First let me just say I would now like to be known as "The Luxury."
With the triumphant return of No Job No Pants I have been inspired to once again to return to my long winded and self-indulgent blogs. So without further adieu here's what I've been up to since March. A whole lot of nothing with some random trips mixed in so gogogogogogo trip recap!
Maine trip:
-Got super sweet tour of Red Hook, drank free ESB for hours.
-Kevin did a real bad job of applying suntan lotion.
-I'm no good at bacci but it sure is fun, even more so when you move down the beach destroying sand castles like the monster from Cloverfield did New York City.
-BOMBARDMENT!
Things I learned since March:
-Don't make up any stupid games and play with Kevin. I will lose, and likely get physically hurt the process, or lose tons of money.
-The XMEN: Origins movie is awful. I regret buying it for whatever price I paid. However the Rocketeer continues to be a tremendous purchase.
-The New York State Education System is apparently incredibly adequate based finishing right in the middle of a New Hampshire based trivia contest.
New career idea-
Topless Breakfast/Brunch: Imagine if you will, your average diner, now place it in a college town, now have all the waitresses be topless. It'll be like Hooters, but less classy, and for breakfast. If we market to college age guys and keep prices fairly low, and the lights a little dim, there's no reason hungover college guys should go anywhere else for breakfast. Admittedly I'm going after a very small portion of the market but the idea came to me in a dream and I'm fairly convinced it will work as well as any other dream of will.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Post Olympics Thoughts
At the risk of this being filled with self pitying ramblings, let me just say I've had better weeks.
The Olympics are finally over, and I already miss them. For two weeks I was captivated by sports that I most likely won't care about for another four years. Curling is obviously the big winner, for whatever reason NBC and it's broadcasting partners showed tons of it, and everyone in America is now convinced John Shuster is a terrible skip. Which is somewhat amazing, you have countless people who three weeks ago didn't know anything about the game of curling, but now they're convinced that Shuster is awful.
Beyond the constant coverage of curling it's interesting to see where the rest of the world compares to each other in various sports. The Latvian hockey team got smoked, but they won silver in both the skeleton, and the men's doubles luge. Seems like a meager haul but it's twice as many medals as the Brits won. Which is absurd, you'd think a world power like Britain would be able to compete in something. Granted America probably takes sports much more seriously than they do, and our population is larger but you'd think they'd be good at something. Speed skating, curling, cross country skiing, something besides just women's skeleton.
Marit Bjorgen of Norway won five medals by himself, three golds a silver and a bronze. That's as many medals as Great Britain, Latvia, Kazakhstan, and Estonia combined. And he has the edge in golds 3-1. That's mind bottling to me.
Fun fact that I just learned, or possibly relearned, Slovenia and Slovakia are two entirely different countries.
So Olympic hockey is so much better than the NHL game it's absurd. It makes sense, what with having the absolute best of the best playing, but the games were great from start to finish.
And it's nice to see how much these players cared about the Olympics, whether it was playing hurt(Marian Gaborik) or playing less than 15 minutes a game, most of which was spent blocking shots(Chris Drury) the players gave everything they had.
On top of just the overall skill of the Olympics it was a nice opportunity for me to see some players I rarely see play several games in a two week span. I know the big thing with NHLers in the Olympics is the hope that they're star power combined with the exposure will draw in new fans but I don't think it works that way. Hockey is a great sport, regardless of whether professionals are playing or if you have highly talented amateurs playing the end result is going to be the same, a hard hitting fast paced game that should sell itself. The skill level is obviously different and Ovie and Crosby are superstars but beyond them how many players carry that notoriety?
Zach Parise was nearly an American hero when he scored that game tying goal against the Canadians, but how many people will remember that name by the time I get around to posting this? Most people who watched won't remember the name, just the moment if hockey is lucky.
While the Olympics may not have grown the NHL fanbase as a result of the NHLers there, it certainly provided casual fans with the opportunity to see just how talented some of these players are.
A few weeks ago I wouldn't have been interested in seeing the Rangers play a team like the Blues or the Kings but the Olympics showed me some of the great players that aren't featured on sportscenter and will get me to some of those midweek out of conference games.
Quick who's older the lead singer of Saves the Day or the lead singer of Brand New?
The Olympics are finally over, and I already miss them. For two weeks I was captivated by sports that I most likely won't care about for another four years. Curling is obviously the big winner, for whatever reason NBC and it's broadcasting partners showed tons of it, and everyone in America is now convinced John Shuster is a terrible skip. Which is somewhat amazing, you have countless people who three weeks ago didn't know anything about the game of curling, but now they're convinced that Shuster is awful.
Beyond the constant coverage of curling it's interesting to see where the rest of the world compares to each other in various sports. The Latvian hockey team got smoked, but they won silver in both the skeleton, and the men's doubles luge. Seems like a meager haul but it's twice as many medals as the Brits won. Which is absurd, you'd think a world power like Britain would be able to compete in something. Granted America probably takes sports much more seriously than they do, and our population is larger but you'd think they'd be good at something. Speed skating, curling, cross country skiing, something besides just women's skeleton.
Marit Bjorgen of Norway won five medals by himself, three golds a silver and a bronze. That's as many medals as Great Britain, Latvia, Kazakhstan, and Estonia combined. And he has the edge in golds 3-1. That's mind bottling to me.
Fun fact that I just learned, or possibly relearned, Slovenia and Slovakia are two entirely different countries.
So Olympic hockey is so much better than the NHL game it's absurd. It makes sense, what with having the absolute best of the best playing, but the games were great from start to finish.
And it's nice to see how much these players cared about the Olympics, whether it was playing hurt(Marian Gaborik) or playing less than 15 minutes a game, most of which was spent blocking shots(Chris Drury) the players gave everything they had.
On top of just the overall skill of the Olympics it was a nice opportunity for me to see some players I rarely see play several games in a two week span. I know the big thing with NHLers in the Olympics is the hope that they're star power combined with the exposure will draw in new fans but I don't think it works that way. Hockey is a great sport, regardless of whether professionals are playing or if you have highly talented amateurs playing the end result is going to be the same, a hard hitting fast paced game that should sell itself. The skill level is obviously different and Ovie and Crosby are superstars but beyond them how many players carry that notoriety?
Zach Parise was nearly an American hero when he scored that game tying goal against the Canadians, but how many people will remember that name by the time I get around to posting this? Most people who watched won't remember the name, just the moment if hockey is lucky.
While the Olympics may not have grown the NHL fanbase as a result of the NHLers there, it certainly provided casual fans with the opportunity to see just how talented some of these players are.
A few weeks ago I wouldn't have been interested in seeing the Rangers play a team like the Blues or the Kings but the Olympics showed me some of the great players that aren't featured on sportscenter and will get me to some of those midweek out of conference games.
