The Max Murdok Program

Kind of literally. It’s time for one of those bitchin’ about my health posts including my Crohn’s situation, my heart developments, and just the general state of feeling like shit. This is by no means a pity post. The best way sometime to see results is to put this kind of stuff out there and see where the chips may fall. I do so at the risk of getting some well meaning but not really helpful suggestions. Trust me, I’ve heard most of them. They are like a bad penny,…um whatever the hell that means.

They're out to get me!

Some of you ( and I thank you ) have read my previous posts on my many hospital stays. This post is not about that stuff. This post is basically to share the fact that I am at my wits end with this disease. I know for a fact that many people, unlike me, lead very productive lives with Crohn’s. My situation is different. All those with Crohn’s have different situations and I understand that. I’m posting to get the message out that I need to approach this thing a different way. I am willing to travel to any part of the planet just to have a day where I don’t feel like ass.

So lets back up here and explain a few things, like what I deal with. I always wake up with gut pain. I take meds before bed and I do get OK sleep, sure that could be better too. But my day starts with pain. So the pills are popped and the morning ruined as I wait for things to kick in. Kick in enough for me to be able to sit upright. Thats an accomplishment. Some days when I get past the start of my day one would see me and think I am 100% healthy. Partly I put on a good game face but sometimes, yeah, I feel OK. But at some point that will fade away. I still have blood in my stool. I still run to the head 6 – 10 times a day. When I do have a doctors appointment, other than with my G.P. Dr. Scheeler ( who at least gets some things rolling in the right direction ) it’s usually radiating me in some diabolical machine that, thanks to 6 years of testing, give me a fear – claustrophobia that is off the scale so I have anxiety and usually can’t go thru with the tests. Physically I get sicker. Its lame, I know that. I try to endure it. It doesn’t work and usually my protests fall on deaf ears. Dr. Scheeler already thinks I have had way too much radiation as it is. I joke and I say “Cure me before you kill me – yes, its on a T-shirt now! ) but it’s true.

Dr. Sabel at South Denver G.I. has basically thrown his hands up in a matter of speaking. You know he’s at his wits end when he’s the one suggesting I get a second opinion, and he’s the best in the Denver area. I’m proud to have him as a doctor and since we’ve known each other so long I can call him friend and know he’s giving it to me straight, and he really doesn’t know what to do with me at this point. He suggested The University of Chicago’s Gastroenterology Department. I’ve also looked at Penn State Hershey Gastroenterology – UCLA’s Digestive Disease Center – Hell even the Royal College of Physicians & The British Society of Gastroenterology in London. I wouldn’t rule out Gastroenterology in China for Christ’s sake! Like I said, I will go to ends of the earth to find some kind of relief. For more babble, continue reading… “Gettin’ Tired of Having my Ass Whooped.” »

        

I just bought a couple hundred bucks worth of software for doing podcasts so I really do hope someone plans on listening to this crap I plan on doing.

Top Secret Plans for the max murdok program

I entertained the idea of doing the “show” live but it really is a logistical nightmare for one person. If I had more people involved it would be a different story. I may, who knows, do a show or two live for shits n giggles but with being sick every other Thrusday doing podcasts seem easier. For starters I’m going to do a show every um,…time I feel like it. I’d like to do one show a week but since I haven’t done this I don’t think I’ll plan on a weekly thing. If things go great then maybe, yeah.

Topics will be almost no existent since everything is a topic in my opinion. Saying I have a topic in mind is pointless. But so we will have something to talk about I will post some of the ideas here and on facebook because that is where YOU come in. Yes YOU!

A lot of this show will need you’re involvement. Since I have no set duration in mind for the show, no set start or end time, having you “call” in and shoot the shit will be a big part. Of course I will rattle on about god knows what, play some music, do some news – the lame typical shit, the real meat n taters will hopefully come from you guys. It’ll work this way. You’ll need Skype, or AIM/Instant Messenger, Yahoo Chat, MSN chat whatever the hell else is out there for chatting and a MIC. Yes, you are to be recorded. You ring me up once the show starts and we go from there. If you do not have a mic, break the hell down and get one. I’ll friggin get you one as long as you call in and say funky stuff or whatever. Most computers have mic’s – they are like $10 bucks. Get a MIC already would ya? As for screennames & such to use to contact me & the show I will probably make a few new ones and post those later. Just be prepared would you? I may even take phone calls. Yes, on an actual phone.

How will you know when to call? Well prior to when I plan on doing the show I will work up some topics, content, horseshit and set a time on when I plan to actually record the show. Then its up to you to ping me via whatever you use to talk online and we go from there. I may send out emails to specific people too, begging them to get online n talk to me. For more babble, continue reading… “Top Secret Plans” »

        

Some people are sooooo easy. Got a few emails on my Obama Guevara T-shirt design ( that was removed from Zazzle BTW )

Sensitive liberals unite. I have given you the offensive Obama Guevara Marxist graphic you needed to rally around. Tea Party peeps seem to love it too. So for them, here is a link to a gigantic version you can download and print out if you like. Put it on a sign! YAY!

