| I just spend a shit-ton of money, and I feel good... |
[Jun. 3rd, 2009|08:34 pm] |
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| | Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos | ] |
As the title of this post suggests I just spend a ton of money on stuff, 99% of that stuff has to do with record players. I will soon be the proud owner of the following:
Equipment:
Pro-Ject Debut III Turntable (ARRIVED)
Yaquin Tube-Amp
Sony Bookshelf Speakers (ARRIVED)
Albums:
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (ARRIVED)
Feel Good Lost - Broken Social Scene (ARRIVED)
Spirit If... - Kevin Drew (ARRIVED)
Population - Most Serene Republic (ARRIVED)
C'Mon Miracle - Mirah (ARRIVED)
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver (ARRIVED)
The Juno Soundtrack (ARRIVED) |
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| Looks like it's list season, so here are all the records I want on vinyl... |
[May. 25th, 2009|09:12 pm] |
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| | The Most Serene Republic - The Men Who Live Upstairs | ] |
Once my new record player and cartridge gets here I am so going on a vinyl buying/listening binge. Here is a list of most of the records I plan on buying this summer...
The Hazards Of Love - The Decemberists (!!!)
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
In A Safe Place - The Album Leaf
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
Fate - Dr. Dog
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Horn of Plenty - Grizzly Bear
Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
End Of Amnesia - M. Ward (Pre-Release June 16)
C'mon Miracle - Mirah
Advisory Committee - Mirah
Underwater Cinematographer - Most Serene Republic (No Vinyl Release)
Population - Most Serene Republic
Neon Golden - The Notwist
The Devil You + Me - The Notwist
Hometowns - The Rural Alberta Advantage (Pre-Release July 7)
Marry Me - St. Vincent
Actor - St. Vincent
Set Yourself On Fire - Stars
Shut Up I Am Dreaming - Sunset Rubdown
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio
The Juno Soundtrack - Various Artists
...and as many Broken Social Scene albums as I can get my hands on...
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Feel Good Lost - Broken Social Scene
Spirit If... - Broken Social Scene Presents : Kevin Drew
Something for All of Us... - Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning
Bee Hives - Broken Social Scene
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| Movies, movies, movies... |
[May. 25th, 2009|03:02 pm] |
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| | Death Cab for Cutie - Line of Best Fit | ] |
A list of all of the movies I want to see this year, mostly here so I don't forget the names and releases of the more obscure ones...
Daytime Drinking - Young-seok Noh (May 15th)
Sherlock Holmes - Guy Ritchie (Dec 25th)
$9.99 - Tatia Rosenthal (June 19th)
Moon - Duncan Jones (June 12th)
Paper Heart - Nicholas Jasenovec (August 7th)
Where The Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze (October 16th)
The Limits Of Control - Jim Jarmusch (May 1st)
Is Anybody There? - John Crowley (April 17th)
Sleep Dealer - Alex Rivera (April 17th)
Sunshine Cleaning - Christine Jeffs (May 13th)
Tokyo - Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Bong Joon-ho (March 6th)
Star Trek - J.J. Abrams (May 8th)
Land Of The Lost - Brad Silberling (June 5th)
Eden Log - Franck Vestiel (TBA)
Harry Potter - David Yates (July 15th)
Surveillance - Jennifer Lynch (June 26th)
Wendy And Lucy - Kelly Reichardt (December '08)
Dead Snow - Tommy Wirkola (June 19th)
In The Loop - Armando Iannucci (July 24th)
Just Buried - Chaz Thorne (October '08)
Real Time - Randall Cole (January '08)
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson (Nov 13th)
The Invention of Lying - Ricky Gervais/Matthew Robinson (Sept 25th)
Humpday - Lynn Shelton (July 10th)
I Sell The Dead - Glenn McQuaid (August 7th)
Cold Soul - Sophie Barthes (Aug 7th)
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| Time flies, or floats, or does something indescribable...either way it changes... |
[May. 24th, 2009|02:42 am] |
It has almost been exactly two months since my last (admittly depressive) post, in those two months lots of things have happened. Some good things, some not-so-good things. First come the good things because I am in a really good mood today, and actually have been feeling pretty good for the last month or so.