Quick who's older the lead singer of Saves the Day or the lead singer of Brand New?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
All kinds of goodies
I have a genuine appreciation for spam email and other devices intended to ruin with me with a few mouse clicks. They're obviously spam, but I always have a moment of inner debate.
"Oral Sex? I can't afford not to check this out."
Winter Olympic breakdown:
-The winter Olympics are only something like three days old it's clear they are vastly superior to the Summer Olympics. The sports here are much more difficult, there's more skill involved less natural ability. The events are more varied, the summer events seem to blend into one. I know that the winter has something like 15 different ski based events and dozens of ice skating but there's more difference there as far as I'm concerned than in the swimming or track and field events. Maybe I'm biased.
-Most people probably don't care for curling and cross country skiing but I've become fascinated. Admittedly curling drags a bit(appreciate the clever curling related pun so I can feel better about myself), but there's strategy and more importantly there's someone to get angry with. And he's called the skipper. Now about cross country, my brother and my dad aren't sold on the sport. Lack of apparent drama in the events with staggered starts. But I actually kind of like it, the sport is an individual effort and it is thoroughly exhausting. And on top of that the nice twist is you don't know where you stand. At any given moment you can be thirty seconds ahead of five minutes behind, all you know is you've got to bust your ass and finish as quick as you can. I know a lot of people step up when they they're being challenged, but when it's just you, you've got to motivate yourself and you can't risk slowing down since you've got no idea how your competition is doing. It's a nice change of pace as far as I'm concerned.
-Women's hockey and I have a love hate relationship. The differences between the top teams and the rest of the field is so absurd but when you get two good teams playing it's fairly interesting. You know, assuming you don't try and compare it to men's hockey, if you take it for what it's worth it's actually pretty exciting. It's back and forth, and since there's no hitting the puck rarely gets slowed down and stops moving. It's got good pace. And some of these girls can skate, well at least one line on the Finnish team. It's like all three of them were the Finnish Flash.
Bold predictions:
-Kevin and I develop a deep rooted hatred for the men's skipper.
-Jenny Potter redeems herself, US women's hockey wins gold and she is no longer my nemesis.
-Figure skating will inevitably draw me in the skimpy(for the women) and the ridiculous(for the men) outfits. Then moments later I'll realize they ladies aren't attractive enough, and the men are in awkwardly tight pants and I'll stop watching.
More free time means more blogs from me.
Ke$ha fucking rules, well "Tik Tok" does. The rest of the album is underwhelming after one listen, although it did take me a few listens to get into the single as it usually does with terrible pop songs.
Best blog not about haiku's? I think so.
Rocket City by Northstar is one of my all-time favorite songs.
The Jupiter Sunrise demos that they put out right before they broke up are badass. True story.
I'm only something like two listens in, but new Rocky Votolato is great. The man is good at making good music.
The movie (500) Days of Summer is...good. I think. I don't really know. I do know that I'm borderline in love with Zooey Deschannel. I do know that the soundtrack is top notch, especially Carla Bruni who is apparently a pop star, a model, and the first lady of France. That's not fair. And also the movie broke me, it was nearly as depressing as Bridge to Terabithia, which also featured Zooey. I felt like Nate at the beginning of Wall-E, not cool. But the point I suppose.
I'm trying this thing where I stay out of my own head and don't read too much into things and beat myself up. It's not going so well. Problem is that by trying to stop over analyze I fear that it will lead me to allow other wise good things to pass me by. I've pretty much got myself to a point where it's damned if I do, damned if I don't. Which leads me to over think, and that in turn leads right back to what sought to avoid at the onset.
Here's a list of my Top 69 albums of the last decade(I swear that number was entirely unintentional).
And I must say, for the first time I've ever done something like this I'm real happy with where everything is. I've managed to do it one take when something like this would normally be a constant work in progress.
There's this band called La Dispute and they make good music. Similar to Trophy Scars, mewithoutyou and Bear Vs Shark.
What is life without a purpose
What is purpose without love
-Sad Prayers For Guilty Bodies
Best website ever? I think so.
While it might have been tough to top their previous album art, a wizard riding a squid fighting robot sharks in space, I think Four Year Strong has done it with this new one.
Bucket List:
Not sure why I decided I needed a "bucket list." All I know is that Morgan Freeman had little to do with it.
Anyways without further adieu here is my bucket list version 1.0
-Attend hockey game in Canada.
-Learn antiquated form of travel, dog sledding, hot air ballooning, sailing. Something.
-Clean my room(I'm giving myself a few easy ones to make me feel better)
-Write a book
-Finish Christmas story, give to someone on Christmas
"Oral Sex? I can't afford not to check this out."
Winter Olympic breakdown:
-The winter Olympics are only something like three days old it's clear they are vastly superior to the Summer Olympics. The sports here are much more difficult, there's more skill involved less natural ability. The events are more varied, the summer events seem to blend into one. I know that the winter has something like 15 different ski based events and dozens of ice skating but there's more difference there as far as I'm concerned than in the swimming or track and field events. Maybe I'm biased.
-Most people probably don't care for curling and cross country skiing but I've become fascinated. Admittedly curling drags a bit(appreciate the clever curling related pun so I can feel better about myself), but there's strategy and more importantly there's someone to get angry with. And he's called the skipper. Now about cross country, my brother and my dad aren't sold on the sport. Lack of apparent drama in the events with staggered starts. But I actually kind of like it, the sport is an individual effort and it is thoroughly exhausting. And on top of that the nice twist is you don't know where you stand. At any given moment you can be thirty seconds ahead of five minutes behind, all you know is you've got to bust your ass and finish as quick as you can. I know a lot of people step up when they they're being challenged, but when it's just you, you've got to motivate yourself and you can't risk slowing down since you've got no idea how your competition is doing. It's a nice change of pace as far as I'm concerned.
-Women's hockey and I have a love hate relationship. The differences between the top teams and the rest of the field is so absurd but when you get two good teams playing it's fairly interesting. You know, assuming you don't try and compare it to men's hockey, if you take it for what it's worth it's actually pretty exciting. It's back and forth, and since there's no hitting the puck rarely gets slowed down and stops moving. It's got good pace. And some of these girls can skate, well at least one line on the Finnish team. It's like all three of them were the Finnish Flash.
Bold predictions:
-Kevin and I develop a deep rooted hatred for the men's skipper.
-Jenny Potter redeems herself, US women's hockey wins gold and she is no longer my nemesis.
-Figure skating will inevitably draw me in the skimpy(for the women) and the ridiculous(for the men) outfits. Then moments later I'll realize they ladies aren't attractive enough, and the men are in awkwardly tight pants and I'll stop watching.
More free time means more blogs from me.
