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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEE YA

2008-12-12T17:39:00.001-05:00

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[148] I say FUCK YOU, I'm getting IN the plane!

2008-11-20T19:59:00.000-05:00

I quite honestly hadn't laughed that hard in a long, long time.

[147] GIVE THAT MAN A CIGAR!, 11/10 edition

2008-11-10T19:34:00.003-05:00

The recipient of said cigar today will be the man responsible for releasing the nude pictures of former 3LW member and current (well, perhaps not for much longer) Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon. Google them and look for them yourself, but all I know is that I had a huge adolescent crush on her when I was 13 (it only lasted for like 2 weeks but still), and pictures like those are what I've waited nearly 8 long years to see.

Anonymous nude picture leaker, you have my utmost respect.

[146] Thank goodness I'm a trooper

2008-11-10T02:38:00.004-05:00

So after reading Mikhail's blog, it turns out we had somewhat similar Saturday nights / early Sundays.

So after getting incredibly trashed last night and stumbling through my door at about 5:30am, I somehow remembered to set my clock for 10:45, since I needed to be at work at 12. I woke up to my alarm feeling incredibly shitty, and even though it stopped short of a hangover (probably because I also somehow had enough sense to drink a shitload of water before going to sleep last night), it was enough for me to consider calling out of work. But I decided not to, mostly because I like money and I didn't think there was any need for me to be a pussy about having a semi-bad headache and aching body.

I get to work without incident, and for the first hour or so, things are going well. But then it kind of begins to go downhill. First I forget to bag some guy's map of Buenos Aires, Argentina, so he ends up calling the store(!) and speaks with ME (our names are on the reciepts). With no exaggeration whatsoever, this dude sounded like Dracula on the phone and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous.

After all of that is worked out, I get this old white lady buying some book about dead bodies.

"YOU KNOW, I VOLUNTEER IN A MORGUE AT BELLVUE HOSPITAL. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE NUMBER ONE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN AFRO-AMERICAN MALES AGES 15-40 IS HOMICIDE? LOOK IT UP, IT'S TRUE! AND IT'S ALL BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE."

She goes on.

"YOU KNOW, ALL THESE INTERRACIAL COUPLES, WITH THE BLACKS AND WHITES MIXING... IT'S MOSTLY BLACK WOMEN WITH WHITE MEN NOW. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY? THE BLACK WOMEN ARE GOING TO COLLEGE NOW. THEY'RE GETTING AN EDUCATION. WHO ARE THEY GONNA MARRY? THE JANITOR?"

This lady's veiled racism is enough to give Don Imus an instant stiffy.

Among other things today: I was called a "man of the bible", I was asked when cashiers started to give people back their change with the reciept on the bottom, the bills in the middle, and the coins on top (...yeah), and some guy kept creepily telling the girl next to me that her voice sounds pretty.

I was feeling pretty alright by 4-5pm.

How about that.

[145] Take THAT, Times Square Virgin Megastores with diabetes!

2008-11-05T21:37:00.004-05:00

Some of you (read: none of you) may remember my posts back in the summer regarding me wanting to hear Beulah's final album, "Yoko". This was back when I worked at Virgin, so I looked it up in the inventory and not only did we not have it, but we didn't have ANY Beulah albums.

Today, I had some time to kill before work, so I went inside the Virgin (DONT GO THERE!) in Union Square (which I had always thought was superior to the Times Square one) just for shits and giggles, and what should I find in the rock section under B?

Like six copies of Beulah's "The Coast Is Never Clear", and fuckin' "Yoko".

Times Square Virgin Megastore having the biggest music selection in the world? HA, my ass.

I look forward to hearing this album later on.

[144] Take THAT, Republicans with diabetes!

2008-11-04T23:07:00.001-05:00

FUCK YES.

Barack Obama is going to be the 44th President of the United States.

Now please, Obama... just don't fuck this up.

[143] Take THAT, voters with diabetes!

2008-11-04T16:41:00.002-05:00

Been hearing reports of wait times of up to 4 hours to vote on the news.

I only waited 5 minutes tops to cast my vote for Obama.

C'mon, motherfuckers...

[142] Another post where I wish Beulah got back together

2008-10-29T23:28:00.002-04:00

I haven't been able to stop listening to this song... the recorded version or this kick-ass live version. It's called "Gravity's Bringing Us Down".

[141] Starbucks outdoes themselves yet again

2008-10-27T23:12:00.004-04:00

Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate = holy fucking shit. Sure, they might as well start handing out syringes with insulin for free with a venti, but wow. Whoever crafted that, GIVE THAT MAN A CIGAR. Jackie fucking passes for suggesting I try it.

On an unrelated note, unfortunately, taking Keith Olbermann's advice is proving to be harder than originally thought.

[140] You say it, Keith

2008-10-23T23:01:00.003-04:00

So there's been a noticeable lack of activity on here lately. I don't know, I've just been lacking motivation lately... been feeling kinda down for the past week or so for a variety of reasons. There's some reasons why I should really cheer up: got a new job with some really cool co-workers including a friend who I've known for a while, I think I've been writing some better songs on a more frequent basis now (which I guess could be linked to this "down" period, idk), etc.

I know I talk a big game and all of that but to be quite honest, there are some times when I really really miss her... tho I really think it has more to do with the fact that I miss having someone in general. Whatever, I'm talking too much.

Either way, I really need to do something. I need to start taking control of my life. Not gonna let all these outside forces bring me down like this. Going to take the CPE at Hunter earlier this evening, I stopped by Starbucks (HOLY SHIT BIG FUCKING SURPRISE) for something to wake me up a bit... and this quote from Keith Olbermann was in the "The Way I See It" section of the cup:

"The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' -- they may not be smart enough to say 'yes.' "

I think I'm going to start living by that.

[139] Wow...

2008-10-10T05:04:00.004-04:00

A few hours later, and I still can't believe it.

I went to high school with a girl who now does porn.

Rough porn.

Like... the kind that borders on illegal.

For the love of God, three guys came on her face!

[138] Isaac - 1, LIRR - 0

2008-09-28T19:38:00.002-04:00

LOL I totally forgot about this until I just looked in my wallet right now... coming home in a highly inebriated state from Queens last night, I apparently got a free ride on the LIRR. The conductor never came to take my ticket.

$3.25 refund, here I come.

[137] BOY I DON'T THINK THAT GAME WENT WELL

2008-09-28T17:39:00.003-04:00

So it seems like the 7 train is now the Salty Shuttle as the Mets just got knocked out of the playoffs.

[136] Well, technically it's still summer...

2008-09-17T04:35:00.002-04:00

...but what the hell, I want it to get cold already. I wanna break out my awesome green corduroy blazer and I can't do that when it's 80 fucking degrees every day.

For now, however, time to half-assedly rummage through some notes for my Spanish class for my exam later today and make an equally half-assed attempt to sleep for about 4 hours.

