tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305752011-12-30T20:42:49.992-08:00FaNBoY's FaNBlogGreen means dragonzord ya nitwits.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.comBlogger3381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-7885932832752499062011-12-30T17:11:00.000-08:002011-12-30T20:42:50.002-08:00As I traversed the demoltion site of what will soon be the former U.S. Navy homeport today for a photo project, I was struck by something. The site, as it appeared today, with debris piles everywhere and heavy construction equipment taking down the remains of buildings...it reminded me greatly of Ground Zero.That 10 years ago, the same homeport site was the location where many rescue and Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-34745583439665685772011-11-18T21:19:00.000-08:002011-11-18T21:59:54.846-08:00I wanted to think of something poetic and insightful to start this off but nothing came to mind easily. This is a problem i've been dealing with, with a frightening bit of momentum a lot lately.My mind doesn't want to shut off. Ever. Even now as I type this all I want to do is everything. I want to put away my laundry, I want to look at the index card that is a foot away, I want to read a book Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-47008466201889965362011-09-27T20:53:00.000-07:002011-09-27T21:22:24.160-07:00Eight years ago tonight was the worst night of my life. Eight years ago tonight, I lost my mother.It was the continuation of an already awful year and also the continuation of what has become - to me at least, the reason why i hate the whole month of September. Nothing good seems to come of it, so, this year I decided to throw as much on to my schedule as I possibly could in order to keep my mindLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-17619203119015194392011-09-10T19:31:00.000-07:002011-09-10T21:07:02.282-07:00As I pulled into my driveway tonight, I got out of my car and looked up at the Staten Island Night sky. For the most part it was the same as it's been for the past week or two. Mostly Cloudy. There was something differernt this night however.Its the same different that is actually familiar this night and tomorrow. Twin beams of light reaching skyward.I can't fathom...cannot wrap my mind around Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-31613209796390070632011-07-08T17:12:00.000-07:002011-07-08T19:48:57.925-07:00A few hours ago, the space shuttle Atlantis began her final journey into the heavens. And as the craft roared to life on the back of more then a million pounds of thrust and went trans-sonic, I watched in amazement as once again-albeit for the final time, this machine carried four more into the surly bonds of the unforgiving black, in a quest for that hopefully will never end.The shuttle program Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-19748218362069166032011-06-17T19:06:00.000-07:002011-06-17T23:20:30.590-07:00In 5 days I'll be 29. Entering the last year of what some say are "the best years of your life." I don't know how exactly to answer that.The past nine years haven't exactly been stellar...though they haven't been awful either. For anyone who does read these rants or whatever you care to call them, you know the story so i'll spare the rewind. Maybe next year I'll do one of those neat academy Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-5927113309936668492011-05-03T22:11:00.000-07:002011-05-04T00:21:35.217-07:00I've had a few days to process the bin laden situation and I still can't...come to a conclusion as to how to take it.Sunday night I was in the process of recording a podcast with my co-host when a text message urged me to put the news on. Upon tuning into CNN, I saw the bottom banner; "Breaking news-osama bin laden is dead." It was there in bold print. no extended description, just raw and to theLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-85012008278818206422011-04-15T01:34:00.000-07:002011-04-14T22:35:34.030-07:00At this very time, 99 years ago, The RMS Titanic was taking water heavily and beginning her plunge into the Atlantic. Before September 11th, as Martin Sheen put it, her name was a synonym for tragedy.I remeber how I was brought into the world of Titanic. It was an interesting introduction to be sure. The late summer of 1989. I had just seen Ghostbusters 2 in the theater and had just gotten back Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-33249176471529540102011-01-28T19:42:00.000-08:002011-01-28T20:40:04.114-08:00Twenty-five years ago today, we lost seven legends. They were doing what we all yearn to do- living a dream.As they rose towards the unknown, they did not fear. They saw what their crafts namesake was, a Challenge. They saw this challenge and embraced it, they saw the adventure that awaited them and understood not only the risks, but the rewards.They, along with all who came before them, and Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-83272354078758966052011-01-17T20:25:00.000-08:002011-01-17T21:25:16.956-08:00Today would have been my mothers 59th birthday. It, as has been for the past 8 years instead been a day for me to reflect on not only her life, but my own. Where I was back then and wher i'm going now.I tend to get a bit melancholy during this time, and in September. See, September will be the 8 year mark. And it won't just be 8 years since she passed, it will have been 8 years since a large partLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-82056724498186443982010-12-19T17:54:00.000-08:002010-12-19T18:53:17.327-08:00With Christmas rapidly approaching it feels as though normalcy as we all know it has completely gone out the window to a point that even a guy like me has to stop for second, look around and realize something has gone completely screwy with people.I don't really understand it...maybe thats because my A.D.D. riddled brain really won't let me, or maybe it's because it doesn't want too. Who knows. Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-15138305728901374252010-11-30T20:01:00.000-08:002010-11-30T20:22:28.729-08:00Luke Crisalli announced that Pepsico has renewed its partnership with me for the next 4 years. Pepsi will again be my primary soft drink of choice.The partnership includes licensing and marketing agreements of how Excellent Pepsi is, wearing Pepsi t-shirts to enhance corporate shillery, building Can structures out of Pepsi Cans, continued involvement in the annual Chocolate Bowl, the annual End Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-29841213010971053262010-11-21T21:14:00.000-08:002010-11-21T21:57:12.794-08:00For the longest time now, i've wanted to really write something. I have a mass of ideas in my head, but due to...well..life...and my A.D.D....the thoughts come out at the times in which I am no where near a place to write, one of these places is the shower.I don't what it is about bathrooms that spark the creative mind for me, but thats often where I get the majority of my ideas. I know musiciansLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-80096507193962243492010-09-10T19:56:00.000-07:002010-09-10T20:32:05.399-07:00Originally I had no idea what to write this year.Usually I retell a bit of my experiences from that day, and go on until i'm sure no one wants to hear it anymore. I've been doing this every year since 2001.A few days ago, something happened to me, and while I won't go into detail about it, I will say that it has forever changed my future, altering a path that I once thought I was intended to walkLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-88223561169998896742010-08-31T19:05:00.000-07:002010-08-31T19:20:02.259-07:00I will now continue on my rant about how bad the Weather Channel has gotten amongst other things.We currently have 2...no wait...3....or is it 4....tropical entities, namely 2 hurricanes in the Atlantic right now, one of which is a CAT4, or as Henry Rollins would put it "Hurricane Motherfucker" type storm. Is the WEATHER CHANNEL covering this? Not right now....they're showing what it would be Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-7308984948902479452010-06-02T20:50:00.000-07:002010-06-02T21:35:35.651-07:00Ok, ok...yeah...Baseball ticked me off again tonight. These "Umpires"...wow. Angry. Ok. 1..2..3...better.Jim Joyce's blown call against Armando Galaraga with a perfect game going in the bottom of the 9th, 2 outs might go down as one of the single worst calls in umpiring history. It's a year where the usually "invisible" umpires are sadly becoming more visible, to the point where loudmouth fatass Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-66810104647829689382010-05-29T17:24:00.000-07:002010-05-30T20:44:54.658-07:00Well it's been over a week now since my ear surgery and even though i've been outside, i'm still going stir crazy. It's not fun. Now for those of you who didn't know, yes, I had surgery last week. I lost a lot of my hearing in my left side. At first there was the small chance of a tumor, which thankfully was not there. They did CT Scans and couldn't even see my ear drum. So they went in there to Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-48682702643143520382010-02-15T15:47:00.000-08:002010-02-15T15:48:42.670-08:00After watching the first few days of Olympic coverage, I’m reminded why I only watch NBC during the Olympics. I really don’t think it’s necessary to show the death of an athlete over and over. This sensationalism that has overtaken nearly every aspect of media has gotten beyond out of hand and needs to stop. And I’m not the only one that thinks this way. Other bloggers and media watchdog groups Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-39789693412669688382009-11-05T22:08:00.001-08:002009-11-05T22:08:31.252-08:00I started a blog about a year ago with “So this is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause.” That line was spoken by Natalie Portman in a Star Wars movie, and I think it’s fitting to apply it to this situation. For everyone who complained and moaned over the past year and yet stayed home tuesday, this is your reward. Tuesday was the start of a hellish week for me, and it's not yet over.I Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-58526573211285626542009-09-11T18:58:00.001-07:002009-09-11T18:58:15.880-07:00I know some of you want to forget, but with today comes the marking of eight years to the day that my city was changed. And if you would care to indulge me for a few moments, i'd like to briefly reflect as the raindrops patter away outside. It reminds me of the rains on Friday, September 14th, 2001. It was the first day of rain following the 11th. It was cold. Raw. One of those fall rains that Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-21332137548278511382009-09-05T20:26:00.001-07:002009-09-05T20:26:42.077-07:00I just finished eating a recipe I got from “The Unsinkable Bathroom Reader.” for those of you who don’t know what that is, the Bathroom reader is a series of books, about as thick as a college textbook filled with random facts, stories and information, and as the title says, they’re meant to be read