KSI is looking for experienced writer if your interested let me know you will be writing news articles, reviews, and emails to company’s. If you feel you are qualified for this assignment send me example of your work. Did I mention you would have endless rank opportunity if you get the job. Send me examples via forums or my email Justin3169@live.com

So everyone out there that reads this, Translation: KSI is looking for someone to be their bitch, to do what they say, and to write what they tell you. You can’t write anything that puts the “Company” scratch that, Sorry, “Global City” in bad light, and you can’t say anything bad about KSI or else Mr. Bill Roach is going to send you fake Cease and Desist orders and threaten to take you, your mommy, and your daddy, to court.

~Koda~

I have to start this post with the good news (there isn’t any bad): Two of our ponds finally got dug out! The work was done before the snow the weekend before last, but the dozer just left this past weekend. I think the ponds look fabulous, and they’re both deeper (much deeper!) and can’t help but provide more water sources for the horses next spring! I wish I could remember the contractor’s name; I’d thank him right here on the blog – thank you, contractor! Your work will provide a direct benefit to the horses! And thanks to BLM for starting the process rolling by securing the funds.

Let’s start with the pond behind/south of Round Top.

This what it looked like “un-dug.”

Here it is dug. Just imagine that baby filled with water!

Now here’s the other one, one of the “double ponds” off the far east loop road:

It blends in, doesn’t it? That’s OK – perfect, even! In the foreground is the wide arroyo the road crosses, and about midway up the left side IS the road … and up to the right, about midway, is the pond. (The second of the “double ponds” is back farther, closer to where the arroyo comes down from the east ridge.)

Here it is a little closer (zoomed in). I hiked back to it after a visit with Poco and Roach and just had my long lens. From closer, I couldn’t get nearly all the pond in any composition!

Another comparison:

This is the big pond below the roller-coaster ridge. Yes, it’s shrinking (it was the one pond that didn’t go dry in 2008; it did go dry this year, then filled back up), but look how shallow it looks compared to the ones that just got dug out! That’s serious siltification! (I have no idea whether that’s an actual word.)

Snow is still in patches throughout the basin, but the roads were mostly dry. It was a little soft back near the double ponds, so I didn’t go all the way around. Molly and Liberty and Duke remain elusive. I did see Seven’s but not Bounce’s, so Molly and her filly are a mystery right now (if Molly’s time has come, I’m expecting Liberty to show up with one of the other bands … maybe back with Seven, her sire, or with Bounce, who she and Molly spent at least a few days with after they left Seven’s band). Little Hayden is adjusting well to his abnormal babyhood. He’s fuzzy, and both Jif and stepdaddy Chrome are protective of him. I saw them just from a distance, walking along a ridge. Jif was leading, and Hayden was a short distance behind … with Chrome *right* behind him. He easily could have passed the youngster, but he stayed right with him, even stopping with him for a rest while Jif walked on till she realized they had stopped. Nothing’s more important than family, no matter the season.

Poco has regained some weight he lost while he and Roach were with Hollywood’s band.

Roach, low man on the totem pole, still looks great.

I was having flashbacks with regard to Kreacher’s band  like with Seven’s band after they were chased last summer: I hadn’t seen them except very far away since the ATV hunters spooked them. Found them finally a bit out of their normal territory, but then they ended up on the west-side loop road and were completely calm when I gingerly approached them to say howdy.

Looking out toward the eastern ridge/boundary. It doesn’t look very snowy, but patches were hiding in the shadows of saltbush and grassy stuff! You can see the tracks from the dozer on the road.

Corona seems to have made a connection with Kootenai since Koot joined them with Duke.

I caught them during their late-afternoon nap …

By this time of year, the mamas seem to feel like their ever-more-independent babes regard them just as milk bars. But every now and then, you can still catch them in a tender moment …

And a mother-daughter portrait or two.

Mona and Kootenai … still napping … on the other side of the road (no jokes!).

They’re very fuzzy (Kootenai, in particular, has a lush, furry coat; maybe it’s her color that makes it so apparent). Corona was a bit muddy, and the mud just accentuated her curls. She’s SO cute!

Just before sunset, I found Hollywood and his family, getting a drink at the Flat Top pond, which was on the dig-out list but didn’t get done because Mother Nature saw fit to rain enough just before it was to get done that water collected a bit here. About a third of that surface area (it didn’t fill) is dry again now.

This is the view from the road. Its the opposite end that’s drying first.

Hollywood and his shadow.

I wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving, no matter where you are or who you’re with. Other than my family, of course, I’m most thankful for the wild horses of Spring Creek Basin and elsewhere, and I’ll be gratefully and thankfully spending the holiday with them this year. Bounty of good life to you all!

Just for the record of everyone following this, He is not any sort of Law Enforcement Officer. He is a security guard. Bill, If you’re reading this, Stop trying to act like you’re a police officer, or a law enforcement officer. Stop Impersonating the real people that do their jobs. Remember you told me to stop Impersonating Emergency Medical Responders? Yeah, well how about practice what you preach.

Jerkoff…

Funny thing is, He takes credit for starting something that really, has been in play for awhile now. Example: KSI Court System. There has been several other gaming communities around that have had the so-called Judicial Court System in play to allow members to come back. It may not have been public as it is on KSI, but it’s been used nonetheless.

As well as his little thinking mistake:

Now I do believe we have 50 states, not 55. Correct me if I am wrong, And I know that being in Tennessee, and being from the “Country”, you’re family may not have been able to put you through school, but that’s not a good excuse to forget the number of states we have in our beloved country, my dear friend.

With all regards and with respect where it’s needed,
Koda

So does this guy make any sense? First he’s kicking people in the ass telling them to get out of his community, and now he’s trying to work with them? Please… The dude’s on crack, or some other drug. Maybe he’s bi-polar. Who knows. I just love cracking on him though…. It’s so much fun.

Yay! Another notch on my list of blacklistings from KSI. This time: COST Gaming Group, The community I run, has been blacklisted for “Poaching” members from KSI. However, the controversy behind the case is this. How is it poaching if they willingly left? We didn’t bribe them, We didn’t go into KSI for the sole purpose of taking them. They willingly left on their own. Amazing. It’s a new definition of Poaching I guess.

I’d like to throw this out there right now. Anyone that is in league with Bill Roach, AKA KSI Natas 7 AKA KSI Se7en 7 will regret it. The guy steals from charities for god’s sake. What kind of cruel animal does that to children in need? At least his wife Ex-Wife got the idea. She left him because she knew who bad of a guy he was. And I won’t even start on his children. I feel so sorry for them. They must be miserable all day because they have to put up with a father like him… Such a shame.

