A Bag of Teeth?

All I have been doing lately is watching Desperate Housewives. Right now I am on disc one of season 4, and it's unbelievably intense. I would never have imagined that this show would be so addictive.
School starts again on Tuesday, I've been looking forward to it for a while and I am glad the semester is starting soon. I don't like summer, vacations, and all that; I like going to school. I feel like I am doing something productive when school is in session. I would say that working makes me feel the same, but we all know that would be a lie.
Speaking of working, I haven't been lately. All of the tech people at my work apparently are mentally retarded because I still cannot use any of the programs I need to do my job, so I have been going home early almost every day (keep in mind I only work 4 days a week too.) It's begining to become less of a treat and more of a frustrating/ infuriating situation being that my spending habits require a good amount of money. I hope they get it together soon and I may even go into work tomorrow and just hangout, on the clock of course. After all, it's not my fault they can't fix a simple problem, I shouldn't be the one who is punished for their laziness.

Smash Your Enemies!

I saw Hatebreed last night at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, AZ. I'm a little ashamed to admit but it was my first time seeing Hatebreed. I have to say it was really awesome, no matter how many nu-metal idiots love them I still think they're a great band. They played everything I wanted to hear except for "You're Never Alone" I was a little bummed, but whatever they still played a great set.

Gold Country

Chuck Ragan is by far one of my favorite musicians. His new album, Gold Country is outstanding and a great follow up to his last release with Austin Lucas, Bristle Ridge. Whether you love Chuck Ragan or have no idea who he is you need to get this album. Unfortuanetly, the pre-order for the vinyl is not available yet. However, if you pre-order the CD you will receive a limited edition 7" picturedisc that is only available through the pre-order with Side One Dummy Records.


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RIP John Hughes

John Hughes died this morning from a heart attack in Manhattan. He directed a lot of great comedies and will be missed for sure.

Hardcore and Straight Edge.

Cassidy kept talking about how awesome True Life is, so I decided to watch a few episodes the other day. I watched one episode called, "I am Addicted to Meds". It wasn't that awesome at all, it was actually kind of sad, the opposite of what I expected. The episode focused on two young adults, one in Flordia and one in California, who are addicted to pain killers. The guy in California said he didn't take pain killers to be cool or rebellious, he took them because they give him a feeling of escape from all of his problems in the real world. After he admitted the reason behind his addiction I began thinking that going to hardcore and punk rock shows is my escape from my real world problems. For the 20 minutes a band is playing it feels like all my problems and negative emotions go away and all I focus on is having fun. Going to a show and singing along and dancing definitely gives me an adrenaline rush nothing else can, like this guy and his pain killers.
I felt bad for him because he is addicted to pain killers when all he wants is just to have something he can turn to relieve him of his problems for a while. I'm really glad that hardcore, punk rock, and straight edge has had a positive influence on my life.

"Sound and Fury....Is Anybody Feelin Me?!"

I got back last night from my Sound and Fury trip. It was really fun and I had a pretty good time in and outside of the show. We left Wednesday afternoon and stayed the night at Emily's sister's house in Phoenix. The next morning we drove to Oxnard, CA, checked into our hotel, met up with a friend who lives in Oxnard, went to the beach, got pizza at a great place called Toppers, hung out with our Tucson friends at our pool, then saw Funny People at midnight.

The next day we went to Sound and Fury. The line to get in was so long, I'm pretty sure we waited in line for about two hours. The bands I was excited to see that played on day one were The Carrier, The Mongoloids, Trapped Under Ice, Mother of Mercy, Downpresser, and Blacklisted. The only thing that sucked about day one was there was no re-entry at the venue, which at a fest is the stupidest thing ever.

Day two of Sound and Fury was much better, there was re-entry and no line to get in. Good bands that played that day were Bracewar, Title Fight, Cold World, Swamp Thing, Mind Eraser, Bad Seed, and of course, Floorpunch. Floorpunch was amazing and everything I hoped it would be. It was incredible to finally see them since I never thought I would.

Day three of Sound and Fury was way stupid. We went to the venue when it opened only to buy merch then left to get Starbucks with our friend from Vegas. We returned to the venue, saw Shook Ones and Reign Supreme then left. Shook Ones were amazing as usual. It was my first time seeing Reign Supreme, I thought they played great and they even covered "You Vandal" by Saves the Day.

