Sunday, January 22, 2012
Memories
Saw this at the Newbury Comics in Harvard Square for $2.99. I used to listen to this EP on rotate in high school. Think it's time to dust it off again.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
A poem to pass the time.
I found this poem in one of the books I had to get for my English class and I really enjoyed it so i thought I'd share it.
"Spite"
by Stephen Dobyns
I steal your mailbox, leave
gum on your sidewalk. I
seduce your sister, ignore your wife.
I tear one page from each of your books.
I convince you that I am your friend.
*
When people ask about you,
I shake my head. When they
tell about you, I nod.
*
Today, I hang myself
from a greased flagpole
outside your picture window.
Yesterday, I stole your curtains.
"Spite"
by Stephen Dobyns
I steal your mailbox, leave
gum on your sidewalk. I
seduce your sister, ignore your wife.
I tear one page from each of your books.
I convince you that I am your friend.
*
When people ask about you,
I shake my head. When they
tell about you, I nod.
*
Today, I hang myself
from a greased flagpole
outside your picture window.
Yesterday, I stole your curtains.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Return of the mack..
So it's been quite some time since I last upldated this thing.
A lot has happened, a lot has not happened. One of the major things to mention is that I've gone back to school to pursue a degree in graphic design. I am currently a full time student in my second semester, and I'm actually enjoying it. Isn't that crazy? After two attempts at a school I couldn't stand, I've enrolled myself in the New England Institute of Art and I've actually been doing really well. I guess the third time is a charm.
I'm still living in Somerville, all's going pretty well here too. Someone very important came into my life over the past few months, but unfortunately that has also come to an abrupt end due to my busy work/school schedule, and I don't know what else. It's confusing, and I'm not getting into it.
In closing, I hope to get back into the swing of updating this thing. I plan to post some work from school and other work I've done in the past. I should probably just get a flickr I guess. It's getting late, work in the morning.
A lot has happened, a lot has not happened. One of the major things to mention is that I've gone back to school to pursue a degree in graphic design. I am currently a full time student in my second semester, and I'm actually enjoying it. Isn't that crazy? After two attempts at a school I couldn't stand, I've enrolled myself in the New England Institute of Art and I've actually been doing really well. I guess the third time is a charm.
I'm still living in Somerville, all's going pretty well here too. Someone very important came into my life over the past few months, but unfortunately that has also come to an abrupt end due to my busy work/school schedule, and I don't know what else. It's confusing, and I'm not getting into it.
In closing, I hope to get back into the swing of updating this thing. I plan to post some work from school and other work I've done in the past. I should probably just get a flickr I guess. It's getting late, work in the morning.
Monday, March 23, 2009
I Stay Up All Night.
These are a few of the random pictures I took yesterday around 8:30 in the morning when Sarah and I went on a little trip to South Station in Boston after not sleeping at all. It was completely random, but it was fun.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
What A Pitty.
So pretty much the worst thing that could ever happen happened last night. My iPod broke! I found it in a puddle of beer in the kitchen, and it hasn't been working properly since then. Last night when I found it, it still turned on and such but it kept giving some weird error message and then it just shut off and stopped working altogether. This morning when I woke up, it's on but it just has the apple symbol and nothing else will happen. I'm hoping this is a good sign and maybe will work by tomorrow? I really am hoping.
So to any of the, what 3? people that read this burn me CD's! I have nothing to listen to in my car. I guess it's an excuse to find some new music.
Louis CK is tonight, but it doesn't start until 10 PM... unusually late? Oh well, super fun dinner party beforehand!
Listening to:
Right Away, Great Captain! - The Bitter End
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out Of Something
So to any of the, what 3? people that read this burn me CD's! I have nothing to listen to in my car. I guess it's an excuse to find some new music.
Louis CK is tonight, but it doesn't start until 10 PM... unusually late? Oh well, super fun dinner party beforehand!
Listening to:
Right Away, Great Captain! - The Bitter End
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out Of Something
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Hello, Old Friend.
Hello, again. I'm not doing so well with keeping this up to date, huh?
Since we last talked I had another boring neverending week at work. However, on Thursday I managed to score some tickets to the sold out Jimmy Eat World Clarity X10 show at the new House of Blues in Boston!