Koda

Este dimineaţă. De abia m-am trezit dar nu mă regăsesc. M-a trezit un tremurat rece cu care deja mă cunosc prea bine. Îmi iau primele medicamente, dar astăzi este una din zilele proaste. Nu am voie însă să dezamăgesc. Campionul mă aşteaptă în sală peste doar câteva ore. Ies pentru plimbarea de dimineaţă şi vreau să alung toate gândurile rele. Stau de unul singur pentru ca oricum în primele ore nu sunt capabil sa vorbesc. Vreau să uit şi de Parkinson şi de Dystonia, de tot negrul care încearcă să mi se aşeze în creier. Sunt la Starbucks deşi e doar 6 dimineaţa. Cum am ajuns până aici? A meritat să-mi iau atâţia pumni în cap? Ştiu bine că a meritat… Sunt cel mai bun şi o ştiu toţi. Am învăţat atîtea. Îmi sună telefonul “Gândacule unde eşti? Campionul întreabă de tine / Vin imediat… În 20 de minute sunt la sală”. Manny mă aşteaptă deja pregătit şi cu zâmbetul scos parcă dintr-o fotografie. Parcă aşa eram şi eu. Intru în ring şi Manny dă drumul la lovituri: “Un pumn, doi, trei – sute… Mai poate? Nu pot să-i spun că trebuie să ne oprim, nu pot să-mi arăt slăbiciunea deşi simt fiecare lovitură de parcă m-ar lovi un tren”.

Şi totuşi “Gata Manny. Ajunge pentru dimineaţa asta”. Iarăşi trebuie să mă ascund. Mă duc în camerea mea şi îmi iau din nou pastilele deşi nici nu ştiu de ce sau de cine mă ascund. Ştiu toţi ce am. Tremuratul e coşmarul de dimineaţă. Seara mă simt mai aproape de ceea ce mi-aş fi dorit să trăiesc la vârsta asta. Manny mă mai ia o dată la pumni, dar o lăsăm mai moale. Are program mai uşor pentru că peste o săptămână este meciul. De abia aştept. Am şi eu nevoie de o pauză. Sper doar să nu fie ultima. Toţi aşteaptă să zic că nu mai pot, că renunţ, că îmi iau un ajutor. Dar la fel ştiu toţi că nu mai sunt ANTRENORUL dacă îl pun pe altul să ia pumnii în locul meu.

Doamne! Cum a trecut săptămâna asta? Manny a tras ca un nebun. Nici nu am emoţii. Singura problemă e tot Parkinsonul nenorocit. Nici astăzi nu mă lasă să vorbesc. Noroc că este Buboy cu mine în colţ. Fratele de sânge al lui Manny. Gong de start. Manny poate intra în istorie, dar Miguel l-a luat foarte tare. Nu-mi place prima repriză. Buboy asimilează sfaturi cât pentru un meci întreg şi transmite tot. Eu numai mă uit în ochii lui Manny. E clar, a înţeles.

Miguel e knockdown în a doua repriză. De aici meciul e al nostru. Aşa uşor să fi fost? Cotto era un animal. Pierduse un singur meci în carieră din aproape 50 câte a fost în ring. Repriza a patra suntem la un pas de knock-out, dar Miguel se ridică din nou. Am câştigat dupa 12 runde, dar a fost o lecţie de box. Mi-ar place să-l laud în faţa tuturor, dar corpul nu mă lasă. Efectiv nu pot. Am crezut că e o seară de adio. Dar iar mi-a trecut sentimentul. Cum să fiu indiferent când aud: “Manny Pacquiao îl învinge pe Miguel Cotto prin TKO în repriza a 12-a şi intră în istorie cu 7 centuri mondiale cucerite!”. Mai am doar un super meci de pregătit, cu Mayweather… Freddie, ştii bine, ai spus-o de atâtea ori. Nu va fi ultimul meci.

Cam aşa mi-a fugit imaginaţia când m-am gândit serios la ce a realizat Freddie Roach, considerat cel mai bun antrenor de box din lume, care are probleme serioase de sănătate.

Photo by Chris Farina

Manny Pacquiao solidified his claim to a pound for pound throne stopping brave Miguel Cotto in the twelfth round of the WBO welterweight championship fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Los Vegas in front of a thunderous, sold out crowd of 16,200 on Saturday night. Crime rate goes down in Philippines when their national hero fights. Consistent with that November 14^th should become a national holiday, Manny Pacquiao Day or The Day of a Peaceful Warrior. The fight with Miguel Cotto has to be ranked among the top performances of Pacman’s brilliant career; the dynamic savagery in the ring and complete domination of one of the sport’s elite fighters left many in the arena breathless.

Photo by Chris Farina

Expecting to see a prolific offence incorporating a torrent of punches coming from all sorts of angles, fans were treated to another facet of his game, not often used in the past, a defense, but more than that the heart of a champion and ability to withstand a heavy welterweight punch. Manny Pacquiao took the best shots from the fierce Puerto Rican warrior, the shots that some feared would change the fight, and when the dust settled after six rounds, Pacman was the one firing at will with superior firepower making his opponent go in retreat.” He hit a lot harder than we expected and he was a lot stronger than we thought,” said Joe Santiago, a head trainer for Miguel Cotto.

In the first round Cotto came out firing a shotgun jab with bad intentions, the same jab that knocked down Joshua Clottey and gave Shane Mosley problems; this hard jab was snapping Pacquiao’s head back and making him retreat at times. In the second, a round so dynamic I watched for three minutes without taking a breath, Pacman made the adjustments and was able to unload his artillery and the firefight was on.

Cotto was doing very well in the third round landing his patented left hooks and driving Pacquiao back at times and just when it started to look like he was going to assert his dominance and strength, Pacquiao dropped him with a right hook that went around the glove, which Puerto Rican fighter never saw. It was a flash, more off balance knock down that only made Cotto more aggressive in the conclusion of the third. But besides winning the round, it was a shot itself that was very significant for Manny, because it was the right hook around that Cotto, keeping his gloves high, could not see coming.

In the fourth Cotto continued to land bombs, especially some thunderous body blows that made fans of Pacquiao cringe, but when the Pilipino dynamo bounced on his feet and did a patented move hitting his gloves together as if to say” Let’s go” it seemed as though Pacquiao was able to take Cotto’s best shots and we were going to find out if the Puerto Rican fighter could do the same. “I tried to test his power in the early rounds. That’s why I got hit in the body and the head. I controlled the fight,” said Manny Pacquiao.

In the heated exchange at the end of the fourth stanza Manny dropped Cotto with a short left, square on the chin, and this time it was not a flash knock down; Miguel was hurt, but he got up and made it out of the round. Besides being behind on points, Cotto had a look of desperation in his eyes knowing he had a very uphill battle in front of him. “It didn’t go my way tonight,” said Cotto after the fight:” The jabs I threw landed, but I didn’t protect myself.” Actually Miguel did not know how to protect himself as Pacquiao turned up the intensity and unloaded blistering combinations that were coming from all angles baffling the Puerto Rican fighter.

