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Where is my mind?

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:42:58 GMT

Man, I sure don't know where the fuck I've been at.

You neither? Weird.

I guess I need to update more often or something. I don't even remember last time I did.

I guess not a whole lot has changed, I have a job I like, I hang out and go to shows and spend too much money on bullshit.

I have a lot of fun with all kinds of awesome dudes and such, so that's good.

Went to Chicago in December, outside of the bad back ache I got out of it, and the horrendously awful drive there, it was alright. Dillinger 4 was fucking amazing. I wish Becca coulda seen more of the city but, alas, it was not meant to be as home and duty did call.

Two Inches of Christmas was again the highlight of all highlights, proving all over again why Two Inch Winky is the best band in Cincinnati (Wolfbat notwithstanding).

Christmas was great, there was a real comraderie there that I hadn't felt in a long time. I got some cool gifts for people (I think) and got some totally sweet gifts from them (thank you, sirs and maddames). I lost one of my Mom's Christmas presents on Christmas morn, but then I found it 3 weeks later. I then vaguely recalled what I had done with it. The gist? I got drunk and hid it in plain view from myself.

New Years was fantastical, outside of the fact that I had a mild case of food poisoning, but I still had the energy to rouse the troops with some Hava Nagila and some Proud to be an American. It was nice that everyone was so great that night.

New Years day saw the advent of a new and improved Cincypunk wherein the heroes Tom Willis and yours truly did smite the mighty demons of the internet and deliver the goods unto the masses as promised. So far so good, check it out if you wish, http://www.cincypunk.org

Aside from that the past two weeks have been alright. Becca leaves in a few days and she's still tops on my list of favorite people. It's a sad thing, really, but she's still fantastic and eventually she'll figure out what she wants/needs out of life and she'll do spectacularly, I have no doubt. My only regret is not seeing her more, but I think that's mostly my fault, and our schedules' faults. Whatevz, bro.

I've been doing a lot more creatively recently, and I drive myself until I almost literally pass out. I'm not sure if it's a good or a bad thing, but at least it's a thing and I feel I'm more on the right track to getting somewhere I have been wanting to go.

Probably gonna go visit Nick in LA sometime in the next few months, that would be pretty boss hoggin', honestly. I don't particularly care for LA, but I do enjoy me some Nick, so that'll be nice shit. I have been wanting to go on a few trips, we'll see what pans out here and there. I'm still longing for my TransAtlantic cruise, I'm totally gonna do it and then you motherfuckers will pay... me not to come back.

Take 'er sleazy, brodeans. Lets get ourselves a combination Board Game/Grill Out/Pot Luck Winter Classic goin some of these weekends soon? I'M FEELIN' IT!

more later

Back for the 1-2-3, my homies all lost up at the spelling bee

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:25:04 GMT

What's up guys? There's a whole lot on this end, but it's nunya!

Anyway, the last week has been an okay thing hang out wise. Saw some football games, went and hung out with Kate and Nathan and some other chick, Megan, on wednesday of last week, that was fun. Thursday I went to Tom's and we ended up playing Call Of Duty 4 MP Beta until fucking 3:30 and then I woke up at like 9 on Friday, went home, and didn't go to sleep until about 4 on Friday after ripping down part of the garage and then going to Jon Lewis' house for a drink fest with Ryan Erp, Jeff, Jon, Eric B, Michael (Jon's brother) and Lisa (his sister). As it has been want to do from time to time recently we ended up at Hangover's down the street from Jon's house. I don't really remember TOO much of this excursion, but I do remember it being pretty cheap! So I woke up on Saturday and Jeff and I left and went home around like 9:30, I slept, after I got home, til... fucking 5? Something like that... Woke up, tore down more of the garage, went out to Penn Station and then ended up at Joe and Liz's house, some friends of mine from NCH I hadn't seen in a good piece. It was a lot of fun even though it was just me, Jeff, Joe Yunger, Joe Theo and Liz. I had wanted to go to the Columbus show, but this was closer and also not something I had to pay for, which is always a good thing. Sunday I watched football, it was pretty disappointing, but it was still okay. So, even though some events of last week were terrible, last week was also not too bad either.

Outside of that, I got a winter job finally, and there are some fun events coming up and hopefully I'll get ahold of fellas and we'll fucking start up some cover band practice, so that should be awesome! Oh and I visited Cincinnati State to get some financial info on some class stuff, I figured it was time for me to mosey on down the path of enlightenment until I get wretchedly bored with it. Other than that, not much going on, but I'll update you as stuff goes down.

