http://www.bakotopia.com/home/RecentPostComments Recent Post Comments on Bakotopia en-us http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/82010 BY FAR YOUR BEST SHOW YET!!! YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/82025 <p>Thanks be to God that I am alive! I am thankful for My husband Roman. He works very hard to provide for our family and is appreciated soooo much. He is my Corona and Lime. =) My Fab Four; Baby Girl, Sissy, Majin Buu and my little Monkey. You are my life. I am so proud of you girls and I love you! I am also very thankful for my mom Doreen, an AWESOME woman. Even though she has a busy schedule, she helps with taking care of my girls on those occasions that my husband and I just need a little break. My cousin Bonehead Jaci Rae, my brothers from another mother Ponch and Jesse. I love ya'll and am very thankful to have you in my life. Some of us may not be blood related, but you have been more of a family to me than my own family. Stank you smelly much everyone!</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/82025 I’m thankful for our Constitution. I am thankful for the rights we had been given and the opportunity we have in the United States to make as much money as we want to, worship whom we want to, own property where we want to, work where we want to, go to school, learn, read, have a family, or not have a family, drive a car, go to the Dr, love who you want, live with who you want, vote for who you want as the president. I am very thankful for what I have, what I can do, and that I have the ability and opportunity to succeed or fail on my own. Annie http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/82010 You're welcome. Great turnout! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/82025 I'm also thankful for my boo, Huell Howser. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/82025 I'm thankful for coffee in the morning & splashing it with a taste of Pumpkin Spice coffee mate. I'm thankful for my awesome husband who makes me feel like the hottest girl in Bako! My kids make me thankful for the miracle of life! I thank Jesus everyday for my little monsters!!! I'm thankful for my mom who loves me even tho she hates my tattoos. I am thankful for my dad who wants my mom to be "all tatted up" haha. I'm thankful for my sister in law who is my best friend! (Besides my husband & my mom of course!) I'm thankful for art, keeping the world beautiful. And thankful for music... taking me away when I need to escape, and helping me remember the times I never want to end! I'm thankful for life! And thankful for Bakersfield.. because it's rad. The air sucks, but they people are like no other! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/81393 I really enjoyed putting together "The Last Band." Took a lot of shit over it, but also got some kudos too. Bakersfield.com wrote an article about it. That was nice. It's good that it has some shelf life. It's a slice of history and would be nothing without the great music of the Outlaws in it. I love the sequence where they sign guitars at Trouts. Thanks for the mention, Matt! And I hope the Iron Outlaws have a great show on Saturday. I'm going to try to make that after watching my kid's band, Dirty Spanglish at the Marketplace at 1 p.m. It's going to be a Bako music scene kind of a day! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/81393 Hope to make it out to the show! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/81393 Been waitin forever for this CD...love these boys!!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79609 this show is going to be awesome!!!! Juliana http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/81393 So I'm a Latinobilly? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/81392 Great story. I hope she gets well soon! Everyone should make plans to attend! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 The 80's was when I came alive!! In 1981 I escaped an abusive home where there was no music. I remember crying when I heard songs like "I Made It Through The Rain" and "Celebration". I learned how to dance! And I danced for JOY! I found Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Thomas Dolby, Cyndi Lauper and of course the B-52's. Who doesn't remember dancing to Love Shack? Remember Todd's? I was there every weekend. I wasn't a barfly, I didn't even drink. I was there to DANCE!! That was in the days where girls couldn't dance with girls (or you might be thought to be gay) and I remember the DJ (remember John Fredericks of Oildale?) telling my friend and I over the PA "couples only on the dance floor" We refused and danced anyway. The 80's is still the best time for fun music, why else would it keep making a comeback? Think of all those bands that started in the 80's that are still popular today? I LOVED all the concerts I saw. Prince, Lionel Richie, Miami Sound Machine, Thompson Twins, Bangles, Expose, Cyndi Lauper, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Little River Band, Lakeside, Evelyn Champagne King, the list goes on and on. We won't mention Ted Nugent's Cat Scratch Fever tour (what's that smell?) Unfortunately I never got to see the B-52's. I don't think they came to Bako and at that time I couldn't afford to travel out of town for shows. Ah well, maybe this time, if I can find someone to go with me. Nick? Chingpea? