1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lit place in front of your computer.
2. Log onto AIM, Yahoo! IM and/or MSN (be sure to go on away!). Check your email.
3. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it and familiar with the material.
4. Walk down to the vending machines and buy some chocolate to help you concentrate.
5. Check your email, again.
6. Call up a friend and ask if he/she wants to go to grab a coffee. Just to get settled down and ready to work.
7. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well lit place, turn off iTunes.
8. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.
9. Check your email.
10. Hey, it's that kid from camp when you were in the fourth grade! You haven't seen him forever. You'd better write that letter now and get it out of the way so you can concentrate.
11. Go to the bathroom You don't want to get distracted later on or anything.
12. and turn iTunes back on. Put on something that'll help you focus. Coldplay or Jack Johnson, maybe.
13. Check your email.
14. IM kid three seats over to see how he's doing on the assignment. IM roommate to ask what he's doing later. IM friend from home, discuss summer plans.
15. Check your email.
16. Create iTunes playlist. Maybe buy a new song or two. You need these to focus, why not spend a little?
17. Phone your friend on the other floor and ask if she's started writing yet. Exchange derogatory emarks about your prof, the course, the college, the world at large.
18. Walk to the store and buy a pack of gum. You've probably run out.
19. While you've got the gum you may as well buy a magazine and read it.
20. Check your email.
21. Check the newspaper listings to make sure you aren't missing something truly worthwhile on TV.
22. Play some solitare (or WoW).
23. Check Facebook. Man, they haven't changed the News Feed since, like, half an hour ago.
24. Wash your hands.
25. Call up a friend to see how much they have done, probably haven't started either.
26. Look through your roommate's book of pictures from home. Ask who everyone is.
27. Sit down and do some serious thinking about your plans for the future.
28. Check Facebook again.
29. Check your email and listen to your new songs.
30. You should be rebooting by now, assuming that Windows is crashing on schedule. But save! Don't want to lose that header!
31. Read over the assignment one more time, just for heck of it.
32. Scoot your chair across the room to the window and watch the sunrise.
33. Lie face down on the floor and moan.
34. Punch the wall and break something.
35. Check your email.
36. Grumble grumble grumble.
37. 5am - start hacking on the paper without stopping. 6am -paper is finished.
38. Complain to everyone that you didn't get any sleep because you had to write that stupid paper.
39. Go to class, hand in paper, and leave right away so you can take a nap.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Facebook (OR: I make fun of Mandez Carter, again)
About Mandez Carter:
I am a fun loving, outgoing type of person. I love to meet new people and chill. Most people who dont know me think that i am a quiet, shy person, but after i have found my comfort zone, you have to tell me to shut up, cause i wont. And as of this moment I am Keen Hall Council President! My days are pretty much busy since i work, am president, and also go to school so you will just have to try and catch me when you see me! But most of all I love my girl CHASITY NECHELL EDWARDS. She is stupid. She just makes my day for real!! I also love my family. ANA, who is my cousin. Marjon, who is my SISTER. And NADINE who is my cousin.And last but not least CIERRA PATRICE GAMBLE!!!! she makes me extremely happy. When im down, she is there, we have been through some hard times!!!!!! Without these people I would be lost!!
Activities:Diversity club, Pep club, and other things, oh and the most recent club, " the clip club", im PAPER. Im in band and play the flute, french horn, and I am the drum major! YAY ME! Currently I am the 2006-2007 Keen Hall Council President. I am also in the Amazing Tones of Joy, Black Student Aliance and I plan on doing more things as they come up, but for now, im great!!!!
Oh, yes. That's that doofus who shows up to rehearsals with a french horn instead of a mellophone.
I particularly admire "YAY ME!"
I am a fun loving, outgoing type of person. I love to meet new people and chill. Most people who dont know me think that i am a quiet, shy person, but after i have found my comfort zone, you have to tell me to shut up, cause i wont. And as of this moment I am Keen Hall Council President! My days are pretty much busy since i work, am president, and also go to school so you will just have to try and catch me when you see me! But most of all I love my girl CHASITY NECHELL EDWARDS. She is stupid. She just makes my day for real!! I also love my family. ANA, who is my cousin. Marjon, who is my SISTER. And NADINE who is my cousin.And last but not least CIERRA PATRICE GAMBLE!!!! she makes me extremely happy. When im down, she is there, we have been through some hard times!!!!!! Without these people I would be lost!!
