Update from the pie

Hello there and season's greetings fellow rats. I the pie am getting ready for the holidays and let me tell ya, it has not been easy. The past week at school really took it's toll. I'm glad I stayed with it though and didn't give up. Although I got very, very close to breaking, I managed to pull through losing only minimal amounts of filling. Yes the pie is ok, still alive and well. The other night, the pie had the most fun it's had in quite a long time. That will not soon be forgotten :D. Oh and if you want to see the fruit of pie labour, check out http://www.ajsnowbored.webs.com/. This is the website that nearly made the aj completely lose it. Will not go into detail there as it will probably make you want to spork your eyes out...blast that vile evil whatever it was that was stopping this thing from working properly.

But now on to a more severe problem...the pie has failed to do any christmas shopping this year! Ahhh what is a broke pie to do when it doesn't even have any money to buy presents for it's family and homies? I feel so bad that I don't have any gifts to give this year :( The only gift I do infact have is love and christmas spirit. I have told my friends this year that I do not wish to recieve any gifts cos honestly, I have pretty much everything that a pie would ever need. I have my guitar, my fish, my music and family and friends. That's all that really matters. Everything else is just stuff and is of little importance. The only thing that the pie does want though is a furry little friend. That will come with time though when I manage to find myself a steady job and have saved up enough. In leu of getting me gifts this year, I want my friends to help out animals in need and donate something to the SPCA in the true spirit of christmas.

This year as part of christmas celebrations, members of the rat crew and a few others have decided to do something very special to help out and give back to the community. Tomorrow, we are going to get together and go to the pet store and buy supplies to donate to the Humane Society. To a pie who loves animals so much and cares so much, this is probably the best thing to do to celebrate christmas. Afterall, the true meaning of christmas is giving and the best gift you can give is hope to those who need it most, no matter if they have two legs or four and if they have fur or scales or feathers.

The next few days to follow will be filled with advetures and yes, mass candycane bombings and perhaps a...transmas? The pie only wishes that a certain special little creature could join us. But even though she won't be here in person, she'll be here with us in spirit :). Hope everybody has a wonderful joyful holiday, no matter what you want to call it. The pie loves you all and hope you all have a great time.

Now then, the pie has things that it should be doing right now, so I'll leave you with this note and be sporking on my merry way...

Ohhhh...We wish you a Merry Ratmas
We wish you a Merry Ratmas
We wish you a Merry Ratmas and a Sporking New Year.

Good gnomings we bring to you and your toast
Good gnomings for Ratmas and wish you good cheer.

Zach wrote it - I inspired it

Find the happiness in life
Find comfort in love
Finding joy in beauty
Find honor from courage
Finding hope of safety
Find the fun of strength
and find the pleasure of lust

Tis the season for some de gnoming....okay anyways ...

Away in a sewer,
No cheese for their crew
The little Lord ratitcus
sporked down there evil plan

The mayonegg declared look up at the sky
the crew looked and...
little lord ratitcus said
asleep on the mango again

The humans are screaming
The poor humans are looking
But little Lord ratitcus
said what never seen a talking rat before?

Lord ratitcus gathered up the humans
pointed to the pie
and said may I have some for me and my crew,
for we have nothing left down in the sewers

but lord ratiscus the human said
why the pie
silly human
thats a rat pie

the plan was done
the pie was in tender care
but through it all we forgot the cheese
dang it well try again next year
but for now we remain away in our sewer


oh yes this is the wolf hiding in the rat crew again for I am Sir ratitcus bitus sporkamaxius

reason we say sir is because madam just sounds to fruity

Spork the walls with loads of cheese,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
gnomes the season to be ratty,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

spork on the walls now our rat apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
gnome the spam time carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the blazing pie before us,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
spork the mayonegg and join the mango.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Follow me in wolfy pleasure get your mind out the gutter,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
While I tell of wolf time adventure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

paste away the old year masses,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Hail in the new rats and masses,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.