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 The 80s. That was U2's decade of popularity. I remember seeing them in 1985 at the LA Sports Arena and then again at the LA Coliseum in 1987. A great decade for music. B-52s was sort of a party band. The girls who dressed at school like the gals in the band were always hot and moddish. Remember the mods? I first saw the B-52s in the 1990s in Ohio at Blossom. Great show... http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/80687 <p>use a ballot, go to jail....</p> <p>voting is treason to a sovereign people</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 Aw I remember the 80's...skating in my driveway to the Pop Muzik 45. Blue tennis shoe skates. Oh wait, that was the 70's. Yeah I don't remember the 80's very well. Cheech and Chong movies and the Star Channel. I was grounded for most of the decade, I think. Listening to hair bands and Devo on my Fisher component stereo, my walls plastered with pictures from Hit Parader. Strawberry Hill and Shaeffer beer you could buy without an ID at the Shabaa market in East Bakersfield. Rock Lobster...Roam...I want to see the B-52's. I missed them play at the Fox back then. I'm sure I was grounded for sneaking out to see Ted Nugent or something. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/80687 I am so happy this election is FINALLY(!) over. It seemed to just bring out the worst in some people. The ripping apart of Sarah Palin was absolutely disgusting. The proposition 8 craziness was a complete embarrassment to this community. Since it is over, I must say that I hope Mr. Obama chooses smart people to guide him through the years to come. This country needs a strong leader to get the economy back on track and to bring our troops home. The only way this can happen is if we all rally behind this new administration whether you voted for him or not. We need to show the world that we are strong and a power to be reckoned with. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/80687 <p>I think if a lot of people would have looked up the name Ezra Taft Benson and listened to some of his speaches from the national archives in Washington, DC they might have listened a little more closely to the candidates before jumping on the bandwagon for one candidate over the next. (Ezra Taft Benson video is available on You-Tube).</p> <p>I'm not satisfied with the results from last night, but I'm not goning to lose any sleep over it either. My favorite candidate was Mitt Romney, unfortunately he was scrubbed early from the election process.</p> <p>I fear that the concept of Arbitration is going to become a more common pratice under the Obama Presidency, and I was never really conveniced Obama had a plan for any thing he promised he was going to do for the people. Only time will tell what kind of President he will be.</p> <p>I hope this is a good lesson to all Americans how important it is to vote each and every time you get a chance. America has finally reached the 50% voter turn out level, almost equal to the levels for voter turn out in countries we are trying to teach our democratic process to. Be proud America, we still had two candidates to choose from.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/80687 He is your president now. Even if you didn't vote for him, give him a shot. We had to sit through Bush, you owe us that much! Haha. John McCain's concession was very well done. I still have respect for that man. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 Well, I could totally state my case, but first I'll go with DITTO on BakersfieldRPG's comment! Remember when MTV actually played music videos? I miss that! I loved all the crazy out there videos from the 80's and a bit into the 90's ... most of the music was fun, not horribly serious - Think Funky Cold Medina, Don't Worry Be Happy, You Can Call Me Al, Baby Got Back, Oingo Boingo (and the midget popping up in so many videos), Max Headroom, of course the B52's, how many times have you screamed "TIN ROOF - RUSTED!" at the top of your lungs dancing around the living room ... erm ... maybe I just told you too much about what I do home alone. These tickets would be an awesome birthday gift, wink wink ;) Hah! :) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74715 hi preston and rocky, i love this story. and i am glad you moved to bakersield and i got to meet you through puck. you guys are one of my favorite families here in town. i didn't know your story until now but i sure am glad you are here in bakersfield. you all are very special and i am a better person just for knowing you. special-j http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79609 Holidays are so crazy. I can only imagine how funny this play will be.. Thanks for the preview! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/66552 Good Luck getting your equipment back, but I doubt you will get your car back in one piece. My son's car was stolen and stripped of everything... then what was left was torched- total damage. He lost his whole cd collection and a few personal belongings. And at least the bank was quick in letting you know. Take care and I will pray things turn out well for you. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/77393 Nyoka is awesome! Gracias! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 Dead Kennedys, the Minutemen, the Nancy Reagan Administration and my first VHS player...and the B-52's.... http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 the 80's had some pretty awesome styles. a lot of 80's music is great. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 <p>One word explains the 80's to me MOTLEY CRUE. All that Sexy Glam Rock Hair and guys dressing up like girls. From leather to stripped pants and leopard shirts with thrashed make up. That fast crazy &quot;Wild Side and Dr. FeelGood&quot;.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 What do I miss about the 80s? Kissing Martha Davis of The Motels, living in Ventura near the ocean, but, most of all, I WAS 25 YEARS YOUNGER!!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 notalot atall. afte rall... what's the retomiss? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 I miss the 80's. Something about that cheesy music and the beginning(and end)of the synth style that came with it. The lyrics were so simple even though most of them had double meanings(every breath you take is prime example).Van Halen was the bomb though back then. And I can't forget the best of them all...the music videos!! Slegdehammer all the way yo! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 I have been listening to the B52's since I was in the 5th grade! I am a diehard fan and I can't wait to see them! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 My daughter often say that the 80's never stopped for me. Of course I love the music and some of the fashion but what I love the most is the dancing. Everyone danced in the 80's. It did not matter if you had rhythm you could still manage the side to side thing. I am always up for some retro 80's dancing! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 r u kidding? what is not to miss about the 80's and the 90's? I miss the 99 drive -in theatre,movies at the drive in are always better, Friday the 13th, Urban cowboy, grease, Its Alive, Tip gun, etc. As far as the music goes, it was all great, Another one bites the dust, Pink floyd The Wall, Queen, Supertramp, The Rolling Stones, Van halen,Journey, cyndi lauper, Madonna , and on and on it goes.. oh god i love ZZ Top, Michael Jacksons, Thriller,That was big too, The new kids on the block even... Remember the cabbage patch kids, and the garbage pail kids? Rubiks cube i especially miss the price of gas, soda , and cigarettes during the 80's.Rainbow Brite, and the smurfs.Pulling the tabs off of the beer, you could actually go to the park without having to worry about getting shot. I miss the niterides out at Aces Stables , and back then, you could see the sky a lot better at night to , Whats not to miss? I love the B-52's , Roam if you want to!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 I miss the B52's!! Their music is so original and fun! Two best family memories are: my brother in law dancing to Rock Lobster at my sister's wedding before his neck injury and the other is our whole family dancing to Love Shack at a dance off at Seaworld. I would love to see them perform live here in Bakersfield. Can't think of anything I'd rather do on Nov. 15th!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 The thing I miss most about the 80' and 90's is the music. One of my fave bands came back and I am stoked. Good, clean and fun. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 I miss how futuristic the 1980s seemed with the New Wave music and its styles and many other things. What is weird is how far off in the future we are from there being this is now the year 2008. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 The big hair bands, and the 2 Cory's movies. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 Only one word describes the 80's, FUN! Fun and funky fashions for starters! I was always loaded up with jelly bracelets,fishnet tops, tight skirts, or jeans made tighter by safety pins going from the ankle, up the leg, wild and crazy hair, big flyaway hair! Wild designs in every color of the rainbow! Now that was fashion with attitude! The music was definitely the best part for me. I loved the female pop stars, like Madonna, Bangles,Stacy Q,Banarama, etc. But my true passion was hair bands! Poison, Cinderella, Dokken, Motley Crue, Skid Row, Ratt, Faster Pussycat, Kix, Wasp, Van Halen, Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, Dio, Quiet Riot, Aerosmith, Anthrax, AC/DC, just to name a few. My dad wouldn't let me go to the concerts since I was just a young teen, but every Friday night I would sit in front of the tv and rock out with my headphones blaring to Headbangers Ball! I had so many crushes on those hair band guys! WOOT! I remember I was watching Headbangers Ball intently when I heard the most awesome song come on. It was GNR world premier of "Welcome to the Jungle". I was in metal heaven! Guns N Roses became the band to end all bands for me! I still love them! The local fair was a blast too because they played metal on all the rides! It is nothing like it used to be, it's so sad. :( When I turned 15, I was able to go out more so Headbangers Ball fell by the wayside. Hanging out at the mall scoping out guys with my friends, Rollertown on the weekend nights, the White Lane miniature golfcourse with my rocker friends for partying, ditching South to go to Hart Park with my senior friends (I was just a freshman)! It was such a total blast! I've never stopped loving