Studied most the evening tonight and it feels really good to be getting a hold on things. This weekend will be great, hopefully. I want to go see that Slumdog Millionare show people are talking about. Also, Battle of the Bands is on Saturday at 6pm and we are excited to play for alot of people who may not necessarily know us already. Its hard to get random crowd to come out to a show, especially here in Logan.
I haven't posted an informercial for a while, and this one excited me the other day when I found it. They have many different varities of this, and it looks like just the thing you need if you have no friends!
Hooray for me!!!
Gotta get back to work!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
PHX, More Elvis, Top Ten Movie Lists
The Physics test went alright today. Probably a high B or an A is what I am thinking. There were like 2 problems that I was not sure on...and there is always another one that takes you completely by surprise. It was on Waves and Electric Fields. The Wave stuff went down good, but the Electromagnetism stuff was a little over my head. Luckily he stuck to problems with formulas, which I stuck on my handy little note-card. I love the concept of the note-card. I am learning to have microfish-like handwriting. Nothing compared to Brad Grandy's though. You would have thought he typed the whole thing in a fontsize number 3. Ridiculously small!
Tonight I went over to Jodi Burton's house and made the Elvis Sandwich. It was quite tasty even for the second go around. If this is what my cooking skills amount to though, I am in some sad shape. Listened to some Elvis to get some inspiration. It was like his 50 greatest hits through time. We decided that you can actually hear Elvis getting fatter as he grew old. His songs get less energetic and his voice becomes a much richer baritone. Its all about young Elvis in my opinion, I liked it when he was more of a lady-killer. In some of those recordings you can't even hear him because there is so much screaming. How did he do that? The Beatles figured that secret out as well obviously. Check it out.
I thought I would post my top 10 worst adn best movies of the year. Many will disagree with this list. Good thing that it is just an opinion. And yes, there are many movies I have not got around to seeing yet, so if I missed out on one that you think is crucial...don't freak out. Some may find this list a bit childish, but I think those were some of the better movies that came out. I'm sick of too much depressing stuff.
oh and as a disclaimer, I have not seen all the worst on the list.
10 WORST
10. Don't Mess with the Zohan: Please Adam Sandler, Please be in something like Punch Drunk Love again. Stop making these crappy comedies. You are better than this!
9. The Love Guru: Its like Austin Powers 4. Mini-me is even in it. Come on.
8. What happens in Vegas: I actually have seen this show. Ashton Kutcher is such a moron. What makes him think he has comedy chops? And why did Dennis Miller get involved in this one? It is just straight up bad comedy, and adds some chick flick elements to it. Don't be fooled by the pretty faces!!!!
7. Indiana Jones: This really wasn't that bad, but the disappointment involved in it magnified its suckyness. I know that Indiana Jones has always dabbled in the supernatural, but aliens were a poor choice. Just my opinion.
6. Jumper: Hayden Christian Anderson or whatever the crud Anakin's real name is has had enough chances. He is no good in the movies. Sick of it. Fed up. Move on.
5. Disaster Movie/Meet the Spartans: Its all the same thing, so this one is two in one. I am so sick of even having to watch these trailers. It proves that obnoxiousness does pay off if you live in Hollywood.
4. The Hottie and the Nottie: This may be the worst movie of all time as some people have put it. Paris Hilton is not a Hottie. She can keep telling herself that, but she is not all that attractive. At some point she is going to have to find out that she is not an entertainer either.
3. Fools Gold: "Wanna make some money? Lets get that guy who plays the bongos naked and talks out of the side of his mouth and some blonde girl who's mom was famous and put them in a generic plot about treasure and have them fall in love during it. Make sure they are both in bathing suits so we don't have to write anything interesting and they don't have to act it out all that well. That'll work for sure!"
2. Never Back Down: The only thing I hate worse than a mindless chick flick is a mindless guy flick. This is the posterboy for the category. And I think its funny how the film's premise is the high school underground ultimate fighting league. Yeah, my higschool experience was just like that.
