I’m really pissed at my iPod. I wanted to listen to Placebo this afternoon and it wasn’t listed underneath artists, so I just listened to something else. I made sure Placebo was on my laptop, it was, so I hooked up the iPod to sync it, but it was already done. Going a different way I searched for the album title on the iPod and it’s listed. So, why is this album listed but not the artist?
Why does the court system hate me? Am I some hardened criminal? Do they invent new punishments just for me? I feel as if I am being punished more severely than most actual criminals. All I did wrong was not pay a fee on my driver’s license. Because of this I got a ticket, which in turn caused me to lose my license for two years and now they are sending creditors after me and are slapping on additional fees as well as tacking on 12% interest retroactive to the date the ticket was issued. I corrected the fee thing shortly after receiving the ticket, but that was not enough for them.
FUCK!
On a side note, Menards has the full Halloween display up and the Christmas display starts going up Monday.
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2008 21 July :: 4.28pm
:: Mood: nostalgic
:: Music: Stars - One More Night
So, there's been official word that they're will be a new 'Lost' ARG (alternative reality game) set to begin at this year's ComicCon in San Diego. Supposedly, they will 'recruiting' Dharma Initiative members. This thing looks to blow the 'Find 815' ARG out of the water. I'm so jealous I'm not going, but at the same time I'm totally excited for another Lost-related time waster. If only this pesky school thing would stay away a little longer.
Summer's already half over, which depresses me. With every day, it's harder to not think about having to go back. I probably should be doing more with my time off, though, as usual, I don't feel like the summer is being wasted. And I finally got a draft of my predisseration turned in, and by this time point next year I finally should have a couple articles to my name, so it's not all bad.
We hosted our second poker night yesterday at the apartment. I had a lot of fun and things went a little faster and a little smoother than last time. And I finally won for a change. Thanks to everyone who came.
I'm off to the library to pick up some more reading material, as if I needed it. If I get inspired, maybe I'll share my "to read' list. That, or I'll enter back into radio silence for another 6 months. Guess we'll have to wait and see together.
(edit 5:32pm) Based on his already impressive resume, especially considering his relatively young age, I'm naming Christian Bale the best actor of his generation. I'm not even going to look at his competition, because I'm fairly confident I don't need to.
E.B. White - Here is New York
"There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter--the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives it solidity and continuity, but settlers give it passion."
- On equality: "I've been portrayed as a caveman by some. That's not true. I'm a conservative progressive, and that means I think all men are equal, be they slants, beaners, or niggers."
Things I Currently Fancy
Things That Rock - MI Visit Edition
- free Meijer grocery trips
- Lemonade ICEEs
- My Morning Jacket CDs
- Cinnamon Fire Twizzlers
- 80 degree temperatures
- Clementine Izzes (in a bottle!)
- Ludington/MI Adventure trips
BOTB 14
40) the kooks - she moves in her own way
39) foo fighters - let it die
38) the white stripes - icky thump
37) rilo kiley - the moneymaker
36) eels - old shit/new shit
35) modest mouse - parting of the sensory
34) we are scientists - it's a hit
33) r.e.m. - supernatural superserious
32) arcade fire - keep the car running
31) a fine frenzy - rangers
30) spoon - don't you evah
29) the decemberists - o valencia!
28) the white stripes - rag & bone
27) grinderman - no pussy blues
26) radiohead - faust arp
25) dave matthews & tim reynolds - eh hee
24) bright eyes - hot knives
23) the shins - phantom limb
22) foo fighters - the pretender
21) david gray - you're the world to me
20) eddie vedder - hard sun
19) stars - take me to the riot
18) bruce springsteen - girls in their summer clothes
17) the shins - sea legs
16) feist - 1, 2, 3, 4
15) rilo kiley - silver lining
14) nick cave & the bad seeds - we call upon the author to explain
13) glados & jonathan coulton - still alive
12) arcade fire - (antichrist television blues)
11) a fine frenzy - almost lover
10) glen hansard & marketa irglova - falling slowly
9) peter bjorn & john - young folks
8) death cab for cutie - i will possess your heart
7) sia - breathe me
6) johnathan rice - we're all stuck out in the desert
5) nick cave & the bad seeds - dig, lazarus, dig!!!
4) eels - souljacker, pt. 1
3) the decemberists - the perfect crime #2
2) silverchair - straight lines
1) spoon - the underdog
Don't wish it away
Don't look at it like it's forever
Between you and me I could honestly say
That things can only get better
And while I'm away
Dust out the demons inside
And it won't be long before you and me run
To the place in our hearts where we hide
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
Time on my hands could be time spent with you
Laughing like children, living like lovers
Rolling like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
Just stare into space
Picture my face in your hands
Live for each second without hesitation
And never forget I'm your man
Wait on me girl
Cry in the night if it helps
But more than ever I simply love you
More than I love life itself
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2008 14 April :: 8.59pm
:: Music: Modest Mouse- Missed the Boat
i gave it another shot. While we're on the subject
Could we change the subject now?
I was knocking on your ears
Don't worry, you were always out Looking towards the future
We were begging for the past
Well, we know we had the good things
But those never seemed to last
Oh, please just last
Everyone's unhappy
Everyone's ashamed Well we all just got caught looking
At somebody else's page
Well, nothing ever went
Quite exactly as we planned
Our ideas held no water
But we used them like a dam
Oh, and we carried it all so well
As if we got a new position
Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell
Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion"
Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell
Of course everyone goes crazy
Over such and such and such
We made ourselves a pillar
But we just used it as a crutch We were certainly uncertain
At least I'm pretty sure I am
Well, we didn't need the water
But we just built that good goddamn
Oh, and I know this of myself
I'd assume as much for other people
Oh, and I know this of myself
We've listened more to life's end gong
Than the sound of life's sweet bells
Was it ever worth it?
Was there all that much to gain?
Well, we knew we'd missed the boat
And we'd already missed the plane
We didn't read the invite
We just danced at our own wake
All our favorites were playing
So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Tiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
Sitting, drifting around in bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them
When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
Oh, and we carried it all so well
As if we got a new position
Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
But not the skills to make a shelf with
Oh, what useless tools ourselves
