This post contains no circa-1998 journal entries

This post contains no circa-1998 journal entries and is better off for it.

I wanted to thank everyone who came out to the cd party last Friday. It was fun and I got a lot of new music, which is really what Christmas is all about: Jeff getting new music.

For those who couldn't make it, download the following songs and it'll be like you were here all along. These were the songs that were listed on more than one cd:

Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
Feist - One Two Three Four
T-Pain - Buy U a Drank (feat Young Joc)
M.I.A. - Boyz
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Bjork - Earth Intruders
Caribou - Melody Day
The Conchords - The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room
Panda Bear - Comfy In Nautica
Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe
Spoon - The Underdog
And any song off the new Kanye West, Animal Collective, or Radiohead (which were mentioned a lot, but never the same song). Just randomly picking songs: Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing, Animal Collective - Peacebone, Radiohead - 15 Steps.

So thats 15 songs for a killer year end cd list culled down from 8 lists, killer in their own right. Enjoy quickly before this post is buried below years of relived awkward teen experiences.

Matt, Get with the Projam!

E period, study was spent with Matt Landry working on the projam, which we started on Monday and no isn't a type-o. The projam teaches you how to critique a booty, how to pick up hootch, what to do with hootch and how to critique a movie. It even has art by Brian Des.

And a glorious reference to a conversation once had with Ashley.

We also went to a book store, Willow Books, American Video, and uhhh James Comics though we didn't get aps, I got the druids handbook. We had the BBT the extra b is for big so it was the big big talk, we also watched Glory Daze and Evil Dead 2 and talked online at length convincing Ash that Ninjas had stoped a drug deal in Westford and stuff it was funny.

A gem from Tim

Also Tim was talking about how Matt's brother Brad has been pissing blood lately and how he's been wicked sick and he has to go see a cocktalogist. In the immortal words of Tim "You guys let's face it, Brad has something wrong with his penis and he needs medical attention. Now that's funny!"

From around January 30th of 1998. You can just hear him saying it, can't you?

You guys love my journal entries!

One word, barium. I went to the hospital and had to drink a pint of that crap, but it wasn't so bad, saw gershes mom and had some x-rays, a few of the times the guy didn't use the shield so if I'm impitant later in life, not my fault, it's emerson's fault. Um after that I hooked up with Koerber and Tim at browse and had some coffee, ate some rinds hung around. It was fun, Koerber walked over to the gas station and bumed a but of that Reedy kid, then he and I went over to my house after renting chasing amy then we played some pool, and Ash came over, Tim got roped into working more, this really pissed me off. He didn't even ask if I could still pick him up, but we made him leave earlier than he was going to, we all went to his house to watch Chasing Amy, and he wouldn't stop talking about Holden's beard, this ticked me off and Koobe kept shifting around and stuff so I missed most of the movie. At the end they were talking I got pissed and went to the car. Witch earlier either Ash or Tim almost broke my cup holder. Ash I think it was and she was so nonchalaunt about it it pissed me off and when I told Tim and mike to be quite cause I hadn't heard most of the movie she was all like well how come than I heard the hole thing, which pissed me off. After I droped of Mike, she was like yelling at me, and I would just give the same answer and then she was like bawling and wailing I don't even know you, so I pulled over and we talked for a while. It was weird lately all I've felt is anger and self pity. And when she was crying I didn't feel anything but when I talked about my problems I cryed, and was all choked up. We walked around the Nab school and I took a leak, and then after a while we went to her house and talked.

And email exchange from Early november of Sophomore year...

(From Ash)
see that's the thing just "call me sometime." i want to get back to the way things were this summer but i don't quite know how to. should i just say "hey skline want to hang out this fri?" what would happen? i realize that we grew apart a lot this school year, but i want to try to get it back together. i just don't know how to or even if you want to. did you ever actually consider me your best friend or was it a one sided deal? be honest. anyway, i seriously miss the way things used to be. I drove past churchill drive today and i thought about how i just used to walk over to your house and i missed it. i don't even come over after work on sundays anymore. i miss hanging out with you.

(To Ash)
When I say like call me sometime, I'm implying ASAP, as in when you get the e-mail then call me. if you called and said you want to hang out this friday we would probable hang on Friday, with Tim probable and maybe Koerber cause I'm withthem 24 7 now. And ya we did but we even started to during the end of summer too, but maybe it's my imagination, one of my complexes is fading away and feeling forgotten, so as soon as things slow down it kicks in. And yes I did for a while consider you my best friend, but not really, it's hard to explain but I never really have a best friend, I have best friends, and they are the people I feel understand an aspect of me the best, cause next to no one understands more than one. Jeff, I now recall, I had gotten really upset with around when he started dating Amber cause he'd been really cocky about dating a pretty upper classman, and Chu and Matt and Dan I just didn't hang out with a lot until later that year. These folk were who I was closest with Freshman year and it seems really weird seeing that (well mainly just the Aaron and Koerber and Tim parts... speaking of which anyone know where that kid is?)Usually it's Aaron, Dunc, and Holak, you were there for sometime too, but in my mind I don't pit them against one another, and Aaron and Holak are my only two friends that I don't feel i loose if I drift a bit, I don't know why but I just don't. Also I feel that if anyone ever got to no me too well they wouldn't be my friend anymore. I can only rationalize developing that fear through moving, and through Evan and Brittany, I knew them as well if not better than I knew myself and turned a blind eye to many of there faults, though Ev actaully is a very good friend, but I let them know me atleast to an extent, and look at it now. Look at all my other friends from other states, pricks most of them, two I feel were jen-u-win good people but other than that, I'm empty handed. I would like to talk to you cause I'd like some advice, but you do realize we're gonna have to shift to how we were like Dec of last year, a few phone calls and get together for a movie. After doing that a few times, we'll probly be back to normal. But bare in mind in the future I freak out really easily, cosmetically, on a shallow level I don't seem to freak out but now you know, no matter how calm I look or act, I'm probable glitching pretty hard. Also I don't like to call people so much as get called and sometimes I feel like I call you more than you call me, and I probable shouldn't think about that just because it's never worked out well when ever I begin to think about that. Anyrate it's eight o'clock and I'm freaking hungry. Good Bye.
Scott

(From Ash)
i love it when letters end totally abrubtly. "it's 8 o clock and im freaking hungry" i laughed very hard at that. well, i am totally willing to make due with a few phone calls and a movie or something as long as i will one day be back into your circle of best friends. anyhoo, do you want to hang out on friday?????????
about the whole calling thing, i almost never call people either so... but i will call you!!! but its 5:10 and i have to go to work.

