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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
11:40 pm	FP cancelled due to snow we left early to beat the snow and found out it was cancelled about 10 minutes outside of Edison. So we went to the Menlo Park Mall, ate pizza and watched tv in our hotel all night. it was pretty awesome. so I decided I wanted to try and think of my top 10 favorite SnL moments. I've watched it more lately than most of this decade, and my memory is a little fuzzy on the 80s and 90s, but I'll see what I can come up with. in no particular order Biker Chick Chat - she said "fuck" on live national tv on her first show. that's gotta be worth something. More Cowbell - my uncle still quotes this at family gatherings. I should probably get him the t-shirt. Chippendales tryouts - I just realized both of them are dead. Justin Timberlake Immigrants - finally admitting to what we all suspected all along. Celebrity Jeopardy - the recent one where Tom Hanks was hilarious, then Burt Reynolds mysteriously appears Prison Poetry Contest - kill my landlord, kill my landlord. the Joe Pesci Show - some of my favorite moments are when the people being made fun of show up. Dog Show - try to find an unedited version of Tom Green's appearance as a wizard with a pig. Martin Lawrence's monologue - I also saw this one live. Martin, you so crazy. John Goodman as Santa Clause - I still lose it when he pretends to blow his brains out. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
9:58 am	I just threw down a copy of Rolling Stone not cause it was bad or I disagreed with it. I was reading the list of top 50 songs/albums of this decade and looking back over those years freaked me out. I love remembering those times and I hate it too. sometimes I hate thinking about those years. school's over for a few weeks. I hope I passed Microbiology. Bride of Frankenstein rules. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
12:04 am	feeling weird I'm not really sure what it is. just this restless uneasy feeling I get where I don't really want to do anything or be a part of anything. it's a feeling of isolation, but at the same time wanting to be isolated. meh, whatever. so I never update this thing anymore. it's weird because I sit here on the computer trying to kill time, but I never think to write something. saturday was a pleasant surprise and a show in a time warp. one band sounded like Right Brigade and old No Warning with a little bit of Carry On. then there were AN and Stop And Think covers. it was crazy. so I got some new demos and bought some new shirts. Lisa had a good time also and enjoyed the new bands. I also had a few good pick ups at Double Decker. no where near all the stuff I wanted, but that would have run me close to a grand. hehe. maybe someday. oh yeah, and the Casualties stopped by as we were leaving Double Decker. (Comment on this)
Monday, October 5th, 2009
10:45 pm	Zombieland Saturday was a great day. Zombieland was awesome. way better than I could have expected. it was everything a zombie movie should be (well a zom-com). it focused enough on characters with the zombies a background to drive the plot. the narration and survival rules were tastefully done and not driven into the ground. and the laughs were pretty consistent. so from there we hit the mall and I got a great x-mas present to wait for (hopefully I'll forget and be surprised) then Qdoba was delicious. from there we hit Jason's Woods. Lisa seems disappointed that they don't change year to year, but I still had fun. I think I just enjoy the atmosphere and listening to the screamers. sure I'll jump at a noise or whatever, but when people just see a guy in a mask and scream for an extended period of time, it's just really funny. sunday we hung out with melissa, mike and jared. we went to Old Country Buffet, the mall for a bit and watched some Shin Chan. I over did it at OCB (especially on the deserts), struck out at the mall and Lisa did not find Shin Chan amusing. o well. it was a good time. Oh yeah, we also looked at a Castle to get married in. it was really cool, but the food is way fancy and it's a bit spensive. so we're gonna look at some options. but getting married in a castle would be pretty freakin sweet. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
11:15 am	wrote this about 19/20, but the comp messed up so here it is now watched the Warriors, went to The Time Traveler's Wife, came home with pizza to watch Pulp Fiction and Ladybugs. but for some reason I want to watch another movie. I just have this weird desire to watch every movie ever. just so I can talk about them and know stuff and tell other people what's good and band. so many great movies out there that no one knows about because nobody takes the time to watch them all. well critics do, but they're usually pretentious jerk offs. I consider myself more of a people's critic, although I like bad movies. my senior year, my AP english class voted me class film critic. I'm still not sure why. maybe I just talk about movies a lot and they figured I watch more than them. or I'm just a loser with no life, or a loner who feels more comfortable with fictional characters, or maybe I just like things to be wrapped up in neat little packages at the end. you never get that with life. nothing ever ends, it just drags out and comes back around and nothing ever seems to get resolved. that's probably why I like sitcoms. I'm glad to see they're coming back. we watched Community on saturday night. it was hilarious. I may try to watch that on hulu. at the end of the episode the main character was told he seemed smart and he replied along the lines of "that's the problem with being smart. you can usually get through life without having to work too hard..." so freakin true. and I finally finished my ribs. this second session was nothing. It took barely two hours and the pain was minimal. I guess for me the outlines are the worst. coloring doesn't seem too bad. I guess we'll see how the rest go (Comment on this)
