So I'm googling all of my friends by name and I'm pissed at google.  At some point in typing all my friends' names google prompts their name eventually.  So for instance if I type Nate Mu google is like "Nate Mumford, I'll take it from here Dan."  Except that it doesn't do that for my name, and that hurts google, it hurts a lot.  Also if you google another friend's name the seventh thing is called "Porn Site Strip Club," which is awesome.  See if you figure out which one!  Or not, her bf works(worked?) for college humor.  And if you don't know now then you'll never guess.

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I just looked at my finances, and it's not like I have a ton of financial obligations but I've been spending money like it's going out of style.  It's almost absurd how much I've been spending. Although a huge chunk of that is tution related it's still a bit alarming.

It's nice to see a team other than the Mets completely beat themselves in a playoff series other than the Mets.  Watching this Yankees-Twins series has been almost nostalgic for me, it's like watching the Mets and Yankees in that 2000(I think) World Series.  The same mental mistakes are there, the blown save by the closer when the team made a huge base running blunder earlier that would have provided further insurance.  I swear all that's missing is Bobby V.

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Once again I've put myself in one of my self pitying/depressed moods.  Which I have developed quite the talent for, and it's all because I realize something or finally accept some fact that I haven't before hand and then everything just kind of piles on.  Gonna do what I always do, listen to depressing music(btw, Weekend Stars of Purchase, NY), make a list of things I should do from now on, listen to the Damnwells and then move on(although not necessarily forward).

The list for those interested goes something as follows...
1. Get over it.
2. Write more.
3. Read more.
4. Grow up.

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My Christmas story is progressing slower than it should, but just about as quickly as I realistically expected.  Anyways it's probably not gonna be finished by Thanksgiving as hoped.  Turns out that school work, my overall laziness, and the difficulty of writing a children's story that you can actually be proud of is rather tough for me.  But the process is moving forward, ever so slowly, major characters are in place and the story is constantly being altered.  Not that you care.

Jim from Jimmy Eat World covering Wilco?  SOLD!

...you're having the time of your life.
-Mansions "The Worst Part"

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I really hope the new Taking Back Sunday album is good.  I have a soft spot for this band, more so than any of the bands mentioned in my previous blog.  Tell All Your Friends is by my favorite of theirs but they have several other songs that I really do enjoy, so here's hoping they can deliver a solid album from start to finish.

Speaking of new albums, here's a video with some info on Ashley Tisdale's new album Guilty Pleasure...

MySpace Fashion Presents the FIT with Ashley Tisdale

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So there's a movie called Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs coming out.  It's written and directed by two of the executive producers of How I Met Your Mother.  It's an animated film with a sweet cast, Mr. T for starters.  I'd include the trailer for you but they didn't make it so I couldn't embed it for you.  But it's worth checking out.  Apparently it's based on a book.  Who knew?


You wanna hear a band that very much has the "Dan sound"?  Of course you do.



I think I'll see them in Oswego.

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There's a company that sells cheap electronics at my place of employment.  And their product descriptions are so bad it's almost like they're being translated by someone without a firm grasp of  English.  Think something along the lines of "all your base are belong to us."  And it provides me with joy while stuck in my 40 by 53 foot cell.

Continuing the retail related comments please don't do these things.  When a cashier asks for your phone number, unless you've been flirting for close to ten plus minutes don't jokingly say any of the following...
-"As long as you promise to call"
-"I'm married"
-"You hitting on my wife(or husband)?"

You're not funny.  And I'll immediately hate you for forcing me to awkwardly laugh at your "original" "jokes."  And yes I quoted each word to emphasize how they are neither original or jokes.

Also not allowed...
-Cheesy pick up lines, such as "are you for sale"
-"There's no price on this, so that means it's free"

Once again, you're not funny.  And if you're smaller, and preferably white, I may hit you.

And final work related comment.  There's a new game for the Wii called Ready 2 Rumble which isn't anything great except they blatantly included celebrity knockoffs without getting their endorsement.  For example, there's Jack Black, Will Ferrel, Simon Cowel.  Additionally there's a red haired skateboarder who has a flying tomato on his shirt.  Clearly it's Shaun White and clearly they're using his likeness.  In addition to that addition there's a rather handsome fellow who's name is something clubber.  And he looks like Brad Pitt.  Also I think David Beckham is in there but I'm not positive on that.

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I've got a lot of downtime at work and I've become fascinated by a few things.  First and foremost is farts.  I've decided there's a lot going on with farts that not enough people realize.  Think about it, depending on the situation farts are a) hilarious, b) inappropriate c)hilariously inappropriate.  Farting is even like a way to judge how far in a relationship you are, because there are certain things you don't do immediately in a relationship, like I will wait until the third date to fully reveal how perfect I am.  But normal people(mainly girls) will wait before they feel it's acceptable to fart in front of their significant other.  And it's not like we're talking about weird fetishes or nerdy tendencies they're hiding.  It's a perfectly normal body function.  Someone with a strong work ethic needs to study this phenomenon.

Secondly, instead of writing a novel(which is far too hard and time consuming) I'll be writing a Christmas story.  Entitled How We Saved Christmas it's going to be awesome.  Look for it to be finished by Thanksgiving.