The next day we drove to LA, checked into our hotel, then went to a billion streetwear boutiques in the area. Then we went to the Beverly Center mall. A lot of great suprises came from going there. I found a Marc jacobs polo I had wanted for so long but was sold out everywhere online and I had my first drink from Coffee Bean, which was wonderful and I'm bummed Tucson doesn't have one. Later that night we saw Whatever Works then went to Fatburger.

Tuesday we drove home and stopped by some outlets so I could go to Burberry and David could get Nikes and Columbia jackets. We arrived home around 7:30 then I went straight to see Mother of Mercy, Title Fight, and Foundation at the YMCA.

It was a great weekend, I'm really glad I went.

Ten for $10

Yesterday I went to the Ten for $10 show in Phoenix. It was pretty fun, the bands I wanted to see played really well. Terror, Madball, This is Hell, and Bane had awesome sets. I've seen Madball three times this year and their set last night was the best out of all three. I wish I would have seen Trapped Under Ice but we made a stop at In n Out Burger which I wasn't bummed about at all, I would rather miss Trapped Under Ice then feel terrible/ hungry the whole show. I bought a nice Bane longsleeve, I tried to buy the new Trapped Under Ice record but I waited too long and they were already packed up by the time I went around to buy some merch. I'll be seeing them soon in California anyway, so it's not a big deal. All in all, the show was a lot of fun.

Album Review : Explains it All by Four Year Strong

I really got sick of Four Year Strong about a week after I heard them the first time which was about a month before Rise or Die Trying was released. Ever since them I havn't been into them at all. I've seen them twice and each time was whatever. I had pretty much forgot about them until I heard their new album, Explains it All it consists of 11 covers from 90's bands including Third Eye Blind, Reach the Sky, and Smashing Pumpkins. The covers are actually done pretty well, some are a little chuggy and stuipid but most are good. My favorite is "She's So High" I've always loved that song and for some reason I think the cover is really good. Most of the time when bands I don't like cover bands I really like I hate their covers, but Four Year Strong is an exception. I don't expect to like this album in a month or so, but for now It will be on the top of my playlist on my iPod.

3.5 out of 5

Bad to Worse

First of all, I had to work at 6:00 A.M. because I couldn't call in or just not show up like I've been doing because I am on thin ice yet again. Then, on my lunch break I wasn't even hungry but I ordered some pita snack thing from Jack in the Box and on the way back to work as I was eating it chipotle sauce spilled out all over my shorts. It was a lot of sauce too, so it was really noticable. I walked into work and made my way to my desk without anyone seeing me then as I turn the corner some fat, nu metal girl in an Invader Zim shirt looks at me then looks directly at the stain and won't look away. At the end of my shift I was going to clock out and this lady is standing in front of the machine you swipe your badge with just looking at the stain...again! That was really embarrassing and awkward. On the plus side, work was really easy, went by quick, and I got free Starbucks because the lady who works there remembered the last time I came in they were out of what I wanted.
After work I kicked it with this girl for a second then I came home and laid down because I was pretty tired. Later that night I got wings with David and Emily. A series of bad events occurred in the 50 minutes we were at Wing Stop. First, they had no bbq sauce so I had to dip my boneless wings in ranch and mild. The mild looked like "Ed's Sauce" from Good Burger though, so I guess that was cool. Then, the three boneless wings I got were way small and the fries sucked so I didn't even eat that much. Wing Stop also was out of Dr. Pepper but root beer was fine. Just when I thought the evening couldn't get any worse David says, "oh shit!" out loud and I turn around.....BAM!....my ex-girlfriend is about a foot away from me walking past out table with the weirdest look ever on her face. She didn't leave either, she sat their with her obnoxious friends and chit chatted for about a half hour then moved the party outside right by the door. So I had to walk past her on the way out.
I was trying not to make it weird or awkward so I didn't say anything or even look at her or her stupid friends (which work at Wing Stop, are way old, have great tattoos, and are REALLY COOL. I'm outside talking to my friends across the parking lot, trying on an Integrity hoodie, when all of sudden I hear my name multiple times in some sarcastic voice. I look over again and they all do a gum check but keep talking loud and obnoxiously, then we left. I just thought it was stupid that here I am trying to not be weird or awkward and I'm succeeding pretty well at it then all of a sudden they start saying my name and acting like five year olds.
It wasn't a very good day, but I guess it could have been worse.

