to hear you had a good time. I'll keep my eye open for him in my area. I'd drive up to Irvine to see him if I had to.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
No minimum. I wish there was a maximum you couldn't pass. Ugh. Head pounding. Must work, deal with clients today. Must get rid of heartburn and burning, itchy eyes. Must watch newly purchased Stanhope DVDs. Must take a dump. Must drink Pepto-Bismal. Must apologize to cat for forced anal. Must learn rape dollars are the new currency of the day.

It was friggin' awesome!


In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
Hahaha...I see there was a drink minimum that you surpassed by far.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
FUCK FUCK FUCK! HE WAS AWESOME! FUCK FUCK FUCK

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
That's a friggin bummer. Well have a good time. Keep him good and drunk, he's funnier that way.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
I'm going to see Doug Stanhope tonight in Hollywood. I thought he would be in San Diego soon, but it doesn't look like he will be heading your way. He'll be in San Jose on 21st of May, and of course tonight in LA. http://dougstanhope.com/html/road-dates.php

Just FYI. Carry on.

you swear you read House of Leaves till the end? Including the "emails received appendix thing"? I loved the main part of the book, the notes, the layout... But I was more lost in that appendix than the guy inside the house cave...

Also, White noise, alas! that´s where my Noise comes from.
cheers

In reply to this comment by UsesProzac:
'House of Leaves' by Mark Z. Danielewski

'White Noise' by Don DeLillo

'Eyes of the Dragon' by Stephen King

'Filth' by Irvine Welsh

'L’Étranger' by Albert Camus

And many many many many more.

Want to trade Southern California accent for British. Am willing to itemize, for instance I will trade my "dude" for your "mate".

I've seen far worse in the States. Bored Huntington Beach officers or the Irvine hired hoodlums driving around in "Collision Investigation" vans, snatching up the homeless then dropping them off in Santa Ana, where all the other "scum" belong. Fuck's sake, I don't know that there's ever been a time when the police in any country didn't make up the rules as they go and get away with their bullshit coupled with amoral city codes.

it's a belter. was forced to read it at school and only realised just how incredible it is when i re-read it years later.

it surprises me, but pleases me, that hollywood hasn't dragged it back to the big screen lately.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
That's a great list. I'm a huge fan of Lord of the Flies.

In reply to this comment by deputydog:
making history - stephen fry
misery - stephen king
the wasp factory - iain banks
beowulf
marabou stork nightmares - irvine welsh
lord of the flies - william golding
join me - danny wallace
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
the beach - alex garland
the bfg - roald dahl

That's a great list. I'm a huge fan of Lord of the Flies.

In reply to this comment by deputydog:
making history - stephen fry
misery - stephen king
the wasp factory - iain banks
beowulf
marabou stork nightmares - irvine welsh
lord of the flies - william golding
join me - danny wallace
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
the beach - alex garland
the bfg - roald dahl

making history - stephen fry
misery - stephen king
the wasp factory - iain banks
beowulf
marabou stork nightmares - irvine welsh
lord of the flies - william golding
join me - danny wallace
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
the beach - alex garland
the bfg - roald dahl

'House of Leaves' by Mark Z. Danielewski

'White Noise' by Don DeLillo

'Eyes of the Dragon' by Stephen King

'Filth' by Irvine Welsh

'L’Étranger' by Albert Camus

And many many many many more.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'ewan, mcgregor, danny, boyle, iggy, pop' to 'ewan mcgregor, danny boyle, iggy pop, lust for life, 90s, run, uk, friends, irvine welsh' - edited by Eklek

Favourites

1) Season = Autumn; long shadows, orange/yellow/red leaves, warm sun, cool wind
2) Place in the world = Irvine, CA, but I haven't seen enough of the rest of the world yet for an educated answer
3) Children's book = don't remember
4) TV Series = too many
5) Word = ?
6) Film = too many
7) Curse = ?
Creature = crocodiles and siftbot
9) Past time = programming and movies
10)Person = my wife, the love of my life

Which one?