1. Twilight. How could I not include this. Edward is not real. He will not sweep you off your feet. Dress it up however you want, but please do not refer to it as "great" literature or film making. When you talk about twilight, you sound like a guy that is obsessed with Magic Cards or Dungeons and Dragons. This is everything cinema should not be.
10 FAVORITES!!!!
10. Hellboy 2: I know the story is a bit much and some of the acting is a little cheezy...heck its not even all that well written, but how can you not be entertained watching this? I have never seen anything this visually appealing, and it made me excited for Del Toro to direct the Hobbit.
9. Iron Man: This was just a very well done action movie, and you don't get many of those. I will be the first to admit that I thought the trailers of it looked stupid and I even groaned that Marvel must be running out of Super Heros. But Robert Downey Junior made him the most likeable of the bunch.
8. Kung-Fu Panda: Took my nephew to see it this summer and I think I liked it more that he did. He laughed at the slapstick, I laughed at the awesome Kung-Fu movie Cliques they fit into the show. As a kid I went through a Kung-Fu flim stage for an extended period of time, so I got alot of the jokes. And it was really well written and had a great moral to the whole thing. That movie should be required watching for people trying to write a coherent story.
7. Encounters at the End of the World: Herzog Directs another strangely interesting Documentary. He does not go wrong.
6. Gran Torino: Okay Okay, some of the racist remarks Clint spouts were a bit over the mark even for what he was trying to do, and sure, the kids in it are horrible actors, but man does Clint Eastwood have screen presence. You don't want to look away from him when he is on screen. You still get the feeling that the 80 year old guy could snap your neck if he wanted, and that is a tough thing to portray. I can't give anything away, but it does make a good point about real friendship and motivation to change your bad habits.
5. Man on Wire: This was the best documentary to come out this year. Its about the guy who walked across a tightrope that spanned the world trade centers. It is funny but also just an amazing story. The guy is a little off his rocker, which makes it all the more entertaining.
4. Let the Right One In: This movie is everything that is not Twilight. Its scary, different, and weird. I won't give anything away except that there are vampires and they are not teenagers fighting werewolves and evil Italian secret society vampires.
3. Ghost Town: This to me is the best romantic comedy that I have seen since Groundhogs day. Its funny, and its not purely about the mundane details of a relationship. Its more about learning to actually care for people. Ricky Gervais was great as a leading man, which is surprising.
2 The Dark Knight: Some people will be mad that this is not number one on my list. I liked the movie alot, otherwise it would not be here. But the story was not all that coherent, and the actors all kind of paled in comparison to Heath Ledger's performance. Still amazingly good, and I don't think it could have been much better, just not my favorite this year.
1. Son of Rambow: This was a genuinely clean, funny, family comedy about trying to fit in and also being creative. It brought alot of Nostalgia in the way Be Kind Rewind failed to do. This was the best movie that came out this year, period.
I haven't seen The Wrestler, Happy-Go-Lucky, Slumdog Millionare, Reservation Road, Benjamin Button, Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Changeling, or Synecdoche NY. So those might be contenders, but once again, havent seen 'em.
Top albums of the year for me to come next week sometime.
Later.
Tonight I went over to Jodi Burton's house and made the Elvis Sandwich. It was quite tasty even for the second go around. If this is what my cooking skills amount to though, I am in some sad shape. Listened to some Elvis to get some inspiration. It was like his 50 greatest hits through time. We decided that you can actually hear Elvis getting fatter as he grew old. His songs get less energetic and his voice becomes a much richer baritone. Its all about young Elvis in my opinion, I liked it when he was more of a lady-killer. In some of those recordings you can't even hear him because there is so much screaming. How did he do that? The Beatles figured that secret out as well obviously. Check it out.