Ke$ha fucking rules, well "Tik Tok" does. The rest of the album is underwhelming after one listen, although it did take me a few listens to get into the single as it usually does with terrible pop songs.
Best blog not about haiku's? I think so.
Rocket City by Northstar is one of my all-time favorite songs.
The Jupiter Sunrise demos that they put out right before they broke up are badass. True story.
I'm only something like two listens in, but new Rocky Votolato is great. The man is good at making good music.
The movie (500) Days of Summer is...good. I think. I don't really know. I do know that I'm borderline in love with Zooey Deschannel. I do know that the soundtrack is top notch, especially Carla Bruni who is apparently a pop star, a model, and the first lady of France. That's not fair. And also the movie broke me, it was nearly as depressing as Bridge to Terabithia, which also featured Zooey. I felt like Nate at the beginning of Wall-E, not cool. But the point I suppose.
I'm trying this thing where I stay out of my own head and don't read too much into things and beat myself up. It's not going so well. Problem is that by trying to stop over analyze I fear that it will lead me to allow other wise good things to pass me by. I've pretty much got myself to a point where it's damned if I do, damned if I don't. Which leads me to over think, and that in turn leads right back to what sought to avoid at the onset.
Here's a list of my Top 69 albums of the last decade(I swear that number was entirely unintentional).
And I must say, for the first time I've ever done something like this I'm real happy with where everything is. I've managed to do it one take when something like this would normally be a constant work in progress.
There's this band called La Dispute and they make good music. Similar to Trophy Scars, mewithoutyou and Bear Vs Shark.
What is life without a purpose
What is purpose without love
-Sad Prayers For Guilty Bodies
Best website ever? I think so.
While it might have been tough to top their previous album art, a wizard riding a squid fighting robot sharks in space, I think Four Year Strong has done it with this new one.
Bucket List:
Not sure why I decided I needed a "bucket list." All I know is that Morgan Freeman had little to do with it.
Anyways without further adieu here is my bucket list version 1.0
-Attend hockey game in Canada.
-Learn antiquated form of travel, dog sledding, hot air ballooning, sailing. Something.
-Clean my room(I'm giving myself a few easy ones to make me feel better)
-Write a book
-Finish Christmas story, give to someone on Christmas
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Year end stuff
Shadowfax appears to be at the end of the line. This is depressing for a few reasons, one I'm forced to realize that while I can buy some drinks at the bar I'm not nearly as wealthy as I'd like to be. Secondly, I love that car and I wish it could have gotten to 200,000 miles. And finally I feel like I've given up on it, makes me all kinds of sad.
About to get thrust into the real world of journalism, like this week. To say I'm a bit nervous is an understatement.
Now that I've been writing for close to a month here's my thought process on how things are going.
1. For the first time I'm getting some real feedback, which is a good for my progress but bad for my temporary self-esteem.
2. Some coaches are nice to talk to, very friendly and others are unintentionally intimidating.
3. The articles I feel are my best are usually the ones my editor dislikes the most. But I feel I'm learning what he wants and how he wants it done.
This Michael Bay Victoria's Secret commercial is awesome. Not gonna lie, this man maybe the single most awesome human on the planet.
Linda McMahon is running for senator? Awesome. Don't blow this Connecticut. Apparently she was appointed to the Connecticut Board of Education, who knew?
More about Linda and the WWE...
"Linda helped grow a company from a modest 13-person operation to a publicly traded, global enterprise with over 500 employees and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Orlando, London, Ontario, Shanghai, and Tokyo. The company has been named one of the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies."
That's considered a small company? Really Forbes?
Ok, I've spent the past few minutes reading over her site, and I'm sold on her as a candidate.
The Bon Iver song, "Skinny Love" is still one of my favorite songs of the last few years.
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And then who the hell was I?
And I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines.
Who doesn't love a little Butch Walker. Filmed at the 11/13 NYC date, which yours truly was fortunate enough to attend.
I can't tell how I feel about Mariano Rivera's demeanor on the mound. He looks so lifeless and defeated it's almost like he doesn't care anymore. But then again I am a big believer in the act like you've been there before celebrations. So I'm like Natalia Imbruglia.
Memorable quotes from nights of drinking...
"It's good because it's good."
-Tim I think, maybe Kevin, maybe someone else.
"If I had a gun that could shoot lava I would rule the world."
-Yours truly, because I'm vain.
New music is good.
New Tegan And Sara is good, not sure it's better than The Con
New Switchfoot is good, better than anything they've done since Beautiful Letdown
New Say Anything is also good. Much better than In Defense of the Genre possibly due to it not being two discs.
New band to me, Harvard, is good. Vocally similar to Circa Survive era Anthony Green.
Played around with google maps, found out that the route I take to Oswego is eight miles shorter than the suggested route but a full fifteen minutes longer. Not sure I believe that for a second. These are the things that entertain me while I sit around listening to music.
Tay Swift is dating that dude from Twilight who's not Rob Patts? When the shit did this happen?
Chances are if you're reading this you care about my opinions on things. Or you're just bored. Anyways, since you all car so much here's my year end favorites list.
Album of the Year:
1. Brand New: Daisy
Not really a surprise there, but beyond the Brand New bias I have to say it's a bad ass record.
2. Fun.: Aim and Ignite
A fine collection of pop songs that have gotten better with more listens.
3. Set Your Goals: This Will Be The Death of Us
Great pop punk from start to finish, killer guest vocals and it's pedal to the medal the entire time.
4. The Dangerous Summer: Reach For The Sun
5. .moneen.: The World I Want To Leave Behind
6. Manchester Orchestra: Mean Everything To Nothing
7. Thrice: Beggars
8. The Damnwells: One Last Century
9. Third Eye Blind: Ursa Major
10. As Tall As Lions: You Can't Take It With You
11. Switchfoot: Hello Hurricane
12. Tegan and Sara: Sainthood
13. Wilco: Wilco
14. Trophy Scars: Bad Luck
15. Polar Bear Club: Chasing Hamburg
Song of the Year:
1. Passion Pit: Little Secrets
2. fun.: The Gambler
3. The Devil and The Lion: The Thief
4. Brand New: You Stole
5. Jay-Z: DOA
About to get thrust into the real world of journalism, like this week. To say I'm a bit nervous is an understatement.
Now that I've been writing for close to a month here's my thought process on how things are going.
1. For the first time I'm getting some real feedback, which is a good for my progress but bad for my temporary self-esteem.
2. Some coaches are nice to talk to, very friendly and others are unintentionally intimidating.
3. The articles I feel are my best are usually the ones my editor dislikes the most. But I feel I'm learning what he wants and how he wants it done.
This Michael Bay Victoria's Secret commercial is awesome. Not gonna lie, this man maybe the single most awesome human on the planet.
