getsomeactright

2010.2.5

face to face

Filed under: whatsgood — frankright @ 10:42 pm

i was thinking of tucker max today, and i think it’s pretty obvious that he’s got problems. go see for yourself.

people are funny. they always make the mistake of “wearing their heart on their sleeve.” sometimes you just have to take things at face value, because sometimes people do not have ulterior motives. and sometimes people are just drunk. and that’s ok. they’re drunk!

i’m a very lucky man, and fortunate to even have the opportunity to love my life. it’s probable that the majority of people on this planet do not love their lives, much less enjoy them.

2010.2.2

coffee to tea

Filed under: whatsgood — frankright @ 10:01 pm

i broke up with coffee today. i’ve been seeing coffee three or four times a day lately. i’ve been here before though, and i go back to tea every time. i’m a big fan of oolong, and not your crappy oolong teabags you get from safeway. or some “pomegranate-infused” bullshit you might find at your local starbucks, or what have you. if you want good tea, you have to go to chinatown.

2010.1.30

prank wars

Filed under: whatsgood — frankright @ 11:29 pm

my roommate jimbo and i are in a full-blown prank war.

i retire fairly early, on a regular basis, so whenever he gets drunk (which is like everyday since he doesn’t have a job) he thinks it’s so funny to pile all kinds of shit in front of my doorway after i’ve gone to bed. i’ve opened my door to a mattress. inevitably i will wake up, open my door, and find a blockade separating me from breakfast, or using the bathroom, or getting ready for work.

this just happened to be the case last night (he doesn’t read my blog btw). i woke up at 4AM to pee, since i had been drinking earlier, with jimbo no less. my bicycle, a few skateboards, a television, and for some odd reason, traffic cones, were all piled upon each other, blocking my open doorway.

lucky for me, i did not drink all that much, so i was sober and sprang into action. i immediately went upstairs. first i removed the lightbulb from the bathroom, and shoved a traffic cone into the toilet. then i locked the bathroom door and shut it from the outside. i then proceeded to block jimbo’s doorway with the bookshelf at the end of the upstairs hallway (he was trashed and passed out). i then took some packaging tape and taped his doorknob to the bookshelf. there were two bags of apples in the kitchen, i grabbed those and filled the top shelf with them. i also took his bicycle and shoved it in the basement.

needless to say, things came crashing down around 1PM today. unfortunately i did not get to witness it, but the audio was instantly gratifying. and he still hasn’t realized his bike is missing.

2010.1.26

bothered

Filed under: whatsgood — frankright @ 6:06 pm

there are so many things to be disgusted about, i don’t even really know where to start. i could actually sit here and make a new complaint every single day, and who knows when i would be fresh out of posts. this all stems from my speech/debate class, where my assignment was to give a speech that addresses some political stance i feel passionate about.

i spent much of my weekend contemplating a subject and i could not come up with one, not for lack of one, but i just really don’t see the point in talking about something that’s not going to change no matter what you do. besides, i wanted a topic that none of my classmates would discuss, so at least i wouldn’t have any competition.

every topic i heard in class definitely had its weight, and as i sat there listening i revisited a conclusion i had long, long ago.

everything is fucked up.

the media.

the government.

foreign policy.

politics.

politicians.

big tobacco.

the automotive industry.

the housing market.

the stock market.

global warming.

the military.

women.

men.

kids.

parents.

abortion.

education.

healthcare.

i could go on and on.

2010.1.24

tell me more

Filed under: whatsgood — frankright @ 9:13 pm

i really want to move out of my place. i pay much too much for renting out a room. and living here can be quite frustrating, when five of your six roommates do not clean up after themselves. it doesn’t matter how cool your house is.

i’m not really in the position to move as my only potential roommate has no job and seems to be disinterested in getting one at the moment. unemployment just pays too well.

i’m always looking for a better job, but then so is everyone else, and in today’s economy jobs are scarce.

nobody ever wants to pay you what you’re worth.

the weekend was fun. went to my sister’s house and hung out with my grandma and my nephews. it was nice. my grandma is an amazing woman.

