Twenty Eight Days Later

It's been the best ride of my life.
Thank you to everyone who made it that way.

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Oh Yeah, I Should Probably Post This...

I've got the blog running on WordPress now. Basically, whenever I post it posts to both BlogSpot and WordPress at the same time. Why WordPress? Because I like it.

Check the exact same blog on WordPress.

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Sushi's Urban Dictionary

Ever heard of a waste cattie?
If your answer is no then you, sir or madam, have come to the right place. Waste cattie's are people that are a waste of your time. They tend to have a recurring tendency of extreme annoyance. Today, they also hire their significant others to help them in their bids of annoyance. The result is a very annoying and ugly person that you will hate until they decide to leave you alone. Expect some genius to think that they're the most amazing person on Earth.

As for you, and you'll know who you are one day, you're the biggest mistake to ever enter our lives. All you've done is ruin it for the rest of us. Don't expect us to join in your silly games of stupidity or even associate ourselves with you. We're done with your bullshit.

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Public Service Announcement

I'm gonna be messing with the look of the blog for the next few days. If things don't work, then don't be surprised. Hope this works out and looks good.

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Weather Forecast For Saturday April 25, 2009

Higher than average temperatures in the early morning hours, leading to a beautiful afternoon. A little taste of summer, but it will leave you wanting more. At around 4:30 in the PM clouds will begin to roll in and by 5:00 in the PM, expect heavy winds and rain. So much for the [planned] awesome weekend of epically unending proportions. Rain will taper off and then return later on in the evening.

Thank you Canadian Weather for ruining another beautiful day.

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Something From Somewhere: Bro Got Owned Edition

My brother couldn't close the garage door. And it happened to get recorded.

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Things of Musical Interest

The Reeling by Passion Pit
Remember the PSP Commercial from around Christmas time? Same band. New Music. And it's even better.

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10,001 Tales and Misadventures

Right now, I'm listening to the 10,000th track that I've played since May 24th, 2008. Why that day? Because that's the day I started using Last.fm. It's a site that tracks what you listen to and recommends music that is similar to what you already listen to. The fact that I've listened to 10,000 tracks made me think a lot about all the crazy things I've done over this period of 11 months. Songs tend to bring up different memories for me, and there are so many represented by these 10,000 songs. It's almost mind-blowing to me that I've listened to so much music in just 11 months. Like I've got headphones implanted in my ears. Music has become my escape when I think about it. Some people get violent, others write, or do something else. Music is to me what writing is to a poet. It's an expression of emotion. And while I can't play any instrument beyond the guitar (and I just started learning that), listening to music has become that sort of "important" to me. Maybe I'm crazy. But I like it like this.

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A Combination Guaranteed Not to Work

Got a lot of absolutely nothing to do today. Basically loafted at home. Rain tends to do that. On the upside, though, the rest of the week keeps getting better after today. Yes, I copied that from my Twitter. Two things really got my attention today. For one, Lil' Wayne is a musical genius. Now, before you go thinking "Nah yo he's messed!" listen to Tha Carter III. Seriously. I hated Lil' Wayne before. That CD made me a fan. In other musical news, Meg & Dia's new CD got released today. I still haven't got it. It'll happen. Soon.

But onto more important things: Ubuntu 9.04 gets released the day after tomorrow. What is Ubuntu, you ask? It's an Operating System, similar to Windows or Mac. It's also a distribution of Linux that I use heavily. What I like about it is speed. I can turn on my computer and be up and running much faster than I ever would be with a Windows installation. And it can still do fancy things like 3D and Window effects. The real deal-maker with Ubuntu is that it gets even easier to use with every release. At this point, very little technical knowledge is required to get an Ubuntu installation running on your own computer. Using it is just as simple. If you wanna try it out, you can download a version that runs on your computer without actually installing.
Check it out here.

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Hype and Situation

Heard someone call this week Green Week. Oh, it's definitely "Green" week today. But drug-related innuendos aside, the new Meg & Dia CD ships out tomorrow. Here, Here, and Here is the long anticipated sequel to their first big CD Something Real. And can I wait? No! If that makes me a pansy, then fine, I'm a pansy. But you can't deny that they make awesome music. So the first thing I'm going to do tomorrow is go down to the nearest "place where they sell CD's" and actually buy the CD. Yes, those things still exist. You probably had them before you discovered "other methods" of getting music. I don't buy a lot of CD's (READ: Never) but some artists are seriously worth supporting. Oh, and Meg & Dia are on Warped Tour this year. That rolls into Toronto on July 10th, along with a stacked setlist of amazing bands. Which reminds me: I should probably get tickets soon time.

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An Untitled Rant Upon Self and Then Some

Today I woke up to two cold, hard realities. More so epiphanies, but I digress.