Oh and I called Microsoft about my 360 today, it's gonna suck sending it off to them because I will now miss the Halo 3 launch, but oh well, I'm gonna see if there isn't a place that rents consoles, as I am keeping my HDD so I'll be able to connect it to a system. If not, does anyone have a 360 they wanna lemme borrow? I'll pay you like 20 bucks!!! Also, if you ever plan to go on a trip and you have to cancel it, it fucking blows trying to get refunds on your airline ticket, it's honestly like you just killed someone's mom when you call Comair, they are just so bummed, they sound like you just said you hate their guts and don't wanna get on their lousy plane or something. It is a nice way to make you rethink though, guilt tripping the customer into being like "Aww, you guys are cool, I didn't mean it!!!" and then pulling out your credit card and buying a bunch of shit from them like "See, I just got an upgrade!!! You guys are awesome, seriously!!!" Oh well, at least I didn't miss the refund date, I guess if I had procrastinated (like I do) then I woulda been fuuuucked.

GUESS I'LL GET GOING NOW and maybe go do some things or play some CoD4.

more later!

P.S. carrying around your 360 all day will make your hands smell like garlic.

Well well well

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:53:50 GMT

Man, this has been one of the worst weeks (read from last wednesday through til, I'm assuming, this wednesday) that I have had in recent memory.

First I get bad news about some shit and I feel like I can't fix it. I know it's vague and I understand that's frustrating but I would honestly keep it under my hat out of fairness to not only myself but to others involved. It's one of those things that even if I rationalize it out and attempt to find a way to fix it, it probably won't work and I'll probably just end up looking stupid. It's not to say that I don't have a lot to say about it, I just feel like a lot of times it's better to leave sleeping dogs lie in order to not make the situation worse. I guess this is a pretty stupid paragraph since no one I know actually even could infer what the fuck I'm talking about, but oh well. Chalk it up to another fucking problem that drinking can't solve or make better... Not that I would ever consider self-medication as some kind of cure-all or anything like that, as I haven't actually used it as a liquid bandage for a few years now, but I have found myself seemingly doing it out of self-pity a little more than out of the joy of being social. But either way, I'm cool, I honestly don't feel like there is anything pertaining to this that I cannot overcome and I really don't feel like that sentiment isn't returned, it's just sometimes you get mired in your own thoughts and bullshit that things seem a lot worse than they are. It'll be great just like everything else is.

There's that, plus medical problems, I guess, have been cropping up a little more than usual lately. Nothing overly severe and I really don't feel that terrible but it's still bothersome. Oh well, it's not even worth talking about because it usually always turns out to be nothing.

So not only do I have personal crises to deal with but then last night I was playing BioShock and it kept doing this herky jerky freeze-em-up thing every couple of minutes and it was pissing me off, so I saved and went to restart my 360 and all of the sudden now it won't read fucking discs! It'll eject and do everything but I guess the drive just up and broke itself somehow! I was so pissed because I think I'm getting pretty close to the end of Bioshock and I sorta need the thing to read the fucking disc in order to beat the game. Also, Halo 3 comes out in 2 weeks and I'll be goddamned if I can't fucking play it!!!!!! FUCK!!

Oh well, at least the HD works and I can play XBLA and the Call of Duty 4 beta until I figure out something to do about this shit. This is a problem that I haven't heard of being common, maybe I have found a new fucking bug in the system. Hooray for going on to my 4th 360!!!

I guess on the plus side I've been exercising and stuff and I've been learning acoustic guitar things and trying to write some songs, they are pretty bad so far but I think they'll get better. Also, Bengal's season starts tonight so that's pretty good, not sure where I'll go to watch that though! So silver linings and all that kinda shit.

Anyway, I guess I'm outta here.

more later.

Some nigga be TRIFLIN'!

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:41:31 GMT

I am eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes, but it isn't the real Frosted Flakes with Tony the Tiger and all that, it's a generic brand with a penguin on the box wearing a top hat and monacle. I didn't realize you could call something Frosted Flakes if it isn't the real deal, I thought it was a trademarked name or some shit, but then I thought about it and realized that there are other versions of Corn Flakes and Raisin Bran with the same name.