[135] The Isaac & Brian Show commentate on Cindy McBarbie's RNC speech

2008-09-04T21:55:00.002-04:00

Isaac Lopez
9:44
HEY CINDY MCBARBIE IS SPEAKING

brianspeaksnow
9:44
aw cheesus
i guess time to start the chatting shens
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHE'S A HOCKEY MOM
AND A WESTERN CONSERVATIVE MOTHER
CINDY MCCAIN = SARAH PALIN

Isaac Lopez
9:46
i've seen more emotional speeches from stephen hawking
yeah... i went there

brianspeaksnow
9:47
lol playing the McCain was a vet
card
cues Isaac

Isaac Lopez
9:47
HAY HIS SONS ARE VETS TOO
ZOMG A BLACK GUY
lol she said strap on

brianspeaksnow
9:48
lol yall are something else

Isaac Lopez
9:49
HEY ANOTHER BLACK PERSON
boy does cindy mccain have impeccable teleprompter reading skills or what

brianspeaksnow
9:50
/david letterman laugh

Isaac Lopez
9:50
I THINK THAT GIRL IS ADOPTED
UNLESS CINDY MCCAIN HAS THAT JUNGLE FEVER ON THE SIDE

brianspeaksnow
9:51
I THINK YOU HAVE A HUNCH
lol jungle fever

Isaac Lopez
9:51
I DONT THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA EITHER

brianspeaksnow
9:51
^^^
SHE MUST NOT BE TALKING ABOUT HOTEL RWANDA

Isaac Lopez
9:52
lols
WOW A BLACK PERSON FROM AFRICA AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
*head explodes*

brianspeaksnow
9:52
HOW ABOUT THAT!

Isaac Lopez
9:53
wow, i can name 20 pornos where the acting is better than cindy mccain's show of emotion

brianspeaksnow
9:53
lol my mom is getting sick of hearing her talk
as am i

Isaac Lopez
9:53
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[134] Jon Stewart, you are my personal fucking savior

2008-09-04T12:59:00.001-04:00

Okay, *WHY* do I not watch the Daily Show on a regular basis?!

[133] The Isaac and Brian Show commentate on Sarah Palin's speech

2008-09-03T23:11:00.000-04:00

10:43 PM
Isaac Lopez: *masturbation gesture* x 6.23 x 10^23 @ sarah palin's speech
10:45 PM
brianspeaksnow: lol i missed it
Isaac Lopez: its on now
brianspeaksnow: kekeke
brianspeaksnow: wonder how many are in their basements hitting their airplanes
10:50 PM
Isaac Lopez: lols
brianspeaksnow: I GUESS SHE IS VERY PATRIOTIC
10:55 PM
brianspeaksnow: LOL GIULIANI
brianspeaksnow: with Judi Nathan
brianspeaksnow: lol my mom hated Judi Nathan
brianspeaksnow: OMG IS SHE TALKING SHIT ABOUT OBAMAS??!?!?!??!?1/1/1/1
Isaac Lopez: lols judi nathan
brianspeaksnow: oh noes
Isaac Lopez: lols playing the fear card
Isaac Lopez: *hits many airplanes*
brianspeaksnow: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ about playing the fear card
brianspeaksnow: i bet you think Glenn Close would be a better VP
Isaac Lopez: ....raise them for 5 fucking percent of the population, dumbass
brianspeaksnow: (she played the VP in Air Force One)
Isaac Lopez: LOL glenn close
brianspeaksnow: lol she said change
brianspeaksnow: OOOOOOOOOOOH SHE FLIPPED THE WORDS AROUND
Isaac Lopez: SHE'S QUITE THE WORDSMITH
brianspeaksnow: THAT'S ABOUT AS EPIC AS MICHAEL PHELPS WINNING THE GOLD BY .01 SEC!!!!!!
brianspeaksnow: lol we must have a chat with other politically-minded people
Isaac Lopez: HER BEING THE GOVERNOR OF A STATE 1/3 THE POPULATION OF BROOKLYN SURE HAS MADE HER IMPORTANT
brianspeaksnow: OR this could be pasted onto the blog
Isaac Lopez: ^^^^^^^^^^^ i was just thinking that
brianspeaksnow: /guffaws
Isaac Lopez: ZOMG SHE'S TTLY CHALLENGING TEH DEMOCRATZ~
brianspeaksnow: OH SHE'S MUD-SLINGING
brianspeaksnow: HE CAN'T STAND JOHN MCCAIN? HOW COULD HE!
brianspeaksnow: OH SNAP
Isaac Lopez: OH SNIZZAP SHE'S TTLY PUSHING DEMOCRATS' BUTTONS
brianspeaksnow: LOL PERSONAL DISCOVERY
brianspeaksnow: IS SHE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOUNG BOYS COME OF AGE AND REALIZE THAT THEIR WEENIES SPEW OUT MORE THAN JUST GOLDEN TRICKLES?!?!?!
Isaac Lopez: HAY I'M INEXPERIENCED AND I'M TTLY RIGHT-WING LET ME CALL THE DEMOCRATS PUSSIES
Isaac Lopez: aaaaaaand here comes the "HAY MCCAIN WAS A VET AND U WERENT" card
brianspeaksnow: BUT THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT WHAT SHE LACKS IN EXPERIENCE SHE MAKES UP FOR IN FORTITUDE
Isaac Lopez: and not the vets who take care of animals teehee~
brianspeaksnow: and yes, she SO played that McCain is a Vet card so B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L-L-Y
Isaac Lopez: who needs fortitude when you have a knocked-up unmarried teenage daughter
Isaac Lopez: yeah i went there
brianspeaksnow: who needs to maintain funding levels for the Covenant House
brianspeaksnow: when you have a teenage daughter of your own who got knocked up
Isaac Lopez: hay time to call the karma police
Isaac Lopez: *puts on radiohead*
brianspeaksnow: paranoid androids on the ready, Chopper
Isaac Lopez: well played
brianspeaksnow: AND HEAR THAT WOOING
brianspeaksnow: HOW ABOUT THAT
Isaac Lopez: HAY LOOK A WHITE-HAIRED CAUCASIAN MAN AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
Isaac Lopez: WHO WOULDA THUNK
brianspeaksnow: lol my mom made note of how they showed a black guy
Isaac Lopez: lol aw hell naw
brianspeaksnow: another black dude
Isaac Lopez: NOW THATS WHAT I CALL DIVERSITY
brianspeaksnow: my mom (in Chinese) : they found another one, that makes 2
Isaac Lopez: lol olympic "keep tabs on how many black people are present at the RNC" imo
Isaac Lopez: JOIN OUR CAUSE AND LETS OVERTURN ROE V. WADE
Isaac Lopez: FUCK YEAH
brianspeaksnow: lol giuliani
Isaac Lopez: i'm so patriotic right now the national anthem might give me a stiffy
Isaac Lopez: aaaaand here it goes, INTO THE BLOG
brianspeaksnow: YEAH, TOM BROKAW SPEAKS
brianspeaksnow: ^^^^
Isaac Lopez: WOOOOOO TOM BROKAW
Isaac Lopez: thats my boy
Isaac Lopez: word to chris parnell's SNL impression
brianspeaksnow: AND HERE COMES THE PALIN
brianspeaksnow: FAMILY
brianspeaksnow: ABD LOOK AT BRISTOL PALIN WITH ALL THE FAT IN THE RIGHT PLACES
brianspeaksnow: AM I RITE GUYZ
Isaac Lopez: I'D BRISTOL HER PALIN
Isaac Lopez: YEAH I DID
brianspeaksnow: here comes McCain!!!!!
Isaac Lopez: HAY MCCAIN IS THERE TOO ON A NIGHT WHERE HE WASNT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE
Isaac Lopez: MCCAIN = OBAMA
-----------------------------------------------
We need our own MSNBC show.

[132] ...what?

2008-09-03T17:04:00.000-04:00

How the hell do I stop someone from moving to fucking Australia?

Yes, this is a serious question.

[131] Newest addition to my shitlist: Sarah Palin

2008-09-02T01:29:00.003-04:00

As if I need any more reasoning to think that anybody who votes for John McCain is out of their goddamn minds:

Friday was John McCain's 72nd birthday. If elected, he'd be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.