It remained somewhat competitive for a few more rounds, but after the sixth Pacquiao took over the fight, he increased his lethal combinations while Cotto was mostly backing up and occasionally throwing back punches that lacked speed and power of earlier rounds. Pacman continued to stock his retreating prey and unload almost at will. Ninth round was especially damaging as bloodied and battered Cotto, chillingly similar to the way he looked in a fight with Margarito, seemed to wilt under ongoing fire assault. Miguel’s wife and son could not watch it any more and left the arena after the ninth. In the corner papa Cotto kept saying enough and head trainer was saying “We will give you one more round!”, but they never did stop the fight. Manny pressed forward, doing his job, stopping at times, glancing at the referee as if to say: “Do you want me to kill this guy?”

Finally referee Kenny Bayless stopped the massacre at fifty five seconds of the twelfth round. Cotto, who obviously wanted to finish the fight on his feet, was taken to the local hospital for observations.

“I fought everybody, and Manny is one of the best boxers today,” Cotto said. That point is very hard to argue unless you are Floyd Mayweather. “I want to see him fight Mayweather,” trainer Freddie Roach said.  And so does the rest of the world. Las Vegas bookmakers have already posted the odds on that fight. Will we get to see it?

Okay. I’ll quote both his personal attacks at the user in here:

KSI Seven 7 Says:
FOR THE RECORD GOKU AND ALL OF LS ARE STILL BLACKLISTED. I DO NOT WANT THEM ON MY SITE. ANYONE THAT DECIDES TO UNBAN THEM WILL NO LONGER BE A PART OF THIS SITE. THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER WARNING.

KSI Seven 7 Says:
I said ban that fucking means ban every time that pedafile comes to my site ban I will ban anyone that dont agree.

I never come here I let every one do as they please but that fucking lieing son of a bitch will not be on my fucking server.

Any one that builds their rep by lieing on the person who made charity and hurts little babies from getting funds for research to save the sick is sick.

Here is one of the sick kids he took from by lieing on me.

I love how I receive a “Fake” (Still haven’t received that letter from your attorney Bill) Cease and Desist order about defamation of character to one of his so called: “Employees” even though it’s a gaming community, And yet, He can go and trash people like that? Haha. Hell no. Goku, for the record, Didn’t do anything wrong. He was following friends. That’s what this community tries to do to you. They try to choose your friends for you. Tell you who you can/Cant hang out with, and if you don’t listen, You’re gone. What ever happened to just having plain old fun boys? Why can’t we all just…. Get along….

Oh well. Seven does it again and rants off about random rumors on a guy just because he wants to hurt his reputation. As for the Get Well Soon Jake, How do we know YOU didn’t pocket the money you lying drunken drug addict?

UPDATE:

Go figure. He calls himself Fame… Only because he tries to buy his way in.

Joss Stone recently sat down with Britain’s Star magazine and talked about her relationship with ganja. She basically said she had a spliff or two.  Now anti drug group are all up in her George Foreman. Her’s what she said: “I smoke weed, but I don’t think it’s really a drug. It’s more an herb. I don’t regret saying that at all. I think everyone smokes weed and people who say they don’t are lying! Weed has been given this evil stamp, but how is it dangerous? It’s going to make you laugh your a** off? You might go to sleep? I think alcohol is much more harmful.”

We agree with her, but she needn’t vilify the alcohol! Anyway, anyone that is anti-marijuana better chill and sit back. Who in the hell outlaws a plant? It’s a plant! And it’s been around for ages and will not go away. We don’t ever remember ever hearing someone overdosing on the weed. These people should get their facts straight and then enjoy a joint.

Sequels are always a gamble. I don’t care if your name is David Jaffe, Peter Molyneux or Sam Houser, you can never fully bank on guaranteed success when creating a follow-up to something as big and revered as God of War, Fable and Grand Theft Auto. The same applies to Infinity Ward’s exemplary shooter Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which may have successfully pointed the series in a bold new direction, but for others less fortunate, such radical overhauls can signal the death of a franchise. Devil May Cry 2 is a prime example of a series that derived so far from the winning formula of the original that it alienated fans of the original and threatened to knock the entire series off course until it was salvaged by the superb and hair-tearingly difficult third instalment. With all of the immeasurable hype placed on the shoulders of Modern Warfare 2, could it ever fully fulfil the wants – nay, the demands of each and every fan eager to dive back into the heat of combat?

Of course it couldn’t. However, not only has Infinity Ward managed to streamline, improve and intensify every aspect that made the original game so endearing, it delivers an unrelenting pace that not only provokes real emotion in the player, but will even have you doing a little soul-searching during some truly engaging moments. For a first-person shooter to push these boundaries on a personal level is incredibly bold of the developer, but serves to underline the ferocity of war, rather than glorifying violence as several narrow-minded commentators have already suggested. While the plot retains the sometimes-convoluted popcorn-blockbuster spectacle of the previous chapter, it will have you hooked for the brief duration, with multiplayer modes providing the real meat on the bone.

Set five years after “Soap” MacTavish and company eliminated Russian mercenary Imran Zakhaev and foiled a nuclear attack on America; rumblings of war begin to resurface with the emergence of Zakhaev’s successor, the ultranationalist psychopath Vladamir Makarov. Eager to avenge his fallen comrade, Makarov sets an intricate plot in motion that sees the Russian military attacking the US Marines on American soil. Once again, you play as multiple characters throughout the campaign, both on the side of the Marines and Task Force 141, a top secret unit led by MacTavish that is sent into the world’s most intense warzones. While missions in Call of Duty 4 were largely based in either Iraq or Russia, here your team travels across the globe, upping the range of locales considerably. From shanty towns in Rio, to barren Russian mountains and the scorching heat of Afghanistan, each location is a treat for the senses, grand in scale and painfully detailed.

Playing through the campaign is a lot like revisiting an old friend. The control system is exactly the same as it was in the original and, if you are already familiar with the various nuances of the combat system, you will be able to wade confidently into the heat of battle without issue.  For the uninitiated, a timed practice course will help familiarise players with various weapon sets and nail the art of auto-targeting, which again is executed by squeezing the left trigger. The first mission opens with the Marines attempting to reclaim a town from Afghan militia and almost serves as a contrast to the opening scenes of Call of Duty 4. As your convey rolls through the dusty city streets, the sight of civilians scarpering down back alleys and running in fear at your presence really does deliver an uneasy feeling, particularly when members of the militia stand defiant and firm before opening fire on your vehicle. All of a sudden the driver slams on the gas as you let rip with the deafening turret cannon, cutting down enemies with swift brutality that really sets the tone and pace for the rest of the campaign to follow.

