Eric Land

2007-03-26T10:17:00.001-07:00

God, it sucks so hard to go to work and sit around doing nothing, especially after such a crazy weekend.

2007-03-26T00:22:00.000-07:00

Wow, my life just keeps throwing me curveballs.

Every once in a while, I won't play with CVs for a few weeks, and I have to admit, it kinda sucks. I start to miss it. The first time it happened, I figured I had found my career of choice, which was good, because I don't have enough money to put myself through a degree.
Things are taking off a little though, which has its ups and its downs. On the upside, there're people I would've never even spoken to without CVs, and now we spend the night with people we met an hour ago, and are setting up shows with people we've only said maybe three or four sentences to. You meet people who are genuinely cool, people who could turn out to be your best friend in 10 years, people who will be the only person you know when you make it to a certain area while you're traveling.
I love meeting people.
For a while, we didn't like anybody, only briefly talked with other bands, other people at our shows, and it didn't do shit for us. They left when it was our turn, and in the end, the bands seemed more like competition than friends.
That changed when we met this guy Jordan.
I'll give it to the guy, he was a manager, and he knew how to talk. He works for Emergenza, and he told us basically how to make it. Since we met him, things have skyrocketed. We have great new groups of friends, and are working our way into a position where we will eventually have to tour.
I'm really happy right now. I love my job, being a musician. I'm not a warehouse paper-mover. I'm barely paid, and basically poor. But getting on stage and doing what it is we do... it feels right. Feels like I could do it the rest of my life, even if I stay poor. Staying out till 4 in the morning, sleeping until rehearsal, packing up and heading to the next bar. It feels great, not only because of the routine I'm breaking.

Chapstik Villains was supposed to be a joke. I never intended to go this far. But here we are, and I'm hoping, and working, for more.

2007-03-21T01:33:00.000-07:00

My Grandpa died a few months ago. It was one of the most disgusting, horrifying, and shameful times of my life. A lot about it makes me sick to my stomach.

See, my grandpa had cancer for a while, a long while. Two years ago they said it would be his last christmas. He lived to see that christmas, and raised us one more. Funny, I actually had him for the secret santa thing in our family this year. I got him a pocket poker thing, and some candy. I really hope he liked it.

He was in the hospital on and off for about a month before he died, and on a respirator months before that. When the respirator wouldn't help anymore, he moved to the hospital. I saw him on father's day at the hospital, which was the last time I talked to him. He looked great, for a dying cancer patient that it, moving around, talking, watching golf.

Weeks later, my dad calls and tells me they have started him on the Hospus program. I had no idea what that was, but now, I doubt I'll ever forget the name. It meant that they were going to stop all of his meds, let him die.
It seems horrible, but it was the right thing to do. "He was suffering," was the big rationalization. If he was suffering before Hospus, I don't have a word to describe what I saw the next day.

I planned on going to say my goodbyes, be with the family that had flown in, and to just enjoy my grandpa's company for a little while longer. I got there 2 hours before work, and greeted my family, who had apparently gotten used to my grandpa being asleep in bed 24/7.
I went to my grandparents room with my grandma and dad when he called for some water. They went ahead of me to prop him up, and give him water etc...
When I entered the room, he was facing the other direction, with no shirt on. He had lost rediculous amounts of weight, he was my size. He couldn't sit up by himself, and faded in and out of consciousness.

I couldn't do it.

While my dad and grandma were both occupied, I back out of the room, horrified. It couldn't have been my grandpa, he was a big, hilarious, oaf. I went back to my family in the kitchen, until having to leave for work. I cried most of the way there.

I made it through work, letting my boss know I'd soon need time off.

While working, I tend to daydream. I think about things I need to do, things that will happen, but they all sort of happen in pictures. I see them happen from my point of view. I imagined what I'd be doing when I found out my grandpa had died. I pictured myself in the back folding room for some reason, which is strange because we rarely work back there. I guess I just assumed my mom would be the one to call. And she was.

The next day, we had a lot of handwork to do, but the production floor was pretty busy, so we moved a table into the back folding room and worked back there. At around 6, while chatting with the new temps (temporary help), I got the call. In the exact place I had imagined. I let my boss know, and left the building before I could cry.
My crying was short lived, I was so shaken by the fact I had predicted the place I'd gotten the call. I felt terrible that that was on my mind above my grandpa. Even worse, I hadn't had the gall to even say goodbye to him before he died.

About a week later was his funeral. I'd been back to work and hadn't cried since that drive home, but I cried at the funeral too. I was a coward. It makes me sick. I sat down at the funeral, letting the family come to me, one by one, until people started to leave. I couldn't go to my grandpa's coffin. I was scared.
I sat in that chair for at least a few hours, crying off and on, until my uncle offered to take me home.

I'm still disgusted with myself, for not saying goodbye, for not making it past the front row of chairs.

2007-03-21T01:01:00.000-07:00

God, people are so self centered. I have a problem with someone talking behind my back? Too bad. If I say something about it, it will just incite more talking behind my back. Ugh.
I'm feeling a little resentment at my having a real night job.

Things with the band are good though, hopefully will get better too.

2006-04-05T12:56:00.000-07:00

I'm bored. I have no plans for this weekend, besides practice, and that is really wierd. I wanna do something but I know eventually it'll bite me in the ass when I start doing that opposed to my homework. I need to study actually, maybe I'll do that right now.

2006-04-04T10:41:00.000-07:00

I won't whine. Things could get way out of control, but it's not like I haven't handled rediculous situations before. I hope things get crazy. I need something to keep me from doing all this extra shit I do when I can't keep myself happy. I'm looking for a new job soon, the hours are killing me, and I'm not doin so hot in school. But I guess basically whats on my mind again is girls. You gotta love em.

On another note, I bought a Mest cd. Ugh, yea I know. But the music is really good on this cd. It's not just pop punk and attitudes, there's a ton about suicides and nightmares and stuff. Plus they let their other guitarist take leads abunch, which is good, cause their frontman is a wackjob. Half the lyrics are from the frontman, whos lyrics suck as much as he does, and the rest are their guitarist. Some points in the cd make me just think, "wow, that is an amazing statement, I would never even have thought to push that line." Good buy in my opinion.

2006-04-03T02:08:00.000-07:00

Wow, there was a weekend I didn't expect.
Friday was cool, Moose is turnin out to be way more of a friend than I expected. Who woulda known? We randomly played with his brothers and one day there he was! Saturday was Brian's prom, and I met a lot of decent and even cool people. But thank god for Zach, I don't think I could've been half as cool without his crazy ass there. I dunno how things are with Tasha, things just kinda went eh. I'm pretty sure she knew it was going to hell, and I think I mentioned sometime that I wasn't crazy interested in the sex/drugs/booze scene. So hopefully we can at least be cool.
After giving my mom crap for smoking cigarettes, she said "Well I don't like the way you're living your life," which she further explained to be refering to my schooling. That pissed me right off, and I did what I had to to keep myself from flipping her the bird as I drove away in her car. Especially after all the effort I've been putting in lately to save myself from the grades I earned halfway through the semester. I kid you not, I was up at school at least 5 or 6 hours extra this week. Gimme a fucking break.

Not to mention, I think I may be seriously sick. Every night in bed I sweat to death, ironically while shivering so bad I have to wrap myself in blankets. I'm constantly on painkillers, because my throat is sore as hell, and swollen enough that it hurts my jaw and my neck.

Life sucks, and so do I.

2006-03-21T01:05:00.000-08:00

Hey dudes and dudettes.
I'm learning photoshop.
Just wait till I'm better.
Then you'll see.

