An Egregious Cesspool

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The world is like an egregiously populated cesspool, with the beaches being the 1st world. Said beaches are extremely crowded, with people jockeying for position willing to kill their neighbor if they have too. There are very few that work hard to build a sand castle and far more that look to kick them down. There are also those others, who by birth and/or ancestral right, have inherited the rights to inhabit such great locations without having to jockey. Some of these individuals choose to build their own castles, others tear down the castles their forefathers have built for them through laziness and neglect. That part of the beach is Greece, the spoiled child who leans on its ancestral name to get away with whatever it wants, and  it’s neighbors have to take on the burden of the drunken asshole who just wants to do a bunch of drugs and wreck Ferrari’s. A thorough analysis here by the illustrious @thetapeguy .

I’m fucking sick of this shit. Does anyone else notice that when there is good news with futures, Asia, and Europe ripping that we always get the short end of the stick right after the open? It is like a sick fucking joke, is it not? I feel like I am one of the “late night guys” here on iBC and on Twitter, because I am on the Left Coast and I stay up super late anyways. I attribute some of my nocturnal nature to my warrior genetics, and the other to being in the Army, especially the Airborne Infantry. If I had a fucking penny for every guard shift I pulled in the middle of the night in Iraq, in the filed at Fort’s Bragg and Benning, or even fuckin radio guard in Kuwait, I would be rich as fuck. I’m a total puss about getting up early now, but I used to live 35mins off post, stay up ’till midnight playing video games, then get up at 4am to beat the traffic to get into work by 6am. I cannot do that shit anymore, at all. These days I get up check my accounts and the news, go back to sleep, do it again, until I get up at like 9am. Parachuting out of planes used to also be a normal part of my job, as did shooting AT-4 rockets and almost destroying the whole bunker/trench system at Kerzaa Range (oops!). These days that shit, the parachuting at least, sounds terrifying. It’s also terrifying being a money manager, though that isn’t really an accurate description of the job. Okay it’s not that terrifying, but it is stressful.

Here’s my moves for tomorrow and some weird/ridiculous shit that happened to me.

$QQQ is pretty much my only play. TNA didn’t play out today as ‘Merica is apparently not invited to “good news rally party.” QQQ should be good based on ORCL’s earnings and MSFT’s new tablet. Both companies are solid too, but I am looking for a quick 3-10% on QQQ then step back into cash. I’ve really gotten beaten up since April and May. I’ve had to sell shit to transfer money into my checking account because I’m not making my clients enough money and that fucking SUCKS! Part of the game unfortunately.

Today I got so angry that I almost had a “rage blackout” which is some scary shit. You actually get so mad that you can’t control yourself. Here are some events that are variables in that equation.

-the skinny, but I guess ripped, pale white fucker that is like 6’5″ always looks at me in a shitty way. He used to run past my house when the old MArina 24 was still open. I would say hi to him and he wouldn’t say shit. He has big stupid ears like my brother, come to think of it he really does look like my brother. He always wears the same black shirt and black pants to the gym, and drives a bitch ass 2003ish M3. I’ve only ever really seen him talking to busted as chicks in the gym. Anyways, he always looks at me with a shitty grin, just begging to be smashed out. Today he laughed at me, (maybe because I shaved my beard?), and when I said “what are you laughing at faggot?” he just smiled at me and opened his eyes wide. I was taking the bar off the cable and putting the v-bar on it to do triceps pushdowns. I seriously wanted to take the bar and smash his head in to little bits of skull and brains.

-This little Asian kid, probably in high school, was horsing around with his buddy and knocked the 90lb dumbbell out of my hand, crushing his foot. He wanted to blame it on me. Where are his fucking parents?

-Afterwards while I was in line at SafeWay, this fat short Mexican woman with her 3 misbehaving ass kids, was buying a bunch of bullshit with her EBT food stamp card. This was in the express line, 15 items or less, I would say she had at least 30 items, including candy. Your tax dollars at work folks.

-While I was driving home, these three “cholos” in a Hummer H2 thought I cut them off. So naturally, they get out and want to fight at the first chance, which sounds like the funnest thing in the world to me at the time. The two that weren’t driving get out, when I get out and take my shirt off the back the fuck down instantly. Saying “[they] have to be somewhere, and I won’t be so lucky last time. Not too many people get shot at in the Marina, so I am just going to play the odds and say they are either bitches, are worried because I look like a big scary tattooed white dude, or smart enough to know that they will get locked up for life and it’s not worth it.

-There was no fucking parking, there were 4 spots however, were the person parked so fucking stupidly that they took up two spots, OR THE MOTHER FUCKER IN THE VESPA WHO PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING BIG ASS SPOT!!!!!