Good things! I finished my first year of college. How weird is that? Truth be told, after I dropped out of H.S. I didn’t really see college in my future. Having been accepted to a college, and having made it through the first year is a pretty big deal for me. To top it off I made it on the Deans List,. Which, in my circle of friends is not exactly a big thing, still managed to make me happy. I still am not sure of my grades for this semester, because OASIS is a piece of shit and is having problems at the moment. I am guessing they are decent though, the only class I had problems with was my Japanese class. Which I was getting a ninety-nine in until after Spring Break, where I neglected to do any studying. Anyway, it’s over now and I cannot wait for it to start up again. Next semesters schedule is pretty awesome, none of my classes are before twelve so I can sleep in every morning. I also finally get to take film classes, which is very exciting as I am a film major.
ALSO! THIS AUGUST! ATHENS! ME! THERE! BEING OF THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE! EXPECT AWESOME THINGS!
On the other side of things, the side that is based in Dramaland, I will just mention some stuff. My family is crazy, things may happen in the next few months if not weeks, things that sound a lot live dividend and source when combined in to one word (things that also rhyme with horse). Depending on how things work out I will do some posting here.
Maybe I will update my blog more this summer, it all depends on whether or not I have things to write about. I always tell myself that I will update my blog more often though it never seems to happen. I do however update my Twitter on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis. If you are on Twitter follow @pwnda for loads of fun. |
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| kthnksbai, or, why my brain won't stop working |
[Mar. 25th, 2009|02:59 am] |
It is hard to believe that almost three years have passed since I have moved up here, according to my LiveJournal post I moved in June of '07. So here I am, March of '09 awake at three in the morning wondering what to do. It is so hard to believe that so much time has passed so quickly, and it is horrifying to think about how quickly three more years will pass. As I lay here, typing yet another late night ramble, I wonder what it is that I have done in the last three years. When it comes to accomplishments I have done quite a bit; I helped re-model a nearly one-hundred year old building, I helped open a coffee-shop, and I got accepted to a decent college. However, after all this, I still find myself laying awake at night wondering what it is that I have done with my life. I have not done some of the most basic things people my age have done, when it comes to social accomplishments - I have none - when it comes to life goals accomplished - I have accomplished none.
So what is it then, that I have spent the last three years doing? I have not made a single change that I intended to, not a single self-set goal was reached. It is this that keeps me awake so many nights, my accomplishments in life are always overshadowed by failure, my dreams crushed by reality. The truth of the matter is that I will probably never live up to my self-set standards, I doubt that many people do, it is part of human nature to set goals that are beyond that which we truly wish to accomplish. So that when we fall short, we end up exactly were we originally intended to fall.
I miss having friends, I miss having people to talk to, sometimes I wish I could move back to Athens. Then I realize that I cannot, because that is not were my life is going, no matter how badly I miss everything and no matter how often I reminisce about the good times I had there, I can't go back. At least, not now, now my life (or what I attempt to call my life) is here - technically "there" relative to my current position - in Chicago. I just need to get over my damn self, and out of my damn head. I want to cry in someones shoulders, but the only shoulders I have are my own and they are already to fucking full with everyone elses tears. I can't keep being who I am, who I am is lame, boring, awkward, weird, un-attractive, and tired. I need to be the person in my head, the person who is not afraid to speak his mind, the person who sets his goals high so he can fall were he needs.
But most of all, I need to sleep...
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| Holy Shit! |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|12:00 am] |
The music video will fuck your mind, in a good way...
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| Yes I am alive...or at least kind of...it all depends on your definition of alive... |
[Aug. 10th, 2008|11:46 am] |
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| | Coffee Shop Chatter | ] |
Also, EXCESSIVE USE OF PERIODS IN POST TITLE FTW! In other news, I have been rocking the Head Barista position at the coffee shop mentioned a few posts back. We spend nine months remodeling the building, including the removal of five plaster walls and at least 5 tons of dirt. I will try and post some pictures up in a while, possibly even today. While I am still working for free I have been making enough money off of tips to take care of the shipping costs of some items which I have been meaning to ship down to Athens for the last few months.
