Wednesday, May 31, 2006

the adventure

Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure (pops)

Note to Tom DeLonge: If you're going to do the whole "emo anthem rock" thing, get a decent singer. The snotty "punk" (term used loosely) accent works for, well, snotty "punk", but not for what you're trying to do here. There's nothing wrong with getting other people to sing your songs, and sometimes it really makes a difference.

Also, you'd get rid of the Blink 182 weight hanging around your neck, but I kind of figure you're banking on the lost, wandering, confused fans of Blink to make up your fanbase too.

Normally, right about here I'd throw in something about "selling out", but hey, you can't sell out twice.

Then again, I'd love to even have the opportunity to sell out. I figure I could be completely bought for $10,000 and a half-decent deli tray.

Anyway, rant mode over. I never really liked Blink 182 in the first place, but I figure I need to fill up space somehow.

Nothing much is happening here. Summer after June is going to be fun, what with three people and a pregnant cat all cooped up in a singlewide. We're already getting on each other's nerves. Lucky that there'll only be about a month of that before school starts back.

Speaking of which, the cat's probably going to drop those kittens within a week or two, so get your orders ready. I know you want a kitten or two or three.

I'll try to put up pictures of them so I can more easily entice you to get one. Free to good home, plus shiping and handling. C.O.D.'s accepted with two forms of I.D.

(Does anyone actualy accept C.O.D. anymore? All I ever see is "Sorry, no C.O.D.'s.")

(I'm enough of an English nerd to wonder about the proper order a parenthesis, quotation mark, and a period should go in. It's sickening.)

So for the rest of the week, I'll be porn-proofing a laptop for a relative (to keep her hubby in line), grocery shopping, and working on the LuchaWiki.

Won't you go take a look on the LuchaWiki, and marvel at how I now know all 31 Mexican states by heart?

Yeah, that'll get me laid.

Thursday, May 25, 2006

back in the mud

Bubba Sparxxx - Back in the Mud (pops)

Hey! I know people who know that guy! Well, if you live anywhere near Athens, I can just about guarantee you know someone who knows Andy. Small town mentality stays even though there's 175,000 people.

So I get the mail yesterday and there's something in there from DirecTV. I'm thinking "What are they trying to pull now?" I open the flyer up and it says, basically, call this number and tell them this code and you'll get six months free of Showtime and all of the Showtime channels (TMC, Flix, Sundance, plus all the east/west and sequentials). I (with my pessimistic mind) automatically assume there's a catch.

Well, there's no catch. Free Showtime for six months, and we didn't even do anything.

Now I'll definitely be getting another DVR for my room. "Ho-Time" doesn't tape itself, you know.

Unless it's raining or looks like it will rain soon, I'll be at graduation tomorrow. If anyone's planning a major prank, let me know so I'll be prepared.

Suggestions include spreading lime on the football field, shaving cream bombs, and hard-wiring a noisemaker into the sound system.

All of the above are essentially harmless, although that first one will mean long hours of hard labor re-sodding the field under the watchful eye of Beggs. Not exactly a pleasant way to spend a summer.

I think that's it. Drop me a line if you want to get in touch.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

disarm

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (pops)

Wasn't the season finale of House a mindfuck?

I mean, you could see the ending coming a mile away, but still, a mindfuck. I was glad to see Casey Jones in a supporting role, though I would have liked to see him use the hockey stick and/or baseball bat instead of the gun.

For the past few days, I've been playing Gin on Yahoo Games. I'm decent, but if you want to try and beat me, let me know and I'll give you the screenname to contact me at. Longtime readers may actually know the screenname offhand, but I doubt it.

I start class in two weeks. That sucks. Though it's not so bad when you factor in that there will most likely be no homework or anything like that. At most I expect a couple of pages of a paper.

I always remember the principle rule of student griping: the teacher likes work just as much you do, i.e. not at all, so they'll do as little as possible.

Plus, everything you do they have to grade, times twenty. Not fun.

Then again, there are the few sadists out there who enjoy assigning work for seemingly no reason (paging Shadie Thompson to the White Courtesy phone...), but they're luckily few and far between.

Anyway, I'm going to go savor these last two weeks, so I'll see you all on the flipside.

Friday, May 19, 2006

crazy

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (pops)

Well, my cousin's test results came back yesterday. Negative across the board, which is quite the relief for the entire family.

I spent most of today and yesterday doing a title history for the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship, an obscure Los Angeles championship that I, at first, didn't realize had 150 different reigns. Yikes. A lot of typing. I must really love wrestling.