Huh?

Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:

She was elected Alaska 's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.¹

Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.²

She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. ³

Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.⁴

She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.⁵

She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.⁶

How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.

(Moveon.com)

Creationism in PUBLIC schools?! Opposing abortion in the case of rape/incest? And I don't think that being governor of a state that has a fraction of the population of Brooklyn for 18 months counts as experience, at least not nearly enough to qualify for the Vice Presidency.

I've long thought that conservatives are ruining this country, but if McCain and Palin are elected into office, then quite frankly, I will be scared.

[130] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME UPPER WEST SIDE ADVENTURES, Part 2

2008-08-27T23:17:00.003-04:00

So, coming home from work yesterday, I rise up from the 1 train to this pleasant sight: a deranged, shouting, most likely drunk / high black woman face down on the sidewalk with handcuffs on and six cops, two of them plainclothes, surrounding her. I gathered that she was busted shoplifting, most likely from the Banana Republic right there on the corner.

Marvel at the shitty video quality of my Sidekick LX:

As I was leaving, I turned to the woman next to me, waved my phone, and said "Hello, YouTube".

She was not amused.

[129] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME UPPER WEST SIDE ADVENTURES, part 1

2008-08-27T20:19:00.002-04:00

(Part 2, which features a staple of New York City insanity, crazy black women who shoplift, is coming whenever the videos finish processing on YouTube.)

Oh, how I love blatant copyright infringement.

[128] This is BOOL-SHEET

2008-08-26T06:30:00.004-04:00

Goddammit... McCarren Park Pool, which seemed like quite the awesome venue for concerts and such (only been there once when Death Cab for Cutie performed there back in June) is being converted into - get this - an actual fucking pool. =/

My reaction falls along the lines of this:

(always nice to dust off this classic gif)

[127] FUCK YOU DAD, WHERE'S MY SPRAYPAINT

2008-08-20T23:01:00.003-04:00

While most of those teenagers who have parental issues release their angst by means of late-night MySpace blogs whining about how unfair life is while they blast Dashboard Confessional songs through their headphones, this person took a less 'emo kid' approach and more of a 'BADASS MOTHAFUCKIN GANGSTA FROM DA STREETZ OF DA LOWA EAST SIDE' approach to his inner rage:

This was at Delancey Street on the F... had to pass through here on Sunday night to pick up my new fucking sweet acoustic guitar from Brooklyn (no Hitler / Biggie freestyle). Best $170 I spent in a long time (especially considering the guitar is worth $300 and the hard shell case it came in is worth another $100).

Yep, that's my new baby. Sweet looking, no?

[126] Jeez...

2008-08-16T01:54:00.003-04:00

Conor Oberst's solo album fucking PASSES.

Too bad it was released at the same time as the fucking Jonas Brothers' album... HOORAY FOR UNTALENTED CORPORATE BANDS WHO DO NOTHING BUT MAKE MONEY FOR WALT MOTHERFUCKING DISNEY'S SHITTY MEDIA CONGLOMERATE.

By the way, the next person who claims that they're the next Beatles should honestly be slapped in the face with the used tampon of an AIDS patient.

[125] I see what Starbucks did there...

2008-08-09T16:38:00.003-04:00

Whether it be intentional or unintentional (most likely the latter), the in-store advertisement for Starbucks' new Vivanno drinks look a lot like the cover of Death Cab For Cutie's 2nd album...

Compared with...

Not exactly alike but the resemblance is there.

Anyways, in unrelated news, Bernie Mac died earlier today. As a lot of Digg is saying, why the hell couldn't it have been someone like Carlos Mencia, Dane Cook, or Tila motherfucking Tequila? Or at least one of the Jonas Brothers, that way they won't have to do a fucking in-store at my job on Tuesday, during my final week. Shit, I might just quit right then and there.

[124] New month, new job?

2008-08-01T01:11:00.002-04:00

So, seeing how Virgin has become one giant masturbation gesture, I'm actively searching for another job. It just so happens that the day that I decided that I had absolutely enough of that job and that I was definitely going to submit my two weeks notice sometime this week, I got a call from this ad agency who I sent my resume to about a week ago, wanting me to come in for an interview on Friday, which is (technically) later today. So, hopefully if all goes well, I get this part-time office assistant job, and I can ditch Virgin... if waiting for the next two weeks to start this job is gonna be a problem for the ad agency, then fuck the two weeks notice, I'm out of Virgin. Dealing with asshole customers, shitty closing shifts (we're the only fucking store in Times Square, aside from the 24 hour Duane Reade, that stays open as late at 2 in the fucking morning), and a certain few people who still have a "high school popularity contest" mentality, despite the fact that they've been out of high school for several years now (but I suppose that that's what being a hoodrat will do to a person)... these aspects have just made working there lame. But then again, it seems like these things are prevalent in any retail job.

Oh well... wish me luck.

[123] Unrealistic? Maybe, but still a goal nonetheless...

2008-07-11T02:27:00.008-04:00

I think I want to move out of here by the end of 2009. Yeah, I know, I just moved back a few months ago, but despite how much living in Oneonta sucked, the aspect living on my own was pretty damn sweet. How I'll scrape up the funds for this, I don't know, but there's my goal for the next 18 or so months. I'm for sure going to have another, hopefully higher paying job since Virgin is closing early next year, and that's if I stick around for that. I think with enough people and the right amount of money, especially if I start saving up little by little now, it could be done. Maybe I'm just being naive and I'm talking out of my ass, who knows.

[122] No money, mo problems

2008-07-07T03:35:00.002-04:00

Lets see... Guillermo wants to sell me his guitar and I want to buy it, I have my Hunter tuition bill to pay, I just bought my monthly Metrocard ($81... AND they wanna raise the fares next year? *blows bullet in head*), my phone and credit card bills aren't too far away...

Jesus, I'm living at home with my parents and without any "real" stuff to pay for (cable, rent... I'd say food, but I buy a LOT of my own food, which I should probably cut down a bit on), I'm still holding on to way less money than I'd like. $8 an hour is not something I'd like to make for too long.

Either way, I'm making way more money than I did last summer ($8 > $0). Actually, summer is quite different this year. And I like that. However, I think there's going to be quite a few changes in store for the weeks ahead.

[121] Update re: Finding Beulah's last album at my job

2008-07-07T03:02:00.003-04:00

No dice. None in stock. In fact, we don't have any Beulah records.

On the bright side, there's no shortage of the new Rihanna re-release.

[120] If they're good enough for webby and Michael Cera, they're good enough for me

2008-07-04T16:41:00.006-04:00

Beulah needs to get back together, for real (them and Pavement). Looking at some YouTube videos taken from their live DVD, it really looks like they would have kicked eight different kinds of ass live.

Emma Blowgun's Last Stand

I wonder how many of their albums we have in stock at work... I can't find their last one, Yoko, anywhere (yeah, I know it's on iTunes, but if I'm gonna end up buying it, I might as well buy a higher quality CD instead of a compressed digital version).

[119] Mosquitoes love me

2008-07-03T01:18:00.002-04:00

As is evident by my swollen hand. I can't even enjoy a day in Riverside Park with my girlfriend without getting bit in three places by them. The thing is, I always react HORRIBLY to bug bites. Here's what happened back in February when I went to Stony Brook and I got bit by some kind of bug:

Yeah, not pretty in the least. It was swollen for nearly an entire week like that until it got better.

Maybe I should bathe in a tub full of Off! before stepping foot in a park setting.

