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Community Update

2008-08-15T05:25:00.001-07:00

-Comics!

So I've been reading the f out of some comics lately. I just finished the last TPB of Y: The Last Man which was phenomenal. Highly recommended. I also went through the first volume of Fables which was a bit underwhelming - I wonder if that picks up? I also also tackled the first two volumes of Powers which got better as it went along. I'm now reading through Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth which is every bit as sad and surreal as I hoped it would be.

Thats probably enough for now, right?

I can't be the only person

2008-08-13T19:36:00.001-07:00

who sees the similarities between the headlines on cnn.com and theonion.com, can I? CNN's online reporters are really taking a dive. Do yourself a favor and take a second to peruse the headlines over there - I guarantee a few chuckles. Tonight's favorite: "Woman Chases After Cooks With Broom"

Has Twitter Killed The Blog?

2008-07-21T16:45:00.001-07:00

It has for me. Specifically, my propensity for sidetracking tends to make blog posting difficult for me. In fact, before long I'm sure we'll be so far away from the subject of this post that we'll both have forgotten what we were even talking about.

Which is weird, because thats kind of the point I'm trying to make.

I suppose some people get all bloggy about particular topics and can just go to town on those topics. But then you start reading a few blogs and you see that most people generally say the same things over and over again. A prime example would be everybody's blogging about The Dark Knight, which pretty much cover the same general area across the board - people do or don't compare it to The Godfather II, the do or don't say Heath Ledger deserves a posthumous Oscar, they do or don't like how Christian Bale gets all GOB Bluthy with his voice-in-suit, etc. This will go on for a few weeks and then we'll all be talking about how sick The Mummy 3 is or whatever.

Sometimes I feel like I want to be a part of that community, but then I end up getting sidetracked (surprise) and land somewhere else entirely. Its a problem I'm starting to realize I have. Take that short film I'm working on. Or that children's book. Or that album. Or that Ironic Poetry Blog. Or that country song. One of these days they'll all get done, as long as I don't think of something else I want to do before one of them gets finished.

Sorry for rambling. Twitter kind of solves this problem for me blogging-wise because I can just type whatever blurby thought comes to mind and be done with it without having to elaborate. Thanks Twitter!

On to links to things I've been enjoying lately:

-Invincible started off fairly slowly and lost me at the end of the first trade - I didn't care for some of the turns the story took and decided I didn't have time to keep up with it. A friend from work suggested I give the book another shot and kindly lent me the remaining 8 TPBs (woah). I pretty much haven't stopped reading this since the weekend. Really excellent book! And Science Dog!

-Sorry to everyone I've bored to death talking about Wall-E, but boy howdy was that great.

The rest of my time has been pretty much consumed by Starbucks Vanilla Skim Lattes and running. What two things go better together?

Woah

2008-03-31T17:48:00.000-07:00

I've had the hiccups for like 20 minutes. But for real. How's that for a simile that really means what its saying.

I suppose blogging isn't really one of my interests. I haven't updated since November after all.

PS, I can totally hear the upstairs neighbors urinating. Reality sinks in, eh?

I really didn't mean

2007-11-07T18:49:00.001-08:00

for this blog to turn into a place to ramble about music all the time, but somehow that's where we always end up. I'll try to avoid it momentarily.

I saw Control a few weeks ago. If you aren't familiar, its a black and white film about Ian Curtis and Joy Division. It was really f'ing good.

I also caught The Orphanage at the AFI in Silver Spring this past weekend. Its a Guillermo del Toro produced film from Spain. The screenwriter and director were in attendance at the screening and held a QandA session after the film. I really enjoyed that.

Currently listening to/waiting to listen to:

Jesu - Lifeline
Lisa Papineau - Night Moves
Joy Division - Still
Maritime - Heresy and the Hotel Choir
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
Mojave 3 - Excuses for Travellers

PS, my eMusic downloads just restarted for the month so please inundate me with suggestions on what I should be listening to.

Seeking Suggestions

2007-10-22T17:06:00.002-07:00

On a good pair of slippers. Any suggestions?

Did you know that October 15th was Blog Action Day? Neither did I. Well done blogging community.

In lieu of posting a ton of paragraphs about stuff like I normally do on the rare occasion that I blog I've decided to give the rundown bullet-style (thanks Wachowski Bros!)