It's Been a While

since I've updated this blog. Nothing much has been going on lately anyway. I've just been working and doing my summer school classes. I saw Bruno last Thursday at midnight with Will, Cassidy, and some other people. I thought it was really funny and a lot better done than some other comedies that have come out. I don't understand how people are so offended by it or why people don't expect it to be so raunchy. I've heard, "I can't believe he swings his dick around the screen...that's gross" I can believe it, if I didn't want to see dicks and hear funny gay jokes I wouldn't have gone to see it. That sounded gay, but you know what I mean, I expected everything that happens in that movie.
I saw Harry Potter at midnight last night too, all of my friends except one thought it sucked because they had read the books. I read the first three and decided it's not my cup of tea, but I thought the movie was entertaining. I wish it wasn't almost three hours though, that's a bit much, especially when it didn't start until 12:30 am.
Cassidy's birthday was today, we went swimming then bbq'd. It was fun and Will gave me How I Spent My Summer Vacation on vinyl because I did a flip off the high dive! It's been a good summer, but I can't wait for summer to be over and go back to real school.

Old School

I went to Ra this afternoon with an old friend from high School. It was nice catching up and reminiscing about high school. He's currently a student at the University of Chicago, so obviously I don't see him often. He's pretty much the only person I graduated with that I still am in contact with. A lot of the students I graduated with aren't doing anything with their lives, so when I run into them our conversation is always stupid. It was nice to spend the afternoon with someone I knew from my high school that actually had something good to say.
On a side note, mango lobster rolls at Ra are so good. I'm not typically a sushi person but I can't say no to those. I tried vegetable tempura too, it was pretty good. I really like Ra, it's by far one of the better restaurants Tucson has to offer.

Movie Review- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is basically a testosterone fest which includes "cool" cars, explosions, action, stupid jokes, and Megan Fox. Sorry Michael Bay, but I need more than "cool cars" and million dollar special effects to make me like a movie. There's no real story, just action. The movie is so hard to follow it almost is hard to stay seated and not get up and leave out of pure frustration. I tried my best to follow the story but I kept getting distracted by the random action sequences that are completely irrelevant to the plot. It's almost like a 150 minute, action packed episode of Family Guy. I suppose the story itself is irrelevant in general, after all it is a Michael Bay movie. His movie's don't need to have any elements that make up a good movie like good acting or story structure to captivate an audiance because he just dazzles everyone with special effects and prolonged action sequences.
Don't get me wrong, the action in this movie is amazing. I honestly couldn't look away, every action sequence is brilliantly done in a way only Michael Bay can. The way the movie is filmed was very well done too, all of the angles and viewpoints allow the audience to get the most upfront, realistic, and in your face action scenes possible. The sound is good too, all of the gunshots and explosions sound great. Sound wasn't really something I ever noticed in a movie until I saw Black Hawk Down and ever since then it's been a key element in action movies.
Besides the direction of the movie it was pretty terrible. I absolutely hated how the writers try to make this movie appeal to youth by having the robots speak in ebonics, as if non-stop action won't gain the attention of anyone age 8 to 40. The movie is filled with ridiculous humor that at times is painful to watch. In one scene Shai Labeouf's mom has a bag of weed brownies, starts eating them, then goes around his college telling stories about him. She claims to think they're regular brownies but there's a clear view of a sticker on the plastic bag with a marijana leaf so even the most retarded audiance members can be included in the joke about his mom getting high. There are countless other stupid jokes, most involve the robots speaking in ebonics, which is never funny in any movie when humans do it let alone robots.
There is a lot wrong with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen that outweighs the good by a landslide, which is sad because so many people will see this movie and think it's a great work of cinema, when in reality it's just a 150 minute action sequence. So congratulations Earth, you've proved all you need to do to make a successful movie is blow stuff up for two and a half hours. I did think it was cool, just not cool enough. If I ever had to see this again I'd probably shoot myself...or just leave.

