Creepy...

Read this.

Extremely creepy stuff. Serial killer gang, or strange coincidence of college kids being drunk and swimming?

Be sure to listen to the radio interview here, too.

Tell me what you think...

Brand Nizzle.

Talk about a "it's finals week and I don't want to write about music in films anymore" post... but anywho. A Behind the Music of sorts, if you don't mind...

Brand New (band name) rocks. No, they aren't new. No, they don't have a CD coming out anytime soon, though I did find some new singles/b-side tracks, one of which is youtube-d at the bottom. What they are though, is really good.

You want to talk about a band that reinvents itsself? How about one that gained popularity for its pop/punk single (Jude Law and a Semester Abroad) back in 2000, and has since come to a song called "Jesus Christ," about...well... who the hell knows what.



^^Listen to these two bad boys. Just the first 30 seconds even and you'll get the idea, even though both are solid in their own right.

Seriously, give them a chance. It kind of surprises me that they haven't had more wide spread popularity, maybe the "emo" tag wards them away from mainstream fame. Some of their songs are crap, sure, but not many. Especially as you progress forward, just check the allmusic reviews for each album, clearly one reviewer is sold.


Just to give you an idea of the evolution, I'm going to separate bits of each album into three separate seeqpods

Your Favorite Weapon:

SeeqPod - Playable Search



Deja Entendu (The whole album, expect one song, which is live...):


SeeqPod - Playable Search

The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me (winner: most Badass album title of all time, only selections here again):


SeeqPod - Playable Search


Lots of stuff here...and I'm sure you will all for the most part be like "wow, this sucks ass" the first time you listen. Just give it some time if you are curious. A lot the draw is lyrical.

And yes, Your Favorite Weapon is a very average album, I know.

The Best Advice Ever

From some pretty OK teachers. I'm kind of hoping that there really are other people whoh read this, because if not, it would be a sick and twisted kind of post-graduate brown nosing.

And I ain't down wit dat.

Ahem (Paraphrasing. sorry, not exactly a titanium trap):

"I smoked once in college. I had one cigarette and I liked it a lot. So I knew I should never do it again."

-- Seriously... think about that for a second. Profound I tell ya.

"If you want to save your GPA, sure maybe you should drop the class and move down. But if you want to progress as a person, I think you should stay in the class, try to learn, and not worry about the grade."

-- Some chemguy way back in junior year. Something about a rather cranky math teacher on tenure giving me a couple bad quiz grades and me asking him if it would hurt to just drop the class. I still remember my grades for that class every quarter: C, B, A, A. I guess I learned something.

"If you really want to not have any more teen pregnancies give every kid in high school a car, a job, and something to do after school. They won't have time to have sex."

-- One of those off-topic days in the school paper that once was. Really, you can't argue with that much. And trust me, I love to argue.

They don't seem as profound when I try to recite them anywhere from a 1-2 years later. The point stands, you learn a lot from people outside of biology or chemistry or... publication/photography/ad-sale?

And I could rattle on even more about other stuff like Catholic guilt, that trap door guy in everyone's head (and how one person killed him), Olympic curling, coaching sports teams that suck (but don't you dare say they suck), raising money a couple pennies (and s***load of calls) at a time, just plain having a hobby outside of your job, or making sure your job is your hobby.

But I won't. Probably because the only people reading already know about that.

See, I do remember some stuff you teach :)

//creepy foreshadowing on the picture there...and yes.. i do always look that retarded.

Guinness is good for you!

Seriously.

I thought I would treat myself after a long semester of classes to a couple pints of the black stuff rather than, oh I don't know, getting shlammered (add that one to the list of choices, achilles) on some cheapy American light beer.

So I did. What came of it you ask? Ohhhh I don't know, maybe just the first morning in two weeks where I didn't have the slightest remote thought of cutting off my nose, tearing my tearducts out, and just ending it all in a blaze of allergy-ridden glory! (That was intense...)