the music and fashions of the 80's. Those years were the best time of my life! I really wish the 80's would make a comeback. We need more FUN times! We need more FUN music! FUN fashions! That was me in a nutshell! I miss the me that I was and I definitely miss the 80's! I love you, 80's!!!!!! :) Thanks for listening, Marcia (aka goldnsun) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 AAaahhh The 80's - What's not to miss?! Fashion: hmmmm...Day Glo, nope, Leg Warmers, nope, Pegged Levis shrink to fit 501's, nah, layered polos, yeah, Vans never went out of style (thank god!) Hair: Spiral perms, no way, Spikey on top, long in back, no no no, Not the Mullet! Lots of big hair & hair spray! Now, after reviewing Style & Hair, we must conclude that "The Music" has to be the best thing that came out of the 80's. Devo, Adam Ant, Billy Idol, Flock of Seagulls, B52's, Eurythmics, Duran Duran, Madness, Tears for Fears, UB40, However, we all could have lived without Rick Springfield, thank you. YES it was most definitely the music! Who doesn't have a Pure 80's collection downloaded on their Ipod?! It's a must... do it now!!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 There has been no music era better than the 80's! New wave, death rock, punk, cholas, Depeche Mode, the Cure, the Damned, the coolest freaks of all time have been from the 80s. Glad so many of these groups are still around including the B52's! HOOK ME UP! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 i was born in 77 so but i love these guys i remember when i was young going around the house lol singing "roam" and me and my mother were just talking about this concert saying how fun it would be to go she loves them to hope i win so i can take her :) thanks again for giving tickets away http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 Ah... the 80's... Apple's Macintosh, LiveAid, Cabbage Patch dolls, legwarmers (can you believe they're back?!), PacMan & Rubik's cube... what an era. Graduated in 1987 ~ 'spose that makes me OLD when you think that kids born that year are now old enough to drink (legally, that is). http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 What do I miss about the 80’s & 90’s music scene. I miss the larger than life musicians from the 80's and early 90's. People like the B-52s, Adam Ant, Talking Heads, Thomas Dolby, and Men without Hats to name a few. They were almost like cartoons in their absurdity. As well their music was upbeat and fun to listen to not filled with violence, hate, and swearing. To this day I love to bop along to some good old B-52s and just forget about the economy , the cost of living, and bills and just think of my own Private Idaho! I also miss the local music scene of the 90’s I remember going downtown back then and feeling somewhat safer than in the past few years. I could hit Jerry’s for a show, or head around the corner to Chaos Coffee for another, and yet walk a bit east and hit Mars for a third. If nothing was going on then the Nile always had a cheap flick I could watch until something did happen. Back then we had Mento of course still a Bako tradition, but also bands like Crawdaddy, the Examples, and Fresno’s ska band Checkmate as well as visiting acts such as MU330. Those were the days when shows were cheap, the music was fun, and everything was in walking distance. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 B52s made the scene while I was in Grad School. Took the excesses of the 80s to a campy conclusion. By being a comment on the 80s rather than an ignorant part of it, they are still relevant and fun today. I hope I win the tickets. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/79642 the 80's-90's is my time. I left high school 1984. B52's, Van Halen, Skidrow, Tesla, talking heads, GOGO's adn so many others, I remmber putting the paroxide on my bangs adn lots of hair spray to stand my hair high. We went to midnight movies too. Those were such great times. on yeah dont forget parachute pants and The Who too! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/61347 No Rack in Wasco? What's up with that? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78066 I've had a corset done, it was a kind of renewal/cleansing thing for me. There were 16 piercings done total. But Im into that stuff :P Although suspension is a big step, I do see it in my future. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 PS - I want to go to the FISHBONE show. Woohoo Dr. Mad Vibe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 Oh darn! I hope I am not too late! I was about 4 years old, no siblings yet, a dreadfully shy child and was taken to a "haunted house". Not a commercial one, but at someone's house. I had pieces of candy clenched in my little fists. They blindfolded me and started sticking my fists in bowls of stuff. Slimy grapes were supposed to be eyeballs. It was a hideous and frightening experience. Not funny, but that is my most vivid memory of a past Halloween. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78066 Effin NASTY! shes hot though and has a very nice tattoo, thats as nice as i can get. sorry thats freakish. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/46419 I just did a Google search for 'Bakersfield Voting' and this article popped up in the first list...you go Annie! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 There was this time when I went to Santa Maria to visit a friend of mine for halloween. He called some of his other friends over and we had this huge halloween bash going on at his apartment. After that night, for about three days my friend's girlfriend kept complaining about an odor coming somewhere from the house. She had looked everywhere. Still nothing. It wasn't until it was time to throw the pumpkin away when she discovered someone had puked in it! She said there were these chunks that looked like pineapple and noodles like someone had eatin' chinese food before they came over. I'd like to see fishbone at jerry's pizza 11/1. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 <p>My parents worshiped at the altar of hedonism. They openly celebrated freedom of carnal knowledge. It didn&rsquo;t do me much good. Either you&rsquo;re cut out for an imposed way of life or your not. Obviously you were not cut out to be a disciple of your parents chosen religion. I was not cut out to live a hedonistic style of life and like you I moved on with my life in a manner more cohesive to my own mind set. Good for you Aaron for standing up to the fear of others and for facing down your own fear to be your own person amidst personal times of great trials and tribulations. I think your music is tops and hope you use your last breath in this world to sing something beautiful&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;. Best wishes my friend.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/47384 hi, i am glad you guys didn't get hurt. please be careful out there, this is a crazy world and it is just going to get worse. i hope you all stay safe. :) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/25703 LOL! it reminds me of my room mates. they were room mates from hell, too. you got off lucky. at least they didn't steal from you and try to kill you. congrats on your new roommate your husband. :) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 <p>When I was 6 years old my uncle Raymond was the headless man and it scared the *#@! outta me that it made me tinkle. It looked sooo freakin' real. I cried all the way home. A select few had known about the incident and now EVERYONE knows. It's worth it for some Velorio tickets. ;)</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 For Senses Fail tix, heres my story - so when I was 16 years old me and some friends came up with the idea to be a group of nerd for Halloween. Im talking full out nerdiness, like when Tori Spelling played Violet, Screeches girlfriend on Saved By the Bell! Well a coulple of us decided to get ready at my friend Maegan's house who lived just over a bridge crossing a freeway. Ok so we're all ready to go meet up at another friends house when I come up with the smartest accessory ever, so i thought... We made "kick me" signs and stuck them to our backs. So here we are a couple 16 years old dressed like nerd walking on the bridge over the freeway when we hear a bunch of little kids laughing and reading the signs. We kinda laughed at the fact they thought it was funny, well we should have guessed....these little kids started running after us to try and kick us! We were being chased by eight year olds! We literally had to run all the way to our friends house to get away from them! Well, after that incident, we decided NOT to wear the signs for the rest of the night. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Great story Aaron! You really do have a way of writing that just captivates the reader, and brings them right along with you! Thank you for going back into your past, and sharing this with us. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Yeah. There's so many holes in there philosophy. Then when the prophecies didn't come true they tried to turn around and say it was rumours in the congregation even though it was quoted in issues of the watchtower. But you could never read or research anything to do with this stuff because you would be deemed an apostate or asked why your devoting so much negative energy to try and bring something down. When me and my dad would get into deep conversations he would say, even if this isn't the right religion, at least we won't die of aids, or cheat on our taxes or be like the "world." It was something his father told to him and an easy out. My father was a great man, but If he ever turned away from the Jehovah Witness religion he would lose his kids and wife and all that he knows or has experienced in life. My parents are baby souls who are just following in the footsteps of the only things they know, cause they are too scared to research anything else cause of the fate of the great day of "Armageddon", when all unfaithful will be destroyed, supposedly. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 I've been reading up on JW's, and while I do believe in religious tolerance - shunning your kids for not following a 'religion', and you become 'cast out' using terms like "disfellowshipped", that is just lame. If you say you're a Christian, you should be unconditionally loving - as Jesus taught. And besides, what's up with the world ending about gazillion times already? It's like being bound by fear, and changing the date...I'm confused. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 There are some Jehovahs Wittness who are very kind and caring and good friends (my dads friend is one) but there are some that are backstabing, concieded holyer than you ones. I think Aaron and i have had some similar experianced with JW's over the years. They can be very opressive and judemental. I think that parents force their kids to get babtized to scare them away from doing anything "BAD" at a young age & i think this happened to him. but his spirit and independance took care of that. i think people are who they are and you cant force YOUR beliefs on others. But there is the guilt factor that comes with being a Jehovahs Wittness's Kid. When you are disfellowshipped and your parents wont have a decent conversation with you and cry saying you are not going to be in the "book of life", you have a overbaring feeling of Guilt. thats hard to get over. I hope things are fine aaron. Just remember that you are you, you have no reason to feel guilty for wanting to make yourself happy doing the things you are good at and not being an Elder or pioneer, or the microphone holder (LOL) I'm proud of you standing up for youself. Many cant. Sing it. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 I saw you singing Aaron at the Art show Saturday:) The rumor is that your VERY GOOD. I told my Friend that is that Aaron guy.,he is a VERY GOOD WRITER:) You really should write a book. It is like looking through your eyes when you write. As for the Whole Religion thing. I don't hate on any one religion. I think ALL have their Radicals. I was raised Roman Catholic. The Radicals think we should hate on Gays. Its no secret my brother is gay. I love him no matter what. He loves me even if I am straight:) None of my family shuns him or disowns him. If your going to let someone else tell you what you shouldn't do or should do in your life,,you really need to rethink that way of thinking. That's just my thought on that. As for the suicide issue. I remember wanting to blame someone,,ANYONE,,ANYTHING on Angela's Suicide. But it all came back to her Depression. I have since talked to people who have lost close friends and family members from suicide. And it all came back to the same issue. The person was depressed for whatever reason and have a sorta tunnel Vision. The only thought they see is suicide to get out of their sadness,,their pain. I am really sorry you lost your cousin. I still have such sadness over losing Her too. Back to MEXICO:) VIVA MEXICO!!!!! PS I did use spell check:) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 It was a few years back and me and my friends where all dressed up as ninjas. With a T-shirt converted into a super cool ninja mask...and we where trick or treating. A little old, but free candy, who can pass that up. Us being dressed in all black and it was a moonless night, on a dark street on top of that, where trying to see if we could sneak up on one another. One of my friends, Dustin who had disapeared for a few min came running at me at full speed attempting to spear me, ran head first into an extremely low, and thick tree branch, causing him to do a complete backflip, and land on his face on the sidewalk. Seeing that he was still alive we all shared a nice laugh and continued on with the candy gathering. Although he has a pretty nice headache afterwards. And a nice goose egg on his forehead to accompany it. I guess its true. Its funny until someone gets hurt, then its hilarious. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 well before last years Halloween,I had gathered the nickname "hyphy" or "hyphykiiid",so for Halloween I saw fit to dress up as a hip hop hyphy dancer. me and some friends went to golden valley high school to visit a my friend named lana who they wanted to meet. we all went,hung out,and lana had made cupcakes and I had eaten more than my fair share,and had gone on a sugar high, all hyper,as I had a 44oz coke earlier. I ran around the school hyper and met one of her friends named Sarah.me being all hyped up I made a big deal, dancing and shouting I had met Sarah massacre,(her myspace screen name) and even as we drove away,Sarah insisted she can hear me down the road shouting and laughing that "I met Sarah massacre" when we brought it up later on onn the phone. the entire ride home was me repeating the entire "I met Sarah massacre" and eating all the left over cupcakes,getting me more hyper and dancing along to the iPod until we got back home into arvin. We got to the school parking lot,and whenever someone drove up bumping music,I'd start dancing wildly "getting hyphy" and shouting I met Sarah over and over. later on that night I still hadn't calmed down and had taken my little brother trick or treating,and started eating the candy and listening to my iPod dancing and repeating,,hereby embarassing him and people thinking I'm either drunk or just plain crazy. as we were heading home,I had shouted that phrase again,and arvin being a small town,I specifically remember a girl dressed with as a nun, walking with a power ranger say: " yeah hyphy,we all heard about ur little adventure,u need to lay off the cupcakes." I just lost it and started laughing more than ever,and this lasted about 3 days being how much more sugar I had with all the candy,and being how much the situation was blown out of proportion and turned hilarious. this further cemented my "hyphy" nickname,as everyone knows me by this,but I met some great people that day,and went for a great Halloween. Which also