While the game crackles with energy, endlessly re-spawning enemies continue to be a thorn in the side of the balance between excitement and sheer frustration. The fourth mission, that follows Task Force 141 pursuing a lead in Rio, comes with an infuriating difficulty spike thanks to the sheer volume of never-ending enemies on screen at any one time. Sure, the sight of dozens of militia firing from every window, rooftop and doorway conveys a superb sense of menace and some of the more seasoned players will relish the challenge, but at times the constant pressure simply serves as an annoyance. Infinity Ward has continually proved that it has set-pieces down to a fine art and once again, the team has delivered some truly jaw-dropping moments that quickly make you forget about the difficulty issues.

Perhaps the best example from early on in the campaign is a stage that sees “Soap” and new lead “Roach” scaling a frozen mountain to sneak into a Russian military compound. It is a breathtaking example of how set-pieces can be used to drastically alter the pace of a stage. After navigating the crumbling cliff face, “Roach” is sent into a blizzard solo using a machine gun complete with heartbeat sensor. This is a tense scene that puts you up against several troops with near zero-visibility. As you snoop around the compound in search of leads, dodging a patrol van and taking out troops as silently as possible, you really can cut the tension with a knife. Once you find what you are looking for “Soap” finds himself compromised and held at gunpoint by over a dozen troops. By triggering some C4, you create diversion that allows the duo to escape on snowmobiles, hurtling down the piste while gunning down pursuing soldiers at the same time. Needless to say, you might want to lie down after this stage is done and dusted.

While the game hurtles along at breakneck speed, the campaign does clock in at around the six to eight hour mark depending on your skill. But then again, multiplayer has always served as the core element of most Call of Duty titles and once again, there is enough content here to keep you going well up to release of the next instalment. Add to this the already-confirmed pair of downloadable map packs that are on the way and this is one substantial package indeed. Multiplayer is split into two modes; the first is a vastly improved version of Call of Duty 4’s online element and the other is the superbly crafted Spec Ops mode.

Classic multiplayer lets you engage in several modes of play, including Team Deathmatch, territory-based Domination and, for those who fancy themselves as a crack shot, the brutal Hardcore mode that ramps up the realism considerably. In the pre-match lobbies you are free to create custom character classes where you can pick and choose your own weapon load-outs, assign special skills and choose custom emblem and title combinations. New to Modern Warfare 2 is the option to customise your kill-streak and death-streak awards. As you gain experience points for winning matches and killing enemy players you will unlock new bonus skills that can be used whenever you defeat a set number of enemies in a row. For example, killing three of the opposing team in a row will typically reveal enemy locations on your mini-map. Instead you can choose your own rewards, such as drone missile strikes, care packages with extra load-outs and more.

However, if you find yourself getting drilled full of holes constantly, you will achieve death-streak rewards to help balance the fight, such as a health boost for five seconds or the ability to copy the skill set of the player who last killed you. This is a neat concept that helps redress the balance whenever the odds are stacked against you and, rather than reward failure, these perks are fleeting, running out in a matter of seconds or the next time you get killed. However, matchmaking in this game feels a little unstable when compared to Call of Duty 4, often pairing you up against characters of a much greater skill level. It is a minor gripe but can water down the fun a little.

All of the 16 maps are expertly-crafted, varied in their appearance and each boasting multiple vantage points. Afghan is a notable stage, full of key sniper positions, rocky pathways and easily-garrisoned bunkers. Skidrow is best described as Modern Warfare 2’s own version of Shipment, the painfully small map from Call of Duty 4. However, while it is a small map in terms of width and length, it is full of multi-tiered tower blocks that force players to take the fight skyward to survive. There are no weak stages here and thankfully, no vehicles, which was a major sticking point in World at War.

Spec Ops mode tasks players with completing a number of small skirmishes to unlock stars that are awarded when certain parameters are met. An early stage asks you to defend a rooftop from three waves of advancing Russian troops by taking up defensive positions with the help of claymore mines and drone missiles. The harder the difficulty setting, the more stars you will unlock. These can be tackled solo, split screen or with up to four friends online. A sub-mode called Breach and Clear is perhaps the most intense component of the entire package, playing similarly to the ‘Mile High Club’ infiltration mission at the end of the previous game. These small-scale missions task you with strategically entering an area and taking down an insane amount of enemy troops in the shortest time possible.

So is Modern Warfare 2 really the pinnacle of the first-person genre? Not really. Infinity Ward still has a long way to go when it comes to delivering a solid plot, with the campaign’s conclusion proving to be a tad deflated. But then again, who really buys a Call of Duty game for the solo experience alone? Multiplayer is near perfect, save for some uneven matchmaking, with enough challenges, modes and content to keep you going for months, if not a year. As a spectacle, the game has no rival; delivering the thrill of a big budget action film with a number of surprising plot twists to keep you on your toes. It may be the most anticipated game of the decade, but the stark similarities to its forebear keep it from achieving perfection.

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Care and Feeding of Your Pet Cockroach

With the growing resurgence of the roach population, I thought it only fitting that someone inform the public on the care and feeding of these creatures, since so many of us have them as pets in our homes.
1. Your pet roach will love you if you leave crumbs around for him. He can live for days on a tiny morsel of bread left uncleaned up in your kitchen.
2. If you forget to feed your roach, however, it is of no consequence, since a small family of roaches can live on a speck of dust or even the fibers in your carpet. They love cardboard and newspaper material too!
3. If you have a standard pet, such as a dog or cat, they will love you even more if you leave your standard pet’s food out for them! They’ll even eat it if the standard pet doesn’t!
4. Cat owners: Remember, roaches love cat poop too! So don’t clean the litter box and they’ll have a party in it!
5. Since roaches reproduce every 12 days, remember to make a spot that’s warm and has lots of sugar and water for the little ones! When they’re small, they need sugar to grow and plenty of water. Don’t leave any of that nasty roach powder around and you’ll have a whole colony in no time!
6. Remember that boric acid makes a roach hungrier, so make sure you don’t leave any out, or they’ll starve trying to eat!
7. Roaches are natural swimmers, so don’t hesitate to throw them in a nice sink or toilet full of water once in a while! Just remember not to flush!
8. Your roach will love you even more if you leave your bathroom sink running a trickle so they can have fresh water at all times! As long as there’s just a single drop, they can really enjoy it.
9. Leave cups of tea or soda sitting around unattended, too, since roaches love the sweetness of both and will jump in to get a taste!
10. Do not pet your roach to hard, since this disturbs their wings and can squish them!
Now that you have the basics, you know how to manage your roach with the utmost joy and glee! However, if you don’t want to keep your roaches happy, they’ll continue to live in your home anyway, since they were here before humans and can live off of anything!