spork we all deems it, all rats together,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
sporkless of the sewers and humans,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Ode to RENT

Firstly, the vocalists in rent actually believe in what they are singing. They put their everything into it; it makes the biggest difference. FOR EXAMPLE-- AMERICAN IDOL VERSION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Youzr-9otfs

VS REAL ONE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8iTeDl_Wug&feature=related

Oh, the main characters are Mimi (the stripped at an S&M club – she has HIV/AIDS, is determined to get Rodger{ends up dating him/falling in love with him}), Rodger (a musician with a troubled past – had HIV/AIDS – no job – depressed until he meets Mimi and finally lets himself fall in love with her), Mark (the film maker – no job – the ex of Maureen who is now dating Joanne), Joanne (Maureen’s new lesbian lover – they break up and then get back together. Is a lawyer.) Maureen (the bi girl – Mark’s ex – drama queen – holds a protest against Benny), Benny ( the ex roomie of Mark, Maureen, Collins – now a rich ass who is wanting to tear down tent city {tent city it where all the homeless people find shelter and live} to build a cyber studio. Maureen’s protest against this is what provokes Benny to ask for the entire years rent all at once), Collins (black guy, has HIV/AIDS – falls in love with Angel), Angel (the drag queen and one of the most powerful characters. She brings everyone together. She has HIV/AIDS.)
The first song in the MOVIE rent (since there are fewer song in the movie version than Broadway version) is called, seasons of love (you heard that one). It is about the different ways some people could measure a year, for example, 525600 minutes, report cards, cups of coffee, in laughter or strife...Or, in love. The different seasons, types of love. Even the 525600 minutes has a meaning as well. They say that each minute can be a completely different experience and having meaning. It is also saying, that that would be one of the best ways to go about life – seeing love, feeling love.
The second song is based on paying “last year’s rent” and how that affects them. “Last year’s rent” is literally the fact that their old roomie got rich, promised them free rent, and then took back that promise (they live the bohemian life, so money is like, a no go). But how it affects them makes them glaze over their lives a bit. The song describes it better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDKtJJ9pouA (crappy quality)
THREE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERS:
Ok, more on Rodger. His last girlfriend died of HIV/AIDS, which they both got from their drug addiction. He was in love with her, and when she died, his talent did to. He blames himself for her death, he never smiles, until he meets Mimi. He has been a year free of drugs when he meets Mimi.
Mimi – She brings light back into Rodgers life. But, it takes him awhile to push through his pain and let himself take another stab at love. She first gets his attention by going up to his door (they both live in the same apartment, that of Benny’s *he shut off all of the power due to the lack of rent*)asking him to light her candle; which she keeps blowing out so she can stay with him. He then ends up telling her his ex girl friend died by mentioning that she looks familer and she is like “who is she?”, so he is like “her name was April, she died”. At one point, she looks like she is going to leave, but then she realizes her drugs went missing somewhere in Rodger/Mark’s flat. So, that is when Rodger finds out she is a druggie. Rodger finds her stash on the ground, and hides it from her, but she notices that he did so, when he obviously tries to keep it away from her, she flirts her way into getting it back. After that, she interrupts him when he is all alone, trying to come up with any sort of song, and goes ape shit and demands she leave and tells her “if you’re looking for romance, come back another day”. Her response (since she knows his ex died) she tells him “
“The Heart May Freeze Or It Can BurnThe Pain Will Ease If I Can LearnThere Is No FutureThere Is No PastI Live This MomentAs My LastThere's Only UsThere's Only ThisForget RegretOr Life Is Yours To MissNo Other RoadNo Other WayNo Day But Today”
SONG THIS LINE IS FROM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzuJp2tHstg
The meaning of this line comes up often.
Her and Rodger end up breaking up because, she tried to quit drugs for him, and then relapsed, which for him was the last straw; and left her. After that, she ended up just getting more and more sick. By the time Rodger realized he was being a dumb ass, and came back from Santa Fe to find her and apologize – she had run away, and quit drugs by herself, and was living on the streets. Maureen and Joanne found her, nearly dead, and brought her back to Rodger/Mark’s place (ALL OF THIS OCCURED AFTER ANGEL DIED). Rodger FINALLY made a song when he was away from Mimi, about how much he loved Mimi. When he was singing it to her, she died (for a bit)...Rodger called out her name, and then, after a few moments, she can back to life and said that she saw Angel, and that Angel told her to come back and listen to Rodger’s song.
Angel – Angel is just amazing. She brings everyone together and is fully into supporting everyone around her. Her first song she sings “today for you, tomorrow for me”. She always puts others before her. She, in the end, dies of HIV/AIDS. The only one in the story who ends up doing so. She and Collins fall in love.
A way the meaning of RENT can be defined is that, love is the most important thing, and that you should not waste a single moment of your life by regretting the bad shit you’ve done – the bad crap that has happened, but to learn from it. “No day but today” to do anything but live. You can’t live in the past, and you can’t live in the future. Love who you are, love what you have, love those around you.