I thought I would post my top 10 worst adn best movies of the year. Many will disagree with this list. Good thing that it is just an opinion. And yes, there are many movies I have not got around to seeing yet, so if I missed out on one that you think is crucial...don't freak out. Some may find this list a bit childish, but I think those were some of the better movies that came out. I'm sick of too much depressing stuff.
oh and as a disclaimer, I have not seen all the worst on the list.
10 WORST
10. Don't Mess with the Zohan: Please Adam Sandler, Please be in something like Punch Drunk Love again. Stop making these crappy comedies. You are better than this!
9. The Love Guru: Its like Austin Powers 4. Mini-me is even in it. Come on.
8. What happens in Vegas: I actually have seen this show. Ashton Kutcher is such a moron. What makes him think he has comedy chops? And why did Dennis Miller get involved in this one? It is just straight up bad comedy, and adds some chick flick elements to it. Don't be fooled by the pretty faces!!!!
7. Indiana Jones: This really wasn't that bad, but the disappointment involved in it magnified its suckyness. I know that Indiana Jones has always dabbled in the supernatural, but aliens were a poor choice. Just my opinion.
6. Jumper: Hayden Christian Anderson or whatever the crud Anakin's real name is has had enough chances. He is no good in the movies. Sick of it. Fed up. Move on.
5. Disaster Movie/Meet the Spartans: Its all the same thing, so this one is two in one. I am so sick of even having to watch these trailers. It proves that obnoxiousness does pay off if you live in Hollywood.
4. The Hottie and the Nottie: This may be the worst movie of all time as some people have put it. Paris Hilton is not a Hottie. She can keep telling herself that, but she is not all that attractive. At some point she is going to have to find out that she is not an entertainer either.
3. Fools Gold: "Wanna make some money? Lets get that guy who plays the bongos naked and talks out of the side of his mouth and some blonde girl who's mom was famous and put them in a generic plot about treasure and have them fall in love during it. Make sure they are both in bathing suits so we don't have to write anything interesting and they don't have to act it out all that well. That'll work for sure!"
2. Never Back Down: The only thing I hate worse than a mindless chick flick is a mindless guy flick. This is the posterboy for the category. And I think its funny how the film's premise is the high school underground ultimate fighting league. Yeah, my higschool experience was just like that.
1. Twilight. How could I not include this. Edward is not real. He will not sweep you off your feet. Dress it up however you want, but please do not refer to it as "great" literature or film making. When you talk about twilight, you sound like a guy that is obsessed with Magic Cards or Dungeons and Dragons. This is everything cinema should not be.
10 FAVORITES!!!!
10. Hellboy 2: I know the story is a bit much and some of the acting is a little cheezy...heck its not even all that well written, but how can you not be entertained watching this? I have never seen anything this visually appealing, and it made me excited for Del Toro to direct the Hobbit.
9. Iron Man: This was just a very well done action movie, and you don't get many of those. I will be the first to admit that I thought the trailers of it looked stupid and I even groaned that Marvel must be running out of Super Heros. But Robert Downey Junior made him the most likeable of the bunch.
8. Kung-Fu Panda: Took my nephew to see it this summer and I think I liked it more that he did. He laughed at the slapstick, I laughed at the awesome Kung-Fu movie Cliques they fit into the show. As a kid I went through a Kung-Fu flim stage for an extended period of time, so I got alot of the jokes. And it was really well written and had a great moral to the whole thing. That movie should be required watching for people trying to write a coherent story.
7. Encounters at the End of the World: Herzog Directs another strangely interesting Documentary. He does not go wrong.
6. Gran Torino: Okay Okay, some of the racist remarks Clint spouts were a bit over the mark even for what he was trying to do, and sure, the kids in it are horrible actors, but man does Clint Eastwood have screen presence. You don't want to look away from him when he is on screen. You still get the feeling that the 80 year old guy could snap your neck if he wanted, and that is a tough thing to portray. I can't give anything away, but it does make a good point about real friendship and motivation to change your bad habits.