Hey guys, I totally miss you - thanks for the sweet hangouts we had lately: jgarber, jcarbaugh, and "insert blog here" Grover.
Got to see Stars on Saturday night with some fine folks. I want to move to Montreal immediately.
I bought a Melodica this weekend. I'll let you known how that goes once it gets here.
I want to write an album this Autumn/Winter - anybody in?
There's a four in five chance I'll be making a grilled cheese sandwich before Heroes comes on tonight.

I think that about covers it. Please feel free to add anything I might have missed.

Win a Trip to Hang Out with Steve-O!

2007-10-08T18:11:00.000-07:00

Now who wouldn't want that.

I don't really have much to post about at this moment, but I felt compelled to do so and as a result here we are.

Its getting to be Autumn, which for me is typically exhibited through my music-listening habits as a correlation between decreasing temperatures and increasing wistfulness. Despite the rock steady 80-degree temperatures, the mind and soul have carried on as they wish. Its getting downright sad up in here.

I've really increased my music buying lately. I can't tell if this happens in cycles or if I'm just really getting into things more lately. I could easily fill two or three blogs with ramblings on why I prefer purchasing physical CDs over straight downloads, but I will say that I'm extremely excited about how much broader my musical tastes have gotten over the past few years. The Internet(TM?) has provided such an amazing means of finding obscure, independent artists - and more importantly - a means to interact with and support them. Online stores like Tone Vendor are catered to such specific tastes and provide such a wonderful variety for those who share them. Its great having such resources around.

Here are some links to some bands I've been listening to:

Club 8
The Most Serene Republic
Jose Gonzalez
Ken Andrews
Seam

Statement:

2007-07-15T19:19:00.001-07:00

The Iron Giant is the greatest animated film of all time.

New Music...That I'm Not Quite Feeling

2007-07-14T20:01:00.001-07:00

Maybe its just me. I really didn't want to complain about this on the blog, but a few recent posts about the web by Carbomb have had me thinking about things and itching to work them out by writing them down.

For some reason I can't quite pinpoint, I'm just not loving the newer releases by some of my favorite bands. Am I alone on this? Does anyone else find that happening at an increased rate as they age? I know I can be snobbish about media, but I do genuinely like a lot of things. I've been spending a lot of time wondering whether my tastes have just changed or whether these new albums just aren't as good as their predecessors.

Enough pontificating, lets get to it. Its about to get all linky in here:

Anybody who has had any contact with me for the past year and a half has probably had to put up with me rambling on and on about Stars and their ridiculously phenomenal Set Yourself on Fire. I heard a track by the band sometime in late 2004/early 2005 and picked up the album fairly soon thereafter. I listened through it a few times and shelved it. Carbomb mentioned them a few months after that and it prompted me to listen to the album again - I haven't stopped since. Its a beautiful record through and through, combining organic instrumentation with electronics. Their album before that, Heart, shares many of the same qualities and is another constant in rotation over here. I do enjoy their earlier work, though it relies much more heavily on electronics and beats than guitars and drums.

I'd been checking the Stars website constantly waiting for word on a new record for the past six months or so. Information was fairly sparse, but evolved fairly quickly from "Fall" to "September". They ended up releasing it digitally this past week, just a few days after the album was finished, in a pretty awesome move in support of legal downloading/combating the inevitable leak of the release. The album, In Our Bedroom After the War, delves much more heavily back into the electronic realm than the two previous records. I'm still spending a lot of time with the record, but so far its not living up to the unfair expectations I had for it. Its growing on me, though.

Against my better judgment, I also ended up buying the new Smashing Pumpkins record, Zeitgeist. This was my favorite band all through high school and into college. I stopped listening when I heard the single for Adore and skipped Machina as well; I ended up checking into those records a few years later and ended up enjoying them, though not as much as the earlier records.

This new record sure sounds like a Billy Corgan record, but it doesn't sound like a Smashing Pumpkins record to me. I'm totally fine without D'arcy's involvement, but without James Iha it seems kind of pointless to call it the new Smashing Pumpkins record. Billy Corgan is a very good songwriter and excellent vocalist, but James Iha added a lot of texture and nuance to the songs that took them to another level. It just doesn't have the same emotion without that compliment. Also, is it just me or does the vocal mixing feel totally out of whack on this record?

