Sermon 36: How do you get through the night?

[Little Billy]

"Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be that prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel's."
-Frank Sinatra, as quoted by Larry the Diseased Mountain Monk.

Larry told me that one, while we were puking our guts out after an ill-advised evening of Captain Morgan's and Clarence Thomas hearings, back in the 80s...and I still believe that there is wisdom in those words spoken by Old Blue Eyes.

So, I ask you; what get's YOU through the night?...Through those long hours when there is no constant babble to help you forget that the congress are fools, the president of our nation is a crook, that the geeks really ARE out to get you...from the parking-Nazi with his ticket book, to the self-important receptionist, to all the other hustlers and pimps and slacksuckers that you could almost swear are right outside your bedroom window, tapping and scratching like tommyknockers in a Welsh mine?

How do you hold out til dawn, knowing that yesterday's nightmares are tomorrow's reality? That the same exact psychotic robot-people are going to pull the same filthy tricks? Oh, they may look different, but they're ALL the same person. Ms Pink, Mr Grayface...They're really all the same. We think you know who we're talking about, MISTER DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT! MISS ALL MEN ARE RAPISTS! WHY YES, WE THINK YOU DO, MISTER I'M REALLY NOT RACIST, BUT I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT MY PROPERTY VALUES! MISSUS PLEASE HOLD FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE VOICE BOT! Yeah, we know what the score is...

So tell me, how DO you hang on to your sanity until the sun rises? Until you forge your way back into the meat grinder, to your "job", to those "possessions" that you are TOLD to WANT? There's a reason they're called "possessions", you know...not because you possess them, but rather because THEY possess YOU. Gotta have an HDTV! Gotta have the newest, biggest SUV; the fastest computer money can buy, the big-ass house you never get to spend time in, because you need to WORK MORE, so you can buy that TIVO, so you can see all the TV shows you miss while you're out working to buy the stuff you see on the commercials of those TV shows and it never friggin' ends!

So, tell me Brothers and Sisters...how do YOU get through the night?

Or kill me.

[Imbrium]

Or kill me.

I'll opt out of the "kill you" option.

Personally, I find that sticking my ridiculous thoughts down in the form of sketches and then drawing them out on my pc distracting enough to make it through till dawn. Barring that, I read the latest Naruto strip...or...hmmmm...

I'll keep that last one to myself.

[Little Billy]

I'll opt out of the "kill you" option.



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[Imbrium]

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Well, it's really impractical, ya know.

[Little Billy]

Well, it's really impractical, ya know.

Not really. We're both in Arizona.

I could let you know when I would pass the book repository in Tucson, and you could get a Mannlicher-Carcano and POW! Everybody's happy!

Little Billy,
Will even rent a convertible.

[Imbrium]

Not really. We're both in Arizona.

I could let you know when I would pass the book repository in Tucson, and you could get a Mannlicher-Carcano and POW! Everybody's happy!

Little Billy,
Will even rent a convertible.

I like the convertable idea, but the chances of me missing due to poor aim are so high that it would be more probable of you dieing by nuclear explosion.

So, see, it's still really impractical.

Plus, there's not enough money in my assasination fund to splurge on that kind of rifle.

[Little Billy]

I like the convertable idea, but the chances of me missing due to poor aim are so high that it would be more probable of you dieing by nuclear explosion.

So, see, it's still really impractical.

Plus, there's not enough money in my assasination fund to splurge on that kind of rifle.


Damn. Maybe we could get a grant...

LB,
Knows certain government officials that would pay good money to see him dead. Especially in Tucson.

[Imbrium]

Damn. Maybe we could get a grant...

LB,
Knows certain government officials that would pay good money to see him dead. Especially in Tucson.

Wow! I'm impressed. The closest I've ever come to pissing off the government was not tipping my mailman for Christmas. Now he just keeps punting my packages over the fence.

Well, I'll keep an eye out for a grant. In the meantime, kick back and have a beer...it's going to be a nasty summer.

[Little Billy]

Wow! I'm impressed. The closest I've ever come to pissing off the government was not tipping my mailman for Christmas. Now he just keeps punting my packages over the fence.

Well, I'll keep an eye out for a grant. In the meantime, kick back and have a beer...it's going to be a nasty summer.


1. I've been spreading a nasty rumor about our drinking water, after I heard that the city government has been buying bottled water for it's workers while spending $120,000 to advertise how safe the tapwater is. It actually made the news (WKUP). :lol: A few tards at city hall knew who was responsible, because I had to request records.

2. I don't drink. But I'll swill coffee.

[Imbrium]

1. I've been spreading a nasty rumor about our drinking water, after I heard that the city government has been buying bottled water for it's workers while spending $120,000 to advertise how safe the tapwater is. It actually made the news (WKUP). :lol: A few tards at city hall knew who was responsible, because I had to request records.

2. I don't drink. But I'll swill coffee.

Damn! That's funny! And it made the news too. Well, good then. It pays to have concerned citizens that keep the local gov on it's toes...

...So, no beer eh? Do you swill your coffee black, or with cream and sugar.

[Little Billy]

Damn! That's funny! And it made the news too. Well, good then. It pays to have concerned citizens that keep the local gov on it's toes...