5. Man on Wire: This was the best documentary to come out this year. Its about the guy who walked across a tightrope that spanned the world trade centers. It is funny but also just an amazing story. The guy is a little off his rocker, which makes it all the more entertaining.
4. Let the Right One In: This movie is everything that is not Twilight. Its scary, different, and weird. I won't give anything away except that there are vampires and they are not teenagers fighting werewolves and evil Italian secret society vampires.
3. Ghost Town: This to me is the best romantic comedy that I have seen since Groundhogs day. Its funny, and its not purely about the mundane details of a relationship. Its more about learning to actually care for people. Ricky Gervais was great as a leading man, which is surprising.
2 The Dark Knight: Some people will be mad that this is not number one on my list. I liked the movie alot, otherwise it would not be here. But the story was not all that coherent, and the actors all kind of paled in comparison to Heath Ledger's performance. Still amazingly good, and I don't think it could have been much better, just not my favorite this year.
1. Son of Rambow: This was a genuinely clean, funny, family comedy about trying to fit in and also being creative. It brought alot of Nostalgia in the way Be Kind Rewind failed to do. This was the best movie that came out this year, period.
I haven't seen The Wrestler, Happy-Go-Lucky, Slumdog Millionare, Reservation Road, Benjamin Button, Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Changeling, or Synecdoche NY. So those might be contenders, but once again, havent seen 'em.
Top albums of the year for me to come next week sometime.
Later.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Billy Bryson, 14 yr. old cop, Treadmill.
Sooooo.....
I started reading this book by Bill Bryson that my sister gave me called "I'm a stranger here myself." Its about him coming back to America after many years in Great Britan and some of the observations that he made. Some of them are pretty funny. He talks about restaurants, the post office, drug culture, waitresses, and rules.
My favorite chapter so far has been about how rules run american life. He mentioned that at his local swimming pool there is a list of 27 rules posted up on the wall that are expected to be followed. I think our swimming pool in Palmer has a similar list. Anyway, some amusing reading if you are interested. The chapters are really short so it goes by quick.
I have a big Physics test tomorrow so I have much studying to get around to. We are doing waves and Electro-magnetism.
I read the story in the paper the other day about a 14 year old kid impersonating a police officer successfully for about 5 hours. I know exactly what the Hollywood Producers are thinking right now. Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes. At least we should see a book written from the kids perspective, especially since he is going to be prosecuted now. I'm sure everyone is curioius as to what his motivations were. But if this can happen, then who knows who is pulling you over when your speeding? I am going to ask the police officer to see his lisence or badge before I sign a ticket from now on. Especially if he has a squeaky voice and peach fuzz. Watch out Frank Abengale!!!!
I have been laughing at this clip for about a week now. Everytime I see it the result is the same. In fact if you watch it closely about 3 times in a row, you will be crying, guarenteed.
Peace.
I started reading this book by Bill Bryson that my sister gave me called "I'm a stranger here myself." Its about him coming back to America after many years in Great Britan and some of the observations that he made. Some of them are pretty funny. He talks about restaurants, the post office, drug culture, waitresses, and rules.
My favorite chapter so far has been about how rules run american life. He mentioned that at his local swimming pool there is a list of 27 rules posted up on the wall that are expected to be followed. I think our swimming pool in Palmer has a similar list. Anyway, some amusing reading if you are interested. The chapters are really short so it goes by quick.
I have a big Physics test tomorrow so I have much studying to get around to. We are doing waves and Electro-magnetism.
I read the story in the paper the other day about a 14 year old kid impersonating a police officer successfully for about 5 hours. I know exactly what the Hollywood Producers are thinking right now. Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes. At least we should see a book written from the kids perspective, especially since he is going to be prosecuted now. I'm sure everyone is curioius as to what his motivations were. But if this can happen, then who knows who is pulling you over when your speeding? I am going to ask the police officer to see his lisence or badge before I sign a ticket from now on. Especially if he has a squeaky voice and peach fuzz. Watch out Frank Abengale!!!!