Grade : 1.5 out of 5

Pure Disgust

Work this evening was awful to say the least. I was doing fine up until about 9pm, then a training class ended and all of the new employee's came out on the floor to hang out with this girl that was sitting next to me. Every single person that was in that training class was by far the scummiest person I had ever encountered. I was utterly disgusted with every word that came out of their mouths. Every personality trait these people had was the absolute worst imaginable traits anyone could ever have. I have never once in my life hated someone in such a short amount of time as these people made me. No one has ever made such an awful first impression on me, I really couldn't believe it. I was so mad that I felt like I was going to throw up and got a headache, I finally couldn't take it anymore so I asked to leave work early.
Prior to working at Afni, of course there was people I didn't like but it was never to this extent. The people who work at Afni are the lowest of the low. It seems as if the worst people on Earth are all placed in this office. Not one person there is someone I would actually want to sit down and have a conversation with or ever hang out with, with the exception of one person. Afni is the most unprofessional work place I have ever unfourtanitly been a part of, even my days spent working at Pizza Hut were 100% more professional than Afni. Everyone including the supervisors and managers is a disgrace to hummanity. I was having a meeting with my supervisor last week and he started talking about this "hot girl" that I hang out with at work. I could not believe he'd bring that up in a meeting. Another time he called my house because I missed a day and he didn't have my cell phone number yet and my sister answered, and he asked me the next day at work how old my sister was. He's also asked me if I have any "hot friends" and if "that girl you talk to has a boy already". Other supervisors are so inappropriote with the female employees, like making sexual jokes with and about them right in the middle of work. It makes me sick to have to sit and watch all this shit happen. If that's how professional, mature, responisble, and example setting "supervisors" at Afni act, then fuck that place, I want to have no part of it. I get embarrassed admiting to my friends and anyone I meet that I am assosiated with Afni in anyway because of the people I am forced to work with.
I dread going in there everyday, not because the work is bad, but because of the people. I overheard one story once a girl at Afni was telling about how she had two miscarriages because she drank too much "JD" when she was unknowingly pregnant, oh, and she's only 19. The worst part wasn't that this thing was standing in the same room as me, but that she wasn't even bothered by it, as if having a miscarriage due to alcohol is just a normal, everyday thing. Everyday I come into work I get the pleasure of hearing stupid stories about "how much I drank last night" or "how siq Main Street was last night" and "how hot the girls at the Bunny Ranch are" and other retarded shit I don't want to hear about. No one at Afni has anything good to say ever, and from what I hear they all live the boringest and uneventful lives ever.
Another thing that I hate about Afni is that they have no dress code. You'd think it would be cool to have the privilege to wear basically anything you want, but I hate having that freedom and I hate even more that other people there are granted that freedom. I hate seeing what people there wear, all it does it piss me off. I cringe at so many outfits in a day I can't even count. Fucking people coming in wearing shirts that say "fuck", sweatpants, and other retarded shit that doesn't belong at work or even public makes me sick.
You're probably thinking, "well Karl you work at a call center what do you expect?" I worked at Citimortgage last summer and it wasn't at all as bad as Afni. At Citi, the employees were respectful, professional, and mature. The supervisors were helpful and everyone was very pleasant to be around. How else could I stand to work ten hour days four days a week? The job was boring, but it was the people who made it all bearable. They actually wanted you to succeed and move on with your life, not to just work there until you can't take it anymore. Citimortgage also had a strict dress code where you had to wear a polo or dress shirt and dress pants or nice jeans only. You could wear shorts on the weekend, but only during the Summer from what I heard. Their theory behind this was if you dress professional, you act professional. Shockingly, their theory worked. Some people there may have been shitty outside of work, but at work they did their job and kept their mouth shut about their dumb fucking personal life. Citimortgage had kind of a, no tolerance policy, for both stupid people and unprofessional behavior. I would honestly love to work at Citimortgage again if they could accomodate my school schedule.
Speaking of that, I told my boss at Citi I wouldn't be able to work in the fall because of college, and at that moment she dropped what she was doing and told me to come back later that afternoon because she would have a schedule that I could work while attending school, and later that afternoon she did! I didn't accept it, but still, she took the time to try to make it work. At Afni, I gave my supervisor my school schedule and receipts proving I paid for my classes and still I was stuck with some bullshit schedule that has me working late at night during the week. My ID's for a system at Afni were disrupted about three months ago and because of it I can't place orders for customers on the east coast. I told my boss countless times that I need this fixed and nothing has fucking happened yet. It's been three months! It just goes to show that Afni doesn't care about their employees.
This guy I'm kind of friends with that was in the same training class as me at Afni quit about three weeks into working at Afni after training because of how unprofessional it was. I should have done the same. This hate for Afni has been a growing problem for me, but tonight with the release of the new representatives I was at my boiling point. After Sound and Fury I will no longer be working for Afni. It's seriously degrading to have to step foot on Afni's property. Fuck Verizon, DirecTV, and Pay-Per-View for allowing Afni to represent them and "help" their customers. The day will come when those companies drop Afni, and all I will do is laugh.