The show was incredible! The venue was very remnicent of the Avalon (the club that used to be in its place) but they redecorated it very nicely and added two balconies.
They flawlessly played Clarity from beginning to end. The way they pulled off "Goodbye Sky Harbor" with the vocal loops at the end was something else.
After the final song from Clarity they gracefully bowed off stage to a wild audience only to return a few minutes later for a five song encore. An encore that I personally thing didn't come anywhere near what they had just accomplished moments before. This show was a one of a kind experience.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Recently.
So lately I've been out of my mind tired. I have been working so many hours that I'm starting to lose it. Thankfully, all those 13 hour days are over. I have a normal week ahead of me. Nice short 6 or 8 hour days sounds just fine to me.
So Sunday was a bit of an adventure. Kate (my new roommate!) and I went to Target and got a new microwave! It's nice to have one of those again, even though I still have yet to use it because I never have any food in the house. We also went to this mexican restaurant called On The Border that was so good. Margaritas and avocado enchiladas, does it get better?
After that Jen and I went to see Antony and the Johnsons on Sunday night at the Berklee Performance Center and it was certainly one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. That man's voice is so unique and to hear it live gave me chills. He played and amazing set, plus one song I haven't heard before that I'm trying to find. He also did a Beyonce cover that was hilarious.
listening to:
Dark Was The Night (Compilation).
So Sunday was a bit of an adventure. Kate (my new roommate!) and I went to Target and got a new microwave! It's nice to have one of those again, even though I still have yet to use it because I never have any food in the house. We also went to this mexican restaurant called On The Border that was so good. Margaritas and avocado enchiladas, does it get better?
After that Jen and I went to see Antony and the Johnsons on Sunday night at the Berklee Performance Center and it was certainly one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. That man's voice is so unique and to hear it live gave me chills. He played and amazing set, plus one song I haven't heard before that I'm trying to find. He also did a Beyonce cover that was hilarious.
listening to:
Dark Was The Night (Compilation).
Friday, February 20, 2009
Genious.
So this website has really good things to do with your time.
This is one example of David Horvitz's genious:
This is one example of David Horvitz's genious:
I Woke Up Today.
I'm not completely in the mood to blog right now, but I feel obligated to update. I think I drank a little too much wine, it's making me lazy.
I really want to watch Wall-E.
listening to:
Port O'Brien - Winter (EP)
New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
reading:
Survivor, by Chuck Palahniuk
I really want to watch Wall-E.
listening to:
Port O'Brien - Winter (EP)
New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
reading:
Survivor, by Chuck Palahniuk
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Friday Night.
So Friday was a pretty insane night. It was my friend Bryan's birthday so we went out to the bar and drank plenty in a very short amount of time. When we were all set to leave, it started raining so the after party plans were ruined and everyone was left standing around trying to figure out what to do. Rather than standing around, I decided to leave, pick up some booze and try to find a party. I found about six.
I went to my friend Dan's to hang out with him and his girlfriend because I told him I'd call him. After being there for a while Myra called me up and said he was down at Liz's and they were hanging out but the party was dying so I went over there and picked him up and we went to find Enwright at some random house in Burlington. It took us about 15 extra minutes to find because he gave us the wrong street and the wrong directions. There was not much going on there but we hung out and drank some with some kids I barely know. I drank a whole bottle of wine in about 10 minutes. Should have I continued driving? Yeah, probably not.
We left there to pick up Bryan (the Birthday boy) at the place everyone ended up at about two towns over. When we got to Bryan's house to drop him off he ran inside and came back out and started setting off fireworks in the middle of a main road. It was hilarious but I figured this would be a good time to leave! I called my boss and told her we were going to come over and wake her up and make her drink with us apparently. This I do not remember. The rest of the night is a little hazy actually. I don't know what order the next events happened in but I'm just going to say what I think happened.
I think it was around this time that I was driving down Boston Road and swerved into a curb because I was hydroplaning. It was the scariest thing ever. I tried to stop at a stop light and just started swerving to the left side of the road and BAM! I hit the curb. I am so lucky that we didn't hit the telephone pole that was less than a foot away from the curb. At the time it was funny and then reality set in and I was terrified. But of course... we continued on with our journey.