Today I picked up Deliver Us, Darkest Hour's new record. As their career has progressed they've become less and less Swedish and more and more thrashy and technical. While this new record has plenty of sweeping, wailing solos, and the usual wild riffing it doesn't quite seem to fit with their last few outstanding efforts. I haven't spent much time with the album yet, but I'm not really loving the shouty vocals that pop up here and there. And while I'm enjoying the music, its not grabbing me like their past few have.

So there you (I) have it. I'd love to hear your thoughts on these records or any similar experiences you might have had in the past few years. I'm listening to that Stars record right now and I'm starting to think I might have been wrong...

Grovre Sa'oonderz

2007-07-01T18:46:00.001-07:00

Is that how you spell it? Anyway, could this guy be any more awesome?

"Fanfilms"

2007-06-25T19:21:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you, but I've had a blast this evening over at youtube watching movies tagged "fanfilm". Clearly my tastes tend to wander toward the "genre" realm (that's nicespeak for "nerd"), but its always great to see that so many people outnerd me.

I respect that these folks have so much dedication for their favorite genre characters, I want to make that clear - in 7th grade I handwrote a sequel to the Evil Dead films. I won't divulge too much, but I will say that it was a sequel to Army of Darkness, picking up right where that movie ends - Ash fighting the undead at the S-Mart. In a stunning twist of events, Ash is transported through time - I think into the future. I need to find that thing. The point here is that it was terrible.

While I'm sure I wasn't the only teenager to write a fanfic sequel to their favorite film, its really stunning how far kids these days can go what with all their newfangled internets and video cameras and editing. Most of the films over there are pretty rough, a few have a nice charm to them, and a small handful (most of which appear to have a budget and a real film crew) are actually really great - I'll point you specifically at Grayson, Batman: Dead End", and of course Troops.

I really enjoy the fact that many who share my taste in entertainment are completely bananas - it really keeps things interesting. Grover can probably point you toward any number of ridiculous fan protests at their favorite shows being canceled or crazy fan-sponsored events that really take fandom to the extreme. There are even movies out there about being a fan of something - there are two based on Star Wars releasing this year.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I really miss the Shifty Shellshock Vador Free-Form Power Hour...of Power. A lot.

McDonald's Premium Roast Iced Coffee

2007-06-24T09:09:00.000-07:00

I'll admit, the clear cups caught my attention. It looks all iced coffee-y and tasty. Taste-wise, however, its more ice than coffee. You're better off buying a coffee pot, buying some coffee, making or buying some ice, setting up the coffee pot, brewing some coffee, combining the brewed coffee and ice into a container, and refrigerating until chilled. Better off as long as you get the mixture right - don't ask McDonald's for the recipe.

10/10 Presentation, 5/10 Execution.

Q: What Did I (you) Miss?

2007-02-03T18:15:00.000-08:00

A: Absolutely nothing. Things are pretty status quo around here, in case you were wondering. You weren't, it's cool. Seriously, don't pretend like you do. OK, I'll pretend that you do.

Here's what you missed:

-I cleaned up around here again, as promised by the post below.
-I got a Wii.

Feel all caught up? Excellent.

I've been in some kind of mood for the past few days

2006-09-11T18:37:00.000-07:00

This about sums it up:

In other news:

-I've started playing "Call of Cthulhu" for XBox, which not only nauseates me but also holds some kind of gaming promise, a promise I haven't felt since Guitar Hero.

-I spent this past weekend cleaning my room, throwing out old stuff, etc. I'm going to do that again soon.

-I'm drinking sassafras tea (from concentrate). I'd like to try some non-concentrate sassafras tea.

I'm looking for something...

2006-05-25T17:35:00.000-07:00

affordable and sweet in a Flying V. Suggestions?

What if...(entry 1)

2006-05-25T17:34:00.000-07:00

What if Dolph Lundgren and Rolf from The Muppets were long lost brothers?

Dolph and Rolf Lundgren

The Future Is Now!

2006-05-25T17:33:00.000-07:00

I know this because I am typing this blog as I cook dinner in my kitchen.

Hi:

For dinner: Turkey burgers. I won't take a picture of them so as not to offend my bird-loving readers. Of which there are none.

Smokin' Sausage

2006-04-17T16:30:00.000-07:00

Who knew?
Smokin Sausage.Com!!!!!