Movie Review: The Proposal

I was really looking forward to this movie ever since I saw the previews for it back in January. All I wanted to do was go to the midnight showing of it, but none of my friends would go with me so I saw it opening day at a matinee. I would like to thank my friends for not going so I didn't waste too much money on this. I felt really let down after I finally saw it, probably because I was expecting it to be so much better. This movie isn't terrible, it just wasn't as great as I expected. The humor isn't that funny or original and most of the jokes are actually just stupid except one that I don't think even was intended to be funny just a rude remmark to back Sandra Bullock's mean spirited character. There's one part when Sandra Bullok does some Native Indian dance in the woods with Ryan Reynold's grandmother and she starts hip hop dancing and singing Lil Jon. That part honestly made me cringe and wish I was dead because it is so unbelievably stupid. The worst part was that scene somehow got the most laughs out of the entire movie. I could not believe people thought her dancing was so hilarious. If you have anything more than an average sense of humor and aren't a fan of romantic comedies you'll be bored out of your mind and shouldn't see this. I like romantic comedies though, so I could tolerate it. The story is alright, but again it's nothing special. It's incredibly predictable, there are no suprises in the plot but for some reason I was ok with that. The story isn't very believable either, there's no way a responsible adult with a great career would jeopardize their life by forcing their assistant to marry them so they won't be deported. There is other retarded shit that happens too, that would never happen in real life, like them getting married a few days after Ryan Reynolds tells his parents. Come on, that's just stupid and was only in the movie so Ryan Reynolds could be left at the alter so the movie could have a sad moment then turn itself around. Another portion of the movie I absolutly hated was an on going joke when this Mexican guy keeps showing up in every other scene and it's supposed to be funny every single time he's visible. Nothing he says or does is funny. The Proposal isn't charming or cute like romantic comedies should be but it does make you feel good and happy for the characters at the end. However, since you know how it ends, you just kind of start counting down the minutes until it finally concludes. This review might sound negative, but to be honest I didn't hate it as much I sound like I did. It's a bad movie, but in an alright and tolerable way...if that makes any sense.

Grade : 2.5 out of 5

Good Day!

Today was awesome. I woke up to a response from some dude in New York about an offer I sent him for his deadstock Nike Stussy low pro SB's and he accepted. I got the shoes for $193 shipped including insurance, I'm pretty excited to get them. I've gotten really lucky with getting great shoes for good prices lately, I doubt I'll be so lucky when I try to get the "Paris" and "Pigeon" SB's. For some stupid reason I want the "Babybear" SB's as well. Anyway, I paid for those then got some really good mexican food at a small place in my neighborhood. I discovered this place last summer when I worked for Citi Mortgage because everyone who worked there went to this place for lunch because it totally beats McDonald's, Subway, and Carl's Jr. I remember eating there 3 to 4 times a week, it definitely kills every other mexican restaurant in Tucson. After that, I came home and worked on my math homework for one of my summer school classes. This class is going great grade wise, I can't wait for it to be done with.
Later on, I went to my friends house and we played some tennis at his community center with our other friend. I wish I lived in his neighborhood, it's fucking awesome. I hadn't played tennis in probably 6 months so it was great finally playing again. I'm going to try to play three times a week and start golfing again, it's been too long. After tennis we all went to Chuy's and my friends brother came too, so it was cool seeing him again. Then I just came home and did some more homework. I also preordered the new Portugal, the Man record and bought an Off With Their Heads 7" from Vinylcollective. The new Portugal, the Man album is so good from what I have heard, I can't wait until it comes. It was a pretty good day.

