Tuesday, November 9, 2010

From the Archives of St. Hubbins Volume 1


Recently an unfinished document written around the time of Halloween 2010 was discovered and relayed to me (Matt Macey) by our beloved friend St. Hubbins. While it is not anywhere near Halloween, I was authorized to release this lost volume from the St. Hubbins Archives. It is incomplete and gratefully I was given what to say on a very large napkin. The Sharpie ink was still fresh from the hand of the man himself. Enjoy!

"Carsenio St. Hubbins is a solitary fellow. He's never been one to linger in one place for long; he is restless. Although he doesn't appear in person very often, it doesn't mean he hides out in one place. He has an impressive portfolio of real estate holdings dotting the land, which he moves between at various times of the year. His main compound, called "Hubbinswood," is a safe haven located in a yet to be disclosed rural setting away from the hustle and bustle of the city. He also has a compound in Colorado City, Arizona which he uses to scientifically observe Polygamists in their native habitat.

To blend in, St. Hubbins has had to keep the exteriors of the various buildings on the property unfinished in order to fit with the other seemingly unfinished buildings in the town. He affectionately calls the property "Carsenio's Tax Shelter," as it turns out the unfinished building look in the town is the natives' way to evade taxes. As the photo below demonstrates, fitting in has forced him to alter his wardrobe significantly and to alter his mullet to a grey pioneer style hairdo to blend in. St Hubbins finds it an enjoyable place to film his own BBC-style documentary "St. Hubbins Amongst the Polygamists" which will be coming soon to a station near you. Fortunately his presence among them has so far gone undetected and his facial hair sadly fit right in with the other women in town. He has grown tired of being hit on by Warren Jeffs, but that is another story altogether.


Recently, Carsenio St. Hubbins emerged from his solitary existence to make his annual Halloween appearance. Onlookers noticed his trademark unkempt mullet, aviator sunglasses, red bandanna, well worn Van Halen concert T-Shirt and his black guitar. This year though, many noticed that St. Hubbins arms were covered with tattoos. Could it be that St. Hubbins got ink?
Not exactly.
Carsenio St. Hubbins has been faced with a moral dilemma for some time - he could attempt to be a non-inked wannabe butt rocker or be a more legit looking wannabe butt rocker by sporting ink. One thing is unequivocal in his moral code: he is not a proponent of putting permanent marks on his body. He was once quoted referring to himself in third-person as saying, "Carsenio St. Hubbins is not a proponent of putting permanent marks on his body- it is an unequivocal statute of his moral code." St. Hubbins did however acknowledge that those who sport ink have more legitimacy in looking like butt rockers than those who don't. His exact quote was , "St. Hubbins acknowledges that those who sport ink have more legitimacy in looking like butt rockers than those who don't." To aid his legitimacy, he attempted to give himself temporary ink by using his beloved Sharpie magic markers, but found it difficult to ink those hard to reach places on the back of his arms. Believing himself to be a clever artist, St. Hubbins didn't dare let someone else color on him lest they color outside the lines and make him look childish. Likewise, he didn't feel like he could afford temporary tattoos as he was flat out of quarters when he walked by the vending machine that sold them. Besides, he didn't feel like Spongebob Squarepants or Elmo temporary tats would have helped him look legitimate had he been able to buy them. Imagine his relief when he found out about a way to have the look without the permanent inking!

Carsenio St. Hubbins will be forever grateful to his beautiful fiancee' (now his wife) who told him about a revolution in temporary tattooing. As it turns out, you can go to a costume store and buy mesh sleeves with tattoo imprints on them. St. Hubbins had no idea this kind of technology existed! He was elated to say the least. In his own words, "Carsenio St. Hubbins is elated to say the least!" All he had to do was put the sleeves on and bam- he had rock credibility in a way he never had before.

His joy was short lived, however, when the sleeves kept rolling up. It was an exercise in high maintenance to keep his ink from getting crinkled up. Looking at his wrinkled sleeves at one point, St. Hubbins said, "Look at these blumin' tats, St. Hubbins' arms look like the arms of a tattooed old woman who went saggy and wrinkly." On top of the constant rolling up, Carsenio found the mesh sleeves an irritant to his sensitive skin. He figures he lost a thousand or so arm hairs that night as well- some of which are still embedded in the fibers of the mesh that turned out to be not so revolutionary as he thought. "Revolting is a more fitting word, not revolutionary," Carsenio said.

St. Hubbins believes tattoos are a mistake- they are so permanent. He acknowledges that not all people feel the same way he does. He was quoted as saying, "St. Hubbins acknowledges that not all people feel the same way St. Hubbins does about tattoos. Some find great joy in them and I wish those people the very best when they realize it was a huge mistake later in life and want to get them removed." Carsenio also believes fake tattoos like the sleeves he bought are a mistake. "It's all fine and good when you first get the fake ink- you feel cool and empowered and you don't have to use a laser to take them off at the end of the night. Then the sleeves roll up and pinch your skin, rip your arm hair off and turn your furry arms into smooth un-Hubbinish appendages. These things should not be!"

Perhaps someday the technology will exist to create a fake tattoo sleeve that is not made of a skin irritant. Until that time, Carsenio St. Hubbins will continue to roll without ink. He only hopes that he will continue to be respected and feared as a legitimate rock powerhouse without having to get ink to give himself more credibility. Until next time, St. Hubbins shall return to Carsenio's Tax Shelter in Colorado City and see what the natives are up to without Warren Jeffs around. This may well prove fascinating!"

