2008

Jul

forwhenifeellikesharing: Anyone else watch The Last Unicorn as a kid? I had to have rented it at...

Life and Music

I rewatch this every so often to remind myself what those carrots actually taste like.

Top Five Laugh Fests That I Can...

Honorable Mention: “Dial Clayton” 5. Watching M eat a live crawdaddy/watching my fat...

Hurry Up And….. Wait - Soulive Perfect Summer Funk Time

You want a technology roadmap? Start at the bottom left.

No one should be this happy listening to Modest Mouse. I...

No Correct Way - Snowboard Flick coming Fall 08

Blew The Whole Shit Up On Some "What...

My buddy had a deer attack his classroom yesterday at Central Michigan. It jumped through the...

danhacker: Stars & Stripes FOREVER Happy 4th of July from the Muppets.

Escort - The Sea and Cake Any song off this album reminds me distinctly of one place.

Work Essays

At work, I read (google style) for hours. Lots of interesting but forgettable surveys and tips on...

Mandated Calorie Counters

bagel: Summer time (via • 7) Nothing is better than a...

Registering Domains

Trickier than I thought. Just about bought newerapistons.com until I realized it also spelt newe...

Dilemmi Eternal

Options for the 4th: 1. Rothbury. No bands I’m dying to see (unlike pitchfork) and I’ll...

I've Got Nothing To Say

I’ve got nothing to say I’ve got noothing to saaaay I’ve got nothing to...

Jun

Sunday Morning Thoughts

I just torrent’d a copy of MGS2. I may have spent four years in college learning how all of...

Listening to Los Campesinos!, I wonder if I love guitars as...

ET gave me nightmares as a child.

azspot: The Website Is Down: Sales Guy vs. Web Dude I am so pissed I can’t play halo at work....

Music is the: cortical warhead? temporal compensator? attack pattern? interstellar...

Percival Davis

What an asshole (aka just finished the book). Started so weak but ended in smiling fashion....

New Plan

Thought up my new post-career plan at work today. Finish AT hike (DC to Maine). Buy a bike and ride,...

Some Dude Wrote A Book. He's In High...

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2877248 Inspiration through jealousy....

I Enjoy Summer

The best part of summer is knowing it doesn’t last. Fall is the best, well maybe the first...

“But you could, you know, just be a guy who knows a lot about...”
— http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links...

Top Ten Beatles Songs

SeeqPod - Playable Search Apologies to people who follow me. I kind of feel bad polluting...

Video games are always disappointing but I’ve got a...

On Being Selfish

I’m really self centered and I often feel guilty about it. I then placate this guilt with...

tuneage: Thin Lizzy - “The Rocker” Forget about “The Boys Are Back In Town.” This tune showcases...

Bereft of Significance

I’m struggling with a lack of creativity but figure I’ll write something. Long novels...

I can’t stomach any food, poison ivy is creeping up my leg, the sun torched my skin, I woke up...

“At the same time, as the Spurs and this year’s Celtics...”
— Bethlehem Shoals at...

Exhaustion

And not the “I’ve been staying up till 4am watching 9/11 conspiracy videos”...

sarahchristine: someecards.com From a friend. I love...

boringloser: Tumblr. - The Documentary. Radical. Actually, I’m gonna use this as inspiration...

“I’ve never made goals in life and I don’t plan...”
— My Mother. The sky truly is...

Today, I went through and read all of the archived gchats from 2005 on. Even though it was a mere...

Retarded Opinion Of The Day

Dan Boeckner > Spencer Krug

Circa 2008

I had a fantastic time traveling dream last night. Or at least I think so, I can only remember some...

“The Austrian coach is having a bit of a ding-dong with the...”
— ESPN gamecast of Austria vs...

Sunday Morning Thoughts

Thinking about becoming a weekend luddite. In the meantime, I’m going to track how much time...

52books: This is the Reading Rainbow theme. I went to elementary school in Texas and because we...

Curse Words and Cigarettes

Watch Cowboy Bebop and tell me smoking doesn’t carry some serious cool. Listen to Samuel L in...

Rode said bike for hours around Kzoo with Lee last night. I know it isn’t a city proper but I...

Just bought me a bike. Horray bikes!

How Ya Want It (Jungle Brothers - Pz Punchup Remix) - Radiohead I recently noted my distaste for...

Jumping Fist Pump

I scored the sickest goal of my life today in soccer. Dude lead me with the perfect through pass, I...

Say It Ain’t So - Deftones

2002 Western Conference Finals. LA VS SAC. Got me back into...

Track your stolen Macbook

My roommates and neighbors seem sketch and I’m worried that someone’s gonna gank my...

Sometimes money makes decisions so much easier. I’m...

Looking for iPhone

Let me buy you a new iPhone and I’ll take your old one off your hands. $199. Related note, I...

2008 College Ultimate Finals (full video)

Too Much

Between ffffound and pixdaus, I think I’m going to overload on awesomeness. Can we start a...

Random Sunday Morning Thoughts

Thunderstorms are amazing. Does heat lightning only happen during the night? Are music review...

It’s very strange finding a picture of someone you had...

Another Great Way To Discover New Music

Why can’t pitchfork stop being so freaking right all the time? No Age and Fuck Buttons...

Watched a couple songs by some band on the mall in Kzoo tonight. I think they said their name was...