But first this months numbers 01-0031939, 01-0006790, 01-0036905 – if this is your account number please call our office

Top 7 Creepy Crawly Jobs – Pest Management is #2 ————— I love my job….

 1. Funeral Director, Median Salary – $46,000 Qualities that funeral directors must possess include a calm demeanor, having soothing words and paying close attention to detail. Their duties include ensuring that funeral services go smoothly, the coordination of transportation and the burial of the body. James Olson, owner of Lippert-Olson Funeral Home, says, “I don’t think of what I do as creepy. Being able to give a person the opportunity to grieve for their loved one is an honor.”

2. Pest-Control Worker, Median Salary – $35,600 Are you not afraid of spiders, rodents and roaches? Then you may make a perfect fit as a pest-control worker. This position requires training and certification by law.

3. Phlebotomist, Median Salary – $27,400 Job duties of a phlebotomist include drawing vitals of blood for medical tests, blood collection and donation. Phlebotomy work can be found at hospitals, neighborhood health centers, public facilities, HMOs, diagnostic labs and physicians’ offices. There is recommended training, education and certification programs offered through groups like the National Phlebotomy Association and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

4. Archaeologist, Median Salary – $47,200 Archaeologists regularly uncover human remains and ancient artifacts to discover more about our ancestors. The job involves history and working outside. A bachelor’s degree can get your foot in the door with an entry level position as a research assistant or a writer. However, a PhD offers the best employment opportunities.

5. Theatrical Makeup Artist, Median Salary – $44,300 Theatrical makeup artists recreate anything from a gashed lip to a missing eye to five freshly burned fingers. This job offers the benefit of a flexible work schedule; however the hours can be grueling at times. The greatest number of makeup artists work in Los Angeles and New York City. A college degree is not always required although a state cosmetology license is.

6. Night Security Guard, Median Salary – $28,700 According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, this field is expected to grow 17 percent through 2016. A license is required in most states to be a security guard. However, if the job requires carrying a gun then there’s more training and licensing needed. Greater exposure to danger can increase earnings like working at a nuclear power plant or weapons installation.

7. Sewer Pipe Cleaner, Median Salary – $35,900 Would you like to work in a cramped, smelly and somewhat creepy place? Well if you do then you might have a career as a sewer pipe cleaner. They work in the cities’ massive sewer systems. It’s easy to get started as on the job training is common in this profession.

Boomer has a lot of hair. And when I say a lot…I mean a lot! If Mane n’ Tail got a hold of him – he’d be their new spokes-pony for sure. Because not only is it thick, but its got gorgeous natural highlights that shimmer in the sunlight. I’ve always loved horses with a full head of hair. Manes that flow in the wind – reminiscent of their wild ancestor’s locks (without the mats and burrs of course). So you may be wondering why I CHOPPED IT ALL OFF yesterday!!?? I’m sort of wondering the same thing myself.

I’ve always wanted to roach a horse’s mane. Because lets face it, in my equine sport of choice, mounted games, long hair just doesn’t cut it. Sure its pretty and stylish, but it gets tangled in your hands and your reins and it just basically makes multitasking near impossible. So I secretly always wanted to roach one of my ponies mane’s to see if it would make things easier for me while competing. So after my competition with Boomer on Sunday (which I really should of posted about first….but I just couldn’t wait to post about Boomer’s first haircut) and one jammed finger later, I decided what the heck if it looks stupid it will grow back!

So onto the haircut. The idea was simple. Roach Boomer’s mane so that I had about 2 inches left with the hopes that it would stand straight up – I opted to leave a little because #1 I was chicken and #2 I still need a little something to grab when I vault on or when Boomer decides to act like the baby he is and throw some bronco bucks. Then I realized…as far as I know Boomer’s never seen clippers before. Humm. Out comes the treat bag and my clicker.

Within a few minutes Boomer the wonder pony was letting me clip off his gorgeous locks with the heavy duty (super loud) clippers without so much as a flinch. All thanks to the clicker. I think if he had known I was stealing his hair he might not have been so tolerant.

I told him to keep his eyes closed until I was finished.

I was a bit scared after the first pass. Thank god we don’t have mirrors in the barn – Boomer would have never let me live this down.

But after some more touch ups and a shampoo and wash – I think it turned out ok. The real test will be next weekend when we head to the Prince George Equestrian Center for 2 days of competition. Hopefully I don’t dread Boomer’s first haircut.

So what do you think? Was this a horrible mistake on my part? Should I have cut it even shorter? Tell me what you think!

-KD
www.ponypaintings.com

New image in the glazed meat photoshop contest

Roach claims his rightful place XD …
Roach Takeover photoshop picture

Reklama piwa San Miguel z udziałem Manny Pacquiao i Erika Moralesa oraz Freddie Roacha.

Promocja dnia w sklepie Pretorian – sprawdź teraz!

Vladimir Makarov en todo su esplendor!

Bueno, para los que no sepan de que estamos hablando, el día de ayer gracias a unos de nuestros lectores (gracias delgadomalo) nos enteramos de que se había filtrado un nuevo video de Moder Warfare 2.  Hasta ahí todo va bien.

Lo interesante de dicho video filtrado, es que el video tenía una duración aproximada de 7 minutos y “miedo“, perdón, y medio, y en él se mostraba el gameplay del stage del aeropuerto.   Aeropuerto dirán?  Recuerdan el primer teaser liberado de Modern Warfare 2?  Aquel en donde sólo se miraba a través del infra rojo y se apreciaba estar dentro de un elevador, se hablaba en ruso y después ocurría una tragedia.

Pues la gente de Infinity Ward ha ido demasiado lejos o se atreve a explorar terrenos nunca antes pisados por los video juegos; todo depende de como lo veas.

La acción transcurrida en dicho video se trata de, prácticamente, realizar un acto terrorista en el menci0nado aeropuerto.   Matar a cuanto civil, seguridad, empleados, etc que te topes y no dejar rastro de vida alguno.  Por qué?  Bueno eso es por cuestión de la historia, donde estarás al lado del Vladimir Makarov, quien es el nuevo villano del juego y al parecer era compisíma de Imran Zakhaev y como ya todos sabemos, le damos matarile en el primer MW.

Pero hay una buena razón para estar al lado de Vladimir durante el tiroteo y la masacre a civiles.  Razón la cual NO les diré porque sería darles un gran SPOILER, sólo les diré que está muuuuuuuuuuuy bien justificada.

La cuestión aquí es que la gente de Activision ha salido a aclarar el por qué de dicho nivel en MW2.

“La escena muestra en profundidad la maldad y la sangre fría del líder ruso al que perseguimos y su unidad. Mostrando esa maldad, el jugador siente aún con más ganas la necesidad de detenerlos.