But I'm actually proud of that page. Now I just have to go back and put in all the locations.

I'm kind of tired of typing at this point, so here's a quick survey. OK, maybe not so quick.

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1. EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING?
No

2. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP?
You're funny. Maybe a week. Maybe. If you're counting elementary school, that is.

3. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, from a nice guy on the Internet. It's an 1100 page desk reference covering basically everything on the planet. Right up my alley.

4. EVER DROPPED A CELLPHONE?
Not badly. No more than a couple feet.

5. WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?
Let's see. I fulfilled my high school P.E. requirement five years ago, so... then.

6. THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON?
Gas and insurance, mostly. I don't really cost much to keep happy.

7. LAST FOOD YOU ATE?
Homemade burritos. Awesome.

8. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Face.

9. ONE FAVORITE SONG?
"Another First Kiss" by TMBG

10. WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Scenic Barrow COunty

11. HIGH SCHOOL YOU ATTENDED:
Winder Barrow

12. CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
Virgin

13. FAVORITE MALL STORE
Whatever Funcoland/EB/Gamestop/Babbage's derivative is closest.

14. LONGEST JOB YOU HAD:
A few months during last summer setting up websites.

15. DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF DICE?
Yes.

16. DO YOU PRANK CALL PEOPLE?
No

17. LAST WEDDING YOU ATTENDED:
My cousin Tandi's four years ago

18. FIRST FRIEND YOU'D CALL IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY:
Kate

19. LAST TIME YOU ATTENDED CHURCH:
"Senator, I don't recall"

20. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT:
Checkers, Wendy's, Krystal

21. BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE HEARD?
"They're real"

23. WHERE'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT WITH FRIENDS?
Home

24. CAN YOU COOK?
Yes. See the burritos above.

27. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?:
I can't remember

28. MOST DISLIKED FOOD:
Okra. Ick.

29. THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
Fabulous physique.

30. THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
Sometimes I'm just too sexy.

32. LONGEST SHIFT YOU HAVE WORKED AT A JOB?:
I'm not a "shift" guy. More a "paid by the job" kind of guy.

33. FAVORITE MOVIE?:
Busty Cops

34. CAN YOU SING?
Only back up harmonies, and only if I'm medicated.

35. LAST CONCERT ATTENDED?:
Veblen. I need to get out more.

36. LAST KISS?
Funny story...

37. LAST MOVIE Watched:
Hotel Rwanda, maybe?

38. THING YOU NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT?
My wallet.

39. FAVORITE VACATION SPOT?:
Myrtle Beach, SC. (So, so redneck...)

40. DO YOU LIKE CHINESE FOOD?
Sure

42. IS YOUR ROOM CLEAN?:
That'd be a no.

43. LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER?
Desktop

44. FAVORITE COMEDIAN?:
Steven Wright, Ron White, Jeff Garlin, Eddie Izzard, and that's just from today. Don't make me choose a favorite.

45. Sing in the shower?
No

46. SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES?
With

47. WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?
No one. (*sniff*)

48. DO LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?:
Probably not.

49. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE?:
None. Watch it, I just jinxed myself.

50. PANCAKES OR FRENCH TOAST?
Pancakes

51. DO YOU LIKE COFFEE?
Yes, but not to the extent I'll drink it every day. And normal coffee only.

52. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
Omelette or scrambled

53. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?
Not really. I think everything's connected, though. I really refer to Dogbert in these situations, though.

54. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?:
A wrong number. (How pathetic.)

55. LAST PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALL LIST?:
Devin S.

56. WHAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE YOU RECEIVED?
That my text message rates are going up, and that was probably three months ago. I don't like text messages, so it doesn't affect me.

57. MCDONALDS OR BURGER KING?
Either/or.

58. NUMBER OF PILLOWS?:
Only one actually under my head, but others around my head.

59. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?
A Wuxtry Records shirt and a pair of shorts

60. PICK A LYRIC, ANY LYRIC OR Song?
"And I am a snake head eating/The head on the opposite side"

61. WHAT KIND OF JELLY DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PB & J?
Apple.

62. CAN YOU PLAY POOL?:
I should be able to, with my ability in physics and geometry, but I suck greatly at it.

63. CAN YOU SWIM?
I can not drown as long as I don't panic. That's about as close as I get to swimming.

64. FAVORITE KIND OF ICE CREAM?
Birthday cake flavored, but only certain brands

65. DO YOU LIKE MAPS?:
No.

66. TELL ME A RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOURSELF:
I open-mouth kissed a horse once.

68. EVER ATTEND A THEME PARTY?:
No

69. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?:
Sweeps.

70. LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED AT SOMETHING STUPID?
Tonight

71. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?
7:00, and then again at 9:00

72. BEST THING ABOUT WINTER?
Winter break

73. LAST TIME A COP GAVE YOU A TICKET?:
Never. Streak's still alive!

75. NAME OF YOUR FIRST PET?:
Gizmo

76. DO YOU THINK PIRATES ARE COOL OR OVERRATED?
I wouldn't know.

77. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?
Shopping for groceries.

78. BIRTHDATE:
1987.01.11

79. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?
Decadently wealthy.

85. ARE YOU ON A LAPTOP?
No.

87. ARE YOU SMILING?
No.

88. DO YOU HAVE ON EYELINER?
No.

89. DO YOU MISS SOMEONE RIGHT NOW?
I certainly do.

90. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
Scarlet Johanson's bedroom, armed with a camera crew.

91. DO YOU HAVE A MYSPACE?
Technically. I do, but I don't use it.

92. ARE YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL?
No.

93. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
Sure.

94. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NAME?
Bender Bending Rodriguez

95. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHING SUIT?
Black

96. DOES YOUR SCHOOL START IN AUGUST?
Yes

97. DID YOU GO ON VACATION LAST MONTH?
No

98. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A CRUISE?
No

99. DO YOU HAVE A SISTER?
No

100. DO YOU HAVE A BROTHER?
Only Thalyn, my brother from another mother.

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There, wasn't that fun?

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

caught in a mosh

Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh (pops)

Well, how've y'all been?

I've been good. I haven't done all that much, but that's not new.

I spent the majority of the day either looking for the cat or updating the LuchaWiki.

Speaking of which, you should totally go over there and look around. It's cool if you're even the least bit interested in lucha libre. More importantly, it's a testament to nerd-dom at a dangererously high level.

I spent half the day trying to research the Samoan wrestling family tree, which consists of four main branches (Afa, Sika, Junior, and Vera) and about a half-dozen scattered groups. Fun, fun, fun.

The great thing about doing so much research and coding is that I can do wiki coding without thinking about it now. I now need to think about doing HTML, whereas previously it was the other way around. I had to stop myself from putting double brackets around every key word in this post.

I haven't decided whether or not to go to WBHS' graduation next week. I think if it's nice weather, I'll probably go.

It'll be nice to see some people I haven't seen in a long time, plus I'll get to actually interact with people other than my cat. Kate said something about being more social, and I think that this qualifies. Also, once a year is enough, right?

Well, that's about it. I figure I'll be right here all this week. The week after next (I think) I go back to school for a month for P.E., so I should probably get ready for all that sometime soon.

Bye.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

white lines

Duran Duran - White Lines (Don't Do It) (remix) (pops)

Well, the satellite's back running. Turns out it was a bad coaxial cable running from the splitter to my box. I don't have to buy a new box, which is nice, but I'm still out $70.00 for the technician visit yesterday.

But you see, now if something goes wrong, I can say the tech did it and everything's covered. If I replaced the coax cable myself (which I could have done, it's not brain surgery), I wouldn't have any recourse if something went horribly wrong.

Anyway, the TV's back on in my room and I can sleep again.

In other news, we're 90% sure the cat's pregnant, so around the middle of August, I'll probably be trying to get rid of kittens. Free to a good home, first come, first serve, paid reservations accepted and encouraged. They'll either be mottled brown, tuxedo, silver, or a mixture of the two of the three, which, any way you look at it, will look really weird.

Tomorrow I'm going to finish painting the natural gas tank (in a beautiful "machinery gray"), then I'm going to climb under the house and cable tie the new coax to the phone cord, trying to keep it out of the way of any stray animals (i.e., my cat).

If anyone wants to come help, or needs to perform any state-mandated community service, come by and I'll sign your time-sheet.

I guess Saturday I'm going grocery shopping and probably taking Mom out to eat somewhere for Mother's Day. If I were a better son, I would have bought something for her, but I know I could never find anything she'd like and it's easier to just take her to a semi-nice restaurant (i.e. non fast food).

Well, I think thats it. Now I'm going to make fun of Mayorga for testing positive and losing a chunk of the biggest PPV revenue of the year, then I'm going to rewind and watch Hideki Matsui break his arm over and over. Doesn't look good for the Yankees, now, does it? I hate it for Matsui (longest consecutive game streak to start a mjor league career broken), not so much for the team as a whole.