The 90's: so much great music

2006-02-25T00:15:00.000-08:00

I was really looking forward to going to bed early tonight, but I somehow ended up laying wide awake on the couch for hours. I've been thinking about how much awesome music came out in the 90s. Coulson and I have talked at length before about how the music you grow up with is always "the best music ever". I never really considered it at the time it was happening, but it's easy to see looking back. Today's music just isn't the same.

You guys should list your favorites in the comments section (will J-sin post "The Marksman?"). I'm going to list a few I've been thinking about. I'm sure I'll be subjected to a fair amount of mocking for some of these. Too bad for me. The list isn't meant to be comprehensive by any means, but feel free to add others we should all be listening to more.

Nirvana
Alice in Chains
Smashing Pumpkins
Bush
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Counting Crows
Oasis
Matthew Sweet
Gin Blossoms
The Cranberries
Sponge
Hum
Silverchair

also, I've really enjoyed browsing through iTunes tonight and remembering the following:

Tripping Daisy
Seven Mary Three
Screaming Trees
The Refreshments
Collective Soul
Crash Test Dummies
Fun Lovin' Criminals

How I Spent My Winter VacEvening

2006-02-10T22:03:00.000-08:00

So Arrested Development is done for now. What an amazing show. I was great to see 4 new episodes in a row, but sad to think that it probably won't happen again. I've been in several conversations recently where I've found myself defending television. I know it's all the rage for the counter-culture to scream "Down with TV! It rots your mind! Burn the idiot box!" or whatever.

I won't get terribly into it again here, but TV is a solid form of media distribution. There are plenty of television programs that are rewarding educationally and entertainment-wise. I believe that TV holds as much credit as film. Sure, there are a lot of crappy TV shows out there, but there are also a lot of crappy movies (and a lot of crappy books for that matter). I think it's ridiculous to write off the entire medium by choosing the lowest common denominator as a basis.

I hung out with Jason Garbersonvillesonitesonstinesongrinder tonight. We went to Guitar Center where I picked up some picks and acoustic strings, and he picked up a pedal and some picks. We also went to dinner at Fuddruckers, which I always enjoy.

I've spent the rest of my evening playing some acoustic guitar and listening to Elvis Presley samples on iTunes. That dude has a lot of music out there.

Infinity Falling: The End

2006-01-28T16:00:00.000-08:00

So we played our last show last Saturday. Even though we hadn't really played together in about a year, we still managed to pull everything together and put on a great final show. I'd forgotten what it feels like to really feel connected to other people through music. That was always my favorite thing about playing with this band - no matter what, it always felt like we were all on the same page. I felt extremely connected to these guys.

Jeremy and I have played in bands together periodically over the past 10 years or so. He was in my very first band and I learned a lot about playing guitar/bass from him. I'm sure this won't be the last time we play together, but I'm definitely sad that it's ending for now. He's the best guitarist I know, constantly writing interesting riffs and shredding my face off. Thanks Jeremy!

It was amazing to watch Jordan evolve from the guitarist who joined us to the amazing player he is today. I used to play guitar in this band when we started it the first time. When Jeremy, Grover, and I decided to start it up again, I switched to bass and we searched for a guitarist. Jordan is the only person we tried out. We didn't need to play with anyone else because he was a perfect fit, musically and personality-wise. Truly a sweet dude who I'm proud to know and can't wait to see again.

David stood out from the group of 4 or 5 people who came to try out for the band. He brought us the personality we needed to represent us, lyrically, vocally, and performance wise. I respect him to an extremely high degree for three reasons: 1) He loves music and is dedicated to it beyond what most people can comprehend. 2) He's easy to talk to and has solid advice; he's not afraid to take chances. 3) We've had numerous hilarious experiences together, including putting on the best improv performance together one afternoon in front of a group of sunbathing girls.

Most of all, I'll miss my very favorite part of this band: playing with Grover. Out of the dozens of bands I've been in over the years, I've never played with a drummer that was as N*Sync with me as Grover was. We rarely took the time to line up his drum patterns with my bass playing - it just happened. We had our share of disagreements over timing/counts (Grover was usually right), but 99% of the time we were right there together.

Thanks for everything guys.

photo courtesy of Mr. Garber's Olde Tyme Photography and Alchemy Shoppe

Horrorfind

2005-08-20T20:29:00.000-07:00

Horrorfind was great. Of course, everyone charges for their autograph. This limits the number of people you can really chat with, as there's usually a line to meet any given person. It was pretty easy to pick who I wanted to talk to, but it got expensive fast. Sigh.

