So, on this day in history, about 62 years ago, the US Air Force shot down and captured what was either a weather balloon or some kind of “flying disk” in Roswell, New Mexico.
Perhaps related or not so related, just over a year ago, Benjamin Light mentioned something outlandishly foolish to me. I really thought he was off his meds, no joke. But he had that kind of dangerous, scary clarity that only a nutcase can have. The kind where you don’t turn your back on them, are afraid to look them in the eye, and you pretty much agree with whatever the fuck they say just so you can get out of the room with her genitalia intact. He said to me, “I think I want to start a blog.”
And I – always the level headed one – said, “What? You’re fucking crazy.”
And he said, “No, no, trust me, it’ll be good.”
And then crazy psychotic history was made…
So here we are.
What a long strange trip it’s been, right?
We’ve talked about post peak oil, we’ve talked about Lost (like, a lot), we’ve talked about politics and the news in general. And general weirdness. We’ve talked about being cool with yourself, not so cool with yourself, and how to get laid either way. We’ve barely give you a chance to get a word in edgewise, because we’ve been talking about cats (and more cats), and things that are in bad taste, and the moon.We’ve talked about film, music, and literature at times, and everything in between. Including the stuff that’s just bullshit. We’ve talked about ourselves just a little, both with words and in video, and we’ve even talked to people we love (other than ourselves)(though this site is filthy with onanism, to be sure). Hell, we’ve even talked about talking (but mostly about ourselves, again with the onanism)!
Look at all that talk talk talking. It’s like we’ve found the nexus of the fucking universe and we’re mapping it for you.
Michael Jackson is dead and we’re still alive.
And not to brag too much, but we’ve seen a few faces and we’ve rocked them all!
Sometimes we’ve felt like we’re a bit alien ourselves, or maybe we’re transmitting to you from outer space, but we do it anyway. We do it because, no joke, there is something very seriously wrong with us and we love it.
This Recording already used the blog as a spaceship metaphor that I would love to use here, but rather than appropriate it here, I’m just gonna outright steal it. But rather than a proper spaceship, Counterforce is the fucked up. The weird one. The one that the prisoners took over and started running their own way. Like Spock and Nero and all of those pointy eared fuckers, we’re bursting through your black holes and disrupting your time stream and hopefully reality as well. Hello there, we’re from the future. We’re in your here and now and you’re our living sexy museum and we’re yours. Don’t take us to your leader, because we only care about you.
Not that we haven’t made some mistakes. Sometimes we’ve been really on our games and sometimes… well, really off them. That’s usually on me though, I’m not gonna lie. As blogonauts, we’re still learning out here in space. There’s a few less rings on Saturn because, well, we crashed into them just a little. Same with the Big Dipper. We did something inappropriate with a black hole for the same people climb Everest. Also, we found life on Mars and then accidentally blogged it out of existence. And Halley’s comet won’t make it’s way back to this solar system for a few more years than it was already scheduled to because we saw it, liked it’s style, were in kind of a naughty bad place, and now, long story short, it won’t look our way, won’t return our phone calls, and wants to take a break with the Earth. Our bad, kids.
That said, we’re still here, and even though we’re sometimes the blogging equivalent of the chaos cloud that will someday end all life on Earth, we’re also hopefully going to only get better. Help us? Tell us what you think. Tell us how much we rock, or how hard we suck. Tell us what you want to see and maybe, just maybe, we won’t poke your eyes out.
We’ve been proud so far that with us, you’ve gotten basically 6+ different blogs, some that overlap, and some that are drastically different. We’ve enjoyed it and hope you have too. My co-bloggers all wanted to be more involved in our very special 1 year birthday here, but most were busy with jobs and living sexy lives of danger and adventure. Benjamin Light has been off the grid and we eagerly await his return, and his shocked disgust at how I’ve trainwrecked this beast in his absence. And Occam’s probably not speaking to me since he realized that I stole some CDs from his house during a Lost party. And Lollipop especially wanted to remind you of how much greater the blog has gotten since she first commented and then joined us (and she’s more right than she’s wrong about that) and August Bravo wants to let you know that he’s giving up Heroes due to relentless scrutiny. Bravo, August Bravo.
This is where I wrap it up. If it was just me closing this up, I’d say something like: We’ll see you out there, space cowboys and cowgirls. But instead I found someone to put it even better than I can…
And now a special word from the desk of Peanut St. Cosmo:
hello readers! funny to think we’ve been in existence on this “series of tubes” for a year now! it feels kinda like the first rocky year of a marriage and if you make it, you figure you’ve got about six more years before the itch comes on and you’re both fucking the pool boy/baby sitter and filing for divorce. you get the idea, i give us six more years until you call it quits on us, but you’ll never find a better lay! i promise you, i’m the best you ever had!!!
but in all seriousness, i do appreciate the two of you who like my infrequent posts. thanks for stopping by 
Almost there. Not quite yet though…
But, man, what a frustrating year.
I felt like Tyler Coates‘ picture here summed up what my attitude was going into this year. And what all of our attitudes should’ve been. As it always should be.
And now Alec Baldwin sums up how I felt about this year.
Though this year has brought some things that I desperately wanted to see.
Or never thought I would see (all together in the same club).
Or things that I would be okay never seeing again.
And some things, things from my childhood, came to an end.
Some things, I think, I realized I was glad to see go.
And it really hit me in this past year that some things will not last forever.
And some of those things are through. Professionally, I mean.
Oh well. Shit happens. Things come. And things go.
And they keep going.
It’s all about perspective.
Isn’t that what they say?
This was the year of hope.
This was the year of rejections.
This was the year of saying that you wanted a revolution.
And it was also the year where you said, “Could you try not to rub your beard up against my forest of tears?”
It was about new things.
And new things to regret (in the morning)(probably)(but hopefully not).
It was, for me, the year I just accepted the often hellish, nonstop barrage of celebrity bullshit.
…Especially in the face of weird hookups that I just can’t condone.
And seeing things I loved shat upon.
But these things happen.
We hold onto the good.
And let go of the bad.
Time to dust yourself off.
Maybe you’ve learned some things. About life, the world, and yourself.
And made some decisions.
And had some fun.
But just remember…
It’s easy to ride off into the sunset.
It’s hard to still be there when the sun rises. But that’s where the true excitement and the fun lay.
Hopefully we’ll see you there.
from here.
