I'm disappointed in Calfiornians

Last year, the fourth of November, to be exact, over seven million Californian's voted yes on Proposition 8. Fifty-two percent of our state that voted in the general election, voted Yes on banning same-sex marriage. Most people voted yes because of a few reasons; some voted yes because of confusing ad campaigns, others were people who weren't very informed, and most of all, people relied on their religions instead of identifying with another human being, who is being deprived of the same right as others; "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are among the inalienable rights of man, I guess Jefferson wasn't thinking about gays and lesbians when he wrote this, just everyone else.

Today, the California Supreme Court has left the state's reputation hang in the balance. They earlier decided that Prop 8 "isn't a big deal"- this is absolute bullshit. I sincerely hope if you voted Yes on Prop 8, that you regret your decision; in this time, you should feel fucking ridiculously stupid. 

I thought California was the leader of things like this? Instead, we sit back and ban same-sex marriage, while the rest of the Union smartens up and allows it. So far, three states have legalized same-sex marriages: Massachusetts, Connecticut, and fucking Iowa- IOWA! How the fuck did Iowa legalize it before California, are you serious? Joining them in September, 2009 will be Vermont and Maine. We love to be the "good guys" here in California, and yet, this ridiculous prop was allowed to pass, and hasn't been overturned.

If Prop 8 had anything to do with race or religion, you bet your ass it would've been rejected in a heartbeat, not only by the courts, but by the people. If Prop 8 read:

"YES will add exactly 14 words to the California State Constitution:
"Only marriage between a white man and a white woman is valid or recognized in California."

you best believe, that people would uprise furiously. People wouldn't stand for a prop that would eliminate rights based on race. Let's try the same thing, but exchange "white" with "Christian" or "Catholic", and again, there would be an uprising. Why do people believe that issues banning certain races and religions are so against their constitutional rights, but it isn't the same for same-sex couples' rights? Isn't this the same fight that African American's were fighting forty years ago? The best part is, looking at the statistics on who voted yes/no on Prop 8. I get a crack out of it every time, because these are the same people who would throw a shit fit if they had their rights stepped on.

People love to differentiate marriage between straight couples and same-sex couples as "right and wrong" because that is what their religions tell them. Guess what, your religion doesn't mean shit. One of my favorite lines in the United States Constitution reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ." Do you know what this means? It means, that your religion has no say in who gets married. Your religion means jack shit. This country was founded to escape persecution, and it seems that no matter what happens, there is always someone having their rights pissed on. 

Hopefully the people, and the courts of California, will finally open their eyes, and see what they're doing is an injustice, and just flat out wrong. 

Fuck Prop 8.

An Awesome Time... On a THURSDAY?!

Last night, if you were not at Rooster's Roadhouse & La Pinata 3, you missed out. Great show at Rooster's. Thievery Circuit, Locked Up AD, Hoods and Give Em Hell all put on a killer fucking show. This is how shows are supposed to be: super fun with minimal to no drama. All bands did a great set, and I had a great time.  

Now, this is where the fun begins. We exit Rooster's and hang around outside for a few. Then the bunch of us get in our cars and head to get food at La Pinata 3 on Park in Alameda. We get a table for all of us and wait outside, it takes time to get a table ready for like 18 guys. As we wait, I get hit with a guy on a bike. The bassist from Give Em Hell pushed some dude on a bike and he fell over into me. I was more like, "wtf" about the situation. The guy apologized and then started to BOOK on his bike, for no apparent reason. I looked away, then looked back to see three guys dressed in black running as fast as their legs would carry them down the street after them. We didn't know what was happening. A few minutes later, the three gentlemen came back, they worked at La Pin, the guy and his friend had dine&ditched.  

Next, we get seated, and we go inside. The train of us walk in, all yelling and being rowdy as all hell. We get seated, and the first thing that happens, is an eruption of us into the meow mix jingle, twice, at the top of our lungs. Now we're all just being silly and loud, singing random songs like "Take Me Home Tonight" and "BROhemian Rhapsody". Then, Bobby starts to snort a line of salt. The manager thought it was funny and offered to get him a double shot of tequila if he snorted some salsa. So... he did. It was hilarious and he got his shot. The same guy, then asks Bobby if he'll drink a bottle of habanero sauce for TWO doubles. He thinks about it, then passes. There was a big sigh of disappointment, and then a second of silence. I didn't want the party to die... so, this is where things pick up, for me at least. I stand up and tell him to give me the bottle. I uncap it and down the whole thing, and swallow and show off my empty mouth. Everyone cheers and I get my tequila, and happily down it- it was more or less a wine glass FULL of tequila. Needless to say, my stomach, and mouth, are in pain. It was well worth it.  