I think this is when we went to DiBona's house. I took a shot of tequila before leaving my car because DiBona ran up to me with it in his hand and I just took it from him. Played some beer pong, mingled, and then it was time to go because Megan called and said her brother was having people over so we figured we should crash that party. We got there and there were 16 year olds drinking as far as the eye could see. I was so drunk at this point that I started laying the law down and telling people they had to leave because I didn't want Megan to get in trouble. There were two girls who were trying to fight each other in the street at 3 in the morning. At least I think it was 3 in the morning. But I yelled at them and made them leave.
I'm sure there was a lot more that happened, but as I said earlier the night was hazy, and I suck at detail. But it was definitely one of the most fun nights I've had in a while.
I went to my friend Dan's to hang out with him and his girlfriend because I told him I'd call him. After being there for a while Myra called me up and said he was down at Liz's and they were hanging out but the party was dying so I went over there and picked him up and we went to find Enwright at some random house in Burlington. It took us about 15 extra minutes to find because he gave us the wrong street and the wrong directions. There was not much going on there but we hung out and drank some with some kids I barely know. I drank a whole bottle of wine in about 10 minutes. Should have I continued driving? Yeah, probably not.
We left there to pick up Bryan (the Birthday boy) at the place everyone ended up at about two towns over. When we got to Bryan's house to drop him off he ran inside and came back out and started setting off fireworks in the middle of a main road. It was hilarious but I figured this would be a good time to leave! I called my boss and told her we were going to come over and wake her up and make her drink with us apparently. This I do not remember. The rest of the night is a little hazy actually. I don't know what order the next events happened in but I'm just going to say what I think happened.
I think it was around this time that I was driving down Boston Road and swerved into a curb because I was hydroplaning. It was the scariest thing ever. I tried to stop at a stop light and just started swerving to the left side of the road and BAM! I hit the curb. I am so lucky that we didn't hit the telephone pole that was less than a foot away from the curb. At the time it was funny and then reality set in and I was terrified. But of course... we continued on with our journey.
I think this is when we went to DiBona's house. I took a shot of tequila before leaving my car because DiBona ran up to me with it in his hand and I just took it from him. Played some beer pong, mingled, and then it was time to go because Megan called and said her brother was having people over so we figured we should crash that party. We got there and there were 16 year olds drinking as far as the eye could see. I was so drunk at this point that I started laying the law down and telling people they had to leave because I didn't want Megan to get in trouble. There were two girls who were trying to fight each other in the street at 3 in the morning. At least I think it was 3 in the morning. But I yelled at them and made them leave.
I'm sure there was a lot more that happened, but as I said earlier the night was hazy, and I suck at detail. But it was definitely one of the most fun nights I've had in a while.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Fourth of July!
So how was your Fourth of July? Mine was crazy.
I worked in the morning, from 6:30 to 3 and then went home. I was annoyed because I had absolutely no plans for the night and all of my friends had gone away Thursday night so my options were limited.
I called up a friend in Somerville and we made plans to hang out, drink, and try to see the fireworks from her rooftop. Once I got there her roommate said he was going down to MIT to a party and to see the fireworks from the rooftop there and we could go. For those of you not from around Boston, MIT is right next to where they set off the fireworks at the Charles River, so it's an ideal spot. We tagged along and went with him. After being there for a little while security came out and kicked everyone off the roof. Disappointing. We headed back inside and partied it up with some nerds until they started letting people back onto the roof.
This was the only picture I have from the night. It was in the bathroom at MIT. I have no idea why I took a picture of it.
Now, I'm not sure why this happened, but I had a really bad panic attack and I left the party, ended up getting lost but somehow finding my way to Kendall Square, got back on the T and headed back to my car.
It's got to be around 11:30 PM, and I got a phone call from another friend who was in Reading at a party with a hot tub and I decided to head in that direction. I didn't know anyone at this party except like 3 or 4 people so I spent the duration of my time there in the hot tub listening to really loud mainstream rock (i.e. Rage, Korn, lame.) but I love hot tubs so I made the most out of it. Around 1 AM I decided it was time to go, but on my travels back to my neighborhood I decided to call a friend from work because I had forgotten to call him earlier. Met up with him at some random house I had been to before, but I couldn't find it for the life of me when I was heading there. Hung out there for about 2 hours or so, then finally headed home around 3:30 AM.
