Vitriol

Vitriol

© 2003 by Andersen Silva (11-1-03)

Last updated 6-28-2022  


Look at the stars, my love;
  I wish you were with me tonight.
I stare at the heavens above
  And picture you in the moonlight.

October was a long, stressful month. I developed poison ivy, which could only have been a delayed reaction from my trip to Walden Pond on September 11th, because I haven't been anywhere else I could have gotten it. Gina went away for two weeks as the month started, and I missed her terribly. I did some serious searching for an apartment, making over a dozen phone calls. Two initial possibilities were rented out before Jon and I could even see them, and then we arranged to see another one the same day I called. We liked it, but there was some work that needed to be done before it would be liveable, and we had no guarantee that it would be done by the end of the month, so we couldn't plan a moving date. And then Ozzy stopped eating, and taking him to the vet revealed that he was suffering from renal failure; three days of liquids barely improved his temporary condition, and I found myself having to put my beloved cat to sleep.

So, yes, it was a looong month, but hopefully November will be better. The poison ivy isn't really itchy or rashy any more, though I've still got these ugly dry patches on my hands and arms. Hopefully, that'll go away soon... Gina came back to me, of course, and then went away again for two days, and came back again. Heh-heh... The apartment was ready on the 23rd, and Jon and I are moving in tomorrow. The rent is extremely reasonable, considering the size of the place; it's a spacious three-bedroom. It's also very conveniently located, and I'll be able to walk to just about everything I could need. I'm going to miss Ozzy the Cat, but at least I can console myself with the knowledge that he lived a very long and mostly happy life. No, I have no plans to get another pet anytime soon.

So, Not An Exit will actually be living under one roof. Should be interesting... We need a refrigerator for the apartment, as well as some other things. I will miss Barbara, and Chloe's 5 AM feedings, but it will be nice to be closer to my job, my family, and my honey. It will take me less time (and cost me a lot less!) to get to work now, and I won't have to ride any trains; as a result, I am discontinuing my daily postings in the New Jersey Transit Blecch! Whenever I do ride an NJT train, I'll be sure to update the Blecch! and let you know how it performed, but the buses are generally pretty reliable, and when they're not, more often than not it's due to traffic and not New Jersey Transit's ineptitude, so I'm not going to note any but the most egregious violations. I am pleased to report that I've won a pair of Circle Line Cruises tickets for being among the first fifty people to sign up for Quik-Tik, which allows one to order monthly passes online. This almost makes up for the hours the Northeast Corridor trains have cost me over the past year...!

Hopefully, Jon and I will be able to get some NAE music done now. We won't really have any excuses anymore, and we're actually going to set one bedroom up as our music studio.  lol  As far as my own music goes, well, I'd planned on having my album completely recorded by the end of this year. Ain't gonna happen now. With all the events of the past two months, I've not had very much time to do any recording, though I have written several new songs. I'm going to give the album a different name, and the track listing may change as well. So that project (which, you must remember, is going to cost me a lot of money as well as time) is delayed once again. Sorry to my two stalkers and one fan out there, I know you've been waiting...

I've reconnected with some old friends via E-mail. Adrian and Julio, two of my bestest friends from the 6th grade through high school graduation, will hopefully meet up with me this month, and Michael, my fellow assassin and Nuclear Risk combatant, is considering a road trip back to Jersey in December or November. It'll be nice to see all three of those guys. No, really. I got a phone call out of the blue from Chris, a former co-worker, and we caught up while I was supposed to be working. Heh-heh...

Gina and I rented "The Matrix Reloaded" a few nights ago; she hadn't gotten to see it yet, and I didn't mind refreshing my memory before we go see "The Matrix Revolutions" this month. I liked the second one, though the first was still better. Let's see how the third stacks up.

And that just about wraps it up for another month. Holidays are a-comin'...! This year, I can honestly say that I started my shopping in September. Didn't do a lot in September, but I did pick up a few things... Be good, and I'll see you around December 1st.


  - A (webmaster@andersensilva.com)