All this is set against the back drop of me trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with my stomach.

look everybody, matt's got twin!

here is a picture of the matt







and here is a pic of his twin in france, in a bar, listening to beirut

So here's a bad idea...

And in the continuing tradition of digging out old stuff for Ashley, here is the second reference I make to her in my old Journal. This one is from April 18th 1996. The 8th grade. I'm still living in the condo. Its the second reference to Ashley.

I'll let Dunc read this and anyone else I become really good friends with in the new house. This is going to sound idiotic but I plain on becoming good friends with Asheley. She's funny and friendly and Jeff and DeSimone really like her and if she thinks Brittany should go out with me she's my God. Not really but you get the anology. And still the phone doesn't ring.

I'm actually enjoying doing this so I'm going to keep reading...

Huh, mainly this is all about my ridiculous crush I had a Brittany Calla. I honestly can't thank you guys enough for staying friends with me through that. It's amazing to go back and read this... Also, believe it or not, my spelling has gotten much better.

Aaah, Oct. 7th, 1996. It was a good day. Well for me anyway. I had apparently still not yet learned to spell Ashley's name, which was a shame, especially in light of how I would be discussing her in my journal that night!

7th Cooler day! It starts with the bus ride this mourning Asheley told us she had a dream about haveing sex with Rodney Dangerfeild which provided me with material for the rest of the day. Then the day went as normal except the class elections canceled out G period, no spanish for me! And I found out that Bridget and I have the same desk in math (seperate classes of course, although that could be cool)

Rodney Dangerfeild Ashley? Honestly! I don't care if it was 11 years ago, I think we should still make fun of you for that! Geez, Ashley, no respect.

And then from the 11th: Then Yesterday on the Single Guy they had Rodney Dangerfeild so I called up Asheley and she got so pissed at me.

I didn't learn to spell Ashley until the big ice storm that knocked out everyone's power the winter of Freshman year. c. December 10th.

And last from Dec. 23rd of 1996, the first, and to my knowledge only time I let Ashley write an entry in my journal.

23rd
hey pk mr smith is my idol. i want to be a drunk computer teacher when i grow up. just like t. smith. oh yeah, in case you couldn't tell this is ASHLEY!!!!!!!!
churchill macdonald, to be exact. brown hair, blue eyes, 5'5", 115 lbs, 34B. 7
there. all physical info you'll ever need to know about me. so if someday i run away or get kidnapped you'll know how to tell the pigs what i look like. good god man u can't spell. yeah.. whatever, i am going to be buried in this bathrobe i love it so.. the tick marathon was so superb on sat. "You sun worshipping dog launchers!!"
"Your dad's wicked slick" "This place is a labyrinth of terror! Good point" god the tick is the man. the scandinavian couple on taxi is the bomb. i love em. why in the fuck are we watching a show on tv's funniest weddings?? that's when you know you have absolutely no life in which to value. "YOUR WINDSONG STAYS ON MY MIND" i love cheesy commercials. Sutter Home is delicious red wine. not that id know um... look over there! it's pee wee herrman. watch out there's a donkey behind you!! madame o'donnell said that in french and i laughed my ass off. it was so out of context. how can u not have a trashcan in your room what is wrong with you! you must be an alien or some such nonsense. for my 21th birthday, get me a case of Elephant Red. Then force me to drink all of it and then let dan cunha take advantage of me. "If it wasn't for date rape/I'd never get laid" Some college mad that their offical song. I want to go there. It was probably like Bunker Hill Community College or some other crap skool. I have to buy a Wonder Bra. You can come with me when i try one on. "I can what with you?" "Come"
And I'm kidding, you pervert. don't get a hardon. Just joshin. I know you don't like girls, I wouldn't insult you. hee hee
CHINESE FOOD IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! animal house is a great flick.
have you been to Lui Lui in Nashua yet? when you get your liscence you are taking me to dinner there and you have no choice. you can play trivial pursuit or chutes and ladders on some of the tables, but you have to ask for it especially. we shall be sitting there. it's not debatable. And evan cannot come because i despise him.
ITALIAN FOOD IS THE WOMAN!!
MY BALLS ARE BIGGER THAN YOURS DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
um this is now awkward.
"King of the Hill" looks like an amusing show.
that's just the way it goes. If you happen to invite adam down for feb. vacay, that's just the way it goes.
If i happen to live at your house while he's here that's just the way it goes.
if adam and i happen to sleep in the same bed, that's just the way it goes.
if adam and i happen to fuck every night, that's just the way it goes.
it can't be helped or stopped. "Look at me I'm a vaccum cleaner"
la la la la la la la la la la
yo i am the antichrist. just kiddin. i felt kinda like santa claus in that red bathrobe. now im cold since i took that bathrobe off. JESUS IS FROM MALAYSIA!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE SILK PAJAMAS. blarg.
you had better read this or i'll castrate you with a plastic knife while blasting mariah carey cos that's how'll you'll sing after i rid you of your jewels.
i still think its funny that i got 5 bucks for singing and you guys got jack squat. im not even christian.
sorry i just grabbed your feet for no reason and you didn't seem to enjoy it. sorry.
pears are way too soft to be a fruit. but strawberries kick arse.
god my stomach hurts. i did 200 crunches last night. oh yeah i have a life. but i have a very nice tummy. yeah. i love godzilla movies. KING KONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"How many Minnebatonga River People could you fit into a phonebooth? None. Because they don't exist!" you have to invite me over this vacation beacuse i have no life and -69
friends. TAINTED LOVE
ok time to go MARK SUCKS AT FUCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love aShLeY

So...

