Aaaaah! The beginning of the school year. An exciting time for many a boy and girl. Well this term seems like it is going to be pretty easy. POPULAR CULTURE for my SINQ class, Intro to Fiction Writing for WR 212, and History of Cinema 1895-1920 for ENG 320. So far in my Pop Cult class we have watched Citizen Kane (Hearing people in the class trying to figure out what that movie is about, was maddening/funny), We wrote short stories in Fict Writ, and watched/discussed The General w/ Buster Keaton in Hist o Cin. Dudical. I should add another class but I dont feel like it.

If you think you have seen some nerds in classes before, just take a film class of some sort. I now know where the inspiration for the Simpsons comic store guy came from:

The fat guy sitting behind me that couldn't stop breathing really hard and kept raising his hand to talk about Jackie Chan movies.

or

Maybe it was the chick that kept raising her hand to ask questions about wether the the ORIGINAL vaudeville music was going to be played over the silent films that we will be watching, where you can find versions with the ORIGINAL vaudeville music playing over it, where she can find a human male hard up enough to stick his yeasty little stink shaft in her wafty axe-wound while listening to ORIGINAL vaudeville music (I think that human male was sitting behind me).

COLLEGE year 2

ian

Wednesday 28 September 2005 at 2:09 pm

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OMFG.

WTF?

During the premiere episode of my personal favourite television show, Arrested Development, there is a scene in where a panic-stricken mother tries to rid herself of her (35 year old) child by going to the "family cabin" (which the show places in Reno). After fleeing from her residence in California, for a brief second, a shot of Ashland, Oregon can be seen.

You can clearly make out the Shakespeare flags, The Varsity Theater, The Ashland Springs Hotel and the yuppie asshole drinking his Chai Latte and reading "The New Yorker."

Why this shows up in the show, I'll never know.

imoscar.

Arrested Development v. Ashland

eric

Saturday 24 September 2005 at 03:45 am

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i used to wake up in my bed, and keep my eyes closed. and sometimes i would not know where i was. i wouldnt know if i was at my mom or dads house. or what direction i was facing. i would not know where i was on the face of the earth. i was lost in this blackness. then after a few seconds i would remember where i was and i would come back out of the lostness and i would have understanding again. but shit it was cool when that would happen. it never happens to me anymore.

arrrh, when i was a young lad

jonR

Tuesday 20 September 2005 at 09:59 am

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i hope you all know that today is national talk like a pirate day. And if you feel like it talk and dress like one. Arrrrr, thats a riighht. so if you read this important message in time use this oppertunity to be a pirate to the fullest. i recoment pirate sex. you know with eyepatches. if you dont have a special lady then use some pirate pickup lines: "Lookout i am about to board you", Or scury, "I've come for your booty (Hidden treasure)". also call wemen wenches they love it. I personally am going to go to the belching Mermaid, on the other side of town, to meet the hostess of pleasure. She will be my maiden for this voyage. ARRR.
Yar have a good Night, Arrrr!

happy pirate day

jonR

Monday 19 September 2005 at 6:51 pm

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Finally. I. Have. Internet. Access. After two weeks of waiting for Comcast to come and hook my shit up, I finally have Internet access. And, brothers, you better believe it is sweet. I almost went crazy, not being connected.

It's been awhile since I last posted, and as much as I'd love to fill this post with a detailed account of all the wonderful things that I've done, frankly, not too much has happened. I'm back in Corvallis, prepping for the upcoming (and last!) school year. The town is dead, except on the weekends, where people seem to materialize at the local watering holes. Strange.

As Sledg said a few posts back, him and I went to see The Locust up in Portland. What would have been a simple concert-going experience turned into an almost-magical adventure. Here's proof:
ARGH!

reverse right-to-left: joey, ian and gabe.


Then, a few days later, I went and saw Minus the Bear with These Arms are Snakes. It was a good show, but the sound was off. I had a good time, but felt slightly disappointed. I only took one picture. here it is:
mtb

...


Since I had no Internet connection, and I was almost going crazy, I went and bought a book on PHP & MySQL and forced myself to write a real application with it. I'm about 75% done with MIXTAPE v0.0.1, a dynamic solution to sharing mixtapes online. Functionally, it's pretty basic, but the backend is wonderfully complex -- much more so than it needs to be. I'll let you know when it is done. I'm currently in the process of applying some nifty css to all my crazy forms (which are a gigantic pain in the ass, btw) and sweet jesus, my color scheme is CHOICE, let me tell you.

But yeah, that's about it. I love and miss you all.