Thirdly, I had a dream last night that made me so genuinely afraid I damn near shot up in my bed and thought I may have peed myself.  It was a dream I remember having a long long time ago.  Anyways I was in a dark room/house/train car/not sure with a group of people. And this time, a puppy.  Anywho, we're all sitting there in relative darkness and people are being brutally murdered every so often.  Everyone's like who's the killer?  Who's the killer?  And I'm all like I've read Ten Little Indians I'll pretend to be dead and then throw the killer off his game and catch him!  Brilliant plan, except the killer is hip to my game and comes to get me next.  So I'm sitting there, pretending to be dead, with this adorable little puppy and out of nowhere lightning crashes.  I hear screaming and look up and there's a ghost of the creepiest fucking kid ever right in front of me and he's looking so hard into my eyes I'm convinced he's stealing my soul.  And then instead of screaming I projectile spit woke up sweaty and out breath.  And I understand to you this is really lame but I had to put the tv back on and find something to watch so I wouldn't have to go back to sleep and face that creepy kid again.

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I saw this video and immediately thought of Nathan.

Good Old War - Weak Man

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Quick Butch Walker show review.

Butch Walker is the man.  That is all.  Well not really.  He played what I believe to be a very similar set as last time, most of Sycamore Meadows a few choice cuts from Letters while basically ignoring Left of Self Centered and Rise and Fall..., but it's all good because he's so damn good at life.  I doubt anyone has as much fun performing as he does.  On top of that he's quick on his feet and can adjust on the fly/make witty comments, and he interacts with the crowd enough to get a good sense of his sincerity.  And to top it off for his encore he performed the one song I wish he had played last time.  Twas awesome.  Also the venue was nice.

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Fun fact exclusive to my myspace blog.  I've listening to mainly two things the past few days, Mansions "New Best Friends" and a Your Best Friend's self titled album.

Another trip upstate has come and gone and once again I just wish I had more time.  Which is funny, because I have way too much free time but not nearly enough time to spend with the people that I worry I will never see again in just a matter of months.  As a reaction to this realization I've made several changes in my life, most recently I've decided I'm going to do somethings even if I'm not all that interested just to have more in common with some of my friends.  Additionally I'm working on being more appreciative of what I have and worrying less about what I don't have and what I can't change.

Additional upstate anecdote, I've got pictures from my camera which I will not put up on facebook/tag because I'm lazy.  If you want I can email them to you and you can do it.  But more importantly, I don't know what's going on with me eyes, maybe their too kick ass to show up but I'm the only one who's got the whole red eye thing in something like 140 pictures on that camera.  I don't know how that happened but it alarms me, maybe I'm the terminator.  Which would be awesome because then I can wear my leather vest and anyone without the last name Connor wouldn't be able to give me shit for it.

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I've developed a fascination with wikipedia.  Well not wikipedia exactly, but wikipedia's specifically for certain films, books, tv shows.  For example the Lord of the Rings has everything you'll ever need to know without having to read the books or watch the movies.  It's awesome.  For example, did you know that Pippin's son, Faramir(obviously named after the Steward of Gondor) married Sam's daughter, Goldilocks.  Whether they had children or not is not mentioned.

I don't know why George Clinton and one the singers from Crazy Town are on tv together but I'm sure it's awesome.  Or at least I hope it is.

Fun fact Nate, the lead singer(at least I assume it's the lead singer) of Lola Ray has an English Bulldog.  Be jealous.

You wanna hear a demo from what I hope to be my favorite record of the year?  Sure you do.  New As Tall As Lions demo/outake  It's a quiet acoustic number so you may need/want to listen to it through head phones  And I just figured out why I am so excited for their new stuff.  With other bands I feel like they've reached their peak, for example I feel like I know what to expect from Brand New, Thursday, Augustana, Jimmy Eat World.  But As Tall As Lions is still a bit of a mystery to me, they're capable of going above and beyond almost anything those other bands have put out.  When I listen to them I just get the feeling that every member of the band is a great musician.  Even if they don't put everything together in all their songs there's always something to like.  But I don't know much about how musically talented they actually are mainly because I have no idea myself and partially because I can't seem to get Nate to listen and to tell me what to think about them.  So really it's his fault.

I know everyone's all bent out of shape over the new facebook, but I rather like it.  If for no other reason that it asked me what's on my mind.  I appreciate that facebook, so kudos to you.

Ace Enders new CD is good.  It's basicly Early November 2.0, and I'm very much okay with that.

Also just in case you didn't know, it is the season of Ted Leo.  With the weather warming up and the summer approaching, I highly recommend you listen to some of his stuff.  Your life will be better for it.

50 Cent will be performing on select dates with Fall Out Boy.  Pete Wentz might be the most powerful man in the world.  BTW, this is awesome.

I changed my computer background, and I know you don't care but I'm sharing in spite of that actually.  Anyways, it's Calvin and Hobbes, again, because the comics usually put me in a good mood.  Which I think is proof that Calvin and Hobbes is indeed the greatest comic strip of all-time.

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There are a few bands that for whatever reason I have a soft spot for.  I can go months without listening to them but will not skip a track of theirs whenever it comes on randomly, the main ones are as follows...
-Paramore
-Mayday Parade
-The Rocket Summer
-Something Corporate
-Over It/ RunerRunner

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Fail at Price Is Right sound.  On demand.  Awesome.



So
href="http://www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com/">here's a link
for 99 of the best youtube videos or something.  Enjoy, you're soon to
be unemployed ass will thank me later for all the time you've wasted. 
I'll be honest most of the links I clicked on(which wasn't many) didn't
entertain me.



"Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in
your city? With Google's Maps framework and a bit of Javascript, you
can see the
outcome.
And it does not look
good."



It's
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the Return of the King is the best movie of all times.  That means
forever...ever.