Sure, maybe the "feel good" effect is pretty much purely psychological. But hey, apparently it has a fairly low alcohol content, and in turn, low calories!!! Seewwwwwperrr (as guys who care about the calorie content in their beer would say).

To top it off, they have some really well done commercials (without even venturing into the land of "BRILLIANT!")

Allergy Update:

Since I'm sure you all care.

Nasal sprays are worth worshipping. I just saw that the quickie mart below me sells one (Fast Acting! nonetheless) and hooooleeee crap. Air is sweet.

Now just to hope that I'm all better by three days from now, or else there's that whole dependence thing...

College Buildings

Yes, with a capital B. I'm talking the buildings that define a college.

Example:



You'll find a picture of that bad boy on all the letterheads and stuff. Why of course, it is the church. What respectful Catholic university wouldn't have it's church as it's iconic building!? Oh wait... shit. Zingerrrr. In their defense though, imagine the shit-storm that would arise over covering the roof of the entire church in gold. Good times, I'm sure.

What other buildings are there? I'm sure OSU has one, but I really don't know what it is. Miami? UC? Your school/alma mater?

For P-town, I propose the bridges over Sharon Rd. Unorthodox, sure. But maybe that's why...

The answer to "Why do we have history class?"

So you don't look like a complete moran in front of the entire internets like this guy:

Wait... shit

Know your history.

Almost out of the storm

And I would feel a heckuva lot better if I wasn't on the verge of a sinus infection. Question: is it good if you alternate which nostrel is stuffy? Like, it seems like it would be more damaging if it were just one for a week rather than both, every other day, for a week.

The weather is nice, I only have three papers to write (that's not for Saturday) and I'm in a generally good mood.

The cherry on top: There Will be Blood (watching it as I type) actually is not a bad movie at all.

I hope everyone is having a cheery day

Woken Up by an Earthquake last night

See, you DON'T have to move to Cali to say that!! That was really kinda cool though. Since I was in North Carolina on Spring Break when all those big tornadoes happened this is like the first cool natural disaster that I have ever been a part of!

Honestly though if you ever want to feel what a minor quake feels like (I'm guessing it was about a 1.0-er if that for me) go try to sleep on a huge tour bus. The swaying back and forth on the bus on the highway is the EXACT same feeling. That's not necessarily a good thing either. Trying to sleep on the "third story" (highest bunk) of a tour bus with no windows to look out but a huge swaying back and forth is far from comforting.

That was my cool news of the morning though. Hopefully there will be a good aftershock too.

I am alive.

Sorry, this week (and then weekend) is busy. Next week is the week between end of the semester tests and then finals, so hopefully it will be a little more calm. And my allergies to the month of April have finally arrived.

Sweet.

Saturday is Wheels for Kids Day, a cute little (actually, not little at all...) event that freshmen New Engineers fund, plan, and carry out. For the past semester the class (of roughly 35 people) has fixed about 160 bikes, ranging from Lexus pre-owned to scrap yard. The scrap yard ones we get to completely take apart piece by piece then separate into metal and non-metal to be recycled and all that good stuff. Fun side fact, my subsection group is "donations." I just can't get away from it.

Anywho, next week will hopefully be better

The best part of Monday morning

definitely has to be waking up at 8:00, going in to work at 8:30, and listening to the last hour and a half of Bob and Tom. Getting paid for listening to quality morning radio, not too shabby.

As a side note, my nose is running like a 5 year old without parental supervision (both his feet and nose). I would take one of my Zyrtec, but Dayquil helps keep it from being stuffy and helps the nagging sore throat. Does a certain biology teacher think it would be cool to take both?

Other fun side note. Robitussin calls for two teaspoons, NOT TABLEspoons. I thought I was gonna die for about 5 minutes until I did some googling. Turns out crazy kids actually intentionally overdose Robitussin for some freaky deaky side effects.