Bye.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

better way

Ben Harper - Better Way (pops)

Well, my DirecTV receiver's been broken since yesterday, and it's pissing me off.

It's just my personal receiver, in my room. The other two are fine.

So I'm having to pay $70.00 to get someone to come out and say "Yeah, it's broken, better buy another one". Last time I checked, $70.00 didn't grow on trees, so that kind of sucks.

What's more, is I can't sleep without the TV on (neither can my mom, where I got it from), so I'm having to leave my Last.FM station on all night and keep my monitor on to try to simulate it. It doesn't work, but it's at least letting me get a little bit of sleep.

Also, I spent most of the afternoon yesterday clearing the yard and cutting weeds out from under the back of the house. Lots of fun. I spent this afternoon repainting the natural gas tank. As you know, me and manual labor don't get along, so I'm definitely enjoying all of this stuff.

Since my TV doesn't work, and StumbleUpon is as slow as molasses going uphill in December thanks to their botched hardware upgrade, I'm resorting to "soaking the sponge", as it were, by reading online encyclopedias, at least in between bouts of manual labor. I do this thing every once in awhile, where I search for something random, then follow whatever links are on the page, and I end up knowing way too much about completely useless stuff, like the entire discography of Scatman John, including his hard-to-find Japanese-only singles.

Yes, I know I could be doing something useful, but where's the fun in that?

Well, I'm going to try to go to sleep. Good night, world.

Friday, May 05, 2006

over my head

The Fray - Over My Head (pops)

Sorry for the second post, but I have a favor to ask. (Hey, I went to all the trouble of a second video, what more do you want from me?)

Click here and follow the directions.

Simple enough, no?

If you set up your own Johari window, tell me and I'll do the same for you.

I think this could be fun. We get to see how our own perceptions match up with people around us.

Remember, children: introspection is fun and profitable!

closer

Nine Inch Nails - Closer (live at Coachella) (pops)

I officially finished this school year today, and I can now say I'm a college sophomore with a 4.0 GPA. But more on that later. We've got more imporant things to do, like...

Survey Time! But this one's a little different. There are two rules:

1. You can only say YES or NO
2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone specifically asks.

Taken a picture naked? No
Made out with a member of the same sex? No
Danced in front of your mirror? No
Told a lie? Yes
Gotten in a car with people you just met? No
Been in a fist fight? Yes
Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back? Yes
Been arrested? No
Left your house without telling your parents? No
Ditched school to do something more fun? No
Slept in a bed with a member of the same sex? Yes
Seen someone die? Yes
Kissed a picture? No
Slept in until 3? Yes
Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? Yes
Played dress up? No
Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes
Felt an earthquake? Yes
Touched a snake? Yes
Ran a red light? No
Had detention? No
Been in a car accident? Yes
Pole danced? No
Been lost? Yes
Sang karaoke? No
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? No
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes
Kissed in the rain? No
Sang in the shower? No
Got your tongue stuck to a pole? No
Ever gone to school partially naked? No
Sat on a roof top? No
Played chicken? No
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? Yes
Been told you're hot by a complete stranger? No
Broken a bone? No
Mooned/flashed someone? No
Forgotten someone's name? Yes
Slept naked? No
Blacked out from drinking? No
Played a prank on someone? Yes
Felt like killing someone? Yes
Made a parent cry? Yes
Cried over someone? Yes
Had sex more than 5 times in one day? No
Had/Have a dog? Yes
Been in a band? Yes
Drank 25 sodas in a day? No
Shot a gun? Yes

Fill this one out. Keep it going by making other unsuspecting people do it, too. Then, we embed a hidden message into it. Next, we trigger the effect of the message through a world-wide signal. We'll rule the world!

Or something like that.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

girls, girls, girls

Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (uncensored) (pops)

Here we go with another blog meme. Reply or perish.

Reply With Your Name and...
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll challenge you to try something.
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you.
4. I'll tell you something I like about you.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours.

Now make with the responding!

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

look what you've done

Asante - Look What You've Done (pops)

Last night I got home late due to my Spanish exam.

So I didn't post.

Now, I'm throwing this up here to notify the world that I'm done tomorrow at around 4:00PM, and a round is on me if you want to go do something later.

I'm free until June 6th, when my June P.E. class starts, and then I'm free again on June 30th. Not a bad deal.

So come and see me. I'm pretty much available all the time.

Now I'm going to go watch the second part of this House M.D. episode. (Are we supposed to feel bad for Forman after he's acted like a jerk for half this past season, just because he's got this weird neurological disease? I'm kind of mixed on this.)

Bye.

 

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