Last night was fun, I ended up at Symmes Tavern with my Dad to watch the little league world series. I ended up drinking by myself there after he left. I ended up talking to a guy that was telling me about getting screwed over and fired by his job and he was upset that this happened because he has to support his girlfriend and her kid that has cancer. It was the most awful thing ever and made me want to cry. But then something miraculous happened, I went in the bathroom and went to open the door to leave it and some guy rushed in, knocked me down, didn't say anything, went flying into a stall and shit up a storm. He then came out of the restroom later, came up and patted me on the back and said "Sometimes it's such an emergency you just don't have time to hit the lights". Ridiculous. I knew that this was then my cue to leave, and thusly I did.

I dunno what else is going on, I bought Bioshock yesterday, that game is up among the top 5 games I've ever played and I'm only like 2 hours into it. The new Ben Lee album is fucking awesome, if you like pop music, get on it!

Anyway, I don't have anything else for you right now, the shop is closed.

more later.

Huh

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:13:01 GMT

This used to be a semi-private entry, but I reevaluated and realized I don't have anything to hide or anything to be ashamed of, it's simply how I feel! BACK TO PUBLIC!!!

So I guess lots of weird stuff happens in this life. Sometimes I feel like enough weird shit happens to me that I could fill a book, and I'm not even old enough to have memoirs yet! Whatever, weirdness suits me, if everything I did wasn't a slightly convoluted and unnecessary mess for me to fix I doubt I would ever feel like I did anything. If you like this post so far don't fret because more vagueness is ahead.

I guess it's pretty weird to be in love with someone and know they love you back and be able to admit that to each other but still have to say goodbye. I guess it's not too crazy because it's not like it's forever or anything like that... It's just a little bit strange because it all happened so fast and I don't think either of us dealt with it in a correct way. Clumsiness is the order of the day as far as feelings that strong go. Sometimes I feel really stupid about shit like that, anyone that knows me knows I am terrible at expressing myself in any kind of emotional way, or it takes me fucking forever to admit to things of that nature. I guess this time it was different, it was so apparent and tangible that I didn't even question it, I accepted it before anything was even discussed and I couldn't have been happier. I couldn't be happier right now either, the more I dwell and think about everything that's happened in the past few weeks I find that I have no regrets, I don't feel weird about anything and I honestly feel closer to her than I have to anyone. There are few things I will say are meant-to-be's but I honestly feel like this is one of those things, not now mind you, maybe in a few years but I've never really felt this type of connection with anyone. It's been like this for a couple of weeks now and I have felt this intense emotion for her for all that time, and as I found out from the letter she wrote me it's reciprocated, and it feels like, in full. I am sometimes a person that dwells on the past, I admit this freely, sometimes I can't let things go as readily as I should or as readily as I fake my way through, but this time all I keep thinking about is the future and how I am very optimistic at this point. I feel like I've learned more about myself as a person and more about what I want out of things in this scant couple of months than I have in my entire 27 years of searching. I don't know how this happens, I don't know why and I am not even sure how it was her that did this all for me but if I even gave back a tenth of what she's shown me (and I feel like I have) then I feel like I've done right. Even in this short amount of time we've overcome some, at least to me, massive hurdles and it all seems like it happens within minutes or hours and not over the course of weeks or months like it is with some people, a microcosm of amazing tumult and turmoil that finally gives way to some kind of serenity and greater understanding. I know this seems overly flowery and shit, but to be honest I could give a fuck, this is one of the few times in my life where I have had an epiphany, one of the few times where I get what it means to be a friend and more to someone and finally recognize what kind of connection you've been seeking for all these years. I couldn't be happier about every beautiful, awful, fun, sad, bittersweet and amazing moment that has happened and I honestly wouldn't trade it for anything else, ever.

All that being said I am moving ahead, I feel motivated again, I feel like I should be doing some shit and I sincerely plan to. I don't wanna sit around and pine for something perfect that is out of my reach, I am just going to work and build and try to be and do what I can to own that perfection that I have felt. Will it all work out? Who knows? Will it take a lot of work to make it what I want it to be? God yes it will. But there is a change here, fundamental though small as it may be, a change enough in me that I notice it even though I doubt anyone else will. For once I really don't care what anything takes, I feel... I dunno, more limitless than I have in years and years. I guess sometimes everyone needs a catalyst, an impetus to move them from whatever boring ass rut they got into, thankfully mine was in the form of love and respect instead of some tragic event. I read a line recently "I'd rather die than spend my whole life saying 'maybe'" and I honestly feel like it applies.