So here's the article I wrote making fun of the article Ashley had written the year before. Its not really as funny as I remember in part because the references are dated and in part because I have virtually no memory of the original article, but perhaps more so because, having been to England, it's pretty solid.

Today at Burger King a crime was committed. I got a fat nubbin in my chicken tender. People, we can’t stand for this! It is time to rise against the tyranny and oppression of sub-par chicken. This sort of thing never happens in Great Britain, where no one and no one in their colonies have ever known unfair laws.
England is like the Canada of Europe! I’ve recently returned from the land of the gray skies and stained teeth, and let me tell you they have us beat in every respect. Their pop-culture is especially amazing. For instance when you go to a Rave in England the Queen actually comes and knights everyone there. Isn’t that simply rave-a-licious?
I’m eighteen, and while I was there I didn’t get carded once, because you can be really young and still get into places. It was great, I like little kids hangen’ out and doing stuff with me. Here in America I look around and think, “Man, if only there was a way to get more small children to drink and smoke. That’d be pretty cool, dude.” Sometimes I call up small children I baby sit for and see if they can go club hopping with me, but in America we just have to pretend. Sometimes I take toddlers into my basement, set up a strobe light and make-believe. It’s wicked cool, dude!
One time, in London (that’s the capitol of England you know) there was this kid at this club, he was seven. I mean, when you were seven here in America you never went clubbing, never ever. Man I hate Democracy or Democrazy as they call it England. They say every thing cooler over there. Like a bathroom is called the lou, the subway’s called the tube, and they even call TV the tele. First the metric system now calling french-fries chips, what will they think of next?
Also, oh my God, the food! Who doesn’t love English food? It’s like Chinese food with out the good taste. Where else but England can you eat stew three meals a day? Sometimes while you eat in Great Britain Prince Charles and his ears come over and rub your feet. When was the last time Al Gore did that for you, huh?
Further more let’s not forget double-decker buses. That’s two times the normal amount of people you can fit on a bus. Not a day goes by here in America that I don’t look at a bus and think to myself, “God, if only there was some sort of automobile that can hold twice as many people.” In England they’re all over the place! And their telephone booths are even red! That’s so rave-a-licious.
So in conclusion I’d just like to say burn the flag and don’t vote! America bloody sucks!

i've missed the hell out of you, my darlings

so it has been simply way too long since i have seen or really talked to any of you. le bernardin has stolen all of my time, along with a large portion of my arm hair. as i write this i am in what i like to call my "personal time" or "no man's land" - i have been out of work for about 2 hours and am due back at work in about 6. this restful time is where i accomplish my life's maintainance (smoking trees, eating candy and ice cream, sleeping). but tonight i feel i have the energy to post some of my most recent investigatory journalism (i am sure you all have fond memories of my last journalistic post about cats and stuffed bunnies becoming sexually expressive with one another). please click on the link below and hit play on the second video on the page. you will be watching beirut's "the penalty" on la blogoteque. besides being dazzled by the beirutness of the song i want you to pay extra attention to the people in the video and see if you notice anything interesting. tomorrow i will post an image from the video that i feel will drastically change the life of one our friends.

as we always used to say in middle school, "keep on rockin' in the free world!"

dan

HYPERLINK!!!!!

Master Spam Theater

I don't typically check the spam that gets through my work filter, but today while I was deleting emails in Outlook this one opened up and I thought it was funny enough to post:

"Turn your cock into da bomb! It'll be so big, you could ski down it."

Wow, that is big.

Huh, in retrospect there were hints!

So here is a conversation between Matt and I from 1998. In other news I'm not going to publish anything particularly embarrassing or that drudges up bad memories (ie fights between our friends). But in light of recent romantic developments I think this one is quite interesting!

Bresette1: sup

Rev Skline: written a letter to elisa

Rev Skline: where did you go?

Bresette1: my dad came in and was like "get off"

Bresette1: its a long story why he did

Bresette1: i'll explain that later

Rev Skline: no worries

Rev Skline: K2incubus this is dees

Bresette1: is he on

Rev Skline: that is to say that that name is what dees is on as

Bresette1: where is he

Rev Skline: at dundes

Bresette1: did you read elsia's letter

Rev Skline: ya it was quite bad she's pissed at me

Bresette1: why?

Rev Skline: cause she thinks I'm just trying to find fault with her and that she wasn't leading me on

Bresette1: scoot, when i get back, you give me her number and i'll set her strait on the situation

Bresette1: seriously

Rev Skline: sounds good to me man

Bresette1: what did she say in the letter

Rev Skline: i sent them too you

Bresette1: harsh very harsh

Rev Skline: both or just hers?

Bresette1: but she has a point, she i really flirtty

Bresette1: hers

Bresette1: she is really flirtty rather

Bresette1: you know?

Rev Skline: ya I know.. l

Bresette1: but still i'll talk to her if you want and tell her all the shit cause it dosen't sound like the same old shit coming from somebody else

Bresette1: that may sound clutter but its all right to mee

Bresette1: you want me to?

Rev Skline: I hear ya and I think if you do it more power to you but I don't want to be like behind it you know? like hey matt thinks this not like hey skline made matt say this

Bresette1: no i'll just set her strait

Rev Skline: das ist gut

Bresette1: is ashley back from London, Engaland yet?

Bresette1: W W two

Bresette1: heh? HEH?

Rev Skline: not yet I wish

Bresette1: why? folks on bad terms

Bresette1: you folks, rather

Rev Skline: not really I just want to talk to her

Bresette1: so you want her to be home, or you don't want her to be home?

Rev Skline: I wish a ton that ash was home

Bresette1: when is she cumming back

Bresette1: heh?

Bresette1: heh?

Rev Skline: soon I think I'm not sure

Rev Skline: shit it hasn't even been a week yet

Bresette1: yeah it has

Bresette1: ddn't she leave tuesday last week

Rev Skline: something like that... uh the morning of the 10th

Bresette1: i wish i weren't friends with ashley

Rev Skline: funnyyou should say that I see where your going with this and my sister had just told me how she thinks i should date ash and i was like "can't friend."

