And the Lord said, "Let there be noise..."

So I have decided to start a blog. Why you ask? Well it's a simple situation of supply and demand. The people, aka my friends, have been "demanding" for years that I should start a blog. I have decided that demand was high enough that I will now "supply" them with my thoughts in written form. I will give the people what they want. I have never thought this to be a good way to spend my time. Who really cares about other people's thoughts and feelings I always thought? I certainly don't. But apparently my thoughts, feelings and observations are ridiculous enough that people want to hear them. I will post said thoughts, feelings and observations as I see fit, in unfiltered form. You will read what really goes thru my head. I have no dillusions of becoming famous or popular with this blog. I doubt more than 10 people will read it, and that may be generous. I'm just doing this because some friends asked me and I figure it will be a little theraputic for me. Anyone who knows me, knows that I pretty much hate everyone, except my close friends and family, and they have even felt the "Noise, Pain and Rain." The name of my blog comes from a saying I used to break out during the "It's OK, I'm a Senior Tour." Which was probably the best 5 months of my life. The saying usually was broken out after a few, or 10 Keystone Lights on Empire Commons at the University of Albany. "Do you want the noise, pain and rain brought upon you?" is the whole quote. There were some hand gestures involved to go along with the saying for dramatic affect. Anyone who was there knows what I'm talking about. It was usually said before, during or after a game of flip cup or beer pong. God I miss those days. I asked a few friends what I should name the blog and this went over pretty well. My brother stated that it is a good representation on my personality. You will learn what that means as you read this blog in the future. I agreed with the name and hence the name of this masterpiece of a blog was born. I think "the noise, pain and rain" means different things to different people. To me it was a state of mind. I lost that part of me for a while (I will explain this in posts to come). But Gato Negro is back and he is going to bring "the noise, pain and rain" back. Hold on to your jock straps it's about to get awesome again.