Linda McMahon is running for senator? Awesome. Don't blow this Connecticut. Apparently she was appointed to the Connecticut Board of Education, who knew?
More about Linda and the WWE...
"Linda helped grow a company from a modest 13-person operation to a publicly traded, global enterprise with over 500 employees and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Orlando, London, Ontario, Shanghai, and Tokyo. The company has been named one of the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies."
That's considered a small company? Really Forbes?
Ok, I've spent the past few minutes reading over her site, and I'm sold on her as a candidate.
The Bon Iver song, "Skinny Love" is still one of my favorite songs of the last few years.
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And then who the hell was I?
And I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines.
Who doesn't love a little Butch Walker. Filmed at the 11/13 NYC date, which yours truly was fortunate enough to attend.
I can't tell how I feel about Mariano Rivera's demeanor on the mound. He looks so lifeless and defeated it's almost like he doesn't care anymore. But then again I am a big believer in the act like you've been there before celebrations. So I'm like Natalia Imbruglia.
Memorable quotes from nights of drinking...
"It's good because it's good."
-Tim I think, maybe Kevin, maybe someone else.
"If I had a gun that could shoot lava I would rule the world."
-Yours truly, because I'm vain.
New music is good.
New Tegan And Sara is good, not sure it's better than The Con
New Switchfoot is good, better than anything they've done since Beautiful Letdown
New Say Anything is also good. Much better than In Defense of the Genre possibly due to it not being two discs.
New band to me, Harvard, is good. Vocally similar to Circa Survive era Anthony Green.
Played around with google maps, found out that the route I take to Oswego is eight miles shorter than the suggested route but a full fifteen minutes longer. Not sure I believe that for a second. These are the things that entertain me while I sit around listening to music.
Tay Swift is dating that dude from Twilight who's not Rob Patts? When the shit did this happen?
Chances are if you're reading this you care about my opinions on things. Or you're just bored. Anyways, since you all car so much here's my year end favorites list.
Album of the Year:
1. Brand New: Daisy
Not really a surprise there, but beyond the Brand New bias I have to say it's a bad ass record.
2. Fun.: Aim and Ignite
A fine collection of pop songs that have gotten better with more listens.
3. Set Your Goals: This Will Be The Death of Us
Great pop punk from start to finish, killer guest vocals and it's pedal to the medal the entire time.
4. The Dangerous Summer: Reach For The Sun
5. .moneen.: The World I Want To Leave Behind
6. Manchester Orchestra: Mean Everything To Nothing
7. Thrice: Beggars
8. The Damnwells: One Last Century
9. Third Eye Blind: Ursa Major
10. As Tall As Lions: You Can't Take It With You
11. Switchfoot: Hello Hurricane
12. Tegan and Sara: Sainthood
13. Wilco: Wilco
14. Trophy Scars: Bad Luck
15. Polar Bear Club: Chasing Hamburg
Song of the Year:
1. Passion Pit: Little Secrets
2. fun.: The Gambler
3. The Devil and The Lion: The Thief
4. Brand New: You Stole
5. Jay-Z: DOA
Sunday, October 18, 2009
The one thing that stays mine
So I'm googling all of my friends by name and I'm pissed at google. At some point in typing all my friends' names google prompts their name eventually. So for instance if I type Nate Mu google is like "Nate Mumford, I'll take it from here Dan." Except that it doesn't do that for my name, and that hurts google, it hurts a lot. Also if you google another friend's name the seventh thing is called "Porn Site Strip Club," which is awesome. See if you figure out which one! Or not, her bf works(worked?) for college humor. And if you don't know now then you'll never guess.
I just looked at my finances, and it's not like I have a ton of financial obligations but I've been spending money like it's going out of style. It's almost absurd how much I've been spending. Although a huge chunk of that is tution related it's still a bit alarming.
It's nice to see a team other than the Mets completely beat themselves in a playoff series other than the Mets. Watching this Yankees-Twins series has been almost nostalgic for me, it's like watching the Mets and Yankees in that 2000(I think) World Series. The same mental mistakes are there, the blown save by the closer when the team made a huge base running blunder earlier that would have provided further insurance. I swear all that's missing is Bobby V.
Once again I've put myself in one of my self pitying/depressed moods. Which I have developed quite the talent for, and it's all because I realize something or finally accept some fact that I haven't before hand and then everything just kind of piles on. Gonna do what I always do, listen to depressing music(btw, Weekend Stars of Purchase, NY), make a list of things I should do from now on, listen to the Damnwells and then move on(although not necessarily forward).
The list for those interested goes something as follows...
1. Get over it.
2. Write more.
3. Read more.
4. Grow up.
My Christmas story is progressing slower than it should, but just about as quickly as I realistically expected. Anyways it's probably not gonna be finished by Thanksgiving as hoped. Turns out that school work, my overall laziness, and the difficulty of writing a children's story that you can actually be proud of is rather tough for me. But the process is moving forward, ever so slowly, major characters are in place and the story is constantly being altered. Not that you care.
Jim from Jimmy Eat World covering Wilco? SOLD!
I just looked at my finances, and it's not like I have a ton of financial obligations but I've been spending money like it's going out of style. It's almost absurd how much I've been spending. Although a huge chunk of that is tution related it's still a bit alarming.
It's nice to see a team other than the Mets completely beat themselves in a playoff series other than the Mets. Watching this Yankees-Twins series has been almost nostalgic for me, it's like watching the Mets and Yankees in that 2000(I think) World Series. The same mental mistakes are there, the blown save by the closer when the team made a huge base running blunder earlier that would have provided further insurance. I swear all that's missing is Bobby V.
Once again I've put myself in one of my self pitying/depressed moods. Which I have developed quite the talent for, and it's all because I realize something or finally accept some fact that I haven't before hand and then everything just kind of piles on. Gonna do what I always do, listen to depressing music(btw, Weekend Stars of Purchase, NY), make a list of things I should do from now on, listen to the Damnwells and then move on(although not necessarily forward).
The list for those interested goes something as follows...
1. Get over it.
2. Write more.
3. Read more.
4. Grow up.
My Christmas story is progressing slower than it should, but just about as quickly as I realistically expected. Anyways it's probably not gonna be finished by Thanksgiving as hoped. Turns out that school work, my overall laziness, and the difficulty of writing a children's story that you can actually be proud of is rather tough for me. But the process is moving forward, ever so slowly, major characters are in place and the story is constantly being altered. Not that you care.
Jim from Jimmy Eat World covering Wilco? SOLD!
Monday, September 28, 2009
In your dreams...