I have been laughing at this clip for about a week now. Everytime I see it the result is the same. In fact if you watch it closely about 3 times in a row, you will be crying, guarenteed.
Peace.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Provo, Practice, Animal Collective
Ok. So this weekend was pretty good. On Friday I drove into Provo to meet with my Boss from my summer job in Alaska on the train. Hopefully this will be year 5 for me up there. I am slowly getting so crazy that it annoys me less and less to do that during the summer. Only thing is I will be starting in June because I have a few weeks to study for the DAT and stuff...Sheesh. I ate some good Brisket though.
Saturday I ran some errands and went to work. Somebody did not show up so I ended up having to stay pretty late, which was not cool. The money was not all that good.
I finally finished my book "The Devil in the White City". It was long and I had like 50 pages left coming back from break. Reading text books kills my time, so I finally just sat down and sacrificed an hour and a half finishing it off. Pretty good stuff, very interesting. Not sure what I'm going to read next yet.
Sunday we went to Whysound and practiced for Battle of the Bands. I think we have some good ideas in the works. THat is this upcoming SAturday at 6 by the way, in case you are in town and looking for cheap entertainment. Good bands playing that night.
I watched the new Flight of the Conchords Episode last night. I thought it was alot funnier than the episode 1 of season 2. It had alot more stupidity.
Lots of people are going to hate these next videos, so you may just want to skip them unless you are into some really weird live electronic music. Animal Collective recently came out with their new album, Merriwether Post Pavillion. Its getting great reviews and I think rightfully so. Its very different and has a great atmosphere to the whole thing. I don't blame anyone for not digging what they hear though, when a friend first reccommended them I couldn't understand what they were trying to do all that well. It took listening to one of their solo records, (Person Pitch by Panda Bear) to really latch onto the sound. Then I heard the Strawberry Jam record and it was amazing. So here are some great live performances by the Collective.
First up the best song they have, Brothersport.
Now here is another great off the new album, Summertime Clothes.
And here is one off of Stawberry Jam.
And one more
That is all
Saturday I ran some errands and went to work. Somebody did not show up so I ended up having to stay pretty late, which was not cool. The money was not all that good.
I finally finished my book "The Devil in the White City". It was long and I had like 50 pages left coming back from break. Reading text books kills my time, so I finally just sat down and sacrificed an hour and a half finishing it off. Pretty good stuff, very interesting. Not sure what I'm going to read next yet.
Sunday we went to Whysound and practiced for Battle of the Bands. I think we have some good ideas in the works. THat is this upcoming SAturday at 6 by the way, in case you are in town and looking for cheap entertainment. Good bands playing that night.
I watched the new Flight of the Conchords Episode last night. I thought it was alot funnier than the episode 1 of season 2. It had alot more stupidity.
Lots of people are going to hate these next videos, so you may just want to skip them unless you are into some really weird live electronic music. Animal Collective recently came out with their new album, Merriwether Post Pavillion. Its getting great reviews and I think rightfully so. Its very different and has a great atmosphere to the whole thing. I don't blame anyone for not digging what they hear though, when a friend first reccommended them I couldn't understand what they were trying to do all that well. It took listening to one of their solo records, (Person Pitch by Panda Bear) to really latch onto the sound. Then I heard the Strawberry Jam record and it was amazing. So here are some great live performances by the Collective.
First up the best song they have, Brothersport.
Now here is another great off the new album, Summertime Clothes.
And here is one off of Stawberry Jam.
And one more
That is all
Friday, January 23, 2009
Long Weekend, Puppets, PB&Bacon
Ok Ok Ok,
I knows its been a while, but I tried to write twice and the internet flipped out and I lost huge paragraphs. I am being careful to copy everything this time.
