Thursday, August 23, 2007

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

So, it's been just over two months since I updated. That's what happens when I resign myself to work even more than usual at summer camp I reckon. If this is any indicator of how busy I was, I bought the new Bad Religion album the Saturday after it came out and didn't get a chance to listen to it in its entirety until about two weeks later...Yeah. I had virtually no online presence once summer camp was in full swing, but time to recap as quick as I can.

*Went in with a girlfriend, came out single the last week (which was weak sauce, but what can you do? Some very good times were had while it lasted, so at least there's that)
*Bought an iPod Nano after two failed attempts with MP3 players. Apparently God favors the side of Apple and it was his way of telling me to buy an iPod.
*Met some cool new cats
*Lots of time logged driving with good buddy/fake brother Ryan as well as smoking only the cheapest expensive cigars
*My good buddy/fake brother Ryan's last year at camp as he departs for three years in the Bahamas, taking only his Fu Manchu and guitar with him and my friend the "other Cory's" last year as well
*Drinking with some friends from work at the Winking Lizard Tavern and terrorizing small children with the shotgun peripheral for the Cabela's Big Game Hunter II arcade game
*Our camp DJ Captain Kirk's last year at camp, and he rewarded me for being a cool dude with a trademark Captain Kirk tye-dye shirt. I hate tye-dye clothing, but the shirt had some sentimental value so if you see me wearing a tye-dye shirt with a heart emblazoned on it, I've not become a dirty, patchouli stank, tree-huggin' hippie, the shirt just means a lot to me.
*Finally got my license

The soundtrack to my summer is as follows-

Honest Goodbye and Requiem For Dissent by Bad Religion
Last Kiss by Pearl Jam
Yer So Bad, Here Comes My Girl and I Need To Know by Tom Petty
You Are Not Collateral Damage by Strike Anywhere
Sellout by Reel Big Fish
Believe It Or Not (Theme from The Greatest American Hero) by Joey Scarbury
Alive With The Glory Of Love and Little Girls by Say Anything
The Way I Are by Timbaland
Thnks Fr Th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy
Cupid's Chokehold by Gym Class Heroes
Ring of Fire and Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
Soldiers by Ghosts In The Fight
Two Sides and Start Today by Gorilla Biscuits
Misirlou by Dick Dale
Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies

Anyhoo, I'm back in BG again and back at the FratCave again for the year. Classes are decent so far, and the practicum I'm in is awesome because I'll have access to video equipment so now I have no excuse not to shoot as much stuff as possible this semester. Tomorrow I go back home to work for the weekend but before will be making a brief stop in Delaware to pick up my BRAND NEW PIMPED THE FUCK OUT 1994 Toyota Camry Coupe.

'Til then, later days Bromfield Faces.

"(Did you laugh?) You know I did
(Did you cry?) Couldn't get it right
(Did you live?) Always on the edge
(Did you lie?) Causing such a fright
(Did you love?) Oh, to be forgiven
(Did you try?) But it wouldn't be right
God, it feels like an honest goodbye"