So, thank you Becca, I know you probably won't read this until you get settled in. I know I said thank you a million times, but I honestly can't say it enough. Somehow Montana seems a lot closer than the map lets on.

more later.

The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:16:14 GMT

I know Trevor posted about this album but I'm just gonna go ahead and post too.

Album of the year, hands down. Another perfect album by John K Samson and company.

It's sometimes painful, sometimes gleeful, sometimes introspective but it's always amazing. If you can listen to this album and say it's not good you should just stop listening to music. If you can listen to "Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" and not feel anything (mine was an insanely deep sense of loss) then you should stop trying to be a human being because you don't have a soul, in any way.

But, there's a review for you, suck on that one, motherfuck!

more later

Gotta get the papers, get the papers.

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:34:07 GMT

Howdy howdy howdy.

Not a whole lot to report, actually there's probably a lot to report I just A.) don't feel like it and B.) Am not really caring to air my personal dirty laundry much these days because I feel like it's all a little unnecessary for me to do. Outside of the recent bit of things that made me feel not so great I am doing fine, thanks for asking!

So I had sneak preview tickets to Superbad last night. I implore you that when this movie comes out you rush out and see it, immediately. One of the most genuinely funny movies I've ever seen, not a dull moment or necessarily unfunny part. It's so well written and acted superbly and everything about it is so natural, I dunno what Greg Mottola was doing to illicit these performances but he's definitely a comedy director to watch. Anyway, I can't even name one funny part of the movie because it's literally non-stop hilarity throughout, it is everything that those "teen, coming of age, party" movies should be. Not a lick of bad, overplayed punk bands, no one that looks like they just hopped out of a modeling magazine, just straight up potty mouth, hilarious humor delivered in a straight-faced way by what I consider to be, now, the best comic duo that should be in every movie (Michael Cera and Jonah Hill). The serious bits that must be in every movie of this ilk are handled with such grace and non-distracting flair that it should be the template for any type of movie like this again. In short, here is my Ebay review: A+++++++ MOVIE, AWESOME COMEDY, WOULD SEE AGAIN!!!

So that's really all I got for ya for now, see ya on the flip, lj.

more later.

Woooo

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:39:30 GMT

So, it looks like what was wrong with me is a minor twisting of the intestine. Everything I've read about it says I have to get a tube down my throat and the tube will suck out stuff. This is probably going to hurt a lot and my mom said it's not pleasant. I'll also, apparently, need a colonoscopy, which.. whatever, I'm cool with it. Then if that doesn't work it's the knife for me, but the doctor said that's a slim possibility and he doubts it will ever come to that because it's so minor.

He gave me some prescription I have to go pick up that might take care of it without need for stupid shit down my throat, but he also said he doesn't think that'll work either.

He also told me to change my diet even more than I have already, which is fine because it's not really too far off what I've been trying to do. Just more fiber and take some vitamins and exercise more. Basically stop being a fat, lazy 12 year old and act like I'm 27 and have health problems. He said to also cut back on the drinking, and I have, it's usually not more than 2 nights a week and he said that was alright, as long as it's moderate and I'm not drinking a case at a time. He also told me to quit smoking, which I really want to do but I have found to be way harder than I first believed, maybe there is something to that addiction thing after all.

Oh well, I can't say I'm super relieved, but at the very least it is not as bad as I believed it to be. I basically just have to put up with it hurting, which it's been doing less of anyway and I've actually been going to the bathroom a little bit (I know no one wanted to know that) recently, so maybe these pills will do it. I somehow doubt they will, but maybe!

Anyway, thanks for all the support, fellas, it's been hell on me mentally but I'm super glad it's almost over.

more later.

Hello friends

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:59:00 GMT

Man, it's been awhile. This isn't really much of a post, just a general alert of me being more than a little depressed.

So last Friday morning, around 3 AM, I started experiencing some discomfort in my abdomen to the right of my bellybutton. I figured it was just gas or some shit and I let it go. I woke up the next day and it hadn't exactly gone away, in fact it was sort of hurting if I pushed on it. Of course my mind jumped to appendicitis and all kinds of awful fucking things. I let it go that day (sorry High Alert, I wanted to come down but it just wasn't in the cards). I woke up the next day feeling a little bit better, but not anything that could be considered fantastic. I laid there on Saturday as well and also Sunday, it was terrible because I tend to hate just lazing about unless I'm hungover. So I went to the doctor on Monday and they took some blood to rule out appendicitis (which I'm pretty sure this isn't gonna be because, well, it tends to be a bit faster moving). They gave me some Magnesium Citrate to make me shit my life out because I hadn't dropped the golden deuce since Saturday evening and before that since Thursday afternoon. I took it and I ended up going but it sure didn't cause the pain to go away, it's still there, though it seems to be a bit more minimal, which I'm glad about. Hopefully I can find out what this shit is and get it squared away.