Thank You

Almost every person I have encountered today has been unusually nice, cheerful, and polite. I'm kind of creeped out by it, but this is definitely something I could get used to. I work at a call center so I'm used to people being rude to me all the time, however, I'm happy to say today was different. People were constantly thanking me for my time and help, one lady even wanted to speak with my supervisor to say how great of a job I did on fixing her problem. Even the people at Taco Bell were nice and polite and told me to have a good night, most of the time they don't say anything when I go through the drive-thru at midnight. I wish everyone acted like this all of the time. I know I'll go into work on Thursday and be back to the same rude, inconsiderate, and annoying customers but today was a nice change. So, thank you citizens of Planet Earth for being nice...except Sean because he called me "dick weed" and a "shit stain" because I asked him if he wanted to see Observe and Report with Cassidy and I tonight, hahahahahahahahaha.

No Friends

I listened to this band called No Friends this evening, and they are so good. They sound like a more angry Descendents. Speaking of "No Friends" I've been kind of bummed out lately and I'm not sure why. It feels like everywhere I go and no matter who is around I'm alone or something. It's an awful feeling and I can't wait for it to end. Sunday I went to see Broadway Calls and about 80% of my friends were there but I still felt like I had no friends and everyone hated me. Maybe I'm going crazy or something retarded like that, but I wish whatever has been bothering and making me feel this way wouldn't anymore.

Broadway Calls was really good as always though and The Menzingers were great as well. Saturday, I got Pei Wei with Maria after work, then we went to the southside to see Skare Tactic. It was hella stupid and I hated it. It was good seeing Maria, Jon, Jsin, Duel, Sean, and Daryll. Skare Tactic sucks though, I can't believe I ever liked that band. They've changed so much too,Remember When is way better than anything they played on Saturday. I listened to that album again too, and it's not good anymore. It did however make me get my homework done faster because I didn't want to listen to it anymore but I didn't want to stop doing my homework and get up either, so I finished quick. Anyway, that's what has been going on lately. Oh, and the new Air Max Light's look great I need to get them.

Alkaline Trio

Last night I saw Alkaline Trio. I thought they were pretty good, the sound at The Rialto could have been better and there could have been less retards there, but overall I think their set was pretty good. I like Good Mourning a lot, and the majority of the songs they played were off that album. They also opened with "My Friend Peter" and ended with "Radio". It was good seeing people I hadn't seen in a while since shows at The Gnarwhal House too.

Finch on the other hand was 100% horrible. I was so bummed, I always really wanted to see them, but I never did when they were popular when I was in middle school. So basically last night years of waiting finally happened and they were just awful. They sounded bad and only played two songs off of What it is to Burn. Who even cares about anything that came after that album? No one knows them for anything other than What it is to Burn. I bet half the people watching them didn't even know they had an album after that. It was a total bummer to say the least.

Energy Drink Review: Euphoric Energy- Watermelon/ Kiwi

Yesterday, I went to Hanson's to get my regular energy drink when I came across Euphoric Energy. I took one look at the can and thought it probably tastes like Monster or something equally as bad. I then saw it was only 99 cents for a 16oz energy drink and watermelon kiwi flavored. I picked up the can and read the side, it had all of the typical energy drink ingredients: taurine, ginseng, caffeine, and sugar. There was also a description to the left of the ingredients that said the companies goal is the redefine how energy drinks taste and make you feel. They also refer to the creators as "brewologists". At this point I was pretty much sold, I really liked how the energy drink presented it's self, it wasn't just another typical extreme, adrenaline rush, energy drink.
I paid my 99 cents, walked to my car, opened the drink, and took my first sip. This energy drink was perfect, it tasted great, was lightly carbonated, and as not thick and syrupy at all. The drink tasted like watermelon Pop Rocks and carbonated fruit punch Kool-Aid. If you're looking for an energy drink to actually give you energy, this isn't the drink. It has 70mg of caffeine per serving, so about two cups of coffee. I didn't feel any different after drinking this. However, what it lacks in energy it makes up for in flavor. Euphoric Energy is seriously one of the best new energy drinks, definitely try it.

