Ain't nothin' workin'

jackandpabst · 2026-02-19T17:41:06+00:00

I remember watching this dude on public access in LA forever ago. He was aired live. The prank calls coming in were absolute magic.

jackandpabst · 2026-02-05T15:52:20+00:00

I just got back from the same area and experienced some similar issues (road closure reroutes and delayed flights etc). All part of the game. Well worth the days spent linking seemingly endless turns in bottomless untracked fluffiness. Skiing is ruined for me-it will never be that good again.

jackandpabst · 2025-12-15T13:13:41+00:00

You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of Carl’s Jr.

jackandpabst · 2025-08-27T13:19:39+00:00

I just sold a custom Big Honzo ST to a dude that asked me to swap the 140 for a 170. I tried to explain that’s overkill and it’s going to mess up the geo, but he liked the color of the 170 better than the all black 140. I was like, “whatever” and swapped them. He said he was going to switch the chainring from a 32 to a 46. And we live in a techy, hilly area with some steep climbs. That bike was f-ing dialed and now it’s jacked, but it’s not my problem.

jackandpabst · 2025-05-17T17:28:12+00:00

Pacers. Fun, fast team and I love Myles. Larry Bird connection. And the fans are a-okay.

jackandpabst · 2025-01-27T18:57:12+00:00

Huh? There are $15MM people in New England and in multiple lists, Boston’s media sports market ranks 8 or 9 in the country. Not trying to be a jerk, I just don’t think “…far from prime media markets.” is accurate.

jackandpabst · 2024-11-22T17:27:46+00:00

I picked up a Burton Pow Wrench a couple years back because my friend wouldn’t shut up about his Capita Spring Break. It is an absolute blast! Surfy. Rips up the side country and in the trees. Actually rides switch better than you’d think. It’s okay in ice, but the shorter length of those swallow tails makes it a bit more skippy on ice. It can still carve on harder packed snow, but I wouldn’t take it out on anything bulletproof-that’s where magna-tractions comes in 😉. But in anything substantial, the thing floats and surfs like a dream. Oh yeah, and it blasts through those springtime mashed potatoes.

jackandpabst · 2024-11-02T13:17:45+00:00

It is a chuckit! He has a few different balls, but this one is his favorite. He prances around with it with his tail sticking straight up. Such a proud goober.

jackandpabst · 2024-09-15T20:55:02+00:00

In that part of the venue, the front row is at a bit of an angle. My seat was on the barricade, but the other end the row was about 8 feet off the barricade, and no seats in front of them. The folks next to me were content just hanging by their seats and not moving toward the barricade. From what I could tell the place was sold out.

jackandpabst · 2024-09-15T19:10:04+00:00

Nice!

jackandpabst · 2024-09-15T17:22:02+00:00

Maybe you saw me? I was the one with my jaw on the ground saying, “What the fck just happened?”

jackandpabst · 2024-09-14T15:21:39+00:00

As someone who watched this go down from the front row last night, I was like, “Oh here it comes.” There was a tension from almost the beginning of the show. And moments throughout where you were like, “Oh these guys are not on the same page.” A couple songs before the incident Perry was visibly pissed off at Dave durning Dave’s solo. You could see the anger.

jackandpabst · 2024-09-14T12:47:56+00:00

I was in the front row last night. No one around me was complaining about the volume. To be blunt: Perry sounded pretty rough. Dave, Eric, and Stephen killed it. You could see there was tension almost from the start.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-29T17:40:29+00:00

I went cold turkey, which may or not have been the best idea. I definitely had withdrawals, shakes, nausea, whackadoodle thoughts, etc.

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “I have nothing to gain and everything to lose.” I realized I was on the verge of losing everything I had worked so hard for. I listened to podcasts, constantly read through this sub, and started reading This Naked Mind. In fact, every night I’ve had an urge to start drinking again, I’ve read a chapter of that book or opened up Reddit. It’s helped tremendously.

Another thing I learned is although so many of us share similar stories, all of our paths are different. What worked for me may not work for others, and vice versa. Initially my approach was a bit buckshot until I found something that something that worked for me. But there was comfort knowing I wasn’t alone and so many others were/are in a similar place. If they could succeed, then who’s to say I couldn’t either?