when on the can. I’ve gotten one every year, and many an entrant to my bathroom has found them Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-22391247950081757462009-07-07T18:15:00.001-07:002009-07-07T18:15:12.797-07:00So I think it’s high time I chime in on this media mess we’ve all been subjected too for the past few weeks.First and foremost, in regards to the music-freak, I have no respect for anything that molests kids(and don't give me "allegedly", it happened. Saying it allegedly happened is like saying Jupiter is allegedly a planet.), I honestly don't. Speaking of which, shouldn't the cast of Law And Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-71983245260383280142008-10-23T17:53:00.000-07:002008-10-23T20:50:27.682-07:00"So This Is How Liberty Dies...With Thunderous Applause."Those words were spoken by Natalie Portman in "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." And while liberty may not have died today, democracy certainly did. And the applause came from supporters of a shell of a man.After only a month-long debate, the New York City Council passed "king" mayor michael bloomberg's bill to extend term limitsLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1170998445090559092007-02-08T19:58:00.000-08:002007-02-08T21:20:45.110-08:00I’ve been doing a lot of reminiscing lately, back to 2 points of my life, relatively recent times for some reason, and I’m not sure why.For a while now, I’ve spoken to some people about the summer of 2001, particularly the days leading up to September 11th. For some reason, I don’t remember much, if anything about them. A lot of people said “Well, you can’t remember every part of every day.” I Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1170614303969129612007-02-04T10:38:00.000-08:002007-02-04T10:38:23.983-08:00I Think i'm gonna start postin here more often...Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1169014407059889682007-01-16T22:12:00.000-08:002007-01-16T22:13:27.073-08:00Saturday will be the culmination of years and years of studying and practice for me. It is on this saturday, January 20th, 2007 that I will take the written enterance exam to become a New York City firefighter. My dream will finally, after years of painstaking preperation start to take shape. It has not always been an easy time, some times I have felt completely lost and desperate. During those Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1167711273340165942007-01-01T20:13:00.000-08:002007-01-01T20:14:33.356-08:002006 YEAR IN REVIEW!!!!!The year of 2006 is out, and after a year of comebacks, mis-steps, and wii's…everyone's ready for 2007. But as always we get to sit through hours of mindlessly boring year end specials made in July and just now re-editing last minute to include the deaths of Gerald Ford and James Brown. This is why the media people need to wait until the year is actually either over or a Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1161672342181009742006-10-23T23:44:00.000-07:002006-10-23T23:45:42.196-07:00Normally I don't talk about issues such as the ones I'm about to talk about, either because I don't know enough about them and don't want to sound foolish, or becuase everyone else has already done so and I don't want to "beat a dead horse" so to speak.In 2004, Christopher Reeve, known the world over as Superman succumbed to injuries he sustained in a 1994 horse riding accident. He fought a long Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1157955833937429922006-09-10T23:23:00.000-07:002006-09-10T23:23:53.950-07:005 years. Has it really been that long? I started writing this at 1:47am. 5 years ago at this time, who knows what I was doing? Do many people, if any, really remember September 10th, 2001? It all seems almost non-existent to me. I’m pretty sure it was just a normal night, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing spectacular.9 hours later everything was totally different. People were struggling, Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1156801659889308032006-08-28T14:47:00.000-07:002006-08-28T14:47:39.906-07:00Yesterday there was a fire in the bronx. A Bad one. Before it was all said and done, A rookie, or probationary firefighter, Micheal Reilly was killed. Today, Lt. Howard Carpluk succumbed to his injuries recieved while fighting the same fire.It has been told to me that the job is dangerous and these things, sad as they may be, happen. This is something I know and have known since deciding to choseLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1139631636335565802006-02-10T20:02:00.000-08:002006-02-10T20:20:36.366-08:00So today the NYPD announced that theyre going to be purchasing some of the new Dodge "Chargers" as part of a pilot program to see what they can use to replace the Ford Crown Victoria and Chevy Impalas that theyre presently using. http://assets.cobaltnitra.com/teams/repository/export/0c2/1c13855c0100487be0003ba703341/0c21c13855c0100487be0003ba703341_355x0.jpgFor starters, that P.O.S....ain't a Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1138045642849062212006-01-23T11:32:00.000-08:002006-01-23T11:47:22.900-08:00One year ago today, three New York City legends went to work not knowing that they wouldn't return home. They did a job not everyone would do, they were New York City firefighters. There names were John Bellew, Curtis Meyran and Richard Sclafani. One year ago today they were killed in 2 seperate fires, one in Brooklyn and one in the Bronx. These men had families and friends.4 other firefighters, Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1136364279847542692006-01-04T00:44:00.000-08:002006-01-04T00:44:39.856-08:00Watching the news on the Mine...tragedy I guess you can call it now...it makes me actually sick to the stomach that a company can cover up the fact that 12 people didn't make it....not only that but have the nerve to make the families believe that they were alive...I feel sick...its not even anger that I feel...it's just shock...these are peoples lives and families that...just....i'm at a loss.