[118] Yikes, my parents are old as fuck

2008-06-28T03:54:00.002-04:00

I just saw a can of prune juice in the fridge. *cringe*

[117] House of Payne

2008-06-25T21:15:00.002-04:00

Holy shit, I've never seen such an unfunny show allowed to air on American television. I can see better acting from a monkey with Parkinson's and better writing coming from a dyslexic 5 year old.

Some might say it's rather PAYNE-ful to watch.

...

=/

[116] Cocoa Pebbles are appropriate at any time

2008-06-12T04:38:00.004-04:00

Even at 4:38am. I really don't get why the fact that I eat my cereal dry with milk on the side is so weird... had a rather lengthy discussion with a certain jerk about that earlier tonight (she knows who she is).

Anyways, the Death Cab / Rogue Wave concert was fucking awesome, and can be pretty much summed up in this video displaying profusely sweaty Ben Gibbard's badassness:

Too bad the show got cut short because of the thunderstorm that took away this giant assfuck heat wave we've had... I wanted to hear some songs from "Something About Airplaines". Oh well, maybe next time they're in NY.

Needless to say, it's been a very excellent summer so far, and I think it can only get better.

[115] It's the summer, so who needs hot water, right?

2008-06-02T18:08:00.004-04:00

Well, I'll tell you who, I FUCKING DO. Cold showers are NOT cool (in fact they're cold, get it??!!?!?? HEHEHEHEHEHE).

The fact that I have no hot water today deserves this:

[114] The internet is broken

2008-05-30T04:04:00.001-04:00

Digg is down... like half of Facebook isn't working, so I can't do my nightly stalking...

Fuck it, I'm going to sleep.

[113] So, Gov. Paterson has glaucoma...

2008-05-20T16:20:00.002-04:00

You know what this means... time to roll up a blunt and light up with the mothafuckin' governor.

Edit: how ironic that I posted this at 4:20pm.

[112] That band from those 1800-OK-CABLE commercials

2008-05-20T13:14:00.003-04:00

They really make me feel so much less self-conscious about my own music. Their name is Early Edison, and their first failure is having such a gay name. Their second comes from being corporate sellouts, and their third is being a corporate sellout and only being known as a corporate sellout (cuz honestly, I doubt anyone has ever even heard of these guys until those commercials, and I'm not even sure if anyone would know who they are just by saying their name and not mentioning that they're that shitty band from the cable commercials).

However, I'm a man of fairness, and I'm a man of equality (no I'm not). So I looked up their MySpace and gave them a listen, giving them the benefit of the doubt and possibly thinking that they could be good. I listened to about the first 2 minutes of the first song on their page, "Wish You Were Mine"...

...and proceeded to X out, confirming everything I thought about this band. That they suck. And State Street Residential is better than them, though by how much, ehhhh... (there's that self-consciousness again). At least we're better by some degree... I mean, I'll never allow myself to write a song as bad as, say, CRANK DAT, and if I do, well, it'll be time to start researching how much NyQuil it takes to kill a 165 pound man.

[111] YO I LIKE DEM SHOES

2008-05-18T16:03:00.006-04:00

Even though it was worth walking down to 80th Street in the pouring rain during a street fair for those delicious ass Mozzarepas (two grilled corncakes with a shitload of mozzarella cheese in the middle... a staple of Manhattan street fair foods), why do I insist on wearing Converse every single fucking time it rains outside?

[ASS]

[110] Two for Saturday, #2: I love it when taxis crash...

2008-05-17T18:10:00.002-04:00

...because all it is is hard evidence that Ray Charles could drive a taxi better than these fucktards. Case in point:

[109] Two for Saturday, #1: If you're going to make brisket, better make it right

2008-05-17T18:08:00.000-04:00

Isaac Lopez
6:00
lmfao im dying
my neighbors are arguing again

IllestVillain88
6:01
lol
about?

Isaac Lopez
6:01
the wife goes "YOU DONT DO SHIT AROUND HERE, YOU CANT EVEN FUCKING NAIL A NAIL IN THE WALL"
and he goes "FUCK YOU IVE WORKED MY ASS OFF FOR 30 YEARS I DONT NEED TO NAIL SHIT, I DONT EVEN NAIL YOU ANYMORE"

IllestVillain88
6:01
lmao

Isaac Lopez
6:02
ohh man thas great stuff
*thats

IllestVillain88
6:02
indeed
lmao

Isaac Lopez
6:03
lmao "YOU CALLING ME DIRTY? YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DIRTY CUZ YOUR FUCKING UNDERWEARS ARE ALWAYS SOILED"

IllestVillain88
6:03
LOL

Isaac Lopez
6:03
i didnt know i lived next to the pauls

IllestVillain88
6:03
lol

Isaac Lopez
6:05
lol im mad that the arguement all escalated from her not knowing how to make brisket

IllestVillain88
6:05
lol get out

Isaac Lopez
6:06
lmfao "YOU CAN BROIL IT YOUR FUCKING SELF TOMORROW"
"I AINT BROILING SHIT, YOU CAN BROIL IT AND STICK IT IN YOUR PUSSY"
this is going in the fucking blog

IllestVillain88
6:08
lmao

[108] Quick thought before I go to work

2008-05-11T11:23:00.001-04:00

Shortening your name does NOT make you cool.

Federal Express (as it was known in the 90's) = FedEx = NOT cool.
Washington Mutual = WaMu = NOT cool.
Natural Geographic = Nat Geo = NOT cool.

Nice effort, guys... but no.

[107] You know it's true...

2008-05-07T17:23:00.006-04:00

If coming to the realization by working in Times Square that New Yorkers are way smarter than the rest of country (and probably the world) makes me a NYC-centric prick and a pompous asshole, then so be it. Yeah, I'll say it. Middle America is full of fucking retards.

Though it'll be nice if we could exterminate all cab drivers. Some prick who keeps turning as I'm crossing Broadway goes "YOU DONT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY" when I have the FUCKING LIGHT. I just brush him off and go "yeah yeah yeah..." until I hear the fucker start to laugh.

I then proceed to flip him off and go "I GOT YOUR RIGHT-OF-WAY RIGHT HERE, ASSHOLE".

Any of these dumbasses from Wisconsin or Arkansas or wherever the fuck they're coming from would have probably shat their pants in fear of the scary cab driver.

[106] I descended a dusty gravel ridge beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge

2008-05-04T17:11:00.005-04:00

So "Narrow Stairs" FINALLY leaked the other day, and putting my Death Cab fanboyism aside, I must say, this album is definitely one of their best. It's kind of a mix of the sound of their earlier stuff ("We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes" FTMFW) with a new, sort of harder, abrasive sound, and the end result is fucking awesome. "Talking Bird" is honestly one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in a long time, "No Sunlight" is a fun upbeat-sounding song juxtaposed with quite pessimistic lyrics (can't really think of a catchier melody to go with the words "The optimist died inside of me"), the instrumental part of "Bixby Canyon Bridge" is now pretty much tied with the one from "Scientist Studies" (from "Facts") as my favorite Death Cab instrumental, and I'll be damned if "You Can Do Better Than Me" doesn't remind anyone of The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love".

And of course, "Cath...", a song that I've REALLY liked since I saw the acoustic version on YouTube last year, ranks up there with my favorite Death Cab songs (most of which are from their first three albums).

So was the wait worth it? Fuck yes it was. Can't wait to see them on June 10th.

[105] I'm struggling to type this title line

2008-04-22T18:33:00.003-04:00

Jesus... hadn't had itis like this in a loooooong time. Just ate some lamb with lettuce over rice from this Halal food cart over on 86th and Broadway... only $5. I guess good deals in Manhattan are still possible.