Amidst us being rowdy, two broads in the bar thought we were a riot, and gave us a proposition. If we were to sing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" followed by a high kick dance line, they'd buy us all a round of shots, so we gladly accepted. We sang the song, then stood on chairs and did the high kicking. Following that, there was an array of funny shenanigans. People running around outside, showing the restaurant their balls and asses, and finally someone broke an entire tree.  

It was good times.

The President's Weekly Address

For the first time in eight years, I can say that I am proud of who our President is. President Obama is going to be making weekly addresses to update America on what he is doing in office, and overall what is going on in our country. I think it is awesome that, finally, a President is using the technology we have to communicate with our country, and the world.

Check it out here:

President Obama's First Weekly Address

People Eating Tasty Animals

I am sick and fucking tired of having information about being vegetarian and vegan shoved down my fucking throat. I'm sick and fucking tired of people trying to change people, only on the basis that their views are "right way to live". I have a shit load of friends that are both vegetarian and vegan, and they have the common sense, and courtesy, to not shove it in my face and try and stop me from doing what it is that I do, and RESPECT my choices in life. You do not see huge campaigns from pro-meat groups, shoving huge steaks and "kill chickens" ads. I'm honestly considering starting a huge ad campaign about how eating meat is fucking amazing, though it most definitely is.

You may be wondering what has triggered this, and it is because PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has a new campaign on the rise. They wish to change the name of the sea creatures known as "fish" to something more cute and cuddly, "sea kittens". The new campaign is called, Save the Sea Kittens, and is supposed to deter people from eating fish, because it sounds too similar to a fuzzy little four legged friend that we wouldn't want to eat. Their thought is that if you were to go eat some fish sticks, people wouldn't want to anymore, if they were called "sea kitten sticks". You know what I say to that? FUCK THAT.

Fish is a word that dates back hundreds of years to fisc, an O.E. word which the word fish is derived; Old English dates as far back as the fifth-century. So we, all English speaking people, are supposed to rename a word that has been around, pretty much forever, to appease a small portion of the population? I think not.

What would you have in other countries, that speak other languages? Gatito de mar? Chaton de mer? Kätchen von der See? Gattino di mare? Sjøkattunge? C'mon, give me a fucking break. There is no way in hell ANYONE is ever going to go for that. Next, it'll be renaming birds into Air Rats or some shit, because nobody would order squab or cornish game hen if it was related to a rodent, right?

One of the best examples of how ridiculous, and absolutely idiotic PETA's request is found on the section of their site about sea kittens, and it says, "Ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Stop Promoting the Hunting of Sea Kittens." I hope I'm not the only one who finds it funny, that PETA is asking people to ask the U.S. FISH and Wildlife Service to do this, especially because they're trying to get the word fish changed to sea kittens. The new name will then be the U.S. Sea Kitten and Wildlife Service, hah.

It is also a bit amusing that PETA is so contradictory of itself, in more than one case. I remember years ago, when a letter came out from the president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, about the genocide of breed of dogs known as pit bulls, more or less.

I'm gonna go make a steak.

You can read another article about "sea kittens" from an Australian newspaper here.

Also, I recommend you check out the following links as well:

No Kill Now

PETA Kills Animals

From the Bay, to LA...

Just got back from a quick LA trip with James and Chris, and met up with Jordan while we were down there. Aside from the weather being wack, it was a fun ass trip. Lots of laughs, and good times, zero drama. Quickest three day recap ever:

- Chris loves to sleep more than anyone

- James and I jammin the entire drive

- Winding up at Denny's @ 5am

- First 30 minutes of sleep since new years in a parking lot in Anaheim

- Getting Disneyland tickets from some sketch ass dude, but everything worked out

- Changing & brushing teeth in the Disneyland Friends parking garage with families walking by

- Riding hella rides

- Expensive ass fuckin' dinner

- Almost getting in a fight in CA Adventure

- Driving around aimlessly

- Ay yo mop heddid ass ni

- No, we are NOT in a gang, Alfredo

- James paid $4.50 to take a shit

- Driving around for dumbass long

- Some people took a picture of me on Hollywood/Highland, I don't know why...

- Where are the Van Gogh paintings? and no, we are NOT A GOD DAMN GANG!

- Driving hellllla far to a beach hella far away

- Chris is the biggest sleepy head ever

- Good times all around

Sick and tired, of being sick and tired

You may ask, "what are you sick and tired of, Mace?" My answer would be something along the lines of:

Stupid fucks consistently trying to undermine the American people, and the Democratic Party. Ever since November 4th, 2008, there has been an unstoppable force, that is the people who didn't vote for Obama, who want you to believe that it was the wrong decision for America. 

