I'm in a glass case of emotion!

So it's currently near 2 in the morning. I have a class at 8. And I am still awake. Enough to write down my thoughts. Let's do this.

All the emotions I felt today...

bored: Started a new mini semester today, and my first class was... wow. The dude talked for the entire hour and a half. I thought I was the only one suffering until I heard the sighs coming from almost everyone else. It would have been funny if he wasn't so old.

proud: After class, I went on and spoke with my journalism adviser to talk about what classes to take, how many hours I still had left, etc. Anyway, we got to talking about my electives and I told her I thought I had about one or two classes left in my psychology minor. She told me I may need to check again. After talking to a psych adviser, turns out I have completed my minor for psychology. Officially, and I didn't even know. But I was pretty pumped.

crunk: As I have stated, there is a new roommate in the house. Well, I came home from class and I heard him blaring his music. You would think this is a bad thing, but with myself and the roommate big music guys, it actually made me happy. But what made me really happy was that he was playing "Everything Must Go" by Taking Back Sunday. I banged on his door till he opened it and we rocked out, haha. Good times.

blah: Last week, I tried texting my ex to see how she was doing. I would call, but she has a new boyfriend and I don't know, if she were to be with him, it would just feel weird. But after getting no response, she hit me up today. We chatted about Stephen Colbert's new haircut for a while, before it turned to the "how are you's" and then finally her boyfriend came up. A BIG part of me was about to pull the "I can't talk about this" card, but I sucked it up and at least answered the text. I feel I am getting better in that department and I will continue to be ok, until I see the first pic of them together or Heaven forbid, actually physically see them together. I think I might lose it, but then I will pull it together. I hope. August is going to be an interesting month, let's just say that.

concerned (with myself): speaking of the girl front, I feel my mind is making a mistake. It's starting to like someone I really shouldn't start liking. It's like when I watched Nick and Norah, I said to my friend, "I think I could fall for someone based on their playlist." Well, that's happening. And just so i'm not a complete weirdo, she is extremely cute. "Adorable" is the word my friend who I would not have known the girl in question about (for blog purposes, we will call her Norah, haha) without has described her. But there are SO many complications with this. Let's start with the major one: she has a boyfriend. Now, let's just keep going. She is starting her second year of college in the fall while I am starting my fifth and regardless of what anyone says, that just seems weird to me, she is VERY religous and while I don't have a problem with that I fear it may clash one day, and did I mention she has a boyfriend? Oh, and the fact that she has no idea I even think she is attractive. That damn self esteem thing is kicking in because she is also really skinny and i'm... not. And just in case I haven't said it, the whole boyfriend thing is a problem. Except that I hear he is a douche and she said in the car today that she was thinking of breaking up with him (not to me, just sort of out loud). But she has an AWESOME taste in music -- lil triva, she was actually at the Taking Back Sunday that I still have not posted about. I doubt anything is going to come of this, but I will still put her in the tags, just in case, haha.

Oh self, what do you do to yourself?

Random lyric of the day:

Where are you now?
As I'm swimming through the stereo
I'm writing you a symphony of sound
Where are you now?
As I rearrange the songs again
This mix could burn a hole in anyone
But it was you I was thinking of

Hanging with Mr. Cooper

Ok, I know I have to constantly say this so that makes it seem weird haha, but there's nothing wrong with a man crush, right?

Saw the Hangover for the second time today. A friend hadn't seen it, so I was like, why not?

Now, while Zach Galifianakis stole the show, Bradley Cooper's performance has me having a new actor to watch out for. Of course, this comes after seeing him in two movies in one weekend (Yes Man and He's Just Not That Into You) and then fondly remembering him in Wedding Crashers. But I am officially adding his name to the "if he is in the movie, I'm interested" list.

So now I have to wonder... with Johnny Depp being my favorite actor, Brad Pitt in a distant second, and since he started in wrestling Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in third as my favorite actors, adding Cooper to the list makes me ask myself: Why are my favorite actors the "good looking guys?" I may have to post a female filled blog soon, haha

Till then, allow us to reminisce on where it all started...




Hey, at least Rachel McAdams is in there as well, a reason it's ok to sit through The Notebook.

