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brutisimo

:: 2007 15 March :: 12.37am

So this song was on an episode of Dawson's a while back, and then it is on one of the BEST scenes on Vm...it plays at dances at both...anyway, it is a great song though.

Sway by The Perishers

I talk to you as to a friend
I hope that’s what you’ve
come to be
It feels as though we’ve
made amends
Like we found a way
eventually

It was you who picked
the pieces up
When I was a broken soul
And then glued me
back together
Returned to me what
others stole

I don’t wanna hurt you
I don’t wanna make you sway
Like I know I’ve done before
I will not do it anymore
I’ve always been a dreamer
I've had my head among
the clouds
Now that I’m coming down
Won’t you be my solid ground?

I look at you and see a friend
I hope that’s what you wanna be
Are we back now where
it all began?
Have you finally forgiven me?

You gathered my dreams in
When they all blew away
And then tricked them
back into me
You saved me I was
almost dead


Oh, and I like the Dandy Warhols too...I love it when the shows I watch have good music because then I find out about all these band I never would have otherwise...

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brutisimo

:: 2007 14 March :: 7.37pm

well i have discovered some cool stuff lately. I found some new music thanks to VM: Spoon and The Old 97's.

I have not watched regular tv in about 2 and a half weeks...which is, admittedly, weird...but the weirder part is that i have been watching VM contunuously in that time. and that it still hold my interest. I have 2 seasons which helps, but why am I STILL watching it? I tried to watch something else the other day I couldnt...so i put in another disk of VM...pathetic....more pathetic? I dream in that reality. Like I live there in that town and most of the time I dont see any of the characters, but like the "cinematography" of the dream lets me know that I am there. I dont know if I am making sense, but like the way the dream looks lets me know I am in VM's world, but I still dream the normal kinds of things mostly. LAst nioght was weird though...I rode a motorcycle and took a roadtrip, but it was raining, and I went up the caost of Cali and it was really pretty....but i was riding a MOTORCYCLE.

anyway, I am just putting my work off, so I should do that instead of this.

Aaron wants to hang out this weekend...that could be cool...

Sean doesnt seem to have thought about me while he was gone, and he doesnt look to be changing that now that he is back...oh well, i have other shit to worry about.

My Aunt Shell flew to Cali to see my Aunt Paula today...I wish I hadnt messed school up so bad so I could go.

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brutisimo

:: 2007 12 March :: 12.46am

SO here is what I did for spring break:

I watched VM for 8 days and worked at kohls for 30 hours. Those 30 hours were the only time I left my Apt. and it was the only time I wasnt watching it ( I did sleep a little too...) buit the thing is I am realizing I have a pattern. when my grandpa was really sick sophmore year I got engrossed in OTH i would stay in my room for days watching it on an endless loop, now when things are all uncertain again, I am doing the same thing with Veronica Mars (which is way better in writing, but just as frusterating and satisfying in the drama by the way). I feel relly lost right now. I used to like so much about myself and now I am really struggling. I think I made some very wrong choices and have landed myself in a situation that now I just have to dig myself out of. I came to Western when I souldnt have, I picked a major that is next to impossible to succeed at in life, I have next to no support system in this town. I run from connections and am alone in more than one sense. Right now I am justy going to get this shit over with so I can start over somewhere, anywhere.

I have a notebook of invisible questions that need letters put to them.

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mbenznut

:: 2007 8 March :: 10.07pm

frogie5d: hey, i found this footage of holloween a few years ago


Auto Response from mbenznut: I am away from my computer right now.

frogie5d: you know, the time when i had you dress up as an ewok, but you sorta ended up looking like poo instead. Its pretty funnyfrogie5d: I love that you did that, you'll always be my hero

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mbenznut

:: 2007 3 March :: 12.14am

Just saw the pilot episode for the Black Donnellys. Great show.

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brutisimo

:: 2007 1 March :: 11.30am

I am smart, but my actions do not reflect it sometimes.

My Aunts cancer is worse than it seemed.

I am scared of a lot....that I will never get out of here, that I will let people down, that I will never find my "epic", and that I will not make my mark on the world...I am scared she is going to die.

