(Phaysis)

On Monday, a friend won a free pass from KLBJ to the Wednesday night sneak preview of the Jet Li movie “Unleashed.” On the following day, another coworker won a pass from the same radio station to the same movie. They discovered that there was a surplus of passes between them, so they invited me and my roomate to join them for the viewing.

I give the movie four of five stars. It’s a good flick. Jet Li will kick your ass, my ass, and everyone else’s asses. Meanwhile, Morgan Freeman will make you feel ok about it. It’s a fun movie for a Friday night – go see it this weekend. Best when viewed with a packed house.

Also on Wednesday, I won a pass to next Wednesday’s sneak preview of “Star Wars, Episode 3″. Yes, free, yes, sneak. Won it from a lunch-hour playlist contest on KLBJ (the same station). Both my coworker and I knew the common theme between the songs, and when it was time to call we both called – he managed to get through first. Well, since he already won something from the station this week (the 30-day rule), he quickly passed the phone to me and I claimed the prize. So we’re going to see Ep. 3 on the house next week granted we can get to the theater in due time to get in; they always hand out more passes than there are seats in the screen to ensure a packed house.

Yet a few more reasons why I love this town.

So, this morning I drove my roomate to the airport. He has taken a flight back to his home state to attend a friend’s wedding and will be taking about nine days off to spend with his friends and family. I wish him fun and relaxation. It’s weird when he’s not around the apartment, but it’s kinda cool. I have this whole place to myself. So weird.

My teeth are still hurting, for what it’s worth. I’m relying on the tylenol less each day, which is good. I’m able to go for longer after waking up before I need a dosing. However, the brief spells my teeth hurt — they really hurt. Still temperature sensitive, especially to hot foods and drinks. Yarg.

Picked up the latest VNV Nation disc “Matter + Form”. On initial spinning, I dig it. I get my moods where nothing will please me more than some EBM. I can be a junkie for it, and VNV Nation is good stuff. I’m planning to see their show this Saturday night at La Zona Rosa.

Also, on a whim, I picked up a disc from a band called Hooters. Back in, oh,’91 or ’92, I remember hearing a song played on Magic105 out of Little Rock. They’d play it on rare occasion, and it truly tripped me out how cool it was, just deeply haunting with its overtones of biblical doom. The song is called “All You Zombies”. At the time I had no clue who did the song nor what the song was called, but through some targeted searches online I narrowed down and pinpointed the band and song, and it’s these guys. Come to find out, Hooters also released the 1985 anthem song “And We Danced”, and two of the core members wrote and coproduced Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 debut album “She’s So Unusual” – that’s how they got the label pressure to release an album of their own.

It’s playing now, and if my situation would’ve been different in ’85 I would’ve definitely owned this album by now. 1985 just had a certain sound and I missed the whole thing because I had yet to come into my own as far as musical preferences. Ah well.

I still have to sell my spare Nine Inch Nails tickets. I have four of them of which I’m planning to sell no less than two. I haven’t found a date, so I may be selling three of them. Not sure yet. If you’re interested and you can make a decent offer (the show is sold out, mind you), let me know as soon as possible.

By the way, the new album, in my opinion, is simply beautiful. The key to listening is that if you’re expecting another “Pretty Hate Machine”, “Downward Spiral”, or “The Fragile”, you’re screwing yourself hard out of enjoying this album. Open your mind for chrissakes.

That is (mostly) all.

Last night was quite interesting.

It all started yesterday morning. As is my usual, when I woke up I turned on the radio to [KLBJ] to start the day. The morning show, [Dudley & Bob], my favorite show on that station, has a tendency to get really, really interesting. Well, lo and behold, porn star [Sydnee Steele] visited the studio, so obviously my ears pricked up. :) As is also my usual, I tuned in to the webcam at the KLBJ studio, and yessir, she was there. Dudley and Bob, and the rest of the on-air cast, sweet-talked her into stripping down nude. Score! It was great.

Also in the studio, just after Sydnee’s really-cool visit, were four girls from the [Canned Film Festival], which features local film shorts that were rejected from our recent [South By South West] festival. Let me tell you, Canned girls are hawties. Wow.

Luckily for me, luckily for us, I saved all the [cam images]. That was a real treat, after just waking up. Was nice, really nice. But the day’s just getting started.