...So, no beer eh? Do you swill your coffee black, or with cream and sugar.


1. Actually, I totally made up the rumor that - due to the drought - the city wasn't using ALL the steps of the reclaimation process. Still funny, though. "WE'RE DRINKING POOMP!"

2. Black.

[Imbrium]

1. Actually, I totally made up the rumor that - due to the drought - the city wasn't using ALL the steps of the reclaimation process. Still funny, though. "WE'RE DRINKING POOMP!"

2. Black.

You made it up!!! 8O Is this kind of thing a hobby or a proffession? :lol:

[Little Billy]

You made it up!!! 8O Is this kind of thing a hobby or a proffession? :lol:

Neither. It's my religion. :lol:

[Imbrium]

Neither. It's my religion. :lol:

Oooohhhh. ....Let me meditate on this new religion. Sounds interesting.

Except I take my coffee only with hazelnut creamer, on Wednesdays.

[Little Billy]

Oooohhhh. ....Let me meditate on this new religion. Sounds interesting.

Except I take my coffee only with hazelnut creamer, on Wednesdays.


New nothing. It's been around since the 70s.

And the coffee is a personal thing. My religion makes no issue of it.

But people who contaminate their java are heathens, anyway.

Just saying.

[Imbrium]

New nothing. It's been around since the 70s.

And the coffee is a personal thing. My religion makes no issue of it.

But people who contaminate their java are heathens, anyway.

Just saying.

Well now. Hazelnut creamer isn't a contaminant! It's a necessity.

And...Wait. Making things up about the local politics has been around since the 70's? Shoot...I'm outa touch.

[Little Billy]

Well now. Hazelnut creamer isn't a contaminant! It's a necessity.

And...Wait. Making things up about the local politics has been around since the 70's? Shoot...I'm outa touch.

1. Heathen.

2. Not just that. All kinds of things..."improving" ads & billboards, bumperstickering squadcars ( "obey" ), attending other peoples' churches with asshattery aforethough, etc, etc.

Best part is, when things get wierd, they typically look at the dude with the freaky hair, instead of 30-something clean-cut, blue collar-looking Little Billy who is shocked...just SHOCKED...at these shennanigans occurring in his fair city.

I screwed up this last time, though. Time to lay low for a bit.

[Imbrium]

1. Heathen.

2. Not just that. All kinds of things..."improving" ads & billboards, bumperstickering squadcars ( "obey" ), attending other peoples' churches with asshattery aforethough, etc, etc.

Best part is, when things get wierd, they typically look at the dude with the freaky hair, instead of 30-something clean-cut, blue collar-looking Little Billy who is shocked...just SHOCKED...at these shennanigans occurring in his fair city.

I screwed up this last time, though. Time to lay low for a bit.

Ha! I'll take this heathen issue up with you another time. I'm due in the hospital in 48 hours to have people (who hopefully graduated medical school) cut me up a bit, and then sew me back up in the proper order. I've got lots to do. And I'm supposed to be asleep right now. Bah...blrrgg......

So you lay low...

Sheesh. Hazelnut creamer does not make me a heathen!......but my liverworst and raspberry jam crackers might.;)

[Little Billy]

Ha! I'll take this heathen issue up with you another time. I'm due in the hospital in 48 hours to have people (who hopefully graduated medical school) cut me up a bit, and then sew me back up in the proper order. I've got lots to do. And I'm supposed to be asleep right now. Bah...blrrgg......

So you lay low...

Sheesh. Hazelnut creamer does not make me a heathen!......but my liverworst and raspberry jam crackers might.;)


Good luck.

[Cain]

You know how I get through the night. I either taunt people until they break (and the sleep the sleep of the wicked) or get the bottle of Glenlivet and do shots until I feel sleepy.

[Little Billy]

You know how I get through the night. I either taunt people until they break (and the sleep the sleep of the wicked) or get the bottle of Glenlivet and do shots until I feel sleepy.


Well, yeah, but yuo = 1 snaggletoof. We expect that from your kind.

[Cain]

Well, yeah, but yuo = 1 snaggletoof. We expect that from your kind.

Australian =/= Snaggletoof! Just saying.

[DoktorSick]

music
listening to and creating it.
video games and internet porn.
But here recently I would have to
say the various psychics thread that i have
paid attention to and be active in.
And there is my one friend that tries to commit
suicide just about every other week.

[DoktorSick]

oh yeah almost forgot
finding and creating new banners for my sig

[Meabh23]

Bourbon and sirens get me through the night.

[Slyph]

I stay awake all night with my brand spanking new window wide open. Perched on the sill chain smoking and watching the cars race by on the A road over the back.

Then I sleep all day. Rinse Repeat. Except without the rinsing. I skip that a lot.

[PeatBog]

...but sometimes, when I'm having insomnia, I listen to Ray Taliaferro on KGO

http://www.kgoam810.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.raytal.com

[The High Queen of Faerie]

Hm, to get through the night... in extremely crap situations, a little alcohol or grass will do the trick, but otherwise...

Reading always makes the time fly. Music. Drawing. Wandering throughout the city at night-time. :)

[Hawk Shadowsoul]

I have no conscience. I sleep like a baby.