Yo Yo Yo

Well my parents are on holiday right now and they're spending just under two weeks on the bright and sunny beaches of Cancun, Mexico. As best as I can tell, I don't have school until April 6th so I've been doing what I do best... bumming off of other people's couches so I can't complain a whole lot.

It's tough for me right now because this is the first time in a long time where I'm bored as shit and just want something to do. I'm so used to either A) studying my ass off for tests at school or 2) working said ass off at my various places of employment. I'm caught in a sort of limbo now where I'm pretty much worthless and the best I can do is pwn newbz on Call of Duty 4 and that is a sad, sad thought.

Oh well, I guess I'll see how this goes. Any recommendations for good movies to rent/go see or albums to pirate?

p.s. I just woke up 20 minutes ago at 12:38 in the afternoon. Boo-yah

The predictions were wrong.

the river was supposed to crest at 40 feet. then 41 feet. now it's cresting at 43 feet and a lot of moorhead is pretty much fucked. Fargo and Moorhead are both in federal states of emergency and Concordia even declared an emergency and we're being asked to evacuate tonight or tomorrow at the latest. damn.

The city has stopped all bagging and most of south moorhead is to be evacuated by 6 a.m. so even tho I still want to help, i just can't anymore.

I ask for anyone who reads this blog to toast a drink to moorhead. i know i will

No Escape

I'm starting day 5 of sandbagging today and the funny thing about sandbagging is that it doesn't get any sweeter the more you do it.

Anyways, I wanted to draw everyone's attention to my good friend's new blog Where The Wild Things Are. I'll set up a link on the left-hand side of this blog later tonight too, but check it out.

P.S. Crack the Skye is sick as shit. Buy it.

A gentleman, if I ever saw one

With the coming of warmer months, I decided to shave. Not entirely, however.

Julie dared me to keep the 'stache for two weeks, and I one-upped her: sporting my new facial hair, I have to get a date within that time.

Wish me luck.

Cheers

Well I'm off to go sandbagging to save someone's house so feel free to leave any medals for bravery or valiance in my mailbox.

A Ridiculous Essay About The Deadliest Sniper Of All Time

"In the winter of 1939, the Soviet Union was dicks. Russian Premier Josef Stalin thought it would be really fucking hilarious if he all of a sudden sent like two million of his dudes over to nearby Finland to start kicking everyone's asses and seizing whatever land he could get his borsch-covered hands on, while simultaneously kicking puppies and shouting profanities at inanimate objects in a vodka-and-caviar induced roid rage. While this may have been a laugh riot for Stalin and his numbnuts cronies, the Finnish people obviously were a little unhappy with the prospect of having all their cross-country skis, Winter Olympics gold medals and salmon fishing boats captured by a rampaging horde of godless commie bastards, so they decided to open an extra-large can of whoop-ass and give the Russkies the ballsack kicking they were apparently looking for.

Now when you think of Finland, the phrase "military powerhouse" isn't exactly the first thing that pops into your head. Likewise, when you looked at Simo Häyhä, a slight-framed Finnish farmer who didn't stand an inch over five feet tall, you also probably didn't think "total fucking unstoppable badass". Well let's just say that first impressions can be deceiving.

Simo was a member of a Finnish organization roughly equivalent to the minutemen of the American Revolution. He had done his state-mandated one-year term in the Finnish Army, reaching the rank of corporal, and was living a peaceful life in a farming village not far from the Russian border, spending his days farming, hunting, and crushing giant logs into sawdust with his bare hands. When the Soviets crossed the border into Finland with the expressed purpose of busting Finnish heads, Simo was called up into service. He went out to the wood shed behind his house, grabbed his old-school Russian-made Mosin-Nagant M28/30 rifle and headed out to take some commies behind a proverbial woodshed of his own."

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I'm Trying But...

I don't think I'll be able to grow either of the winning staches (regent or the abra kadabra) so until that happens would something like this be alright?

The Last Baron

It was a shitty day until an hour ago when I saw that Mastodon put their new album on their myspace (amazing is all I can think of saying about it) and just before that I found my phone which has been missing since Saturday.

