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Buttersafe Expo is coming and it's coming fast. Not being able to make it to California I took it upon myself to start the NJBSX. There will be pizza, chairs, tables, and happiness. Not to mention t-shirts for the first 10 people and Roller Derby later that night.

Details for NJBSX 2009:

April 25th, 2009
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Pete & Elda's in Neptune, NJ (Google Map)

Afterwards in Asbury Park there is Roller Derby (all girls!) at Asbury Hall. Starts at 8:00pm, more details: Jersey Shore Roller Girls. Awesome!

All details here: NJBSX 2009 Forum.

Lastly on that topic, don't know what Buttersafe is? Let me introduce you then!

• Cat Fight
• Last Night
• Hang Gliding
• What Do We Have Here
• The Skeleton King
• Dispelling Age-Old Myths
• Shark Rider

Those are just a small sample of their sweetness. Plenty more awesomeness can be found at their site, so definitely check out Buttersafe!

Other news, bought this sweet shirt the other day, very enjoyable to wear:

Love the t-shirts by Loungefly. Will share other shirts with everyone as well.

Well, my Saint Patrick's Month was pretty bananas. Flogging Molly ended up being sold out so missed that, while Erin Go Brawl was cancelled.

However Pogues and Wolfe Tones were intense, not to mention Celtic FC winning the Co-Op Cup against Rangers 2-0 in extra time. Saw that with the Woodside CSC, great group of people at Saints And Sinners to enjoy the match with.

The Irish lads did it for Celtic too, O'Dea and McGeady both scoring the winners. Lost my voice that weekend from singing during both concerts and then the game.

The day itself was spent all about NYC, and was quite an adventure, that night was spent on the top floor of Millenium Hilton. Thats right, real big pimping, 2 bedroom and 2.5 bath, overlooking Ground Zero and a view of the Statue of Liberty. Very swank.

Now its time for some sweet-ass videos (or a la xkcd, sweet ass-videos). First up, Bernard Dunne is the new Bantamweight champion coming out of Ireland:

Fight of the Year candidate. Fireworks start about 2:40 in.

Second we have the dominating '09 Irish Rugby team. First Grand Slam victory in 61 years. What a month this has been for Irish and pro-Irish sports. Little montage action:

Congrats Bhoys, well deserved!

For those of you out there that aren't cool, Saint Patrick's Month started last Sunday!

Personally it started with a bang as my boy Jerry and I celebrated the kick off in Belmar. However that was just the start, now is about to go completely bonkers.

Here's my up coming agenda:

Did I mention Conor "F-ing" Mullanaphy will also be on leave during all that madness? Oh I didn't, well now I did mother fucker! Its going to be intense as all the women and half the men in Jersey will be pregnant after his arrival.

Side note, don't know how this passed under my radar, Incredibad. It's dope as hell yo. Heres two of the songs from it (T-Pain nails his part so well):

And this one just put a smile on my face:

Some of the other songs on it are simply amazing. 'Boombox' and 'Like A Boss' in particular, so check out more at: http://www.incredibad.com/.

From now on all my music will be 8-bit. Thats right chiptunes are my new interest, if I played an instrument it would be a Gameboy. Think how good video game music was, now think of a new subculture out there utilizing the same technologies to create awesome awesomeness. Sounds pretty awesome to me.

So far Random takes the cake for my favorite creator yet there are many other great ones. Nullsleep speaks for himself in that regard as well as Bit Shifter and Anamanaguchi.

Its some pretty amazing stuff and December 4th to the 7th there is the Blip Festival 2008 brought to you by 8BITPEOPLES.

Here's some examples from said musicians:

Random - Give Me Your Day

Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula

Bit Shifter - Reformat the Planet

Random - Sitges Savepoint

Best part is most of the works are available at 8bitcollective to listen and enjoy. Check it out, might find a nerdy part of yourself you never knew existed.

Well heres some ranting on why libertarianism is the way to go.

However here's something quick for a lot of people out there that wanted change. What change do you expect, we've had Democrats and Republicans in office for quite some time and both parties are more worried about keeping that than anything else. Wanted change? Look at what Democrats have done to New Jersey (where I live). Its a battle with Louisiana for the most corrupt state. Its ridiculous and whats even more inane is that their "cure" for state corruption is to have more state to regulate the other parts of state. How about just removing the corrupt and unnecessary parts?

A question that people ask me a bunch finding out that I'm libertarian (possibly Anarcho-Captialist) is my views on gay marriage. Personally I think those couples are gay and as for marriage, well I'm against all marriage. Civil unions for all, let the churches do their jobs. As for the rest of the socialist mumbo jumbo, just let me choose to fail if I want to. People shouldn't be forced to have health care or a retirement plan by gun point, especially when state run plans are bloated and inefficient.

Also gun control, who does that benefit? Not the average citizen thats for sure. Who are you trying to protect? Why are you so afraid of guns? If guns kill people than spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat. Gun control is control, state control is not cool.

Neither is affirmative action, reverse racism is still racism. The government should not care what color skin I am, as an American of Irish descent I do not classify myself as a traditional 'white'. While slavery was going on here in the states my ancestors were going through a genocide in their own country. Not to mention that the Irish were the first slaves in the Caribbean as well as slaves in the states. Indentured servants my ass. Not looking for any sympathy, just pointing out that history is messed up and all we can do is what we have now. So you can shove your reverse racism and racist attitudes up your ass. I didn't own slaves, my father didn't, his grandfather didn't, and so on. The Irish were too busy worrying about genocide and such nots. "And to hell we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados, where the sugar cane grows taller then the gods we once believed in." - Flogging Molly.

The ultimate goal for mankind should be Anarcho-Capitalism, thats what we should try and evolve towards. A society where we can govern ourselves and take full responsibility for our actions. Its not doable as of right now because majority of the world is a messed up place and people think that a government is what will keep order. So lets ease in the process, remove whats not crucial and definitely not in the Constitution then work from there.

Just a small wrap up. Many people view the government as corrupt, so why push to make it bigger? For "change"? Hopefully though Obama will do alright, time will tell.

Now finally (long rant), here's some last little nuggets for you:

• We have the first amendment and when that doesn't work the second one will.
• Republicans hate nudity, Democrats hate guns, Libertarians know how to change the channel.