Random lyric of the day:

I said the joker is a wanted man
he makes his way all across the land
see him sifting through the sand

So I'll tell you all the story
'bout the joker and the thief in the night

Changes, Questions, New Things, & Disappointment

So a major change is taking place in my life right now. A third roommate is moving in. For the past two years, it has been my best friend of nearly 12 years, myself, and his sister. However, his sister moved home around December of 2008. But even before that, she was barely here. So basically, for the last two years, it has been him and I. And we held it down. Never any drama. In fact, he helped me through a lot. The break up between myself and my girlfriend of just over three years, the divorce of my dad and stepmom, his first ever real relationship, it kind of goes on and on. We got into new shows together like The Office and Scrubs. However, this is starting to sound like we are splitting up, but we're not. The point I think i'm trying to make is it is easier to have that connection when it is just two people. I just don't know how a third roommate is going to work out. I mean, I have been friends with him for a few years, he isn't a stranger, but still. I just worry. It's what I do. Like we joked around the other day when we split a six dollar pizza together. They slice it up into ten pieces. We were like "what are we going to do with three people?" Haha

I had a text conversation the other day that went something like this:

Her: "Hey, I know you probably have plans, but we are having a 4th of July BBQ at my dad's if you want to come."

Me: "On the actual day, cuz I will probably be in Crestview"

Her: "Yea... I figured you would be..."

Those lil dot dot dots, it made me sit there and think. My greatest fault is that I over analyze way too much. And she got to me. Do I visit Crestview way too much? (For those new to the game, Crestview is where my sister and brother in law live). I asked a friend of mine today and he was like "who cares?" I guess that is the approach I take, but it just bothers me a little bit. I don't know why...

So some new things I am going to try out with this blog: Wordless Wednesdays and Flashback Friday. I have seen WW before, so I am pretty sure I get the concept. I only saw something about a FF on lovelila's word press account. Now, I don't know if this is an actual thing, or it's just something she does, but either way, I'm taking it, haha. I just found my old livejournal, so it should be fun.

And finally... I saw Transformers. I have to say, I was dissapointed. (now the blog title should make sense). If you haven't seen the movie, stop reading now as I will probably go into detail. I have only walked out of one movie in my entire life -- The Spirit -- but when Sam got up in the classroom and was making those weird noises and stuff, I swear I was ready to get up. The story was kind of all over the place, I had no idea who the characters were at times, and the cheesiness that worked in the first movie, in my humble opinion, was overplayed in this one. Maybe i am getting old (at 22, I sure hope not), but when a robot called a dude a pussy and the 5 and 6 year olds next to me were cracking up, I just felt slightly uncomfortable. I read a lot of stuff where Micheal Bay just blows stuff up, like that is what his whole movie is about. And they are right, there was stuff exploding in this movie for no reason. We were laughing, cuz at one point it looked like he had recycled footage from Pearl Harbor, another movie of his. And don't get me started on Megan Fox. As hot as she is, she was lame in this movie. And this is going to sound really weird coming from a guy, but when she smiled, she looked ugly haha. I don't know, maybe I just liked the bad ass chick from the first one, and not the "say you love me" from the second one. My last gripes are this: during the last battle scene, I was honestly confused -- I didn't know who were good guys and who were bad guys. And if Optimus Prime would have stayed dead, that would have been awesome. But as my friend pointed out, they took the "cookie cutter" route. Now, reading all that, you would think I hated that movie, but not really. I was just dissapointed after watching the first one. That's all

Edit: Actually that's not all, haha. I am a HUGE fan of The Office, and it sucked to me that Rainn Wilson was only in that movie for two minutes. And I am also a huge fan of the music and movie connection and I have to say it irritated me to hear "21 Guns" by Green Day played THREE TIMES! I like the song, but they could have played something different. Teasing the Linkin Park song was cool, but they killed Green Day by playing it a FOURTH time during the credits. Just my two cents.

I saw a trailer before the movie that I had seen before, but I find it funnier now. I realize it sounds weird to say you "know" somebody through blogging, but what the hell, I feel like I sorta "know" someone from Australia. It intrigues to learn about the music (shoutouts to Wolfmother) and the different langauge. Anyways, I feel little chuckles now when I see the trailer for Funny People and Seth Rogen "He is going to kill us, they are from Australia, that's what they do, they kill things there!" So I ask you, girl, is that what they do there? Haha, see for yourself:



Random lyric of the day:

Meet me in outerspace
We could spend the night, watch the earth come up
I've grown tired of that place, wont you come with me
We could start again

We now return to our regularly scheduled blogging...

What a week. I feel like I have been tired for all of it. I have put a lot of time in the studio though - my "job" involves listening to the cds that different companies send us and see if they are good or not - and I have been taking care of that after slacking last week. But even last night, I went to bed sorta early and still felt really tired all week. Oh well.