Interesting fact...many of Jonathan Larson’s (the creator of rent) friends had/have AIDS. He also died right before rent made it to Broadway. It was in production and ready to go, but he died before his dream fully came true. Also, rent is the longest running Broadway play!!

C'mon rats, let's get in the spirit of Xmas!

Dashing through the snow
In a one gnome open sleigh
O'er the streets we go
Rockin’ all the way
AC/DC songs play
Making rat spirits bright
How cheesy it is to dook and sing
A ferret song tonight

Oh, jingle sporks, jingle sporks
Sporking all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one gnome open sleigh
Oh, jingle sporks, jingle sporks
Sporking all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one gnome open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I’d eat some cheese
And soon I figured out
That I was about to sneeze
For the cheese had a funny smell
I thought it came from hell
Then I looked under the tree
And saw that it wasn’t for me

Oh, jingle sporks, jingle sporks
Sporking all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one gnome open sleigh
Jingle sporks, jingle sporks
Sporking all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one gnome open sleigh, Yay!

To do: Sort life out.

The AJ has been doing some major thinking and feels that it really needs a major change in it's life, and it means MAJOR. AJs are curious creatures who have a never-ending lust for adventure. AJs get very bored very quickly if they are stuck doing the exact same thing day after day. AJs cannot sit and waste their lives away in front of the computer. AJs cannot lay around the house and eat socks and let their minds wallow away into nothing. If they do, then extreme boredom sets in and they become very destructive to themselves and the people around them. AJs need to be out and about discovering new things and engaging in new adventures. That way, they can keep their over active minds stimulated and not have any time to start thinking of any "funny buisness."

But there is one major road block for the AJ in doing so. For you see, AJs are not very social creatures and are afraid of most people. No they are not anti-social, infact they love talking to other creatures of their own type who respect them and love them for who they are. AJs love Wolves, Mangos, Mayoneggs, Shenaniganz, Sarwuhs, just to name a few. Sad thing is is there are very few people out there who are that fond of AJs. Many people consider them annoying pests and buy special AJ repellant just to get rid of them.

Do dee do, Time for a Rat Review!

As many of you fellow rats already know, the pie here was lucky enough to attend a very, very special concert over the weekend. Now this was no ordinary everyday concert like the ones the pie goes to on a weekly basis, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. None other than the pie's lifelong rock 'n roll heros... *drumroll* AC/DC!!!

Now since I'm writing this review a few days late, it won't be as detailed as I would like it to be. I'll try my best though to rack my brain and dig into every last corner of my memory. I know that I am probably one of the luckiest people on earth to actually have attended this concert. This was probablty the most sought after event in many years. When tickets for it were released on Ticketmaster, within 4 minutes they were all gone. My dad ended up have to go on eBay to buy us tickets for several times their original value. He didn't seem to care though about the price. He was ecstatic that we were actually going. He was probably more excited than I was!