Even in my dreams I don't get laid. I had a dream the other night involving Megan Fox, and you know what we did? We cuddled for a few minutes, rode dirt bikes(winning some backyard competition thing) and then ran away from a demon. Then as the demon closed in on her, obviously not wanting me, I dragged the demon to the ground with the intention of sacrificing myself to save her. Except it turns out demons, at least the ones in my dreams, hate the earth and die. So I saved the day, and then I woke up.
So the next time when I mention a girl that I clearly have no shot with people can't even say "only in your dreams" because even there nothing happens. Sad face.
While looking for tv to watch I stumbled upon the Power Rangers, now my desire to be one held my attention, and as I'm watching they're all wearing leather jackets. Fuck that makes me want to be one even worse now. Also they may have just taken a giant fireball straight to the face and come up relatively unharmed.
I know Adventureland is a very average movie, and I am very aware of it's shortcomings, but I like it. So there.
The new .moneen. album is fantastic. Right now I'm absolutely loving it. And even though the lyrics aren't all that deep and overly meaningful and clever they're my favorite lyrics of the year. Of course the fact that moneen is one a few bands that just instantly makes me feel better doesn't hurt. And case you're wondering the other bands in that list are as follows, The Damnwells, As Tall As Lions, Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, and the Gaslight Anthem.
Brand New's Daisy is good. Really good. But not great. It's a record that at the end of your first listen you just go, wow.
So Muse was told they'd have to play to a backing track and this is how they decided to handle it...
Couple of things, in 1985 the Chicago Bears recorded a song called the Super Bowl Shuffle, which despite being awesome was only nominated, didn't win, for best Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance—Duo or Group. According to wikipedia.
Then the next year, just one game into their season the Mets recorded "Get Metsmerized" and I'll be damned if it isn't even better than the Super Bowl Shuffle. I've embedded it for your listening pleasure.
So the next time when I mention a girl that I clearly have no shot with people can't even say "only in your dreams" because even there nothing happens. Sad face.
While looking for tv to watch I stumbled upon the Power Rangers, now my desire to be one held my attention, and as I'm watching they're all wearing leather jackets. Fuck that makes me want to be one even worse now. Also they may have just taken a giant fireball straight to the face and come up relatively unharmed.
I know Adventureland is a very average movie, and I am very aware of it's shortcomings, but I like it. So there.
The new .moneen. album is fantastic. Right now I'm absolutely loving it. And even though the lyrics aren't all that deep and overly meaningful and clever they're my favorite lyrics of the year. Of course the fact that moneen is one a few bands that just instantly makes me feel better doesn't hurt. And case you're wondering the other bands in that list are as follows, The Damnwells, As Tall As Lions, Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, and the Gaslight Anthem.
Brand New's Daisy is good. Really good. But not great. It's a record that at the end of your first listen you just go, wow.
So Muse was told they'd have to play to a backing track and this is how they decided to handle it...
Couple of things, in 1985 the Chicago Bears recorded a song called the Super Bowl Shuffle, which despite being awesome was only nominated, didn't win, for best Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance—Duo or Group. According to wikipedia.
Then the next year, just one game into their season the Mets recorded "Get Metsmerized" and I'll be damned if it isn't even better than the Super Bowl Shuffle. I've embedded it for your listening pleasure.
 | 1986 New York Mets - Get Metsmerized |  |
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 | Found at skreemr.com |  |
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Short and sweet...well short at least
At some point around 12:45am on September fifth one of my friends said " I wanna get my little sisters pootie," unfortunately I can't remember which one it was.
And at some other point Jackie yelled at Nathan "because you're a man." Not sure which of those things the respective speaker should be more ashamed.
The newest iTunes is certainly different, not entirely sure how I feel about it yet.
Would you like to tatoo a girls boobs? Of course you would.
I've pretty much been set up with a job opportunity at a local news paper, and it's possibly the single most terrifying thing that's ever happened to me. First of all this pretty much all I wanted out of my career, working at small newspaper, but the thing is I'm terribly afraid that I'm about to find out I'm an awful writer with no future in the newspaper business. At which point I either go play in traffic or would then have to seriously consider a change in major. Which is absolutely the last thing I want to do, I've worked something like five plus years to get where I am(which is a part-time undergrad, man I'm awesome) and to have to go back to square one would be incredibly defeating.
So we'll see how this goes, hopefully because I've gone a vast majority of my life without putting myself out there because of the fear of getting burned, so hopefully my first time won't be my last.
Cause I could spend my life just trying to sift through
What I could've done better but what good do what ifs do
-Relient K: Forget And Not Slow Down
And at some other point Jackie yelled at Nathan "because you're a man." Not sure which of those things the respective speaker should be more ashamed.
The newest iTunes is certainly different, not entirely sure how I feel about it yet.
Would you like to tatoo a girls boobs? Of course you would.
I've pretty much been set up with a job opportunity at a local news paper, and it's possibly the single most terrifying thing that's ever happened to me. First of all this pretty much all I wanted out of my career, working at small newspaper, but the thing is I'm terribly afraid that I'm about to find out I'm an awful writer with no future in the newspaper business. At which point I either go play in traffic or would then have to seriously consider a change in major. Which is absolutely the last thing I want to do, I've worked something like five plus years to get where I am(which is a part-time undergrad, man I'm awesome) and to have to go back to square one would be incredibly defeating.
So we'll see how this goes, hopefully because I've gone a vast majority of my life without putting myself out there because of the fear of getting burned, so hopefully my first time won't be my last.
Cause I could spend my life just trying to sift through
What I could've done better but what good do what ifs do
-Relient K: Forget And Not Slow Down
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
That just happened
If you couldn't tell by my blogs where I ramble on, about myself and then expect people to read I'm an incredibly selfish person. And I'm only now realizing how selfish I really am.
So a certain friend and I were talking the other day about what a horrible person he is, which may or may not be related to my flip flopping attitude. Anyways, so it came up in conversation that the next time a girl wants to get into a serious relationship with him he should send her my way and I could give a list of reasons not to date him, for their mutual benefit of course. I'm not going to post it now because if it's not but it's ready, and if you want a similar service I could help you out.
Apparently if I had a baby with Megan Fox it would look like this...
What do you think about my little new baby Dan(ielle)?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?
And me and Nate...
What do you think about my little new baby Dathaniel?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?
Over a year old but still entertaining. Well played Time, well played indeed.
Testing Google\'s \'Drunk E-Mail\' Protector
There's a book on the internet about blowjobs, which 201 people are currently trying to download. While the first Stephen King book I've found only has 11. Really internet? Really?
So I'm watching this celebrity softball game, don't ask why, that's part of MLB's All Star festivities and they've got quite the selection of celebs there.
-Nelly once again proves that he's a decent athlete, at least, and made a nice diving catch. Although I think he was in the Cardinals farm system at some point so I'm going to give him guff for looking lost on one fly ball.