Fuck Kobe

Seat Belts

There’s a commercial running in Michigan about extra cops ready to pull you over for not...

Boner Jamz ‘08

Choices

I can do whatever I want. Whatever. Anything. That’s such a scary, frightening thought that I...

Shame - The Avett Brothers

What Did Jesus Teach Me?

The Internet Helps Me Be A Snob

When I was a kid, I picked a book based on what section it was in, what its cover looked like, and...

May

Went and bought me a Marvel Heroes™ kite from Meijer. The...

Roots of Breakdance - Run DMC

“The storm passed overhead Scratched our world to shreds”
— we are gods! we are wolves! -...

Nostalgia defined.

A Modern Midnight Conversation - The Chemical Brothers All I hear is “listen to your...

Have you read those books or are you...

missbrightside: jeralyndwile: noraleah: Below is a list of 106 books most often marked as “unread”...

Today I was reading through a bunch of old articles on Slate...

One Month In, I Hate My Job

I feel guilty because I’m not doing anything and I don’t know what I should be doing....

Acid Fight - Blood on the Wall “There’s something in my face. I don’t know what it...

“I do think that our culture or our psyche as a country I...”
— Justin Vernon of Bon Iver Not...

sniebauer: To be blunt, I find this piece on 60 Minutes absolute crap. What is wrong with making...

elclinto: “Alice” is an electronic song of which 90% is taken directly from sounds in the film...

‘Bout to rock this shit like I writ this skit in...

Back Online / Debriefing

muxtape: On May 21st, Muxtape experienced an error that caused every song in the database to be...

Simmons Is Back

It’s always fun to tell ask new ultimate players if they’ve ever played soccer and then...

Be Good (RAC Remix) - Tokyo Police Club Take a great song, do strange stuff to it, and see how it...

Top Five Favorite Sunny In Philadelphia...

1. The Gang Gives Back2. Sweet Dee’s Dating A Retarded Person3. The Gang Dances Their Asses...

Schooled - Ultimate Style

After three years of playing recreational ultimate frisbee, I thought I knew it fairly well. The...

“It wasn’t always easy. I insisted that the stores pay...”
— Mike Sinyard about starting...

Second Albums

I think I’ve finally figured out why the second album of any band I am geeked on is never as...

Tumblelog: love the format, not the...

heather-rivers: I’m sure we can do better! TUMBLELOG /tʊmbl̩lɔɡ/ Pros: Mainstream usage Cons:...

I’m getting a fucking moped.

Promise Less or Do More - Whitest Boy...

Such great nutrition-free entertainment.

Anonymity

No one who I know in “real life” knows that I maintain this site. I’m not really...

Why Do I Hate The San Antonio Spurs?

Unknown Benefits

Coworker: Hey Gavin
Me: Hey
Coworker: How are you liking everything so far?
Me: It's good. Manuals are a little dry though.
Coworker: I bet. Did you know that everyone takes Friday afternoons off from Memorial day to Labor day?
Me: Wait wait, what?
Coworker: Yeah, people started the practice a little early this year. Noone's here now.
Me: (to myself) Van Halen Jumpkick.

I’m finding morels in this today.

(via elclinto) I’m trying not to reblog much but this...

B5 d t- k- s u-- f i-- o+ x e+ l- c++

Craigslist Relationship Ads

Just moved and was looking through the craigslist ads for women seeking men. All I saw were...

I’m back in the tunnel. The light was gone so quickly, I think I’m in shock. I wish I...

Mind’s Eye - Josh Ritter

Top Ten Videogames I Want To Play...

1. Halo 3 2. Castlevania: SOTN 3. FF Tactics 4. MGS1-4 5. Bioshock 6. Gears of War 7. SSX On Tour 8....

Every song on the album has individual track artwork in...

josw

“Nations all over the world provided over US$7 billion in aid...”
— Wikipedia article on...

Don’t Cry Out - Shiny Toy Guns I haven’t listened to this in a couple months but it was...

“Lebron James with no regard for Human Life!”
— Kevin Harlan after LBJ...

Mighty Mouse

I just bought a Mighty Mouse. Things I like: speed, wheel, weight. Things I don’t like:...

Creative Juices

Since I’ve been back in Michigan, I’ve been surrounded by family and friends or been at...

Ultimate. Frisbee that is. Today was the first day on the...

Apple

I’m no apple fanboy but I love the free services I’ve gotten from them. I dropped my...

Driving to work this morning, I said to myself, I think I...

Super Villians!

One of my favorite arcs in fantasy stories (comics, movies, books) is when two unrelated badasses,...

Here’s a real interesting guy who has a good attitude about stuff. I found it while searching...

“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you...”
— Randy Pausch I’d almost...

Waking Up

I really should categorize all the different types of sleep: fitful, nap, cautious (like in class or...

Dirty Cash - Spaceballers remix Mind Electric remix Adventures of Stevie V Remmmmmix.

How I Spent My Morning

What happens to perfectionists that realize nothing is perfect?

Spring And By Summer Fall - Blonde Redhead I must be on a falsetto kick.

Best Review of Iron Man

“…followed a minute later by Thaddeus Young throwing up...”
— Official ESPN Recap Salty

Business Card - Find the “Front” By ...

Kalamazoo

I just moved to Kalamazoo. Today’s my fourth day here. Surprisingly, I never visited when I...