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1136022318053012392005-12-31T00:15:00.000-08:002005-12-31T01:53:34.926-08:00Well here it is....the end of 2005. It was an interesting year. Mother Nature showed she can be as fickle as a Hollywood marriage, she first gave us an endlessly freezing and snowy winter, followed by a warm and surprisingly super-stormy summer. We were also given the new "It couple" of Bush and Clinton following the Asian Tsunami. Frankly...that couple seems a lot more normal then Cruise and Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1135500332194554082005-12-24T23:58:00.000-08:002005-12-25T00:45:32.286-08:00Its 3am on Christmas and i'm dog tired but can't sleep for some reason so bear with me here...Christmas. "Most wonderful time of the year" they say. Well who is "they" excatly? Is it the greedy corporations that will do anything and everything to cash in an extra buck? Is it the people who write the overly sappy holiday songs just becase they think it will cement them? Is it the sidewalk Santas Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1134203217114614272005-12-10T00:17:00.000-08:002005-12-10T00:26:58.390-08:00Ok, this is gettin a wee bit...well...odd. For the second time in 2 months, people all over the city have called 911 reporting a sweet smell, very much like maple syrup or butterscotch all over town. The first time it happened at the end of October, FDNY, NYPD and OEM(Office of emergency managment) dispatched crews all over the city...and no source was ever found, and the smell disappeared withinLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1133080244506305402005-11-27T00:30:00.000-08:002005-11-27T00:30:44.523-08:00It's 3:18am and i'm sitting here with a bowl of rocky road topped with a lil bit of Cranberry syrup...cause...well...this time of year theres an abundence of Cranberry stuff (I don't care how abundence is spelled, it's 3am like I said).The holidays are coming up, and they're supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year as the song goes. Well...not for me. Not for a lot of people. I don't Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1130388543407615682005-10-26T21:44:00.000-07:002005-10-26T21:49:03.416-07:00Any and all comment spammers:By posting a spam comment, you hearby enter a contract allowing me to pursure legal action against you and your company. By posting spam, you violate said contract, simple as that. This goes for all posts from here on out. ALL posts.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1129956616654453122005-10-21T21:47:00.000-07:002005-10-21T21:50:16.660-07:00I need to clean. This house is a wreck. Actually what I need is more space. I have a lot of stuff in a tiny amount of space. This doesn't work out well.I've noticed some of the comments on this blog are ad's. I don't like that. Any ad folks reading this...please stop. No one is interested in your lame ass product. Pick up your corny ad revenue and stick it some place else.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1128503820637648772005-10-05T02:13:00.000-07:002005-10-05T02:17:00.646-07:00So here in NYC, we got a billionare "Mayor", mike bloomberg.(yes I know its not capitalized; he doesn't deserve that honor.)Said Mayor and Governer Pataki last 4th of July laid the cornerstone for the freedom tower at Ground Zero. The tower to replace the World Trade Center towers. The Freedom Tower, planned height of 1776 symolibc feet would be the tallest building in the world.Many buildings Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1127454365230514302005-09-22T22:11:00.000-07:002005-09-22T23:04:03.566-07:00Ok...racists...fuck off. It's getting old. So you don't like Black people, you don't get along with Jewish people. It's the 21st fucking century. There is nothing wrong with them, you're the ones who are screwed up and wrong. DEAL WITH IT. Be a normal respectable human like the rest of us. You'd be surprised what you can learn from forigen cultures too, some of that stuff is good, you should get Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1126424103889073702005-09-11T00:34:00.000-07:002005-09-11T00:35:03.900-07:00Here we are again. 4 years past now. 4 years and a lot has changed, but in many ways, a lot has not. 4 years I’ve been doing emails and rants and speeches with responses ranging from people telling me it's best to forget to people thankful that I still among those who care to remember. I do not dwell on this day, I merely seek to remind those who seem to have forgotten.I won't stop doing these, Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1126325289728422652005-09-09T20:45:00.000-07:002005-09-09T22:55:25.200-07:00I'm beyond exhuasted and i've written 3 Banner articles in the past week, so why am I writing now? Becasue I need to fill up time while i'm waiting to be appointed next FEMA boss. People seem to be either happy with the way the government is handiling the situation or blasting them. I'm not thrilled with the way people are being treated down there. Ya really gotta wonder what the deal is when we Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1124854636145799342005-08-23T20:36:00.000-07:002005-08-23T20:37:16.150-07:00So close, yet not so close. Lost. Don't know what the hell to do.