Hugging with closed fists

So here's what's up with me this week. I've got 5 tests from now until Thursday consisting of two anatomy lab tests (cat & human muscular systems), a psych test, a sociology test, and a range of motion test for nursing lab. I feel confident I could take care of all of them had it not been the fact that this week fell upon a very important holiday for my people so St. Patrick's day looks like it might not be celebrated the way it deserves...

maybe

Aspire

I don't want to use up all my good caption contest photos up right away so I'll use somebody else instead.



Just for a bit of back story, this was in an Irish pub in Paris about 3 blocks away from Notre Dame. The bartender (not pictured) was playing David Bowie and some Billy Joel. The man that Darin is embracing is a Frenchman who was blackout drunk and decided to join Darin in dropping his pants.


In other news I began reading 2666 based off of a recommendation and I'm very impressed so far. Does anybody know anything about it and can explain it a little bit without any spoilers because this is a blind read and I know nothing about it.

The Stache Corner

We all know the Stiche should grow a stache, but what kind? VOTIFY

There Was Piss Everywhere

I've come to the realization that the song "Knights of Cydonia" by Muse is one of a handful of perfect songs I have. I'm not saying that it is the best song in my music library (or anyone else's for that matter), but what I am saying is that from start to end there isn't a single fault in the track. I'll try my best to break it down.

It starts with an ominous intro with galloping horses and as far as I can tell lasers and explosions. It's also full of synthesizers which are in many cases a hindrance to a song, but not with this song, they're used subtly and help the track along it's journey. Lyrically, it's top notch and here's an excerpt from the chorus

"No one's gonna take me alive
The time has come to make things right"

Plus, the bass line hangs out the entire song mimics the sound of horses which is a nice touch. However, as cool as the track is up to this point is only about a 7.2 and it's at 3:17 when the track becomes perfect. The layered vocals with both lower register and falsetto singing and the slowly building guitar, drum, and synth all come to fruition at 4:13 when the closest thing to a face melting riff takes no prisoners.



I can remember the first time I heard this song and it was while driving in the middle of the night in a relatively secluded area. I'm not sure if it was the environment I was in or if I was just really receptive that night, but I fell in love with the track and to this day whenever it comes on I have to resist the urge to sing along at the top of my lungs. I can't say that about very many songs.

Do you have any perfect tracks of your own?

study break

Its been awhile since my last Stiche Corner visit. So i thought i would use this time to share with the world a funny email i received from NDSU. Consider this next time you head to your local library to study for your mid-terms...

"At approximately 6:40 PM today, Monday, February 16, 2009 a male subject
was observed exposing himself and masturbating on the second floor of the
NDSU Library.

The suspect is described as a black male, clean shaven, in his mid-20's,
trim build about 5 foot 10 inches, nicely dressed in a khaki colored hip
length jacket, with a dark plaid golf hat, dark gray pants, with a black
laptop case over his shoulder.

There were no words spoken nor were there any physical acts or threats
towards anyone in the Library.

Anyone having information relating to this suspect is urged to contact the
NDSU University Police at 701-231-8998.

This transmission is authorized by the University Police and is being
transmitted by the Communications Call Center."

P.s... check this out it looks sweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pel3GE97evA

Was that a fucking yeti?

I can't explain how excited I am for this (expecially at the 2:12 and 2:48 mark) album.

Mastodon - New Music - More Music Videos

It's going to be a pretty good couple of months between this, the new Chimaira album,


and the film Miss March... To be honest, the spring is looking just a little bit brighter than normal

Aspire

Europe was sweet. More to come later, but here's a caption contest to get the ball rolling.

Unclench your fists, asshole

After purchasing the new Lamb of God album Wrath, I've got to say, it's one big letdown. Sure the riffs are there, but they sure as hell aren't played out long enough. Sure the album is "crafted" like any big-time producer can, but where is the rugged individualism we've come to love and expect from this metal staple? The pioneering of new frontiers instead of the same old shit we've heard from every metal band in the last five years?



I wouldn't use the album insert to wipe my ass. With just their second release on a major label, it's clear LOG is selling out.