First mini class is over. Well, it will be when I hand this project in tomorrow. The class was newspaper editing and design. We had to put together an entire front page and I was pretty happy to get a 93 on it. Then she handed us our average in the class and mine was an 89. I was like C'MON!!! So basically this thing I am turning in tomorrow is make or break. Let's hope to make it...

We were sposed to go see the midnight showing of Transformers on Tuesday. Apparently, everybody else wanted to also as when we got there it was sold out. Made another attempt the next night, but after spending three hours in the studio, I was kind of tired. When the person I was sposed to go with changed plans, I just chilled. Now the date is set for Saturday matinee (times are hard out here, haha).

Speaking of money, apparently I have less than what I thought. That's never a good thing. Looks like July is going to be a struggle month. But at less two trips to Crestview are in the works. Independence Day weekend and then UFC 100 featuring the Brock Lesnar fight. Can't wait for both of those.

And now, for my two cents:

Say what you want about Micheal Jackson, the man made some damn good music back in the day. I still jam out to him every now and then and I remember loving his song in Free Willy, haha. But the man, not the entertainer, was a dirty guy. Is this going to be about how he should be remembered? No, that is up to you. Everybody has an opinion and they are entitled to it. I just hope I don't offend anybody with mine, which is this: Nobody knew him, so why are there people saying they are sad and are going to cry? My friend said she turned on BET 106th and Park and people were balling in the audience. I just don't get it. I loved Heath Ledger as an actor, still do, but I didn't want to cry when he died. I didn't know him. The only time I came close to feeling sad when a celebrity died is when Eddie Guerrero passed away. Yes, I realize I am giving away that I am a wrestling fan, but his was actually sad. He was a man who was down on his luck at one point but he pulled himself together and got out of it. And that night, it showed all his friends on there balling, and tribute videos that yea it did get to me. But the man who brought us Thriller and stand up comedians an endless supply of jokes? While sad, it's not that emotional. Like I said, everybody is entitled to thier opinion, this is just mine. Maybe I should have put this more elegantly, or just plain better, but it's late, and like I said... tired all week.
Random lyric of the day:

So you stand on the corner
Where the angels sit
And you think to yourself,
"This is it, this is it
This is all that I have
All I can stand
Is this air in my lungs
And this coin in my hand"
That you tossed in the air
And I fell, and I fell
All the way to the bottom
Of the well, of the well
Like those soft little secrets
That you tell, that you tell
To yourself, when you think
No one's listening to, well

Drip drip drop there goes an eargasm

So I first off want to thank everybody that gave me ideas. Most made it in, some sadly did not. But there will be other shows :)

With that said, here is the entire show. All three hours of it. WAIT! Don't get intimidated, it's good I promise. But just to make sure, space it out. Listen to it while you are getting ready for work/school/going out/, while you are cleaning house, or while you read interesting stuff on the internet, like fmylife, texts from last night or these wonderful blogs. Use it as background, but I promise it's good. Just push play...

ATR - 6/24/09 by okarmmr

However, here are some notes about it:
*The file is pretty big (its three hours, remember), so you may have to press play and walk away, letting it load for a minute. Also, the sound is a little low. So if you turn it up and go to play something else, you will notice the different volume level.
*My roommate wasn't able to go in, so I went in during his show, so that's what the first 40 minutes is. The first track is just one where I pressed record to talk over. The second track is a chill track I used to go into a little Coldplay mix he put together. If you don't like mixes, just skip to the 41 minute mark and that's when my show officially starts. But trust me, it's a good mix.
*It is a college radio show, so while there are no commercials, we do have to play Public Service Announcements or PSA's. Hopefully they don't get too distracting.

So with that said, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. If you listen to any of it, even like five minutes worth, tell me what you thought about. I leave you now with every band I managed to squeeze in there:

The Academy Is...
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Album Leaf
The All American Rejects
Anberlin
Angels & Airwaves
Band of Skulls
The Black Keys
Bloc Party
The Bravery
Cage the Elephant
Cake
Coldplay (30 minutes worth)
Cold War Kids
Death Cab for Cutie
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
Green Day
Gym Class Heroes
Head Automatica
Incubus
Jack's Mannequin
The Killers
The Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
Manchester Orchestra
MGMT
Minus the Bear
Modest Mouse
New Found Glory
Pendulum
Peter, Bjorn, & John
The Shins
The Sounds
The Strokes
Taking Back Sunday
Vampire Weekend
Wolfmother
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I got the mic and you got the moshpit

So I would like to welcome the new followers, and anyone else who saw me shamelessly promote this blog on the music group on 20something. It's a good one to start with, because I'm basically asking for feedback.