Keep it real.

ps -- K&K MIME MINISTRIES is way better than Krumping and your child is a fuckup.

revenant.

eric

Saturday 17 September 2005 at 4:40 pm

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allright if you lazy bastards are not going to post then i am not going to either. that is right i aint gonna. this is my no post post. worth nothing and good for it.
i've been up to much. doing stuff. drinking things. doing entities and ideas. creating noise. Well basically my life is at a level of ease that i have not felt before. i am not doing shit. work is fun and not hard. no school. no real responsibilites. i live with my mom now and she takes care of me. so i don't really have to do that eiter, though i try to some times.
Yea it is fucking easy. I am basically just waiting around for some thing good to come along. maybe go to mexico. what are you fucks doing. we should go to mexico. for a while. this is my invite to anyone who is reading this stupid ass post. Lests go to Mexico. Fuck Yea.
Yea Cerveza es bueno, no. Yea nothing. no things. no post. no nothing. And that is all i got.

oh just nothing

jonR

Saturday 17 September 2005 at 12:20 pm

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Well This past week has had San Diego painted all over it. Its driving me buggaboo:

1. Saturday night, eric and I went to watch the San Diego band The Locust at the most hellish venue this side of Ashland called the LOVELAND. Show was great, went out drinking with them afterwords. I got trashed and blacked out. I Hope I didn't make a nuisence of myslef.

2. Old Russian friend PAVEL calls me and tells me that he just moved to San Diego from Boston and that he is getting married. Congratulations PAPPY!

3. Now some extremely bummed out news. I MEAN EXTREMELY bummed out:

Rocket From The Crypt's Farewell Show
On Halloween night in San Diego, Rocket from the Crypt will be playing our farewell show. After 16 years of scars and ear damage all in the name of spreading goodwill and the Rock N Roll doctrine, we will take the stage for the last time on our favorite day of the year. We know that it is very difficult for those around the world to be with us for this celebration, but we invite all that have been a part of this awesome ride to come out one more time and give it up for the band. We will offer those that have supported and fueled us the first opportunity to purchase tickets. The show is taking place in a hotel ballroom and room packages will be offered with the tickets if you desire. There is a limited number of these discounted room/ticket packages available. There will be five ticket options. 1. Ticket only, 2. Room with 1 ticket, 3. Room with 2 tickets, 4. Room with 3 tickets, 5. Room with 4 tickets. The show is unfortunately 21 and up only as there will be rampant live!r-defying consumption. The rest of the info is below.

Rocket From The Crypt's last show
Monday, October 31 2005
Westin Horton Plaza Grand Ballroom (910 Broadway Circle . San Diego, CA)
21 and up
Other bands TBA

Fan pre-sale: Friday, September 9, 2005 at 12:00 pm (PST) at www.casbahmusic.com This presale will only last until Sunday night (September 11) before they are open to everyone else!! Ticket options and prices (We apologize for the cost, expenses are high):

* $30.00 advance ticket only
* $165.00 Room with one ticket (Hotel tax is not included in this price)
* $25.00 each additional ticket with room. Up to four tickets may be purchased with room package.

This option is only available until October 1, 2005!

Rocket tattoos will be accommodated for the show admission only BUT we need to know if you are planning to attend. If you are already a member of Speedo.s Army please email speedosarmy@hotmail.com and RSVP.

You must RSVP by October 1st.
Once you RSVP you must be admitted in the show by 8:30 or your spot will taken by someone else. We want to insure that we accommodate as many people as possible.

Thanks and I hope to see you there,

Speedo AKA Swami AKA John Anthony Reis, Jr. III



First HotSnakes and now this?!?!?!! FUCK!

MUCH LUV
ENNio

Stay Classy San Diego

ian

Tuesday 06 September 2005 at 1:18 pm

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you know how people have things that they do? some people shop a lot, some people drink a lot, other people jump in and out of relationships a lot.... well, i've discovered what i do. i leave! no, seriously, that's what i do. i get back and then i leave again. i left for the army last summer. i got back, then i left for ecuador. then i got back, now i'm leaving again!

yup, yours truly has once again halted her college education for the army, this time headed down to new orleans. my unit got activated yesterday, and we head out of here monday or tuesday. i'll be gone anywhere from 14-30 days, not entirely sure yet. i spent a large majority of yesterday sort of freaking out a bit... crying, tambien. but i've had a day and a half to think about it, talk about it, adjust to the thought, and i'm actually feeling ok about it. i signed up to do this, go out and help where the help is most needed. i get to go help people right here in my country who need help desperately.

so, i'll let everyone know when i'm back, and hopefully i won't get eaten by any aligators. but, since i'm missing my big 21 on wednesday, i think there will be a big ol' shindig upon my return. then we'll go get trashed!!!!


always.....

it's what i do...

curlingiron

Saturday 03 September 2005 at 7:05 pm

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