Bresette1: no shit

Bresette1: i dont think we have too strong a friend ship

Bresette1: i've beaten down bigger walls

Bresette1: (not really though)

Rev Skline: best of luck man are you officially declaring interntions at this point?

Bresette1: not really

Bresette1: but i would like to invite her over and do the ol' "This is my house, this is my room..." bit

Rev Skline: I know what you mean that girl is hot

Bresette1: yeah but i'm pretty sure she will always only think of me as "oh matt, yeah he's a pretty funny kid" instead of "oh matt, i think he to be a fine piece of ass"

Bresette1: but if she we ever to mention to you the latter, please do tell me

Rev Skline: will do styles will do

Bresette1: but drop some of the old hints for me if the oppertunity comes up

Bresette1: i read the funniest book in the world today

Bresette1: and the name of that book is "Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass"

Bresette1: futhermore i must depart

Rev Skline: aee ya

Hey Jeff

How come I can't edit my posts any more?

Edit: Well you either fixed it or I can do it from my Desk top PC.

Disorder turning anchor's skin from black to white

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/12/18/turning.white.ap/index.html

DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- Lee Thomas' skin is betraying him.

His once brown, even complexion is now mottled with pale patches around his eyes and mouth, along his nose and on his ears; his arms, shoulders and chest are speckled and blotched.

"I'm a black man turning white on television and people can see it," says Thomas, an anchor and entertainment reporter for the local Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate. "If you've watched me over the years, you've seen my hands completely change from brown to white."

Well, yeah, guy, you work for Fox.

so I thought this might be fun...

I thought it might be fun for us all to post old conversations we had with Ashley, then I thought it might be fun to just post old conversations we had with each other.

Anyway here is one between Ash and I. I'm gonna try to find the file to which I refer. No Typos have been corrected.

BLARG22: skline, im so sorry to hear that things dont seem to be working out. have you told her how you feel at all??
Rev Skline: Ahhhhh Nothen spells good idea like drinken' a bud while doing your term paper. God bless America, Football '97 I'm out!
Rev Skline: not really... I've done my little ultra subtle things, and the vibe is friend, plus there was mentions of vague crushes (but I think they're either over or in once case a 28 year old TA) see the thing is if I tell her and things get all awkward i gotta see her twice a week in class.
BLARG22: well it might be worth it
BLARG22: just for the peace of mind
Rev Skline: yeah, I know, I actaully wrote a little paragraph up that was a spin off of part of the marathon conversation she, a friend of hers, and I had last night
BLARG22: really?
Rev Skline: yeah... I'm like that when I'm smitten.
Rev Skline: actaully would you read it for me? Christ I sound like I'm twelve again.
BLARG22: of course i would
Rev Skline: what's your email at schoo?
BLARG22: same, i have it forwarded
BLARG22: blarg22@aol.com
BLARG22: send it yet?
Rev Skline: bombs away, and really I feel like we're in ninth grade again and you're hitting me for tlking about Britt
BLARG22: hahaha, back in the day
Rev Skline: yeah that's the last time I felt smitten to this degree
BLARG22: wow
Rev Skline: you know it... well I got a paper to do still... I spent most the day just day dreaming.
BLARG22: skline that was so beautiful
BLARG22: honestly
Rev Skline: "thank you" he said smileing meekly
BLARG22: what do you plan to do with that?
Rev Skline: I don't know. If she was ever feeling crumby I send it to her to let her know how special I think she is, other than that I think out of the blue it would do more harm than good.
BLARG22: i love it
Rev Skline: if some doofy jewy-looking kid, that you think is really funny, but other than that don't really have any romantic feelings for, that you'd only hung out with twice, sent it to you, wouldn't that make you feel really awkward? personally I would be complimented into considering, but I don't know.

Sacred Geometry

I once stared at this toroid for over an hour! I suggest you do the same.

Here is Leonardo Da Vinci's:



Chiggity check this site out on sacred geometry: http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml

cheer up emo kid

so lately i've been really trying to figure out why i'm so fucked up. as you can well imagine, it's no small task! one thing i think has significantly contributed to my lack of touch with reality is the fact that my parents threw away my computer when i was in korea. this was the piece of shit desktop bought with the $1000 given to me at graduation by WA's board of trustees just for being me (another thing that probably fucked up my innate sense of worth). this computer had 6,000 songs on it, everything i had ever listened to while in college, as well as all of the papers i wrote (no small amount!) you know, my life? well it's gone and now i have no proof that anything ever happened.

so to remedy this, i've decided to replace at least some of those songs, at least the ones i played to death death death. first up: sunnday day real estate. jesus fucking christ. i don't even care that jeremy egnik is a born again christian. look at those eyes! this is from the days of "emo." remember that? it never fails to amaze me how things fade. in those days i had short hair and wore red sauconys like everyone else. matt says SDRE is "a little intense" and he's not wrong. they still stab my in the stomach (those eyes! that wail!). what's a girl to do?

Worldwide Sentiment

As this song/video/worldwide mantra says quite clearly, I wanna make it wit Chu.



Yeh, its an okay song and video, but they're signing about doing the nasty with Chu! How could I NOT post that? HOW!?!

Wu Tang is Here ForEver!

So I had a chance to listen to the new Wu-Tang and Ghostface Killah CDs today. And they just slayed it. Some pretty sick beats and solid rhymes. I'll post both CDs tonight on the databus while I watch Harry Potter. DON'T JUDGE ME!!!!

Rad Music Videos 2007

If you were looking for a list of like 8-10 rad videos from 2007 all embedded into a single post then you've come to the right place. These were picked because not only was the video fun to watch, but the associated song was sick. So with no further ado, here are my favorite vidoes from 2007, with some annoying associated text, in no particular order:

Leonard de Leonard - Screaming Dance

The music is what I imagine Georgio Moroder would write if he were scoring an 80s slasher flick that involved disco dancing, and the video is of godzilla-sized interpretive dancers destroying a city with their man ballet. So its pretty obvious why this made the cut.

St Vincent - Jesus Saves, I Spend

A vocal tolling backdrop, lyrics about Jesus, and a late-night cub scout meeting for supernatural children all add up to the least sensical video on the list, but also the most charming. Make sure you watch up the very end, the final badge is even cooler than Mind Sandwich.

