Last night was damn good times (mostly). I've learned the following, however.
*People should not come to my parties looking for drugs. Srsly, wtf?
*Randos are teh suxxorz.
*The only good hippie is a dead hippie.
*Dudes need to not hit on my dude friends unless my dude friends are into dudes.
*Less talk, more rock. Less drinking, more dancing.
*I've recanted my fealty to the King.
*My friends are the shit.
2k7=2 Fast, 2 Furious.
"Heart is on the floor! Why don't you step on it?"
EDIT: No more parties at the FratCave.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
You Got That Attitude
The first part of this past week was not a good time to be Dustin. But come Friday, it was all aces and it was a great day to be Dustin. Things ended up working out and I'm paid up through June and am in no danger of getting evicted any time soon, which is very reassuring. Some people get anxious or frustrated over insignificant type shit, and while I've been guilty of it in the past I try not to as best I can. But my greatest fear is probably not being able to fend for myself, and considering my position a few days ago, I felt more helpless than I ever had and it's the worst feeling in the world. But things worked out in the end, so on to better and brighter things.
Friday I went with Ryan and Theresa to Maumee to see Hot Fuzz and it was pretty fucking good. Later that evening was Prom 2k7 where I proceeded to get too fucked up to dance, so instead I just sang the wrong words to Billy Joel songs and pissed on things.
The Film Fest went pretty well this past weekend, my only regret is that we had so few filmmakers show up to speak for their works that were screened. Our guest, Toledo filmmaker Tom Hofbauer, was an all around great guy and his lecture was really informative. We had some pretty good talks over the course of the weekend, and like I said, just a cool dude.
Also, One Nation Under is dead...We're officially Ghosts In The Fight as of our show last night. We played a house party at Steve 's (Drummer Steve) apartment last night to a packed room and it went pretty good considering I was slightly drunk (although this choad before us did a poetry slam deal and took nearly 20 minutes to fucking soundcheck for a didjeridoo and bongoes). I like to think it was because we kicked ass (but probably because the room was drunk), but an encore was requested and then an encore after the encore which we unfortunately couldn't do due to time constraints. I then cut back to Howard's to hang out with Corey and a couple of his homeboys from Cow-Town who are really cool dudes.
In light of the last couple of days, I realize that I have some of the best friends anyone could really ask for. Also, Brendan may be moving in with me in the fall and if that happens it'll pretty much be the coolest thing ever.
"Don't care what they may say, we got that attitude. Don't care what they may do, we got that attitude. Hey, we got that PMA."
Friday I went with Ryan and Theresa to Maumee to see Hot Fuzz and it was pretty fucking good. Later that evening was Prom 2k7 where I proceeded to get too fucked up to dance, so instead I just sang the wrong words to Billy Joel songs and pissed on things.
The Film Fest went pretty well this past weekend, my only regret is that we had so few filmmakers show up to speak for their works that were screened. Our guest, Toledo filmmaker Tom Hofbauer, was an all around great guy and his lecture was really informative. We had some pretty good talks over the course of the weekend, and like I said, just a cool dude.
Also, One Nation Under is dead...We're officially Ghosts In The Fight as of our show last night. We played a house party at Steve 's (Drummer Steve) apartment last night to a packed room and it went pretty good considering I was slightly drunk (although this choad before us did a poetry slam deal and took nearly 20 minutes to fucking soundcheck for a didjeridoo and bongoes). I like to think it was because we kicked ass (but probably because the room was drunk), but an encore was requested and then an encore after the encore which we unfortunately couldn't do due to time constraints. I then cut back to Howard's to hang out with Corey and a couple of his homeboys from Cow-Town who are really cool dudes.
In light of the last couple of days, I realize that I have some of the best friends anyone could really ask for. Also, Brendan may be moving in with me in the fall and if that happens it'll pretty much be the coolest thing ever.
"Don't care what they may say, we got that attitude. Don't care what they may do, we got that attitude. Hey, we got that PMA."
Thursday, April 19, 2007
No Good Goddamn Shitty Ass Bad Fucking Day
My anger regarding the abortion assholes and this V Tech noise notwithstanding, I've seem to hit a constant fueling point for anger and bad news this week.
1. The state decided to take my state tax returns and re-appropriate it to some other fucking debt, so now money I was counting on for my rent and utilities has been swiped right the fuck out from under me.
2. Apparently there was a $700 and $1700 charge made to my bank account, as a result it was overdrafted and my card was deactivated. This, in all likeliness, also means that the remaining $50 I had in there (again, for living expenses) has been stolen.