Ok. So I’m off to work. Got to work by myself, which was a joy. No listening to coworker F coughing incessantly. No dealing with coworker N’s music. No dealing with BossMan pulling me from one job to another. It was a pleasure to see that little treasure Coworker M. She was dressed really cute. Oy. What I would do for her… *Ahem!* So, anyway, had a quick chat with Coworker S about that morning’s show on KLBJ, which he’s a fan of. Told him I saved the images. He got a guffaw and hinted that he wished he’d have seen that. Told him Sydnee’s here in town for an in-store appearance at the Adult Video Megaplexxx, told him I was thinking about going, at least for something to do. He was like, “Hey, that’s tonight?!” Hehe.

Day of work done, I head home. Did some tooling around with my site, wrote a script that generates an html index for images in a directory, and uploaded that morning’s cam images onto my site. Then I got itchy. Decided to go to the in-store appearance, but I wasn’t goin’ alone. You bet. I grabbed my roomate, we headed to Mojo’s in an effort to grab more people. Oddly enough, everyone I asked in my scattered groups of friends declined. Hmph. Prudes. So, just the two of us, we headed off to the store.

Let me tell you about the Megaplexxx. That place is clean. Well-maintained. Like the Blockbuster of adult video. Only here the staff was friendly, professional, and helpful. Very cool. So, we walk in and sure enough, there’s Sydnee Steele in all her porn-star glory. She’s wearing a torquoise stretch-tube dress, standing behind a table with all kinds of merch with her bodyguards keeping watch. There was a short line, so I walked around and looked at a few titles and rentals. Out of the corner of my eye, I catch her flashing a polaroid camera with some guy standing next to her with the goofiest grin on his face.

I walk around a little more. My roomate’s already bee-lined to the gay section. I got a kick out of that. Next thing I know, I’m right at her table, without really thinking about it. Figure, eh, why not, eh? Found out a topless polaroid was $20 (full-nude was $40). I pony up a twenty to her bodyguard, Sydnee and I exchange greetings and some small banter, she pulls her dress down to expose her enormous, enhanced breasts, and leads me behind the table to join her for a photo. I was surprised that, with heels, she was actually a little shorter than I am. Thin, tanned, nice body. She holds out her right hand, I take it with my right, lock fingers, she folds our arms over her waist, and I put my left arm around her waist to lock hands, and *flash* we have our money shot. (Har har)

Wow. Ok, so not only did I see a porn star, not only did I meet a porn star, not only did I take a picture with a porn star, but I got to touch a porn star! Man, that was truly cool. I’m such a fanboy. To say she wasn’t charming would be a lie. She was very sweet, very friendly. We had a short chat afterwards. Found out she was into finance before she got into the industry, so she’s not really doing it for the money or fame; says she just loves what she does. Heh. Gettin’ paid to have orgasms, yeah, I can see how someone would love that kind of work.

She signed the polaroid, signed a free poster, and after more chatting, I got her to recommend one of the dvd’s which she had the most fun in doing. Picked up “The Shocking Truth” (available from [Wicked Pictures]). Not a bad flick. I’m thinking it was inspired by the Mel Gibson movie “What Women Want.” Tongue-in-cheek, but, hell, at least the plot holds up. It’s interesting to note that on the dvd, the “Chapters” menu goes straight to the sex scenes. Now that’s forward thinking. Ah, finally some producers know “What Men Want.”

So, we leave the shop and head back to Mojo’s. My friends are still there, and we show our spoils. It’s funny the mixed reactions we got. Some were like “Dude, that fuckin’ rawks!” Others were like “Um, oooh-kaaay.” Hey, for months they’ve been admonishing me to get out more; well, dammit, I believe I just did! Fehehe.

I hung out for several more hours, and the group at-large was talking about almost anything and everything, including the making of a sex-map, trying to see just who has slept with whom, and which people are “eskimo cousins”. That was entertaining. Almost the ultimate cock-block for everyone. Funny how that happens. Yawning, I head home around 5am and reflect on the day. Yep, for once it was time well-spent.

And the dvd is nice too, by the way. :)

Later!

I’m sad.

I don’t have anyone to share [Steak-and-B.J.-Day] with.

And I’m horny lately, to boot.

:sighs:

Any [takers]?