First, I've gotta pick up my pace with my school work. I've pretty much loafted this semester, and having only two classes doesn't help the situation. As of right now, midterms, I'm passing Calculus by 2%. Combine that with the 60-something I'm getting in Physics and my average is below 70%. As in that University acceptance I got will turn into an un-acceptance. Not exactly what I was hoping for. And it's not like I can't do better in school. I'm just way too lazy to bother most of the time.
Right now, I figure that i might as well just try for the next two months. I mean, it's only two months right? For most people, yeah. But I'm a procrastinator, so no, it's not only two months. It's time that could be well wasted upon something far less useful but more enjoyable: Loafting.
The best thing I can do now is just try. And if you see me on MSN up late, do me a favor: Tell me to get some sleep. It'll definitely help.

The other epiphany of the day actually came late last night. Shout out to my boy for informing me of the stupidity I was about to walk into. And this part of the post is for you. No, not you the reader. Once you read this, however, you'll know who I mean. Yes, you. I can't believe you. And I definitely didn't expect this kind of stupidity from you either. You basically tried to play me. You're not even worth my time anymore, and don't try to fix this problem that you made. Yeah, it's partly my fault that I led you on, but it was all in jest. You, on the other hand, decided to play your cards and really make something of this. And you never even told me what was really going on. There are so many things I could call you right now. And I did. But I won't repeat them. I'm not gonna say anything about this anymore. So don't expect to hear from me ever again. Have a good life. Because I guarantee you that I won't be in it.

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Actual Content Arriving Soon

I can't even get my thoughts straight right now. Expect a more informative post in a bit.

Today I heard a great piece of what is currently incomplete music. Just a guitar and a really mello feel to this song. And it has completely blown me away. I can't say much, except that it is amazing. And that was how this day ended. Although, it started on a much rougher note. Waking up after making an epic run for KD the evening before can do that to you.

Short post? Yes. But I just had to talk about today.

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Kraft Dinner and Other Such Entities of Awesomeness

So today, in a fit of complete randomness, some friends and I decided to go down to the grocery store and pick up some Kraft Dinner. I haven't had KD in years. Completely forgot how awesome that stuff can be. About a half hour later, we're in the kitchen trying to cook up as much KD as possible. You could go anywhere in the house and all you could smell was KD. Seriously, I'm in love with Kraft Dinner now.

On the way back home from that adventure, I had a near-dead phone, so no music. I never realized how much I listen to music because I've always had headphones in my ear playing something. It was almost bizarre. Like being out of place in a very normal situation. And yeah, some people get on with life just fine, but it just felt really weird. Maybe I'm crazy. Iunno. But I just need music sometimes.

I'm gonna go eat some more KD now.

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I'm a Nerd: Offline Gmail

Way back in January I heard about something called Offline Gmail. Basically what it does is it allows you to have all your email downloaded onto your computer, attachments and all. When you can't get an Internet connection, it lets you access your Gmail as though you were online. Pretty slick stuff. It's kind of like Outlook or Thunderbird, but, in my opinion, a million times better. At first it was available in the US and UK only. Yesterday I noticed that it was available in my account as well, so I tried it out. I never realized how useful this can be until I tried it. The only problem with having all your email saved on your hard drive? It takes up a lot of space if you use a lot of your email for attachments. Otherwise it's pretty awesome to have.

Yeah, OK, I'm done being a nerd for now.

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Things of Musical Interest

Simple, Starving To Be Safe by Daphne Loves Derby
This is what got me loving acoustic music and covers. It's a song so mellow that it just makes anyone happy.

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I Have No Idea How Else to Describe This

Today was one of those days that I haven't had in a really long time. Somewhere between doing absolutely nothing and doing... well, absolutely nothing, I realized this. It's one of those days without the rush that most days have. A slow day, if you will. But it allowed me to notice so much more. The little things like not noticing the fact that you're gonna miss the bus because you're taking your time to enjoy what you're walking through. Any sign of green coming back on the ground and trees pretty much makes me happy now. I guess it's partly because the weather was great and I hate snow so much now. To me it all means that Summer is one day closer.

In the end, it all comes down to my want for Summer to be here already. It's all my excitement for it just slowly building up. Somewhere between Warped Tour, Conference, I don't know what else, and just loafting like beasts at Sean's house I know that this Summer is going to be the best one I've had yet.

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Something From Somewhere

More random finds from the Interwebz.

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Something From Somewhere

Someone on twitter posted this in their status and so I clicked. Then I proceeded to laugh for a good 5 minutes.

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I've Been Inspired To Get Back

I used to write stuff a lot a few years ago. Honestly I don't know what made me stop. I guess other things caught my interest as life changed. I've been inspired to write once again, though, thanks to a friend. So here's my first shot at this in a really long time.

It hasn't rained for years
all that's left now is a desert.
What once was potential
now hard to recollect.

It came with the wind
clouds of inspiration,
and poured down a flood
bringing back infatuation.

Alive, this night
a new flame glows.
In its light
an oasis unfolds.

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