taught me to lay off the sugar and upbeat hip hop music at the same time.:) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78748 I think i was like 7 years old and I went trick or treating with some other kids I knew. You know how when youre a kid you want to ring the doorbell before all the other kids? lol well we would run from house to house and one yard had this hill. I ran so fast me and this kid slid on the hill and we both landed on our ass. Anyways we get back in the car and it smells like poop! I get out the car and someone said I had mud on my back haha it wasnt Mudd tho is was dog poop when I slid on the grass It was gross..and so wrong! :( http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Good Stuff Aaron! Best is yet to come and look fwd to working with ya more! PEACE! -Bobby D! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Jehova is the spanish spelling. My bad. I actually noticed I spelled it wrong when I did, but I'd also spelled other words wrong and didn't feel like going back to edit. You're actually VERY RIGHT Josey. The elders DO encourage for families to shun their family members who have chosen not to follow the strict bible guidelines. But they are not forced to. That, again, is a personal choice. Aaron, you should write a book. The stories you've shared on bakotopia regarding your homeless days are always very compelling and your writing is beautiful. Viva Mexico! (hahaha) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 <p>That&rsquo;s your personal opinion to think they are no more or less evil then Catholics. But from the sounds of it I don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;re very familiar with the religion as much as I am. I get that just from you misspelling Jehovah (it&rsquo;s with an H). Your parents sound like mine, but trust me the majority of them are not like that, we both got lucky. Elders (the head JWs) will tell you to stop talking to your children if they chose a different path. That is a fact. It&rsquo;s up to the parents of course to decide whether or not to listen.</p> <p>I guess if it weren&rsquo;t for JW&rsquo;s Aaron wouldn&rsquo;t have such a great story to tell though, so there&rsquo;s always an upside to things.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Viva La Mexico! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 <p>Catholic priests also are infamous for their child molestation and cover ups, Josey. Obviously I don't agree with Jehova's witness beliefs since I chose not to be one. I'm just saying the Jehova's Witness religion is no less evil than the Catholic religion. Also, I&nbsp;was &quot;outsed&quot;&nbsp;or &quot;shunned&quot;&nbsp;or whatever you call it&nbsp; by the JW's but I&nbsp;wasn't disowned by my family. Like I said before, that is a PERSONAL&nbsp;decision that the family can make at the time. My family chose to love me and hold me closer so I&nbsp;wouldn't stray even further from the life they thought I&nbsp;should live. When I&nbsp;didn't, they still chose to keep in touch with me and not disown me. Annie, I think I know what's missing from the story (hehehe) but I think it's perfect just the way it is. For now.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Isnt there someone missing in this story. but great story seems seems a bit fimilar. ;) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 <p>I was also raised as Jehovah's Witness. My parents are still Jehovah's Witnesses they are wonderful people and the best parents I could have ever asked for. I know stories and facts about witnesses though that in my book make them evil. Covering up child molestation is just one of them. Several of them disowning their own children at times when kids need them the most. I can't think of any other religion that does that. JW's are responsible for ruining lives. My cousin committed suicide after being disfellowshiped, I blame JW's for his death. He was also molested by an elder when he was younger. It's a cult and I pray one of these days my parents will see that.</p> <p>I&nbsp;can go on for days and days about this but I dont want to go off topic too much.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Dangit.. I misspelled a few words. Oh well. I'm sure you get the jest of what I'm trying to say. Anyways, GREAT WRITING Aaron. Keep it up. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 <p>Jehova Witnesses are no more evil than Catholics or Christians. Why are they evil for adhering strictly to the&nbsp;Ten Commandments? It's like saying Christians&nbsp;who believe being gay is immoral are evil. Howeer,&nbsp;&nbsp;nowhere in their book of Jehova's Witness rules or whatever does it say to kick out your child no matter what age he is. That was a decision Aaron's parents made on their own. They will &quot;outsed you or shunn you so you have time to think about the error of your ways but they won't KICK&nbsp;YOU&nbsp;OUT&nbsp;OF&nbsp;YOUR&nbsp;HOME. I was also a JW as a teen and was &quot;shunned&quot; not &quot;outsed&quot; because of mistakes I made but my parents just loved me more to try and get me to see the error in my ways and &quot;repent.&quot; People do get &quot;shunned&quot; but it's no more different than when a non JW parent is giving their child tough love because of drugs, or drinking, or whatever other problems their children might have.