Me n Bob are doing a comic together.
It's looking pretty awesome from my highchair.

check out my deviantart for a few pics I did.
One of them is a character from the comic.

2006-03-17T14:35:00.000-08:00

I solve one problem at a time.
We'll deal with it when the time comes, cause right now, I really have no idea how to handle something like that. Obviously I've never dealt with anything like that before.

Spring Break Rocks.

2006-03-13T20:22:00.000-08:00

Well a little while ago, a guy got me on aim and asked me about where he could find some sprites for RM2K. No big deal, apparently he was looking around my old site and found some of the ones I used to draw myself. There's a shitload of them on my comp still, but i dunno if any of them are worth anything since I don't really do much with RM2K anymore.

Anyways, the reason I had stopped fiddling with RM2K so much was because I had been banned from the forums I had gotten most of my ideas and resources from. Why was I banned? Whenever someone there made me angry or something, I would just make a topic telling everyone I was leaving the forums. Most of the time I was back after a week or so. The most recent time, maybe the 10th topic I had made, one of the many assholes there freaked out for some reason, and banned me. Hilarious, I'm banned from a website for taking a break from that site? Ok... Well I was kinda leaving already then wasn't I? Whatever I guess.

Well when the guy asked me about sprites the other day, I went back to see if I was still banned, and apparently I wasn't. So i looked around a bit, answered a few resource requests people were making and didn't take much notice from anyone. Someone finally asked me, "Hey didn't you get banned?" Of course, feeling the need to be a smartass once again, I replied "No, I was on vacation."

Just now, I go back to see what's up, and apparently someone thought my vacation should go a bit longer. Here's what I saw.

Haha, this is awesome. I'm banned just for being me. I have no idea who banned me, but I'm glad at least I left an impression.

See you sometime later guys. I'm still not really clear on what your deal is with banning, but when you unban me I'll come say hello if I remember.

2006-03-06T22:16:00.000-08:00

DAMN

I have to say, always being right isn't the greatest.
Maybe it's not so much about being right, it's more about my gut instinct. Whenever my "spidey sense" goes off, something bad is bound to happen. Or so I believe, because about 90% of the time, that's the case.

My guts have been squealing at me for a while now, and of course I knew why. I wanted really badly to be wrong. As cool as it is being all superstitious and saying I have some kind of sixth sense, I wanted proof it was bullshit.
Not happening.
Only more bullshit fairy tale crapola.

I guess what I'm really trying to say is:
I was right again. I found Bad News once again, and it's got me by the leg. Even though I haven't gotten in too deep, I could actually be in a spot of trouble.

2006-03-02T14:17:00.000-08:00

If someone can guess how big my forehead is in exact centimeters, I will give them one of the CV demos for free.

2006-03-01T01:21:00.000-08:00

Apparently the lady behind the counter at kwik shop thought I had "hot" pajama pants. (They're south park, and I swear to god i didn't buy them). They weren't hot enough for identity theft though, because she wouldn't let me buy the gas I needed for the expo with my mom's debit card. God forbid, ya know?

If you have problems with this, here's an easier thing to do:
After she says she can't use the card without the right ID, go use the card in the atm a few feet behind you and see what she does. If she's an idiot, (and she probably is, she works at kwik shop) she'll take the money and you'll get the gas anyways.

Derka Derka

2006-02-28T14:09:00.000-08:00

My goal is to make more than $7 dollars in commission during the next 4 days. Easy enough right? I wanna start off strong, and what better way to do it?

The thing is, nobody's ever made commision during training week... I'm still gonna try like hell, though.

2006-02-27T22:48:00.000-08:00

Sorry for posting twice in one night, but this is [i]my[/i] blog, so I can do whatever the fuck i want. Got a problem with it? Suck my cock.

[b]I quit[/b] that shit hole known as Fazoli's. Fuck Melissa, she was the reason I left. Everyone else there was just fine. I had good hours, good everything when she wasn't around. And fuck that bitch Ashley too. She had the nerve to talk down to me, thinking she needed to have a talk with me because I didn't put the spice shake on top of a few pizzas? And then tell me she's going to a vet school where they raise kittens to be killed. First off, who fucking tells people that? Second, [b]you KNOW it's wrong, and you do it anyway?[/b] Fuck you. Nobody wants to see that overstretched butterfly tattoo on your fat ass anyways.

On a lighter note, I'm starting work at DialAmerica this week. It rocks, plus I'm making $2 more than what I did for those spaghetti making fags. Telemarketing isn't nearly as bad as it sounds. Most people are actually pretty nice on the phone.

And then, ah, girls. Always somethin new, but always feels the same. I know exactly what I want, but I also know that if I get it, the same thing will happen. Maybe we could even put a specific date on it beforehand. [b]Does the end justify the means? Is all that glitters not gold?[/b] I really need to stop asking for advice, this is something you have to do on your own.

I stuck my nose where it doesn't belong. Now I know things I wish I didn't.
Not only am I going to have to decide what I want right away, I'm going to have to fight for it. If I'm able to shrug off the paranoia, that should be no problem. I once drove 20 miles to deliver ice cream to a girl I had a crush on and her brother. At like 11 at night. And then I went home. Talk about cheesy.

I have a lot more to say, but this is long enough.

Another one of Bea's awesomo pics.

2006-02-27T22:22:00.000-08:00

I'm back bitches.

That's me.

We have a little game called Table Tactics, still in processing period since last semester. Me n Bea, the one who took this pic, are running it. If you're reading this, check it out. We always need new people.

2006-02-05T19:46:00.000-08:00

Table Tactics 5 is coming. Go sign up. Now, Damnit.

Find as many people as you can to play.

2006-01-28T16:21:00.000-08:00

My life is gettin pretty hectic. I hit some kind of realization when I found out how much money I had left.
I'm gonna work another job, hopefully I can catch up a bunch monetarily. I've got the band to squeeze in before our 2 weeks is up, plus homework. Table Tactics is a myth at this point. Virtually it's up to Bea to put it in gear, otherwise it's not gonna be happening for a month, probably more.

I'm pissed, tired, hungry, and as hard as I try to not do something, I know I'm going to do it anyways.

2006-01-12T01:24:00.000-08:00

Wednesday, January 12, 2006
3:24 AM

I've just found proof that there is no god. A horrible horrible being exists, goes by the misleading name of Brian Peppers, and lives in Maumee, Ohio.

Of course we've all hear the stories of the barely human creatures, disfigured mentally and physically by generations of inbreeding, living in the redneck communities of the hills. Mr. Peppers is a living, breathing example of this.

An Ohio(an?) internet user went to search for the sexual offenders in his area for fun. Much to the user's horror, Brian was found: a terrifying midget child molester.
Brian's fame is sweeping the internet. As of now, he has a rating of 9.1 on HotorNot.com, and there is a 250$ reward for finding an uglier sex offender on a website called PuppyKicker.com

Below is Brian's picture. If you have a weak stomach, dont scroll down

Now that you've seen the unspeakable horror, here is a photoshop gallery of BP: http://gorillamask.net/brianpeppers.shtml

2006-01-07T17:25:00.000-08:00

Please come up to see me at work this week, School+Work is gonna blow so much.

Sunday: 5-10:30
Wednesday: 5-10:30
Thursday: 5-10:30
Friday: 5-10
Sunday: 5-10:30
Monday: 5-8

2006-01-04T14:20:00.000-08:00

So I'm workin Fazoli's again.
Tonight (Wednesday) I'll be up front, so please, for the love of god, come up and see me.