I hope the following quote is enough reasons to get you to read a list
of seven of the
href="http://www.cracked.com/article_17112_7-insane-military-attempts-weaponize-animals.html">most
insane military attempts to weaponize animals...



"It seems the cats tended to lose consciousness when plunging towards
the earth at terminal velocity while strapped to a bomb. And
that, as much as anything, is why cats will
never be man's best friend."




href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/8-animals-with-superpowers/">This
is a nice companion piece to the above link.

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Big day for Dan today.  Bought a new belt, although sadly I once again
fell victim to the "it's two belts in one how can I lose?"  I know
exactly how I can lose, I've lost twice now, including last night.  But
I'm giving it one more shot.  Hopefully it'll go something like this,
"fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.  Work out
perfectly the third time.  Huzzah."



Additionally I bought a new wallet.  It's my third wallet since 6th
grade or something.  And it's ok, I still much prefer my older beaten
up wallet but the new one was half priced when bought with the
previously mentioned belt.



Still need new shoes though.



Watched the movie
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Hero and although it quickly turned into a chick
flick I was ok with it for a few reasons.  First it had two women that
I'm madly in love with starring it in.  I got to see boobs and ass of
one the previously mentioned chicks.  The soundtrack was solid.  And
finally I'm clearly a chick.  Also it's got the dude from Supernatural
and My Bloody Valentine.



I'm getting a little excited for baseball season to start.  Granted
it's still like a month away or something, and then it'll be another
six or so months on top of that before I can really decide whether I've
had enough of the Mets breaking my heart to call it a day.  Also this
is how bad the sport has gotten, on the Yankees you have the super star
how used steroids, got caught, came clean and then got caught lying
while telling the truth.  Meanwhile over at Mets' camp you've got the
ace, and easily the most important player on the team out because of an
elbow injury.  Except he's fine...But really, he'll miss opening
day...but he won't.  Science damn you baseball.  Why can't it be easy
and all puff pieces on how with the revamped bullpen the Mets are the
team to beat this year?  Or perhaps why can't Derek Jeter unexpectedly
announce his retirement.  I'm done with him, everything about him is
way too calculated.  He bores me.  That's why I like Arod, he's stupid,
well he says and does stupid things.

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I'm begining to think AROD is just trying to mess with people and get them all bent out of shape.  



Big night for the Rangers tonight, first game with their new coach,
hopefully they play well.  A win would be nice but just playing a full
60 minutes would be a good start.



Fun fact, Mr. Fantastic is in Titanic.  And he's the one that makes the lifeboats go back to look for survivors.



I love the band Northstar, but I don't think I'll ever fully understand their lyrics.



The new
href="http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=4775">Ace
Enders' track is what I've been waiting for since the Early
November broke up.

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So I finished Twilight and while it's not a bad
story, it's not very well written.  And the author might not be a bad
writer, as a matter of fact she may be a great writer, but the book was
either written by someone with an eighth grade reading level, or
purposely written at that level.  Which I was willing to tolerate,
because The Hobbit is a children's book, but when
the author(hence forth known as she) had a chance to redeem herself and
prove me wrong she took the easy way out.  Maybe it was her intent, to
have four hundred pages of build up and then essentially skip past the
drama.  There's a chance she left it out to reveal it in later books. 
Maybe in her mind it wasn't an important aspect of the story.  Which
while being a very basic love story involving vampires isn't bad but I
feel robbed.  So Stephanie Meyer, I would like an explanation or some
of my life back.  Also, maybe you could have cut out like a hundred
pages, unless of course you were getting paid by the page.  If so,
kudos.



Quick update:  It took me a few hours but I realized why she cut out
the fight scene.  The whole book is told from one characters POV and
she gets knocked out.  So touche, Twilight, I now feel like an asshole.



I'll be honest, I won't seek out the next book, shocking I know, but I
would read it if it presented itself.  It'll be a quick and easy read
and make me feel accomplished.

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Believe it or not I am some what a fan of Lord of the Rings, and this independently done prequel of sorts looks pretty good.


THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM - FULL Trailer 1 from Independent Online Cinema on Vimeo.

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I'm becoming more and more addicted to the song "About A Girl" by The Academy Is.  It's a very catchy little diddy even if the lyrics are very amateurish.  Still, it's a solid pop rock song that Nate probably hates without having heard it.  Fun fact it also served as the background music to a little video Taylor Swift made about her day to day life.  True story.  Now if you'll forgive me I'm about to use math from high school for the first time in my life...

-If Taylor likes the song and Dan likes the song then they must be soul mates.  That's one of those logic problems...more or less.

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Travis Pastrana is either incredibly stupid or incredibly awesome.  And the show Nitro Circus is the shit.

I think about weird things in the shower.  It's sometimes awkward.  For example, I've spent far too much time staring at the tiles and finding faces in them with my personal favorite being "angry Abe Lincoln."  Beyond that and marveling at my finely sculpted body I'll think to myself, "Dan, you haven't been to the dentist in a while...Remember when you had the dentist named Dr. Gross?...And now it's Dr. Weiner...That's some weird names...you know who else had a weird name *insert random former friend/acquaintance here*...I wonder what happened to them."  That's all one continuous thought and leads to me eventually having to convince myself that the shower is not the appropriate time to be thinking about that kid who was in your second grade class but moved and has the same first name as a current friend of yours.  So feel safe in knowing that there's a chance that everytime I shower I'm thinking about you.  Unless of course you're Nate, then I'm always thinking about you, shower or not.