Last Friday started tragically. I was at the Village Inn doing my cleaning and I ordered a salad on some healthy change vibe. Fiesta Chicken=awesome. Anyways I was chowing down and Russ called, letting me know he had gotten into town. As I was talking and munching down, I suddenly heard this loud CRUNCH! Blam! Was no Crouton, in fact the fork was overly hard and chipped my right front tooth. Now I am even uglier. Sorry ladies, but I had no control over what happened. I partially blame the fork. I partially blame the salad. I mean we try to be healthy and look what happens! America insists that we all stay obese! Mostly I blame Russ for calling me while I was lunching. You should have known dude, shoulda known not to interrupt a man on a misssion.
You can kind of see the results in this unflattering pic of me. I debating on wether or not to go to the Dentist. Geez.
Anyways, Friday I went Hot Tubbing at Trevor's complex. Also got a tasty Slurrrrrpeee. Those things never get boring.
Saturday I went and helped paint the Whysound venue, the recording part. It was good fun. We are playing in the Battle of the Bands on Saturday and that should be a great rock show. Lots of good plans playing I think. We practiced most the day Sunday for the show and things are going good.
Also on Monday...Russ and I recorded a handful of songs. You can listen to some of them at myspace.com/nocouponnopizza. They are different than most other stuff we have done. But still flavorful. The recording studio picture above has a Ukelin in it. Its the weird thing on the bed. We are rocking that thing.
Also on that Monday, I decided to try the Elvis Sandwich. So Delicious strangely enough. The bacon even tastes good on it.
By the way, have you seen this Coldplay music video. I found it clever.
I like how exaggerated the moves are, especially how the helicopter picks them up.
Another Great Puppet video is this one. I dont even like Kanye that much but this here is pretty cool.
Oh and the National have a great new song up at this website here. Its worth hearing I think. www.darkwasthenight.com
LAter Yo
I knows its been a while, but I tried to write twice and the internet flipped out and I lost huge paragraphs. I am being careful to copy everything this time.
Last Friday started tragically. I was at the Village Inn doing my cleaning and I ordered a salad on some healthy change vibe. Fiesta Chicken=awesome. Anyways I was chowing down and Russ called, letting me know he had gotten into town. As I was talking and munching down, I suddenly heard this loud CRUNCH! Blam! Was no Crouton, in fact the fork was overly hard and chipped my right front tooth. Now I am even uglier. Sorry ladies, but I had no control over what happened. I partially blame the fork. I partially blame the salad. I mean we try to be healthy and look what happens! America insists that we all stay obese! Mostly I blame Russ for calling me while I was lunching. You should have known dude, shoulda known not to interrupt a man on a misssion.
You can kind of see the results in this unflattering pic of me. I debating on wether or not to go to the Dentist. Geez.
Anyways, Friday I went Hot Tubbing at Trevor's complex. Also got a tasty Slurrrrrpeee. Those things never get boring.
Saturday I went and helped paint the Whysound venue, the recording part. It was good fun. We are playing in the Battle of the Bands on Saturday and that should be a great rock show. Lots of good plans playing I think. We practiced most the day Sunday for the show and things are going good.
Also on Monday...Russ and I recorded a handful of songs. You can listen to some of them at myspace.com/nocouponnopizza. They are different than most other stuff we have done. But still flavorful. The recording studio picture above has a Ukelin in it. Its the weird thing on the bed. We are rocking that thing.
Also on that Monday, I decided to try the Elvis Sandwich. So Delicious strangely enough. The bacon even tastes good on it.
By the way, have you seen this Coldplay music video. I found it clever.
I like how exaggerated the moves are, especially how the helicopter picks them up.
Another Great Puppet video is this one. I dont even like Kanye that much but this here is pretty cool.
Oh and the National have a great new song up at this website here. Its worth hearing I think. www.darkwasthenight.com
LAter Yo
Friday, January 16, 2009
game night, weight gain, shad k.