3. I don't know how the fuck I'm gonna make rent this month now.
There. That's a real problem. Now somebody shoot me in the fucking head.
1. The state decided to take my state tax returns and re-appropriate it to some other fucking debt, so now money I was counting on for my rent and utilities has been swiped right the fuck out from under me.
2. Apparently there was a $700 and $1700 charge made to my bank account, as a result it was overdrafted and my card was deactivated. This, in all likeliness, also means that the remaining $50 I had in there (again, for living expenses) has been stolen.
3. I don't know how the fuck I'm gonna make rent this month now.
There. That's a real problem. Now somebody shoot me in the fucking head.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Yes, There Was A Chick In Black Flag
The past few weeks have kind of blurred into each other, but it's basically been a combination of falling in love with Mega Man again, refamiliarizing myself with how much ass Commando kicks, finally getting to see American Hardcore (or AHxC if you're a trendy fuck), and getting turned on to Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for my GameCube. I'm glad that my love of video games is slowly being renewed this semester, and I can't wait until I can actually afford to blow the money on a Nintendo Wii and buy all those old games I really want to play (fingers crossed for Dinosaurs For Hire and Rocket Knight Adventures).
In other news that more than three people might actually know what the hell I'm talking about (or care), I've scheduled for next semester and am going to try to do 18 credit hours. I'm currently slated for Astronomy, Biology, History of Film, Craft of Fiction, Senior Seminar and a TV Practicum through the TCOM Department which should be lots of fun.
I also did some video shoots this week for Arts & Sciences Vision for Arts Village feedback sessions, and it's nice to get some experience in. I got to run main camera and operate the video switcher for capturing. I was pretty nervous about both, but I think I did alright. I'm excited for the summer so money won't be as tight and I can work on my tan, some movie projects and other random endeavors. I'm also really looking forward to finally getting to visit Sean and Brendan out at their humble abode in New Jersey. These updates aren't very exciting, I know, but here's some recommended listening that I'm enjoying lately.
Say Anything's ...Is A Real Boy and ...Was A Real Boy
Gorilla Biscuits' Start Today
Dead Milkmen's Now We Are 20
Strike Anywhere's Dead FM
Dethklok's Metalocalypse soundtrack
mc chris' Knowing Is Half The Hassle
Optimus Rhyme's Positronic Pathways
Bad Brains' Bad Brains
Various Artists' No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion
Next week is "Prom" which I'm looking forward to, and the following week is the final FratCave party (of the school year, that is). That's fun because my friends know how to party without being creeps or using roofies and that's a fact I'm very proud of.
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In other news that more than three people might actually know what the hell I'm talking about (or care), I've scheduled for next semester and am going to try to do 18 credit hours. I'm currently slated for Astronomy, Biology, History of Film, Craft of Fiction, Senior Seminar and a TV Practicum through the TCOM Department which should be lots of fun.
I also did some video shoots this week for Arts & Sciences Vision for Arts Village feedback sessions, and it's nice to get some experience in. I got to run main camera and operate the video switcher for capturing. I was pretty nervous about both, but I think I did alright. I'm excited for the summer so money won't be as tight and I can work on my tan, some movie projects and other random endeavors. I'm also really looking forward to finally getting to visit Sean and Brendan out at their humble abode in New Jersey. These updates aren't very exciting, I know, but here's some recommended listening that I'm enjoying lately.
Say Anything's ...Is A Real Boy and ...Was A Real Boy
Gorilla Biscuits' Start Today
Dead Milkmen's Now We Are 20
Strike Anywhere's Dead FM
Dethklok's Metalocalypse soundtrack
mc chris' Knowing Is Half The Hassle
Optimus Rhyme's Positronic Pathways
Bad Brains' Bad Brains
Various Artists' No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion
Next week is "Prom" which I'm looking forward to, and the following week is the final FratCave party (of the school year, that is). That's fun because my friends know how to party without being creeps or using roofies and that's a fact I'm very proud of.
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Friday, April 13, 2007
I'd Be Chatting On The Interweb
I'll do a real update later, but for now you should know that I am obsessed with Say Anything's latest single, WOW (I Can Get Sexual Too). Enjoy!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The Best Laid Plans
You can't put a price tag on my childhood...Wait, yes you can.
After 3:20 today, I'm done with classes for the week so I intend to make the most of my time off which means a possible repeat viewing of TMNT tomorrow, catching up on History of Film work, writing and a whole lot of Mega Man action. The fam's coming up Sunday for Easter and I think my brother Davey's coming up for a few days and I'm very excited about that.