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1123542073398001622005-08-08T15:44:00.000-07:002005-08-08T16:01:13.406-07:00On April 5th 2005, ABC News anchor Peter Jennings announced to the world that he was battling lung cancer. It had been specualted for weeks that something was indeed amiss in regards to Jennings, who had missed covering the Pope's passing. When he announced his battle, he stated with strong will that he would be back. Everyone, myself included knew that he would be. Over his 50+ years of Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1123404445480854822005-08-07T01:43:00.000-07:002005-08-07T01:47:25.486-07:00Well...I gotta say...this is probably going to be an interesting day to say the least. Interesting week too. It's 4:45 am so I really don't care how I spell. Oh and this...scares meLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1123014828441860022005-08-02T13:33:00.000-07:002005-08-02T13:34:50.000-07:00I find this entirely too amusing:http://gorillamask.net/nintendochoir.shtmlLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1122709403440736872005-07-30T00:36:00.000-07:002005-07-30T00:43:23.523-07:00I haven't been sleeping well and this bothers me. I'm not sure why. I have what feels like a chicken or some kind of bone in my throat. Again. And it's on and off, this bothers me.I still haven't picked a color for the room. I shoulnd't be putting this much effort if I plan to be out of her in 2-3 years, but I want those 2-3 years to be as comfortable as possible...hahaha, like that'll actually Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1122178950517302202005-07-23T21:03:00.000-07:002005-07-23T21:22:48.936-07:00Ok, so yea..I'm pissed. I'm very fucking pissed actually.What exactly is the meaning of the word "friend"?I've been pondering this a lot lately. To me a friend is someone who is always there for someone. Examples; A friend will pick up the phone at 4am when no one else will to quell your fears about traveling. A friend will walk around in any weather to help you deal with your girl or boy Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1122055021782199042005-07-22T10:57:00.000-07:002005-07-22T10:57:01.866-07:00TestLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1121502168523031962005-07-16T01:22:00.000-07:002005-07-16T01:22:48.530-07:00I guess I just care to much. Maybe I should stop caring.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1121140489596892622005-07-11T20:11:00.000-07:002005-07-11T20:54:49.636-07:00This Wednesday, July 13th 2005 marks a special day for the United States Of America. It marks our nations return to space. For the first time since the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost on Feb. 1st 2003, Americans will fly into the heavens on a craft built in the U.S.A., the Space Shuttle Discovery will carry a crew of seven astronuats, including commander Eileen Collins into space for a service Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1120810297750175092005-07-08T01:11:00.000-07:002005-07-08T01:11:37.756-07:00It's 4 am...do you know where my socks are?I am cleaning at 4 am and it's hot in my room.My room needs to be repainted, ideas?I'm watching the Weather Channel, big surprise? There's a commercial on for Oreck vaccum cleaners.I have a ladder in my room with a bungee cord and i'm thinking of seeing if i can hang from it and swing around the room on it and then go get some orange juice.It's supposed Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1120115997268942842005-06-30T00:19:00.000-07:002005-06-30T00:19:57.273-07:00Walter Peck and the EPA can suck it.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1120029712496135732005-06-28T23:50:00.000-07:002005-06-29T00:21:52.540-07:00I've been spending some time off Staten Island lately. Many of you who read this...all 4 of you know how much I enjoy and love this city. It's hard to explain exactly why I do...I don't suppose there is one word, nay seven words that can explain why and how much I love this town...but there are examples.Only in New York City will you see some guy dressed in just cowboy boots, briefs and a cowboy Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1118897746025092342005-06-15T21:40:00.000-07:002005-06-15T21:55:46.033-07:00I'm angry at Canada and California.First i'm angry at Canada for their stupidass mounite police. Their dumbass pants annoy the piss out of me. It looks like they have godammned racoons in their drawers. If, by any horrible chance I find myself in Canada and I meet a mounite...so help me god if I don't kick him in the crotch for wearing those things, unless in fact he has already kicked himself inLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1118729448977618902005-06-13T22:30:00.000-07:002005-06-13T23:10:48.986-07:00Can anyone explain to me what the fuck is wrong with the world???How is it that weirdass former humans that molest kids get to walk off scott-free? and don't say it's the money. Money had nothing to do with it here. Martha had money and she went away. The problem is with the California judical system. Now, to my friends out there on the left coast, I have nothing against you...it's your ass Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1118293205909564892005-06-08T21:43:00.000-07:002005-06-08T22:00:05.923-07:00I was speaking to my buddy Mellissa on her cell a few minutes ago. Her part of the island is experiencing a blackout right now. It's interesting how most phones won't work during a blackout, yet cell phones do. It's amazing how the cell phone has changed New York City. Seems like everyone has at least one cell, some have two and i've heard of some higher ups in city government having as many as 4Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1118130775256915172005-06-07T00:52:00.000-07:002005-06-07T00:52:55.266-07:003am and i'm writing. And for a change it ain't a crackpot movie script idea or Banner article. I don't know where i'm going with this so tighten the seatbelts on whatever piece of Staples or Ikea made office furniture your ass is sitting in right now.I'm going to be 23 on the 21st of this lovely, scizo weather month. 