2005-12-28T00:53:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I'm a mystery even to myself. Every time I turn around I'm faced with something ordinary, and I look at it a new way.
Today, I realized that I'm no tough guy. I'm not cool. I'm nothing but a very very good liar. Not Such a good liar, I can convince myself that an apple is actually a pear. I can convince myself that I'm okay with my surroundings. That I'm feeling good about myself, that I'm content.
It's not the terrible habit of telling people things aren't the way they are, it's the habit of telling people you feel one way, when you feel completely different. I don't see it as a bad thing, I don't want or need sympathy half as much as I would expect it, especially when I am the cause of 90% of my own slipups.

The Castaway:
A castaway is on an island for 3 years, and eats nothing but his own crap. After the 3 years, he's rescued, and taken back to his country, where a huge feast of his favorite foods is waiting for him. He doesn't eat much before he starts puking it back up. If you eat crap for 3 years, your body isn't going to understand the quick change, and isn't going to take the food in so quickly. Hes going to have to keep eating his own crap until hes well enough to eat normal food again. It's the same reason fish can't live on land, the same reason that we don't have wings or gills. Evolution is just a long, drawn out example of the castaway.

Recap 2005:
Even considering the way I slept through high school, all the drama surrounding the people there, this has been the worst year I've had in a long time. I've made terrible decisions, and played them off like I didn't care; but I did.
I should have never left Fazoli's. I loved it there, I loved most of the people there. I should have never gone out with Kim for that long. There was definitely something wrong with that chick's sex drive. Who the fuck asks you to come over and take a bath with them? Seriously, she was mad at me sometimes, because I didn't feel her up enough. How dirty can you be? I'll admit, I'm just as horny as the next guy, but I keep my hands to myself until I'm sure I'm welcome. At least I learned a lot about self control, I guess.
Of course, when the situation turned on me, I go completely nuts. I don't remember dealing with the emotions at all. I can imagine my friends were kinda freaked out by my readiness to go out and mingle. Maybe this is where I started going insane. Either that, or this is where I start opening my eyes. It's the same thing to me. Anyhow, I think it was around then I decided that I don't care about sanctity(?) in marriage, or the whole idea of catholic marriage.
Being fucked up like that, of course, I allow myself to go out with Alyssa. It seemed exactly the same to me as any other time a girl had interest in me, except a lot faster. I completely blame the willingness on insanity. I hang out with a few people from fun plex after the pool party, the next day shes kissing me and telling me she likes me, the next day she asks me out, and the next day I break up with her. I totally agree, breaking up sucks, whether it's after 3 days, or 6 months. But here's what you don't do: go to work and tell everyone that your "ex" is trying to run you over.
I'm not going to lie, the art program in lincoln was great, as I knew it was going to be. But I wouldn't leave all my friends behind to go to an art program maybe twice as good as the one in Omaha. The idea of living in Lincoln was amplified by having a girlfriend. Living in complete freedom, not having to jump out the window to get her home at 4 in the morning when your parents are asleep, is just awesome. Too bad it didn't happen, and I'm actually pretty glad I had that reality check, it was a waste of time and money. I had roomed with Nick a few years ago for only 5 days at Creighton, and he drove me completely insane. I clung to the idea that David would be different. I mean, back in high school he was the most hilarious person I had ever met, what could go wrong? I doubt anything did go wrong, and I blame myself more than I blame either of them. If I don't spend a certain amount of time by myself, I start losing it. I get frustrated and grouchy, and even the slightest sound pisses me off. I'm not meant to have a roommate, I'd probably kill them eventually.
Of course I took philosophy this semester, and it introduced me to a whole new world of reason. It gave me power behind my beliefs. I had been losing faith throughout high school, with a bunch of psychos running around in white robes. They molest a little boy and are punished by being sent to another parish. Philosophy gave me solid arguments and to me, proof to why there is no god. I also saw a little bit more into politics because of philosophy, more into the war, and more into freedom. I read up a little on the differences between the crazy Animal Liberation Front, the group that throws blood on children, and the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, a simple money raising organization using media and politics to shut down well known animal abusers.
About then, everybody probably knows, my mom quit her job at St. B's. I found out about a week before the shit hit the fan, but she wouldn't tell me why she quit. I came home that friday, to find my sister on the couch crying, no one else in the house. She would tell me that my mom had been arrested, and immediately Rick flew off to see what he could do. What could I do? Nothing. We got her out, and even though she couldn't tell me what happened, (I could be called to the stand), I found out money had been taken from St. B's, she was now in therapy, and both she and Fr. Bob had mysteriously resigned. Of course I know what happened, and by now everyone probably thinks they do too. All I have to say is, What about Fr. Bob?
I locked that deep inside, and I appreciate everyone who had respect enough to not bring it up to me. Everyone who had to ask: fuck you. Are you that thick?
You people who have to balls to say shit to me about it, meaning Joe Guinan: you think cause I didn't come after you at your school, you think your safe? You think because you had a senior girl dye your hair, you think you have a "senior class" behind you? Being in 8th grade won't stop me, boy.
So then I'm back in Omaha. Back at Home. Sure, the whole fiasco has scarred my family, and we can't afford to live in Papillion with the tax raises, but I haven't felt this good in forever. It feels great, I'm with my friends, I have a job waiting at Fazoli's, I'm writing and playing music with my band, and out of nowhere, word of mouth tells me the girl I had the hots for "likes" me. 2006 looks pretty fucking good, all candy coated, and I'm scared shitless.

2005-12-23T19:00:00.000-08:00

Table Tactics 4 is winding down, with only 4 players left: Waterwoman, Travohep, Hopscotch, and JuicyJoe.

I thought I would use this post as a trophy page or something for the winners of the past games.

Table Tactics 1: 7 Players
Winner: Unforgiven, Phil Manley
2nd Place: Dameon, Johnny L.
3rd Place: Outsider, Adam Gheringer

Table Tactics 2: 10 Players
Winner: Wizeass, Tyler Wisecup
2nd Place: Pessimist, Breanna Huff
3rd Place: Greenguy, Bob Orsi

Table Tactics 3: 13 Players
Winner: Lenny, Phil Manley
2nd Place: Romeo, Breanna Huff
3rd Place: Copernicus, Kurt Fox

Also, Table Tactics 5 is now set up, so you can take a look if you want, but don't register, or I'll delete your account. Not sure when it'll start, but I definitely need a break for a while after this one. I don't think anyone is ready for me to step down and let someone else run it, so I'm going to have another admin with me, maybe 2, to help with this one, then they can carry on.

2005-12-11T23:26:00.000-08:00

Thanks a ton to everyone who came out friday, I had a blast, and I'm sure Ryan and Johnny will agree, it was the best show we've ever put on.

Special thanks to Phil and the Bad Actors, and of course Bouncing Betty, it's sweet playing with you guys.

2005-12-11T17:43:00.000-08:00

Maybe I'm not the greatest person out there. I know I'm pretty vulgar at times, I make jokes about things that shouldn't be joked about: Terry Schiavo, Hellen Keller, the homeless, the list goes on. But in complete honesty, I am pretty fucking good hearted. I've got a lot of stuff going on lately, and I'm using that as an excuse for my extra jumpy and angry behavior, but more and more, I'm finding myself in situations where I get so angry I can't even see straight.
It seems rediculous, like I have a real problem with it, but I think the opposite, really. The reasons I have for being so angry seem like pretty good reasons to me.
I guess I'll just end this by saying: I warned you. I warned on multiple occasions. Whether or not you read my warnings, I don't care. You're going to burn.

2005-12-06T00:19:00.000-08:00

Today me and Bob smoked a bunch of crack, and then he went and bought me chinese food. Bob is cool only in that he is a complete tool and does whatever I tell him. Kind of reminded me of those strippers that were taught to act like they had souls.