When we got to GM place that night, we were such keeners that we were there an hour and a half before the doors even opened. We didn't care though or even seem to notice the conditions outside. It was pooring rain and fucking windy and freezing as hell, but nobody could even give a damn. We were all caught up in anticipation of what was about to come. When we got inside the building, it was nothing short of total chaos. Everybody was rushing to the merch booth to be the first get their hands on one of AC/DC's legendary concerts shirts. Red light-up devil horns were also a big hit with the crowd. I didn't fully understand why until the lights went down in the stadium and in the darkness was a sea of blinking red lights.

The show started off with Irish openers "The Answer." They had a raw rock 'n roll sound which of course, resembled that of AC/DC's. After their half-hour set, the crowd really started to get wild. Drunken shouts of AC fuckin' DC could be heard throughout. After what seemed like an eternity well for me anyways, ahh bless the impatient teenage mind, it was really happening. The crowd rose to their feet. The TV screens played a short animated clip featuring hot chicks hijacking an AC/DC train and causing it to overheat and overspeed. Then just as the train was about to crash, and explosion of fireworks went off and behind the smoke and fury, a full sized model locomotive was revealed. And all 5 members of the band appeared from behind it.

They immediatelly started rippin' into everly catchy Rock 'n Roll train and I was in complete awe of the whole scene. I've watched many AC/DC live DVD's before, but actually seeing them in real life is a completely different story. I was blown away in ways that I never have been before. To see Angus Young start shredding and bouncing around on stage truely was something, epecially for a man his age. Especially for all members of AC/DC. I find it spectacular how they are still rocking today just as hard as they were 20 or so years ago.

Now there's just something special about AC/DC shows. Although you can predict and you know exactly what's coming next, it doesn't make the show dissapointing at all. Infact, it just enhances the thrills of it all. You know that Angus Young is going to do his infamous strip tease and show off his ancient AC/DC boxers. You know that Brian Johnson is going to swing from the giant church bell during Hells Bells. And you know that a huge blow-up doll, bearing excessively large umm cleavage, is going to appear out of nowhere for Whole Lotta Rosie. But yet there's just something that seems almost comforting and very thrilling at the same time in this very simple, yet powerful formula.

The show concluded with an encore of Highway to Hell, which featured lots of spectacular pyrotechnics, and in which Angus Young donned his famous red devil horns. Since Highway to Hell is my personal favourite AC/DC song, this was one of the highest points in the show for me. Their last song, For Those About To Rock, was probably one of the best ways to end such an epic show. With the boom of the real cannons and the "We Salute You!" I don't think there could have been a better way in ending such an epic night. This is one night that I will definately never forget. It was truely a once in a lifetime experince.

When it comes to rockin' out hard and thrilling fans, AC/DC sure know what they're doing. They are something that almost everybody loves and they will never get old. I predict that my kids will still be listening to AC/DC and I will beable to tell them that I was lucky enough to see them live in concert when I was 17.

Now then, without further adue...Rock'n Roll ain't noise pollution, Rock 'n Roll ain't gonna die!

brownie points

firstly, this is a LOL, so much of a LOL that it is going into both of my blogs (rad rats and my personal one)

Brownie points.

So, at lunch, Isaac, Katie, Me and Zach were talking and the topic of earing brownie points came up. Zach was like "what would a brownie point earn me?"

KATIE: "100 get you a kiss, 150 get you a kiss with toung, 500 gets you second base, 5000 get you 3rd base and a diamond with a white gold band gets you a mother-in-law"

ZACH and ISAAC: "wow you guys are expensive!"

JUST ISAAC: "with my girl friend 50 brownie points gets me 3rd base"

ME: "Wait, katie!! for me 50 brownie points gets a kiss, 100 get a kiss with toung, 150 get you second base, 3rd base is still 5000+ and LOL AT THE MOTHING-IN-LAW"

KATIE: "it's true though!!!"

this is nearly word for word. think it's funny now? shoulda been there!!

BTW I AM DATING ZACH :)