Boo.

October sucks. Not because it's fall, or because summer ended, or school has been in session or anything like that. It sucks because of October 31st.
HALLOWEEN SUCKS
Halloween sucks. Yes, it does. Halloween doesn't make a damn bit of sense. I know it's two weeks away and people are gearing up and hell, I'm even gonna go to a Halloween party with my wife (we're going as Run DMC) but all in all it sucks.
I ALMOST WRECKED MY CAR because some MORON was walking up and down the sidewalk with a machette and wearing a hockey mask.
not funny in the slightest.
Then the poor idiots across town have dressed up from everything from 'naughty' nurses, to pirates, clown, and even a hotdog.
Please.
No one even really gets down with the REAL spirit of Halloween. Halloween is not simply a chance to get wasted while dressed up like New York or a Blind Ref. You want scary?
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ~George Carlin
Think about that.

NaBloPoMo

NaBloPoMo... that's a typing exercise right there. I"m gearing up, thanks to Megs I'm gonna get down with the freaks of National Blog Posting Month which is all of November. Hopefull my reader count will grow from 3 to 11 or something like that. I'm cynical, can't help it. No one has ever really been a faithful reader of mine.

If this is your first time in Joshua's Madness... then welcome to the chaos.

-it is what it is-

...spit yo game...

I LOVE TO FREESTYLE.

... not sure if I've ever told that piece of nothing fact on this thing before. My buddy Zach (yo, you made the blog kid) and some friend were over here back for Amy's Birthday and we got to beat boxing and freestyling... it's ridiculous how much fun someone can have simply making up verse and song on the spot. I used to write 'text battles' online... and I was damned good at it too. My family never got down with it... always bummed me out. They kinda looked at it as a subpar kind of style. That being said...

....no introduction because it is what it is...a legend, a giant
standing here before, name, anonymous... still stand defiant
start a riot, chaos, still standing on top battling any eager foe
worse than UFC, never stepping down to any foolish blow
Kimbo,
Tito,
Tyson,
I fight some
the game is just another chance for me
to punish,
destroy
humiliate
any adversity...
So let's ride, let's roll, let the dramatic action take control
cause worse thatn Shang Tsung.. I'm here to take ya soul
Game on... blow the whistle, I think it's time to ride
Cause stepping to these word, its verbal suicide
BRING IT OUT BRING IT ON...there's no denial...
kid couldn't rip a verse if he decided to shred the Bible...

-it is what it is-

...goodbye

Is this the end?

Why can't i be entertaining enough for people to read?

It is what it is.

-it is what it is-

-joshua

happy birthday amy!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife Amy!!!

I know, faithful 0.8 readers... you have been waiting for the moment for Josh to return.

It is now.

And I am sharing my wife's birthday with you

She got an iPod, diamond earrings, Calphalon pots, a digital camera and a surprise birthday party. It was ridiculous fun.

Have you played Singstar? Loser. You need to go play immediately. That's what we did Saturday nite. It's karaoke with a scoreboard.

Go now. ps2 will let you play.

-it is what it is-

-joshua

Gogol Bordello - start wearing purple

This is awesome!

Gogol Bordello - start wearing purple

sunday nite Sunday nite, just got back in from Best Buy and got the mostest awesomest cd I've heard in a long time. Gogol Bordello (no, I did not make that up, althought Amy swears I did), Gypsy Punks. It's a total orgy of sounds. They have a fiddle, drummer, accordion, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and an amazing European/Russian kind of accent that takes some getting used to.I am attempting to post the video for "start wearing purple..."

Hoping this works...

happy labor day!

Happy Labor Day!

So to celebrate....

I labored.


I mowed the grass, weedeated, (I used the weadeater around), sprayed the house down for bugs, washed my car mats, and took out the trash.

And I grilled dinner. Yum yum.

Happy Labor Day!

-it is what it is-

-joshua

sometimes it comes back

Things you do, that is.

As some of you know, I was a teacher. 8th grade Language Arts. Nothing amazing, nothing special, just another teacher working the teaching gig...

It sucked. Well, I lie. Some of it sucked. Some of it was super rewarding. There's nothing like knowing you have an audience for at least 5 hours out of the day for your subject of choice.

When you see a student's mind just soaking up information or read something they wrote and know that you helped guide them to that exact point... it's wonderful.

There are some students that I won't forget. One girl in homeroom could never make it to school on time... chronically 5 minutes late... but a brilliant student. Another kid who was ADHD to the extreme but probably the smartest kid in the school--the only kid to score perfect on the quarterly exam.

I say all that to tell this. I never realized how much I may have changed them until today.

At the old school where I taught at (three year ago, let's not forget that) the assistant principal told my mothere that she got to work early to find a piece of paper stuck in the door with something writting on it. In typical teenage writing it said

'JOSH SHELTON RULES'

-it is what it is-

-joshua

Autumn Cometh With a Vengeance

You know it's true. I see the fall sales, the back to school fliers, the school buses roaming around, getting things in order for the fall.

I hate and love it at the same time.

I love fall and winter clothes. Hoodies, jeans, long sleeves, toboggans, the works. Love 'em.

But I really like the beach too.

So, to explain my absence, I've been at the beach on the skimboard getting wild.

Hanging on to the last moments of heat filled summer time.

two years

Yesterday. Two years yesterday since Isaac's accident. Sometimes it feels like it, sometimes not.

I'm headed home to see the fam in a few. One random memory to share however.

Super Mario World on Super Nintendo has 90 levels/boards. For the gamers you know what I mean. Each 'world' has a number of 'levels' before you get to the 'boss'. Feel me? Ok, i knew you would.

Super Mario World takes a while to beat. Even after having played it before, it can be quite a challenge.

One random Friday nite Isaac and I decided to beat it. Not just beat it but complete EVERY SINGLE BOARD.

Started about 7:00 in the evening after dinner, loaded up with Mt. Dew and Fudge Rounds, we went at it.

Mario, Luigi, Candy Mountain, Chocolate River, Cheese Bridge, Get the CAPE!!! You can fly with the Cape!!!, Bowsers a jerk, YOU'RE ALMOST OUT OF LIVES!!! We'll never beat Star World or the BONUS WORLD!!!

at 4:00 a.m................

mission successful. It was beautiful.

RIP Lil Homie Isaac.......

You will never die.

-it is what it is-