&nbsp; Other than that, I love your stories, Aaron. You have led a very interesting life.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Beautiful......Beatific..... http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 You have had a crazy life man! JW's are evil in my book. Except for a few good people who have gotten stuck in that religion. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78671 Wow, man. Amazing journey. Man, Jdub life sounds rough. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74701 Sounds like a wonderful family event as well as a photo opportunity for Kern Photography Association. See you there!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78066 WOW! That's one tough chick. Seriously. However that whole mind and energy and redirecting thing is pretty enthralling! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78069 You girls are to much! But looking fine..... http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78066 What ever happened to swinging on a nice comfortable hammock to relax? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78074 This event is going to RULE! Thanks Zach! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78072 A new low! It's beautiful baby, bootifuuull! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/78067 I remember when Silent Hill 1 came out, I had a buddy who was freaked out by the game after he played it. True-true! Haha. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76467 Jen.. I went to your myspace to see if one of these paintings are going to be up for display/sale but I didn't find it there? I really like the second one and have a perfect place for it. In my BUTTERFLY room. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76480 Great article, Brooke aka tashkajones! I'm so proud of you! I can't wait for this years Burn the Witch! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76463 WOOT! How awesome is this? Thank you, Matt, for posting all our photos and artwork! This looks fantastic. THANK YOU, BAKOTOPIA, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR SHOW! XXOO~the witches! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76268 Thank You(!), Mr. Bakotopia, for the cool, local website and publication. Just discovered both and I thoroughly enjoy them. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76459 Rock Band 2 was pretty impressive. I can't believe the amount of songs available. You seriously need to mass produce the "pro" kickdrum you developed at the store! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76454 Right on Holly G! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76268 Thanks for the review! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74598 One vertical brass pole away from being a tittie bar. I went for lunch once just to see what all the hype was about. What shames me the most is NOT that I admit to going, but that there were families there with young children. Absolutely disgusting. As for the violence... What do you expect when you mix guys who have more testosterone than brains, booze and whores? The only logical conclusion is violence. It should come as no suprise that this dump will close within a year. Thank gawd. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/76217 Very good story Mr Munoz! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/73823 I especially enjoyed 3,4 and 5. The one caveat was when Katherine was a baby I used to take her to the movies all the time. I would sit in a seat against the wall, pull out my boob and nurse her throughout the entire movie. We both had fun and didn't bother anyone...and I am sure she will be thrilled when her friends read this comment... "MOM!!!" http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74598 Right on! I went on Saturday and had my bubble burst. Mostly on the calibar of "help" I don't wan't to get too specific because I don't want to offend...but I just wondered if they actually interviewed their waitresses face to face... :( I appreciate a Good Hooters now and again, but this was pathetic in comparison. I guess I have great taste in woman, but my buddy regretfully agreed with me, So I know I wasn't the only one thinking it. The food sucked too (Worse than Hooters); and sadly they didn't deliver in other areas to make up for it. Such a disapointment... http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/75441 Did you get the e-mail response I sent you? Matt http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74598 Because Rosedale is where everyone that's been kicked out of all the other trendy bars go hang out. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74718 aww man! I love Aaron Novak's music but it seems like he always plays on nights when I just CAN'T be there. Curse him! LOL Well, at least the art is still there to visit when I get a chance to get my booty downtown. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74598 I found out there was a stabbing on Saturday night. It's unfortunate that when someone tries to open a place well-known in bigger cities, a group of blockheads ruin it for the public who may be into a place like The Kilt. I hear a lot of stories about violence happening in Rosedale clubs. Why? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/74751 I am flying back from Virginia the tenth. THANK god I will be back for the opening:)!!! I LOVE THIS SHOW:)