If you are new, then one thing to know about me is that I am a college radio DJ. This is only important when it gets close to Wednesdays (the day I go on) and especially when fall semester starts again. This summer is kind of lazy -- I have only done one show -- but in the fall when everyone comes back it should be interesting. One day, we took the camera in the studio and snapped this lovely pic:



Now, it looks like im singing or gettin ready to rap, but actually I was just trying to "look hard." All I do is introduce the music. And speaking of the music, this is where you guys come in.

My show is called "All Things Rock" because that's basically what I play -- all things in the genre of rock. I have literally played Coldplay and Underoath in the same show before. It's how I get down. Sometimes I have themes (in the past I have had acoustic shows, an all female show, and warped tour artists as examples). But tomorrow, I don't really have a theme. I was going to play a bunch of screamo because A Day To Remember and Chiodos tracks came to Rock Band, but I think I am going to wait till July when Warped Tour makes its way to Atlanta. So I need your help.

I usually have a group on facebook, but i'm trying to keep my facebook/myspace world separate from my blogspot world, so consider you guys my special group. In that group I ask for suggestions on what to play and what not. Well this week, I have the bands in mind. I just need your suggestions for songs.

The only song I know for sure I am going to play is Linkin Park's new song. If I go on after my roommate, I will play Are You In? by Incubus (explanation: my roommate is an actual DJ, with turntables and everything. He may or may not come in tomorrow. On a normal schedule, he goes on before I do, but we may move around tomorrow and he might go on after me). But those are the only two, I have locked. The following are bands I would like to play. Like I said, there is no theme to tomorrow's show, but I guess nothing too crazy or nothing way soft. Kind of in the middle. Only restriction: it has to fall under the category the umbrella of rock (meaning no hip hop and stuff) and that it has to be clean, or radio friendly. So here are the bands I have in mind:

Green Day (off their newest album)
Taking Back Sunday (also off newest album)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (and also off newest album)
Franz Ferdinand
MGMT
Shiny Toy Guns
Kings of Leon
The Black Keys
Manchester Orchestra
Anberlin
Augustana
The Academy Is...
Jack's Mannequin
Cage the Elephant
All American Rejects
The Shins
White Stripes (or Raconteurs)
Cold War Kids
Toxic Airbourne Event
Gym Class Heroes
Head Automatica
The Hush Sound
The Killers
Minus the Bear
Pendulum
New Found Glory
Silversun Pickups
The Sounds

So there they are. I may play more bands than that, I may play less. I only have two hours. But if you could, offer suggestions on which song to play from 1 band, 3 bands, or all of them if you have the time. Suggest anybody else if you like, though if I don't already have them, I may not have time to get them. Tell your friends, your family, your dog to suggest. After all, this is going out to people, so why not have it be people suggested?

Oh, and if you wanna listen in, we stream online. Although i'm not sure what exact time I will go on, I know my roommate and I will be on air from 5-8, central time (if you hear some club type stuff, that means he is on). The link is at wegl.auburn.edu and just click on streaming.

Thanks ahead of time!

March 5, 2010

Is when Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland comes out. And it can not come fast enough. With Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Bomham Carter. And it's in 3D?????

I love it.

Enjoy.

You're my boy Blue!

There has been so much I have wanted to chat about since my last post. I think I am addicted to blogging. It's to the point where I watch a movie or listen to a CD and think to myself "I need to share my thoughts on this" So that's what I am about to do.

I watched Old School on Friday night/Saturday morning. That movie is a classic. I think this is like the 8th time I have seen it, but the first time in years. There are a lot of people that showed up in that movie that have gotten bigger since then. The girl from 21 was in there, one of the dudes that showed up in Coach Carter (the one that quit) was in there, and the chick from Grey's Anatomy was in there. And of course, it was one of Will Ferrell's first movies. But the star -- Vince Vaughn.

Little trivia: the same people that made Old School made The Hangover. There are similarities in the two. If you compare the main three characters -- Luke Wilson is the same as Ed Helms, Will Ferrell is the same as the dude with the beard (i'm too lazy to look it up), and Vince Vaughn is the same as Bradley Cooper. And yes, The Hangover was as funny as everybody made it out to be. The only thing I have to say is it started with Sarah Marshall, but it seems movies are pushing the envelope more and more these days. Full male nudity is apparently the new funny.