2005-12-02T00:20:00.000-08:00

It's been nearly 6 years, still I've yet to meet anyone as smart as you are. Maybe not everyone can fight off that horrible emotional wrench going around the world, but that doesn't seem to stop you from having that certain difference.

Thugs4Lief

2005-11-30T17:54:00.000-08:00

Check this out:
www.chapstikvillains.com

Show information there.

2005-11-29T19:36:00.000-08:00

If you're a bitch, I probably don't like you.
Don't act like we're friends.

2005-11-21T00:24:00.000-08:00

You think your life is so damn bad? What about the animals that are abused every day?
What about the chickens with broken legs, not even dead before they're thrown into KFC's boilers?
What about the cows with their throats slit, hung upside down on a rack until they bleed to death?
What about the pigs with their skulls beaten in?

We have nothing to fucking cry about.

Free Me

2005-11-20T20:09:00.000-08:00

I give up on this whole f***king city. I'm just gonna sit here and wait it out, wait till my two weeks is up, and run back to Omaha. F***k everything else. I have yet to find ANY reason to stay down here.

If you don't know about the Villains show, talk to me ASAP. We need you there, whoever you are.

2005-11-16T11:14:00.000-08:00

This is a super Hard puzzle I made with the coverart for my comic. If you finish it, take a screenshot and send me the pic, I'll get you into the next CV show for free.

Which brings me to my next point:
Chapstik Villains Show!!!!
Dec. 9th, @ the Rock (yes, again...)
7:00, don't be late, I don't think we're going first, but we might.

Call me for more details, or AIM me: ericshiznit

2005-11-14T08:50:00.000-08:00

Look here for interesting facts about Vin Diesel.
http://www.4q.cc/vin/

I drew this in between goof offs in art class. What a bore.

2005-11-10T21:50:00.000-08:00

Right and Wrong

We talked about this in Philosophy class today. No, I can't believe I actually went either!!! I haven't been to clas sin 3 weeks!!!

Anyways, after thinking about it, I don't believe there is a difference between right and wrong. They are only determined by your culture, where as eating with your hands is right in one culture, it is not in another. It's the same for every case, even say, murdering people. If there were a culture made up of only criminals or something, who's to say murdering people would be wrong?

Of course there are things I choose not to do, and I think its important that we conform to society, or society itself would crumble. Anybody think differently?

2005-11-08T21:26:00.000-08:00

Serious kudos to everyone who see The Other Side of Things.

2005-11-06T22:59:00.000-08:00

Morals: Alcohol? Drugs? Violence?

Do any of these things seem wrong to you? Because they don't to me.
Of course I don't do drugs, and I have no intention of doing them. I don't smoke cigarettes, I've tried them, and got nothing out of it, therefore I don't do it. I don't ever plan on doing hard drugs, coke, LSD, those things seem to have consequences that seriously outweigh the 10 minutes of buzz. But weed? There doesn't seem to be any damage done, assuming you don't get caught. I don't do it, but should the opportunity arise, I don't think I'd stop myself from trying it.
Alcohol, on the other hand, doesn't seem wrong to me in the slightest way. I can control myself under the influence, I've never hurt anyone, done anything so stupid that it needed fixing. Why do all my friends hate it so much? I've even had friends tell me they would rather go out and vandalize other people's property than drink alcohol.
Step back and ask yourself, why do you think that way? I drink, I obey the rules, and when morning comes, everything is back to normal, but my friends hate me just a little bit more.

When I was little, I told my friends I would never drink or smoke. But I only based that on the fact that it was wrong. How do I figure its wrong? The grownups told me it was. Years later, pop culture sets in, and like everyone else, I give in. I try alcohol, I try cigarettes. Even later, I come to understanding with myself, and reasons for the two of them appear.
For cigarettes, there is a cool factor that I don't really care about. Other than that, there is only addiction.
For alcohol, there is the same cool factor, which I still don't need; addiction, which isn't a problem for me; and most importantly, fun.

In all honesty, it is fun to drink. Unless you have tried it, you have no idea what its like. Beer goggles? Shit made up to scare minors.
I really don't think you have any reason to be angry with me for drinking, unless you've experienced it yourself.

Comments?

2005-11-02T20:46:00.000-08:00

Working on A Spiderman Game with Bob.
Need lots of Help.
AIM me if your interested.

Those are the main sprites for Bob/Spidey and me/Venom. We're pretty sure Pix is gonna be Doc Ock, and Wertz is gonna be the Green or Hobgoblin.

2005-10-30T21:24:00.000-08:00

1. YOU CANNOT GET FUCKING MARRIED WHEN YOURE 18
2. When I tell you "don't," FUCKING DON'T. I swear to god. We all have our demons, and have I ever had problems talking about them before? Obviously not. So shut up.
3. Table Tactics 4 is starting soon. Either contact me, or just sign up to play. If you sign up without letting me know, please let me know. Because I don't know who you are.

2005-10-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

Chapstik Villain T-Shirts Available!

T-shirts are now available, if you would like them.
They are 15$ a shirt, sizes S-XL, a dollar more per every size larger than XL. (ie. $2-XXL, $3-XXXL)

The shirts will have the Bananamoth on them, and hopefully our name.
You can see the Bananamoth at www.myspace.com/thechapstikvillains

If you'd like one, AIM me: ericshiznit, or MSN/email me: ericshiznit@gmail.com
Please, only order one if your from Nebraska, or plan on attending one of our shows, because I refuse to deal with shipping.

2005-10-19T22:52:00.000-07:00

Why your god isn't real.

Are you a catholic?
If you are, you believe 3 very important things about your "god."
1. God is all-good: God is the best thing possible, and does the best thing possible.
2. God is all-knowing: God sees everything that happens, before, after, and as it happens.
3. God is all-powerful: God has the power to do, change, destroy, or create anything he chooses.

What's the problem then?

Evil.
Evil exists, which guarantees that a god of this caliber does not.
If God was all good, he would not have created evil. You think there needs to be a balance between good and evil? God is all-powerful, he has the ability to create a world that doesn't need evil. That alone should be enough.

Go back through your history books. You have proof of god's inexistance. Its called indulgence. One man creates a system of morals, chivalry, if you will, to keep the economy afloat, and another corrupt man creates the Catholic religion. How is reconciliation different from indulgence? You're not being forced to pay. The church relies on the fact that once you believe reconciliation actually works, you will believe that god wants you to give the church money.

The only thing I don't understand... People.
Some people are obviously not on the same level as the rest of us. Could there be a higher plane of identity? We are all bound by humanity, but are there differences we can't see? Do we have souls?
Some people are actually shallow enough, not shallow because they are morally loose, but shallow because they don't think on the deeper side of things, to believe enough in a myth to devote their entire life to the church. If I have one goal, it's to find the difference in people that makes them so shallow minded.
Of course I don't believe in true love, and that ties into my philosophy on morals. That's an arguement for a different day though.

If you've got any ideas or arguements to give me, by all means, you know how to get a hold of me.

2005-10-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

My instincts once again hit the target right in the eye.
I'll be back in Omaha next semester.
I'm gonna miss a lot of people down there, but not a lot of others. Plus I'll be back with the greatest friends anyone could ask for, and back with the family that needs me most.
Money is becoming a huge problem for me. Being back in Omaha means I won't have to choose between a job and the Chapstik Villains.

Thanks to everyone who went to the show. I really appreciate you guys.