2010.1.19

long division

Filed under: act right, be a man, whatsgood — frankright @ 4:37 pm

i had a grand weekend, in LA of all places. part of me misses LA so much. got to hang out with rjk and meet her bff charlotte. for those of you who don’t know, rjk is my “good life” road dog. we make the most of everything. we make the bad good, and the good better.

made a trip over to gino’s show, had beers with hamasaka, and even gabriel was in the mix. i also had the pleasure of seeing troy, joann, and allan, and after some heart-warming catching up, we worked out some techniques that would stop you average joes in your tracks like dragonbreath.

i read something funny over the weekend about assholes and how everyone pays attention to the “loud-mouth.” i love assholes. they’re hilarious. they always make a scene when they need attention and they lose their cool when they don’t get their way. assholes always have to make things uncomfortable for everybody else when they’re the ones being inconsiderate.

nobody remembers a door-holder. a fucking stranger will hold a door for you when you’re carrying groceries. a stranger will even hold the door open for your mom. i don’t hold the door. i carry the groceries.

2010.1.14

fences

Filed under: act right, be a man — frankright @ 8:14 pm

work was good. went in for half a day. i <3 half-days. time certainly flies. but time always flies at my job. breaks are effectively distributed and i get an hour lunch. that may not seem like a big deal, but when you work for peanuts and yet somehow get an hour lunch, it’s fucking amazing.

i was beginning to upset myelf at work today, over someone inconsequential and their behavior in general. company morale can certainly be affected by less-than-savory characters, but in the end it’s not like they slapped your sister or something. i used to let such people affect me. i have definitely grown out of doing that, long ago, and yet today i almost fell back into that exact trap. but realistically, why let anyone who really doesn’t matter, affect your mood or state of mind? you should never part ways with a good mood for just anybody. so i give thanks to this person, just for being who they are. you should too. thanks, dickhead.

2010.1.13

friends, how many of us have them?

Filed under: whatsgood — frankright @ 12:58 am

the word “friend” means so much to me, as it should to you. i never throw it around haphazardly. especially the term “bff.” but i don’t use that anyway because it’s lame. unless you’re a female.

i can count my true “best” friends on one hand. one hand! people come and go like trains, and i never assume that anyone is my friend until their friendship has been proven. people are crazy, and so many people have so much going on in their lives, they may be here one day and gone the next.

but if i think about it in the simplest terms, i have thousands of friends. i have my work friends, school friends, childhood friends, skate friends, kung-fu friends, party friends, “girl” friends, the list goes on and on. and while those people may be my “so-called” friends, i can guarantee you none of those people can even tell you my middle name, much less my birthday.

the one thing i can say about a true friend is that they will never let you down. ever. they will help you out when there is nothing in it for them. not even five bucks.

i read the best story tonight. it was about a tiger and a snake. they hurt each other in the beginning. the tiger wanted to play, and scratched the snake, only deeper than anyone had ever done before. the snake, in its own defense, bit the tiger . . .

2010.1.10

patience

Filed under: act right, be a man — frankright @ 6:07 pm

i’m standing in line at the local coffee shop yesterday (it was busy) and as the line advances, this guy behind me bumps into me, or touches me, something. now i don’t like it when anybody touches me. i turn around and he’s going about his business as if nothing happened.

ok.

no big deal, it happens.

but then just as the next person advances, it happens again. now i’m getting bothered. but still i say nothing. i just look his way again, and part of me expects him to say “excuse me” or something to that effect. but he just stands there, oblivious. at this point i’m thinking to myself, “if this guy nudges me or touches me again, i have to ask him what his problem is.”

we’re all in line. we all have to wait. and with me, it’s three strikes, and you’re out.

there’s really only two possible outcomes to this story.

1) the guy apologizes, and everything is fine.

2) the guy gets an attitude, and i kick him in the nuts.

i actively play this scenario out in my head and i think he’s getting off easy with a kick in the nuts. that pain is temporary. i could break his arm if i were so inclined. but that’s going too far. a kick in the nuts is suffice.

the guy in front of me moves forward to place his order, and i stay put. i’m not moving. i want to see exactly how conscious this douchebag is of personal space. lucky for him, he doesn’t touch me this time. violence averted.

2010.1.7

down a rabbit hole

Filed under: whatsgood — frankright @ 10:16 pm

i was looking back at some of my original posts, and boy are they entertaining. living in the tenderloin is insane. it definitely gave me something to write about and there was always something going on. nothin’ but movers and shakers over there. toothless ones. and the prostitutes? yikes! it’s night of the living dead. i almost want to move back. a tenderloin blog would actually be pretty amazing. especially if i could squeeze out a meager living from it. here’s to wishful thinking. if you haven’t read any of it, i suggest you do.

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