5 fucking dollars for a giant assfuck meal on the Upper West Side... let's start the bidding on how many Health Dept. inspections they've failed. STARTING AT 13.

[104] I don't know what day it is over there, but right HERE, it's 4/20

2008-04-20T14:59:00.000-04:00

...so why the FUCK am I not blazed right now?

[103] Because you can get away with that kind of shit at 2am

2008-04-17T12:49:00.002-04:00

Getting out of work last night (my new new job, not the Shake Shack one... quit that shit a week ago), waiting for the train at the Times Square station...

1) See a rather brave Mexican dude with his MacBook out in the open watching some movie (probably porn... wait, definitely porn). Anyone brave enough to have an expensive ass laptop out in the open on an uptown 1 train at 2am, well, more power to them.

He probably ended up getting stabbed.

2) See a homeless dude smoking a fucking joint on the stairs inside the train station.

3) The entire back of the station smelled like someone shit their pants.

I love how sketchy this city gets at night.

[102] Cursed out by a hot dog vendor... just another day

2008-03-26T16:30:00.004-04:00

So yeah, had a job interview over at the Shake Shack... went pretty well I think, gotta go back tomorrow to meet with the main manager. Either way, I got out of it pretty late and there was no way I was going to make it to my class on time from there (fucking CUNY and having Monday classes on a Wednesday, a day I'm supposed to fucking have off anyways...), so I decide not to go. Besides, my professor is a lateness nazi. I figure I'll kill some time at the Apple store on my home (which is where I am now... by the way, the MacBook Air = AWESOME... but I have no use for it), so when I get off the train, I attempt to buy a hot dog, only to have the jerkoff vendor give me a jumbo one (DONT GO THERE... fuck, I know you assholes are gonna go there anyways) and tries to charge me $3 for it even though it's supposed to be $2. I took my $2 back, he told me to fuck myself, to which I said "Okay I will, but right after I fuck your mother" and sort of went off, saying that that I'm not one of these "stupid fucking tourists" (despite the fact that there was a group of tourists right behind me), that I'm from New York and there's "no fucking way" he's going to rip me off.

So yeah... I might make a Shitlist at the end of the year after all, only to include this prick.

[101] I fit the perfect picture that you won't for long.

2008-03-22T02:03:00.006-04:00

Good lord, talk about an unappreciated song. I swear this isn't turning into a music blog but I just have to expose this song to all 3.823242 of you who even bother to read this. An album I've really been getting into lately is Mic City Sons by Heatmiser, which was Elliott Smith's band before he went solo. Those who know my musical tastes know that I think this guy is my favorite singer-songwriter, so it should be no surprise that I should like the songs that he wrote for this album (he split lead vocals with Neil Gust). But one of Elliott's songs that I find myself listening to multiple times daily is "The Fix Is In", and I'm shocked to see how underrated and overlooked it is. I guess I'm just a sucker for non-obvious song structures and small minute details... like how Elliott starts singing the chorus melody when the song is still using the same dynamics from the verses... the fuzzed bass line, the distorted drums... and of course, the awesome lyrics that only Elliott can write. Yeah, every song on Mic City Sons is good but I don't know why this song is rarely ever talked about. It's just really good.

Heatmiser - The Fix Is In

[100] I Will Possess Your Heart

2008-03-18T02:28:00.003-04:00

So I just heard the new Death Cab for Cutie single off "Narrow Stairs" (see blog post title)... and holy ass, what a great song. The instrumental at the beginning: fucking awesome. It's really different than what they've done in the past, but goddamn, it's good.

Much better than anything off "Plans", which is a good album, but they definitely could have done better. And they did.

[99] Oh, you silly MTA bus drivers... slaps knee

2008-03-12T20:24:00.001-04:00

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2008-03-12T00:32:00.005-04:00

[97] WOW 366 ENTIRE FUCKING DAYS

2008-03-05T00:24:00.001-05:00

So now this blog is officially a year old. What a ride.

And I didn't mean that sarcastically.

[96] An (angry) open statement to Ralph Nader.

2008-02-24T19:06:00.005-05:00

Go fuck yourself, you lazy-eyed prick. You don't know when to stop, do you? It's because of you that we've had this monkey with his head up his ass in charge for the past 7 years, and now you're sticking your wrinkled ass back in again? Jesus, you're 73 years old. Shouldn't you shitting your pants instead of shitting the Presidential race?

-_-

[95] Even George Costanza gets a break now and then...

2008-02-19T00:17:00.002-05:00

So yeah, last night was fucking scary. I'm moving the little portable desk I have my laptop on cuz I was getting ready to go to bed. I was drinking a can of Diet Pepsi a little bit before, and I never quite finished it. Long story short, I moved the desk a bit too fast, and the Diet Pepsi spilled ALL OVER my Macbook. I was freaking out, and the first thing I did was take off my white t-shirt (oh yeah, HOT AND SEXY IMAGE TO GET ALL YOU LADIES WET AS A WATERFALL) and wipe the soda off. About 2 minutes goes by and everything seems alright...

Then my MacBook shuts off. And I freak the fuck out. Cuz it's the middle of the goddamn semester and I don't have they money for Apple to sufficiently anally rape me with the high repair costs. I wait like 5 minutes and I try to turn it on again.

Nothing. I keep trying. And still nothing. The little light on the bottom right went on though, so I knew at least the computer was on, but the screen was black and Mac OS wasn't starting up.

So now I'm really pissed. I don't know what the hell to do, so I just figure I'll go to sleep and take it to the Apple Store in the morning. So I unplug it, take the battery out (cuz I read a while back that that's something you should do whenever something spills on a MacBook), and go to sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night, at like 5am, and I try turning it on again just to check one last time. And lo and behold...

*Cue Mac OS start up sound*

Never have I been so delighted to see that gray start-up screen. And it turns on. And everything works normally. Holy crap... it's about time I get cut a break, seriously.

I bet it's because it was a diet soda that spilled, and since it doesn't have any actual sugar, it didn't stick and damage or fry anything. If it were a regular soda, I think I would have been fucked like a drunk LSU bitch at Mardi Gras.

[94] Narrow mothafuckin' Stairs

2008-02-14T13:44:00.003-05:00

From billboard.com:

Death Cab For Cutie offers a little bit of everything on its second major label album, "Narrow Stairs," due May 13 via Atlantic.

The 11-track set lives up to bassist Nick Harmer's earlier description of the material to Billboard: "a sampling of the most uptempo, upbeat Death Cab songs as well as some of our saddest."

Several minutes go by before frontman Ben Gibbard's voice is heard on the nine-minute "Bixby Canyon Bridge," the most expansive song Death Cab has yet released. A dark Harmer bass riff initially conjures Jane's Addiction's "3 Days" before the rest of the band kicks in, shifting the track into atmospheric realms.

"No Sunlight" and "The Remainer" are jaunty rockers, while marching-band drums, piano and vintage organ support the state-of-the-relationship ditty "You Can Do Better Than Me (But I Can't Do Better Than You)."

Death Cab's more somber side peeks through on "Talking Bird," and the largely voice-and-guitar closer "The Ice Is Getting Thinner."

The group has already confirmed upcoming festival appearances at Coachella and Bonnaroo, but a full tour has yet to be announced. In related news, Gibbard and Steve Fisk's score for the Kurt Cobain film "About a Son" will be released digitally Feb. 19 via Barsuk.