-Shawn Johnson of Dancing With The Stars fame, and I suppose Olympic gold medal fame, is a little firecracker out there. Tons of energy looks stoked to be there. I'm stoked for her.
-Andy Richter of Andy Richter Controls The Universe and he's on some show with Conan O something. Anyways, I digress, that man has legs that were made to be hidden behind long pants. They're what I imagine my legs will look like in twenty or so years.
-Also is it sad that I saw the last name Littrel and instantly knew he was a Backstreet Boy?
-Follow up, is Backstreet one word or two?
Oh happy day! NY has a lingerie football league team. The New York Majesty! And they'll be playing at the Nassau Coliseum. As if women in lingerie playing football wasn't exciting enough there's the following info...
"This fall, the term Friday Night Lights will be redefined when the New York Majesty hit the field as part of ‘LFL, Friday Night Football’ at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Fans arriving early to the arena will take part in one of the country’s biggest tailgate festivities complete with Beer Gardens, Video Gaming Lounges, Football Challenges, LIVE Music/DJs, Face-Painting, Bar-B-Que Stations etc."
There's not one part about that quote that I don't like. You know excluding the "shit hole" that is the Coliseum. Face-painting included. Hopefully I can be a tiger.
Listening to the new Alexisonfire album, and good golly does Dallas Green have a phenomenal voice.
The new .moneen. album is really good. Although it sounds very similar from start to finish.
This is how intimidating my dog is, today I noticed a small deer eating plants from my mom's garden.
I've really got to stop messing around on craig's list.
Fuck candystand, all I wanted to do was play a nice relaxing game of mingolf. And what did I get? Reminders of how crippled I am and easily frustrated I become in certain things. By the way, I shot 108 try and beat that. 79 of which were on the back nine.
This choose your own apocalypse thing is fucking diesel. Check it out. Also according to my results..
"You are a bloodthirsty misanthrope. You believe mankind is stupid and fallible and that America will destroy itself in a bloody mess. You'll know you're right when: The United States succumbs to a torrent of Russian nukes; we clone ourselves, get bum genes, and die."
You don't need to watch the whole 51 seconds but watch this video for awesome.
So a certain friend and I were talking the other day about what a horrible person he is, which may or may not be related to my flip flopping attitude. Anyways, so it came up in conversation that the next time a girl wants to get into a serious relationship with him he should send her my way and I could give a list of reasons not to date him, for their mutual benefit of course. I'm not going to post it now because if it's not but it's ready, and if you want a similar service I could help you out.
Apparently if I had a baby with Megan Fox it would look like this...
What do you think about my little new baby Dan(ielle)?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?
And me and Nate...
What do you think about my little new baby Dathaniel?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?
Over a year old but still entertaining. Well played Time, well played indeed.
Testing Google\'s \'Drunk E-Mail\' Protector
There's a book on the internet about blowjobs, which 201 people are currently trying to download. While the first Stephen King book I've found only has 11. Really internet? Really?
So I'm watching this celebrity softball game, don't ask why, that's part of MLB's All Star festivities and they've got quite the selection of celebs there.
-Nelly once again proves that he's a decent athlete, at least, and made a nice diving catch. Although I think he was in the Cardinals farm system at some point so I'm going to give him guff for looking lost on one fly ball.
-Shawn Johnson of Dancing With The Stars fame, and I suppose Olympic gold medal fame, is a little firecracker out there. Tons of energy looks stoked to be there. I'm stoked for her.
-Andy Richter of Andy Richter Controls The Universe and he's on some show with Conan O something. Anyways, I digress, that man has legs that were made to be hidden behind long pants. They're what I imagine my legs will look like in twenty or so years.
-Also is it sad that I saw the last name Littrel and instantly knew he was a Backstreet Boy?
-Follow up, is Backstreet one word or two?
Oh happy day! NY has a lingerie football league team. The New York Majesty! And they'll be playing at the Nassau Coliseum. As if women in lingerie playing football wasn't exciting enough there's the following info...
"This fall, the term Friday Night Lights will be redefined when the New York Majesty hit the field as part of ‘LFL, Friday Night Football’ at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Fans arriving early to the arena will take part in one of the country’s biggest tailgate festivities complete with Beer Gardens, Video Gaming Lounges, Football Challenges, LIVE Music/DJs, Face-Painting, Bar-B-Que Stations etc."
There's not one part about that quote that I don't like. You know excluding the "shit hole" that is the Coliseum. Face-painting included. Hopefully I can be a tiger.
Listening to the new Alexisonfire album, and good golly does Dallas Green have a phenomenal voice.
The new .moneen. album is really good. Although it sounds very similar from start to finish.
This is how intimidating my dog is, today I noticed a small deer eating plants from my mom's garden.
I've really got to stop messing around on craig's list.
Fuck candystand, all I wanted to do was play a nice relaxing game of mingolf. And what did I get? Reminders of how crippled I am and easily frustrated I become in certain things. By the way, I shot 108 try and beat that. 79 of which were on the back nine.
This choose your own apocalypse thing is fucking diesel. Check it out. Also according to my results..
"You are a bloodthirsty misanthrope. You believe mankind is stupid and fallible and that America will destroy itself in a bloody mess. You'll know you're right when: The United States succumbs to a torrent of Russian nukes; we clone ourselves, get bum genes, and die."
You don't need to watch the whole 51 seconds but watch this video for awesome.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
I make them good girls go bad...
Not that you care, but the Penguins fourth goal in game four of the Stanley Cup Finals is an absolutely beautiful goal. I've seen the replay a few times now and still captivating.
Riding back from NYC on the train with Jackie was an interesting expirience. For starters it's the first time I can remember where I rode back in the daylight. So that was fun. But the real excitement was provided by an old lady in the seat in front of us. Upon boarding the train she was a little chatty with her husband. Which I was ok with, because you know that's what people do on a train. They talk to each other. After a few minutes they got quiet and started reading their paper, while Jackie and I discussed very relevant and appropriate topics including but not limited to, when she would move to NYC and how are old friends of hers doing and such. While that was going on the old woman was making remarks under her breath, but clearly loud enough for us to hear her. All in all she was an ass. And because of being raised not to be a dick to people, and my general apathy, I just let it go. But I wish I wasn't so awesome and polite, would have been some fun to get into an argument with her, certainly would have been a good way to pass the time.
The old lady's antics got me thinking, how much longer until I'm old enough to pull that shit, you know just be a complete dick to people? Five years? Twenty? Thirty? I'm hoping for sooner rather than later because it seems like fun.
Fun fact, took a facebook quiz type thing to determine how gay I am once and for all, and one of the questions was "how often do you listen to coldplay?"
btw, 24%.
Andrew WK + Explosions = Best Game Show. Ever. Of all times.
Watch the preview it will be the best minute and half of your life, you know barring any time I naked around you.