11) Dog or cat = cat, they clean themselves and you can leave them alone for days
12) Sweet or savoury = savory
13) Cereal or Toast = cereal
14) Tan or pale = pale
15) Shoes or barefoot = shoes
16) Desktop or laptop = laptop
17) Drive or walk = drive
18) Drama or comedy = drama
19) Sex or food = sex
20) Futurama or Simpsons = Simpsons

The Sift

21) Your fave personal submission = motorcycle guy texting on a freeway or MarineGunrock eating a sandwich in 2 minutes
22) A great comment on one of your vids = ?
23) Most off the wall member = homoerotic blankfist
24) Favourite user name = hmm. that's a toughie. top of my head: fissionchips
25) Your most used channel = asia
26) Personal dumbass moment = ?
27) Best avatar = ?
28) Partner in crime = dag, literally
29) Do people offline know of your sift problem = no (but people online usually tell me all about their sift problems )
30) Idea for the site = it's so perfect already

About you

31) Where do you live = Irvine, California
32) Smoker/non-smoker = non; I hate being prisoner to wandering smoke from nearby smokers
33) Left or right handed = right
34) Hair colour = black
35) Relationship status = married and fulfilled
36) How tall = 5'11"
37) Children = not yet
38) Ever had an operation = birth; wisdom teeth
39) Best feature = don't have one
40) Use four words to describe yourself = immature, jocular, simple, passionate

If you could...what, who, when etc

41) Bring a famous person back from the dead = George Washington, but then he'd kill himself seeing what we've done to the country; maybe Bradley Nowell of Sublime
42) Give 50 grand to any charity = stem cell research
43) Send someone on a one way ticket to the moon = everyone who thinks we didn't go there
44) Relive a moment in your life = meeting my wife
45) Have a superpower = have and share regeneration/immortality
46) Find out one thing you've always wanted to know = all other types of life in the universe
47) Have the opposite gender deal with something you have to = urinal backsplash; trying to get into a girl's pants
48) Be president for one hour = that's not enough time
49) Delete a period in history = no
50) Achieve one thing = sell any of my own software for a lot of money

Absolutely hilarious posting.
Thanks for sharing that!

In reply to this comment by hueco_tanks:
Not to take anything away from the joy of hearing Sarah Palin booed, but these people would boo... well... Santa.

•In 1999, fans jeered Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin as he lay on the field for 20 minutes, suffering from a neck injury that ended his career.

•That same year, fans threw D batteries at St. Louis Cardinals outfielder J.D. Drew, who held out for a year after the Phillies drafted him and eventually signed with the Cards instead.

•Matthew Scott, the only person in the United States to have received a hand transplant, was asked by the Phillies to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the team's home opener in 1999. The pitch, from his transplanted hand, dribbled over the plate. The fans booed.

•Eagles fans famously blasted Santa Claus with a shower of snowballs at halftime of a game as St. Nick circled helplessly around the field before stadium officials rescued him.

(source: http://www.nestofdeath.com/press/washTimes.html)

Not to take anything away from the joy of hearing Sarah Palin booed, but these people would boo... well... Santa.

•In 1999, fans jeered Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin as he lay on the field for 20 minutes, suffering from a neck injury that ended his career.

•That same year, fans threw D batteries at St. Louis Cardinals outfielder J.D. Drew, who held out for a year after the Phillies drafted him and eventually signed with the Cards instead.

•Matthew Scott, the only person in the United States to have received a hand transplant, was asked by the Phillies to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the team's home opener in 1999. The pitch, from his transplanted hand, dribbled over the plate. The fans booed.

•Eagles fans famously blasted Santa Claus with a shower of snowballs at halftime of a game as St. Nick circled helplessly around the field before stadium officials rescued him.

(source: http://www.nestofdeath.com/press/washTimes.html)

*beg for more sun (cloudy, 65F right now in Irvine, CA). Farking June Gloom....

It truly is a dump of a place. But to be fair all the SCottish New Towns are. East Kilbride is like a poor-man's Milton Keynes (and that ain't good!)
Irvine... well... it's saving grace is the beach!
It's not just the town centres either, the "burbs" are truly drab and soulless.

Scotland is a beautiful country, truly wonderful to visit the country. Just avoid every major town and city as there isn't a nice one amongst them!

I used to live in Irvine, but that was decades ago. I hated it. It was prefab hell. But I moved to Laguna Beach and felt more at home (outside of being educated, I've always lived in beach towns). I'm NoCal these days, but still at the beach.

I hope you all had a blast.

Aha that's what's different Lucky!

I actually stayed in the OC (Mission Viejo to be exact) with my ex girlfriend for awhile. It was beautiful there and I'm actually trying my hardest to get into grad school at UC Irvine. Awesome campus and I hear they have a top notch physics department.