23 and I don't look forward to it. Could be due to the fact that the past few Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1118029993871292452005-06-05T20:52:00.000-07:002005-06-05T20:53:13.876-07:00Insert generic depressed sounding heartbroken song quote here.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1117844803673544202005-06-03T17:26:00.000-07:002005-06-03T17:26:43.680-07:00I love movie montages where people get ready and I cannot explain why but it's cool.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1116106536104042702005-05-14T14:22:00.000-07:002005-05-14T14:35:36.113-07:00Instead of typing another one of the countless papers I've gotten in the past few weeks...I just watched a tape of the Final TNN(The Nashville Network...old school I know) NASCAR Winston Cup race from 2000.This, on top of the final episode of Third Watch that aired last week has got me thinking about endings and goodbyes and how much I hate them.There seems to have been a lot of them lately... beLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1115529301861632682005-05-07T22:14:00.000-07:002005-05-07T22:15:01.866-07:00I miss Third Watch already.I don't want to write this paper.I want to talk to more people.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1115271688333868982005-05-04T22:38:00.000-07:002005-05-04T22:41:28.340-07:00To all those people who said they'd help me when I needed help after I busted my ass for them and then were no where to be found....Fuck you.To all those people who said they'd be there for me to talk too if I needed it after i'd be on the phone with them till 4am or hang out at any time in any weather with them helping them out and were once again no where to be found....Fuck you.And to damn Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1114226454511384462005-04-22T20:14:00.000-07:002005-04-22T20:20:54.513-07:00From CBS 2:"New York City’s fire union’s president blasted a city emergency response plan that puts the police department in charge at the scene of any chemical or biological attack.Uniformed Firefighters Association head Steve Cassidy complained that his department lost a power struggle over something they should be in charge of. Under the proposal, the police department will assume primary Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1114066468131657222005-04-20T23:54:00.000-07:002005-04-20T23:54:28.133-07:00Stephen Siller, beloved husband and father of five, was a firefighter from Squad 1, Park Slope Brooklyn. On 9/11, he was off-duty, and on his way to golf with his 3 older brothers. When Stephen heard on his scanner that the World Trade Center had been hit, he turned his vehicle around and headed towards the site. When his truck was prohibited from entering the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, typical Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1113883990693843372005-04-18T21:09:00.000-07:002005-04-18T21:13:10.693-07:00My cell phone is barely functioning. My watch is fritzing out. My tv freezes up every now and then. I saw turkeys on the street last week. Gifford Miller likes Jelly Bellys. I woke up early on a monday. It's supposed to hit 81 wednesday. You know what this means?Society is finally starting to break down.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1113447411051637202005-04-13T19:52:00.000-07:002005-04-13T19:56:51.053-07:00Ok so yesterday was odd. On the way to campus I see 6 turkeys in the middle of the street. Turkeys. On Staten Island. And not on my plate. This makes me a bit nervous. 163/83, and 86 truck and Rescue were also on campus for a few false alarms.Today was my first day volunteering at Gifford Millers office. For those of you who don't know, he is the city council speaker running for the democratic Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1112594109651688792005-04-03T22:54:00.000-07:002005-04-03T22:55:09.653-07:00See.....now that....was a baseball game. Way to go boys.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1112501764994207812005-04-02T20:14:00.000-08:002005-04-02T20:16:04.993-08:00Whats it say about modern day media coverage when NY1 is the first major news orginization to break news of the Popes death and keep coverage of the story all day, hours later when at the same time, CBS stayed with the story for roughly an hour and a half and then went to college basketball?Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1112428769228864922005-04-01T23:27:00.000-08:002005-04-01T23:59:29.230-08:00Jeez....how much do you want to bet the news people are pleasuring themselves right now?Johnnie Cochran, The stadium, Shiavo, Frank Purdue, and now the Pope. It's a news weekend they dream about. Now I know all...what...29 people that read this are most likely thinking i'm a heartless bastard, but it's true. Most...not all...but most news people don't have feelings. They just want to get the Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1112205592164200912005-03-30T09:58:00.000-08:002005-03-30T09:59:52.166-08:00Niel Rosen from NY1 may be the best movie critic ever. He finds something to like with every movie even if it sucks, and never out and out says he hates something.