Friday, September 18th, 2009
10:42 am	I always wondered back at Striking Distance's last show, No Justice jumped on and did 2 songs. I had never heard them, but kids lost their shit. I always wondered what it would be like years later when I'd be at a show and some band I used to love would do this. and I finally got my answer. At Have Heart's last jersey show, Justice jumped on the Titlefight's set. it was incredible. my mind just went blank and I was running around like an idiot. I could see Lisa shaking her head at me as soon as I put one foot up on the stage, but I just couldn't help myself. I guess the same thing happened at TIH with DM, but this was a little different. it wasn't a fest and Justice played songs I liked better. I think that morning (or the day before) a light in the dark came on my shuffle at the gym and I was pretty stoked on it. that band was so good. they're playing WB tonite and I can't go. but it says they're only gonna do Live and Learn songs. so that's cool, but I'm not gonna lose sleep over missing it. Justice rules! (Comment on this)
Friday, September 11th, 2009
11:24 am	shit. it says I haven't updated this thing in 4 weeks I'm sure lots of stuff has happened since then, but today I was reading B9 posts about "where were you?" and I guess 9/11 was our generations moment for that sort of thing. i can't remember if I ever wrote it out here. maybe I did. maybe I'm too lazy to check and I do this every year. I'm sure I'll do it again at some point. but anyway... here we go. I was asleep in my dorm room. my roommate came home from class and told me what happened. I said "cool." and went back to sleep til about 4 pm. I didn't watch tv at all. I can't remember too many details about the e (Comment on this)
Friday, August 14th, 2009
12:24 am	thoughts on cynicism recently with all this new government stuff going on (healthcare, cash for clunkers etc...) the guys at work have been more worked up than usual. constantly going off about how the government is fucked and cheating us all and some things dawned on me. these guys always say how the oil companies rape us with prices and banks cheat us and the government does all sorts of terrible stuff. you just can't win with these guys. it's no party affiliation either, they bitched about bush and now hate obama and pretty much every president before either of them had some sort of major flaw. I thought I was pretty cynical but these guys make me look like a pretty happy guy. so I finally realized that this was just a slightly different type of cynicism than what I was used to. I've dubbed this "focused" cynicism. they blame external forces for their unhappiness and choose to direct their anger and frustration at tangible things. it's a no win situation fighting with these big brother forces. and it never really made sense to me to get mad at that stuff. which is where I came to the conclusion of a more objective, hopeless, free spirited form of cynicism. I tend to think of the fact that we're all going to die, so why sweat these little things. I live in an area with no mass transit, quite far from my job (relatively speaking). I'm not going to lose any sleep over gas prices, because I don't have any options. what is bitching about it going to do? now I'm sure some sort of protest may turn a few heads, but complaining in the lunchroom at work just gets on my fucking nerves. and taxes are an inevitability. it's not like if you elect one guy taxes go away and the other will tax you 99%. I just accept it and move on. they start using the expressions "we're paying for this..." and "my hard earned money goes to..." now it's not as if these taxes would disappear if certain programs didn't exist. you'd be taxed the same and the money allocated somewhere else. so shut the fuck up about it. I guess I just take a realistic view on these things. I like to spend think logically and I try to keep the complaining to a minimum. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, August 10th, 2009
11:58 pm	a week off of work shutdown time at work again. went to wildwood on wednesday. it was a good time. we did some swimming and boardwalk stuff. ate a bunch of food and bought fudge. thursday was shit weather so we saw Funny People (meh) and did some shopping. FYE had all cds for 9.99. I picked up Animal Boy and both Stone Roses albums. then we had Applebees and Cold Stone. shit I ate way too much this week. Friday we went to the beach in the morning, then just chilled for a while and left for NYC. hung out around Brooklyn friday night, ate at some burger place, got vegan ice cream and sat in a park hoping to see some Larping. no luck. Michelle says they mostly do that on weeknights. Saturday was big shopping day. I got some sale stuff at Mishka, but kept it reasonable. Nothing really good at New Era and Supreme keeps raising prices, so I'm good for now. I had a really good banana pecan donut, then some overpriced fries at Jeckyl and Hyde. but that was kinda cool just for the atmosphere. although I doubt I'll be back anytime soon. then we saw Chris Titus for free. that was pretty awesome. he was hilarious. I need to go see more stand up. it's a fun night out. Sunday we woke up and headed for bethlehem. a stop over at a jersey friendly's was shit. our waitress was a lifer who could care less about what she was doing and the bathroom had a leak in the ceiling. whatever, the food was decent. got to the show with a few minutes to spare. Envision and Alert were awesome. Envision needs to play down here more often. Side by Side, Insted and Judge covers were played as well as Cro Mags and SOIA intros. more shows need to be like that. I had some veggie lo mein at a creepy chinese place that was empty. we bought some shirts and were on our way. and now I'm back to work. but I'm still off of school. so that's awesome. I really ate too much food this week. (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