Went and played some games yesterday at my friend Hilarys house. It was fun and I will say that I won all three games. I hadn't played Clue in like 12 years, but I just dusted off my old private eye skills and took them to town. It was totally Prof. Plum, in the Hall with the Poison the whole time. Nobody thought I knew, but I knew. Genius. The whole game is a bit weird though. I constantly was suspecting myself of having done the murder. I mean what happened? Did I forget or something? And how come I have to be standing in the room to guess that someone did a murder there? I dont get it.
I think Russ is coming to town today, and we will be doing some recording. As usual they all should be available shortly. Recently we have obtained some new instruments to mess about with. So I will let you know like Tuesday how things go. Some good ideas are brewing though.
Somehow I gained like 10 lbs. over Christmas Break. Probably it has something to do with eating double entres on the cruise. That and not doing anything active at all. The good news is, I am starting to work it off a bit at a time, I am almost halfway back to where I was before. It has to do with having nothing delicious in the house and forcing myself to not have as much snackage. Its crazy how fast my weight can fluctuate though.
I've been listening to this rapper named Shad K. from Canada quite a bit lately. His first real album came out last year and it was one of the few that I really enjoy. I don't get excited about Hip Hop as much as I used to unless they can really flo, and this guy has great style. Plus from what he says it seems that he has similar ideology about the art form as I do. Anyways, the album is The Old Prince Still Lives at Home. Its up for a few awards and I think well deserved. Here are 2 great songs from that album.
Dont say I never reccommend anything cool to you.
Calvin
I think Russ is coming to town today, and we will be doing some recording. As usual they all should be available shortly. Recently we have obtained some new instruments to mess about with. So I will let you know like Tuesday how things go. Some good ideas are brewing though.
Somehow I gained like 10 lbs. over Christmas Break. Probably it has something to do with eating double entres on the cruise. That and not doing anything active at all. The good news is, I am starting to work it off a bit at a time, I am almost halfway back to where I was before. It has to do with having nothing delicious in the house and forcing myself to not have as much snackage. Its crazy how fast my weight can fluctuate though.
I've been listening to this rapper named Shad K. from Canada quite a bit lately. His first real album came out last year and it was one of the few that I really enjoy. I don't get excited about Hip Hop as much as I used to unless they can really flo, and this guy has great style. Plus from what he says it seems that he has similar ideology about the art form as I do. Anyways, the album is The Old Prince Still Lives at Home. Its up for a few awards and I think well deserved. Here are 2 great songs from that album.
Dont say I never reccommend anything cool to you.
Calvin
Thursday, January 15, 2009
PBJ, Bacon, Uncrustables, D. B.
Yesterday was a long one. I stayed up on campus until like 9:30 studying up on some classes. It was a good thing to do. Tests loom around the corner. So not much exciting to write about in that realm of stuff.
Had my first Physics Quiz today and it was easy since I had studied up. I am not so concerned about that class, I think I know how to study for it pretty well and none of the concepts are really all that foreign. Its actually kind of fun.
I packed me lunch today. I like eating peanut butter sandwiches, an apple, and a granola bar. I think there is a problem with the way I used to make my sandwiches though, because I would put a layer of peanut butter then the jelly, and therefore I would have jelly soaked bread after about an hour or two of sitting there. No good. So recently I have started doing a layer of peanut butter on both pieces of bread, kind of like a buffer zone. Only problem is, now I feel like I have thrown the entire peanut butter/jelly balance off. I get too much of the peanut butter. Being that I only like crunchy, it is incredibly hard to get a very thin layer on both sides of the bread. So although the jelly soak issue has been dealt with, now there is a new problem. Moral of the story...Dont solve problems. Why am I talking about this?
Above is one of the worst idea ever. Although I admit I have never tried it. They are things that should be seperate until they are put together. How lazy are we getting to not be able to open two bottles? You dont see ketchup and mustard in the same bottle.