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1112162187649252142005-03-29T21:56:00.000-08:002005-03-29T21:56:27.650-08:00good day. :-)Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1112076254257893482005-03-28T22:00:00.000-08:002005-03-28T22:04:14.260-08:00Spring cleaning is begining to wear one me. I need more tools. It's starting to scare me how much Maya on Just Shoot Me is very much like one of my friends whose name I will not mention for fear of being killed.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1112041946499078542005-03-28T12:31:00.000-08:002005-03-28T12:32:26.500-08:00I just saw Matt LeBlanc in a Bob Seger video. This is funny.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1111990050829975172005-03-27T22:06:00.000-08:002005-03-27T22:07:30.830-08:00Everytime I'm feeling a lil down or out...everytime I think I couldn't possibly love New York more, something happens that only can happen in New York and I love this place a lil more...Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1111433636962748362005-03-21T11:27:00.000-08:002005-03-21T11:40:37.216-08:00Alright, Carl Edwards might not be my favorite Nascar driver, no one can replace Kyle, but after his 2 one hundreths of a second amazing win yesterday...and his freakin great celebration, ya can't help but like the guy a lil...>http://msn.foxsports.com/id/3479082_7_2.jpg>http://msn.foxsports.com/id/3479096_7_2.jpgLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1111126233135614542005-03-17T22:07:00.000-08:002005-03-17T22:10:33.136-08:00What do I think of all this writing i've had to do for these classes? Well to be honest i'm not super pumped.What do I think of yesterday? Well to be honest....I am kinda happy.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1110940783278282852005-03-15T18:30:00.000-08:002005-03-15T18:39:43.280-08:00When I get immensely bored I put on ESPNews and wonder why...just why would anyone give a damn about lawnmower racing. Have we really reached that low a point in our society that we have downed ourselves into watching a bunch of shitfaced hicks running laps around hay bales in their John Deeres? I mean c'mon..Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1110868282444369832005-03-14T22:24:00.000-08:002005-03-14T22:31:22.446-08:00Looks like George Carlin was right...disgruntled worshipers are making there presence known. Some nut went ape in Wisconson and shot and killed 7 people from a church group then killed himself. Apparently one of the reasons was the fact he didn't like a sermon. This proves my point that religon is bullshit. Nothing good comes of it. Wars, famine, killing, theft...it's all pointless.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1110785617681584852005-03-13T23:30:00.000-08:002005-03-13T23:33:37.683-08:00Jeff Nelcarz is on the Weather Channel. Who the hell is Jeff Nelcarz?Gonna do somethin I haven't done in a while....Random naming of names for no rhyme or reason and in no particular order. Feel free to comment if your in this list:Enrique, Joe, Dave, Tom, Mellissa, Rob, Amanda, Dana, Diana, Rebekah, Tarah, Mike, Edgar, Alex, Chris, Rick, Ashley, FrankLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1110693196095597002005-03-12T21:48:00.000-08:002005-03-12T21:53:16.096-08:00SNL...why has thou forsaken me? I'm watching it now and I can't even fake a smile let alone laugh at this. Like I just told Speedy; "It's like Sean Penn is directing the show". Even Weekend Update is falling flat. David Spade is hosting tonite and hes classic David Spade....and thats the problem...His Martha Stewart sounded like David Spade. Really..this is almost phyiscally painful.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1110676534632870352005-03-12T17:14:00.000-08:002005-03-12T17:15:34.633-08:00I need that damn K.I.T.T sound effect and I don't know why. I just want it.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1110600423807368622005-03-11T19:54:00.000-08:002005-03-11T20:07:03.810-08:00Finally gettin around to thanking Bridgette for the new layout. Shes the best. Thanks a lot!Been thinkin of the saying "You can never go home again". Not really sure why...just been a bit retrospective lately I guess. Actually I've been all over the place lately, quite hetic, and for once I don't mind. The Banner is keeping me busy and I enjoy it. I was talking to Mellissa before and we both Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1109486820443599092005-02-26T22:43:00.000-08:002005-02-26T22:47:00.443-08:00Hooties doin friggin flappin Burger King commercials with Brooke Burke. What has the world come too?Oh yea...I hate Realplayer.Why does mother Nature hate me?http://http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/tenday-details.html?locid=10306&dayNum=1Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1108450493369823412005-02-14T22:52:00.000-08:002005-02-14T22:54:53.370-08:00Quote of the moment:"If you can't support me and can't endorse me then get out of my way."- Shirley ChisolmLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1106757705634452632005-01-26T09:18:00.000-08:002005-01-26T08:41:45.636-08:00Complaints and Grieveances...