However, I now stand on the precipice of a question that I never even thought I would be asking: What about the fest? Can I go? Will I go? Is it a safe thing? Is it okay for me to have a beer? What should I do if something happens when I'm hundreds of miles from my home? What do I eat while I'm out there for 3 days? Is it even worth it for me to risk the unknown just to see some bands with my pals? I'm leaning towards yes because the hotel is in my name, my ticket can't be transferred and honestly I don't feel that fucking bad, or at least not bad enough that I'm not willing to "play through it", I guess it all depends on what the doctor says. Well, at least smoking is now out of the question because I had decided last Saturday to hang that up for good and I have stuck to it very well since, so that's one less craving I'll have to deal with.

I just wish I knew more about what was happening to me and why. Well.. okay, I have the "why" figured out, years of poor health decisions and being overweight is probably quite a large part of that. I dunno, it's a pretty scary thing to have to deal with because there is no telling what number of things it could be, and I guess I'm working myself up over the unknown, but if you know me then you know how that works. The reason I am probably getting so upset is because of the fact that my mom had half her stomach and large intestine removed and repiped about 12 years ago because of severe peptic ulcers that, strangely enough, exhibited the same behavior as what I am having now. The difference? Well, I'd still be scared of the surgery because it can, in fact, be life threatening, but honestly what I'm really afraid of, and the big difference is, I don't have health insurance. Who would have thought that working for my dad's company where it's pretty much just me and him wouldn't have health insurance? Oh, I know, every fucking person on Earth that has told me to go get a real job and stop being a fucking idiot. I owe you guys a coke!

I guess I'm just afraid that there might be more wrong with me than just this new lower abdominal malfunction and I don't really ever want to own up to it. I hope it's just something easy, that can be knocked out with antibiotics, I can handle not drinking if it means I'll be able to eat again.

It's so funny too because I was actually starting to feel a little better these days because I had been eating a ton better (staying away from fast food, attempting not to eat so much greasy shit, leaning more towards veggies and fruits and such) and actually exercising (playing hockey most days, hitting golf balls, playing softball, riding bikes) and it seemed like things were looking up and now here I am with this shit.

Uncertain futures, what a fucking bitch.

more later.

Road trip!

Tue, 08 May 2007 03:33:06 GMT

So, this summer seems to be turning into trip town USA. I wish I could make it to Tenn with the dudes this weekend but, sadly, I will not, as I do not have any money and I have to work probably Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Anyway, what I can probably make it to is June 15th in Louisville, KY: Hank Williams Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd: Rowdy Frynds tour.

I know this was supposed to come to Riverbend but apparently a bunch of dates got shuffled and we got screwed out of the deal. So the two, really, closeset it seems will be Dayton this Friday, which I won't be able to make or the June 15th one in LV. I'm all about going if anyone else wants to, it should be a really kick ass time and I'm super excited about it. Jon W and I seem to be down so do we have any other takers? Trevor and Mike I am looking in your direction.

YUUUP.

more later

Ryan Erp

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:06:10 GMT

And possibly others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1XOfHax6Q8

and there ya are.

It's that time of year again!

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:22:49 GMT

Oh yes, it has come again, the time of year that I await with bated breath like no other time of year (including days when drinking til passout is acceptable or eating is involved), that is right it is soon to be:

SOFTBALL OPENING DAY!!!!!!

This Thursday, the 19th, is the Old Rink's All-stars 3rd season debut. Come on out and have a dog and a big beer on the cheap and watch us humiliate the other team (unlikely) or ourselves (most likely). We are having two performances this week at 6:30 and again at 8:40, if you need directions then I got you covered: http://www.rumpkeballpark.com

I implore you all to come and do the wave and join us in our drunken rabblerousing.

YEAH SOFTBALL!!!

more later

WHOA!

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:37:46 GMT

Takeshi Miike making a Samurai/Pulp/Western?!!?!?!?