And before you say something to me, stop. You know what you're doing, and I know what you're doing.
Please don't. I can take care of myself.
I appreciate it, but there are some things I need to do alone.

2005-10-11T15:01:00.000-07:00

Be Careful What You Wish For

Well, its looking like I won't be in Lincoln next year, maybe next semester.
There's been an assload of big changes in my life this week. One of my parents has left their current employer behind. The papers to adopt Miguel were invalid, and attempts to change them are being thwarted by rockslides in Guatamala, courtesy of Hurricane Katrina. My student bills is due tomorrow, and supposedly I owe 1300 dollars for things I thought I already paid for. Taxes in Papillion are skyrocketing, which means that my family may be moving out of Papillion.
All that and I'm majoring in Art. The most deadend program in the world. My parents can't support me forever, and from the looks of it, neither can I.

On a lighter note, my band, The Chapstik Villains, is playing at The Rock on Saturday. If you read this, please go, we need all the support we can get. The show starts at 7:30, and should end around 11 or 12. Its 6$ a head, and a buck goes to us if we have 25 people show up, so bring your friends, and your friends' friends. Talk to me and we'll party afterwards.

2005-09-28T14:53:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't updated in a reaaaally long time.
If you ask me to do or help you with something, I apologize if I decline. I have a shitload going on right now. In fact, I'll list some of it.

-College (life is shit without school, ya know?)
-Chapstik Villains (the best thing in life right now, www.myspace.com/thechapstikvillains)
-The return of Mirridian (my first band, hopefully together by next summer)
-Table Tactics 3 (the best game of table tactics ever)
-Shiznit (my webcomic)
-Spidey (Spiderman!!!!)
-X-Box (Ultimate Spiderman and X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse)

2005-07-27T22:19:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, if you like Shiznit, my webcomic, you'll probably enjoy the other webcomics in the group I just joined: The Omaha Funksters.
We're always looking for new webcomics to join, so if you have one, let us know.

There's a link on the sidebar, replacing Shiznit.

2005-07-10T22:10:00.000-07:00

Table Tactics Advance

Starts Monday, sometime Monday, any of the 11 people playing need to visit the forums. You can get to the forums through the link on the sidebar, but anyone who is not playing will not be able to access them. Registration is now closed, also.

2005-07-04T23:01:00.000-07:00

Sorry, not alot of updates recently, and for a while. I have alot going on.

First off:
Chapstick Villains 2nd Show- St. Bernadette's Festival 12:00 noon - 4:00 PM Sunday
We'll be playing most of our own stuff, and possibly a few covers. Go and support us. We should have 1 inch CV buttons coming pretty soon also, but they won't be ready for the show. Sorry about that.

Second Off:
Joe is leaving for Minnesota thursday. Everyone make sure they give him a good goodbye. His msn is josephxgpjones@yahoo.com.
Here's a pic of Joe from the rennaissance fair.

Also, Here's a picture of Chris from the rennaissance fair. Crazy bastard beat Kevin in fencing, then beat the two guys that were running the damn thing. He's never used a sword before. We all saw it coming though.

Third Off:
Anyone who wants to play Table Tactics 2/Advance lemme know right away. The concert is setting it back, and TT1 still has to be finished.

Peace

2005-06-30T23:16:00.000-07:00

Table Tactics...

A great survivor like game. The first one is still playing out in the Court House, Outsider's forums, which you can get to through his blog on the sidebar.
The second one, is on a much larger scale, I'm hoping. While the first only has 7 members, I'm hoping for a lot more with this one.
You can check it out on the sidebar, but if you are not invited, and you register, I will delete your account. If you're interested in playing, please contact me.

2005-06-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, here's a clip from my webcomic:

If you like what you see, please check out Shiznit Comix on the sidebar. I have a lot of fun drawing it, though I don't make much progress, and I hope everyone likes it as much as they say they do.
Right now, its rated #1 in the top ten!!!!! THere are around 43 comics at Smask Jeeves, and I'm really thankful and happy to be #1. It gets me really excited.

Thanks guys, keep readingand rating.

2005-06-09T21:49:00.000-07:00

Check out my comic, Shiznit, on the left panel.
There's only 5 or 6 pages, but it's ranked number three by my provider, Smack Jeeves. Sadly losing to comics I know shouldn't beat it.

Anyways, thanks anybody who reads it, please spread it around. I love hearing about it more than life itself, especially when its good review.

2005-06-01T20:47:00.000-07:00

Ok, I finally have something to update.
I have a comic that is actually on the go, called Shiznit. The site was originally going to be Shiznit Comix, that way I can put whatever comics I choose to on it, but for now its based on the character, Shiznit, so the comic itself is called Shiznit. The site is called Shiznit Comix tho. Go check it out, I removed Ninja Academy and City of Zeroes for now.

I'm hoping to have updates daily, or M-W-F.

2005-05-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

I've got too many ideas for comics, so I figure I'll just turn this into a webcomic producing blog. I love the ideas of Ninja Academy and City of Heroes, but I have lots of other ideas.

I see that my comics are all based around, or as I like to put it, inspired by other shows, comics, or stories, and if you look at all my ideas, you can pick them right out. Ninja Academy has the best storyline, but its inspired mostly by Naruto, and maybe a little dragonball z or anything. City of Heroes gets its gloominess from Sin City, and is mostly inspired by Marvel comics. Nobody would know about that yet though, because I've yet to release a comic. I figured it would be easier, since I only had to do the backgrounds, but it actually takes me longer for a sprite comic than a regular comic.

I also want to do a straight out star wars mock comic. I'll use figures from my life and mesh them with actual star wars characters to create a more comical comic. And finally, I have a lot of inspiration coming from Pokemon right now, since I came into posession of some of the new cards, and doing a comic or something will cost me a lot less money.

So in the future (not near), expect more Ninja Academy, some City of HEroes to start off with, some concept art for an untitled Star wars mock, and some time of storyline involving monsters, maybe something to do with Seasonal Selections.

2005-04-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

This explains itself.

2005-04-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

This weekend was pretty dull, but I did some okay stuff.
Saturday I bought the first Sin City book, the original, renamed "The Hard Goodbye"

Here's a pic from it:

I editted the page myself.

Anyways, me and Tyler found some pictures, and we'll put one up for you right here. They're quite entertaining.

Its Shane and Ruth at Prom!!!

2005-04-18T09:49:00.000-07:00

I've linked to a bunch of my favorite webcomics, and if anyone is too afraid to check them out, I'm going to summarize them.

A Modest Destiny: Medieval kind of story, a bunch of different storylines actually. It's basically only good because of its sprites, but the story is decent anyways.

Zap!: A comic about Zap, who lost his memory, and finds out he is a psychis, and also the captain of a spaceship. His crew includes a lady-friend, a four armed gorilla, a mechanic furry, and a smart ass robit.

Beaver and Steve: Beaver (a beaver) and Steve (some kind of lizard) do lots of stuff. They fight a shoe goblin, and there isn't one set storyline.

Chooken: Chooken is a small round chicken. But he's also an agent... Lots of Cuteness, lots of blood.

Flying Ferret: Comic done in actual comic book form. Flying Ferret is sort of a mock hero.

Once Upon a STAR: Comic done by an old friend named Lone STAR. About himself.

Check this stuff out anyhow.

2005-04-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

City of Heroes
I have alot of story coming along now, a handful of characters, and the settings all plotted out. In a way Squidi.net is like the big brother of this comic, and if Sean Howard finds out about it, its likely he'll flip shit, because he does that anytime he finds anything remotely resembling his work. This resembles his work, and not remotely. I'm flat out stealing his process of work, pixelated characters, and tablet drawn backgrounds.
But everything I am using is MINE. I made my own bases, I'm drawing my own backgrounds, panels, fonts, and I've written the whole story myself.