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mbenznut

:: 2007 28 February :: 7.47pm

Gay marriage is just like yours, only gayer.

http://www.hsiproductions.com/directors/maxvitali/mv013007.aspx

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taoman1121

:: 2007 27 February :: 6.41pm
:: Music: The Wallflowers - Into the Mystic

Best of 2006 Lists
These might be a little late, but I just saw a few of the Oscar noms in the past week, so I wanted to make a complete list:

Top 10 Films
1. Children of Men
2. The Departed
3. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
4. An Inconvenient Truth
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. The Prestige
7. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
8. Silent Hill
9. The Queen
10. United 93

Top 10 CDs
1. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
2. Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way
3. Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope
4. Nellie McKay – Pretty Little Head
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
6. Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
7. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
8. Foo Fighters – Skin and Bones
9. Badly Drawn Boy – Born in the U.K.
10. Eels – Live at Town Hall: With Strings

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brutisimo

:: 2007 26 February :: 8.23pm

so I have a new favorite show...well at least it is a tie with one tree hill.

ready? Veronica Mars. SURPRISE!

I watched seasons 1 & 2 this weekend...in 2 days...less maybe...I am retarded.

I still miss you and knowing your birthday is coming makes it a little worse, but other things seem to be a little better. Last weekend I went to GR and watched the OC series finale w/ anne, then we met Mackenzie @ the country bar and line danced. It was really fun. Then I watched Veronica MArs and worked the rest of the weekend until today when I did school stuff and listened to my new Gym Class Heroes CD...good stuff.

Sean comes home from Ecuador on the 4th...I dont know what is going to happen with that. I hope something. Next week is Spring Break, and I think I am taking a road trip.

2 midterms, a test and a paper due this week....have to get on that.

love you.

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mbenznut

:: 2007 23 February :: 5.02pm

Umm... disturbing to say the least. I even used the flag feature for the first time.

http://killbattyman.blogspot.com/

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mbenznut

:: 2007 23 February :: 3.49pm

The Eight "I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts"
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Act Like a Sanctimonious Holier-Than-Thou Ass When Describing My Noodly Goodness. If Some People Don't Believe In Me, That's Okay. Really, I'm Not That Vain. Besides, This Isn't About Them So Don't Change The Subject.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Use My Existence As A Means To Oppress, Subjugate, Punish, Eviscerate, And/Or, You Know, Be Mean To Others. I Don't Require Sacrifices, And Purity Is For Drinking Water, Not People.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Judge People For The Way They Look, Or How They Dress, Or The Way They Talk, Or, Well, Just Play Nice, Okay? Oh, And Get This In Your Thick Heads: Woman = Person. Man = Person. Samey = Samey. One Is Not Better Than The Other, Unless We're Talking About Fashion And I'm Sorry, But I Gave That To Women And Some Guys Who Know The Difference Between Teal and Fuchsia.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Indulge In Conduct That Offends Yourself, Or Your Willing, Consenting Partner Of Legal Age AND Mental Maturity. As For Anyone Who Might Object, I Think The Expression Is Go F*** Yourself, Unless They Find That Offensive In Which Case They Can Turn Off the TV For Once And Go For A Walk For A Change.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Challenge The Bigoted, Misogynist, Hateful Ideas Of Others On An Empty Stomach. Eat, Then Go After The B*******.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Build Multimillion-Dollar Churches/Temples/Mosques/Shrines To My Noodly Goodness When The Money Could Be Better Spent (Take Your Pick):
Ending Poverty
Curing Diseases
Living In Peace, Loving With Passion, And Lowering The Cost Of Cable
I Might be a Complex-Carbohydrate Omniscient Being, But I Enjoy The Simple Things In Life. I Ought To Know. I AM the Creator.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Go Around Telling People I Talk To You. You're Not That Interesting. Get Over Yourself. And I Told You To Love Your Fellow Man, Can't You Take A Hint?
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You If You Are Into, Um, Stuff That Uses A Lot Of Leather/Lubricant/Las Vegas. If The Other Person Is Into It, However (Pursuant To #4), Then Have At It, Take Pictures, And For The Love Of Mike, Wear a CONDOM! Honestly, It's A Piece Of Rubber. If I Didn't Want It To Feel Good When You Did It I Would Have Added Spikes, Or Something.