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Catching up with St. Hubbins

When last we left Carsenio St. Hubbins in September of last year, he was plotting the extermination of all pigeons in an effort to have a shinier car. He can hardly believe it has been nearly a year since he last posted his thoughts on this page. When reminded of his lack of posting on this blog, Carsenio very nearly said "shame on me" but then he remembered he doesn't believe in shame.
Getting back to the Shiny Car Initiative, St. Hubbins has not pursued any of his plans for pigeon eradication. He may one day move forward with his scheme, but for now he is going to put it on the back burner. Rather, he has opted to brief us with a list of what he has been doing the past several months:

"What I Have Been Doing the Past Several Months
by Carsenio St. Hubbins
  • Rocked out hardcore! (October 2009)
  • Traveled to Alaska to feed on Salmon and build up enough fat and protein to carry me through the winter as step 1 of my Hibernation Initiative. (October 2009)
  • Dressed up like Matt Macey for Halloween- people told me I looked so clever with my short hair wig, pastel colored Polo shirt, jeans and New Balance trail running sneakers. (October 2009)
  • Rocked out hardcore! (November 2009)
  • Experienced sore joints due to excessive weight gain caused by massive salmon consumption the month previous. Took two Advil for the pain. (November 2009)
  • Ate lots of Turkey at Thanksgiving in hopes the Tryptophan would bring on drowsiness, enabling me to enact step 2 of my Hibernation Initiative. Step 2 was listed as "Hibernate" (November 2009)
  • Still awake on the day after Thanksgiving, avoided all the retail stores while plotting my next Holiday adventure. (November 2009)
  • Rocked out hardcore!! (December 2009)
  • Attended counseling with a Failed Hibernation Specialist who helped me realize being awake through the winter might actually be good for me. (December 2009)
  • Wished for Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all Men (December 2009)
  • Celebrated Christmas in a very Christian way at the local Jewish Community Center (December 2009)
  • Decided to also celebrate Christmas at the local Mosque (December 2009)
  • Celebrated New Years while in hiding from Islamic Extremists who were unhappy with my gift of a Christmas Tree to the local cleric. (January 2010)
  • Rocked out hardcore in an undisclosed location!!! (January 2010)
  • Emerged from hiding after arranging for a cartoon that was very complementary of the Prophet Mohammed to be published in a Dutch newspaper. (February 2010)
  • Celebrated "Single Awareness Day" on February 14th by rocking out hardcore!!!! (February 2010)
  • Contemplated getting snow tires as I kept spinning out when driving in the snow (February 2010)
  • March Madness- didn't really watch it, too busy rocking out hardcore!!!!!! (March 2010)
  • Celebrated St. Patrick's Day by wearing a green shirt which said "I'm Not Irish, and I'm Not Wearing Green Because of Your Holiday. I Wear Green to Hide a Medical Condition" (March 2010)
  • Celebrated April Fools by playing jokes on everyone on the last day of March (March 2010)
  • Happy Birthday St. Hubbins! (April 2010)
  • Rocked out Hardcore!!!! (April 2010)
  • Took a lovely stroll in the park trying to get hay fever from the pollen- it didn't work, so I had to go to work instead of calling in sick (April 2010)
  • Still contemplated getting snow tires on my car in light of the April snow showers I kept spinning out in (April 2010)
  • Noticed the May flowers were all killed by the April show showers (May 2010)
  • Had a realization that had I hibernated through the winter I would have really had to pee when I woke up in the spring- was grateful I didn't hibernate. Celebrated by rocking out hardcore! (May 2010)
  • Went north to the Tetons intending to take a picture of a bear and an eagle fighting over a fish. (June 2010)
  • Sought solace in Jackson Hole after failing to get my picture of the eagle and bear fighting over a fish- looked up and saw a statue of that exact thing (June 2010)
  • Celebrated by rocking out hardcore!!!!! (June 2010)
  • After witnessing mass flooding due to accelerated spring snowmelt, felt really glad I didn't hibernate, as my post-hibernation bathroom session would have tripled the amount of spring runoff and wiped out half the city (June 2010)
  • Happy 4th of July America, celebrated by blowing up a portion of this great land with fireworks obtained in Kabul Afghanistan. (July 2010)
  • Traveled to Evanston, Wyoming to quell an uprising of angry fireworks dealers who were offended their sales dropped drastically this 4th of July when I opted to buy Afghan fireworks instead of their Chinese made bottle rockets. (July 2010)
  • Rocked out hardcore!!!!!! (July 2010)
  • Fell in love with a beautiful woman and wrote a very Un-St. Hubbinish song having been inspired by her. It was Un-St. Hubbinish in that it had no distortion, and it did not suck. (August 2010)
  • Finally got those snow tires! (August 2010)
  • The song was well received which prompted me to rock out hardcore!!!!!!! (August 2010)
  • Read a pamphlet entitled "Long Lists and You; Why You Should Write One." Celebrated by rocking out hardcore, then putting this list on several napkins and submitting it for posting on this blog. (August 2010)"
As you can see, St. Hubbins has been a busy man! With all the rocking out hardcore, it is easy to see why he couldn't kill any pigeons. As Carsenio St. Hubbins now says, "Why worry about shiny cars when you can rock out hardcore while being in love?" Truly St. Hubbins is growing up; is the world ready?