The New Pornographers - Challengers

Though I think the song on its own wastes Neko Case's voice and a great verse and chorus by killing the songs momentum with the instrumental bridges, the song is still good and fits this video perfectly. I love how rediculously vivid the colors get towards the end. The goop coming out of their mouths is kinda troubling, also.

Soulja Boy - Crank Dat (Pooh Edit)

There were probably more video mashups in 2007 than real music videos and this song probably had the lion share of those. This was my favorite mashup of the year, especially when they super soak that ho. Another really good mashup here: Escort - All Through the Night.

Aesop Rock - Coffee feat. John Darnielle

This is your average mile-a-minute lyrics by Aesop over a beat that is simultaneously hyperactive and atmospheric, the kind of thing I'm so used to now that I almost ignore how great he is. The video is washed out and manages to be cheesy and creepy at the same time, which seems to be the perfect balance between horror movies and halloween. A surprise guest vocal by Mr Mountain Goats himself is a great and jarring ending.

I decided that I'll post the other videos some other time, so as not to overwhelm our front page. Besides, it will mean that more things are getting posted.

PS: Props to Chu for trying to drag us through a dearth of new material.

In NFL News...

Our regional sports team is amazing. 16-0 is gonna happen. Also, I have formed a small gambling problem due to the fact I keep winning.

Wu-Tang!

It wouldn't let me edit!

A pox on thee, blogspot!

More Boards!

So Future Spence and Malcolm fight through time here and, uh, Future Spence steals Malcolm's time belt in the process.

Who is for the children?

Mind Boggling.

Its mind boggling. My mind has been boggled: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/12/05/teen.births.ap/index.html

and for those of you who like cross referencing: http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_SE.pdf

So what's it say? When I found the actual report, there are 19 states above the national average. Ten of those states had abstinence only or abstinence stressed education. 2 I couldn't find information on their policies (Alaska and Nebraska... though I'd be comfortable hazarding a guess...) 5 states had no specific policy (leaving it to the school districts I suppose.) Only one place above the norm stressed contraceptives (Washington DC) and one state covered both (California). Utah had the highest rate of teen pregnancy at a birth rate (live births per thousand) 21.2compared to the national average of 14. Utah not only is an abstinence only state they also have a law prohibiting teachers from answering questions asked of them by students if those answers would conflict with the law's requirements.

Without more comprehensive data its tough to tell exactly what kind of effect abstinence only/stressed education is having on birthrates but we already know from a previous study commissioned by congress (hoping to prove the effectiveness of abstinence only education) that Ab-o ed. fails to reduce sexual activity in teens but does suppress condom use.

What bothers me about this issue is how interconnected it is to other issues. We should want to reduce teen pregnancy. And although I think we should make sure that abortion is safe and legal, we should endeavor to reduce the need for it (in no small part by reducing... teen pregnancy). We should also endeavor to reduce the spread of STI's/STD's. We should want to reduce the number of people on welfare (there are higher rates of pregnancy in urban area and in lower income areas -hence DC).

So many of our problems are all tied together. We sit playing whack-a-mole trying to combat each problem as it pops up when we should be trying to figure out how to unplug the machine.

IT HAS ARRIVED!!! My Music List of Music #100-71

So who here likes lists? Me too...wow we have so much in common. I have had the chance to listen to a lot of music this year. Everything from A-Trak to Zookeeper. And here is my list of top 100 songs for 2007. I'll post the MP-Tree and a link to a video on YouTube if I can find one. I'm not gonna explain sh*t so in the comments teal me my musical taste sucks.

Let's Begin:

100) DJ Mehdi ft. Chromeo - I am Somebody (Lucky Boy) Vid
99) Tracy Jordan - Werewolf Bar Mitzvah (30 Rock) Vid
98) Nicole Willis - If This Ain't Love (I Don't Know What Is) (Keep Reachin' Up)
97) Over The Rhine - Trouble (The Trumpet Child)
96) The Brunettes - Small Town Crew (Structure and Cosmetics)
95) Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun (Into the Wild) Vid
94) Bon Iver - Skinny Love
93) Georgie James - Need Your Needs (Places) Vid
92) Dan Deacon - Crystal Cat (Spiderman of the Rings) Vid
91) Coconut Records - West Coast (Nighttiming)
90) Modelselektor ft. Thom Yorke - The White Flash (Happy Birthday!)
89) Cool Kids - Get Busy Sonnn
88) Lucky Soul - One Kiss Don't Make A Summer (The Great Unwanted)
87) Alaska In Winter ft. Zach Condon - Close Your Eyes We Are Blind(Dance Party in the Balkans)
86) Black Lips - Bad Kids (Good Bad Not Evil)
85) Jose Gonzalez - Fold (In Our Nature)
84) Bright Eyes - If The Brakeman Turns My Way (Cassadega)
83) Au Revoir Simone - Stars (The Bird of Music)

82) Dragonforce - Trough the Fire and the Flames (Inhuman Rampage) Vid - song came out in '06 but Guitar Hero III had it in '07

81) Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head (The Con) Vid

80) Blair - Mona Lisa (Pluto)

79) Bjork - Innocence (Volta) Vid

78) Bloc Party - The Prayer (Weekend In the City) Vid

77) Dan Wilson - Free Life (Free Life)

76) Dntel ft. Jenny Lewis - Roll On (Dumb Luck)

75) Jason Isbell - In A Razor Town (Sirens of the Ditch)

74) Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing! (Sticking Fingers Into Sockets) Vid

73) New Pornographers - My Rights Vs. Yours (Challengers)

72) The Office - Oh My (A Night at the Ritz) Vid

71) Handsome Furs - Handsome Furs Hate This City (Plague Park)

All of the songs are up on the mydatabus site.

Stay tuned for part 2 and 3 in the coming Wednesdays!

Adorable Youtube Animals Go On Strike!

In response to Jeff posting about JO buddies and some writer strike or someting, the Youtube Animals have all go on strike!



Come for the cute animals...stay for the zinger at Carson Daly.

