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2005.11.21
[The_Road_Comes_A-Callin']
Greetings, my bitches.
You've probably noticed I've been quiet the last couple days -- and no, it isn't because of the Xbox 360 launch tonight (though I'm this close to standing in line at the local Best Buy to get one).
The San Diego and Oakland shows were this past weekend, but I don't have any reports: I didn't go. I sold my tickets to the same freak that bought that Chalice when I funded my trip to France to save Dierdre. It was just the tip of an iceberg of enlightenment that has slowly revealed itself to me, inch by arctic inch, until I've found myself surrounded by the dense white beauty of pure enlightened ice.
It's like being in Superman's Fortress of Solitude. But it's not that cold, and I don't really feel all that solitudey.
Anyway, given the upcoming holidays, and the happiness that's seemed to come from my first good and pure act in such a long time, I realized I needed to make some changes in my life. That there are many open-ended chapters in The Book of Gabriel, and it was time to finish some of those motherfuckers.
So over the next two weeks I'm going to find my father.
Well, I already know where he is; I mean, just getting in the car and driving and hoping I find him would be kind of stupid... but I haven't seen the man in about 12 years. I haven't talked about him much here, but when I was growing up my Pops was a Calvinist minister, and we were a great little god-fearing churchgoing family, until Pops got caught playing Hide The Cruficix with one of the church staff. One of the male church staff. Needless to say, my folks soon got divorced, and my mom and brother and I all moved out to California.
I don't know what to expect... but I am nervous, and excited. I think it's going to be a good trip, and will be just the first of many changes coming up (speaking of, Dierdre and I's apartment is going to be up on the market soon, so if any of you San Diego readers want to live in the place where the genius known as Wearing_These_Chains was birthed, send me an email). I don't know what Internet access is going to be like, and most likely, I'm not going to be checking email and the net anyway. This is going to be a trip for me to recharge, rediscover, and recalibrate myself.
I think of it as a Roadtrip of Purity. These types of experiences are what we must all push ourselves through if we wish to evolve, and when you've reached the type of emotional enlightenment that I have, I think you'll agree.
The open road beckons. And I must answer. I will speak with you all soon. Until then, I leave you in good hands (well, one set of good hands at least. The other set is a bunch of bullshit that just gets you amped up and then leaves you hanging. And fuck that.)
Fare thee well.
-G.
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Good luck, safe journey and all that.
And am I wrong in my sudden impulse to go "OOH, BURN!" at that last comment?
Posted by: emerald527 | Nov 21, 2005 6:10:22 PM
Not wrong at all, I think that's worthy of an "ooh burn!" and a "You gonna take that, mimi/dierdre!?" I can't tell who that was directed towards, someones done wrong... I smell drama.
Gabe, have fun, be safe, be careful at truck stops at night and drink lots of water.
Posted by: Nicole | Nov 21, 2005 6:27:27 PM
Well considering Mimi posted a comment not too long ago asking Gabe to ... something, I don't remember what, I'd say that little burn was towards her.
ANYWAY... Gabe... best of luck. I hope everything turns out good for you. I can only hope as much for myself as well! Family, uh... events... aren't always very nice for me and mine.
Posted by: Kim | Nov 21, 2005 7:21:13 PM
Wwll, since I've got no clue what Gabriel's on about in that last sentence, I'm assuming it must be for Mimi.
What the fuck's going on. Mims?
And, G? Have a nice trip, honey.
Posted by: Dierdre | Nov 21, 2005 8:13:11 PM
The kind, charitable, gracious, and benevolent side of Maise:
Good luck with your search, Gabe. I hope it goes well. Travel *safely*, and if you're looking for advice, I'd say, try to be compassionate and keep an open mind at all times. Sometimes the answers you're looking for aren't what you originally expected.
The selfish, inconsiderate, and more than a little neurotic side of Maise:
What?! I'm not going to hear from you for like two weeks at least? This is completely unacceptable. Goddamnit, a girl has *needs*, especially when the workdays are long and the sleeping is erratic. We just got Dierdre back, and now you're taking off on us?! Can't you check in every now and then--just to let us know you haven't been abducted by aliens or mugged in the desert by escaped convicts? Ugh, I told you people about my abandonment issues!!!
Posted by: maise | Nov 21, 2005 8:13:43 PM
Gab., good luck on your journey. I hope positive things come out of it for you. Regardless of how it all turns out, you have friends here to support you.
I'm still so proud of you for what you did for D. If only all of us could have friends like that.
:)
Posted by: bex | Nov 22, 2005 6:13:14 AM
See Gabriel...I warned you about my sister. But would you listen? NoooOOOOOOOOOOooooooo. She's a headcase. I blame it on the copious amounts of pastries she consumes - that much sugar can't be good for anybody. Enjoy your quest. Hope your life becomes fulfilled, and I hope your dad introduces you to one of his cute minister friends (I so love a man in uniform!)
Posted by: Buttercup | Nov 22, 2005 8:05:43 AM
WHY AM I SO OUT OF THE LOOP, HERE? What has our Mims gone and done?
Mimi, the suspense is killing me. What in the fuck is going on around here?
Posted by: Dierdre | Nov 22, 2005 8:32:22 AM
Seriously, what the hell? Like Gabriel ever keeps things private. Please.
