Nasty

Them Crooked Vultures have been on my mind since I first heard that they existed and were making music back in August and today they started streaming their album in it's entiretly.

http://bit.ly/stream_tcv

Enjoy

Have Mercy

10 Stiche dollars go to the first person to answer who I saw last night give a speech on campus from the VIP section.

My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion

My latest Wikipedia binge has brought up...

Neptune

The Observable Universe

Phantom Eye Syndrome

Also, I just watched the film "Event Horizon" tonight and it was a decent sci-fi film, but it contains one of the most unsettling moments in film that I've ever experienced. I won't give anything away, but for the first time since I watched "House on Haunted Hill" when I was a 10 or 11, I'm going to have a tough time sleeping tonight... Check it out

Speachless

So, I'm in Iowa right now. Well, yesterday I was with my grandpa and he brought me over to the Amvets (a bar for veterans that he goes to) to say hi to some friends and have a drink.

I was all like, "Whaveva' gramps, I don't give a flyin' fuck what we do, bitch." Okay maybe I didn't say that, but we went anyways and while we were there one of his friends who had to have been pushing 85 came up to us and they started exchanging pleasantries and my grandpa introduced us and I was cool with that. It was what happened next that threw me off and put doubt into my mind on the human race.

The old man (apparently confusing me with a 6 year old) asked if I wanted any candy. Against my better judegement and trying to be polite, I said sure, what have you got? He then said, "Well, I've got some nigger babies if you want some."

(moment of silence while I'm trying to wrap my head around what was said)
Me- "What?"
Old Bastard - "Some Nigger babies, oh you know, it's liquorish." (shows me the bag)

Me - (more stunned silence) "No thanks." (To Grandpa) "Hey, we should leave."

I wasn't sure what I heard, but one quick Urban dictionary search showed that it was a phrase. it has over 250 thumbs up.

DJ KOOL

I will talk about this more later, but as best I can... This is the second coming of christ. Last night was a night to remember thanks to adult swim. I watched this entire film with Nick Anderson and it was magical. but seriously check out the youtube and check out the whole movie because I actually bought the movie.....


not even kidding. I bought the film and so should youl


I'm not even kidding.

T-minus...

Current finals music in heavy rotation...

• Pantera - Discography
• The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
• The Decemberists - Picturesque
• Justice - † (cross)
• Lamb of god -Killadlephia
• The Killers - Day & Age
• Protest the Hero - Discography
• Mindless Self Indulgence - If, You'll Rebel To Anything
• Daft Punk - Alive 2007
• Radiohead - Kid A
• Thom York - The Eraser: Remixes

Feel free to suggest anything that you think would be enjoyable and it doesn't even have to be study music

Hot Damn

It's getting to be that time of year again. The time of the year when the days get shorter and a bit colder every day and a little bit of me dies inside. Don't get me wrong, I love winter and snow, but its this in between time when it's rainy and everything is becoming gray/brown/death colored.

It's also the time of the year when daylight savings comes into play and even though I get a sweet ass extra hour of sleep for a day, the trade off is that it's night by 5:00 p.m. which isn't all that fun.

So, in order to keep my sanity I stop listening to certain bands/music because it's just too damn depressing. I've been doing this for two years now and I've found it helps my demeanor as well as overall sanity. So without any further hesitation, here is a list of music I won't listen to until spring.

• Alice in Chains - This is Grunge at it's finest and for 7 months a year or so I love it. However, song after song about heroin and how much they love it is just too much in the middle of winter.

• Staind - I used to really dig this band, but most their songs are depressing as hell and deal with the topic of how much they hate their dads.
  

• Burial - I just started listening to Burial this past summer so only time will tell if I'll be able to listen to it in the dead of winter but something tells me that the relaxation to depression level ratio isn't going to fair too well

• Iron & Wine - This is similar to Burial in that I just started getting into this band this summer but unlike Burial, I have a bit more hope that won't make my heart sad mid-February.

They're just a few bands that won't be getting too many plays this winter but I know that some artists like The Field and The Killers just make me all sorts of happy so it evens out.

Side note from the weekend... I'm pumped as hell to see the Quantum of Solace (the new bond film) as Daniel Craig's previous effort, Casino Royale, was one of the most entertaining films I've seen in some time.