OH MY GOD!

http://www.sonypictures.jp/movies/sukiyakiwesterndjango/

That trailer is fucking raaaaaaaad, I like the Leone-ish music and camera work. This is gonna be cool shit.

more later

The Copyrights - Make Sound

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:10:45 GMT

Best album of the year in a year that has, thus far, been overstuffed with great albums?

I'm gonna call the race right now.

SO IT IS SPAKETH SO IT SHALL BE DONE!

more later.

What up fellers?

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:10:57 GMT

Oh, ya know, a little of this, a little of that.

I don't really know what to report so I guess I'll just get back into the swing of things with what I feel like talking about.

A couple weeks ago on a Sunday night I had a panic attack, a severe panic attack that lasted several hours and led me to make some changes in myself, I guess. I dunno what brought on the attack, in fact it was the first one I've ever had so it's hard for me to pinpoint it. I will say, however, I have a couple of ideas.

Anyway, I decided that I should do my best to be a little nicer to people, if this means buying dinner or just letting them know they are appreciated then so be it. I also feel I should probably try better to see the other side of things, nothing in life is very easy and most things are horrifically complicated especially when there are feelings involved. Honesty should be the best policy here but I think tactful honesty should be above all else. The only good thing about this change in attitude is in the past two weeks I haven't had any frivolous arguments with anyone and I've actually learned a few things from some people. Communication is a very nice thing.

I also have changed my diet drastically. I've only ate fast food once in the past two weeks, I haven't drank any pop whatsoever and I'm attempting to go ahead and exercise a bit. My smoking has been cut down to when I drink and my drinking has been cut down to maybe 2 nights a week, if even that much. I pretty much get up and have a bowl of cheerios, have a sandwich and an apple for lunch and then whatever for dinner except this whatever is pretty small, especially compared to what I normally would eat. After that, if I want a snack or something in the evening I will have some grapes or an apple or a yogurt or something and if I really want some ice cream I actually pay attention to the serving size. I allow myself a burger and fries once a week just because, as you all well know, it is my weakness and I do so love it. I have noticed that I feel a lot better these days, not so much like my body is fully atrophied and shit, I will continue on this trend I think just because it's easy as shit and seems to be yielding some results.

Other things I guess have to do with girls and situations and how I feel like my heart is in a million places at once these days but there is only one place it YEARNS to be and that place probably isn't possible. I am still going to try, you see, because I don't like to be labeled as an outright quitter and I'd rather regret what I have done than what I haven't attempted, thusly, sally forth honorable soldier.

I've been trying to write a lot recently and I have some really good ideas but I think maybe they are too close to me at the moment because everytime I try to sit down to do it I feel terribly sad and depressed, but I really want to write it. It's a pretty strange feeling, I'll say that.

I always say I'll update more but let's not kid ourselves, if you look at my history with LJ you'll notice it comes and goes in spurts.

more later.

Whoa!

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:24:31 GMT

Jerry sent me a 10 dollar iTunes certificate for my birthday, that is badass to the utmost! Jerry wins birthday 2k7!!!

Aside from that, yeah, the birthday was obnoxiously incredible. I had a good time from last friday until Tuesday night, it was pretty much amazing and I thank everyone involved. I will make a longer post about it in the near future.

This post was just to tell Jerry he's the best.

more later

Whoa, Dudes.

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:24:38 GMT

Hi guys.

I haven't posted forever, I guess.

So, things going on... Oh, lots, nothing that I can really even explain at the moment because when I sit down to tell people what's going on it never really works that way, it usually spills out in the course of conversation. So, I guess I really have nothing to report in particular.

Tuesday is my birthday, that's cool, I'm prolly gonna try to go out tonight in celebration though it will probably just end up at Symmes Tav, gettin a drink on. Who really knows, however? I guess call me if you wanna come out.

Hmm.... You'd think I'd have a lot to say, turns out, nope!!

Oooh, March 23rd Rocky Votolato is coming here with Owen and DRAG THE RIVER!!!! Jon Snodgrass from Armchair Martian and Chad Price from All are in that band, it's really fucking good. I'd imagine a couple people will be excited about that.

Welp, see ya!

more later.

For all my comics dawgz from all the world.

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:46:54 GMT

http://www.comicspace.com/

This is pretty neat, like myspace for comic books!!!!

I've only been looking a little while, but it seems like you could find dudes to hook up with if you wanted to make things.

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Books...

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:42:58 GMT

So, I've decided to get back into reading again because I really enjoy reading. I tried to read 20 books this year but I failed. So starting in January I've decided to start up my reading again with an ultimate goal of 25+ books for the year of 2007.