That was yesterday. I randomly drove to Crestview again. Got a lil drinky drink on, basically a part two to last weekend. I decided to go there because I was going to see my dad the next day, but he was kind of tired so we decided we would meet up this morning and I wanted something to do, so I just drove down to Crestview. And that's what we did. Late night Hamburger Helper (yum) and movie, then woke up early to meet my dad back in Alabama. His Father's Day consisted of me taking him to IHOP, going to see Star Trek, and then him beating me in miniature golf. Noteworthy events of the day: Star Trek was actually pretty good and I can't believe I lost to my dad in miniature golf. But in his nerdiness, he brought an actual putter to the course. I didn't stand a chance...

So I am still working on a couple blogs -- a review of the concert(s) with pics and a major music blog. I hope everybody reading this will enjoy them but for now let me take care of some business...

jeanette from Cooler Ranch of Nacho Cheese? tagged me for the Honest Scrap Award. The rules for this award are to tell your readers 10 things about you that are true, that they might not know. Then you have to tag 10 other bloggers to do the same.



*these are just off the top of my head:

1)my username (Mr. O) is not some cool name I go by, it is actually my initials, it just kind of worked out that way

2)my roommate and I once watched an entire season of scrubs (maybe season 2?) in one weekend

3)I have two younger brothers; that are my half brothers; that are twins; that are japanese

4)I've probably only read maybe 10 or 15 books in my life. Over half of them are wrestler autobiographies. Yep, I just went there.

5)I have been saying since 2006 that I want to learn the piano. I just started a month ago.

6)I am a very heterosexual man, but I still consider Brokeback Mountain to be a damn good movie]

7)Speaking of my possible gayness, I believe I have a man crush on Johnny Depp

8)I have been friends with my best friend since around ninth grade. Before that time, she couldn't stand me, though we had never really had a conversation.

9)In the span of three days, I walked on the Grand Canyon and the Golden Gate Bridge

10)The first concert I ever attended? Creed.

And now here comes the fun part. And this makes me happy because I actually have ten people to tag :)

*note: some of these people I may have commented on once or twice, or got commented on once or twice, but I am willing (and am going to) change that. Hopefully starting with this post...

1)this is me; consequently
2)What if?
3)Where the hell do I go from here?
4)Meme Love
5)Lil Miss Tabs
6)What Do You Say
7)The Caped Tirader!
8)Deeply Problematic
9)Uberly Ecstatic
10)Southern Domestic Goddess

*note to the girl: I would have tagged you, but I am guessing this is what your blog post was about. I think. Otherwise, you know you would have gotten a tag ;)

So here is what's going on for the week: Project due tomorrow, new one due at the end of the week, and a trip to Tuscaloosa at the end of the week. Let's do this!

Random lyric of the day:

But I often wondered just how deep I could
Sink my teeth into that crease on your arm
The place where all the good times,
They grow and grow.

Would it taste the same, the same for me?
Yeah, would it sound the same coming from me?
Such an awful tearing sound.

Lapse

So the concert tonight was... interesting, adventurous, and a time I won't forget. Were there awesome times? Of course. Were there times that weren't so awesome? Unfortunately, yes. So while my partner in crime on this night gets the pictures and stuff ready, I will wait to post a "review" or whatever about it.

While you wait (cuz I know you are), check out this song. It was by the opening band, Envy On The Coast. This song is slow, but it's like one of their only slow songs that they unfortunately did not play tonight. They rocked real hard though (that sounded kinda lame) and they were some of the coolest guys ever. I recognized the singer near the end of the TBS set, and I asked for a picture to which his response was "of course man." So anyways, if you have seen my quote on my profile page, this is the song that it comes from. I swear if I could, I would get that line tattooed.

Warning: This song would fall under the category of "deep."





The road turned into a snake
It looked in my veins and said
"It's in your blood"
That's when I tried to run
But it was way to dark
Got scared, and ran into your arms
Oh sweet chemical predicament
Can't stop, can't change the evident
Predisposed to forget the best part
A story where the hero dies without regard
Made sure that the needle was clean
When I let myself fall asleep
And all I kept was a piece of your picture
Slipped through my fingers when I slid into my dreams
It's not as deep as it seems
And as unfair as it may be
I'm just here to remind you
Remind you not to forget to remember me

I know you know how it feels to make a clean break
My bones are your bones
My home is your home
You must be, so confused
Got scared and ran away from you
Oh sweet divine predicament
Can't hide I can't change the evident
I'm predisposed to trust a photograph
To portray the way you used to laugh
Do you recall the day you wed?
Such a radiant bride, you couldn't wait to see
Your first born take his very first step
And you smiled at him, 'cause you thought he looked like
Me, it's not as deep as it seems
And as unfair as it may be
I'm just here to remind you
Remind you not to forget to remember me

Now I've dodged your questions so much
I don't possess the strength
To answer straight
And no, I'm not afraid, at least not to die
I'm afraid to live and not remember why
Sweet chemical indifference, I can't stop
Can't change the evident
Predisposed to perpetual sickness
I refuse to let you all be witness
Make sure that the needle is clean when
You let me go back to sleep
And situate the piece of the picture
Underneath my fingers it protects me in my dreams
It's not as deep as it seems
And as unfair as it may be
I'm just here to remind you
Remind you not to forget to remember me

These are the things that I think about

*I love getting new followers. But then it becomes strange. Like, I changed my voice because I am talking to people instead of just posting what I do. Oh well, it's good times anyways since I have a few regulars (outside of people I know in "real life") that comment a good 80% of the time, and I really appreciate it. These are people like MeMe, the girl, and jeanette. Thanks guys.


*I sometimes wonder what Dave Chappelle's show would be like if he was still around. He has some of the greatest segments in TV history, in my opinion. I always thought his show was funny, but I also respected it because I didn't feel uncomfortable for laughing. My argument for his show was that he wasn't making fun of races, but of the stereotypes that those races have. This is why I felt it was ok to laugh at not only the white jokes, but the mexican and black jokes as well. And not in a "It's ok to laugh because it's a black guy that's telling it" kind of way, but just because it was so ridiculous it was funny. But a lot has happened since he left. There has been the overuse of Auto tune in the music industry, the popularity of Twilight, and of course the election. I really wish I could have seen what he would have done with all of that material. Who is this Dave Chappelle and why do I miss him so? Click here to find out.


*Finally, keeping this short, I sometimes wonder if Heidi and Spencer from the Hills (forgive me if I misspelled) know that they are basically a walking punch line. I feel like people only invite them to their shows (such as the Today show or late show with Jimmy Fallon) to make fun of them to their face. I think the only people in the world that take them seriously is themselves. It has actually gotten to the point where it is almost too easy to make fun of them.


*Hopefully there will be pics from the concert tomorrow. I know, for a fact, good times will be had.


Random lyric of the day:

so come on over and
knock on our door
it's open, what's ya
waiting for

we might be spawled
out on the floor
but we still make
lovely company

pull up a chair
i'll pour some tea
we'll shoot the shit
'bout everything
til you get sick
of politics and
flip on the tv screen
we stare at the tv screen

that donnie darko DVD
has been repeating for
a week and we know every
single word

i've got an ipod
like a pirate ship
i'll sail the seas
with fifty thousand
songs i've never heard
all the best of them
go fa la la la la la la la...

In case I haven't mentioned this already... (updated)

I will be seeing Taking Back Sunday on Wednesday. Expect something more about this tomorrow. Until then, I am going to hope and pray that they do something similar to this in Atlanta.



Sink Into Me - Acoustic

Blame It On The...

Pretty fun weekend. Went to Crestview, to visit the sister and brother-in-law. That place is basically my getaway, but this was the first time I didn't really need to get away from anything. I just wanted to be there. There is something about when the three of us get together, it is just an amazing time. Also, it was the start of a four weekend run. This past weekend, Crestview. Next weekend, Dad's day. Weekend after, trip to Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama) to visit friends. Weekend after that, 4th of July and either I will be in Atlanta dancing my ass off or in Crestview barbecuing and having a lil "sippy sippy".

Speaking of which, let me explain. I am not what you would call a "drinker" by any means. However, the only time I really do is with my family (the Crestview peeps). And I will admit it -- it's the girly drinks. We went to Outback last night and I got a captain something. Tasted really good actually. And then we got our "dranky drank" on with the best of em -- Mike's Hard Lemonade, haha. Ok ok, I will admit this also -- and green apple smirnoff. There, I admitted it. No beer or hard liqour for this man. Give me my fruity drinks!

What else did I do this weekend? Well, let's start with Friday. Got there around 9 or 10 (its like a four hour drive from my house) and just chilled that night. Next day, watched some movies and then went and played miniature golf (known in that area as "Goofy Golf"). Woke up this morning and basically chilled all day playing wii and xbox for a while. Now I am home and have to work on a newspaper layout for the summer class I am taking. Better get to it, but before I do, enjoy the following pictures.