Los jugadores también tienen la opción de saltarse esa escena. Al principio del juego hay dos checkpoints donde se avisa al usuario de que podría encontrar imágenes desagradables. Esos checkpoints no pueden desactivarse.

‘Modern Warfare 2’ es un juego ficticio de acción diseñado para marcar esa intensidad, un juego realista que muestra conflictos reales, pero con tintes épicos, como las películas de acción. Está convenientemente calificado para mayores de 18 debido a sus violentas escenas, lo que significa que está pensado para aquellos que tienen 18 años o más.“

Lamento no poder mostrarles el video, pero como se han de imaginar, está causando un revuelo en la web.  Por lo que ha sido removido (a petición de Infinity Ward, cabe aclarar, no por su contenido violento o algo así, sino ser un video filtrado de un nivel de la campaña) de cuanto sitio ha sido posible.

No se ustedes, pero me agrada la decisión de los programadores y les aplaudo el tener el valor de dar ese paso en lo que a historia se refiere.  Obvio, no faltará la gente persignada que se dé golpes de pecho y rece unos padres nuestros por lo que hará Infinity Ward con el gameplay del aeropuerto.    Pero hay 4 puntos que debemos de checar:

1.  El juego será para mayores de 18 años. Sabemos que no faltarán los menores que lo tengan, pero eso ya no es culpa de la compañía desarrolladora.  De ese aspecto se encargan los retailers, dealers o padres de familia.

2.  Se refiere a una historia “ficticia”.

3.  El juego te dará la posibilidad de saltarte esa escena y sobre todo, te avisará de lo que verás y que pudiera no ser de tu agrado.

4.  Aceptemoslo, vemos cosas mucho, mucho, muuucho más fuertes en la televisión hoy en día, que esto.

Helen Dixon was "disgusted" when she found Colin in her salad

By Cara Sulieman

A HUNGRY Scot got a crunchy surprise in a bag of salad she bought from her local shop – when she found a creepy crawly on her plate.

Helen Dixon, 27, found a live cockroach after she tipped out the Italian-style salad from budget supermarket chain Lidl.

Having already munched on the first half of the bag of lettuce the night before, she felt sick when she made the gruesome discovery.

But she has kept the bug as proof of what happened, putting him in a glass jar and naming him Colin.

“Disgusting”

The business development executive had bought the salad from the Lidl on Dalry Road and was tucking into it in her Polwarth home in Edinburgh on Sunday.

Helen said: “It was quite disgusting. On Saturday I had some of the salad and put in back in the fridge and on Sunday I put some more on to the plate and it popped out.

“There’s no way he could have got into it overnight, because the top of the bag had a clip around it. I felt like vomiting, it was disgusting.

“I thought it was a beetle, but I’ve got it at work and everyone thinks it’s a cockroach.

“Because it was alive in the bag, I thought that was worse than it being dead, so I wanted to show it to Lidl.”

“Traumatised”

But Colin’s adventure seems to have taken a toll on his health and it’s touch and go if he’ll survive long enough to be taken back to the store.

Helen said: “I put him in a jar, but he looks like he’s going to die.

“I just chucked some of the salad in and one of the girls at work gave him a raisin and he enjoyed that, but I think he’s shrinking a bit. He is just about as traumatised as me.

“I phoned Lidl and they said ‘can you try and bring it in?’ so I have to go back and hand him in to them.”

“Investigate”

A spokesman for Lidl said that their supplier had assured them there were very stringent cleaning and inspecting methods in place.

He added: “Our policy is to fully investigate the issue. The customer is fully refunded and supplied with a replacement product. Each instance would be dealt with on an individual basis.

“Our quality assurance team carry out routine tests on all our products and on no occasion has this product raised any quality issues.”

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Cutler's awesome helicopter TD run

After last Sunday’s Redzone meltdown against the Atlanta Falcons, the Chicago Bears hope to go on the road and get a win against the Cincinnati Bengals. With the season more than a quarter of the way finished, the glaring problems of the Chicago Bears are becoming obvious. One of the problems is that the Bears can not run the ball, and it is not all of Matt Forte’s fault either. After a very good rookie season, Forte is struggling to get yards but the difference between this year and last year is the offensive line. The Bears O-line is just not run-blocking very well. My pre-season observations led me to believe the Bears O-line would struggle protecting Jay Cutler but instead the O-line is struggling to get any push in the run game. An indication that the offensive line is to blame rather than Forte is that opposing teams have been hitting Forte in the back field (that’s my personal observation). Running lanes have been scarce so far. The biggest problem – and unfortunately one that is out the Bears control – is the injury bug that has hit the Bears. The linebackers corps has been hit the hardest but the defensive tackles have been injured as well. Last week in the fourth quarter of the Atlanta game, Pisa Tinoisamoa suffered a season-ending injury to his right knee. The linebackers unit has already missed star MLB Brian Urlacher (out for the season) and all the other Bears linebackers except Lance Briggs have been injured at some point of the season and missed time (that includes pre-season and regular season). The latest high-profile Bear to be injured is Tommie Harris, who will not suit up for Sunday’s game. Israel Idonije has already missed time but did come back to play last week against Atlanta.

Are these problems worrisome for Bears fans? Surprisingly not yet. The Bears have been competitive in every game so far, but football adage says that the great teams win the close games. The Bears are 2-2 in their close games and 1-2 on the road. Not bad for a pretty tough starting season schedule. Despite the injuries to the defense, the unit has hung in there with good play from the fill-in linebackers of Roach, Williams, and Hillenmeyer. ‘Peanut’ Tillman has played very well, and Briggs is playing like Briggs – which is always good. Yes, there have been some defensive lapses here and there (evident last week when the Bears struggled with the no-huddle). Hopefully, the injuries are over as the unit can not afford anymore losses as then it would become worrisome (thankfully, the Bears are deep at both the linebackers and D-line). As for the O-line run-blocking I just can’t see the Bears turning on the switch permanently, but now would be the time to do so as the Bears enter the “softer” part of their schedule. The Bears can not put it all on Cutler’s shoulders and that became clear last week when Cutler threw an interception in the redzone. Had a running game been established, that crucial INT might have not happened.

These are only two obvious problems, while there are a lot more positives for the Bears. For one, Jay Cutler has been pretty damn good, and while he has not been flashy he has been a big part of the reason the Bears have been competitive this year. Another positive is the play from the wide receivers this years. I’m not quite ready to jump on the Johnny Knox bandwagon just yet, but it is not hard to see he has been pretty special so far. While Devin Hester has not come up on the stat sheet as fans would like, he has done the ‘little things’ that has impressed me. Hester route running is pretty good not playing the position for too long, and I’ve seen him make some big time blocks that most receivers don’t make. Plus, Hester has made some pretty tough catches in traffic. Aside from the Green Bay bomb and Calvin Johnson nearly having a field day, the Bears secondary has been the third positive in the Bears early season. In pre-season I really thought teams would pick the secondary apart but they have not been as bad as I expected. Lastly, the special teams – specifically the punting of Maynard and the kicking of Gould – have been awesome. Maynard especially impressed me with his punts landing inside the 20 yard line. Hey, its not pretty but field position goes a long way.