Also, I have completed my top 100 songs of two-double-ought-7. I will post 30 songs from the list this Wednesday and 25 songs every wednesday after that until Jeff's CD party where the final 20 will be unveiled. I'll try to post every song or the video for your blog reading pleasure. I bet people will like maybe 10 of the 100 songs.

In other news, this weekend was eventful. I saw 2 car accidents, got drunk 2 nights, won $200 dollars.

With a Twist

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All I Need..is bugs up close

Here is a pretty kewl video someone made from a french movie called Microcosmos for Radiohead's song All I Need.



enjoy

Anyone else think this is what Jeff masturbates to?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_World_Championship

Indian Thrller

Indian Thriller
Uploaded by tamalougbobola

Happy T-Day

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

Happy T-day blog kidz! Eat some Tofurkey and drive to grenpeppy's house in your hybrid you dirty hippies! Scott is the dirtiest hippie of them all!

CAPITALISM!!!!!!1

Attention Wii owners

From 1up.com
Virtual Essentials: Games You Need

And let's wrap with a quick synopsis. We've given thumbs-ups to an awful lot of games, but all those green thumbs could be slightly intimidating for those just beginning their journey down the glorious road of retrogaming. If you need a good starting point, we can't recommend the following games enough. Sure, any "Worth It!" game is a guaranteed good time, but these are the true classics that any gamer needs to have experienced.

* ActRaiser: Half action, half sim, all awesome -- this Super NES classic is both creative and challenging.
* Bonk's Revenge: Miles beyond its more famous predecessor, Bonk's second outing is an exceptional platformer that showcases the TurboGrafx-16's graphical and audio prowess.
* The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: Every Zelda game in the past decade has simply been a refinement of the great ideas established here. A masterpiece.
* Gunstar Heroes: The first (and arguably best) game by legendary development house Treasure, this game pushes the limits of the Genesis -- and the limits of your skills, too.
* Paper Mario: The second Mario RPG ushered in a new era for Nintendo's mascot -- an era of inventive gameplay and cheeky self-awareness.
* Sin & Punishment: Choke back that bile -- the premium price this game commands is worth it. A blazing, challenging N64 shooter by Treasure, Virtual Console marks its American debut. Get it while you can!
* Soldier Blade: Virtual Console is host to a hell of a lot of top-down shooters, but Soldier Blade just might be the best. (Super Star Soldier and Blazing Lazers are worthy alternates.)
* Streets of Rage 2: With great graphics, awesome music and spot-on gameplay, the second Streets of Rage is the best brawler on VC -- and one of the best ever, period.
* Super Mario Bros. 3: There's a good reason this is the best-selling stand-alone game of all time: because it's pretty much perfect.
* Super Metroid: A gorgeous, atmospheric adventure with an engrossing world, Super Metroid tells a very cool story entirely through gameplay. A classic.
* Tecmo Bowl: Licensing concerns stripped real names from the VC version of this timeless football game, but the fundamental action is as entertaining as ever.
* Wonder Boy in Monster World: Despite its complex history, there's nothing confusing about this game's merits: it's a clever, substantial adventure with excellent gameplay.

I don't think I showed you guys these...

I had some story boards drawn for a couple of scenes from Future Spence.

Pictures of Food I Have Been Cooking!

jk! Look at this photo of matt belting out the last verse of the star spangled banner at this year's world series. He had the crowd on its feet the moment everyone caught a glimpse of his deep v-neck T.

in other news eric ripert tasted my ratatouille and didn't kick me in the balls afterward (translation = 4-star ratatouille everybody!)

keep sexy,

dan

New Feature

I added a new section on the side for upcoming events. You can click the links for more details. If you want me to add something to the list I will, or you can do it yourself. Also, this means I won't keep posts on top anymore. Everyone's a winner!

CD Party 07: The Reckoning

The shoddy animated GIF says it all, really; CD Party 07 is nearly upon us!

All blog contributors, among others, are invited to the annual, year-end, top 20 song cd party at my place the 21st of December. I'm throwing this out so early so that I can catch everyone before they've made plans and also to accomodate as many of the Westford returnees as possible. So if you can't make it on that date, let me know in the comments.

Everyone here should know the gist of it by now, but I'll spell out the rules of engagement just in case:

• You compile your favorite 20 songs of 2007 onto a cd. These 20 songs can be either singles from this year, album tracks from this year, or any song that you listened to in the previous year (if you can't be arsed with finding when songs were released/don't care).
• Make as many copies of the cd as there will be guests. That number will be posted prior to the party.
• You show up to the party and dance in the kitchen to songs about cats.

I'll follow this up with an email in a week or so to make sure that I've got the rest of gang who don't post here (Tina, Dunc, others). But in the meantime, start paring that list down because the reckoning is nearly upon us.

PS. If I can figure out how to keep this post on top for a while I will, so keep scrolling down in case I did it so that you don't miss Scott's links to cnn.com and Matt's recently missing poetry.

Back to our regularly scheduled projamming.

Gil Mantera's Party Dream

Yo Boston/NYC/New Shaven Peeps,

Gil Mantera's Party Dream is playing sunny Allston, Ma on Nov. 29th (THIRSTY THURSDAY). Tix are $9 anyone interested in going?




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For nerds like Chu... and me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7093358.stm

Street Cred.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Police shot and killed an unarmed young man outside his Brooklyn apartment Monday night after his mother reported a "family dispute with a gun," police and witnesses said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/13/ny.shooting/index.html

Humans and Idioms

Gravity

Astrology
Energy


Fluids
Bombs

(Culture)

Drugs

We Sailed Away on a Winter's Day

So, I've been on a Joanna Newsom kick lately. For some reason I just associate the music with fall/winter. I don't know why, but it is pretty great walking around the city music. I walked from Southie to Fenway last night listening to Milk-Eyed Meander.

Well, on Pitchfork this morning they posted a pretty kewl video that some fanboy made for Bridges and Balloons. Check it out. Unfortunately there are n0 light sabers and death stars.



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it's all true.

School board ad.

So this guy was running for a seat on his local school board. For some reason, he lost.

Never. Never Ever. No matter what, never...