-Looking for parking i ran into my neighbor who is a sell-side cretin. He always looks like he just got back from yachting and talking about getting hand-jobs from “so and so CEO’s” daughters at Harvard and shit. He flipped me the fuck off. I pulled up next to him put my car in Neutral and pulled the hand brake. Then i got out and leaned on my roof and said “you slimy little fuck-stick, sell-side, piece-of-shit, bitch. I’d loved to fight you to the death with fucking lumberjack axes. I promise to make it painful as a mother fucker.” That piece of shit said, “I’ve got too much money to not have someone fight for me.” With a bitch made smirk, fuck that coward.

Some good shit that happened today.

-I benched 365lbs cleanly using my “power lifter arch” method.

-I weighed 264.9(almost not making the heavyweight limit of 265), but I am leaner. I have been drinking less beer and have been having a really healthy shake and pro-biotics in the morning. Maybe I really do have genetics that just pack muscle on?

That’s it. QQQ tomorrow me thinks? A disconnected (from America) this market is.

26 Responses to “An Egregious Cesspool”

  1. This life that you speak of is something I cannot even comprehend…these stories are crazy and fascinating.

    I’ll do my best to stay on your good side.

    Really, the futures don’t mean shit unless you are trading the $ES or are a masochist. They obviously have little correlation to what the market is going to do, so it’s a waste of energy.

    In regard to $QQQ, if it can hold it’s ground in the 63-63.5 area on an eventual pullback, I think that bodes well going forward.

  2. Dude, I DO NOT WANT THIS STUFF TO HAPPEN. I wished I’d just stayed at home today.

    QQQ’s holdings are bullet proof, especially with AAPL, ORCL, and MSFT.

  3. Dear Rhino,

    1. I want the 60 seconds back that it took me to read this.
    2. Nobody wants to hear about your problems.
    3. You’ve got some serious anger issues.
    4. You are fucking hysterically funny but probably don’t even know it.

    Your Pal
    Scott

    • I don’t whether to say thanks or that I want to hit you with a dead goat Scott? I guess you are just giving your honest review? Sarcasm?

      • I know nothing about your market skills but I truly enjoyed your venting. It made me feel bad and good, all at the same time.

        1. Clearly sarcasm. It took me 90 seconds to read.
        2. a true statement but your problems are entertaining
        3. Being a big guy, in the Army, having a near “rage blackout” and named Rhino, its obvious. Isn’t it?
        4. You probably felt catharsis writing about your mostly shitty and pissed off day. But it was truly entertaining.

        • That’s awesome man thanks for your honesty! I am honestly happy if I can make one person laugh or learn something everyday. I am also always looking to improve in every matter of life, I highly respect you as an investor and appreciate your sincere commentary.

        • Scott, you’re hilarious! Rhino, Scott, FLY, etc this site is so awesome it blows my mind. The fact that exists within this framework of investing is just that much funnier. Sometimes I wonder what a bar full of us guys/gals from IBC would look like, that would be a seriously funny place to be….

  4. This is why I read your shit everyday Rhino. This piece right here, I will remember. Excellent work, I was going from LMFAO to holy shit I can’t believe you said that.

    Rhino, part of the problem is that you live in San Francisco. Before I moved to marin, my father would visit and I would take him out to steak or ‘Top of the Mark’ type establishments, and we when would walk, both of his hands would be clenched in fists, teeth grinding and ready to knock fuckers out. Staring crack heads and anyone looking sketchy. He is fucking paranoid now. I don’t blame him, that city is fucking crazy. I guess after about 7 years of living there I just started ignoring everyone and all the homosexuality and bullshit that surrounds me. But thats boring, hearing your analysis about it cracks me up. Well done my friend!

    • Thanks man I don’t pull punches. I think it is wrong, and racist, to not include an entire description of the situation. I try to always write honestly and if I sacrificed that, what is it worth?

      • I know this. You are a real cat.

      • I seriously have zero idea why this is but for someone who is 260+ and well over 6ft of ex MMA fighting army head stomping beast, you have SO many random people talking trash and causing problems for you Rhino, I think it is one of the few final mysteries of the universe.

        For those of you who don’t know Rhino, I’ve been out with him more times than I can count at the bar, at safeway, etc and for some reason people just want to talk shit to him. I don’t know if it’s suicidal thoughts or what??

        • LMFAO dude! I can’t wait for Saturday with you and @thetapeguy . I’m going to SafeWay early, why do people like to mess with me so much?

          • it boggles my mind man, I have no idea. You’d think a giant boss with cinderblocks for fists would be the last dude anyone would want to cause problems with? unsolved mysteries 2012….

          • add ZSTN not tanking to that list of mysteries.

  5. I think it’s incredible that Scott Bleier is reading and commenting on the iBC blogger network at 2 AM.

  6. Interesting post. Good shit but be careful man. Step back take a breathe when the shit seems to be hitting the fan. Most times in my showcase nothing may be happening at all.

  7. Dude I was in a Face to Face cover band for like a week way way back in the day

  8. I still play. Mostly acoustic now though

    • I picked up my acoustic the last few days and it was brutal. I was killing myself going from a C to an F, just butchering the F.

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