I went with my friends Michelle, Chris, and Dana (Chris' wife). Here's the rundown:

SORRY THE PICTURES ARE SO HUGE! You'll deal because I don't feel like messing with them.

The line for Bruce Campbell was ridiculous...easily 600 people long. He only signed autographs from 12pm - 4pm, but people were in line well before that. The last people that got through had gotten in line right around 12pm, just after I got there. I've met him before, but the other guys hadn't. I think they all decided they'd rather enjoy everything else than wait for one person, so we didn't bother waiting for him. It turned out to be a good call.

Here's a picture of Bruce being busy:

The "Ladies of the Evil Dead" were also there. They were seated about 20 feet away from Bruce. Bruce kept mocking them, yelling at them to "quit their yapping" and "settle down" in his patented Bruce manner.

We started out meeting Reggie Bannister from Phantasm:

Reggie was really nice. He tried to get me to buy a guitar from his buddy that makes guitars. I said no. Reggie signed my copy of Phantasm (which I finally got, no thanks to you all).

After Reggie, we walked around the dealer room. Michelle picked up a sweet Jaws shirt, and I bought a sweet Fulci Zombie shirt. We also talked to Tom Savini, and I had him sign my copy of From Dusk til Dawn. I took a picture of Michelle with Tom, but it didn't turn out very good.

After Tom, we went back upstairs and met Sid Haig. Here's Michelle with Sid:

Sid was pretty f'ing sweet. He was very funny and nice.

Next up was Ken Foree.

I thought he was kind of a jerk. Not very cordial, but I guess I understand. When you're getting 1,000 fanboys coming up to you, all of them saying "OMG LOLZ I LUVD U IN DAWN OF THE DEAD R U DOING A SEQUEL" I suppose it can get tiring.

After some more walking around, I got in line to meet Angus Scrimm and Don Coscarelli. Phantasm is one of the movies that got me so into horror films. It's one I remember loving as a kid and love very much now. Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man) gave me nightmares. I was super psyched to meet him. I was also pretty pumped to meet Don Coscarelli, who wrote/directed Phantasm as well as Bubba Ho-Tep.

Angus was totally rad. Of course, his real voice is not as creepy as it is in the Phantasm films. He was really nice and humored me when I told him I loved the Fangoria commercial he did. What a fanboy I was.

Here's a picture of me with two of my heroes. The look on my face is a direct result of Angus quietly muttering "CROUCH DOWN" in his Tall Man voice. :

I bought a copy of the super awesome Phantasm II poster you see in the background. Angus signed my copy of Phantasm (as did Don Coscarelli). I also got him to sign a glossy photo of himself, which is extra creepy as he signed it "For Jimmy, BOY!!!" which will scare me forever.

After this we walked around a bit more. Other people there we saw but didn't talk to: Danny Trejo (From Dusk Til Dawn, Devil's Rejects), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Gaylen Ross (Dawn of the Dead), Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser), Eugene Clark (Land of the Dead), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th), Russ Streiner (Night of the Living Dead), Doug Bradley (Hellraiser - Pinhead).

As I already covered the best parts, the biggest disappointments:
-Bruce's line being so long
-Ted Raimi cancelling

Having seen about all there was to see, we left. The end.

Sleep

2005-08-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

So I haven't been sleeping much for the past, oh, month or so. Why? Because my neighbor is having a deck built. Right outside my window.

I work overnights, which most of you know. As it turns out, prime deck-buildin' time is 8:30am - 3:30pm...or, about an hour after I go to sleep and about an hour after I wake up.

I thought this whole thing was done a week and a half ago when I saw the guy put the last nail in the floor of the deck. But no, as it turns out, a new deck also requires a new fence. A new fence that requires lots and lots of hammering.

Well, today he finished the fence. The door is up, everything looks great...except that he still has to stain it. Which I'm sure he'll be doing with lots of hammering.

Super Sweet Weekend

2005-08-13T22:04:00.000-07:00

This weekend was pretty rad. Michelle and I, along with her sister and mom, went to Kings Dominion on Friday. It wasn't very busy, so we were able to ride everything without having to wait in much of a line.

Today I hung out with Michelle again. We ate pizza, ice cream, and watched 2 hours worth of Arrested Development. Now I'm hanging out and watching From Dusk Til Dawn. Yay.