Fun fact

Top 5 songs to cap off a night of kidney torture:

5.) Let Me Take You Home Tonight - Boston << A little too high tempo for me, but screams last song.
4.) Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi << Nothing like a little country/rock/badass to cap the night
3.) All My Life - KC & JoJo << I'm a product of my (junior high) generation, what can I say.
2.) The Dance - Garth Brooks << Always gets to ya, even if you can't even hear the lyrics through the ringing in your ears. Perfect.
1.) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd << Starts quiet enough, builds up to a great climax, then tucks you in for bed. As a bonus, my generation's parents probably even passed out to this song a couple times. Classic.

Honorable Mention: The Late Greats (Wilco), My Best Friend (Tim McGraw), Dear Mama (Tupac), I've Got Dreams to Remember (Buddy Guy w/ John Mayer),

PAYDAY!!!

Spring break sucks.

360/PS3 (I'm waffling again) fund: $168.##

So far away still....

In other news (to take you money grubbin fools' minds off my dough stacks)...

My FAVORITE cat on youtube. The thing is awesome.

You robots suck

Stop commenting on my comments. I don't like you guhn (thats not even a real name!) or salar.

Stay away. Word verification from here on out. The only reason I haven't had it since is because honestly I'm terrible at getting it right on the first try. I suck...

Boo spam. Yay real people!

College is...

When the weather is nice, having the window open and the fan blowing (because you don't have air conditioning, duh), only to have the sweet smell of ganja blowing in at all hours of the day.

Yep, there it is again. Nope, I'm not making this up.

HELPPPPP

Here is my problem. I don't have classes tomorrow. And, excluding a 20 page paper, I don't have shit to do.

Addictinggames has taken a turn for the worse lately. No, I don't like Guitar Hero ripoffs, thank you very little.

Gimmie some good time wasters, preferably of the online variety.

Holla atcha boi'


Oh, and for your viewing pleasure, a picture of two old men screwing:


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You pervs....

PS3 Fund meet the Xbox 360

The GREAT news is that this is currently the biggest question in my life

That's right, I've had a little change of heart. It is somewhat sobering really, to think that for the first generation of gaming since Sony entered the scene, I will be opting for another company. Most people probably wouldn't understant it, but that's because most people aren't nerds. This ia a good thing.

Think of World Of Warcraft all the sudden spewing over into WWIII. Talk about a black comedy waiting to happen.

But yes, after doing a little more research on the two systems (which, to be honest, I should have done last time too. After a good two years with the '2 I ended up going Xbox, which is what made it to the dorm.) What shocked me is that the graphics competition, something that the Sony marketing execs made sure nobody thought was even worth looking into, favors the 360.

Well, not necessarily. The graphics card is more powerful in the 360, but the PS3 processor is stronger than the 360. The speculation here is that eventually game developers are going to figure out how to tap the power of the processor, and shit will hit the fan.

But that is all tea-leaf reading as of now.

The fact is that in previous generations the Sony console was game developers "primary console" for the most part, with the same games on other systems simply being "ports" of the Playstation version. This generation the 360 has that honor, at least as of now.

That honor hasn't really ever switched in one game system's lifetime.

So, as much as it pains me to say it (actually, it doesn't hurt at all, I'm still gonna have a pretty kickass waste of time) Xbox 360 it is.


Fundage count: $123.31 (won 5 dollars playing poker a night ago)

Get That Noodle Cooking

Just two months late on this one, but it still deserves to be mentioned.

Black History Month angers me. No, not because there isn't a "White History Month," you tools. Here is my thinking. Why take a race that has felt surpressed and marginalized for decades, and set aside a specfic month to honor their accomplishments?! It just reeks of bad planning to me.

So, two years ago I did a little googling just on a whim to see if anyone else felt this way, and came across this absolutely great essay (article? idk its pretty long...) by John H. McWhorter, called Toward a Usable Black History.

If you've read this far, you are at least remotely interested. Spend the next ten or so minutes reading the article, and discuss. I'm curious to see what you guys have to say.