Also, Gears of War 2 came out a few days ago, but I'm trying to show some self control on that. I've got 2 tests, 3 papers (big ones), a 20 minute speach (fun fact - I lost my voice last night and I'm wonering when I'll be getting it back), and a lab report all due this coming week. So, I'm going to hold off and I plan on waiting until Friday to buy it... maybe.

For Whom The Bell Tolls

As I was watching the football game tonight I got a call from an old friend and we'll call him Bob Lee for short. Well anyways Bob Lee had read on the blog the other night about my failed Tour de Franzia and told me he was going gung fucking ho. I'll give a brief time line of the events that transpired tonight from my perspective...

8:36 - Call from Bob (who sounded somewhat inebriated already) telling me that he was going to go for the Tour and I wished him godspeed.

8:37 - Another call asking for clarification on if the Tour can be completed by a group of two instead of group of four which I gave the thumbs up to (trust me, I said it and did it even though I was on the phone).

9:14 - While I was in my religion study group working on a project I noticed that my phone was going crazy on vibrate and found that in the span of 2 minutes I missed 3 calls from Bob. uh oh

9:32 - I check my messages and I am able to make out the words "WE FUCKING DID IT WOO HOO!".

9:33 - I call Bob back. He's pretty damn smashed and I'm able to make out every other word or so, but he wanted to let me know that he in fact completed it and as far as I could tell, they did it in less than half an hour.

Bob Lee and Georgus, Living the dream by getting blackout drunk on a Monday night drinking boxed wine that costs ten bucks a 5 Liter bag. As far as I'm concerned, I don't need to look in any presidential history books to find heroes.

Mother Fuckin' Wicked

I've actually been kind of buys lately. I know weird, right? I've actually have a job (sort of)and I've been helping out the folks with some home improvements that they decided could wait for the 8 months I was gone at school to do. Oh well.

I never thought I would say this, but I actually am liking this whole work and do shit thing that I've heard so much about but have never really gotten around to until now. It's a good feeling.

Speaking of good feelings, Busted Tees has released something that must have come straight from the gods: The Octabong Look at this bastard!

If that doesn't say fun for all ages, I don't know what does.

While we're on the topic of good feelings, Sigur Ros are about to release a new album in late June and they've released the first track from it entitled Gobbledigook. Check it out at sigurros.com. it's free.

On a final note, I ended up going to the movies three times in three days last week.

I wasn't planning on going to any movies, but I got a call from Jeff saying that Speed Racer had it's last showing on Thursday and I knew what I had to do. Even though it tanked hard with audiences, I had to see it and Jeff was nice enough to give me a ride to the theaters. All I can say is wow. That film was designed for children under 13, people old enough to have enough nastalga for the old tv show, and people who do drugs. It was a constant barage of bright colors and patterns that are more commonly found on the iTunes visualizer, but the film managed to hold my attention for two hours.

On Friday night, I got a call from Megan (or was it Cameron?) saying that the drive in theatre on 371 was opened again and they were showing Transformers and Live free or Die Hard. I've seen Transformers at least 15 times, but I never thought I would ever see a film at a drive in so I thought I would check it out with Megan, Cameron, and Paige. The picture was great and the audio came from the radio (crazy science) and it was an enjoyable experience. Not sure when I'll go again, but it was still a good experience.

My journey to waste all my money of movies was completed on Saturday when I watched Indiana Jones IV with Jeff. I know a lot of people are giving it a lot of shit for being cheesey and for going over the top too many times and all I can say is yeah, they did cheese it up and they did go way over the top (all I can say is the scene with the monkeys= What the fuck were they thinking). It also was an entertaining film that made me remember why Indiana Jones is such a bad ass even though he's probably a member of AAPR. Check it out, what's the worst that could happen? you might have a good time long enough to forget that it costs $4 a gallon and you live 20 minutes out of town.

The American Dream

The American Dream has finally come into focus for me today and here's why.

So yeah, I might be living in a utility room next year with a water heater and furnace. I'll update when I'm updated... Not sure if I can make a joke out of this any more than it already is so I'll just stop with that.

Oh, and I got accepted to UW Madison. I don't think I'll be going there though because I really think that this (Cobberville) is the best place for me.


Half way there

UPDATE: - I haven't actually seen the room, but it's been likened to Harry Potter's broom cupboard and a boiler room... I'm liking my prospects for next year

Also, Does anybody listen to Isis?

...Wherever It Is

I don't have too much to say other than I just ran about a mile from the fuzz to get back to my dorm and now I'm just chilling in my room. In other words... it's been a Stiche night.