How was your weekend?

Wafflescream

2005-08-05T11:12:00.000-07:00

I want some wafflescream so bad right now!!

Like this but more ice cream, please:

Judas Priest

2005-08-04T16:29:00.000-07:00

Michelle and I had a bit too much fun listening to "Painkiller" the other day:

I should have thanked Michelle

2005-07-29T13:05:00.000-07:00

In the end credits of the Macrock 2k2 video. She shot some B-roll footage at a Macrock meeting.

Sorry Michelle.

Michellestache

2005-07-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

Michelle came over this weekend. Here's a picture:

We went to see War of the Worlds, which I enjoyed very much. Very suspenseful and intense.

Destroy All Humans!!

2005-06-25T15:56:00.000-07:00

I need this game.

I really want to zip around town and blow stuff up with my spaceship. I also want to abduct cows, cars, people, and all kinds of other things.

Muscles

2005-06-25T15:52:00.000-07:00

I sure could use some!

Saturday

2005-06-18T17:10:00.000-07:00

The uneventful conclusion.

Friday

2005-06-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

I caught a criminal today!

Thursday

2005-06-16T17:23:00.000-07:00

Wednesday

2005-06-15T13:06:00.000-07:00

Tuesday

2005-06-14T15:56:00.000-07:00

My favorites so far.

Monday

2005-06-13T12:02:00.000-07:00

Sunday

2005-06-12T13:55:00.000-07:00

A Gift from Charlie

2005-06-12T13:49:00.000-07:00

Charlie brought these for me at the Shifty Shellshock Free-Form Power Hour...Of Power Reunion...Two last weekend:

Keep watching for what promises to be the most mustache-heavy daily journal I've ever kept.

What's new?

2005-06-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

I went to lovely Harrisonburg, VA this weekend to hang out with the Housexor gang. A blast as always. We took a trip to Reddish Knob while we were there - I took a few pictures.

Ashley took this picture which goes a long way to explain why I love these guys so much:

I bought the new Coldplay album today and it's wonderful. If you like them at all, you'll enjoy this very much. I loved their first album. I found their second album to be less interesting but still good. This one is full of all kinds of sonic wonderfulness and is exactly what I was hoping for.

I'm not feeling too great tonight so I'm staying home from work and watching a few movies. Being sick sucks. And this heat isn't helping, I'll tell you that right now.

a new record

2005-05-30T18:17:00.000-07:00

That 2 hour nap last Saturday was nothing compared to the three hour nap I took today.

My band needs a singer

2005-05-28T22:50:00.000-07:00

Mir, my new band (featuring two Jasons and a Carbomb) is in need of a singer. We'd really like a female with a soft voice, but powerful enough to cut through the walls of Hum/Smashing Pumpkins/My Bloody Valentine-like distortion that we make. She should also be able to come up with creative non-guitar-riff-following melodies (she'd have a hard time following Carbomb's insane riffage anyway).

I realize making this post is pointless as the only people who read this are either a) in the band already or b) not a girl. But if you or someone you know likes fun-loving guys in their 20's who know how to have fun but more importantly know how to rock, then tell them to email me at sinners@rocketmail.com

Oh man

2005-05-28T21:11:00.000-07:00

"Game Show Moments Gone Bananas" is on VH1 right now. Boy do I love these shows.

Except for the fact that Kato Kaelin is co-hosting this. He's the least funny guy ever, but he doesn't know it. So he keeps making jokes. He puts the "Close to Home" comics to shame.

Lazy Saturday

2005-05-21T15:54:00.000-07:00

I just took a nap for two hours of power. Hooah.

Arrested Development was renewed!

2005-05-18T15:19:00.000-07:00

Super awesome. Best show ever.

So I'm seeing Star Wars tomorrow. I'm going by myself because I can't wait until someone else can go. I'm pretty excited about it. It's very sad, though - the last new Star Wars film. That warm feeling you get when "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." shows up...Hell, as soon as the 20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm logos appear. Crap, my eyes are watering just thinking about it. What a nerd!

Phantasm DVD

2005-05-17T13:49:00.000-07:00

I finally found a copy of the out-of-print Phantasm DVD. It just showed up today, used from wherehouse.com, in excellent shape. Hooray!