NSFW.

Really, not safe for life. No matter what you here. No matter what you're told. Never. Never ever. No matter what. Never go to a website that, when spelled out, is called, two girls one cup dot com. Seriously. Do not do it.

You might throw up. Do not listen to that friend of yours that tries to trick you into looking at it. Or challenges you to sit through it. It is not worth it. You will die inside. Not a little, I mean entirely.

Yup. Said website... conclusive proof there is no god.

Fatboy Dance

As I'm sure everyone knows, I can't get enough of youtube videos with people dancing in parking lots or living rooms. This is one of those videos.



I'm sure I'll find more and post em up real soon (since I think I've subjected everybody to the Crank Dat and Chicken Noodle Soup dances).

REAL TALK

I'm here to bring an end to the R Kelly drought that has been ripping our friends and families apart! I present REAL TALK! This shit is serious. Its a one side of a conversation that the Kellz is having with either his wife or his girlfriend or god. Also, the talk is completely real and SERIOUS.

Careful Chuey!

http://curbed.com/archives/2007/09/25/ues_dilemma_pink_popped_collar_douchebag.php

My Name is Nathaniel...I LIke to Dance

JUST LOOK AT THIS KIDS FACE WHEN HE DANCES!!!! Does it look like he really likes to dance?




Huh?

Barney Tupac

Did you know that yesterday was Halloween?

Boo!

Here are the pumpkins Amber and I carved, in that order:



I don't have the time or inclination to rotate my pumpkin picture, so you should probably just rotate your monitor. I know Ashley and Matt got pumpkins, so I want to see em.

And here's the dinner I made for my parents and my nana yesterday:



The picture isn't great, but it shows the spookiest mashed potatoes ever, to go with some surf and/or turf. Wouldn't it be neat if Dan posted pictures of what he's cooking? Or if he posted on the blog? Or if he responded to emails? He starts working for a celebrity chef and doesn't have time for the little people anymore. Or maybe he doesn't have internet.

XKCD

Lungs! Gouleeeeeeeet!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/30/obit.robert.goulet.ap/index.html

Too soon?

Good Gracious Ass Is Bodacious

So I stumbled upon this greatness and I threw up on my keyboard. Screw pulled pork we are making this bastard child of doom!!!!!

Expect this to be on the prefix menu at Le Bernadine. I imagine an earthy chianti would go well with it.

The gun is obviously used to protect this delicious meal from the rest of the world. Everyone wants it!!!!

Edit: So I tried uploading these frakking pictures like 4 times and can't so just click on the link.

Love

XKCD

Halle 'Hit-And-Run' Berry and James 'Big Tea' Lipton

Halle Berry proves what a class act she is once again:
"According to one audience member, "She introduced the first photo by saying, 'Here's where I look like my Jewish cousin!' - it was a picture of her with a huge, distorted nose. No one laughed, and Jay nervously said, 'I'm glad you said that and not me.' When the show aired, they cut out her 'Jewish' comment and added a laugh track to the bit."
Of course on the other hand this isn't wildly different from Asian Matt.

And from James Lipton's autobiography:

"This was when I was very very young, living in Paris, penniless, unable to get any kind of working permit... I had a friend who worked in what is called the Milieu, which is that world and she suggested to me one night, `Look, you'll be my mec... We would translate it perhaps... as pimp. We were earning our living together, this young woman and I, we made a rather good living, I must say."
And...
"I had to accompany my clientelle to the Rue Pigalle, which is where these things occurred. And then I'd take them up to the room and I had to remain there because they were very nervous, they were young Americans for the most part... and they didn't speak French."

And now back to my old tricks...

From CNN's article on the fires in southern cali. This bits on how people evacuating their homes and fleeing the flames are being made comfortable at nearby shelters: Free newspapers were available

Oh good, that's just what refuges from the inferno need, kindling.

Technoviking

Just a little video Jeff took while in Germany that misteriously he only shared with me. (I guess I'm just better friends with him than you guys.)

The Ninja Made a Movement!

I know I only ever post videos of shit with little to no comment. So I'm doing it again!



A jetpack... operation!

From BBC online's Headlines

Six Elephants Die After 'Stampeding into Electricity Pylons'

Boy, I bet they won't forget that anytime soon.

Papelbon Demonstrates Proper Lifting Technique

You see? Lift your catchers with your knees, never your back.

DIRTY WATER!!!!!!

i'm old ash!

Pluto is No Longer a Planet!

A buddy of mine put this together after Pluto's downgrade.

Nux Plus Ultra

A fish on a stick two sticks
An S on its side like a snake



(Compared to a lit past tomorrow has no color)

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80's Hip Hop

Anyone know this song, it went something like this: B stands for... Bronco's, BMW, Base, Bangoes and a pair of balls, you see us coming on down the alley we act like we are stars. We're not trying to make a joke, we're just trying to make it known, to the people of the world that b-girls like the bars on a Cadillac brougham.

Jeff, if you can't figure it out I'm sending that picture of you and that guy you terrorized with acid to the department of homeland security.

Jeffrey Habblabibinloden

And Jeff was never allowed on a plane again.

A Pimp Named Herr Von Kleinenstein

This is the sort of thing that has never happened to me. I was at the 4th and 9th st subway stop in brooklyn going up the stairs to transfer to the F train when the very pretty black lady that sits in my car turns to hand something to her son (there's always like a six year old boy with her). I try to move out of the way so her son can get it but she makes that insistent, 'this is for you' motion with her hand. I take it and she said something about the word 'look.' Anyway she goes up one flight of stairs I go up the other and I'm wondering why she handed me trash from her pocket but when I look its her name and number.

Feeling a bit proud of myself. Anywho, thankful I'm very in love with the beautiful Guhnelly otherwise this would have been quite tempting.

Skeleton!!!!!!!!!

Check out a present Amber gave me!

I have my very own skeleton! HOORAY!!!! I went to Excelsior to eat with Amber and my parents tonight and it was really good. I had a Rabbit duet. I love eating game, even more so if its Monopoly because it takes a long time and nobody finishes it. So more for me!!!!

