Oh hey look, I still exist.
Oh hey look, my current favorite song.
Get up on this and grind it with your sin bits.
“Dancing On TV” by Bad Veins
Anyway, be honest, how many of you thought I was dead?
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I’ve been very quiet online for months, but I’m still around, occasionally starring and hearting and liking and inappropriately rubbing, etc.
I just wanted to pop in and say a few things.
Thing the first: I’m not sure I like this new dashboard layout. It took me a few minutes to find my messages. There’s almost 250 of them. Jeezy cream cheezy, am I right? Which brings me to…
Thing the second: I’m still alive. I’ve been going through some things and some stuff and some thing-stuff lately, and I haven’t felt like writing about it. So, yeah. I’m still here, just quiet. I’ll try and get to my messages. I’m not ignoring anyone. Not on purpose, anyway.
Thing the third: I’ve finally cracked open my collectors edition of Fallout: New Vegas, and, seeing as I have even more time on my hands than normal, I’ve already clocked in well over forty hours of gameplay. It’s pretty damn amazing. I also realized last night that if I put sunglasses and a hat (to hide his hairstyle) on my character, pictured above, he kind of looks like Ian. I’m not sure how I feel about this quite yet.
Thing the fourth: I’m pretty sure I’m going to start a movie blog. Until then, go see Thor before it leaves theaters, X-Men: First Class was better than the trailers made it look, and go see Bridesmaids. For the love of God, go and see Bridesmaids. It’s so damn good, it”s crazy.
Thing the fifth: If you’re one of the literally tens of people who enjoy my musical posts and recommendations, go listen to “I Go Away” by MNDR and “Wrecking Bar” by The Vaccines. Both come with the SFB stamp of approval, for whatever that’s worth.
And finally, thing the last: I miss y’all, Tumbletopians.
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It’s become increasingly apparent, at least down here in Florida, that the cool, breezy days are gone for about seven months or so. Time to dust off my cut-off shorts and mesh tank tops, y’all. And my snazzy, non-gang affiliated bandannas, of course. Gotta keep the damn sweat out of my eyes. With style.
Anyway, I haven’t been able to write for a bit now and decided to go on a little brain vacation until my creative juices start flowing again. I’ve been passing the days these past few months by walking around in the nice weather, taking pictures, and letting my headphones soundtrack the experience.
I’ve never really bothered to learn how to take a proper picture, my excuse being that no camera could possibly do my memories justice or some other pretentious bullshit like that; I always just snap a quick shot and move on. But summersumz has inspired me to give photography a shot. Get it? Shot? Any camera humor fans reading this? Never mind.
I make no promises that they’ll be any good, but It’ll be a fun diversion, at the very least, so expect a few more picture posts from me in the near future, Tumbletopians.
Happy Friday and whatnot.
“Cameras” by Matt & Kim
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I’ve been craving new music for awhile now, and last night I asked Kelly for suggestions. “The Naked and Famous!” Who am I to argue with an exclamation point? I listened to them, digged them, and downloaded them. Then I did what I always do when I discover kick-ass new music. I went for a walk at 3:30 in the very early morning.
There I was, walking along the mostly empty road, bobbing my head to this song, when a car passes by before slowing to a stop a little ways ahead of me. This is normally not a good sign where I live. I was pretty sure some dudes were going to jump out and stab me or, at the very least, take my iPhone. I had to decide: keep walking or turn tail.
Stereo turns tail for no man! I will die as stubborn and stupid as the day I was born!
I kept walking until I was parallel with the passenger side window. To my immediate relief, there was nothing but a lone elderly gentleman in the car. I started to calm down, but then it occurred to me… what if this old guy was going to murder me? That would be so much worse somehow than being killed by someone my own age. “Oh God, someone help me! A hundred-year-old man is very slowly beating me to death with his walker between long, wheezing gasps for air!”
Well, it turns out he saw me walking alone in the wee hours of the morning and just wanted to offer a ride. I stopped wetting my pants mid stream, thanked him for his kindness, and he was on his way. I was only a block or two from my house, after all.
Where was I? Oh yeah, this band is pretty dang awesome, and you guys should check them out or at least hit play.
I started 2010 with a handful of great new artists and bands on my radar, but this hasn’t been the case with 2011. With a few new songs rattling my headphones, I’m feeling a bit rejuvenated, so I figured I’d ask more people for suggestions.
How about it, Tumblr? What have you been listening to in the new year?
“Punching in a Dream” by The Naked and Famous
The Naked and Famous’ official site, Facebook, and iTunes pages
You can buy Passive Me Aggressive you, the album this song is from, for only $7.99 on iTunes. Not bad for fourteen tracks, Tumblr.
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Don’t be like that. Don’t be all, “The Strokes? Those guys are so two albums ago.” Why don’t you stop being such a Kramer for a second and listen to this piece of pop brilliance, you friggin’ hipster doofus? Seriously, just take off your girlfriend’s jeans and stop rubbing beeswax into your handlebar mustache long enough to bathe in the melody and the punchy guitars and oh my God, are you wearing a business jacket with torn jeans? What are you, a “hip” teacher from the early ’90s? Do you want to “rap” to me about just saying no to drugs?