Cost: 99 cents
Where You Can Buy It: Hanson's on 22nd and Wilmont in Tucson, AZ
Grade: 5 out of 5 Lightning Bolts

100%

I got a 100% on my first quiz and a 93% on my first homework assingment on my online math summer school class. I'm pretty happy, I hope the rest of the class goes this well.

I downloaded the new Weekend Nachos album, Unforgiveable, this afternoon, it's so heavy and awesome, I really like it. They're definitely one of the best new hardcore bands to emerge in the past few years.

I'm going to see Cruel Hand tonight, I'm pretty excited. Last time I saw them I hadn't heard their album, Prying Eyes, but now I have and am in love with it. Life in Chains is playing as well, they're probably the best hardcore band in Tucson right now.

Oh, and I really like Lady Gaga. I don't know what's wrong with my brain, but her music sounds great to my ears. I'm currently looking for her debut album,The Fame, on vinyl.

Work

Work has been unusually great lately. I'm not sure why, nothing really has changed and if anything more calls have been coming in. Sunday I worked from 6:00am until 2:30pm and it didn't feel like anything. Today I worked from 8:30am until 5:00pm and I seriously feel like I worked a four hour shift and it was pretty busy. It's probably because I don't care about anyone who calls and I've learned just to not let people's bullshit crying effect me. Since today was a holiday and I was on time I get paid $19 an hour. I'm really excited about that. I'm going to see Forfeit and Life in Chains tonight, it's only $5. I remember a time when every show was $5, but for the past two or so years shows have been $7+, it makes sense becauase of gas and everything, but it's nice to see two pretty decent $5 shows this week.
I'll leave you with this video of Ben Nichols playing Tobin. I'm so glad I went to the Revival Tour last November because I doubt he plays any songs of his solo album at Lucero shows.

Lately,

Le le le le let down!

Last night finally came and I saw Manchester Orchestra. I had been waiting for this show for a very long time and was very exited. Geoff and I got to the venue right when their set started, too bad it only lasted 25 minutes and they played no songs I was familiar with. Their set was really good, but there was some songs I really wanted to hear. I guess 25 minutes is a typical time for a non-headlining band, but still, it's Manchester Orchestra. All of those indie bands play such long sets, I guess I wish they would have as well. Oh well though, it still was a fun night. I was at the Folsom show for a while, it was fun dancing to Suffer the Loss and seeing Dustin and some other friends I don't often see. Work this morning was so easy, in the eight and a half hours I was there I took 17 calls. The rest of my time (about six hours) was spent listening to my iPod. You can't beat getting paid $9 an hour to sit around. Waking up at six am always is hell, but it's so much easier now that the sun is up at that time. That's it for now.

Fun Week!

This week has been great, I always love the last week before summer starts. Graduation time is always a good time even if I'm not graduating. Wednesday I hung out with Eric in the morning/ afternoon then went to Brian's graduation with Jesse, RY, Alisha, and Geoff. Thursday I hung out with Geoff and got wings at night with David and Emily. Today I went to my brothers 8th grade promotion, went out to lunch with my family, hung with Annie for a little, then went to Ra and Frost with Hannah. This week has just been full of friends and good times. I really like how 2009 is going.

Baby Snatcher.

Yesterday I was at the Foothills Mall with Geoff, RY, and Jesse. We were walking out to Geoff's car and all of sudden some bald Mexican guy started sprinting towards this lady carrying a baby in one of those baby carry things and he started pulling on the baby. She was yelling, "don't take my baby" and stuff all loud and we were just standing on the sidewalk watching all of this action. Then he got the baby and walked back to his car and she looked shook up for a second then walked into the mall and went on with her day. It was probably his baby anyway, but whatever, it's not everyday you see that happen. Fucking weird.

Livestrong.

I'm not trying to be Lance Armstrong guy or anything, but these new Livestrong x Nike's are really nice. I'm probably going to buy these. They also made Livestrong 1's and 180's. The 90's and Zoom's look the best though. It sucks the 90's already go for $300+ on E-bay, however, the Zoom's can be bought for under $100 at Finish Line.

Shows This Summer!

Here are some good shows in Arizona this summer.

May 23rd : Manchester Orchestra @ Club Congress

May 28th : Cruel Hand @ The YMCA

June 2nd : