1) Parties are never as much fun when you’re sober. Fact.
2) When you’re DD for the night, driving your drunk friends who’ve been drinking everclear all night can potentially be annoying, but last night it was the exception. It was very hilarious. Especially if your friends find an empty waffle box with Winnie The Pooh on the cover inside your car. Don’t ask how the box got in there. It’s just in there.
3) I don’t like distance. It makes things hard.
4) Dressing up as a contestant from Legends Of The Hidden Temple wins my vote for, “Costume Of The Year”. Other good costumes: A murderous lumberjack, a chick magnet (cardboard U colored as a magnet, with two plastic chickens on it), and drunk hillbillies with a jug of moonshine.
5) When you dress up as Marilyn Monroe, and you wear her famous white dress…chances are that at some point in the night, it’s going to be lifted.
6) Mini-skirts made out of caution tape and duct tape can be hot, and not just at Halloween time either. But, it wasn’t last night. Especially if both women look man-like. Oh God. So not hot. And when they start grinding on the couch…next to you…it makes things very uncomfortable. I’m not sure if they were lesbians or not. It doesn’t matter. It just wasn’t hot either way. Those caution tape and duct tape dresses seemed to get shorter and shorter as the night went on too.
7) Punk rock kids know how to party. Fact.
8 ) Trying to find a gray wig is damn near impossible. And trying to find maroon pants is even harder.
Efthimiou’s debunking logic: On Jan 1, 1600, the human population was 536,870,911. If the first vampire came into existence that day and bit one person a month, there would have been two vampires by Feb. 1, 1600. A month later there would have been four, and so on. In just two-and-a-half years the original human population would all have become vampires with nobody left to feed on.
If mortality rates were taken into consideration, the population would disappear much faster. Even an unrealistically high reproduction rate couldn’t counteract this effect.
Well. I’m glad we’ve taken care of the zombies and vampires. But what about the REAL problem? Namely, the Werewolves and potential Frankenstein’s?
Today officially marks the beginning of winter for me. I had to break out the winter jacket, and my car was completely covered in ice, thus making me late to work today.
Let me tell you, friends, I am NOT a happy camper about any of this. The weather is not going to improve much within the next week either.
It seemed like it was just summer. And fall (my favorite time of the year) is getting cut short with all this snow, ice, and 20 degree weather. I hate Old Man Winter. He comes far too soon, and sticks around way too late.
Thursday at the school is dress like a ninja or pirate day. My head is about to explode with trying to decide which one I want to dress up as. Since we’re covering Japan, it might be more appropriate to dress as a ninja. We’ll see.
At breakfast this morning, Jimmy, Isha and myself decided that most music videos suck and are never really any good. And, normally, it takes a lot to make a music video worthwhile.
Here are some of my favorite music videos that don’t suck:
Matthew Good – Weapon
Probably my favorite music video ever. Ridiculously smart, clever and interesting. You can watch that video 3-4 different times and still not pick up everything that is written and said within the video.
Pearl Jam – Do The Evolution
I’ve never really been big on Pearl Jam. But this is definitely a great video, all done by Todd Macfarlane. And really, when can he ever do any wrong? Never.
Weezer – Buddy Holly
I mean, seriously. Enough said.
Metallica – Until It Sleeps
I always think they have interesting and creative videos. But this is probably my favorite by them. Dark, moody, artsy, and incredibly weird. Inspired by the painting, “The Garden Of Earthly Delights”. A cool painting, by the way. I remember being freaked out by that serpent woman when I was younger.
Radiohead – Just
I’m still angry that we never know what he says at the end.
This is a big deal, guys. Even if you don’t really care or follow politics/history that much, it’s important to watch. When the basic rights of the Constitution are overriden, you know it’s something serious.
It’s always nice when you waste half your day trying to do something good, and actually try to learn something as serious as suicide and how to handle it as an educator, and it ends up becoming a waste of time for all parties involved because the speaker doesn’t decide to show up until 45 minutes after the session was supposed to start and then only tells you common knowledge.
Music I’ve been listening to as of late. I need some new music, people! I’m starting to get bored. This year in music has been severely lacking, andI haven’t really found anybody new to really love. Feel free to recommend me some new stuff in the comments.
Muse – Black Holes and Revelations. I was never really big on Muse until recently, when my friend Cathy sent me a bunch of their songs and for maybe the past month/month and a half, I’ve fallen really in love with them. And, this album is great. Differant than just about anything else out there.
Hot Water Music – Caution. Another group that broke up. But this album just straight up rocks. It’s something you can just turn up loud and rock out too. This is their best work, in my opinion. Their songs Remedy and Trusty Chords are two of my favorite songs ever.
Zwan – Mary Star of The Sea. Billy Corgan’s side project from a few years ago. I thought this was, and still is, a great album. Much lighter and positive than his Smashing Pumpkins work. Very uplifting, something I’ve needed lately. Too bad Billy called this project quits, because I think it has some of his best writing and music that he’s ever written on this album.
Johnny Cash – The Legend Of. You really can’t ever go wrong with Johnny Cash. I finally watched Walk The Line last night, something I’ve been dying to see for the longest time. And it was fantastic. I just hope to be half as cool as he was one day.
Mastodon – BloodMountain. Metal band, one of the few new releases this year I actually like. They’re becoming one of the most popular and critically acclaimed metal bands out there now. A couple years ago, they released Leviathon, to major success. An entire album dedicated to Moby Dick and Captain Ahab. Wasn’t feeling it too much, but this album is pretty awesome. And yes, they are as epic and as tough sounding as their name implies.
Muse – Black Holes and Revelations. I was never really big on Muse until recently, when my friend Cathy sent me a bunch of their songs and for maybe the past month/month and a half, I’ve fallen really in love with them. And, this album is great. Differant than just about anything else out there.
Hot Water Music – Caution. Another group that broke up. But this album just straight up rocks. It’s something you can just turn up loud and rock out too. This is their best work, in my opinion. Their songs Remedy and Trusty Chords are two of my favorite songs ever.
Zwan – Mary Star of The Sea. Billy Corgan’s side project from a few years ago. I thought this was, and still is, a great album. Much lighter and positive than his Smashing Pumpkins work. Very uplifting, something I’ve needed lately. Too bad Billy called this project quits, because I think it has some of his best writing and music that he’s ever written on this album.
Johnny Cash – The Legend Of. You really can’t ever go wrong with Johnny Cash. I finally watched Walk The Line last night, something I’ve been dying to see for the longest time. And it was fantastic. I just hope to be half as cool as he was one day.
Mastodon – Blood Mountain. Metal band, one of the few new releases this year I actually like. They’re becoming one of the most popular and critically acclaimed metal bands out there now. A couple years ago, they released Leviathon, to major success. An entire album dedicated to Moby Dick and Captain Ahab. Wasn’t feeling it too much, but this album is pretty awesome. And yes, they are as epic and as tough sounding as their name implies.