Continuing the random facts.  A guy I work with said I sound like Frank Sinatra.  Which while being incredibly awesome seems a tad bit off.  He also added that I could probably sing well if I tried.  Now that's true, my voice sounds like a cross between Fergie and Jesus(I apologize for the obvious reference but it needed to be done).  All in all he's a good guy so I'm going to take every word he says as gospel, take it straight to heart.  Who ever names the song referenced there wins.  Go.  Ok fail, it's Time And Distance.  I win.  You all lose.  Especially you Nate.

I'm now convinced that hockey is the way hd should be judged.  Don't get me wrong, HD looks good at all times but hockey is probably the toughest to get right.  As I am learning while adjusting the settings on my tv.

Nothing is going my way tonight and it's a little frustrating.  First and foremost apparently I waited too long to buy the Scene It game for the xbox so I'm going to have to man up and buy the newer more expensive version.  There's a new band I'm kind of getting into, but I can't find their ep online anywhere(even iTunes, I'm willing to pay for it.  As a result I'm streaming their stuff online though myspace who hates me and makes it so once you listen to four songs or so you have to say no I'd rather not do a survey just let me listen to music.  Damn you Tom, I'm a little bitter but kudos to you for being able to make more money apparently.  And finally as you probably know(since you're Nate and you were there) it's become exponentially harder for me to hate the Islanders now.  And you all should know how much I hated them at one point.  But it's mainly the Scene It thing.  Also the Rangers still can't score, fyi I'm watching the game now and was really hoping by typing that last sentence the I'd reverse jinx myself /the Rangers and they'd score but it's not going to happen.  And on cue the Rangers Leafs score.  Their name isn't even a word.  It's leaves not leafs.  And yet they're winning.  And just so you know I literally just finished typing the reverse jinx thing and the leafs scored.

Fun fact about Dan that ties into the Rangers.  As you know I've played a lot of sports games in my life and have run teams for multiple seasons, controlling the games and the players that are signed and traded for.  Additionally I had a short temper and made many rash decisions which prompted Kevin to say this about the Rangers..."If they didn't play tonight Sather(the Rangers GM) would have pulled a Dan."  See that's real life working it's way into virtual reality working into what ever you want to call the cluster fuck of the Rangers season.

And we're back.  The Rangers scored, it might be their first meaningful goal since Matteau put one past Brodeur.  MATTEAU!  MATTEAU!  MATTEAU!  Still gives me chills, easily one of the best play by play calls that I can think of.  Right up there with "do you believe in miracles? Yes!"

And the Rangers you've come to know and love tolerate are back.  They allow a soft goal to relinquish the lead.  BTW this has all happened in like five minutes of real time.  2:24 game time.

So they're showing highlights of the Rangers season and it's like 30 seconds long.  Which is impressive that they found that many highlights, but then you realize that they're cutting in video of past glory, ala the Stanley Cup, and you go "ah, I knew this was too long to be all this year's highlights."  

In case you can't tell this has broken my heart.  And my will not to be a full time alcoholic.  It's sad but it's a one goal game and the entire arena has given up on this team.

On the bright side I've discovered that the EP I couldn't buy isn't out yet.

"Fire Sather" says the crowd.

The worst part about the Rangers is that it's veterans making rookie mistakes.  It's like they're actively trying to get their coach fired.  Is it sad that I can't even get excited by a last minute goal that ties the game?  That's how apathetic this team has made me.

Here's some videos related to the Rangers to cheer me up...









Bobby Granger ftw.

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So you know right before the videos I mentioned it's like the Rangers were actively trying to get their coach fired?  Well mission accomplished.  As of like 10 hours after the game ended he was fired.  I feel bad for the guy, he was a class act.  And even though he wasn't the perfect coach, his team is severely lacking key components and he deserved to get more effort from some of the veterans who gave so much respect to and yet they couldn't help him out.  And yes I'm partially looking at hero of mine Chris Drury.  Not that you care.

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I've realized I am very much lacking direction in my life.  It's entirely my fault but I wish I had something even relatively unimportant to look forward to after work.  Even if it's a video game, a book, some sense of "ok, just two more hours and then I get to get back to this."  Ideally it would be a woman but I'm setting the bar kind of low.  I've got some friends who have recently gotten into a certain book series and it kept them occupied in their free time.  And books, even if poorly written are a much better use of time than me sitting here listening to music and thinking about how much I hate myself(which isn't much, because honestly I'm perfect in nearly every way).

Speaking of Twilight, apparently my mom has a copy of the book.  If I don't find anything interesting to read after finishing the two books I'm currently reading I may give it a whirl just to see how it is.

So here are a few random things I don't like...
-People who use the term whoopie instead of saying sex or something.
-People who say "cuss" instead of curse.  Is there a reason for this?  Someone care to explain.
-"Do it right quick."

You want to hear something ironical?  What's that?  Yes of course?  Well since you're begging.  According to my last.fm page I've listened to Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate 521 times each.  Cuh-ray-zee.

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Linksies for funsies...for realzies

I bang the worst dudes(sorry mom).
If You Watch It Backwards
True story this is my neighbor's house.
Could this be a list of my favorite albums of all-time?  Don't know.
By using this site, and based on my internet history there's a 55% chance I'm a male.  That's a win.


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I love As Tall As Lions.

Fuck Yeah NPH.

Casper Van Dien ftw.



Horror movies reviewed by 10 and 24 year old you...yes for some of you we've gone back in time and into the future to get your reviews.