Fake Edit - Folks in upstate New York or New Shaven, what are y'all doing friday night this week?

Love,
Jeff

to jeffrey with love

so today is jeff's birthday. my gift? a google image search for "happy birthday jeff!" (yes, with the exclamation mark). so, happy birthday jeff. may these pictures provide you with a feeling of growth on your special day.












oh, this is from matt too. he actually got you something, but it got lost in the swirling black vortex that is our house. i'm sure we'll find it sooner or later.

Wow. Just wow.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/14342073/detail.html

Police said the woman, whose name has not been released, feared her husband was cheating on her. They said she went to spy on him by crawling under an SUV outside her husband’s alleged girlfriend’s house in the 1300 block of Oakridge Street.

She apparently fell asleep under the vehicle and became trapped after someone let the air out of the tires.

Don't be that girl. Just don't.

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Ok this makes me feel better

from thesuperficial.com

Lindsay Lohan is out of money. Apparently her coke and booze sprees have cost her millions, and her three stints in rehab haven’t been cheap either. News of the World reports:

And now the 21-year-old is so skint she can't afford her own place—and has become a lodger at a rich pal's mansion. Her extravagant spending spree includes:
* A MILLION dollars on just one hotel bill
* $137,000 in rehab costs as she battles her hopeless addiction to drink and drugs
* THOUSANDS more in legal fees after multiple drink driving convictions.

We can reveal that after jetting back to Los Angeles this week following her two-month stay at the Utah's Cirque Lodge rehab clinic, Lohan is staying in the guest house of billionaire Tom Gores, executive producer on her recent film I Know Who Killed Me.


Lindsay shouldn’t feel too bad because I hear Britney is running out of cash too. I mean, she has to be. I’m not an accountant, but, based on my estimates, Britney spends at least $1.2 billion weekly at Starbucks. I’m not even factoring in the extra whipped cream. Maybe these two should buy a house together. Then they each can save some extra cash and do things together. Like try on make-up, pretend to read books or flash their vaginas at the paparazzi. You know, girl stuff.

Can this change the Sox's mojo after the birth of a two headed snake?

Bad Portents

Bad Portents. A two headed snake has been born, people, God is pissed!

I've got a Golden Ticket...

So Ginny and I went to the premier for the trailer of 'The Golden Compass' which is the first of a wonderful trilogy of books that is being adapted to the big screen. It was Rockefeller center and their was free ice skating. It wasn't a very nice day out so I wanted to blow it off but Ginny insisted and we went. We stood around for a while then went ice skating. Sam Elliott was there (the cowboy in the Big Lebowski, the Malboro Man in Thank You For Smoking) and almost immediately before the trailer it started raining pretty hard. Still we stuck around. The trailer made the movie look promising and it was a very good night.




While we were getting our skates Ginny commented that she really wanted to win the raffle they were having. I looked around and did some quick figuring in my head and guessed that we probably had a 1 in 50 chance of winning. There was a low turnout due to the weather, a lot of the people there were employees of New Line and ineligible and you had to be there for the drawing to win. Further it seemed like only the people ice skating had accesses to enter. So 1 in 50, not bad odds.

Anyway Sam Elliott draws the ticket out and he has trouble reading the name. The MC says the person must have bad handwriting and Ginny says, 'Shoot, I have good handwriting,' I whispered to her, 'Well, yeah or it could be a funny name.' Sure enough a moment later Sam Elliott announces the winner 'Guhnelly Ligon'

Gin gets a hug from Sam I shake his hand and we're off to go find out about the price. Two round-trip tickets to London, hotel accommodations and two tickets to the premier. All in all, it was a pretty good Tuesday.

companion

Kitty is so fucking awesome. He eats butter non-stop, sleeps in our non-working fireplace (cave cat), howls like an orphan, can tell fancy feast from not fancy feast (is a connisseur), sleeps in the corner under the 6 foot birch branch with christsmas lights on it (magic tree), slams his face into his brush way harder than what would seem comfortable and generally makes the world (our house) a better place to live in. kitty is fucking awesome. oh, and so is the NEW RADIOHEAD. fuck.

Poetry, Prophecy, Geometry

"The fortuitous encounter on a dissecting table of an umbrella and a sewing-machine." (Isidore Ducasse)

My Daemon

I know Ashley knows what's up. So you guys are supposed to determine if this is a good animal for me. It may ask you to answer some questions about me. No more than twenty. I have mixed feelings on the result. On the one hand I'm allergic to cats and not much of a cat person. On the other hand when I tripped in High school I thought I was a tiger and also as described on the site I'm not really a dog.



Oh and waaaaay cooler The Golden COmpass related news to follow.

The Land of Deutsch

So I just flew back from Germany and boy are my arms full of souveniers and wine! I was getting down to bidness for the most part, but I also spent a day or two driving down the Weinstrasse, which is a road through miles of vineyards in the Rhineland. Here is a representative picture of what it all looks like:



A few notes about this pictures: 1) You probably can't see me in the picture because I'm wearing my vineyard camo, but I'm there (look to the center left), 2) I'm trying to take a picture of myself using my cameras timer and I still don't seem to know I'm having my picture taken, 3) Its really pretty there. Here are two more small pictures I took that prove the third point. Click em to make em bigger.






I spent the one free night I had in a town called Speyer, where I wandered into a festival of sorts. I don't really speak the language and I'm as American as the next guy, so I didn't bother finding out what it was about. Anyway, there were booths and booths of weinguts so I partook in drinking more local wine, only this time in an historic setting instead of pastoral. Here's a crappy picture of what that kinda was like. Note the 600 year old (I think) gate in the distance.

To finish my pointless travelogue, I'll point out that Germans make better bread and coldcuts than anyone else, their doors open in the wrong direction (push to get into a building or room), and the ease in which one can find döner kebap there is amazing.

Hey, all of those example labels they show apply to my post! Especially scooters.

Mike Mussina

Yankees Pitcher Mike Mussina bends over to take it in loss to Indians.

Hitting Coach Don Mattingly Saw the Problem Right Away

Hitting Coach Don Mattingly Saw the Problem Right Away unfortunately it was too late to save the game.