Here is the track list for "Narrow Stairs":

"Bixby Canyon Bridge"
"I Will Possess Your Heart"
"No Sunlight"
"Cath" (edit from Isaac: especially psyched about this one, this one has been on youtube for a while when Ben did this at one of his solo shows... best thing he's written in years.)
"Talking Bird"
"You Can Do Better Than Me (But I Can't Do Better Than You)"
"Grapevine Fires"
"Your New Twin Size Bed"
"The Remainder"
"Pity and Fear"
"The Ice Is Getting Thinner"

----------------------------------------------------

As the resident Death Cab for Cutie fanboy of... well... your lives, I think this all can be summed up in one Cubicle Boss-inspired word:

...AWESOME.

[93] Well, that is that and this is this...

2008-02-13T03:03:00.000-05:00

Looks like therapy's in my future. Hooray?

[92] Oh, Black Francis (or whatever the fuck name he goes by now), you potty mouth...

2008-02-11T01:29:00.001-05:00

"U-Mass" has always been one of my favorite Pixies songs, mostly because of this part:

OH KISS ME CUNT
OH KISS ME COCK
OH KISS THE WORLD
OH KISS THE SKY
OH KISS MY ASS

And that, my friends, is truly what's educational.

[91] TMZ on TV

2008-02-05T18:49:00.001-05:00

Anyone involved in the production of this miserable wretch of a show needs to die a slow and painful death.

[90] Have you heard about... THE FIBER?!?

2008-02-04T20:19:00.000-05:00

Now THIS is a cable commercial. None of that Cablevision Triple Play reggayton bullshit.

Kills me every time.

(By the way, I see what they did there... with the Weather on the 1's jingle from Time Warner-owned NY1 playing in the background. Self-promoting bastards, they are.)

[89] It's been too long since I last mentioned this:

2008-02-04T11:52:00.000-05:00

New Leaf Blue Teas. I completely forgot all about "awesome-in-a-bottle" until I was looking back on some old blog posts from the summer.

I have to pick some up later.

[88] Great, NOW is when I notice this...

2008-02-02T19:28:00.000-05:00

For some reason I've been numbering my entries all wrong and didn't notice until now... I've been off by two. I don't know if I wanna go back and renumber ALL of them, so I only did the ones on the main page... I might get to the rest eventually but I doubt it.

Anyways, pics of the awesome new TV:

Perfect for non-HD shows.

Now that I've got no use for it, the old non-HD television gets nothing but abuse. A picture of a brick through the glass screen possibly to come soon.

[87] I can't tell if he's talking to his reflection...

2008-01-31T18:49:00.001-05:00

...or to the Ronald McDonald engraving in the glass.

[86] Now THAT'S convenient

2008-01-31T14:35:00.000-05:00

The TV in the living room shitted out this morning, so I guess that finally pushed my father to buy an HD set. JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....

I couldn't trust my parents to set it up without attempting to put a hammer to it in frustration (tee hee, they're old), so I did pretty much everything. Pretty fucking sweet television. All we need is the Time Warner Cable douche to come and set up the HD converter thing, and we're set.

[85] I would never hit a woman...

2008-01-28T12:43:00.000-05:00

...but honestly, there are some bitches out there who just simply deserve a good slap in the face.

[84] It's sort of like what Macaulay Culkin felt in 'Home Alone'...

2008-01-27T22:36:00.000-05:00

...except, ya know, I didn't grow up to bang Jackie from That 70's Show... =(

But yeah, New York at 7am on a Sunday morning is a weird fucking place. Deserted. Something out of some kind of action doomsday movie, after the nuke had hit and all that's left are roaches and all sorts of other weird genetically altered creatures (a horse mixed with a pelican, think about THAT one). I had to go to some group interview thing at Circuit City this morning at 8 and it was just really strange to walk down Broadway and not see any taxi cabs try and crash into each other. Even Starbucks wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be. Probably because I was the only asshole who needed to be outside at fucking 7:20am on a Sunday morning... or so I thought. The 2 train was standing room only... o_O.

Sidenote: WHAT THE FUCK. I'm watching some Guinness World Records show on NBC and they just showed the world's hairiest family. They're a Mexican family and they looked JUST like werewolves, and one of the sons has a fucking girlfriend who's actually pretty attractive.

I don't know whether to be insanely jealous or to give him props, cuz that had to have taken some SERIOUS game. I'll just convince myself that her cunt is just as hairy as this kid's face, that'll give me some comfort.

[83] Classic example of FAIL in advertising

2008-01-24T01:58:00.000-05:00

I don't know about anybody else, but that stupid Optimum Online commercial with that fake Reggaeton song has been seriously getting on my nerves. Never mind that I hate Reggaeton to begin with (seriously, each fucking song is a clone of the previous one... it's as if someone looked at the band Nickelback, saw that all of their shitty generic songs sounded exactly the same, and thought to themselves "HOLY SHIT THATS THE BEST FUCKING IDEA EVER IM TTLY GOING TO DO THE SAME THING EXCEPT WITH BEATZ AND TALKIN IN SPANISH~" thinking that it was cool and shit), but the fact that the commercial is on nearly every single fucking channel on every single commercial break just makes it that much worse. However, I bet you anything that I'll enjoy it if I see it while stoned out of my ass with the lights off, the TV on mute, and having Radiohead play on a stereo over it. Seriously, a mer-man and hot girls in mermaid outfits singing on a beach... all those flashy ass colors with the lights off (hopefully I won't react as badly to it as I did when I was at Stony Brook a couple months back and Alex's roommates were playing Halo in the dark... that was pretty bad)... having some trippy shit like Radiohead's "Kid A" album playing over it... I can only imagine it'll be awesome. Maybe that's the target demographic Optimum Online was trying to get with that ad... if so, then kudos to them, it'll probably work.

My father hates that ad too, but then again, he is truly a crazy fuck. Trusting his judgement on most anything would be like taking plane-flying lessons from Cory Lidle.

[82] A few photographic gems.. sorta.

2008-01-18T05:24:00.000-05:00

More to come when the inspiration strikes me.

[81] Live from the Apple Store

2008-01-08T19:51:00.000-05:00

Checked three computers but unfortunately, nobody's left their Facebooks or Myspaces logged in. =(

There's always next time...

[80] The Steve Wilkos Show shens

2008-01-08T12:34:00.001-05:00

I know it's been on since September but it hasn't been until now since I started watching it... it's pretty much like Jerry Springer with a slightly sappy side and the white trash guests are slightly more attractive (such as the teenage girl who's confronting her deadbeat dad on today's episode).

But come on, who the hell wouldn't watch a big bald dude (no orgasm guy) with your typical cop way-of-speaking go off on white trash deadbeat dads who look like Jeff Foxworthy?

[79] Is it Christmas? I THINK SO...

2007-12-25T01:04:00.000-05:00

...or at least Sen. Larry Craig does.

Merry Christmas / Happy Boxing Day Eve.

[78] Never mind why it's almost 6am and I'm still up...

2007-12-24T05:56:00.001-05:00

What the fuck has been up with the sudden spike in MySpace spam lately?

Seriously, Beatriz, Maude, Angeline, Blythe, Lydia, Fay, Bernice, and all of these other spam bitches ~N~ hoes need to back up off mah shit, na meanz?

I think I might have to choke a bitch.

[77] My agenda for this break:

2007-12-22T16:54:00.001-05:00

1) Buy that badass camera that I was trying to get over the summer, when I was going to sell my electric guitar off to some stupid cuntwhore from Jersey who ended up backing out of the sale.