Anyways, I have a link up on the side to introduce the main character, and I gotta get back to work. I'm incorporating a lot of my favorite ideas and scenarios into this, so I'm expecting it to last at least a little longer than any other project I've ever taken on.

2005-04-12T08:40:00.000-07:00

Still no pictures, I take my camera everywhere, but I forget to take any pictures with it. Hopefully things will pick up.

I found another fun game maker, and got into point and click style games again. If you like Monkey Island, you'll like Adventure Game Studio, which allows you to make similar games.
If anyone is interested in RPGMaker, I'll let you borrow the cd for a dollar. Everything you need is included.

I'm also starting a new comic, called City of Heroes. Inspired by the artwork in A Modest Destiny, and also the storylines in Marvelous Bob, and dozens of Darkhorse Comics.

Hopefully I'll have that up in a week or so.

2005-04-01T09:34:00.000-08:00

I just want everybody to know, if you go to the susical, I'm going to like you a whole lot less. Remember what Paul said at the pep rally?
"We may be losers, but we never lose" is what he said, I think.
First of all, if your a loser, its obviously because you lose. Second of all, if you never lose, its because in drama, there is no one for you to lose to, there's no competition. Third, the scales of coolness are bizarro in drama, and winning in drama is actually losing in real life. Pick up a ball or even a video game or something. Do your nails.

I'd also like to say that Spring break was the best break I've had all high school.

2005-03-22T08:38:00.000-08:00

I got the new Goldfinger cd, and even more so now, they are probably my favorite band. There's a track called "Behind the Mask" on the cd, which depicts animal cruelty in slaughterhouses and other things. Its kind of a sequel to another video/song they did called "Free Me" on their Open Your Eyes cd.

I really suggest you watch this video, it'll change your attitude towards a few things. I seriously almost cried when I watched "Behind the Mask." It just so messed up what goes on.
Anyways, here's the video link, if it doesn't work, you can download it.
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=free_me

In other personal news, I've got three trips lined up for this summer. I'm gonna go on a cruise with my parents as sort of a goodbye-I'm-goin-to-college thing. I'm planning, not hoping, on going up to Valentine to head down the Niobrara with Kim, Tyler, and some of her friends. Finally, I have to go to California for a stupid wedding with my Dad and sister. I'm doing all I can to get out of it.

Btw, Still no pictures, I haven't been out much lately.

2005-03-15T15:12:00.000-08:00

Here's the picture for the day.

Isaac explains why skating is so damn much fun.

Anyways, I'm going on retreat tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get some fun pictures.
Also, I'm done with Ninja Academy for now. I'm leaving it up until either I decide to put enough effort into it where the lines can be straight, or until I'm experienced enough to color more than just the characters. I may do something else, depends on how motivated I am. For now, I'm not though.

2005-03-14T09:34:00.000-08:00

I was bored today, so I made a Kim Wallpaper. How awesome is that? If she's not creeped out by that, I think I'm going to give up, cause I can't do much worse besides a hair doll, and I can never remember that.

Anyways, here's the wallpaper.

I'm kinda bumming out about prom. Going to two is gonna be harsh, but I'm a tough guy. I also have a secret plan, wait, two secret plans, that should make that week alot better.

2,3,6, 8,9,13,15,22
derka derka

2005-03-13T13:01:00.000-08:00

Now, Adema's rhythmic guitarist, Mike Ransom, left Adema a long time ago, but the band kept going without him. Now, Adema moved to Earache, (which isn't so bad, Napalm Death was with Earache a while ago) and Marky Chavez left the band after getting into a fight with Kris Kohl, who is clearly the leader of the band.
They hired some podunk alternative rock singer as Marky's replacement, and now have a mainstream sound, as opposed to their old numetal style. I for one think this is total bullshit. I listened to one of their songs and am really dissapointed, though I bet I'll end up with their cd anyhow.
Marky joined up with some guys out of Filter, which is probably going make his band a loose alternative piece of shit too.

First Linkin Park goes to hell with Nelly or whatever, then this. Thank god my tastes are changing, otherwise I wouldn't stay sane. Greenday is starting to make me sick too, although I'm finding a new love in Goldfinger.

Here's the best picture out of my camera last week.

How that for a mood lighten-er

2005-03-09T08:46:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm right out of pictures, so I'm just gonna blab for a while.

Friday was Kien's party, and what did we do? Same thing as always, play smash brothers. I think. I'm just gonna keep sucking at it, because whenever I do good, everyone gets pissed off about it. Me and Travis rocked the house, beat everyone.
Remind everybody that reads this to join the forums.
Prom is less than a month away, and I've found an awesome way to earn a scholarship. If my date and I come to prom wearing clothes made entirely out of ductape, we can win 2500$ a piece in scholarship money. Assuming we take first place, which means we'll have to make bitchin clothes.
UNL is lookin cooler and cooler, and I'm gettin a little anxious. I want to be out on my own. The schedule is going to be so much different, and alot easier on me. I'm gonna room with David Ackerman, and he, and anybody else I talk to say that the transition from high school to college is even better than going from gradeschool to high school.
Seasonal Selections is slowing down again. I need to color all the ones me and Tyler did, but Jessie has basically quit, and Joe and Chris aren't putting out.
Ninja Academy is on hold, I've got more important things going on.
On another note, people need to try more to look at things from other people's perspectives sometimes. Everybody seems to think that they are the victim, when really they are putting the pressure on other people. I'm not excluding myself, but I'm getting sick of it.

I guess I'm done for now. Pray to God I get some more pictures this weekend. I have a camera full now, but they aren't pictures I can put up here, and they're all of basically the same stuff.

2005-02-27T20:28:00.000-08:00

This break has totally blown so far, I haven't done anything but things to keep me busy. I've been a really good boy for a long time, and it's building up. I really want to do something crazy and not boring. Being good all the time is very boring. I wanna go to skateland so bad, but nobody will go with me, or nobody will can. Ice skating sounds really cool too, but that's alot more work than skateland.

I have like 4 more pictures from this entire break, which means I'm going to have to kick it up. I don't work at all for another week for some reason, so I have plenty of time to do that.
For once, Greg was with us last night, so I'ma tell alittle about him.
We went to a place called Zap! last night, which is coincedentally the same name as my favorite webcomic. But anyways, its a laser tag place, where everything is designed like a comic. We're all 17, and basically, if you're our age there, you're a loser. We're pretty damn cool compared to the other older kids that go there, but being there does make me feel losery. The place is covered in little kids.

Anyways, that's Greg. Greg was the getaway in the streaker incident. Greg plays a mean keyboard, but plays bass in Matt's band. Greg's a crazy long distance runner too, but I'm alot faster than he is speedwise. Also, Greg works at Runza and is single.

2005-02-23T15:34:00.000-08:00

I'm out of pictures again, I haven't had any fun times to take pictures. Hopefully I will this weekend, since we have a 5 day break.
I'm still stuck in this sick kind of depression, but it's not nearly as bad lately. I hate feeling like a bum all the time, but I've written like three songs in two days, so I'm on a roll. How terrible is that. I'm slowing way down on Ninja Academy too, it's alot more work than I expected. Hopefully I can kick it up a notch. I'm still trying to draw for seasonal selections.

Here's some other pictures from the talent show, Gabe and Josh from the Hermies. I'd show the whole band, but there isnt pictures of John or Ryan.
Gabe is the bassist on the left, and Josh is the guitarist on the right.

They are pretty good, and have only been together about a year or so.