On my short list at the moment are:
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I Am Legend by Richard Mattheson
My Tank is Fight! by Zack Parsons
The Government Manual for New Superheroes by Matthew David Brozik and Jacob Sager Weinstein

Outside of those I am looking for recommendations of great books I should read. I can't name every book I've ever read but just know that Chuck Pahlaniuk need not apply as I've already consumed the whole of his catalog.

I'm open to any genre (including classic lit, I haven't read a lot of classics) but my favorites are usually Non-fiction (autobiographies, biographies and accounts about bands and eras in music, sometimes war books and stuff about spy things are fun as well!), Sci-Fi that's well grounded in science (think Alastair Reynolds or Iain M. Banks), off the wall Fiction (Jonathan Lethem, Harlan Ellison (whom is also my favorite author), and I'm certainly no stranger to Fantasy novels (I'm a sucker for the shit as long as it's decently well written). I will also accept Graphic Novel submissions, but they will not count towards my goal at all.

So, I'm hoping any of you could find some time to comment me a little list of stuff you think I should read!

I'll give you a blower if ya do.

more later.

Oooooh yeah, baby.

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:32:35 GMT

You know that, g, cause I'm a mac-town playa.

OKOKOKOKOK

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:40:37 GMT

I'M FUCKING FREAKING OUT HERE.

YOU FUCKING PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT'S THE PERFECT STORM!!!

PREACHER IS BEING MADE INTO A SERIES BY HBO, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT COULD DO IT!!! THE NETWORK I ALWAYS KNEW SHOULD DO IT!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900139.html

Okay, the guys doing it aren't the greatest people ever, but.. it's happening, once it starts, other people will help it out!

OH SHIT, SHIT ON ME YOU FUCKING FUCKERS!!!!

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Google my goggles

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:46:30 GMT

Hello sirs.

This past week was a pretty good time I would say. Monday I sat at home, Tuesday I played NTN trivia at Symmes Tavern with Jeff. Wednesday Ryan, Jon and myself played an acoustic set at the poison room for fun because Adam needed people to fill slots (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1404493922 : that is the show). We are planning to do more shows actually so it should be fun times! Thursday I went to Lawrence Arms and while they were not very good at whatever it is they were doing, Chuck Ragan sounded good and BTB was pretty funny. I also had a good time talking with Melissa and Tom Bolton, he bought me a beer, just like he did the night before, what a sweety. Friday I went to dinner with Becca and then met up with Ryan and Nathan, it was a ton of fun and I had a really good time exposing Becca to Pearls since she'd never been there. She enjoyed it! Saturday I basically just hung out at my house and watched a few movies, recorded this week's podcast and played some counter-strike. Today I watched football over at Ryan's house and in the post game press conference I saw that Phillip Rivers (QB of the Chargers) is a giant fucking dickhead and should keep his cocky fucking mouth shut. I really liked the Chargers til I saw his conference. Oh well, we ate some and then I came home and watched some Simpsons and etc. Pretty good stuff.

Anyway, I dunno what else to say. Life is pretty grand, I'm looking forward to Tuesday, it's gonna be off the chizzles. Alright boys, I'm off to greener pastures, see ya round soon.

Oh, almost forgot, did anyone else see the new Spiderman 3 trailer... HAHAHAHAHAHA, what a terrible fucking thing it is, if you like the trailer you are dumber than most people are.

more later.

Well boy howdy.

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:08:30 GMT

I dunno why I don't write here much anymore, I guess general lack of shit to bitch about. Life is pretty fucking great these days, I can't complain at all these days, everything is goddamn great.

Old friends have become new friends again together. Liz and Tom are again so we can all hang out, which is what we did last weekend, but it's great and I had a fucking great time. I'm glad I have so many friends, it's really nice to be surrounded with all these people. My gratitude is never properly expressed to everyone I know, maybe one of these days, eh?

I'm glad I am also making new friends as well, I'm having a good time getting to know people that existed only on the wide fringes of my life for awhile. Now they have come into the fold, in a manner of speaking, and are really becoming a decent sized chunk of my life.

Old friends and new friends are pretty great things.

I guess sometimes I get a little bit lonely as far as the whole "girlfriend" or whatever issue goes, but hey... Who doesn't? Honestly I have no right to bitch about anything and that should be the least of the things I bitch about because it has very little merit, but still, it is there!