I don't know what to believe in anymore. First the Red Wings lose the Stanley Cup despite far superior beards, and then Mets perfect closer is no longer perfect because AROD is clearly the sneakiest man of all time. I hate life right now.
"There's a reason why I drink,
there's a reason why I'll die here
singing along to comfortless verses and smashing glasses of wine to prove my point"
Eleventh He Reaches London "Britain and Structure"
Maine was pretty fantastic. Got to hang out with some good friends and do lots of fun things inlcuding but not limited to...
-Beach stuff
-Federal Jack's, and having my venegance.
-Gritty McDuffs and going to look at the brewery only to end up outside.
-Red Hook, and it's awesome things like cheap awesome tours guided by Byron. Postcards to drunkenly write out. Good food. Legendary sampler. Free ingredients and a rather exciting ride home, that I slept through most of.
-Finally getting ice cream.
-Reggae bands and 25 cent pbr. Not that I had any, went classy with Arogant Bastard Ale.
-Pitch and putt golf, throwing left handed for a hole in one on sixteen then promptly taking five strokes to make it.
-Learning new fighting techniques then immediately using them against Tim.
-Taking over the world in Risk.
-Autonomous Collectives.
-Tim ruining said ACs.
-Snorlax and his ability to destroy Tim.
-Finally, finishing Notes From A Small Island and starting Boys of Winter.
-That damn kid ruining my birthday and saying I look like the devil.
True story, there's a book about to grow your penis on the internets for downloads. And no, I didn't download it. Yet.
The new Cobra Starship song, "Good Girls Go Bad" is so incredibly catchy. But it's also making it harder to continue to support and preach the greatness that was Midtown. Damn you Gabe.
The new All Time Low record is a good pop punk record. And their lead single, "Damned if I Do Ya(Damned If I Don't) which was produced sounds like it would fit right in on Butch's own Left of Self Centered. You know with the obvious exception being that Butch has better vocals.
Riding back from NYC on the train with Jackie was an interesting expirience. For starters it's the first time I can remember where I rode back in the daylight. So that was fun. But the real excitement was provided by an old lady in the seat in front of us. Upon boarding the train she was a little chatty with her husband. Which I was ok with, because you know that's what people do on a train. They talk to each other. After a few minutes they got quiet and started reading their paper, while Jackie and I discussed very relevant and appropriate topics including but not limited to, when she would move to NYC and how are old friends of hers doing and such. While that was going on the old woman was making remarks under her breath, but clearly loud enough for us to hear her. All in all she was an ass. And because of being raised not to be a dick to people, and my general apathy, I just let it go. But I wish I wasn't so awesome and polite, would have been some fun to get into an argument with her, certainly would have been a good way to pass the time.
The old lady's antics got me thinking, how much longer until I'm old enough to pull that shit, you know just be a complete dick to people? Five years? Twenty? Thirty? I'm hoping for sooner rather than later because it seems like fun.
Fun fact, took a facebook quiz type thing to determine how gay I am once and for all, and one of the questions was "how often do you listen to coldplay?"
btw, 24%.
Andrew WK + Explosions = Best Game Show. Ever. Of all times.
Watch the preview it will be the best minute and half of your life, you know barring any time I naked around you.
I don't know what to believe in anymore. First the Red Wings lose the Stanley Cup despite far superior beards, and then Mets perfect closer is no longer perfect because AROD is clearly the sneakiest man of all time. I hate life right now.
"There's a reason why I drink,
there's a reason why I'll die here
singing along to comfortless verses and smashing glasses of wine to prove my point"
Eleventh He Reaches London "Britain and Structure"
Maine was pretty fantastic. Got to hang out with some good friends and do lots of fun things inlcuding but not limited to...
-Beach stuff
-Federal Jack's, and having my venegance.
-Gritty McDuffs and going to look at the brewery only to end up outside.
-Red Hook, and it's awesome things like cheap awesome tours guided by Byron. Postcards to drunkenly write out. Good food. Legendary sampler. Free ingredients and a rather exciting ride home, that I slept through most of.
-Finally getting ice cream.
-Reggae bands and 25 cent pbr. Not that I had any, went classy with Arogant Bastard Ale.
-Pitch and putt golf, throwing left handed for a hole in one on sixteen then promptly taking five strokes to make it.
-Learning new fighting techniques then immediately using them against Tim.
-Taking over the world in Risk.
-Autonomous Collectives.
-Tim ruining said ACs.
-Snorlax and his ability to destroy Tim.
-Finally, finishing Notes From A Small Island and starting Boys of Winter.
-That damn kid ruining my birthday and saying I look like the devil.
True story, there's a book about to grow your penis on the internets for downloads. And no, I didn't download it. Yet.
The new Cobra Starship song, "Good Girls Go Bad" is so incredibly catchy. But it's also making it harder to continue to support and preach the greatness that was Midtown. Damn you Gabe.
The new All Time Low record is a good pop punk record. And their lead single, "Damned if I Do Ya(Damned If I Don't) which was produced sounds like it would fit right in on Butch's own Left of Self Centered. You know with the obvious exception being that Butch has better vocals.
Friday, June 5, 2009
"I felt bad for me afterward, I can't imagine what she felt like"
A lot has happened since I last posted so without further adieu I give you my past few weeks.
Picture if you will, yours truly all devilishly good looking walking towards a toddler. Now remember, I am tall, toddler is short so their head only comes up to my ass. And just as I am about to pass the toddler I have to fart. Dilemma? Deep soul crushing decision? Not really, because even though I could have literally farted in the kids face without anyone knowing I didn't. Just thought I should share.
There may or may not be coyotes howling outside. This alarms me.
Fun Fact, not only did they make a second Butterfly Effect, but there's a third!
Here's how you know you have achieved an awesome level of sexiness. When your friends tell you to keep your current look but you wake up every morning and hate yourself because of it. Only then have you truly achieved greatness, whether it be a bleached blond mullet, or terrible terrible facial hair.
Have you ever heard a song and felt like they were singing about you and your life? Like I was listening to Ted Leo a little bit ago and was like, you're right, I do got a whole lot of walking to do. Seriously though, today I heard a song and it totally floored me. I've posted the lyrics at the bottom of this blog.
First Impressions:
Taking Back Sunday's New Again is pretty much immediately forgettable. Not that there aren't some bad tracks but I've listened to it five times through and absolutely nothing stands out.
I've been listening to this band called Jackson's Kid Summer. It's alternating male and female vocals so obviously I'm digging it. Also they're playing in Syracuse this weekend with Straylight Run, Lovedrug and Good Old War. That's a hell of show and if I wasn't going to be in Boston I'd be a bit jealous and disappointed.