Activities:Diversity club, Pep club, and other things, oh and the most recent club, " the clip club", im PAPER. Im in band and play the flute, french horn, and I am the drum major! YAY ME! Currently I am the 2006-2007 Keen Hall Council President. I am also in the Amazing Tones of Joy, Black Student Aliance and I plan on doing more things as they come up, but for now, im great!!!!
Oh, yes. That's that doofus who shows up to rehearsals with a french horn instead of a mellophone.
I particularly admire "YAY ME!"
Monday, July 23, 2007
As Seen on HOT or NOT - July 23, 2007
Hi my name is Karla and i am 20 yrs old. i love to go outdoors and go fishing walking etc. on cold and rainy days i like to cuddle up and watch a good movie, that really isn't me but i will be getting one up there soon i hope.
The above text apparently applies to all three photos posted.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Fratellis and Killers and Monkeys, oh my!
I always knew there was a reason I loved Columbus, and not just because it's not illegal for women to walk around topless.
And this is why:
July 31 - The Fratellis w/ Switches and Dappled Cities - Newport
September 8 - The Killers w/ TBA - Promo....er, LC Pavilion
September 11 - Arctic Monkeys - Newport
October 4 - Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem - LC Pavilion
Dude. If I can ge to all four shows, I may bust an artery.
And this is why:
July 31 - The Fratellis w/ Switches and Dappled Cities - Newport
September 8 - The Killers w/ TBA - Promo....er, LC Pavilion
September 11 - Arctic Monkeys - Newport
October 4 - Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem - LC Pavilion
Dude. If I can ge to all four shows, I may bust an artery.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
As Seen on HOT or NOT - July 19, 2007
hello i think u are a very sexy person and i would like to get to know u so if ur interested please email me back ~~tabetha~~
That's a full frame in more ways than one.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Doooood
I had a weird dream that I was with a marching band, and we went...somewhere. We stayed at some random lady's house; all a hundred and whatnot of us. And Brandon Flowers was our director.
It was a seriously strange dream.
It was a seriously strange dream.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
As Seen on HOT or NOT - July 15, 2007
"AM VERY DOWN TO EARTH AND HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR. AN SHY AT FIRST BUT WARM UP QUICKLY. LOVE TO HANG WITH MY FRIENDS AND MEET NEW PEOPLE. AM 5'7 95LBS. AM SMALL BUT GREEAT THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES."
That's too much to make fun of in one blog post. I'll let y'all think for yourselves here...
My top 10 albums of 2007 (so far)
Albeit a late-comer, I've got my top 10 list for the first half of the year.
[Note: Despite a handful of terrific albums released since the beginning of the month, i.e. Air Traffic and Gogol Bordello, I'm limiting this to January to June, as the true first half of the year. That's the price of laziness, I suppose.)
10. Noisettes, What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?
9. Bloc Party, Weekend in the City
8. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
7. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
6. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
5. The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
Scottish punk briefly rose in the late seventies, producing a few notable acts such as The Zips and The Valves, but never quite caught momentum. However, this Dundee outfit is generating quite a bit of buzz in the UK, and their terrific debut is testament why. Anchored by their singles (the plucky “Same Jeans” and “Wasted Little DJ's” stand out), they exude charisma, more than a majority of their Brit-Pop, Post-Punk peers. While they still have plenty of room to grow, The View takes some major steps here, and show promise above other bands of their ilk, even if they are getting a late start.
4. Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
Art Brut pulled off what seems to be one of the hardest feats for any artist: matching the sound and energy of a smash debut while at the same time maturing their sound. It's a daunting task for anyone, and more often than not (see numbers 9 and 8 above for proof) the end result is less than stellar. Yet here's an album that shows some fine songwriting ("Pump Up The Volume" and "People In Love" are testament to that) with a youthful feel. Eddie Argos' nearly spoken-word vocals still manage to work well, and the simple, candid lyrics make for a refreshing, amusing punk album.
3. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
Naturally, the record spends his 64th year on earth recording an album that harks back to his Beatles days. A fun, bouncy, wide-ranging album full of original material ("Dance Tonight," the lead single features in both iTunes ads and my car on a practically daily basis) make this one of his best works since the 70s.
2. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
A gorgeous follow-up to one of the best alternative debut LPs this decade, French-Canadian outit/Pitchfork darlings Arcade Fire churn out a unique album, balancing a rock record with fringes of post-rock. With ten touring members on instruments such as a violin, horns, and accordions, no band out there matches the sound, or energy of this band. From the opening pipe organ on "Intervention," to the poetical ramblings of "My Body Is a Cage," all 11 tracks captivate and thrill new and old Arcade Fire fans.
1. The Fratellis - Costello Music
And my number one is as surprising to me as it is to everyone else. Sitting down to plan out this list, I figured this would fall somewhere on the list, and as I sorted out my favorites, I realized I'd listened to it more times, spent more time singing, dancing, and simply enjoying this album more than any other. Much like Oasis burst onto the scene in 1993 with Definitely Maybe, these Scottish rockers blast a fun, high-energy mix of songs, 13 strong on an album no one seemed to see coming. But come it did, and it's arrived in a glorious disc. The strongest statement about Costello Music is that almost everyone I knew who listened to it faced the same problem: there was no getting past the first five tracks. Aside from blossoming radio hits "Flathead" and "Chelsea Dagger" (a celebratory anthem for Chelsea FC) lie 11 tracks that mimic but damn near outshine Arctic Monkeys, with a greater refinement that makes it more ready for a music-loving public. If they keep this up, The Fratellis could be the next big thing.
And there we have it. I've just compared The Fratellis to Oasis. What in hell have I done?!
[Note: Despite a handful of terrific albums released since the beginning of the month, i.e. Air Traffic and Gogol Bordello, I'm limiting this to January to June, as the true first half of the year. That's the price of laziness, I suppose.)
10. Noisettes, What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?
9. Bloc Party, Weekend in the City
8. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
7. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
6. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
5. The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
Scottish punk briefly rose in the late seventies, producing a few notable acts such as The Zips and The Valves, but never quite caught momentum. However, this Dundee outfit is generating quite a bit of buzz in the UK, and their terrific debut is testament why. Anchored by their singles (the plucky “Same Jeans” and “Wasted Little DJ's” stand out), they exude charisma, more than a majority of their Brit-Pop, Post-Punk peers. While they still have plenty of room to grow, The View takes some major steps here, and show promise above other bands of their ilk, even if they are getting a late start.
4. Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
Art Brut pulled off what seems to be one of the hardest feats for any artist: matching the sound and energy of a smash debut while at the same time maturing their sound. It's a daunting task for anyone, and more often than not (see numbers 9 and 8 above for proof) the end result is less than stellar. Yet here's an album that shows some fine songwriting ("Pump Up The Volume" and "People In Love" are testament to that) with a youthful feel. Eddie Argos' nearly spoken-word vocals still manage to work well, and the simple, candid lyrics make for a refreshing, amusing punk album.
3. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
Naturally, the record spends his 64th year on earth recording an album that harks back to his Beatles days. A fun, bouncy, wide-ranging album full of original material ("Dance Tonight," the lead single features in both iTunes ads and my car on a practically daily basis) make this one of his best works since the 70s.
2. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
A gorgeous follow-up to one of the best alternative debut LPs this decade, French-Canadian outit/Pitchfork darlings Arcade Fire churn out a unique album, balancing a rock record with fringes of post-rock. With ten touring members on instruments such as a violin, horns, and accordions, no band out there matches the sound, or energy of this band. From the opening pipe organ on "Intervention," to the poetical ramblings of "My Body Is a Cage," all 11 tracks captivate and thrill new and old Arcade Fire fans.
1. The Fratellis - Costello Music
And my number one is as surprising to me as it is to everyone else. Sitting down to plan out this list, I figured this would fall somewhere on the list, and as I sorted out my favorites, I realized I'd listened to it more times, spent more time singing, dancing, and simply enjoying this album more than any other. Much like Oasis burst onto the scene in 1993 with Definitely Maybe, these Scottish rockers blast a fun, high-energy mix of songs, 13 strong on an album no one seemed to see coming. But come it did, and it's arrived in a glorious disc. The strongest statement about Costello Music is that almost everyone I knew who listened to it faced the same problem: there was no getting past the first five tracks. Aside from blossoming radio hits "Flathead" and "Chelsea Dagger" (a celebratory anthem for Chelsea FC) lie 11 tracks that mimic but damn near outshine Arctic Monkeys, with a greater refinement that makes it more ready for a music-loving public. If they keep this up, The Fratellis could be the next big thing.