First, and foremost, I'd like people to take note that BARACK OBAMA is the PRESIDENT-ELECT. That means that he was elected, not only by means of the electoral college, but also in the popular vote by the PEOPLE OF AMERICA. A landslide victory in electoral votes 365 to 173, I mean, the election was over before all states had turned in their votes. Also, about 53% of Americans, roughly ten million people more, voted for Obama than they did for McCain. Also, the American voter had the chance to have a different Presidential candidate, but chose Obama to be their party's candidate for Presidency. Following this, the Presidential Election, they could've voted for an array of people, including writing names in, but again, voted for Obama. 

Now, people consistently want to persecute Obama supporters, for being "ignorant", "stupid" and "naive". Apparently, none of us, not a single American, knows enough about Barack Obama to make an informed decision, according to the masses that are upset that he is our new President-elect.

As you've seen and/or read, I'm sure, blogs and bulletins, and television shows taking stabs at Obama supporters for being "over the top". A while back, there was a South Park episode about the election, and it just depicted Obama voters as over the top and ridiculous; more or less showed them as believers that this man was the messiah and was going to come in and everything was going to change, though it did poke fun at both party's followers. Not all of us are like this. I liked Obama since day one, however, I never went out and told people to vote for Obama; I never went out talking about how much "change" there was going to be; I wasn't some tool running around spitting babble out to everyone. I encouraged everyone, to make their very own, informed decision, even though I had extreme problems with where McCain and Palin stood on most of their political issues.

I especially hear this bullshit escape the lips of young people who spit rhetoric they've heard their parents babble about. Some of my favorites include: "Obama is an Arab", "Obama is a Muslim", "Obama is black", "Obama is a- or is in cahoots with a- terrorist". Obama, is not an Arab, is not a Muslim, and isn't a terrorist; anyone who wants answers can simply search the internet for the debate where Obama laid it out on the table and stuffed McCain's geriatric ass on live television.

Now, the reason I've brought this up, is because, today I saw the most ridiculous thing, EVER. I saw a girl, with a shirt that had a picture of Obama and Hitler on the front and it read, "Hitler gave great speeches too..." On the back of the shirt was a quote that read: "What Luck For Rulers That Men Do Not Think. - Adolf Hitler" Really? Seriously? Comparing the new President of the Unites States of America, to the leader of a totalitarian regime. I don't think I need to say another word about why or how that is absolutely preposterous. 

Following this, there was a link to a website called How Obama Got Elected, which you can visit here at the link I provided. Here, they have an entire website dedicated to the "fact" that Obama only got elected because the American people were misinformed, and that there was "media malpractice". More or less, they talk about how the media didn't inform voters enough on Obama/Biden, but voters knew all about the cons of McCain/Palin. Now, I don't know if I'm stretching too far on this but, isn't that the point? Pros and cons of both parties = who you decide to vote for, right? The more I learned about Obama, the more I liked him, and vice-versa on my feelings for McCain. 

I definitely wasn't voting for McCain due to his stance on several issues, but as soon as the Republican Party chose to pair him with Sarah Palin in hopes of salvaging women's votes from Clinton, he put the last nail in his coffin. This is the way a lot of Americans felt as well. I am not sorry that I didn't want to vote for a 72-year-old man, who is paired up with a woman who said she didn't know how things worked in Washington, and governed a state with less population than say any major city in the US. I don't want an old man to croak and leave the power in her hands, if anything, Hitler's quote applies HERE. 

I would love to see these questions answered by the average McCain supporter. Last time I checked, they thought Obama was a Muslim-Arab-Terrorist who shouldn't be our President. I would love to see them answer the questions they asked the Obama supporters in that video. That video, which they noted as "hardly scientific proof", is also a huge load of shit too. Twelve of the "most informed voters they could find". I'd like to know what state & county they filmed that in.

I'm going to stop here, because honestly, this topic is out dated and shouldn't even be discussed anymore. Sour ass McCain supporters need to get the fuck over it, because Obama is going to be our President next year, time to move on.

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Favorite Records of 2008:

I just wanted to make a quick, comprehensive, list of the albums that got me through 2008. 

In no particular order, sorta.

Son Of Ran - Tribute To Sky City

THRICE - Alchemy Index, I, II, III, & IV

Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony

Gabriel & Dresden - Toolroom Knights, Vol. 2

UnderOATH - Lost in the Sound of Separation

Steve Aoki - Pillowface & His Airplane Chronicles

Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River and A Wolf at the Table

MGMT/The Management - Oracular Spectacular

The Wombats - A Guide to Love, Loss, and Desperation

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork

Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future

Radiohead - In Rainbows

The Cure - 4:13 Dream

Kerli Koiv - Love Is Dead

T.I. - Paper Trail

Hollywood Undead - Swan Songs