Right now my summer plans are looking something like this-
*working at RU
*postponing Experimental Film and doing more pre-production to start it up again in the fall
*working on some shorts
*hopefully getting something done with the band
*possibly a trip to LA
*definitely a trip to New Jersey
Also, Oven Fresh Pizza (my team's 48 Hour Project) was met with a great reception at the screening and all of the projects were pretty fantastic. This past weekend was good times and it also made me want to start shooting more frequently, so I'm gonna try to put together some short projects to work on so I can bone up on some of the more technical aspects of film making.
In closing, it's time to make the donuts.
After 3:20 today, I'm done with classes for the week so I intend to make the most of my time off which means a possible repeat viewing of TMNT tomorrow, catching up on History of Film work, writing and a whole lot of Mega Man action. The fam's coming up Sunday for Easter and I think my brother Davey's coming up for a few days and I'm very excited about that.
Right now my summer plans are looking something like this-
*working at RU
*postponing Experimental Film and doing more pre-production to start it up again in the fall
*working on some shorts
*hopefully getting something done with the band
*possibly a trip to LA
*definitely a trip to New Jersey
Also, Oven Fresh Pizza (my team's 48 Hour Project) was met with a great reception at the screening and all of the projects were pretty fantastic. This past weekend was good times and it also made me want to start shooting more frequently, so I'm gonna try to put together some short projects to work on so I can bone up on some of the more technical aspects of film making.
In closing, it's time to make the donuts.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
No Juice Left!
48 Hours is over...I can sleep finally...But I probably won't.
In the past week I've become re-acquainted and re-enamored with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after seeing the movie and it's going to own a good chunk of my disposable income from here on out. College is bad for both my wallet and rekindling my fondness for my childhood.
More importantly, while working on the 48 Hour Project this weekend, for some reason I decided that I missed making mixtapes. Now, typically the point of a mixtape is a means of both 1) turning a person on to new, good music (i.e., the shit you like) and 2) letting a person of the opposite sex know that you liked them enough to hopefully brainwash them into listening to the same crap you do so you wouldn't have to spend chunks of time listening to Nickelback, the Pet Shop Boys, Bananarama or whatever the hell the person you liked was listening to at the time. Now, I've made several mixtapes for members of the opposite sex since high school (only one of those, I recall followed both criteria of a mixtape's purpose, all the others were just because I didn't like having friends who thought the greatest bands in the world were the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Godsmack).
The problem with doing mixtapes nowadays is that, well...with compact discs and MP3s, nobody really listens to audio cassettes anymore. The last mixtape I made for a girl ended up being a huge waste of my time because the girl didn't own a cassette player so the joke was on me. I also preferred mixtapes because it's more personal than ripping a CD because you actually have to cut the tape in real time and put forth an effort. Unfortunately, I don't have a cassette deck anymore, so it'll probably be some time before I start cutting mixtapes again. But I still love the idea of turning people onto new music and I'd love to get a chance to do it again.
In the past week I've become re-acquainted and re-enamored with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after seeing the movie and it's going to own a good chunk of my disposable income from here on out. College is bad for both my wallet and rekindling my fondness for my childhood.
More importantly, while working on the 48 Hour Project this weekend, for some reason I decided that I missed making mixtapes. Now, typically the point of a mixtape is a means of both 1) turning a person on to new, good music (i.e., the shit you like) and 2) letting a person of the opposite sex know that you liked them enough to hopefully brainwash them into listening to the same crap you do so you wouldn't have to spend chunks of time listening to Nickelback, the Pet Shop Boys, Bananarama or whatever the hell the person you liked was listening to at the time. Now, I've made several mixtapes for members of the opposite sex since high school (only one of those, I recall followed both criteria of a mixtape's purpose, all the others were just because I didn't like having friends who thought the greatest bands in the world were the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Godsmack).
The problem with doing mixtapes nowadays is that, well...with compact discs and MP3s, nobody really listens to audio cassettes anymore. The last mixtape I made for a girl ended up being a huge waste of my time because the girl didn't own a cassette player so the joke was on me. I also preferred mixtapes because it's more personal than ripping a CD because you actually have to cut the tape in real time and put forth an effort. Unfortunately, I don't have a cassette deck anymore, so it'll probably be some time before I start cutting mixtapes again. But I still love the idea of turning people onto new music and I'd love to get a chance to do it again.
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