Things not to say to cougars.

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Andrew WK ftw.



He kicks more ass in a wheel chair than I ever will.

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More NPH!


Untitled from Graham Butler on Vimeo.

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"I don't think I'm ready to see,
To see the distance between actual, and eventually.
'Cause I've never really been who I was supposed to be,
'Cause all I really wanted to hear is that you feel the same,
I wanna learn to breathe again every time I hear your name."
-E For Explosion: Saving Lives

As you may have noticed in my last blog entry my new pastime is sitting around making myself depressed.  It's been going rather well, I was actually done with it for a whole twenty four hours or so and then something else pulled me back in.  On the bright side I finally think I've got something figured out that's been a source of confusion for a little while now.  Kudos to me.

Conviently the Rangers have decided to start playing like absolute crap How I Met Your Mother didn't air an episode this week because our President clearly doesn't care about me since all this started it's almost as if the world, and our President, is kicking me while I'm down.  On the bright side I've been reading more since, but I've picked two rather depressing books so it's furthering this depressed state.  Not too mention the music I listen too.  I'd read cheerier books but I'm very paticular about what books I'll read and I've read every Bill Bryson book I can find at the library/Barnes and Noble.  

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I've comprised a list of my top 60 or so albums that I own which you may or may not be able to read here if you're interested.

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Notes on my one of my favorite movies. (fyi I've been drinking and will continue drinking while writing this so if the grammar or spelling suffers please forgive me)

I may have mentioned this before but Say Anything's video for "Alive With The Glory of Love" makes a cameo in Bridge To Terebithia.

Yo, blonde chick ftw.

"You're lucky to have a sister.
Yeah I've got four of them and I'd trade them for a good dog."

Ahhh foreshadowing, science damn you!

Of course the ginger kid is the pseudo bad guy.

I might have to read this book, which should take me no more than an afternoon tops.

Hayden Panitiere(?) singing ftw.

For better or for worse if I have a daughter in the next ten years she will be judged based on Anna Sophia Rob's character in this movie.

Zoey Deschannel is the shit.  Love her.  Good for you Ben Gibbard.

Bitch if you were really friends you'd walk him!  Damn you woman.

I'm pseudo jealous of the relationship between the two main characters in this movie.  Man I'm lonely.

Jess wanted two women and now one of them is dead and he can never have the other one.  Damn it Jess, why couldn't you appreciate what you had?  DAMN YOU!

Note to self, never drink and watch this movie again.  And what's worse as far as my memory goes the book is even more depressing, and that's seriously fucked up.

There's a lot about this movie that's bad, the acting is the main culprite and the story isn't even all that great.  But the end just breaks my heart, it kills me everytime.  A little has to do with how undeniably cute the girl is but the main thing is at it's core it's about a guy who "falls in love" with a girl who causes him to change for the better, and then she unexpectedly dies and he feels responible.  I've gotten to the point where I no longer feel for the actor or actress it's become a developement with the characters.  I don't get all emotional over many things but it's hard to not feel for Jess when watching the movie and or reading the book.  I can't even imagine how I would react if any you reading this died unexpectedly(assuming we're actually friends and you don't just read this ebcause of how damn good looking I am).

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Fun fact Merriweather Lewis brought his newf on his expidition where he met Sacaquewea(that's close enough for you to understand).  And that is reason number a billion why newfs are awesome.  Reason one, I have one.  Reason two, Jake had one.  Deal with it, our dogs are better than yours.  Unless of course you have a newf, in which case we're even.

Fun fact two, the dog was named Seaman and has it's own wikipedia page.

"But I swear there's still some good in me
And I think if you stuck around you'd see
All the honest attempts at integrity, I was had
Maybe if you helped me, I'd get it right
I lie awake every night, staring at the ceiling
Wondering why I feel so bad, why I feel so bad
But I swear, I swear, I swear I'll never get sad."
-The Airborne Toxic Event: Missy

If you'll tolerate me for a few minutes, I'm going to do some serious blogging as it were...shocking I know.

While I was driving home from upstate, thinking about my trip I got depressed like I always do.  It happens every time so that's not really noteworthy, but this time was I had a weird epiphany of sorts.  After a fairly long discussion that I never really touched base on my life and such I found what I hope to be a lasting source of motivation for me.  Ever since I left Oswego I've had moments and plans filled with grand ambition that's never turned into anything.  But I feel like now for the first time I have something to really motivate me.   I decided that it's time I change a lot of things about me.  Most of this stuff no one will really know about or notice, but for the first time I have some long term goals with specific steps of achieving them.

On a related note I'm slowly driving myself insane/depressing myself thinking about everything these past two days.  There's quite a few things that I really want but will never/can't happen.  And it's making me depressed, but at least I've got a new Damnwells record(btw this won't be the only Damnwells plug, download this CD it's good and free).  The more I think about it the more unsure I am about everything.  I mean I had what I thought to be really clear thoughts in my head and as things usually go the more I thought about them the more unsure I've become.  All I know is that I really can't stop thinking about this and it's making me...uneasy for lack of a better term.

I really don't think I'm ready for this next stage of my life to begin in full.  I'm not ready for all of my friends to be moving on.  And it's not that I'd wish a few of them screwed up along the way with me, I'm not that selfish, it's just that they're all going to be moving on and possibly moving away.  And now I'm realizing I'm not ready for that.  I missed out on a lot the last couple of years and it's finally catching up with me.  That's one thing I wish I could change about myself, despite being incredibly focused on doing what is best for me right now I rarely appreciate anything until it's much too late.  I'm just hoping that I haven't missed out entirely on some things and there's still time for me at least make myself feel a little bit better.