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jedibumblebee

:: 2007 20 February :: 8.05pm

ooh an anonymous crush, how exciting!

andy, this is why i am certain this is a good idea... i'm about as giddy as a seventh-grader!

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jedibumblebee

:: 2007 19 February :: 8.24pm



Get your own CrushTag!

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brutisimo

:: 2007 15 February :: 5.57pm

The more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm not sure who the first person was who said that. Probably Shakespeare. Or maybe Sting. But at the moment, it's the sentence that best explains my tragic flaw: my inability to change.
I don't think I'm alone in this. The more I get to know other people, the more I realize it's kind of everyone's flaw. Staying exactly the same for as long as possible, standing perfectly still... It feels safer somehow. And if you are suffering, at least the pain is familiar. Because if you took that leap of faith, went outside the box, did something unexpected... Who knows what other pain might be out there, waiting for you. Chances are it could be even worse.

So you maintain the status quo. Choose the road already traveled and it doesn't seem that bad. Not as far as flaws go. You're not a drug addict. You're not killing anyone... Except maybe yourself a little....




I did not write this, i plagarized it...wait i dont even know if i did that....it is called fatal flaw by Ephram brown...


ANYWAY. I really am glad that michelle reminded me of it beacuse it is my life right now. My life sucks BAD but i am afraid to take the leap that could fix it.


Here are my top fives right now:

Top five suckiest things:
1. My Aunt PAula has Breast Cancer
2. My grandpa is not getting better
3. I have no money, my car is in the shop and kohls is screwing me on hours
4. I have become a hermit, and get lonely sometimes
5. I am still no bucking up when it comes to school


BEst things:
1. my mom and I are doing well, in fact she is coming here this weekend
2. I am going to Prague in July
3. Although i have lost a lot of people I have some that are coming back into my life
4. Once I sell mi abuela's house i will have some money
5. I am writing and reading again

Last weekend I hung out with some freshmen....I felt lame sort of, but i had a lot of fun. I have a friend from Highschool whose little brother lives in Valley 1 and when I had the day from hell last Friday he was the only one in Kalamazoo that i could get a hold of, so i went and hung out with him and his freinds. He was very nice and watched out for me to some extent ( cuz i was belige) so i met some cool people and forgot about my problems for a night. It was the first real fun i had had in a while.

This weekend my mom is coming anf staying with me for 3 days. I am excited becuase we have been doing really well lately and i need to go grocery shopping and some other boring things and I have no car right now.

My car has been in the shop since last friday because it was fucked up bad. I have no money so my grandarents are going to pay for it ( with takes a load off) but ireally need moolah and kohls is scheduling me like NO hours a week. I am thinking about getting another job, but I really do like it there....conundrum.

I have been reading and writng a lot again, I guess i go in cycles, but the thing is everytime i begin again I do it very differently...here is a sample of something i wrote recently:

Black water meets red sky
Such is the way to find yourself
A journey with an architecture
Never known to you before
The burning sun'd extasy dies
When the lapping water quietly
Chills, momentarily, then
Continues
Turn around from your past
Confuse your empty shell with your
Empty future
Let your reliances of the outset
Become new possibilities
Never sought
Such is the way to find yourself
Death in a deepness with no
Chaos, only clarity


See, random....here is another:


valorize not, these words that run
through my teeth like a sieve.
if anything, language only bastardizes
the emothions my heart makes
tearing open wide wounds of yesteryear
letting the blood pool round slowly
soon forgotten.
do not give me a medal for my pains
for though they are many they
are not singularly felt
or inflicted.
many suffer tragedies greater; many use
more eloquent words
there is nothing more perverse than hubris
I will not let my wounds bleed out.


I think i have written a long enough entry for tonight.

I miss you.

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taoman1121

:: 2007 11 February :: 5.12pm

1500!!
So I hit 1500 enteries on my giant movie list. That means that over the years, I've watched somewhere in the ball park of 1500 films. The milestone entry? Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston's The Break-Up that we rented yesterday. Fairly solid flick... tough to watch at times, but I can't fault a film for attempting to be realistic and anti-Hollywood for once. A pleasant surprise to say the least.

So at 2 hours a pop, that means, give or take, I've spent 3000 hours watching new films. Can I have a degree or something to show for that?

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