2005-02-22T14:24:00.000-08:00

I haven't got much goin on lately, anything anybody would want to know anyways XD.
I've doing a whole shitload of drawing, and even though I have almost the whole week off work, I am busier than I usually am. It's really gay.
I really want to quit my job, but I'm starting to question why. I think I might want to quit because of the things that are happening to everybody else at my job, namely Matt and Kim. Kim gets screwed into working a whole ton more than anyone should, and Matt gets in trouble for not closing good enough. I wonder if I just want to quit because I talk to them so much.
On the other hand though, I'm making a huge deal out of stuff coming up, and unless I do quit, I'm not going to be able to do those things. The Greenday concert is comin soon, and since Matt, Tyler, and Kim all work with me, there's no way we'd all be able to go. So basically if I quit before then, I'll guarantee my night of ecstacy. Yea, I said ecstacy.
Also, the first two weeks in April are going to be so boss, if I work them, they're going to be ruined. There's Kim's prom, whatever follows that, Kim's birthday, our prom, after prom, and then our anniversary. I'm hoping to get a rock show sometime too, maybe at afterprom. That'd be boss too.

So I guess I'll just leave this picture of Kien to top it off for anyone who read that.

2005-02-20T20:24:00.000-08:00

So two little girls have started sending me messages, if you know either one of them let me know.
Their names are Alyssa Constanzo and Kayla Ring. They go to Mission, and if i don't find out how they got my name, I'm going to give them a call.

2005-02-16T14:34:00.000-08:00

Ug.

There's another page up on Ninja Academy, but another one won't come for a while probably, because I have a lot of art to do for Seasonal Selections, and on top of that, I have to draw up a business logo for a gear company owned by a family friend.
I'm stuck in some kind of sick depressive hype right now, and the thought of it makes me angry, which just keeps circling around. Im angry because Im angry because Im angry...
I need a vacationso bad I could kill, and one is coming next week, so nobody get mad when I blow up the neighborhood.
I want to quit my job so bad, but I'm not sure if I have the balls. I hate the scheduling, and now it's getting worse. I'm looking for a new job, but I'm afraid a new job won't solve my problems. I want to take time off and hang out with my friends, but they all work with me, so there's no way in hell to do that. Someone gets screwed everytime somehow.

So I'll just end with another little pally spotlight.

It's Joe.
Joe's a fitness buff, rides at gross on scolarships, so he's a smart kid, and is one of the best artists in the school. He plays clarinet in the band, tho not so enthused about it. He's hella devoted too. He signed himself up for most of the work on Seasonal Selections. Overall, he's a cool kid, and can beat me at just about anything.

2005-02-13T13:53:00.000-08:00

Ninja Academy: My third decent comic, and my first webcomic. There's a link on the sidebar, and I would enjoy it if you check it out. Instead of me blasting you with the whole comic, each entry is updated with the newest page, and any comments I have on the matter. It's not in color, I don't have the time to color it, but I hope the story is interesting enough that readers will stay interested for at least a little while, and maybe even anticipate the next pages.

Please check it out.

Just another bio to top this off, since I figure a picture blog should always have pictures.

This is Isaac. Isaac came here from Ghana a long while ago, and is probably one of the coolest kids in school. You never see him with the same people twice, so its pretty crazy that he's in our crew alot. He goes to a lot of African parties, and never lets us come, which is bogus. But he's a real cool kid to hang out with. It's alot of fun to make Isaac laugh, cause he has the craziest laugh in the universe.

2005-02-13T12:26:00.000-08:00

I gave up water for lent. Yes, its hard, but I am doing it. My head hurts really bad, but that might be because I have a cold. There are tons of reasons why this is a bad idea, but I figure Jesus gave up a whole lot more when he died on the cross, water isnt all that important. I still have soda. The body is made up of 98% water. So if I stop drinking it, thats a big chunk going byebye. Maybe I will get really tiny if all the water goes away.
But its sunday anyways, and I think its in my best interest to use this opportunity to drink enough water to last me the rest of the week.

Anyways, I have lots better pictures of the Chapstick Villains now, so if anybody wants them, ask in the forums. I'll post a couple here for now.

2005-02-09T16:55:00.000-08:00

Ok, I didn't do anything fun lately (that I can post here anyways), so I'm just going to talk about internet stuff.
I'm reviving the EricLand forums, and there is a link on the sidebar. Go, sign up, post, la dee frickin da. I'm almost ready to launch Ninja Academy, my webcomic. There's a link on the sidebar for that too. Me and Tyler are still almost done with Seasonal Selections, and there is a board in the forums for now. Sooner or later I will link to the Seasonal Selections site. Check out the other people's blogs on the side bar over there too. Florent's is by far the most interesting if you can speak french, otherwise there is Nick's next to worthless ranting, Adam's super opinionated opinions, or Anne's dramatically motivated speech.
By the way, go to the forums.

Anyways, here's just a pic of Kim and Katie from the show saturday. I'm gonna use this for Katie's bio today.

Katie works at Fazoli's with us, and has one of the strongest voices in the biz. Everybody likes her, and she does a pretty damn good job at what she does, so she's earned a lot of respect too. If you have a beef with Katie, keep it to yourself, cause you're most likely alone.

2005-02-07T08:41:00.000-08:00

Friday was Florent's birthday party, so everyone should wish him a happy birthday. happy birthday florent.

We took him to Valentino's, which has become sort of a hangout for us when he's around.
Here's a couple pictures of Florent for the ladies.

I'm gonna put like bios on here too, using the extras pictures I have of everyone. I think I might also make collages with different themes too, using the pictures I have. Maybe one for all the Wisecups, or one of just one person once I get enough pictures.

Anyways, this is Travis.

Travis is Tyler's little bro, and is Trent's twin bro. I didn't really know him too well until recently, when we started hanging out outside the lunch table. Travis is real mellow, and easy for me to mess with. He runs track, and I hear he's real awesome at alot of video games. He almost came to skateland with us, but I didn't call him, because I thought he didn't want to go.

2005-02-06T20:54:00.000-08:00

Oh yea.

The show was saturday, and I'm satisfied with the turn out. Thanks to everyone who read this and actually went, because that's actually no one.
Katie and Kim took pictures and sat through the show for me, so thanks alot to them. Here's a few pics they tried to take.

That's me and John and Nick in Mirridian, playing a song called Exhaust (I'm Tired)

This is me and Johnny (dr. mothra) in the Chaptstick Villains, playing a song called Godzilla Goes to Heaven. The crowd loved our duds, Johnny in his blazer with the arms hemmed off, and my dress vest.

Derka Derka

2005-02-03T09:21:00.000-08:00

Well, I drew this picture for Kim, but she didn't really buy it, but I've really gotten attached to it. So I think I'm going to get rid of Shiznit, and replace him with the new Eric Land Mascot. Or maybe I'll just let him be the sidekick. Anyways, his name is Abe. He's a monkey. And he has a bad attitude.

2005-01-31T19:06:00.000-08:00

The internet entity known as the White Assassin, Strider, and probably a few more dark romantic names, is shrouded in mystery, enigma, and other evil-ish good guy qualities.

BUT NO MORE.....

His real name is Chris Penny, and he lives right here in my hometown: Omaha, Nebraska. Although he does take karate, he is by no means an assassin or a jedi, and at first glance, would not appear to be anything of a lone wolf, considering his tight circle of friends.

But here it is... the moment you've all been waiting for... the man behind the mask....

It's Chris, doing what he does best: killing others digitally, and showing not a single hint of regret.

derka derka

2005-01-30T19:38:00.000-08:00

This is Nick and Christine, with James yearning to play along on Halo 2. Nick is our guiarist in Mirridian.