"You said I was made to inspire
I can change lives if you change me"
-The Devil And The Lion


I've only listened to a few things this past week...
-The Devil and The Lion: The Devil And The Lion
-The Damnwells: One Last Century
-Moving Mountains: Foreward
-Jimmy Eat World "23"
-Northstar "Chesterfield King"

"Amazing still it seems
I'll be 23
I won't always love what I'll never have
I won't always live in my regrets"
-Jimmy Eat World

There are a lot bands/movies/books/etc. that I really only like for the whole nostalgia thing.  I know everyone does this but I feel like it's almost holding me back somehow.  Like it's keeping me from moving on or growing up or something.  On a somewhat related note as soon as the Simpsons goes off air and releases a box set I'll probably spend upto $200 on that and never watch more than a handful of episodes.

Speaking of moving on, I think it's time I invested in a new wallet.  But I'm very paticular about this so it's going to be an ongoing saga.  I'll be sure to keep you updated with new developments.

New Futurama DVD on the 24th, needless to say this news blew my mind.

Fun facts, losing at a video game makes me very angry.  Which is sad I know, but moving on.  Puppys running around causing pure chaos is awesome.  

Maybe I'm the last one to notice this but Lonnie is definitely in the first episode of Scrubs, he makes a cameo in an mri machine.

I know the show has had it's share of critics but after a subpar season two Heroes has redeemed itself with a great season three and a very promising start to season four.  Even if it is basicaly doing the xmen/sentinals story.  But let's be honest when you're dealing with super powers there's only so much story potential.

New Damnwells record Feb 10.  And you can get it here for free.  I don't think words can describe how excited I am for this.  New songs are up on their myspace as well and they're fantastic.  I've spent most of my morning listening to them while kind of reading/watching the snow fall, it's nice not having a real job.

"There was a story on last year's Eli Manning-to-David Tyree play. Giants center Shaun O'Hara had this to say about Manning's somehow slipping out of Richard Seymour's grasp before throwing the ball downfield: "It was such an impressive play from our standpoint because we've seen [Eli] fall on the ground numerous times before in practice for no reason at all."

Whoever doubted me that it was Diane Kruger in Troy can suck it.

In suprising news story 842...c...I like the Veronica's.  And I feel entirely confident in saying that having listened to a full 1 3/4 songs.  BTW, in case you didn't catch it Nate I was pseudo referencing you.

I have a new favorite website, not unlike not always right.  It's called F*** My Life.  And it's awesome, current favorites...

"Today, I got an email from the local D&D meet up group that the next meeting will be on Feb. 14th. I don't know what is more sad... that the group is meeting on valentines day or that I have nothing better to do but go. FML"
"Today, I drove an hour in a rainstorm to go see my boyfriend. Thirty minutes and a blow job later, he tells me he's going to meet some friends for dinner in half an hour then kicks me out of his house. It's still raining. FML"
"Today, I was refilling some guy's iced tea at bandana's, and the uppity jerk had the gall to ask me if I ever kissed a girl considering how fat I am, how high my voice is, and how little money I make. FML"
"Today, a girl I've had a huge crush on for a long time told another friend of ours to get a life. I, in my infinite genius responded that her mom needed to get a life. She ran out of the room bawling. I got slapped in the face and informed that her mom had died not long ago. FML"

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There probably won't be any athlete in NY more deserving of getting his number retired than Adam Graves.  
Mark Messier is like two minutes into his speach about Adam Graves and he's already teary eyed.  He might be the toughest cry baby ever.



"I feel I have to find some meaning
I don't think I see any
I don't know what it is I see at all
Oh, no one's got it right, yeah
They're just telling lies
Combined with their own special kind of truth"
-Straylight Run

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So this band is giving away their new ep for free.  And it's not bad, similar enough to Brand New, it's not as good but there's some potential here and it's free.

Click here to download The Devil and The Lion's new EP for free or pay what you want for it!

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I don't think this video has gotten enough views...

I'm sure Nate will give an equally compelling recap of our Vermont
getaway, so deal with it.  First portion will be a relatively complete
recap but for those with short attention spans I'll provide a bulleted
recap after that.

-Several hours into the drive we stop to get some food for lunch/late dinner.  So we enter a Chinese restaurant. 
We proceed to grab some menus while contemplating our orders, feeling
bold I decide to try the chicken fried rice for a change and step in
front of Nate, Jackie, and Creepy Steve.  Order my food, return the
group area and patiently wait for everyone else to order.  Nowunbeknownst(that may or may not actually be a word) to me I'm still wearing my awesomely efficient cape, which may or may not have made everyone there think I was legitimately
retarded.  Now the reason I mentioned this is because not a single one
of my "friends" said anything about my foolishness.  They claim that
they didn't notice but I stood with my back to them for a few minutes
while ordering my food, and clearly they saw it but choose to say
nothing.  I know regret how nice I was to them later on.

-After the cape debacle the journey hit the home stretch at about 6:30.  So, at 6:30ish
we're about half an hour away the car is loaded with beer for the night
and I'm eager to be drunk before the rest of the party shows up. 
Driving down thebackroads of Vt in the dark is a very disappointing experience
, but my reversed cabin fever(or perhaps my car induced cabin fever)
has me giddy.  After a long shouting match between Nate and Jackie,
where Nate explains the importance of not followingmapquest's
directions we're within fifteen minutes of the cabin.  And then
everything goes stupid. See, I didn't say it went wrong, because stupid
despite not proper English fits better.  
         
