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18 October 2007

Slash! And a story from a buddy who just moved to Frisco. Plus a bonus!→[More:]

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So after work yesterday I go to Safeway, which is the major grocery chain out here, and grab some limeade and ice cream and get in line. The guy ahead of me is about our age, with glasses and a scruffy beard. I see a big blotch of tattoo ink on the back of his hand, between the forefinger and thumb; I look down and it's a familiar symbol, with eight arrows radiating outward from a central point.

I say, "Hey man, is that the Sign of Chaos from Elric and shit?"

He says, "Fuck, man, you're the first person who ever got that."

I say, "I used to love that shit, and Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser too."

He says, "Yeah, people say 'Is that Warhammer?' and I'm like, no."

I say, "Warhammer? Fuck that shit."

He says, "Yeah!"

I say, "...Though it's probably really an age group difference."

He says, "Yeah."

I say, "Anyway, fucking blood and souls for Arioch!"

He says, "Shit yeah!"

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bonus

post by: Hugh Janus at: 15:49 | 9 comments

Thanks a lot, Hugh. "I'll just read this while I print off my stuff, then get to work," I thought. Next thing I know it's ages later and my head is reeling with images of little tiny Predator men and raving naked rock stars and I haven't gotten any work done. Great. But seriously, holy crap. Totally sucked me in. Love the chaos tattoo story, too.

posted by elizard 18 October | 16:32

i can't remember the last time i heard an Elric reference.
Probably the last time someone made a more cock joke.

posted by ethylene 18 October | 16:39

Wow. I've known a few people who got way, way into drugs, but never to THAT level.

posted by BoringPostcards 18 October | 17:04

I remember showing up to meet the contractor to talk about redoing my bathroom and thinking that breaking out a few lines would be a good way to break the ice. He and I stood in the bathroom as he walked me through the work that needed to be done. 'Yeah, yeah, cool, man,' I said. I slapped down the toilet-seat cover and cut out four thick lines of coke. 'You want one?'

He looked pretty uneasy. 'No, no thanks. I'm on the job,' he said. 'OK, right, that's cool,' I said. 'I'll do yours, then.' 'It's not just that, it's also eight o'clock in the morning,' he said, smiling apologetically.

posted by box 18 October | 17:44

If you like that and haven't Motley Crue's "The Dirt" book, you probably should. There's some excellent stuff in there.

posted by TheDonF 18 October | 17:53

You've just solved the xmas gift for the mister conundrum -- thanks, Hugh!

posted by gaspode 18 October | 19:10

If you like that and haven't Motley Crue's "The Dirt" book, you probably should. There's some excellent stuff in there.

I'm still too close to my own party madness years. Reading that gave me the willies and a case of 'thank whatever I walked away from the lunacy while I still could'. Though even at its worst it was never that bad. Though there was this one bad acid trip a loooong time ago...

posted by elizard 18 October | 19:15

And Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries just came out--it's getting decent reviews, and it's on the NYT nonfiction list as we speak.

(I'd stay away from Tommyland though--man, that's a piece of crap.)

posted by box 18 October | 20:45

That makes sense since Nikki wrote most of the songs, he'd have more talent with words. But Tommy's got a big schlong, which means he got to be more famous.

posted by jonmc 18 October | 20:54

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