Posted by: maise | Nov 22, 2005 8:37:34 AM
Who the fuck cares? Here's what a REAL ARTIST is doing: trying news things:
Manson will put his music career on hold to star opposite Nick Nolte in the new film ‘King Shot’.He said: "I'll be playing a 400-year-old prophet that lives in a hole in the ground and eats skinned ostriches and rapes women. And has thorns for teeth that come out of his lips. I'm not exaggerating."
Posted by: Dom | Nov 22, 2005 8:56:51 AM
Allow me to be the first to say...
WHAT MUSIC CAREER?
Dom, Marilyn Manson is not fit to lick the detritus out of Gabriel's buttcrack, and that's to say nothing whatsoever about his worthiness vis a vis Trent Reznor. Isn't there someplace where you can express your love for that tired, way past his prime, two-bit whore where anyone gives a fuck?
Seriously.
Posted by: Jane | Nov 22, 2005 9:03:59 AM
Yeah, that sounds like a fucking Oscar winner. Jesus Christ.
I can barely count the days til I get to watch Marilyn Manson rape women with his thorny teeth! Whoo!
Posted by: maise | Nov 22, 2005 9:37:15 AM
OMFG, that's hilarious Brian/umm I mean Dom!
I might have to miss this one.
:)
Posted by: bex | Nov 22, 2005 10:22:16 AM
Nick Nolte BLOWS, Dom, and starring opposite Marilyn Manson does polish his star so much.
Posted by: Baal Glyttr | Nov 22, 2005 10:32:46 AM
Baal, I'm getting kind of mad at you on account of how you're never on AIM.
Dom, if you love Marilyn Manson so much, why don't you marry him?
Posted by: Dierdre | Nov 22, 2005 1:08:22 PM
Pssst, D...it's because he *is* Marilyn Manson...I thought we established this.
Posted by: maise | Nov 22, 2005 1:29:38 PM
D, nobody's on AIM anymore. You should get Google Talk. Just kidding. I promise I'll get on the chatters soon. I've been abroad, and won't be back until Monday! Sweden has the best surgeons...
Gabriel, please don't come back a Satanist or some such shit. Don't pull another Joshua Tree/peyote/Jesus trip on us again. I couldn't bear the train wreck of it.
Posted by: Baal Glyttr | Nov 22, 2005 4:21:11 PM
Yes, I do hope he's left the hallucinogens behind. They really do nothing for him.
Posted by: maise | Nov 23, 2005 5:15:56 AM
Meathead, I know you like to check out this site now and again, so I'd just like to commend you for your latest update. Hilarious. No, seriously. You're back to making me stifle my giggles in my office. Good job, Herr Fleischkopf.
Posted by: maise | Nov 23, 2005 6:54:53 AM
I'm very sensitive on Jerome's situation, so I don't want to say "ha ha" to the update, however, at least he did put up links to JEROMEDILLON.NET & NEARLY.NET. As WTC found out, any publicity is good publicity.
Everyone be sure to check out http://www.kufala.com/ to preorder your copy of nearLY. It's only 15.00 US dollars (that includes shipping, extra for international orders). Also, check out http://www.thenitmustbetrue.com/ for a very lengthy yet informative interview with Jerome. Here you can read a mature, less hostile, account of why he is no longer in NIN. Also, he states that he will be on tour next year with ??? He's talking to a couple of people/groups (though not revealing whom just yet). Hopefully soon, it will be announced both who & when he will be back on the road. I'm there when it happens!
Posted by: bex | Nov 23, 2005 7:04:13 AM
Aw, c'mon, Bex, that NearLY capitalization was just begging to be parodied...
Posted by: maise | Nov 23, 2005 7:11:43 AM
If I get to have a m&g w/Jerome somehow next year, I'm going to ask him about the capitalization. It does grab attention.
Posted by: bex | Nov 23, 2005 7:28:43 AM
Tell him that it drives your editor friend up a wall. At least he's not trying to hyphenate something after the "ly" word, like "nearly-there." It's an adverb!!! Not a compound noun!!!!
I have no beef with Jerome...he's so not part of my life. And neither is Trent, except for the fact that he has really helped me keep my shit together in an indirect way these past couple of months. Bad times call for constant NIN immersion.
Jerome does seem to change his side of the story pretty often, but hey, as Bobby Brown would say, that's his perogative. It's no skin off my nose.
Posted by: maise | Nov 23, 2005 7:38:58 AM
Jerome, odd capitalization, I'm the ellipses queen.......
:)
I guess we all have our quirks.
:)
I would like to know what prompted it though (the capitalization).
Posted by: bex | Nov 23, 2005 9:03:31 AM
The funniest thing about Meathead's update is the parody of Jerome's FUCKING TORTUROUS punctuation. Seriously, I can barely stand to read his fucking updates with all the lame ellipses and horrible grammar. And I'm with Maise -- that guy clearly lacks any sense of continuity with regard to his story, and I cannot bear that "LY". That is just GAY.
I'm not buying that shit. I'll download it illegally if I can be bothered when the time comes.
Jerome Scherome.
*hugs!*
Posted by: jane | Nov 23, 2005 10:33:35 AM
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