After staying
on one single road for thirty or so miles Creepy Steve tells Nate to
make a right onto Lake View Lane.  Now the main road wasn't perfectly
cleared but there was very little snow, and clear tracks of exposed
pavement where other cars had driven before, butLVL looks as if it hasn't been plowed in a week.  But Nate and Creepy Steve are foolishly confident with this decision.  Jackie looks for her seat belt
as we start down the hilly snow covered road into nowhere, I simply
think what's the worst that could happen, we slide off the road ,nbd . 
After less than thirty seconds everyone in the car has silently
agreed(well Jackie and I at least) that this is a terrible idea but
it's actually fun in a terrifying kind of way and we're doing well so
let's just roll with it.  After about a mile and a half, going up what
turns out to be the final hill Nate's little engine that could, no
longer can.  Then in an impressive feat Nate somehow gets his car
turned less than halfway around on the one lane road and falls off into
the snow bank.  
          
At first things don't look too bad,
we appear to still be on the road, and the snow doesn't seem too deep,
but our initial optimism is dashed when Creepy Steve steps knee deep
into the snow.  Funsidenote , as soon as we stepped out of the car to
assess the situation we hear a coyote howling off in the distance. 
Good times.  So after a little fruitless pushing we decide to call
triple a but without service this is tough, but I'm thinking if I just
continue up this hill maybe I'll get some service, crazier things have
happened.  By now though Nate has slipped into "Horror Movie Survival
Mode" and Creepy Steve is sent up the hill with me.  On the way up I
notice a seemingly abandoned house, which with Nate's horror movieparanoia is enough to make me nervous, but then we hear the always ominous wind chimes and immediately run back to the car shouting.
          
With
no other options we start walking down to the road hoping to find
decent cell service for the first time in about two hours.  By the time
we reach the road it's close to eight.  In completely predictable
fashion we still have no service so without other options Jackie and
Nate start heading to one of the three houses within eye sight.  We
sent Jackie because she's a girl and is a lot less threatening than a
guy, and Nate was sent because he's friendly and manly enough to
protect Jackie.  So while Hansel and Gretal go skipping off to their
date with an oven Steve and I stand around the end of the drive way and
contemplate our other options should all else fail.  After meeting one
of the nicest guys ever Jackie and Nate return to patiently wait for
the tow truck to arrive.  An hour passes and what we correctly guessed
was the misses returns to our new best friend's house.  Around 9 he
comes out in his car to tell us the first tow company isn't coming and
that a second one is coming from forty five minutes away, and that
we're welcome to hang out in his house while we wait and get warm. 
Initially we opt to head back to the car, get some liquid courage and
then head back down.  We hang out in their kitchen for about 15 minutes
until the tow truck arrives.
          
Now that the truck is
here we talk to the driver and let him know we're up the road and we'll
see them there.  They offer us a ride and since the cab is full the
four of us find spots on the back of the truck.  Jackie and Creepy
Steve hop on the back of the truck itself, leaving Nate and I to sit on
the fork lift that they use to lift cars up off the ground.  On the way
up this snow covered road, I hear Jackie say this, "they're holding
onto the handles in the cab, they're nervous."  Now when you're sitting
on the back of a pickup truck moving at considerable speed with the
very real chance of falling off this isn't comforting news.  But we
make it to Nate's car, and after getting over the impressive nature of
Nate's tiny little car they begin to pull the car out.  
          
As
luck would have it as Nate's car is just about freed, we see headlights
come in the distance and it's the first car of the two car convoy that
left hours after us.  Quickly Nate realizes that the second car will be
coming and he sends me running down the mile long road to prevent
certain disaster.  With that crisis averted I head back up the hill to
help push the other car back so we can't get back to cleared roads and
on with the weekend.
         
-With the snowy lane behind us we reach the cabin, play games like drink the beer, people go hottubing, Nate and I take a nice hike, we play catch phrase, more hot tub, Nate and I end up sleeping the same room.

BULLETED RECAP RECAP RECAP!  (That's meant to be said like a monster truck announcer)

-Go to Boston
-Leave Boston
-Put on "cape" as joke.
-Get food while forgetting about said cape.
-Realize my "friends" are jackasses, and should have told me about the cape before I made an ass of myself.
-Keep driving, and despite forewarning use directions given by mapquest.
-Stuck in the snow
-Use strangers phone because we have no service.
-Two to three hours later tow truck arrives
-Hour later Nate's car is out and we've pushed another one back.
-Arrive at cabin.
-At one point I think I made like 7 straight shots in beerpong, a feat which will never be repeated.
-Brokeback weekend truly begins.
-Hijinks follow.
-Sexual tension with two different people.
-Predictably and yet somewhat surprisingly share a room with Nate.
-Drive home with much less drama and physical exertion.

More Brokeback Weekend Facts:
-I feel like I kind of stole Steve's thunder.  It was supposed to be his broke back weekend with Nate.
-Nate might actually believe his life is a horror movie.  This is really funny or really depressing.
-Didn't see a moose, but did see "bear cub tracks," or perhaps dog tracks I'm not an animal expert.
-Vermont is a cool state, terrible cell service but fun place.
-On
the way back we searched for a deli that Nate and I stopped at in
consecutive years when we were entering high school but we're unable to
find it.
-We did however find our way to Long Trail Brewery, and got
a great self-guided tour and some good food with good beer.  It was a
bit of redemption for not being able to drink at Federal Jack's.
-I may have impressed Nate with my ability to read a map, and my clear memories of our youth despite not finding the deli.
-Whether
or not anyone agrees with him, someone said that there was clear sexual
tension between me and Jackie, which is fantastic.
-Additionally there is clear sexual tension between Nate and I.
-Despite being much colder than back home the temperature never bothered me, even while stuck in the snow for hours.  Northface jacket ftw.
-gg.