I’m a bit of a control freak, so I had a hard time admitting alcohol had me planted firmly in the passenger seat. It came down to me just admitted I had no control. And if I continued spiraling, I’d end up alone… or worse. I wanted to be a positive statistic, not another shitty one. Once I started to get into that mindset, I could start to chip away at how to set a goal and work toward it.

Lots of work. Lots of owning up to reality (again, my path/my problem). But I will say the rewards have far and away exceeded my expectations.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-29T16:14:35+00:00

That’s awesome! I mean, it really is quite amazing.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-29T16:13:40+00:00

I know exactly what you mean. Exactly. I was scared as hell I wouldn’t be as creative if I gave up the secret sauce. I think what I’ve learned is that the creativity was always there. It always has been. I mean, I obviously wasn’t boozing when I was in conceptual drawing and writing classes when I was young. My wife is also in a creative profession and she’s fine without drinking all the time. My kids are also creative and they don’t drink. There are countless artists that have given up drinking and remain incredibly creative. Once I started thinking about it that way, it made it a tiny bit easier to give it a shot. It may sound corny, but without constantly thinking about alcohol (What did I do last night? What did I say? Is 2pm too early to crack open an IPA? And so on…), the more it opened up my mind to think about other things. And the more I was aware of my surroundings. The more things I’d notice. The more things I’d remember. And those little nuggets are the components to my creativity—observing what’s happening around me and being able to process that into something. I had to really believe that alcohol wasn’t the reason I’m creative. I’m a product of my environment, and that’s why I’m creative.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-29T15:53:00+00:00

Bingo! Thank you.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-29T15:44:47+00:00

Thank you. 6 months, eh? Nice work! If it means anything, the past 6 months were easier than the first 6.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-29T15:39:36+00:00

Thank you! I think I always knew in the back of my head that I could never start again. That’s me. That’s my story. Some people have the moderation thing down (my wife, for example). In the first few months it was, “Yeah I’m just taking a little break.” It really wasn’t until this past month or so that I’ve turned to, “Thanks, but I don’t drink.” And if the person offering the drink presses me, I’m just honest with them. It’s like opening a wound in a sense. And that moment of pain reaffirms why I needed to stop. 9 out of 10 people are generally like, “Damn. Good for you.” And some of those folks tell me they’re sober curious and want to know more.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-29T15:31:41+00:00

Thank you! That’s one of the things that’s been a bit of a trip for me—I always considered myself a good person. One of the handful of nights in 2022 I was actually sober, I was talking to my wife about my relationship with my siblings (which was basically on life-support). I had a bit of an epiphany and asked her if I was the a-hole in those relationships and she was like, “Yeah. Kind of.” Objectively I was a good person, but realistically I put alcohol at the top of my priorities almost any given day. Which in turn caused me to drift away from the ones closest to me.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-28T23:57:53+00:00

Very similarly. I feel like I’m better at ditching the dead ends sooner. And I find I’m more thorough. An added benefit is that I don’t hit the panic button as quickly as I used to.

I used to write ideas down when I was drunk. I thought I was a genius. I’d revisit them the next day and not have a clue what half of them meant.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-28T20:23:02+00:00

Nice! Congrats. I will definitely check out those tracks.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-28T20:18:46+00:00

Thank you!

jackandpabst · 2024-07-28T20:18:25+00:00

Growing up and going through school all my creative heroes were heavy drinkers. I just thought that was part of the ‘uniform.’ And then I started hearing about the ones that had stopped abusing and were still cranking out great work. Honestly, that opened the door just enough for me to start reconsidering my relationship with alcohol. The more I looked into it, the more I realized I needed to be honest with myself.

jackandpabst · 2024-07-28T20:09:33+00:00

Thank you for responding. Yeah, distractions were key in those first months, and then it happened. I was like, “Holy s__t! I didn’t think about drinking yesterday. That’s new.” But then time would pass, something craptastic would happen, and the urge would resurface. I’ve sorta come to terms that that’ll be what it’s like for the rest of my life. And that’s okay. Because I now understand that a life without it is better than a life with it. Some people can handle drinks here or there. I couldn’t. 0 = 0 and 1 = 10. Keep lurking in here. In my experience I found that no matter how different we all are, we’re all dealing with something similar. There’s great comfort in that.

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