2) Start separate photo blog (maybe a thiskindasucks.com-style website? ~~Maybe even bring back thiskindasucks.com?~~ Edit: Scratch that. See note below.) featuring photos taken with aforementioned camera.

3) Get a part-time job (preferably at Starbucks but almost anything would do) so I won't be completely broke until my CUNY financial aid checks start coming in February or March... oh how I miss the feeling of a full bank account.

3) Compile the Shitlist of 2007 (hopefully will be completely done by New Years' Eve).

4) Start exercising again... I got way too lazy in Oneonta and defintely put on some weight because of that.

5) Who knows.

*Yeah... apparently the web hosting company that hosted thiskindasucks.com when it was around sold the domain off to some domain-broker company, so now if I want it back, I'll have to pay like $200. No thanks already.

[76] Tim Allen grunt of interest

2007-12-22T16:40:00.001-05:00

Hm... why is it just now that I find out that there's a Blogger widget for Dashboard? Did they just recently develop this?

Oh well... just more proof that Macs are fucking awesome in every way possible.

[75] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES, 12/19 final edition

2007-12-19T20:14:00.000-05:00

So this is it, my last day in the Periodicals room and the last night in Oneonta before I leave for good tomorrow... will I miss anything? Probably not very much.

I guarantee it.

[/Mens Wearhouse]

But yeah... went to one of the bookstores and sold my books off earlier... I spent about a good $300-350 in total for books this semester, and how much did I get back?

A WHOLE ENTIRE FUCKING 77 DOLLARS!

Actually, no, $77 is quite a bit of money. I could get someone a pretty damn good Christmas present with that money. Or maybe a decent suit at the Men's Wearhouse.

*I have no sort of affiliation with the Men's Wearhouse...

...yet.

[74] OF ALL THE DRAMATIC THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN

2007-12-13T15:32:00.000-05:00

Two things:

1) I think it's snowing outside. Yes. Yes it is.

2) I need a better camera than iSight.

[75] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES, 12/12 edition

2007-12-12T18:43:00.000-05:00

Looks like they've giving each of the student workers in Periodicals (and probably throughout the whole library) "holiday" (cuz God forbid I ever say the fucking word Christmas anymore cuz ZOMG WE TTLY GOTTA INCLUDE EVERYWUN'S HOLIDEY~~~) gift bags, chock full of a bunch of ill shit, such as candy, microwave popcorn, snack-size Pringles, etc.

This job ain't half bad... if I was staying in Oneonta next semester, I'd definitely work here. Much better this than doing Phone-a-thon work like my roommate (no Baldy), having to ask alumni to fork over cash to donate to the school while they haven't even finished paying off their balls-deep student loans.

[74] The Moon and Antartica

2007-12-05T16:48:00.001-05:00

Yeah, um, I wanna echo Steven's sentiments about this Modest Mouse album and just say that it is quite fucking awesome.

And why the hell does it seem that I'm on some weird Monday / Wednesday cycle with my blog posts?

[73] Right-wing news channels make me a saaaaaad panda

2007-12-03T15:19:00.000-05:00

Everywhere I see a TV on campus, it seems like it's always tuned to FOX News... in the academic buildings, at Jizzman's... everywhere. And not even the midly-entertaining local affiliates (I've personally never seen them but if they're anything like FOX 5 in NYC, then lolz), but the asshole right-wing FOX News Channel.

[72] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES, 11/28 edition

2007-11-28T21:17:00.000-05:00

LAWLZ. Some girl who's been sitting down here since before my shift even started got up and left the Periodicals room about 15 minutes ago, leaving all her stuff behind, and hasn't come back. Violent diarrhea episode? Maybe so, maybe so...

I should check her coat pockets for money.

[71] lolz

2007-11-28T12:11:00.000-05:00

Every single day I laugh more and more at how MySpace is blatantly ripping off Facebook.

I still enjoy it though; after all, where else would I have to dispense stupid surveys with titles such as "THIS SURVEY WILL DOUBLE AS AN UNLICENSED GYNECOLOGIST"?

[70] Random musical musings for 3:17 in the morning

2007-11-21T03:17:00.000-05:00

"If the Brakeman Turns My Way" by Bright Eyes and "Kennel District" by Pavement = two inherently awesome songs.

Gonna try and download as many albums as I can before I go back to Oneonta on Sunday. Already did "Daydream Nation" by Sonic Youth and "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" by Spoon. I'm thinking Joy Division is next...

[69] ~~MeMoRIeZ~~

2007-11-19T05:18:00.000-05:00

So, I was digging through a bunch of drawers about a half hour ago and I came across a red Five-Star three-subject spiral notebook. I didn't recognize it right away so, naturally, I opened it. Turns out it was the notebook I used back in my senior year of high school, from November 2005 all the way through June 2006.

Now I'm a pretty nostalgic person and I always find myself looking back at the past but damn, a crapload of memories just came rushing at me. I saw this piece of paper that me and Estefania used to pass notes to each other during Mrs. Bonnick's English Honors class. I saw something that I doodled in my notes referencing the Weezer song "We Are All On Drugs", back when I didn't realize that it sucked. Saw a bunch of tests that I got back from Mr. Zimmerman's class and killed them all because that class was easy as hell. Saw the notes for my Forensic Science class and I realized that it jumps straight from January to mid-March 2006, because we were either watching "House", "CSI", or me and Edgar were pissing Jim off. And of course, the section with the most empty pages was the section for Ms. "OHAHAHOAHOAHOHAOHAOHAHAHAHAOHAOHA" Frazier's Pre-Calculus class, and it is absolutely nothing short of an act of God that she didn't fail me.

From the transit strike to the school catching fire to Ms. Frazier's class to me supplementing Mr. Zimmerman's bullshit to me harassing Mr. Morales every day towards the end of the year when I was really supposed to be in Film class to weight training 2nd period with David, Oscar, Anthony, Jose, and Kelvin to my giant assfuck Weezer fanboy phase to graduation, that was a pretty fucking good year. And even though I'm still very much in contact with those who I wanted to keep in touch with (not THAT kind of touching, because you never make them touch)... dare I say, I kind of miss it.

Never thought I'd say that.

[68] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES, 11/14 edition

2007-11-14T19:02:00.001-05:00

It's gonna be really interesting to see how I don't fall asleep this evening.

Now if only these two cocksuckers down here would fucking leave so I can have the damn periodicals room to myself and play some music or something...

[67] Dissatisfaction's the name of the game

2007-11-12T00:00:00.000-05:00

So as one could probably presume from my last two posts, shit hasn't been going very well at all. A seemingly perfect chance to get with somebody who for once, actually showed some sort of interest in me, only to have all of that implode thanks to one phone call from some fucking asshole who had his chance and blew it.

Fuck you.

Last week was honestly probably the longest stretch of time where I've felt so depressed and shitty. Sure, I might feel like that a lot, but it's usually something rather short-lived and doesn't last more than a day or two. I went to Stony Brook this weekend and got completely shitfaced, and it was a nice temporary escape. But when you have to come back to reality, it bites you in the ass and it doesn't want to let go. And you end up feeling worse than before, because you realize how good it could be and how easily shit can be turned around for you... but it just doesn't work out that way.

Instead you're living 175 miles away from New York City in a shitty town with some fucking bald-headed cocksucker who stinks of cigarettes, looks like a serial killer and doesn't shut the fuck up about anything. And what's worse is that with my seeminly endless string of misfortune: am I honestly any better off than he is? I'm not so sure.

This is why I do not like myself.

[66]

2007-11-05T22:32:00.000-05:00

So these are those nervous breakdowns I keep hearing about.

Happy November.

