Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Kill yourself

Something about emo people pissed me off recently and I got to thinking about ways for them to kill themselves. Not just to talk about it or even to attempt one of those, “cry for help” suicides, but to actually do the deed.

As far as killing yourself goes, there are common methods people gravitate towards, and common mistakes that keep these shitbirds alive. So if you’re planning to slit your wrists, remember to cut down the length of your arm and not just across your wrists. A simple phrase to help you remember this is, “down the highway, not across the tracks.” If you plan on shooting yourself, fill your mouth with water, put a gun in your mouth and fire. That way, if you’re aim is off (think “Fight Club”), the shockwave from the water will kill you anyway. It would be cool if it’d explode your whole head, but that may not be the case, so don’t get your hopes up…

If you’re really hellbent on offing yourself, you could also try this dude’s method. He shows ten ways to kill yourself at once (it’s pretty amazing, watch for yourself. And no, it’s not real. But it’s an awesome way to go if you’re determined).

Me? I’d want to go out in a fun way. Perhaps I’d eat a whole bunch of coins, strap some C-4 to my body, jump from a high building and then detonate myself. Then people would get my guts rained down on them… along with some money. Kind of like a piñata. That’d be awesome.

The method I’m about to describe below, however, is possibly the coolest suicide you could ever imagine. If you decide to kill yourself and you want to use my method, please credit me in the suicide note. Here’s the step-by-step:

Step One:
Buy some piano wire, super glue, clown makeup (optional) and a length of rope.

Step Two:
Find a tall building – preferably one with an open foyer or lobby that you can jump down towards.

Step Three:
Tie the piano wire and rope to an anchor heavy enough to support your body weight, plus the jolt of your body coming to a very sudden stop. Make sure that your piano wire is SHORTER than your length of rope but still long enough to allow for some free-fall.

Step Four:
Paint your face with the clown makeup. Make sure you paint an obscenely happy face. This step is optional (but recommended).

Step Five:
Fashion a noose out of the end of the piano wire and tie it around your neck. Fashion a knot out of the end of the rope and tie it around your FEET.

Step Six:
Superglue one hand to the top of your head and wait a while for it to dry.

Step Seven:
Jump.

If you’ve done everything correctly, this is what should happen: you will free-fall for a while, building up momentum. The piano wire around your neck ought to sever your head before the rope around your feet actually stops your fall. After your fall stops, you should be dangling upside down with one hand holding your severed head (that’s what the super glue was for). If you opted for the clown makeup, your severed head will be smiling at everyone down in the foyer below.



Best. Suicide. Ever.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Holy Crap...

The Steelers will have a tough go of it next year. This is from Peter King's column today, just as an FYI to Steelers fans and people indifferent to the Steelers:


Stat of the Week


Has anyone out there looked at the Steelers' schedule for this fall? Schedules are organic things in terms of degree of difficulty; they tend to change week-by-week during the season. But looking at Pittsburgh's slate right now, we might be seeing the toughest schedule a team has had in recent history.

Lots of teams have division schedules as tough or tougher than six games with Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore, though the rising Browns, Carson Palmer and the presumably rejuvenated Ravens will be a difficult six-pack.

Amazing. Horrendously amazing, if you bleed black and gold.




Schedule factoids:

• Eight of Pittsburgh's 10 non-AFC North games are against 2007 playoff teams.

• All 10 non-division foes were .500 or better in 2007.

• New England plays four games against teams that finished over .500 in the 2007 regular season. Pittsburgh plays 10.

• Excluding the Steelers in 2005, the last four Super Bowl champs (Giants, Colts, Pats, Pats) are on Pittsburgh's schedule.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

An open letter to the University of Arizona

Here’s something you may not know about me: in 1992 I won the Sunnyside School District’s Geography AND Social Studies Olympiads. It was a big deal, sort of… I got to go to a school district meeting and receive my awards from the district superintendent himself (or herself – it’s been so long even I don’t remember it anymore).

Why don’t you know this about me? Because it was so long ago, no one fucking cares anymore (and I’d be willing to bet that the vast majority of you, say… 100% or so, wouldn’t have cared if you knew at the time either).

So why do I bring this up? I was watching the Arizona basketball game yesterday and noticed that the words “1997 National Champions” still adorn the court near the scorer’s table. A national championship is a big deal and all, but let it go. 1997 was a long fucking time ago and I’m guessing the statute of limitations has expired on pimping that title. How long ago was 1997? The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t exist yet, OJ had just been found guilty in civil court (ed note: drink apple juice. OJ will kill you…), the Dow Jones closed above 7,000 for the first time, the Nintendo 64 was the biggest thing in gaming, Princess Diana began her new career as worm food, Arizona was still being governed by Fife Symington, the New York Times published the first color photo on its front page, and Hanson, the Spice Girls and Mark “Return of the Mack” Morrison were tearing up the radio playlists.

And Arizona won its national championship.

I have no problem with a banner or something like that, but the writing on the court has got to go. It’s not like Mongolia has “1206 World Archery Champions” or some shit like that on display anymore.

Thanks for listening.

Sincerely,
Sivlitz
Sunnyside School District Geography Olympiad Champion, 1992
Sunnyside School District Social Studies Olympiad Champion, 1992

Tuesday, February 12, 2008


Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Super Tuesday Fun

A Hillary Clinton mailer inexplicably ended up at my house yesterday. I thought I'd have some fun with it before I burn it.