And there we have it. I've just compared The Fratellis to Oasis. What in hell have I done?!
I Have Better Friends Than You
I came home from work tonight to find this in my IM window on AIM.
reggae grace: All of the following words that are bolded are meant to be read as internal dialogue. All of the following words that are italicized are meant to be read as actions. The following is the life of Grace Catherine Christman-unedited, unglamorous, and mostly non-sober at the moment.
reggae grace: I think I'll call Ray and leave him a message, but I don't leave good voicemails, hmm.. let's leave him an AIM message, shall we? Let's. She opens the AOL Instant Messenger program from the middle of her dock. Pauses to see what video game the boys are currently screaming about. Ugh.. Mortal Kombat, dummmmmmbb. Whatever.
reggaegrace: Ring.. Ring.. Ring.. Ring.. Ring.. Ring..
reggae grace: VOICE MESSAGE SYSTEM:"Umm. This is Ray, I can't get to my phone right now so, leave a message and I'll call you back. Thanks. BEEP."
reggae grace: GRACE: "Hey, this is Grace. What's up? Yeah, not too much here either. I'm drinking a bit. It is super pretty and girly, I also have it in a pink cup with an orange slice around the pink flexie straw. As Paul would say to annoy me, 'Wow, that's suppper gay.' Gah, he is so stewwww-pod."
reggae grace: She take a sip. Rolls her eyes as the boys.. still entirely enthralled in to game at hand. They remake drinks. She pauses to think, not much happening up there. Oh well.
reggae grace: GRACE: Later, gator.
reggae grace: Hope you enjoyed my short screenplay of my actions. Thought it was necessary partially into a first very stiff drink.
My long-distance drunk friends are better than your's. End of story.
P.S. Someday I shall have original material up here. Also, I shall sleep. But not today. PRIORITITES, PEOPLE.
reggae grace: All of the following words that are bolded are meant to be read as internal dialogue. All of the following words that are italicized are meant to be read as actions. The following is the life of Grace Catherine Christman-unedited, unglamorous, and mostly non-sober at the moment.
reggae grace: I think I'll call Ray and leave him a message, but I don't leave good voicemails, hmm.. let's leave him an AIM message, shall we? Let's. She opens the AOL Instant Messenger program from the middle of her dock. Pauses to see what video game the boys are currently screaming about. Ugh.. Mortal Kombat, dummmmmmbb. Whatever.
reggaegrace: Ring.. Ring.. Ring.. Ring.. Ring.. Ring..
reggae grace: VOICE MESSAGE SYSTEM:"Umm. This is Ray, I can't get to my phone right now so, leave a message and I'll call you back. Thanks. BEEP."
reggae grace: GRACE: "Hey, this is Grace. What's up? Yeah, not too much here either. I'm drinking a bit. It is super pretty and girly, I also have it in a pink cup with an orange slice around the pink flexie straw. As Paul would say to annoy me, 'Wow, that's suppper gay.' Gah, he is so stewwww-pod."
reggae grace: She take a sip. Rolls her eyes as the boys.. still entirely enthralled in to game at hand. They remake drinks. She pauses to think, not much happening up there. Oh well.
reggae grace: GRACE: Later, gator.
reggae grace: Hope you enjoyed my short screenplay of my actions. Thought it was necessary partially into a first very stiff drink.
My long-distance drunk friends are better than your's. End of story.
P.S. Someday I shall have original material up here. Also, I shall sleep. But not today. PRIORITITES, PEOPLE.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Why Journalists Shouldn't Do Math (And other insomnia-inspired musings)
Champagne Supernova is strangely calming. This is a good thing. You'll understand why soon enough.
[Earlier on the phone, with Hanna:]
Hanna: We never told you about Waverly Hills?
Me: No...
H: It was this TB hospital, and like, 600,000 people died there. It's really creepy and there's gonna be a concert there.
R: 600,000? That's a hell of a lot or dead people.
H: It was like, for the entire country.
R: That's still a huge number.
[a moment ago on AIM:]
pokaspot88: oh.. 63,000 people died at waverly..
pokaspot88: not.. 600,000..
StoogeontheLoose: slight difference, no?
pokaspot88: eh.. one zero..
StoogeontheLoose: that is why journalists should never do math
QUICKER THAN SPEED RACER RUNNIN' FROM THE POPO, AN UNEXPECTED SUBJECT CHANGE
SPLOOIE! That's apparently what the Cavies shout when they finish off their circle jerk. That's one man's theory.
