A to Z Blogging Challenge: V is for Video Games

 

A to Z Blogging Challenge:

V is for Video Games

by

Adam Everhard

 



Why is it so much fun watching other people play video games and listen to their rants?

I suppose it's not for everybody, but many people seem to enjoy it, hence the popularity of You Tube channels such as Yogscast.

I could start my own channel called "Watch Adam Suck at This Game."

Nah, probably not. Although who knows, it might be immensely popular.
I could get my nephew and my guy's brother and my brother in law's brother in on it. We laugh and cuss a lot when we play games. Basically, we turn into a bunch of fourteen year olds. Our respective mates laugh at us and roll their eyes a lot.
Maybe one of these days I'll do it. As it is right now, I'm a very sporadic blogger.

 

~Adam~

A to Z Blogging Challenge: I is for Icehouse

 

A to Z Blogging Challenge:

I is for Icehouse

by

Adam Everhard

My cousin got me and my sister into Icehouse. They had a couple of hits here in the U.S. before their albums started ending up in the dollar bins. They're quite popular in Australia, their homeland, and deservedly so.
I was actually never as keen on their big hits such as "Crazy" and "Electric Blue" as I was on their deeper cuts. I love the above song, for instance.
On a personal note, it was one of those songs I cried in my beer to when I finally grew a pair and broke up with my emotionally abusive boyfriend of 8 years in 2005. Changed the lyric to "hey little boy" when I blubbered along. My family and friends were proud of me for kicking him to the curb, and I was proud of myself. I was okay during the day, but when the night fell, there I was sobbing my heart out to sad tunes.



This is one of my songs with my new guy, who my sister and brother in law introduced me to at a Halloween party in 2010. Kay, stop tearing up, you silly old queen. I've always been a bit of a wet blanket. I love my man. Never thought I'd be with anyone else, but now I've got someone to spend the rest of my life with.

Boys and girls, if you're Icehouse fans, I've got a treat for you!

On a side note, I saw my ex last summer when I was out with a couple of friends. He didn't see me and I didn't make any effort to alert him to my presence. He was still the same. Wavy highlighted hair, tight pants, obsessively toned body, real pretty.
Did I feel any nostalgia? No, I felt relief that he was out of my life. Being a party boy and picking up dick wherever you can find it is not a good look when you're in your mid forties. The pretty is all he has. I'm pretty sure he also still has a love for nose candy. It's actually kind of sad.

Icehouse is one of those bands that writes songs for life's soundtrack. Yeah, that sounds cheesy. But that's how I feel. They're a great, underrated band.

~Adam~

 



Six Word Saturday: Hope and Destruction

Hope and Destruction: Yin and Yang

(I confess, it made a really good excuse to share this cool little band, The William Blakes.)

~Adam~

Pain and Mental Illness

Steven wrote a poem about pain to go with his insightful painting. I wanted to share my response.

I live with chronic low-grade pain (which I almost spelled "pane.") What color would it be? Muted red, perhaps. On a good day, light pink. Like my mental illness, I'm used to it. Unlike my mental illness, there is never a question that I would get rid of the pain if I were able.

The mental illness has affected the way I think, and I have had it all my life. I sometimes think if it were taken away, I might not know how to deal with the world as a "normal" person. 

Just like some people who have been blind all their lives have trouble navigating the world if by some miracle their sight is restored. I am blind to what it is to be "normal."

I also wanted to respond to Adam's very kind post in which he mentioned my struggles.

I was initially discouraged by the asshattery of other people. Then I overcame that. Now I'm discouraged by the publishing process. It is NOT FUN! It is expensive and time-consuming. It probably doesn't help that I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. I hate being my own publicist. If you can't afford to have a team helping you promote your work, and you don't enjoy doing this sort of shit by yourself, woe betide you.

So, yeah, I don't know if I'll ever publish another book. I'm going to get the one I'm (still) working on out there, but that might be it. I don't expect to get a huge readership for it, not nearly enough to cover the expenses of getting it published. 

And that's currently where I stand.

 

 

 

Mere Babe

My Mister Sister Adam Everhard got me in the mood for some Indian music!

Love and Deaf

My wonderful Mister Sister Adam Everhard turned me on to this cute film.

Adam, I am so sorry about your dad. My sincere condolences to you and your family.

Greetings from Aurora

Hello boys and girls, I don't think I've introduced myself previously. I'm Aurora Hylton and I'm the older sister of DJ Adam Everhard. Like my younger brother, I blog under a pseudonym. We both work in careers where controversy is frowned upon, and in case you hadn't noticed, it is a very right wing world here in the United States. Anyway, we'd rather have food and shelter than to rock the boat with our employers, so we rock the boat in our off hours.

Adam and I both write erotica, though not generally together. You can find his blog here and mine here. Though I have to confess, neither of our blogs is terribly erotic!

I hope you all enjoy my selections--I look forward to sharing with you! I prefer classic rock and New Wave, though I enjoy a bit of everything.