Finding a Discipline, Nick's 2011 Blog - Page 2

"I have to do something about the way I prep for travel. I intentionally get NO SLEEP and it’s dumb."

Why intentional? Think you'll be able to sleep on the flight?

I usually intend to sleep before a big trip, but end up with a ton of last-minute bullshit, or find I simply can't sleep(anticipation maybe).

When I went to Australia in late '09 I ended up being sleepless(and unshowered!) for 52-some odd hours. I was a mess. Part of that was due to weird layovers, and a baby crying on the entire flight to Brisbane From LAX(also Qantas had a great movie selection and free booze, even though the headphones weren't enough to drown out the kiddo), but still, never again.

Sounds like you are having an awesome time my man. Great stuff as always!

This is a great format for the blog. It fits the one-liner quality nicely.

Sweet potatoes are also a delight. Really, just anything involving potatoes.

Screw the talkbacks Nick, your stuff is always interesting.

Boo ya five stars! Glory be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata 

http://www.chud.com/38390/finding-a-discipline-2-19-11/

...ah yes but what about catsup Mr.Nunziata?

I'm generally a good natured positive guy, but there's some people out there who just don't deserve any compassion whatsoever. Being a meanie can sometimes be a good thing.

That sucks to hear about what happened with you money, Nick.

Hot damn, you weren't bullshitting about The New Mastersounds. That is some slick, fun noise they make.

Why do you have to hate on Dale Earnhardt, Nick? His ability to turn left for hours without falling asleep and crashing into a huge fireball was a worldwide inspiration. 

"Art: I may have found the artist to bring RON back from the brink."

This makes me a very happy man.

It'd be one of my dreams come true if a small film crew followed you round and made NNTV, kind of like how the Penny Arcade lads have PATV.

just caught up on these, they are a great read as always.

I read these while listening to cheesy and/or epic movie soundtracks.

And I can recommend the head shaving. So much less trouble and so much more economical.

Still loving these, wanted to add that I hope everything sorts itself out for you Mum. Your are gent Nick and deserve good, not bad things.

You too do the teeth thing, Nick? So fucking annoying. 

You're right Nick. You do gotta love The Melvins.

With you on Bill Hicks, he's good but not great. I think we are spoilt in the UK because so many of our comics have been doing simmilar standup for a long time.  Mind you I am more of a fan of the likes of Dara O'Briain and Milton Jones.

Regarding your post on 4.30.11:

Why would you be 'sort of proud' over losing readers and contributors?  That's like a restaurant owner saying that they're sort of proud over losing patrons and their best cooks/bartenders/servers.  I won't pretend to be an expert in internet economics, but unless you're actively trying to go out of business, it simply does not make sense.

I just don't get how you can be "Sort of Proud" to lose contributors. These are employees you had to lay off. These are people with lives and families. As an employer with a life and family of your own, how can you be "sort of proud" to cut off an income source for them. Nick, I've been coming to this site and reading things by you for 7 years, and that has to be the most arrogant and self centered thing I've read from you.

Was there ever a time you thought about paying him out of pocket, you know, just to be a decent guy?  Not a judgement, I'm just curious.  Also is there ever a time when you're not feeling persecuted?  Any time you're questioned it's all "I'm not the bad guy."  Sometimes good people make bad decisions, own that shit man, that's all anyone is asking.  But nope, same company line as always, you don't like it leave.  Well now that people are leaving you're "sort of proud" of that.  I just don't get it.

Shrink’s Chair: I am sort of proud that I’m losing some readers and contributors.

How would I interpret that differently than that you're sort of proud to be shorter employees than you once were? Yeah,  you've been catching a lot of flack lately, and I've honestly just been avoiding the site because of a lot of negativity (which, I guess, you're proud of, whatever, you can target whatever audience you wish...), but I'd always known you to be more magnanimous when this stuff arose, in the past anyway. Maybe you hastily wrote that out, maybe you really mean that you're proud of it, and are backtracking now, but either way, if you have to lay people off, you might not want to appear as cavalier about it. My two cents.

I'm not trying to pick a fight with you or get into some sort of semantic battle...I can respect the desire to want to place your own stamp on your 'baby' and remake it according to your own wishes...but taking 'pride' in a loss in something that has resulted (and will continue to result) in a fiscal loss simply makes no sense.

     - eta: Chris beat me to it on the above paragraph.

For what it's worth, MY only real issue with the site was with the virus shit and the way that it was handled and acknowledged.