12:49 am	another awesome birthday this year and last year were just unbelievable birthdays. it started off a little rough. we had to get up early and it took forever to get going to breakfast. but once that was all said and done I opened my presents from my mom. that was awesome. watchmen, friday the 13, the state and some simpsons stamps. then I got one of Lisa's presents, a fucking jamaican bobsled team shirt! not to mention NO MAAM, the Iceland team from the mighty ducks and a Goligoski shirt. then we went to the lehigh valley mall. I got some dvds and looked at some shoes. then we went to Double Decker. I got some Joy Division vinyl, the first Specials lp, Marginal Man reissue and an Endpoint ep. oh yeah and Lily Allen covering the Specials... weird but awesome. then Vegan Treats, we got a few cakes and some brownies. we'll be snacking on those for a few days. then our usual at Red Robin. finally after a long day, we got home and I got to open more presents. I got the dude, wolverine and Ash bobble heads, Jam and Rancid cds and a whole box of Mishka shirts and hats. lots of cool stuff. so between the Mishka box and all the other cool shirts she got me, I've got a whole new wardrobe. I'm pretty excited and I'm liking this whole birthday thing. it's been a while since I had one this good. well last year was great. the way I summed it up was that last year was meaningful. a varsity jacket and taking care of Lisa while she was sick was a huge thing for our relationship, this year I got lots of awesome stuff. so this year was more exciting for presents and going places. but before these last two years I can't remember being this stoked for my birthday. I can't wait for next year. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
11:28 am	school is killing me well not really but I'm rather busy and just realizing I haven't updated here in a while. so in minor updates, I sold some stuff at Slambfest, sold some stuff at Floorpunch (moshed and bought some FP gear too). did some Bazaar stuff and ate greasy food. and now I've one more test to go and I'm off school for 3 weeks (plus work for a whole week) but what I really came here to post is another rant about how technology is taking some of the fun out of life. I feel like I've said this before but the internet kinda took the surprise out of class reunions. I remember thinking about when my mom or older generations would do it. there was this feeling of mystery. like "what does everyone look like?" or "where are they living?" now you just go on facebook, look up your school and year and there is a good bulk of your graduating class with updated photos, locations and such. I just feel like when my 10 year comes around (soon) that I won't really care. I'll go, but it just doesn't have the same impact. but at the same time, this technology also allows us to stay in touch with people and all that other good shit. so it has it's upside and it is interesting to look these people up now rather than waiting for a reunion. but I still say my mom is wrong. I really don't care about most of these people and have nothing to say to 99% of them. I'm willing to bet most of the conversation will be stuff like what everyone does for a living or what you've been doing for the last 10 years. and these are things I really don't care to discuss with people who are for the most part total strangers who are only curious because we spent 4 years in the same high school. although it will probably be a great chance just to mess with people. it's kinda funny, 10 years and I really haven't changed that much. (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
3:03 pm	this is probably the closest I've ever been to going to a strip club I'm sure I still won't, cause it just seems weird. I'm pretty sure I would just feel really awkward and not want to waste the money. studied all week and killed this test. it's a cool feeling. I've never really studied like this. if I did this all the time I'd be unstoppable. I'm gonna sell some shirts at Slambfest this weekend. hopefully that goes well and kids will give up the cash. no cheapskates and no stickboys. (Comment on this)
Monday, July 6th, 2009
1:20 pm	3 years in a row robots for the 4th of July. Transformers 2 was awesome. it was a little long and the kids behind would not shut up (despite me moving at the request of their father, try returning some courtesy jerk off), but it was still a great movie. lots of jokes that probably aren't for kids. they finally worked energon and leadership matrix into the story. and overall it was just really cool and hilarious. after that we did some shopping. I scored some Fred Perry stuff on sale at the outlets and got my first pair of adidas. we had some Chilis for dinner. that was delicious. Saturday was spent almost entirely at a family reunion. it was kinda cool seeing some people, but most of it was just spent sitting around. and sunday was a day at Hershey. it was weird, the place seemed like normal but we were just walking on roller coasters, even great bear and stormrunner we were just walking right on. it was unreal. some other highlights of the weekend include Lisa's fake chicken wraps and buying lots of dvds at two different blockbusters. I also spent a good bit of time studying muscles. it paid off, I think I got that shit down. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