This is more of a second impression but Midtown's Living Well Is The Best Revenge has recently crept it's way up towards the top of my all time favorite pop punk releases.
I haven't been fully paying attention but new Placebo is sounding pretty good so far.
New moneen EP posted below is solid. Probably not as good as The Red Tree, but you can never go wrong with new moneen. Love that band.
Movie Thoughts:
-The Rock is becoming more and more like able by the day. Sure he's made some questionable movies but damn it if the man isn't charming.
-At the end of Journey To The Center of the Earth there's a bit of a teaser for a potential sequel as Brendan Frasier's character hands his nephew a book on the lost city of Atlantis. Needless to say I'm hopeful of a worthy follow up.
-Ghostbusters III is generating quite a bit of buzz lately because it's finally making some announcements. Up until now there's been no time table for filming or anything beyond that two dudes from the Office are writing it, but things are happening now and this has me very excited.
Boston Recap:
Fenway, is a dirty, cramped and smells of stale beer and that is exactly the way it should stay. Ball parks with that type of history shouldn't be improved or replaced(I'm looking at you Yankees) unless the building is literally condemned. Although it would have been nice had there been a quicker way for people to get underneath cover from a sudden torrential downpour, or perhaps if I had a poncho of slightly higher quality. But such is the price you pay, and now I have a crappy old phone. Also, large groups of people are very inconsiderate and won't move further back into covered area so other people can get out of the rain and not have their phones ruined.
Quote of probably forever-
As we were stuck in a torrential downpour the person behind us had this gem, "I feel like the poor people on the titanic. That's it, no more lifeboats, women and children first."
NYC Recap:
Once again I proved to myself that when on my own I'm more than capable of getting from point A to point B. But the second I have to lead the group things get dicey.
Planet Hollywood had a fair amount of ghostbusters stuff which I appreciated. But they also had a hand print from Ashley Tisdale! Which I touched, and it's like we've practically done it because I touch myself with those hands, so through the transient properties of plaster we've done it. And we're awesome.
Looking back at the list of bands I've seen, which can be found here, and it's either really awesome or really sad that I've been fairly impressed by a vast majority of the bands I've seen. Which if you're wondering and are too lazy to look for yourself is over 110 bands. Fun fact, I've added five bands to that list since summer of 07.
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2009/06/02/
I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreamin' but
There's a voice inside my head sayin'
You'll never reach it
Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shakin'
But I
Gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facin'
The chances I'm takin'
Sometimes might knock me down but
No, I'm not breakin'
And I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep goin' and I
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushin' on 'cause
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you're gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Yeah, yeah
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep the faith
Baby, yeah
It's all about
It's all about the climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
Woah, woah
Miley Cyrus: The Climb
Picture if you will, yours truly all devilishly good looking walking towards a toddler. Now remember, I am tall, toddler is short so their head only comes up to my ass. And just as I am about to pass the toddler I have to fart. Dilemma? Deep soul crushing decision? Not really, because even though I could have literally farted in the kids face without anyone knowing I didn't. Just thought I should share.
There may or may not be coyotes howling outside. This alarms me.
Fun Fact, not only did they make a second Butterfly Effect, but there's a third!
Here's how you know you have achieved an awesome level of sexiness. When your friends tell you to keep your current look but you wake up every morning and hate yourself because of it. Only then have you truly achieved greatness, whether it be a bleached blond mullet, or terrible terrible facial hair.
Have you ever heard a song and felt like they were singing about you and your life? Like I was listening to Ted Leo a little bit ago and was like, you're right, I do got a whole lot of walking to do. Seriously though, today I heard a song and it totally floored me. I've posted the lyrics at the bottom of this blog.
First Impressions:
Taking Back Sunday's New Again is pretty much immediately forgettable. Not that there aren't some bad tracks but I've listened to it five times through and absolutely nothing stands out.
I've been listening to this band called Jackson's Kid Summer. It's alternating male and female vocals so obviously I'm digging it. Also they're playing in Syracuse this weekend with Straylight Run, Lovedrug and Good Old War. That's a hell of show and if I wasn't going to be in Boston I'd be a bit jealous and disappointed.
This is more of a second impression but Midtown's Living Well Is The Best Revenge has recently crept it's way up towards the top of my all time favorite pop punk releases.
I haven't been fully paying attention but new Placebo is sounding pretty good so far.
New moneen EP posted below is solid. Probably not as good as The Red Tree, but you can never go wrong with new moneen. Love that band.
Movie Thoughts:
-The Rock is becoming more and more like able by the day. Sure he's made some questionable movies but damn it if the man isn't charming.
-At the end of Journey To The Center of the Earth there's a bit of a teaser for a potential sequel as Brendan Frasier's character hands his nephew a book on the lost city of Atlantis. Needless to say I'm hopeful of a worthy follow up.
-Ghostbusters III is generating quite a bit of buzz lately because it's finally making some announcements. Up until now there's been no time table for filming or anything beyond that two dudes from the Office are writing it, but things are happening now and this has me very excited.
Boston Recap:
Fenway, is a dirty, cramped and smells of stale beer and that is exactly the way it should stay. Ball parks with that type of history shouldn't be improved or replaced(I'm looking at you Yankees) unless the building is literally condemned. Although it would have been nice had there been a quicker way for people to get underneath cover from a sudden torrential downpour, or perhaps if I had a poncho of slightly higher quality. But such is the price you pay, and now I have a crappy old phone. Also, large groups of people are very inconsiderate and won't move further back into covered area so other people can get out of the rain and not have their phones ruined.
Quote of probably forever-
As we were stuck in a torrential downpour the person behind us had this gem, "I feel like the poor people on the titanic. That's it, no more lifeboats, women and children first."
NYC Recap:
Once again I proved to myself that when on my own I'm more than capable of getting from point A to point B. But the second I have to lead the group things get dicey.
Planet Hollywood had a fair amount of ghostbusters stuff which I appreciated. But they also had a hand print from Ashley Tisdale! Which I touched, and it's like we've practically done it because I touch myself with those hands, so through the transient properties of plaster we've done it. And we're awesome.
Looking back at the list of bands I've seen, which can be found here, and it's either really awesome or really sad that I've been fairly impressed by a vast majority of the bands I've seen. Which if you're wondering and are too lazy to look for yourself is over 110 bands. Fun fact, I've added five bands to that list since summer of 07.
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2009/06/02/
I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreamin' but
There's a voice inside my head sayin'
You'll never reach it
Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shakin'
But I
Gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facin'
The chances I'm takin'
Sometimes might knock me down but
No, I'm not breakin'
And I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep goin' and I
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushin' on 'cause
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you're gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Yeah, yeah
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep the faith
Baby, yeah
It's all about
It's all about the climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
Woah, woah
Miley Cyrus: The Climb
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