Impulse Buys And Tax Money

So, last week I got off work around 8 in the morning and was more or less tired drunk once I got out of the shower (I'm sharp as a tack until I take a shower, then I get super tired) and decided, "Hey, I want to try some tea." With that I went on the internet and sure enough I did some quick research and found what appeared to be a fairly reputable website Adagio Teas and went ahead and started buying some tea. I've enjoyed tea in bags for the past few years, but finally decided it was time to nut up or shut up and go all in with some loose leaf tea. My plan was to just buy a couple of tins of teas that I liked and try one that I had never had before, but fuck, I've never been one for self control so I got 8 different kinds of tea and a badass thing to brew tea in and ended up blowing close to 60 bucks.

 Look how fucking sweet this shit is!

Fuckin' Science!

 So yeah, that should all be coming some point today (April 30th) and I plan on just going balls out and drinking the shit out of a bunch of tea and not sleep ever again. In other news, I was crashing at a friend's place after a particularly rough night at the bar and sure enough when I was sleeping, her dog ate my glasses. Bastard. With that I was forced to finally get a new pair of glasses so I said fuck it and I'm now the proud new owner of a couple of pairs of Ray Ban prescription glasses. One black thick rimmed and one subtle professional style.

So yeah, that's where all my tax money went. fuck.

This is why I will always love Queens of the Stone Age

Torn To Pieces

Well, my good friend Mr. Thomas Day will be gracing the Fargo/Moorhead area this weekend which means I have to get myself ready both physically and mentally for what's about to happen. Right now, I'm drinking some green tea to boost the antioxidant load in my body in a feeble attempt to guard by body against as many toxins as possible because god knows I'll be making a trip to the Empire bar at some point while he's here.

I'm also listening to some solid classic death metal, Death. Death was more or less the band that ignited the genre and created the initial trajectory that death metal has since taken (and to an extent, extreme metal in general). The best part about Death is that as the band evolved over the years they became more and more (and more) progressive and complex with their riffs, time signatures, and even lyrical content. They went from 4/4 beats and having albums named Scream Bloody Gore, which is still amazing by the way, to The Sound of Perseverance wherein they utilize a ridiculous amount of key and tempo changes, sing about existential crisis and esoteric beliefs, and have riffs may or may not have been created by Rasputin's ghost. For people who don't enjoy metal at all I totally understand because it's painfully hard to get into, but for someone like me it is incredibly enjoyable to listen to music that was written by the artists and is arguably the most complex music in the world that isn't classical.

Anyways, time to head to work again. And yeah, it'll be good to see Tom again.

You Left Without Leaving

Alien and Aliens are two of my favorite films of all time. When I first heard that Ridley Scott was making a prequel for his masterpiece, Alien, I was ridiculously excited. Then I heard that it was only tangentially connected and that it only really took place in the same mythos and universe I was a little bit bummed, but still really excited because, fuck, this dude made Blade Runner. And then I sort of forgot about the film on purpose because what's the point of waiting for a film when it won't come out any faster and when I don't want anything spoiled for me by looking at 100's of behind the scene photos?

Well, I finally broke down and watched a viral video they released starring Michael Fassbender who apparently plays and android named David 8 in the film. Holy balls it pushed all the right buttons for me to be excited for the movie all over again. Fassbender has a certain quality in his roles that have always hinted he was an android, (how could any person be that cool and calm and collected in Inglorious Basterds like he was, and come on, Magneto in the 60's? He can control metal. Androids are made of metal. Boom) so I can't help but feel he has the potential to do an amazing job in this film.

Anyways, run-on sentences aside and bastardization of grammar, I'm really looking forward to this film.

Here's the video I was talking about


p.s. Oh yeah, if you have the glasses, it's in fuckin' 3D if you want to watch it that way. yeah.

So. Much. Metal.

Why can't Pig Destroyer come out with a new album already?



It's been five years since Phantom Limb. Fuck... I guess I had better be getting to work and save some lives.

Whoa dude.

An exchange I had with my room mate last night following her eating her fifth bag of popcorn that night...

Me - Would you like some of my food to eat?

Room mate - No, it's alright, I'll go grocery shopping tomorrow and this is all I have left.

Me- Are you sure? I've got plenty of soup and cereal if you want some.

Room mate - It's okay... This is why I need a boyfriend.

Me - So you can cook for him?

Room mate - ... No, Jordan... So he can take me out to eat.

Me - Ooooh. Whoops.

I Need A New Rock Bottom

Today will be the first day I can drink in a back yard under the sun. Today will be a good day.