You know what? Forget it. Get your ironic trucker hat and non-perscription vanity glasses out of my damn Tumblr.
The rest of you, hit play. I’m going for an anger walk.
“Under Cover of Darkness” by The Strokes
The Strokes’ official site, Twitter, Facebook, and iTunes pages
Their new album Angles isn’t on sale yet, but you can buy this song right… HERE!!!
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Today is my birthday! Sorta! OK, not really. I was born on the 29th of February, which is a day that only comes around once every four years, which I’m pretty sure makes me magical or something. I’ve always just celebrated it on the 27th during off-years. Why not the 28th? Well, my mom was big into numbers and their meaning, and, apparently, the 28th is not a good day to celebrate your birthday on or whatever. I never really asked what the exact reason was.
Until last year there would only be a few people on earth who would actually know it was my birthday, but then I got into Twitter and Tumblr and all that good stuff. Twitter kind of got ruined from my OCD, but I first met a lot of my online friends there. And Tumblr? Don’t get me started on how important Tumblr is to me. It wasn’t all that long ago that I was housebound from my agoraphobia and didn’t have any damn friends, and now I’ve got Twitter and Tumblr.
I don’t need a present for my (sort of) birthday. I’ve already gotten what I wanted. Thanks, dudes and dudettes.
And now, for no reason other than because I wanna, here’s a song that makes me smile. I hope it makes you smile too.
“Outtasite (Outta Mind)” by Wilco
Wilco’s official site, Twitter, Facebook, iTunes and Amazon pages
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On Monday my friend, his wife, and their two dogs are packing up and making the very long drive from Cincinnati, Ohio down to Austin, Texas, where a job with Bioware, a large video game company, is waiting for him.
This is a very big deal. Bioware are responsible for making my favorite PC games ever, the Baldur’s Gate series, as well as the great Dragon Age: Origins, its upcoming sequel, and the critically acclaimed Mass Effect series. He’ll be starting off by working on one of their current projects, the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic. It’s basically World of Warcraft for Star Wars fans. Got your attention now, fellow nerds?
A year ago I stopped work on all of my personal projects to help create games, design, and write music for a small iPhone app company he was trying to start up with two ungrateful morons. Two ungrateful morons who basically tore the company apart before we had even released a single game.
And now he’s working for freaking Bioware.
Anyway, it’s been a long time coming for my friend. He’s been screwed over and he’s been rejected and he’s watched countless people that he helped train get jobs in the gaming industry before him. He was beginning to think he was fooling himself, thinking he even had a chance of achieving his goal.
Now, it’s my turn. We’ve always been a bit competitive, and if he thinks I’m just going to sit here in the gutters and watch him live his wildest dreams, he’s got another thing coming. The race is on. It’s like I told him yesterday, “It’s not that I don’t want you to be happy, I just don’t want you to be happy before me.”
Never take your eyes off of the underdog, folks.
“The Underdog” by Spoon
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This is the very first Valentines Day in my life that actually means something to me. Every other Valentines Day before this one was just a Friday or a Tuesday or garbage day or whatever. But today is different, because I’m in love with a wonderful girl.
Unfortunately, for me, this wonderful girl I’m in love with is in love with some other dude.
You know what sucks? I’ve never met him, but he seems like a really nice guy. If he was a jerk, I could at least hate him. But I suppose if that was the case, she wouldn’t be in love with him in the first place. Man, wouldn’t that be awesome? For me, I mean?
Anyway, like I said, I’ve never met this ever-so-nice guy, so I really don’t know much about him. He seems to make her happy, though. That’s all that matters, I guess.
Happy Valentines Day, everyone. And as for you, my secret Valentine, if you’re reading this and know who you are — I suspect you do — I drink my first tea of the day in honor of you, your non-jerk boyfriend, and your happiness. I’m proud and happy to at least call you a friend.
“I’m In Love With a Girl” by Big Star
Big Star’s iTunes page
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The first time I ever had a professional haircut, I found myself mesmerized by this tub of blue liquid that they kept the combs in. I couldn’t help but fantasize about it being radioactive and imbuing my hair with super powers, using it to strangle those that oppose me with long, powerful, slightly curly locks that I could control with my mind. Then they told me the goop was just some stupid chemical to kill lice.
I never quite got over it.
Anyway, I just made a spur-of-the-moment decision to get my hair cut, and I probably wont walk out with super powers or lice.
Lame.
“Devils Haircut” by Beck
Beck’s official site and iTunes page
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Dead leaves and the dirty ground when I know you’re not around.
Well, today sucks. The White Stripes have announced on their site that they are officially done making records, touring, and busting ear drums.
I could say a lot about this, but I think they said it best themselves.
“The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.”
Thanks for the years of music and inspiration, Jack and Meg. Today, I drink my tea in your honor.
“Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” by The (one and only) White Stripes
The White Stripes’ official site and iTunes page
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