Thank you, Chad

This is EXACTLY why I am NOT a Bengals fan, I'm a Chad Johnson fan. The man tells it like it is, regardless of how it makes him look.

The fact is that the Bengals have actually regressed in the past two years. The fact is that Chad is both one of the best WR's in the NFL and 30 years old. Jerry Rice excluded, 30 is usually the beginning of the end for NFL athletes. I have no problem with Chad getting antsy about wanting to be on a team that can win. Now.




Finally, someone in the organization is showing a sense of urgency. Someone in the organization is pressuring others to exceed expectations. Someone in the organization is not getting on the news for assault....oh wait. Nevermind.

In regards to the last story, finally Marvin (or maybe not....maybe Brown made the first good decision of his ownership) has grown a sack and righted a wrong he made on draft day a couple years ago. Now, as much as it sucks, cut Pollack and Odell, and all will be right. People that cannot play on Sunday have no reason to be getting a paycheck. This is a business, treat it like one.

For the record, if Chad ends up anywhere else, I will be the first to buy his new jersey.

My "Bob" story Pt. 2

After I stopped running following freshman year, I was finally old enough to go to the rec by myself (still couldn't drive though) so I started messing around with the weights. Honestly, I didn't really know what I was doing, but it was nice to pick up a "sport" that, unlike cross country, actually improved how I looked. Always a plus. Not that I needed it though....

Once the random messing around evolved into actually doing a little research on things I gained about 10 pounds in three or so months. Keep in mind, this was coming straight out of cross country season. I also took my health class at that time, and apparently was hanging at a 4.5% body fat around then. I believe 5% is generally considered "essential fat," so anything less than that is on the not so healthy side of things.

The problem with lifting heavy things is that, like running, that's pretty much all there is to it. Sure you can switch up the exercises, but there is no ball, there are no top ten plays on ESPN, there are no multi-millionaire professionals, etc. Like running, motivation is key. One evening, while trying to find a little bit of a reason to get off my ass I came across the "bob story." What a great generic name, Fight Club-esque. No bitch tits though. Well, not directly. I've kept it bookmarked through multiple computers, web browsers, and presidents because its just over-the-top enough to get me going.

Bob is not just a character in a stupid story meatheads pass around to each other before they go break frat houses and shit. Bob is a state of mind. Where in cross country I may have had the psycho "cross-country dad" screaming failure, I now had Bob, an image of failure. In weight lifting (or as I like to call it, bodybuilding... it just seems to give it a meaning other than Me lift heavy weight. Me kill mammals for dinner. Gunga lunga) I think I found the last piece to staying in shape. I hate bobs; I didn't like bobs before I even knew their name. I'm sure most of you can think of times when I have been a Bob, all talk and no do. I hope it wasn't for long.

So for me, its not that hard to get my ass up and walk down the hill to the rec a couple times a week. I have the four golden rules:


1.) It isn't fun, but it doesn't have to be fun.
2.) See that guy across the room? He just bet his buddy in the zubaz that you can't do another set.
3.) Jiminy Cricket quits long before the muscles do. Play through it.
4.) Don't be Bob.


I don't think I ever worked out for my health. Sure it's a nice side effect, but if I were really worried about my health I should probably stop drinking pretty much every liquid I drink and replace it with milk and water. That would do loads more I'm sure. The best I can come up with is that I do it to prove to myself I can. That's probably why I still do sprints even though I'll probably never play in any organized sports league above the classification "intramural" again in my life. Just to prove that I'm still the fastest white guy I know (I still am). I'm sure it's also to release steam. I always have a better day going in pissed off about something. Maybe it's just so I make sure I'm never the fat guy drinking Nati talking about how I wish I had the time to work out.

Lil Jon says "YEAAA!!!" to culture

Check out this little nugget:

Listen to this, specifically the strings part.



Now listen to the background melody in this once the beat hits. NSFW, duh.

Yes, Lil Jon sampled Lux Aeterna for his gangsta reppin song.


Nice.