Speaking of sandwiches, I saw this thing on the news the other day about how to make elvis's favorite sandwich. Supposedly he invented it after coming down off of a 3 week bezadine high. So he was pretty hungry anyways.. It consists of peanut butter, jelly, tons of bacon, and sometime honey and bananas depending on what you like. Usually he would deep fry or toast these little babies. No wonder his heart stopped. Anyways, I am so incredibly curious about this that I think I might try it out. I always ragged on peanut butter and pickle sandwiches until I gave it a try and it wasn't half bad, so this could be the same way. Here is a picture of somebodies version.
Finally here is another peanut butter/jelly product I cannot get behind, although Rachel was obsessed with these nasty things. Thats culture consumerism for you. I think Smuckers is seeing the millions of lbs. of peanut butter consumed every year by kids and just was trying to find a way to make people pay more for it. And since nobody likes the crust, I give you "Uncrustables!". My mom actually bought some of these. They were not very tasty, didn't even taste like real bread. But how could it? Otherwise they would have the jelly leaking into the spongy bread and the product would be ruined.
Enough about all of that.
Here is the guy I vote for DB. of the year. Reminds me how in highschool 2 kids could sit around and talk about speaker systems and snowboards for hours on ends in some secret code I could never understand. And also, I have a thing for strange news interviews. I have a couple I need to post still.
Pitted, so pitted.
Had my first Physics Quiz today and it was easy since I had studied up. I am not so concerned about that class, I think I know how to study for it pretty well and none of the concepts are really all that foreign. Its actually kind of fun.
I packed me lunch today. I like eating peanut butter sandwiches, an apple, and a granola bar. I think there is a problem with the way I used to make my sandwiches though, because I would put a layer of peanut butter then the jelly, and therefore I would have jelly soaked bread after about an hour or two of sitting there. No good. So recently I have started doing a layer of peanut butter on both pieces of bread, kind of like a buffer zone. Only problem is, now I feel like I have thrown the entire peanut butter/jelly balance off. I get too much of the peanut butter. Being that I only like crunchy, it is incredibly hard to get a very thin layer on both sides of the bread. So although the jelly soak issue has been dealt with, now there is a new problem. Moral of the story...Dont solve problems. Why am I talking about this?
Above is one of the worst idea ever. Although I admit I have never tried it. They are things that should be seperate until they are put together. How lazy are we getting to not be able to open two bottles? You dont see ketchup and mustard in the same bottle.
Speaking of sandwiches, I saw this thing on the news the other day about how to make elvis's favorite sandwich. Supposedly he invented it after coming down off of a 3 week bezadine high. So he was pretty hungry anyways.. It consists of peanut butter, jelly, tons of bacon, and sometime honey and bananas depending on what you like. Usually he would deep fry or toast these little babies. No wonder his heart stopped. Anyways, I am so incredibly curious about this that I think I might try it out. I always ragged on peanut butter and pickle sandwiches until I gave it a try and it wasn't half bad, so this could be the same way. Here is a picture of somebodies version.
Finally here is another peanut butter/jelly product I cannot get behind, although Rachel was obsessed with these nasty things. Thats culture consumerism for you. I think Smuckers is seeing the millions of lbs. of peanut butter consumed every year by kids and just was trying to find a way to make people pay more for it. And since nobody likes the crust, I give you "Uncrustables!". My mom actually bought some of these. They were not very tasty, didn't even taste like real bread. But how could it? Otherwise they would have the jelly leaking into the spongy bread and the product would be ruined.
Enough about all of that.
Here is the guy I vote for DB. of the year. Reminds me how in highschool 2 kids could sit around and talk about speaker systems and snowboards for hours on ends in some secret code I could never understand. And also, I have a thing for strange news interviews. I have a couple I need to post still.
Pitted, so pitted.
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