This is Johnny, my fellow band member in Doctor Mothra.

2005-01-27T19:31:00.000-08:00

Big news people: Talent Show Next Saturday, February 5th. c

The show is sometime during the night, probly around 6, 7, or 8, but I'd really appreciate it if anyone who sees this will go.

I'm going to play in two bands saturday, as Bassist/Singer.

John Targy on drums, and Nick Wertzberger on guitar are with me in Mirridian, and Johnny Leonovitz (Dr. Mothra) is the drummer in The Chapstick Villains with me.

2005-01-20T08:44:00.000-08:00

Well, I have news for people who care I guess. I can't decide whether it's good news or bad news, but it's news nonetheless.

My parents are adopting a little kid from Guatamala(*?). I don't know much else besides the fact that he's is a toddler, between 2 and 4 years old. They've been thinking about it for a long time, and now that they've decided to go through with it, they told me last night.
I don't know if I'm being an idiot, but this just feels wrong to me. I don't want to get into why though, because I'm not sure I want everyone who comes across this to know it all.

I'm getting a little scared for college now too. This whole adopting thing makes everything way more overwhelming. It's alot more depressing to think about who and what I'm leaving behind, and who and what is leaving me behind. With this new kid, my parents are going to have alot more on they're hands, and just the idea of another kid feels like there's alot more pressure on me.

I gotta get to work.

2005-01-18T17:44:00.000-08:00

Pictures from Today:
Only a few, during the week I can't take as many pictures, cause nothing happens worth anybody knowing about.

Anyways, poor Joe's car window doesn't roll up anymore, which makes the ride home on the interstate very frustrating... and cold So, here's a couple pictures of poor Joe, trying to force his window up in vain.

derka derka

2005-01-18T09:05:00.000-08:00

I don't have much to say today, but I'm compelled to say something anyways.
The new motto: Don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die

Here's a picture of Kien in his prime back in Vietnam.
This picture is vile, but I had to do it.

Kien used to e a body builder back in Vietnam, but now he's in America, eating cheeseburgers. He's prepping himself to go back on Trimspa like Anna Nicole.

2005-01-15T21:41:00.000-08:00

I really encourage everyone who reads this to post comments. It's not that hard, and I like to see what people think of the pictures, whether good or bad.

With that said, Seasonal Selection is nearing its final preparation stages, and we should have it ready to play in a few weeks.
I guess I don't have much else to say except sorry.

Here's a close up of my bellie button in the dark, to kind of take away the bad feeling i left with the line above.

2005-01-14T21:46:00.000-08:00

Introducing the Cool People in Band.
Over 50 bandies, and only like 6 pictures.

We'll start with Joe. Joe is probably one of my best friends in band, and the fact that he doesn't seem to care about or want to be involved in anything the band does makes me feel all warm inside.

This is Gabe. Gabe was shot in the eye with a dart gun when he was little, and now only has full use of his right eye. Cool guy though.

Kurt is a wierd fellow. He loves the band Danzig, and loves to not talk. Below is a demonstration of how wierd he can be.

Okay, so I did buy 300 keychains that say "I Love Eric" on them to distribute, but having another man kiss your ring is just akward.

Anne is constantly oppressed by society, and my taking a picture of her is obviously a perfect example.

Last but not least, they're's Phil. Phil is a funny guy, but I think if you drank 3 cups of coffee an hour, you'd be as go-go-go as Phil is all the time. Some times you feel down and out of it, but Phil has plenty of energy to go around.

Last but not least again: Kim!
She's trying to hold back a smile, but nobody can help it when they're around me, especially not her.

derka derka

2005-01-14T13:29:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple extra pictures from the Breadstick Conference, and just around work.

Katie and Michaela look on at the contest from another table.

Kim encourages me to keep eating. No pun intended.

Tyler, who was just hired at Fazoli's, takes a deep breath and begins the story of his life.

This is Tonya. Tonya likes to buy funny t-shirts. She told us about one that had Buddha on it, and said "I'm fat but I have a big cock."

2005-01-13T20:07:00.000-08:00

The Breadstick Conference

Its pretty simple, the contestants were Matt, Tyler, Zach, and myself. Winner eats the most breadsticks from Fazoli's.

Scores:
Matt: 20
Tyler: 13
Zach: 0 (He blew us off)
Eric: 27

So I won another title. That makes me the breadstick king and the burger king.
Here's the pictures.

A half eaten plate of breadsticks. This plate has some 25 breadsticks on it when it started.
Boom. All gone.

Snarfing Breadsticks. That's me btw.

At 13 breadsticks, Tyler gives up with a terrible stomach ache.

Matt, on the other hand, thinks he stands a chance. He recreates his own version of The Eye.

At 25 breadsticks, not even I can be optimistic.

Those are all the important Breadstick Conference pictures. I'll post some more of later that night tomorrow, and maybe even... Kim...

derka derka

2005-01-11T17:36:00.000-08:00

For anybody who didn't know and is reading this, Florent is from Belgium, and Kien is from Vietnam. Florent's blog is in french, so you won't be able to read much without a translator.

Hopefully I'll have some pictures of them and the rest of the crew up pretty soon, but until then, you'll have to settle for this picture of my dog, Pups.

2005-01-11T08:31:00.000-08:00

Well, I have pictures from Florent's Weekend Extravaganza. Florent has his own digital camera too, and a website ten times better than this to match it. Some of the pictures are from his website, but he also sent me a few of the ones that he didnt put online.
There are alot of pictures of me, but don't think I'm egotistical or something, I didn't take any of the pictures, Florent did.

This is Kien and me. Kien is a master at the game Yugioh, and has stolen dozens of cards from other kids because, and I quote, "He is the strongest person in Vietnam."

Here is Isaac hiding his face, while Maggie watches him, and Anna and Tina are having a deep conversation.

Here's me right after I finish my business.

This is Maggie.

Here's me trying to seduce Maggie and Kashka. I look jolly in the face.

Here's me relaxing after thinking really really hard.

This is Kashka.

2005-01-10T17:45:00.000-08:00

These are my two guitars, Hewy and the She-Hulk.
I also have an acoustic guitar from my dad right now, but I don't write anything seriously on that. The things I write on my basses I play with my band, Mirridian, while the stuff I play on the acoustic is usually slower, deeper stuff that I don't let anyone else see or hear.
I still have alot of work to do.

2005-01-10T09:44:00.000-08:00

Here is Edgar as he makes himself some food for his break? What are you going to eat Edgar?
I never actually found out. I may never know.

Tyler has an interview for a job with us at Fazoli's today. Everybody wish him luck.

2005-01-10T08:45:00.000-08:00

Me and Tyler are almost finished setting up Seasonal Selections XD
its our card game that is going to be better than Yugioh!

heres a pic of Tyler using his thinking yo-yo

Things are almost done, we have Joe and I don't know who else working on the graphics with us, but we're almost done setting up all the powers, special effects, and just cards in general. In about a day, we're gonna do a dry run, and draw everything up on paper. This way we can make sure everything runs smoothly before we start printing things off on the card paper. THe card paper comes in packages of either 25 or 50, and its not cheap. Probably around 10$ a package. Im thinking of asking people to donate if they want to play the game, that way its easier for us to manage things.

2005-01-09T19:51:00.000-08:00

I wanna make a picture blog, with pictures I take with my nifty new digital camera. I haven't taken that many, but I'm sure once I figure out how to transfer them to my computer I'll take a whole lot more.

Anyways, this is how its gonna be derka derka.