Gould & Maynard

Knox & Hester

You may be wondering why the title ‘Cockroaches and Coffee’. This being Spain, the coffee should be self-explanatory, but the roaches….? Well, first of all, everyone has an opinion about cockroaches, don’t they? Hate ‘em or hate ‘em, they certainly don’t leave anyone cold.

I have always despised the little bastards, but the first time I came into close contact with them was while living in Ibiza. Like everything there, the cockroaches are more flamboyant, larger than life, and in your face. I am sure the only reason they don’t wear false eyelashes is that they can’t stick them on properly. (And are probably too busy eating the little tubes of glue). Otherwise they would be strutting around the island on miniature heels, adjusting their wigs, and lip-syncing to Cher songs.

A few days after a friend had moved into a new flat in D’alt Villa (The Old Town) we bumped into him in the street and he looked more like a recent war veteran with PTSD than someone taking time out to live it up for the Summer. He looked positively traumatised. We asked him what was wrong

‘The flat’s infested with cockroa.ches.’ he said, flinching, and glancing over his shoulder. ‘But they’re not like normal ones, these ones have got attitude. I’ve been fighting them for days.’ Fighting them? They fight back? I know it’s not easy to kill them but I thought you just had to stamp on them or poison them. He explained that every time he raised a shoe to smash one of them into the lino, it would look back up at him, cocky as anything, and instead of running for cover, it would eyeball him and assume a martial arts pose. He would raise the shoe ready to strike, and the roach would launch itself at him like Bruce Lee, and begin hand to hand combat in mid-air. And he was losing.

I was working at the time in a restaurant run by an ageing, camp Argentinian. One night he and the other waiter, while I was setting up the terrace outside, decided to fumigate the place before it opened, only they forgot to tell me. Have you seen what happens to roaches when you poison them like this? After about half an hour they literally come running out of the woodwork and die a grotesque, drug-crazed death, breakdancing like body-poppers on Red Bull. Before opening the doors, the boss and I were leaning on the counter at the back of the restaurant and chatting. I was listening to his tales of Ibiza in the 70s. I thought to myself ‘Why is Alberto caressing my hand while he tells me this?’ I looked down and to my horror saw a large shiny roach attempting groggily to mount the back of my hand. I can still recall the gentle probing of its feelers, soft, almost sensual.

Later that night Alberto opened the ancient cashtill and pulled out a ten euro bill to give a customer his change, Sitting serenely on the note as though it was his very own flying carpet, at least until it launched itself at his face, was another roach. Alberto swore that it winked at him.

Cockroaches bring out the aggressive killer instinct in me that I didn’t think I had. I once spent twenty minutes, jet-lagged and almost hysterical in a hotel room in Bangkok chasing a cockroach around and trying to smash it to pieces. Eventually it eluded me and I gave up. When I was getting ready to leave later, I opened my handbag to take out a lipstick and there it was, celebrating its squatter’s rights inside my bag. I found myself pounding its mangled body into the floor with a flip-flop, shouting ‘In my handbag? Oh no you don’t pal…….die, you fucker, die!!’

Coincidentally, this morning as I got ready for work and was dusting the inside of one of my shoes with talc, I tipped it upside down (thank God) and out fell a huge roach onto its back. I made a noise like a puppy being trodden on. It was too early for the gratuitous violence of ‘The Shoe’ and besides, it had fallen onto my bedside table and lay there wriggling frantically, emitting little clouds of talc. While I dithered it managed to right itself and make a run for it. I haven’t seen a roach in my house for months, as the flat is positively land-mined with traps so I can only assume this one was on its last legs and had crawled into my nice warm shoe to die.

So everyone has a story when it comes to cockraoches. Everyone hates them and finds them disproportinately disgusting. They would rather fumigate the place and have done with them. What purpose do they serve? We’d all be better off without them. And you just can’t seem to get rid of them- whatever you do, they keep coming back. They live on scraps, creep around behind your back, and no matter how many times you stamp on them they seem to be able to pick themselves up, shake themselves down and live to hustle another day.Like those of us who live here.

That’s what endears them to me in the end despite my loathing, and what allows me to empathise: the humble cockroach is an outcast and a survivor. Therefore it has its place in Lavapies mythology. Because the inhabitants of Lavapies have certain traits in common with these insects. Take our natural habitat, for example:

‘Pest species of cockroaches adapt readily to a variety of environments, but prefer warm conditions found within buildings‘. Too vague for you? How about ‘Cockroaches are mainly nocturnal and will run away when exposed to light. Another study tested the hypothesis that cockroaches use just two pieces of information to decide where to go under those conditions: how dark it is and how many other cockroaches there are.’

If you go out on the street at 8 a.m. in Lavapies you will see only tumbleweed rolling across the plaza and maybe an old lady walking her dog. Step outside 6 hours earlier at 2 a.m however, and the streets are crawling. There is a lot of scuttling to and fro in and out of small, dark bars crammed with other warm bodies.

Regarding living conditions and group decision-making ‘:Research has shown that group-based decision-making is responsible for complex behavior such as resource allocation. In a study where 50 cockroaches were placed in a dish with three shelters with a capacity for 40 insects in each, the insects arranged themselves in two shelters with 25 insects in each, leaving the third shelter empty. When the capacity of the shelters was increased to more than 50 insects per shelter, all of the cockroaches arranged themselves in one shelter. Researchers found a balance between cooperation and competition exists in group decision-making behavior ….’

Lavapies is well-known for its housing crisis, for its tradition of squatters moving into abandoned buildings, and for the mind-boggling number of immigrant inhabitants per flat. Living on top of each other and sharing resources is nothing new for us. It is an extraordinarily co-operative neighbourhood, far more group-oriented than the nuclear-family ‘normality’ surrounding us.

One of the most notorious characteristics of cockroaches is their hardiness. ‘Cockroaches are among the hardiest insects on the planet. Some species are capable of remaining active for a month without food and are able to survive on limited resources like the glue from the back of postage stamps. Some can go without air for 45 minutes. In one experiment, cockroaches were able to recover from being submerged underwater for half an hour.‘

Need I say more? However much you hate them, you can’t help but admire them for being tiny indestructible machines of malice. I would say that we Lavapeños (I made that word up) are also hardy, resourceful and can survive on next to nothing.