So I mentioned I watched some movies, right? Well I watched two, and I now have two new crushes. Let me explain my crush past. For the LONGEST time it was Jessica Alba. After Pirates, it was Keira Knightley. More recently, it was Mila Kunis after Forgetting Sarah Marshall followed by Jordana Brewster in F&F4. Let me introduce you to my two new ladies:

First movie we watched was Yes Man, which was better than I thought it would be. And now I would like to welcome Zooey Deschanel to the club.

And then we saw "He's Just Not That Into You." Not as good as I thought it would be (random fact about myself: I am actually kind of a chic flick fan). Just kinda average. But after everybody I know has the hots for her, I am adding myself to the Scarlett Johansson fan club.


And after that, what an awesome segway to family photos, eh?


Any ways, these guys are pretty much the ultimate combination of best friends and family members, this is my sister and brother-in-law:



And this was my sister and I in the ridiculously hot heat of goofy golf:



And finally, just us posing in the hot sun, with our golf clubs:



So that's about it. Taking Back Sunday concert on Wednesday that I cannot wait for. Oh and expect a major music blog coming soon...

Random lyric of the day:

Girl i know you feel good
Just like you look, couple more shots
You open up like a book
I ain't trippin
(cause imma read ya)
Shawty i ain't trippin
(i just wanna please ya)
Imma take a shot of nuvo
Shawty didn't you know
It's going down we can go n kick it like judo (you know)
You know what i mean
Shawty got drunk, thought it all was a dream
So i made her say i, i i
Now she got her hand on my legs, got my seats all wet in my ride (all wet in my ride)
All over my ride (all over my ride)

Just like old times

Tonight was a good night. Well, come to think of it, last night was good too. I just don't have the pictures so I can't show it off. Oh well, i will try my best to give a visual. For chronological sake, let's start with yesterday.

It was my roommate's birthday. Little trivia about my roommate... he's basically my p.i.c. We have been friends since 4th or 5th grade, but we tell everybody it's been about 27 years. If you have ever seen the show Scrubs, look at Turk and JD and that is pretty much us. I am JD, the more emotional one. He just kinda goes along with most stuff. We have been roommates since our first year in college (August will start year 5) and the thought of the day we separate (he will graduate in the spring, myself in the summer) is a sad thought to say the least. If you saw the FINAL episode of Scrubs, it basically revolved around JD leaving the hospital. I told him how it was going to suck when that day came for us. Well, enough of the background. We both have a pretty random sense of humor, so here is how his birthday went down. We put up a banner in the hallway that had "16" dangling from it (signaling a sweet 16, even though he turned 22) and we got him a pinata. The pinata was a 100 dollar bill that we filled with paper money, fake coins, and skittles. So when he finally busted it (edit: we tore it open) it literally rained skittles. Pretty awesome. Add in the fact our friend from Troy came up and our other friend from down the street made him a cake, THEN toss in a dinner at CiCi's and a good Rock Band session, and you had a good night.

Now, on to tonight. For all these people coming into my little corner of the blogosphere (especially those in the music group), one thing to know about me is that I am a dj at a campus radio station. That is not me saying "know this about me because I am cooler than you," rather "know this about me because I will probably talk about it -- a lot." But tonight was my first trip in the studio since April, and it felt good. I mostly played the new Taking Back Sunday cd, but I threw in some other bands like Incubus, Anberlin and The Sounds. No one could call in cuz the phones were down so I don't know if anybody was listening, but an old friend from high school named Leah (for you jme, cuz i know you would ask who it was if I left it vague) tuned in after we got to chatting on myspace's new chat feature. After I gave her a shoutout, she referred to me in her status as "THE COOLEST PERSON ALIVE!!!" I think I will end this post on that note...

Random lyric of the day:

Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees.
I got bills to pay,
I got mouths to feed,
There ain't nothing in this world for free.
I know I can't slow down,
I can't hold back,
Though you know, I wish I could.
No there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good

The Up Side of Down

Drama. You want it? I got it. But that's not what the point of this is. No, it's about dealing with it. I feel I am becoming better at it. Read on...

So the last time we checked in, it had seemed like I had a good time with this girl. Apparently, she didn't have as great as a time. Or maybe she did, but she was "helped" by the margarita she had earlier. I digress, let me start from the beginning.

So I have been kind of feeling her for a while, but also for a while she has had a boyfriend. Although it wasn't a monumental moment in my life because of the (lack of) seriousness, I have been cheated on. A makeout session. And she knew she was going to break up with me, she just hadn't found the opportunity. So it's hard to get upset at that. But still, I never met the guy (still haven't, have no desire to) but I know how it feels. So in the situation with this girl, I wasn't going to be the other guy and make a move. However, we made plans to hang out on a Wednesday. What happened on Tuesday? She became single.

So Wednesday rolls around and she had a horrible day at work and wanted to take me up on the offer to go out and get some mexican food and a margarita. When we came back we watched Revolutionary Road (don't do this) and were getting very cuddly on the couch. It felt nice. Considering my last relationship lasted 3 years and this is the first girl that has even shown an interest since that time. Well, I thought she did. Went over the next night, and nothing. The touchy feely stuff was gone. Only a mere "you should rub my back" (which I did) occured. Left her house, had an awesome Friday that included my best friend visiting and us going to see No Doubt and Paramore, a lazy Saturday followed by a similar Sunday. However, that day was when I got the information that when I left, she called one of my good friends (the dude that actually got us talking in the first place) and he came over and they made out. Good times...

This actually came after I mustered up the courage to ask her what she felt about me and she replied that we could be more than friends "in the future." Then some other bs about her not being ready to go anywhere or what not. So pretty much, I felt like an idiot. A girl that I liked, that I thought liked me, invited a good friend of mine over, who I thought had my back, and they made out.

If you are still reading, then you might be wondering to yourself, "where does the title of this blog come from?" Well, it's my ability to deal with these situations. With my ex-girlfriend, it's hard for me to even drive in the town that she lives in. But I do feel I am getting better with that. But it took me a while. However, it only took me a day to get over this. I called my friend and talked with him. (I had actually gotten the story from a different friend, and when she told it, it genuinely seemed like he didn't know I had some kind of feelings for her). In a move I really wasn't expecting, he apologized for the misunderstanding, saying he wouldn't have done it had he have known. I actually believed him, but told him in hindsight it wasn't a big deal because there was nothing happening. So me and him are cool. As for this girl? Well, let's just say i'm not going to hold a grudge, and I like having new friends, but as far as her showing up in this blog, this may be the last time you hear of her.

So, the up side of down? It speaks to my optimism. I've been criticized for it before, but it helps me. So much so, that I am thinking of taking a huge step. I am thinking of reaching out to my ex. Not in a "get back together way," but try to get on talking terms again. I am tired of avoiding situations and am ready to face them. Let's see how this works out.

If this was too long and bored you, expect a random update soon.

(Not so) Random lyric of the day:

It's not that I don't trust you
well I just know what you've been up too
and well this dial tone is agreeing with everything I've had in mind.
and you've got your high as a kite tricks in the bag.

you're down for sellin' me out
while I play dumb,
it's cool cause I let you, thought I'd never catch you,
you'd say "we're only friends." yeah, real good friends, I bet. I bet.

forget your legs around my hips.
forget your hands pressed on my back.
forget the letters that I kept.
this is another I won't send

Happiness

Is coming out of class, to look out of the building you are in to see that it is pouring rain outside. You realize you have a good football field and a half length to get to your car. Through stairs and what not. What do you do?


Put on your headphones, turn it to a rocking track (Sink Into Me by TBS was the one I selected) and not run to your car. No. Walk sort of fast while blocking out the rest of the world and having your own music video complete with not only air guitar but air drum as well. And did I dare mouth a couple of the words and almost step in rhythm with the music? Yes, yes I did.

The Teaser

Titled that because there are a couple of things I am going to touch on, but not go into. Yet.

*There has been a turn of events in the "this girl" story. However, with jme visiting in two days, I can't go into it just now as she should get the scoop first. Cuz she is a good friend and has been keeping up. But it's good news. I think?

*Tried to get a column at our school's newspaper. Was unsuccessful. They said they didn't have enough room, but maybe in the fall. I think, until then, I am going to start a new blog dedicated to just that. Will try to have a serious tone like I am writing for a newspaper or magazine or what have you. More details on that later.

*I want to put my two cents in with the rest of the world and say this. I can see the Twilight guy winning breakout performance, ok I can deal with that. Maybe movie of the year because of who was voting (but it shouldn't have won that). But how IN THE WORLD are you going to tell me that it had a better fight than The Dark Knight??? Even Pineapple Express had a better fight scene. Kids these days...

*So being the assistant music director is pretty cool. We got some cds this week that don't come out till next week. Ballin.

*Speaking of cds, Taking Back Sunday came out with theirs this week. My opinion on it? That will probably in my first post in the new blog :)

And did I mention I am really getting into the Kings of Leon? Well, at least thier latest cd. I will end it with that.

i could call you baby
i could call you dammit
it's a one in a million
oh it's the rolling of her spanish tongue
that makes me want to stay