[65]

2007-11-04T23:53:00.000-05:00

Who else can put it best than Elliott Smith?

"Happy and sad come in quick succession."

I'm done. I give up. I'm for real this time.

[64] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES, 10/31 edition

2007-10-31T22:20:00.000-04:00

Nothing quite like spending my Halloween dressed in my trusty awesome green corduroy blazer with the 3 or 4 other people in Oneonta who actually know about that the Periodicals room in the library exists.

I'm just glad the janitor who came down here didn't molest me.

If only this person was as lucky...

[63] A feeling so awesome, an orgasm guy scream can't even express it

2007-10-30T13:21:00.000-04:00

You know that feeling when you're having one of the shittiest days of the year, and then suddenly everything turns itself around, sorts itself out, and ends up working out EXACTLY how you would have hoped?

It doesn't happen often, especially to ME of all people, but when it does... it feels fucking awesome.

[62] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES, 10/29 edition

2007-10-29T16:13:00.000-04:00

So apparently they finished construction in the Periodicals room, which is where I was supposed to have been this entire time. It's awesome that I'm down here because now I have my own office chair and a desk with a phone and shit, which creates the illusion that I have some degree of authority here. But I don't think it'll matter because apparently nobody else knows that this room is open now since the only people who've come down here so far were the two sketchy construction dudes who came in here saying that they were doing some "measuring" (DONT GO THERE!).

Seriously, this would seem like the perfect place to bang a girl or something... you know, if only I had a girl to bang... =(

[61] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES, 10/24 edition

2007-10-24T20:03:00.000-04:00

Despite me having a coffee from Mills in the morning and another one from Jizzman's in the afternoon, I'm fucking falling asleep right now. Which will be bad, especially since there's more people in here right now than usual (in other words, there's actually people in here for once). Especially the creepy guy sitting right next to me at the computers who looks like my old Global History teacher Mr. Hollingshead, if he had crazy long white hair.

Just finished listening to the album "Keep It Like A Secret" by Built to Spill, which I hadn't heard the whole way through for a long time... now I'm onto Elliott Smith's "From A Basement On A Hill". Cuz it's just that awesome.

So I'm headed back to NYC tomorrow. Let's wager bets on how long it will take to match the number of nice asses I've seen up here in the past 2 weeks with the number of nice asses I'll see just waiting for the C train at Port Authority. I guarantee the number of minutes will remain in the single digits.

[60] As if I didn't have enough reasons to think that Giuliani is a gigantic fucking douchebag

2007-10-24T12:04:00.000-04:00

Yankee Fan Giuliani Backing Red Sox
By JAY LINDSAY – 18 hours ago

BOSTON (AP) — Sounds like a baseball flip-flop. Rudy Giuliani, a lifelong New York Yankees fan, said Tuesday he's pulling for their most hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, to win the World Series over the Colorado Rockies.

"I'm rooting for the Red Sox," the Republican presidential contender said in response to a question, sparking applause at the Boston restaurant where he was picking up a local endorsement.

"I'm an American League fan, and I go with the American League team, maybe with the exception of the Mets," he said. "Maybe that would be the one time I wouldn't because I'm loyal to New York."

Giuliani's Yankees lost in the first round of the playoffs, then lost their manager when Giuliani's friend, Joe Torre, refused to accept a pay cut and walked away. Giuliani said the Yankees had "a great season."

The former New York mayor said his declaration of temporary Red Sox loyalty was "not just because I'm here in Massachusetts."

"In Colorado, in the next week or two, you will see, I will have the courage to tell the people of Colorado the same thing, that I am rooting for the Red Sox in the World Series," he said.

Indeed, if Giuliani was pandering, he miscalculated.

In the last presidential election, Colorado went with Republican President Bush, and recent history shows Massachusetts voters would sooner adopt Manhattan clam chowder as the state's official food than vote Republican in 2008.

Of course, just to the north is New Hampshire — home to many Red Sox fans — and the nation's first primary.

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God, I fucking HATE Giuliani. Not only for this, but... for pretty much everything this man's ever done (and don't come to me with that ZOMG BUT HE'S TTLY AMERIKA'S MAYOR bullshit, everyone who's a New Yorker knows that before 9/11, this guy was hated all over the city... 9/11 didn't, nor should it, change shit).

[59] And while we're on the subject of pics that won't ever get old...

2007-10-23T13:36:00.000-04:00

[58] high pitched voice Boy, he sure goes in and out of THE MEN'S ROOM a lot...

2007-10-23T13:21:00.000-04:00

Alright, so since I don't have a mirror in my room, I'm always having to step inside the bathroom right next to my room to check myself. The thing is, the girls across the hall from me always have their door open, so they'd see me walking in and out of my room and into the bathroom quite a lot. And if they don't see me, they'll definitely hear me because that bathroom door makes a loud sound when it opens (not quite as loud as the sound of my cock hitting your mother in the face, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO).

Even though I know them and they know me and we're all friends or whatever, I bet they think I've got some sort of bladder issue. Or that I'm participating in some sort of Larry Craig-approved activity.

That picture will never get old.

[57] The SUNY Oneonta campus police - ON TOP of things

2007-10-21T17:36:00.000-04:00

Saw this in my school e-mail:

"TO ALL RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS:

On Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 11:30PM a student was allegedly attacked on the SUNY Oneonta campus, Golding Path. Anyone having information regarding this case, please contact University Police at 436-3550. Anyone using the Golding Path should do so with caution."

...this was sent on Friday night. Three fucking days after the incident occured. GO GO ONEONTA CAMPUS SAFETY AND THEIR EVER-SO-TIMELY EMAILS.

Apparently one of my roommates' friends knows the guy who got attacked, and this guy actually ended up winning the whole struggle because he's part of the wrestling team here... also, apparently he carries a knife around for safety and ended up stabbing his attacker in the leg.

Don't know how true this is, but if it is, then that's pretty fucking badass.

[56] SUPERFUN AWESOMETIME WORK ADVENTURES

2007-10-17T18:42:00.000-04:00

While checking to see if the magazines were in alphabetical order, I noticed one of them said "Bush Neuters His Own Generals?"... I could've sworn at first glance that it said "gentials".

That's just what this country's credibility needs, a President who can't even keep his own dick intact.

[55] Um...

2007-10-17T12:32:00.000-04:00

Me: *I smell something that smells a lot like a fart* ...Max, did you fucking fart AGAIN?

Max (roommate): I don't know.

Me: ...what? How the hell do you not know if you farted or not?!

Max: I don't know, it just comes and goes...

Me: What the hell? It does NOT come and go, any REASONABLE person would know if they farted or not.

Max: I don't know, maybe.

*end of conversation*

...

FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE.

[54] Line of Best Fit

2007-10-17T12:12:00.000-04:00

Damn, what a fucking great Death Cab for Cutie song (the Something About Airplanes version, that is... not so much the one on You Can Play These Songs With Chords). I have absolutely no idea why I ever disliked this song, because from 4:09 onward = absolute greatness.

...

[/ben gibbard fapping]

[53] Bored-at-work Monday post #2

2007-10-15T17:39:00.000-04:00

Seriously. For the first two weeks, I didn't have a name tag, therefore nobody bothered me since there was no possible way for people to know that I worked here. Now, even with my name tag that clearly indicates that I work in the library, people STILL don't bother me. This is quite possibly the best job ever.

edit:

[52] Even though Jazzman's still SUCKS...

2007-10-15T15:53:00.000-04:00

Their hot drinks aren't SO bad.

Regardless though, fuck Jazzman's.