Let’s take a look at food: ‘…they are scavengers and will eat anything organic. They prefer food sources such as starches, sweets, grease and meat products, but other items may include cheese, beer, leather, glue, hair, starch in book bindings, flakes of dried skin or decaying organic matter (plant or animal).’ Now, there’s not that much difference between this list and the diet of the average Lavapies dweller at least until you get as far as leather. The streets of Lavapies are lined with Indian restaurants, kebab shops, Lebanese eateries and good old fashioned Spanish tapas bars (which covers starches, sweets, grease, meat products, cheese and beer.

One mustn’t forget that ‘cockroach’ characters have appeared in literature and drama at least since classical Greece, speaking for the weak, the underdogs, the outsiders, in short those who live on the underside of dominant human culture. In his book ‘Revolt of the cockroach people’ Oscar Zeta Acosta, for example, used them as a metaphor for opressed and downtrodden minorities in US society in the 60s and 70s.

I am a sucker for metaphor. Also useless trivia, so here’s the final pointless but impressive fact:

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. Starves to death?? I would have thought that would be the least of its worries. What does it do all that time? I know I will be haunted by this thought. But not for as long as I will be haunted by the other thought I had this morning:

‘Yes, but would I have felt it wriggling under my socked foot in the confines of the shoe (really bad) or would I have just ground it to a pulp all day only to find out when I took my shoe off? (Worse).

These are the reasons I chose the title ‘cockroaches and coffee’. I know what people outside this neighbourhood think of us. They think we’re roaches, and I’ve decied to be proud of it rather than offended. I know there are many people in Madrid who recoil at the thought of us all scuttling around down here and scavenging on the city’s scraps. They think we are vermin, we survive on next to nothing, we creep around after dark and no matter how hard you try, you can’t get rid of us. Worse, our numbers are multiplying to plague-like proportions. An infestation of immigrant hippies, artists, musicians, queers, crusties, students, druggies, poets, tramps and hustlers. Help!! Call pest control, quick!

]]> http://themoshpitt.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/every-time-i-die-new-junk-aesthetic/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:59:24 +0000 gioiahm http://themoshpitt.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/every-time-i-die-new-junk-aesthetic/

Still strutting their stuff, Every Time I Die’s newest album, New Junk Aesthetic, can simply be described as heavy, fast and eccentric.

New Junk Aesthetic was described by Shawn of Review Rinse Repeat as, “Beginning, the har­mony unit­ing the archaic and mod­ern alike is clearly accounted for.“

These Buffalo boys got together in 1988 and debuted their LP Gutter Phenomenon in 2005, which they used to establish themselves as the new sound in both country and metal. Gutter Phenomenon was the first of many albums to take listeners on a journey in which they had not previously experienced.

New Junk Aesthetic has the same old Every Time I Die sound, the album lacks amounts of new creativity, yet highlights the bands talents. So may argue that Every Time I Die needs to adjust their sound to the “new metal listeners,” but why? They have established a strong sound that has drawn in numerous fans.

Drew Beringer of Absolute Punk explained why in his review of Every Time I Die’s latest release.

“Every Time I Die wants to destroy the world. While their previous albums have inflicted some damage on Mother Earth, the Buffalo quintet is not satisfied. The fact of the matter is ETID wants to leave their mark, so they’ve promised that their fifth studio album (and Epitaph debut), New Junk Aesthetic, would blow a huge gaping asshole into the earth,” explained Beringer.  “So if you’ve felt the earth shake recently, that’s just me recklessly playing this album way too loud, as New Junk Aesthetic is the heaviest Every Time I Die record to date.“

As the life of both the party and the funeral, Every Time I Die opens on a strong yet smooth note with Roman Holiday (track 1). Roman Holiday begins to set the mood for the rest of the album and fully captures attention. Using the unique combined sound of a car halting to a screeching stop and a pre show tuning to open and close the track, Every Time I Die allows you a moment to pause and embrace what is going to happen and what has just happened.

Missing the unrolling screams of vocalist Keith Buckley, don’t worry they are soon to come, along with a new surprise as K. Buckley tries his hand at melodic singing.

Prepare yourself, because the tracks to fallow Roman Holiday are rapid, violent, atrocious and powerful.

Who Invited The Russian Soldier? (track 3) is the first track on the album to fully embrace the bands brutality. Drummer, Mike Novak, hits the pause right on beat and fulfills the silence with that hardly capture his talents. Mixed in with the vicious drums are dramatic guitars, as Jordan Buckley and Any Williams, just begin to showcase their talents.

Incase you forgot that Every Time I Die is not your typical band (as if that is possible), they remind you with Wanderlust (track 4).

While Buffalo may not scream southern blues,  K. Buckley makes this stereotype seem ridiculous. Prepare your ears to be dumbfounded as K. Buckley successfully mixes his unrolling screams with the sound of sweet southern blues to create a twangy brutal sound. Along with him, guitarist, J. Buckley and Williams, exeunt their talent changing tempos and using a mixture of unique sounds.

Continuing to show case their talents, Every Time I Die continues on their musical journey to For the Record (track 5). Their lyrical skills are more than exemplified on For the Record, as K. Buckley’s lyric-writing becomes choppy and poetic. While the lines are embellished in K. Buckley’s screams, take a moment to read the lyrics and truly enjoy the tale of a fugitive who finally got caught.

An attacking lyrical opening leads into a strong ranting and back to attacking, as Every Time I Die takes the call and response out of the interments and hands the responsibility over to K. Buckley. But, J. Buckley,  Williams, Novak and Josh Newton, bassist, do not take a back seat on this track (or any for that matter). Guitar, bass and drums all rage on with simple beats and rhythms that combined to capture their true talents, For the Record allows these boys to proclaim that they have mastered the back-to-basics and can spice it up with a touch of personality.

Every Time I Die continues to storm on track after track with a new attack and story.  Buffalo 666 (track 12) provides as a closing intensified metal track in which K. Buckley proves his mastered skill of screaming.

New Junk Aesthetic ends on a fun and unique sound. Goddamn Kids These Days (track 13) incorporates everything that you have heard on the previous tracks to create an ending masterpiece. Amongst various tempo changes, you will find K. Buckley move from unrolling screams, at times with a blunt forcefulness to melodic singing which creates a sound that captures your ears and makes you wonder where the band is going to take their sound next. From fast to slow, unrolling to blunt, Goddamn Kids These Days is a powerful call out to all who have failed to listen to the mistakes of those who came before them.

Whether the sound is the same as the last album or not, Every Time I Die has done what they do best and made a commotion. Their big depute on Epitaph Records, “Further refined their signature approach with a new sonic clarity and an occasional focus on melodic hooks,” said Pemberton Roach of All Music.

New Junk Aesthetic is nothing to be looked over, but a simple step forward and sampler of what more Every Time I Die posses to offer in the future.