In other other news, I am going to be a REAL college student in a few weeks (as in Dorms and whatnot). I am moving up to Chicago for the semester were I will be attending Columbia College Chicago for a double major in film and radio. |
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[Aug. 7th, 2008|04:48 pm] |
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If Ping.fm supported SMS updating the world would be pretty perfect. Alas, the world is not perfect. |
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[Aug. 7th, 2008|04:44 pm] |
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Just joined Ping.fm checking out how things work here... |
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| Eureka is back!!! |
[Jul. 18th, 2007|01:38 pm] |
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| | Eureka Season 2 - Episode 1 | ] |
!!! YES !!! |
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| Moved in, well kinda... |
[Jul. 11th, 2007|12:31 am] |
So I finally got my stuff set up and my room organized. Next week I will have been here for a month, which amazes me. So far everything has been pretty awesome. The reason I moved up here, my family opening a coffee shop, turned out to be a really good one. We already have a building and will start renovating in September. We hope to open shop in January, at which point I will get a very reasonable salary. Four digits a month. So that makes me really happy.
I start classes in late, late, August. I will only be taking one class at first, that class being photography. And speaking of photography, I finally got a really nice digital camera. Awesome new pictures can be seen here.
Hopefully I will get some good blogging going, not that I am all set up. |
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| Sunday it is... |
[Jun. 13th, 2007|11:21 pm] |
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| | The Good That Won't Come Out - Rilo Kiley | ] |
Sunday is apparently officially the last day I am in Athens. I leave Sunday morning. Right now I am surrounded by half packed boxes and trash bags filled with clothes. Sadly I just found out, I am only going to be able to bring my clothes and some random small things. The rest of my stuff is staying here until July 5th. That includes my computer.
:_( |
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| Details, they are here and quite detailed... |
[Jun. 10th, 2007|08:23 pm] |
Alright, so I am moving. The reason why? My parents are opening a coffee shop up in Belleville Illinois, and they need a manager. So, they asked if I want to come up there and be a manager. After some thinking, I decided that I really need a change in my life. So, I decided that I would move.
The only bad part is that I will be gone by the end of next week. So, in case I forget to say good bye to you; "Good Bye". |
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| Wow...I was not expecting this... |
[Jun. 10th, 2007|03:58 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Like It Ar Not - AiH | ] |
So, I may be moving again. Not many details now, but as soon as I straighten everything out I will post more. |
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| The worlds best anti-depressant... |
[Jun. 8th, 2007|02:28 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Heart It Races - AiH | ] |
Architecture In Helsinki that is. Their latest single/preview of their up-coming Polyvinyl release is the most amazing thing ever. I mean ever. If you want to smile, watch this.
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| I really love Garden State... |
[Jun. 5th, 2007|04:10 am] |
"You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone. [...] [W]hen you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place."
-Zach Braff |
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| Maybe thats just what life is... |
[Jun. 5th, 2007|03:40 am] |
Sometimes I wish I could just go back to being a kid, not having to worry about anything but the present. Sadly, I can't. The last few months have been insanely hectic for me. For some reason every time I start feeling like things are working out and becoming stable, everything crumbles down. The worst part of it all is that when I want to talk to my parents about it, the only thing they say is "That's life, get used to it".
If this is life, then life sucks.
Over the last few months I have managed to build up over six hundred dollars of debt, lose a job, get another one, and nearly got kicked out of my house. It just feels like I'm in quick sand, and every time I try to get out I sink even further. The only people who are near me seem to believe that sinking is the norm, and that I have to get used to it.
I have been stressed out for near a year now. I tried the therapist thing, that didn't work. Apparently I am not that good at actually vocalizing my problems. I tried just thinking that things will change, that work for all of a week. I don't know what to do, I don't know who to talk to. I just end up laying in my bed at night, staring at the ceiling trying not to think about my problems. Then there are the nights where I just can't sleep, and in those cases I just post something on LJ that disappears into the internet. The only things I can do that get my mind off of my problems end up causing more problems.
Some part of me just hopes that I will manage, the other half just keeps thinking "what happens if I don't?". |
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| I love making things, i really do... |
[Jun. 1st, 2007|11:28 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Same Ghost Every Night - Wolf Parade | ] |
I made a kick ass coffee table/desk. I really wanted to have a nice oriental themed room. This desk is the first step toward my goal. Over the next few months I am going to be making book shelves and a night-stand. Pictures of the desk after the break.
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| It's summer time and you know what that means... |
[May. 25th, 2007|05:02 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Bruised Broken Beaten - Controller.Controller | ] |
Film making has begun! This project is essentially the most complete project that I have worked on to date. Mostly because it actually has a script. Any who, here is the draft of the trailer. A better one will be uploaded later this week.
WATCH IT NOW. |
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