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Post by anaix3l on Sept 19, 2017 18:48:10 GMT -5
Was talking about random shit with a friend and the conversation got to being scolded back during school days. I... never really cared, never really got "domesticated". Just got more avoidant, covered my tracks better and that was it. I would just sit there, repeat "go hang yourself" inside my head and imagined all sort of cartoonish things, like flattening them in between trash cans, dropping trash cans on them... or a hot iron, puking on them... just imagine, bits of orange and schnitzel on their fancy clothes...
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Post by anaix3l on Feb 5, 2018 20:36:05 GMT -5
I'm afraid.
Most people here probably already know this, but I'm always in front at concerts.
Here's what I do once I get there. I test the barrier, how well it holds in place. I mock jump it just to check that I can. I look for fire extinguishers. I look to see what's hanging above. Trust me, that's another very good reason to want to be in the corner if there's a catwalk. I look for exits, stairs, passageways. Are people allowed to just stand there or do they get told to move?
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Post by anaix3l on Jun 27, 2018 11:40:15 GMT -5
Something I remember from a literature class in high school: a quote by a 19th century Romanian writer that would roughly translate to "Do you want to know the world? Look at it from up close. Do you want to like it? Look at it from far away." Sounds a bit awkward to me in English, but I think you can get the idea.
I cringe every single time I see social media posts from bands who played at the Roman Arenas. There are always comments about how cool the venue looks. But... props to the photographer and... all cats are black at night. What can't be seen in those night time, carefully chosen pictures is that the place is decayed, not far from literally starting to fall apart. That it smells like a latrine. That sometimes the upper exits are not open at the end of the shows and it takes 15 minutes to get out of there if only the main exit is available when there are 7-8K people crammed in that 5K arena. Which would be really bad in an emergency.
I do get that, going around the world for years, the bands and their crews have seen a lot worse. I know there's an interview with James LoMenzo after he played another shitty venue in Bucharest where you literally had roaches and rats running on the floor in between your feet. He was asked about it and he seemed unfazed - he had seen worse. I also get that they don't want to say anything bad about the places they play for fear it might feel offensive to the fans and it's not the fans' fault the venue looks like shit.
The only time I ever heard anyone say anything was when Dave Mustaine did one of those time bomb videos that get erased a short while after. He said something like "You have no idea how bad this place smells". Except I do have an idea. The smell was indeed awful. I was at that show. And at others at the same venue. I don't need the place to be fancy. But I'd sure want it to be decent.
I'm not sure if I'll be seeing another show there after the Annihilator show in November.
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Post by anaix3l on Jul 1, 2018 13:29:09 GMT -5
Thursday, at the airport, as I was leaving for the Vampires show. At the passport check, I get asked where I'm going and... I'm lost, for a moment I'm actually asking myself "where the fuck am I going today?" Then I get asked the same question in English and whether I speak Romanian... which is, you know... um... I obviously have a Romanian ID that they can see, but maybe I just have that more northern look, pale, freckled and kinda reddish hair? Then I finally get it! Frankfurt! Good grief, never make fun of rock stars who happen to blurt out the wrong city name during shows! I remember James Hetfield said "Budapest" once during their set at Sonisphere and not only corrected himself after, but kept saying "Bucharest" throughout the rest of the show (to make sure it's clear he does know where he is?). And everybody still made fun of that, including some of the bands who played on the next day and couldn't miss out the opportunity to mention that, unlike him, they do know where they are!
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Post by anaix3l on Aug 6, 2018 6:55:26 GMT -5
Typo I just made a bit earlier: "in cockwise order" - good thing I caught it before hitting send!
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Post by anaix3l on Sept 18, 2018 6:53:03 GMT -5
We were at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. It was near closing time, so not many people there anymore. And I just had to try some contortion under some trees. Nothing crazy, I was in jeans and cold and stiff, but I still did a Y stand. And then some people showed up and we heard them say "wow, that's impressive!" - oopsie, they saw me!
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Post by anaix3l on Dec 28, 2018 12:59:07 GMT -5
Identity theft is easy enough to do it accidentally. I swear, I did not intend to do it. Especially since I have the hots for this guy who now knows me under a name that's not mine.
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Post by anaix3l on May 18, 2019 10:44:57 GMT -5
I wish carnivorous plants ate stupid people.
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Post by anaix3l on Feb 2, 2021 19:27:59 GMT -5
I came across this and uh, oh, the 5th video... I do that too. Except I look right and left and make sure there's nobody else around so I don't get yelled at. I first started using my feet to open or close doors, turn lights on or off and to do a lot of other things in general after I was assaulted in 2008. I didn't really have choice when I first got out of hospital. One arm was tightly wrapped in bandages and the other one hurt to move too much, so good thing I was decently flexible. I've resumed the habit during the pandemic so I'd avoid touching things with my hands. And I do understand it's not nice towards people who aren't as bendy and cannot use anything other than their hands, but...
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Post by anaix3l on Jul 10, 2021 13:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by anaix3l on Dec 12, 2022 15:28:29 GMT -5
I'm trying so hard not to get excited about the upcoming Insomnium album (a concept album whose story drew inspiration from the Torsåker witch trials), but they're making it really difficult.
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