April 2004 - The real final Vitriol, Howard Stern, Dubya, etc.
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March 2004 - Dining out with my baby, Virtual PC, and the end of Vitriol... or is it?
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February 2004 - Two weeks between jobs, three new songs, grabbing Panther by the tail
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January 2004 - Ice skating with Gina, sushi at my sister's wedding, war-riding, the pink slip
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December 2003 - Moving pains, goin' places with Gina, Christmas bells
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November 2003 - The looong month of October, finding an apartment, Ozzy's gone
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October 2003 - I'm in love with her and I feel fine, Boston, the Dalai Lama, apartment for rent?
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September 2003 - Andy, happy? it could happen!, taking time off from work, Ringo Starr, "Discworld," the blackout
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August 2003 - (W)here (M)ight (D)ose WMDs be?, gay marriages and the people who fear them, '80s metal bands, Computer Man to the rescue, Philadelphia freedom
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July 2003 - Boondocks.net is back!, rudeness on public transportation and elsewhere, "Hole in the Wall"
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June 2003 - Science fiction movies, where is Boondocks.net?, still no weapons of misconstruction...
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May 2003 - How 'bout them weapons of mass distraction, huh?, Def Leppard, Michael Palin, another Silva, wireless networking, and a damned good raspberry margarita
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April 2003 - They're still French fries, dammit!, a new guitar for Andy, music-music-music
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March 2003 - The buildup for, and the protesting against, war
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February 2003 - The destruction of the Columbia, the National Day of Poetry Against the War, hard and soft atheism, Pete Townshend, and the gift shop
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January 2003 - Christmas loot, "Swingin'," more war talk
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December 2002 - The year in review, moving again?!?, moving world leaders around, too
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November 2002 - "Scarlet's Walk" and Tori's penguin, jackasses, and killing in the name of...
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October 2002 - Boston, Aimee Mann, and Palpatine/Bush
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September 2002 - George Darius Bush and George Xerxes Bush
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August 2002 - Movin' out of Paisan-town, and far away from the Regal Beagle
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July 2002 - Church and state: you gotta keep 'em separated, Dubya still doesn't want to play nice with the rest of the world, John Entwistle's gone
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June 2002 - Movin' on from town to town, Dave Barry and the Rock Bottom Remainders
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May 2002 - Science fiction movies everywhere!, jail time for virus creators, Dubya finally learns to pronounce 'occupation,' Andy gets a promotion?!?
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April 2002 - Terrorism on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, people who don't interact with me or the Web site, "For Dana" to be released on a compilation CD
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March 2002 - Chip implants, the children of God and the followers of Christ commit murder in His name, ultranationalism American style
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February 2002 - Dubya says, "These pretzels are making me- ack!" Sharon continues playing Napoleon, and... the return of Foogar?
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January 2002 - Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne, and other Christmas-related items, stealin' cars, karaoke!
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December 2001 - George meets his sweet lord, terrorists EVERYwhere!, Tomb Raider II finished finally, and the Segway, finally!
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November 2001 - Anthrax (the band), WSOU rocks - but for how much longer? and a minute of silence?
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October 2001 - Osama bin Laden and anthrax and the women who love them
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September 2001 - Five days after the 9/11 attacks
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September 2001 - Governments and armies and the assholes who love them, more misspellings, and a large lack of feedback
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August 2001 - Dubya's isolationism, the Macedonians and Albanians search for peace the Israeli/Palestinian way, 2004 Olympics in Beijing
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July 2001 - Not the Sexiest Geek Alive, war (what is it good for?), murdering citizens American-style
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June 2001 - A dead hitchhiker, the Taliban, and an independent Senator Jeffords
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May 2001 - Joey Ramone's dead, and "Joey Ramone's Dead"
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April 2001 - Brazil (not the Terry Gilliam film), Dubya and carbon dioxide, Yugoslavia begins coming to its senses, Israel and the Palestinians still haven't come to theirs...
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March 2001 - New look for the Web site, upcoming vacation in Brazil!, the pig-headed Taliban, "Hannibal"
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February 2001 - Tomb Raider II, Dubya plays with his new toys, nature plays with El Salvador and India, and the inevitable Chechnya and Israel/Palestinians references
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January 2001 - Snow, a new year/decade/century/millennium, screen resolutions
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December 2000 - The iBook, "The X-Files," the Grinch, the pathetic turn of events in the U.S. elections...
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November 2000 - Got the iBook! the Village Parade, trouble still brewin' in the Mideast, the upcoming U.S. elections...
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October 2000 - Andy turns 30, the Middle East, the anniversary of the invasion of Chechnya...
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September 2000 - A random act of kindness, Great Adventure, new music, new iBooks?
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August 2000 - Palestine and the Israelis, Milosevic, Speight, and breaking the speed of light!
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July 2000 - Israel & the Palestinians, the missile defense shield, and (who'da thunk it?) Chechnya
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June 2000 - Um, Chechnya again, gun-totin' Charlton Heston, misspellings, and xenophobes
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May 2000 - Communism on the last May Day of the twentieth century, and Andy's life ("Don't talk to me about life...")
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April 2000 - Hold on, it's more Chechnya rantin', and an appeal on behalf of a friend caught behind red tape
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March 2000 - Hey, hey, Pinochet, Russia and China won't go away, "The X-Files," the American presidential race, and a prelude to vacation
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February 2000 - Again with the Chechens, and Elián, Pinochet, mp3.com vs. the recording industry, and snow
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January 2000 - Made it through January 1st, Syria and Israel, public transportation, and, er, Chechnya
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December 1999 - Indonesia comes apart, Chechnya (no shit), Seattle's burning, 'n Happy Xmas
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November 1999 - Halloween, my bad knee, Russians? in Chechnya?!? Buchanan and the Reform Party, NIN
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October 1999 - Hurricane on the East Coast, earthquakes in Taiwan, Turkey, and Greece, and Apple Computers
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September 1999 - I'm not getting you down, am I? I'd hate to think I was getting you down...

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April 1999 - the return of Vitriol, Kosovo, a foreshadowing of the Russian invasion of Chechnya (!), and Libya

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September-November 1995 - the Underground Press Conference, a co-worker bites the dust, Rabin really bites the dust, Remington Bond, Win95, and the Sex Pistols
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August 1995 - the death penalty, the V-chip and violence in pop culture, and "TV Nation"
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June 1995 - Oklahoma City, 'zines, "The X-Files" and "V.R.5"
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March 1995 - I'm sick!, the space program (ha), alt.zines, "Star Trek" and "Voyager"
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February 1995 - the very first Vitriol! Newt Gingrich, political correctness, media overkill, Howard Stern, the Apple goon squad?
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Last updated 6-28-2022