Few things have been pissing me off lately, so in my best George Carlin-esque manner i'm gonna mention em...
These godamned phone commercials for "text 690 to get the sexy Samantha wallpaper for your phone today!"....I can't excatly verbalize how they annoy me so....but oh do they...it's just so white trashy it makes me wanna rip my arm off and beat the people who Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1106279731592766672005-01-20T19:55:00.000-08:002005-01-20T19:55:31.593-08:00PhotobucketThis is a test post from Photobucket.comLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1104829840720150812005-01-04T01:10:00.000-08:002005-01-04T01:10:40.720-08:00I should be sleeping.
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1102558016615398452004-12-08T17:44:00.000-08:002004-12-08T18:06:56.616-08:00Angry pisssed of rambaling rant coming:
I don't like it when people lie to me and I don't like it when they fucking say theyre gonna do one thing and then do another. I don't like it when people are unrealiable. I pisses me off. To no fucking end it does. I can't take it. I treat damn near everyone with the utmost respect and mostly get shit on in return. Why? Huh? I've done nothing but suffer Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1100643745550381572004-11-16T14:21:00.000-08:002004-11-16T14:22:25.550-08:00"I feel like the floor of a taxi cab" -Egon Spengler, Ghostbusters
Truer words have never been spoken. Being sick is not fun.
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1100242164594215832004-11-11T22:45:00.000-08:002004-11-11T22:49:24.596-08:00"You try and you fail and you get kicked to the ground and you lose so many times and then you have that one win. You get that one taste of that happy ending, and you learn, you know, that you really can make a bad thing right…and then all the losses, you know, they don’t hurt so much."
"You ever think about quitting?"
"Only a million times a day."
"Why Don't you?"
"Days not over yet."
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1099624256086314632004-11-04T19:08:00.000-08:002004-11-04T19:10:56.086-08:00I AM AWESOME.
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1094881247218792152004-09-10T22:40:00.000-07:002004-09-10T22:40:47.216-07:00Today marks the 3 year anniversary of the attacks of September 11th 2001. Some describe it as a modern day Pearl Harbor, some say it was much worse. For those of you who don’t know by now, I’m a lifelong New Yorker. I live on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. On that day, I heard a news reporter screaming on the radio “oh my god, the tower collapsed!” and immediately ran Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1094368593844653842004-09-05T00:15:00.000-07:002004-09-05T00:16:33.843-07:00http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/the_final_cut/
Robin Williams desperately needs to do funny movies again.
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1093759505184408012004-08-28T22:58:00.000-07:002004-08-28T23:05:05.183-07:00I'm watchin VH1 classic and i'm exhuasted for some reason. I did nothing today and by all normal logic I should be wide awake. I want to be awake. I want to be doing something..dunno know what, but something. I'd like to be in the middle of a 2 alarm appartment blaze right now with flame licking at my feet. That would be something.
Republican convention comes into town this week and the Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1093237768072184932004-08-22T22:09:00.000-07:002004-08-22T22:09:28.073-07:00Holy.
Fucking.
Crap.
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1092288370129601982004-08-11T22:25:00.000-07:002004-08-11T22:26:10.130-07:00Not again...
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1090825390492865822004-07-26T00:01:00.000-07:002004-07-26T00:03:10.493-07:00I haven't done anything in MS Paint in a while...and it shows...I tired touchin up the Third Watch E-One Squad with better wheels and a new lightbar and totally messed up. Then again it is 3 am. I'll try again later today...after some rest. God i'm bored..
Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791904967284592202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330575.post-1090738524063114652004-07-24T23:53:00.000-07:002004-07-24T23:55:24.063-07:00This is gonna sound geeky....maybe even comin from me...but...I love late nights on the weather channel. The forecasters just seem to be more joking and down to earth...it's weird I know, but just watch Dave Schwartz during the week sometime and you'll see.
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