I got a haircut

2005-05-14T17:47:00.000-07:00

And it was about time. The last lady who cut my hair told me "Short hair just isn't your thing". She was wrong, I think. I'm enjoying feeling the breeze on my...scalp.

One Picture Says It All

2005-05-08T14:28:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture I took of my new guitar and most of my DVD collection:

The guitar is a 2004 Gibson Les Paul Studio. I love it.

The Values of the Past

2005-05-06T13:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's future, today. Jeremy Carbaugh for Congress.

Be Forewarned

2005-04-29T19:41:00.000-07:00

Should this ever happen:

Then certainly this will result:

And will most likely be followed by this:

I think that's generally a good life lesson. Generally.

Also, I took this picture of myself with my new camera. I guess I caught myself off guard:

P.S.

2005-04-23T08:42:00.000-07:00

I'm really happy that Corpsegrinder's name is so long that it goes out of the frame below. I'm not fixing it on principle.

Things that have been ruling lately

2005-04-22T23:53:00.000-07:00

-Arrested Development. This is definitely the greatest TV show to come around in a while. Unfortunately, it looks like it's done for now as it's "on the bubble", which is TV lingo for "not looking good". It's doubtful this will get picked up again, but boy howdy did it have a funny 2 seasons.

-My new camera. It's the Nikon Coolpix 4600. It's exactly what I've been looking for - small, takes decent pictures, wasn't too expensive. I took two pictures tonight, and I'm already too lazy to pull them off of the camera. This promises to be too much work. I do plan on using it tonight, however, when I see....

-Dystopia Rising. I'm really excited for this. It's Jeremy Coulson, Jordan Brunk, the incomparable Sean Namei, and some dudes I don't know. They will melt my face with metal, I'm sure.

-Mir. This is my new band with Carbomb, Jason Garber(sonvillesonitesonstinesontstein/Corpsegrindersonvillesonitesonstinesonstein), J-sin Shawn, and a yet-to-be-determined singer. I'm playing guitar again and having a blast - all of these guys are great musicians. We're doing a space-rock thing, which is coming out really awesome.

Carbomb made me dinner last Saturday

2005-04-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

Boy was that good!

Harry Potter and Me

2005-04-15T20:37:00.001-07:00

I'm a bit late posting this story as it happened a few months ago, but it's worth narrating now.

Early one fairly typical February afternoon, I was minding my own business and shopping for Marvel Legends and Lightsabers. I was in the toy store at the mall browsing through the goods for several minutes. On my way out, I noticed a pack of teenagers standing toward the front of the store. I thought "That's odd, shouldn't they be in school?"

As I walked past them out of the store, one of them yelled in a crackly voice, "HEY LOOK! IT'S HARRY POTTER!" All of them laughed. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA". I scurried off as quickly as I could. Just as I was almost out of their throwing range, one of them yelled "HE DRESSES LIKE THAT FOR US YOU KNOW!"

Consequently, I'm taking a truancy officer to the mall with me next time I go. Either that, or I'll cast some bitchin' spell on them.

I just bought this

2005-04-14T15:09:00.000-07:00

If anyone knows how the hell you use it, please let me know.

Jeremy Coulson Hates Keyboards Dot Com

2005-03-22T12:25:00.000-08:00

I wish that was a real site.

What To Do

2005-03-18T04:40:00.000-08:00

I'm considering turning this blog into a mirror site of Jeremy Coulson's Blog. In the meantime, I'm going to try to use it more. But, if that doesn't go well, then this will become a mirror site of Jeremy Coulson's Blog. That's right, Jeremy Coulson's Blog.

I bought this recently

2005-01-14T15:44:00.000-08:00

And I've been using it to play lots and lots of Madball songs to destroy my neighbors.

Do you ever...

2005-01-13T10:56:00.000-08:00

Do you ever think that something will be really funny so you spend time trying to put it together to make it happen...and the longer you work on it, the less funny it becomes? By the time you've got it together, it's not even funny at all. Was it worth the effort? Did anyone laugh? Case in point:

So I'm working nights again...

2005-01-11T09:22:00.000-08:00

And I still haven't quite gotten back into the "swing" of things. Ha.

So, a blog.

2005-01-06T13:15:00.000-08:00

My first post should be thrilling. I'd open a can of worms on here, but then all the worms will get out, and I'll be picking up worms all morning.

So forget thrilling.

There's not really a can of worms to open anyway, though I'm sure I could come up with something.