Now a little musical break from a band I absolutely love...As Tall As Lions.

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Now
that we're three weeks or so into season 8 of scrubs, I must say I am
enjoying the new season.  Which really shouldn't be a surprise
considering how forgiving I am of poor seasons after two or three good
ones.

Some upcoming shows I would like to be a part of...

Wed 3/4- Anathallo
at the
href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000418B9BBC6E6D?artistid=1228703&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60">Mercury
Lounge.
Sun 3/8- The Airborne Toxic Event at the
href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000422998E55BE5?artistid=1233802&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1">Bowery
Ballroom.
Wed 3/11- The Airborne Toxic Event at the
href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000418B9BBC6E6D?artistid=1228703&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60">Bowery
Ballroom.
Sat 3/14- Butch Walker at
href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004190947A55CF?artistid=865761&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1">Webster
Hall.
Fri 3/27- The Gaslight Anthem at
href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000418FA4227041?artistid=1282543&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1">Webster
Hall.
Sat 4/4- The
href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000042319DAD55C8?artistid=855108&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60">Damnwells at the Mercury Ballroom

...avenge me.


This should entertain you for at least three minutes Nate.  A whole bunch of intro's from cartoon shows from the 90s.  And I was going to tell you which was the best song, and the best actual show but I'll be honest, I can't narrow it down, there's some primo shows there.  Ducktales, Chip and Dale, Tale Spin, Pinky and The Brain.  Which makes me think I should get some of those shows so I can rewatch them.  Admittedly I already should have every Chip and Dale episode so I might go for Pinky and The Brain.  And this got me thinking, there was a whole bunch of shows back in the day that I genuinely loved and think still could be solid shows. 

NPH and Taylor Swift?!  That's stupendous!



So I think I'm gonna finish sex drugs and cocoa puffs just for the sake of finishing another book.  Could be a while but I think I'll do it.  That's one of my resolutions, read more.  And not just Nate's blog's, perhaps finding some legitimate authors that aren't named Bryson or Tolkein.

Quick little PSA, you can probably still download the video for Robin Sparkles' song "Sand Castles in the Sand" for free through iTunes.  Neato.

The shirt I'm wearing smells like Cheerios.  Which is odd because I haven't had Cheerios in a such a long time that I'm not even sure I've identified the smell properly.  But as far as I'm concerned this shirt smells exactly a freshly opened box of cheerios.

My blogs are getting kind of similar in nature and content, I'd really appreciate it if someone could inspire me.  You know, if you people reading this were more interesting this would then become more interesting inturn making you more interesting, thusly, making me more interesting.  It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy, sustainable energy as it were.

"I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?"
-Bon Iver: Skinny Love

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The most badass sport ever?




Speaking of badasses here's some facts regarding the filming of the Mummy II...
Brendan Fraser tore a spinal disk, cracked a rib, and injured his knees during production. Dwayne Johnson suffered from food poisoning and sunstroke.

Continuing the badass train...My Bloody Valentine 3D was awesome.  Forget the 3D stuff which was cheesy and entertaining, but the movie was actually a decent to good slasher flick which was a pleasent suprise.  And there was some t and a thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately the boobs were not in 3D.

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So I'm watching American Idol, and trying to figure out a few things.
-Which judge is the most talented?  I'm pretty sure Randy and Kara are the top two with Simon and Paula bringing up the rear.
-That and I've decided I'd definetly sleep with the new judge, and I'm pretty sure I'd sleep with Paula, the craziness might be why.
-I love that Kara made a contestant cry, by accident.  Which is awesome because Simon actively tries and can't do it.
-I feel like Ryan Seacrest either loves or truly hates his job on idol.  There's no middle ground, I feel like it has to be getting old for him, but it's the exact job Nate would love.  "You mean I get to talk to all kinds of new people, all day, everyday? Awesome."

Having listened to four songs from the Two Tongues CD, I'm going to give my review/opinion.  So far it's sounding like the last couple of Saves the Day records with Max contributing vocals as well.  And that is in no way a bad thing.  As a matter of fact I think I prefer this to the last few Saves the Day records(which I really do enjoy) and the last Say Anything effort.

I've watched a handful of movies lately with some pretty bitchin quotes that will absolutely be working their way into my vernacular.  Although I'm not too sure vernacular is the proper term.  Either way...suck it.

Fun fact you don't care about, but since January 2005, I've listened to an average of 55 songs a day on my laptop.  Only 1992 of them have been Brand New.  And only 83 of them have been by Nate.  Which if my math is correct is like once every 17 days or so.

Musically I've been trying to expand my horizons of late, giving some new bands a listen.  Some I've come to like others, not so much.
-TV On The Radio: I just don't get it. 
-Animal Collective: I'll have to give them more time but right now they remind me of The Shins a bit, which means I'll listen to them but not too much.
-Kings of Leon: Ok, so I was not a fan of Sex on Fire at first, but having listened some more I'm really enjoying this band.

“Girls are like slugs. They serve some purpose but it's hard to imagine what.”
-Calvin and Hobbes