Silly Marxist!

I have to admit several things here. One, as many of you know, I voted for Barack Obama. I’ve mentioned this several times. Also my motivation, purely selfish on my part. I’m sick and always worried about health care. I’m still not in a good place when it comes to health care and with what this guy is pulling in office, well I have what ever is beyond buyers remorse and may have gotten sicker just stressing over it all. It all hit me like this. We actually elected a community activist who was barely a senator to hold the highest office in the world. That’s our fault, and entitles me to bitch about it. My mistake and the mistakes this guy keeps making. What we should of done was elect the community lunatic who yells at cars passing by all day & who is the galactic emperor of the planet Mongo and I bet we’d see the exact same results, only the second guy would have a good excuse for why he’s fuckin’ things up!

I am an artist. This is what I do. Plus I see Obama as a Che Guevara type of person. I don’t think his intentions are to turn the United States into a Marxist country, nor do I think it would ever happen. I do believe however his political leanings are towards a more socialist government and frankly that scares me. On the upside of this, for any shallow minded pricks who may be out of ammo & want to get a dig in on me – NO, I am not a racist! I think we were long over due for a black president. We are long over due for a female president. And you bet your ass no one would be flying planes into towers if we had a strong black female president! Bet your ass there! I hope I live to see the day when we elect her.

So anyway. I offend people. I use sarcasm, my art, I am a rude tool sometimes but I draw the line of taking what I do so serious as to be offended if people want to read messages into the things I make or the things I say. I’m in a band that sings about farts for Christsake, how serious can I take myself. I must admit, seeing my work on a Tea Party protester poster some where would be swell.

But please, continue to send your emails. I wish you would post your feelings. I get the impression you just want to say what you want to say but not engage in lively debate about it. Shame. I’d love to do that. Oh well.

        

Finally as an actual program?

Maybe. And,…. AND you, yes YOU could be involved. More on that in a sec.

Lets just say I’m getting my ducks in a row. I actually made a typo when I first wrote that last sentence and said I was going to get my dicks in a row. I assure you it will not be a gay oriented show, gay friendly of course – lets face it, fags is funny. And if you are a fag, don’t get mad I called you a fag. You call each other that! And it’s funny. Alas I digress, and I haven’t even fuckin’ started this blog entry. Sure you’d want me to do a show? Chances are it will be just as chaotic as this post. I guess in a way I will need both my ducks and my dicks in a row, I would hope some of my dear friends who are, lets face it, dicks will join me. That’s half the reason I love the bastards. No, not that I love dicks, I love when they are dicks. Yeah, this post sucks. uh-huh, more dick references.

Coming soon? "the max murdok program"

Anyway, since some of you,….like 4 of you, will be listening I seriously would love to know what you’d like this thing to be about. I’m kind of leaning to doing podcasts then do the occasional live broadcast. There are some details I need to figure out. One, I would like people to be able to call in via Skype more than likely. Man, I’d really love to have advertisers, that would be a hoot. Yes, I said hoot. I’m gonna have to play music because I get tired of hearing myself rattle on and I am sure you would too. I am sure that’ll get me in trouble with ASCAP/BMI but fuck ‘em, I’ll deal with that when it happens. Oh and I gotta play LIVER of course.

I don’t think I’ll limit myself to any one type of topic, I think – as in my life – any thing goes. Same with the music. Hell I plan to do shows when I’m hospitalized, tell me that wouldn’t be good times aye? Me getting shot up with dope, explosive shits, swearing at the medical staff when they make me suffer. Yep, party!

I have my mic’s, little mixer, all the tools, music jingles, programs that I need to do live & podcasts so all I need to do is find the time to test this concept out. But it feels like it needs something more and that is why I posted here. I had some good feedback on facebook. Side note, I am very upset that someone stole my idea for shitfacebook.com – worth a click tho!  Anyway, I think I’d like to have a co-host but I live up in the hills. I do have a couple people in mind that would work out swell and I know I can have a co-host connect from anywhere on the planet, so we’ll have to see. For more babble, continue reading… “the max murdok program” »

        

Just wanted to share with you some new designs I popped up on Zazzle. There are of course still tons of LIVER & Max T-shirts, Mugs, and other swaggy type things up there, this is just some of the new stuff. I personally like the Che Obama art, but that’s me. It’s about as political as I get. If you hate it, that’s fine – comment below all about it. You may want to wait until I add some offensive religious stuff, but that’s up to you. Anyway, hope ya like it, or not.