2:02 am	One test down, one more to go well at least for this week. then plenty more in the weeks to come. so we split my tattoo into two sittings. it was greg's idea and it looks like it was a good one. I had preferred to get it all out of the way all at once, but it's working out like this. it isn't nearly as bad healing as the other side, and hopefully it won't scab up as bad. so it's kinda like one really horrible healing time just once or two slightly annoying healings. it just sucks it'll be a while til I can go back and get it finished. gotta go do beach and hershey stuff for a while, and some shows too. hopefully by september I can go back. then probably start on a sleeve around Oct/Nov. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
3:47 pm	had some pizza got tattooed for a while, watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and then scored 3 Panic shirts on ebay. it was a pretty awesome saturday. and yesterday was pretty cool too. slept in, went to the gym, got some cds at the mall, and took off from work to go see No Doubt in Jersey. getting there was terrible, but the show was pretty good. hearing them cover Guns of Navarrone was pretty awesome. Normal people "concerts" are still kinda weird to me. i just don't get all the drinking and screaming and light shows and $35 shirts and shit like that. but I suppose that's just part of being into hardcore, losing touch with regular stuff and all. so now I just wait for all my ebay scores and enjoy sleeping in awkward positions without covers. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
2:35 pm	first test of the summer kind of sucked. I studied all week, at home and at work. I memorized lots of stuff, turns out most of it wasn't what he was gonna ask. and that was after the mishap printing the tests. he likes to print them that morning and the copy people weren't there, so our 8am test took place around 9ish. but I knew a whole bunch of stuff and I think I did pretty well. just not as well as I thought I would. but at least now I know what the tests will be like and how to study for them. And now it's beach time. 3 day weekend in Wildwood. even if it rains, i don't care. I happy to be away and spending all day with Lisa. so yeah, that rules. (Comment on this)
Monday, June 15th, 2009
1:26 am	I finally got Kingpin just walking through walmart and BAM! there it is on the $5 rack as part of a two pack with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I kept saying it was gonna be on one of those packs. so we watched that last night. there was also some serious sunburn at Hershey park, a mediocre show at the champ and a good bit of shopping saturday afternoon. it was a busy weekend, and that was without going to see some wrestling while in Hershey. in other news, this class is wearing me out. 8 am monday through thursday is killing me, plus the classes run til almost 11 so I don't have time for much else. although it's looking like we're gonna get out of these labs a little early so I might have a few minutes to spare on mondays and wednesday. but it's really just 7 more weeks of this then I'm done. so it's not all bad. 3 more days to get through this week, then it's beach time! (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
3:10 pm	one day left to sleep in and I'm gonna do it. I was gonna go get my book to be ready for class, but fuck that. I'll either go after class or just leave and get it during a lecture or whatever. it's a community college summer class, they'll get over it. shit I've barely even used some of the books I got for these classes. so instead I'm gonna stay up late watching movies. hopefully I'll get to the bank tomorrow, then maybe I can say I accomplished one of my break goals. cause as of yet, I still haven't put stuff up on ebay and I really haven't caught up on many movies. I need to get on that. But I'm gonna see robot dinosaurs roam an arena on saturday and eat a ton of great food, so it's all good. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
2:33 pm	who knew? 2 Bs and I'm a little surprised. I was pretty sure I'd get a C in that one class but pulled off a B-. I'm pretty happy about it, but Lisa says I can do better. so I reminded her that the time spent studying for those extra few points would mean not watching tv with her while she falls asleep and not going to the gym before work. so I think she might cut me a little slack here. at least I hope so. memorial day was a good time. went to Six Flags New England, rode some roller coasters, got some Vegan Treats on the way, hung out with Leo, and drove Lisa nuts talking about ridiculous stuff. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 18th, 2009
4:15 pm	I miss you stop having to go away from me for a few days at a time. I really do not like it. seemed like a good day to finally watch the Joy Division documentary. although now it's after midnight so it may show the post as made on 5/19, but I still started watching it on the 18th. and now I'm up late cause I'm all alone and have no school tomorrow. it's a weird feeling. I've been like this since sunday. I just feel lost and kinda anxious. but I'm pretty sure it'll go away tomorrow. definitely by tomorrow night. I have a shitload of cds to rip and dvds to watch. (Comment on this)