I woke up the next morning around noonish, had to work at 1:30. Hungover as fuck. But all in all, I had a really amazing Fourth of July. I went to a roof party last Fourth so I'm going to try to keep the tradition alive for next year.
Recommended listening:
Kevin Devine - Put Your Ghost to Rest
Kevin Devine - New Album Demos
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
I worked in the morning, from 6:30 to 3 and then went home. I was annoyed because I had absolutely no plans for the night and all of my friends had gone away Thursday night so my options were limited.
I called up a friend in Somerville and we made plans to hang out, drink, and try to see the fireworks from her rooftop. Once I got there her roommate said he was going down to MIT to a party and to see the fireworks from the rooftop there and we could go. For those of you not from around Boston, MIT is right next to where they set off the fireworks at the Charles River, so it's an ideal spot. We tagged along and went with him. After being there for a little while security came out and kicked everyone off the roof. Disappointing. We headed back inside and partied it up with some nerds until they started letting people back onto the roof.
This was the only picture I have from the night. It was in the bathroom at MIT. I have no idea why I took a picture of it.
Now, I'm not sure why this happened, but I had a really bad panic attack and I left the party, ended up getting lost but somehow finding my way to Kendall Square, got back on the T and headed back to my car.
It's got to be around 11:30 PM, and I got a phone call from another friend who was in Reading at a party with a hot tub and I decided to head in that direction. I didn't know anyone at this party except like 3 or 4 people so I spent the duration of my time there in the hot tub listening to really loud mainstream rock (i.e. Rage, Korn, lame.) but I love hot tubs so I made the most out of it. Around 1 AM I decided it was time to go, but on my travels back to my neighborhood I decided to call a friend from work because I had forgotten to call him earlier. Met up with him at some random house I had been to before, but I couldn't find it for the life of me when I was heading there. Hung out there for about 2 hours or so, then finally headed home around 3:30 AM.
I woke up the next morning around noonish, had to work at 1:30. Hungover as fuck. But all in all, I had a really amazing Fourth of July. I went to a roof party last Fourth so I'm going to try to keep the tradition alive for next year.
Recommended listening:
Kevin Devine - Put Your Ghost to Rest
Kevin Devine - New Album Demos
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Friday, June 27, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Overdue.
So I never, ever fucking write in this thing and I suppose I should because I have it for some reason, right?
A lot of life issues going on right now. I ended something that needed to end a long time ago. There's a whole slew of family shit that I will not get into, but it's been on my mind. I'll get through it.
Anyway, I went to Maine for the weekend. It was pretty fun. A lot of down time, drinks with friends, always nice to get away.
Something more exciting will happen soon. I promise.
Recommended listening:
Flowers Forever - s/t
Fleet Foxes - s/t
Tilly and the Wall - O
Coldplay - Viva la Vida (excellent!)
Cat Power - You Are Free
Conor Oberst - Live at 400 Club (all new songs, look for it online)
A lot of life issues going on right now. I ended something that needed to end a long time ago. There's a whole slew of family shit that I will not get into, but it's been on my mind. I'll get through it.
Anyway, I went to Maine for the weekend. It was pretty fun. A lot of down time, drinks with friends, always nice to get away.
Something more exciting will happen soon. I promise.
Recommended listening:
Flowers Forever - s/t
Fleet Foxes - s/t
Tilly and the Wall - O
Coldplay - Viva la Vida (excellent!)
Cat Power - You Are Free
Conor Oberst - Live at 400 Club (all new songs, look for it online)
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
I Bought One!
So I bought an iPhone yesterday. One of the best ideas I've ever had. This thing is totally amazing. I'm updating my blog with it right now. I still getting used to the keyboard on it.
In other news, I went to the Colin Meloy show on Tuesday at the Somerville Theatre and it was absolutely amazing, I love that guy.
Ok, this is getting tiring to type on. Keep it real.
In other news, I went to the Colin Meloy show on Tuesday at the Somerville Theatre and it was absolutely amazing, I love that guy.
Ok, this is getting tiring to type on. Keep it real.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