Seriously, though, DCI was quite awesome. You should have been there, no matter who you are. If you don't know what DCI, I'll give you one video to persuade you of the awesomeness: Phantom Regiment's 2003 show, "Harmonic Journey." Phantom is my favorite corps (pronounced "core," not "corpse") because of their euphonium line. Those of you familiar with Ray Lockman trivia should know I'm a euphonium/baritone player.
Anyway, stay tuned to at least the 1:05 mark, where they hit the first big, huge crescendo. It is, to quote Jennie Balmert, "bandgasm." Enjoy.
I live for that stuff.
MORE RANDOM NONSENSE THAN A PALESTINIAN FLEA MARKET FROM 1967!
I sucked up space on my 60 gb. hrd drive. Almost all music. Wow.
Like Homestar Runner, I want took get time off for a needless baby break. Yeah, ladies, so what I can't actually have babies. I don't want a fetus, I just want an excuse.
If you bash some brat in the face with a bottle of Johnson's No More Tears, is that beautiful irony?
So this is becoming "Ray posts his IM Convos of LAME"
Spykim09: "Ray: Its source is Raymond, an English name meaning "Advisor, protector."
Spykim09: you = optimus prime
StoogeontheLoose: sweet...
Spykim09: you got a big ass gun on your arm
StoogeontheLoose: finally!
StoogeontheLoose: none of the other drivers will ever give me shit again
If you've ever been in a car driven by yours truly, you'd be laughing your ass off right now. Suffice it to say, Hilliard drivers are ...teh retarded. (Yeah, I can intentionally misspell words. I'm sweet like that.
[Earlier on the phone, with Hanna:]
Hanna: We never told you about Waverly Hills?
Me: No...
H: It was this TB hospital, and like, 600,000 people died there. It's really creepy and there's gonna be a concert there.
R: 600,000? That's a hell of a lot or dead people.
H: It was like, for the entire country.
R: That's still a huge number.
[a moment ago on AIM:]
pokaspot88: oh.. 63,000 people died at waverly..
pokaspot88: not.. 600,000..
StoogeontheLoose: slight difference, no?
pokaspot88: eh.. one zero..
StoogeontheLoose: that is why journalists should never do math
QUICKER THAN SPEED RACER RUNNIN' FROM THE POPO, AN UNEXPECTED SUBJECT CHANGE
SPLOOIE! That's apparently what the Cavies shout when they finish off their circle jerk. That's one man's theory.
Seriously, though, DCI was quite awesome. You should have been there, no matter who you are. If you don't know what DCI, I'll give you one video to persuade you of the awesomeness: Phantom Regiment's 2003 show, "Harmonic Journey." Phantom is my favorite corps (pronounced "core," not "corpse") because of their euphonium line. Those of you familiar with Ray Lockman trivia should know I'm a euphonium/baritone player.
Anyway, stay tuned to at least the 1:05 mark, where they hit the first big, huge crescendo. It is, to quote Jennie Balmert, "bandgasm." Enjoy.
I live for that stuff.
MORE RANDOM NONSENSE THAN A PALESTINIAN FLEA MARKET FROM 1967!
I sucked up space on my 60 gb. hrd drive. Almost all music. Wow.
Like Homestar Runner, I want took get time off for a needless baby break. Yeah, ladies, so what I can't actually have babies. I don't want a fetus, I just want an excuse.
If you bash some brat in the face with a bottle of Johnson's No More Tears, is that beautiful irony?
So this is becoming "Ray posts his IM Convos of LAME"
Spykim09: "Ray: Its source is Raymond, an English name meaning "Advisor, protector."
Spykim09: you = optimus prime
StoogeontheLoose: sweet...
Spykim09: you got a big ass gun on your arm
StoogeontheLoose: finally!
StoogeontheLoose: none of the other drivers will ever give me shit again
If you've ever been in a car driven by yours truly, you'd be laughing your ass off right now. Suffice it to say, Hilliard drivers are ...teh retarded. (Yeah, I can intentionally misspell words. I'm sweet like that.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Hughes Caracciolo 2008
This man, with your help, can be your next president.
His name is Jeff Hughes. And he is awesome. Vote for him.
Free yo mind (and your ass will follow)
I swear, I had a best-of albums list for the first half of the year. I even had a slightly shocking comparison with my top selection. That will come, children.
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