Anyway, this weekend has been fucking fantastic. Friday we went to the Cyclones game, it was a really good time, we had nearly 20 people altogether and everyone had a fantastic time as far as I know AND the Cyclones won 3-0. We then retired back to the Glen, Trevor asked us up to his house where his Cousin was having a party. Some guy drank the olive oil we put into a rum bottle because we told him it was rum and he should. He drank ALL of it, he paused between chugs too... So it's not like he couldn't have known. He reported that our "rum" tasted like makeup. Other than that he freestyled for us, called himself the Chemist, he wasn't wonderful at it but good enough I suppose. His real name was Nate and in all honesty he was a skinny Jewish kid with a head too big for his body and a nose to match. Wearing a pink tie and such. Outside of that Dan W and I convinced people he was 14 and my little brother and we had a big blow up in front of everyone so they would think they were really seeing something, when... they were not. Other shit happened, things got blurry after about 10 beers from that keg though, so lets just suffice it to say I had a weird life talk with Alex Fredrick while watching Mortal Kombat on the TV and drinking a beer... It was so fucking surreal that I can't express to you what that is like. I fell asleep on the floor... If sleep is what you call a hardwood floor matress.

I woke up at some point, we left, I fell asleep at my house and then Ryan called so I went to help him shop for a computer. He bought a super nice wide screen HP laptop, it's pretty hot shit. Turion 64 X2 and the whole works. I wish I owned it for no fucking reason at all other than it's so slick looking. We hung out pretty well the whole day from like 1 until about 12:30. We hung out with his current crush/girl thing, Nancy, she is a fun person and actually talked and didn't act like a fucking dolt, so she's alright! We went to Dibbs' house and heard a new song he and Ryan did with Murs, it was bangin. We went to his house and I got all his shit set up and working and cleaned up the old laptop for his mom. It was a really good day to tell the truth since we really didn't do much but drive around and laugh at bullshit.

Today I'll sleep for a bit, get up, watch the Bengals, maybe eat some pizza! I probably shouldn't though, I've put on a bunch of weight without realizing it, looks like it's back to the salad, apple and water diet for me!

Anyway, this weeks podcast is up, http://www.justeatthecake.com or on your iTunes if you're subscribed. I think it's good this week. Next week I might just have a co-host or two, stay tuned!!!

Welp, see ya fellers, thanks for making life grand!

more later.

Oh boy.

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:04:53 GMT

Friday was pretty awesome. All the cover bands were great! I had a lot of fun, I feel bad that I couldn't record the Descendents or the Misfidiots but I ran out of juice on the camera right at the end of Nerf Herder. If I wasn't in a rush to leave my house I would have brought my charger with me, but I am stupid. Some clips should be up on Youtube soon, I hope.

Let's see... Saturday was pretty great, I didn't do anything all day and then Tom came down and we went and had pizza with Liz. We then went to the video store and got Slither and I rented Thank You for Smoking for myself. We went to my house and then Jefferz came down, we sat around and talked awhile about the most ridiculous things and I thought I was gonna puke I was laughing so hard. Then we watched Slither and it was awesome, definitely in that Shaun of the Dead type of way, so awesome and funny. Then Liz and Tom left so Jeff and I sat and watched Thank You for Smoking, it was really really fucking good, I'd say everyone should see it. Then we watched Lucky Number Slevin cause Jeff had never seen it and it's a fave of mine. Then we watched 16 Blocks, Jeff had never seen that either, I really enjoy that movie even though I don't know a lot of people who do. We watched a few eps of South Park somewhere in there and then to cap the evening watched the very end of Thelma and Louise on TV. I fucking hate Susan Sarandon, but I think Geena Davis is super fine, so I guess the movie is half terrible.

Ah, also, Tom apparently has some kind of crush on Michael Landon, it's very strange, it makes him spill shit all over the place.

Anyway, cool weekend guys! Let's do it again sometime!

Also, new podcast is up, please get it and tell all your friends! http://www.justeatthecake.com

more later.

Hey guys.

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:32:15 GMT

Take a break from those sweet Arnold S. Levine and Political commercials you're watching and take a lil listen to my podcast, if you please. Also, tell your friends!!!

You can get it at: http://www.justeatthecake.com

If you don't have an Ipod, don't worry, I have a subscription for you on Itunes or you can totally download it through mp3 off the site! Also, check back each sunday for a new episode, I'm finally able to get back on track.

Thank you fellers, hopefully you don't call O'connor Aciani and Levy on me!

more later.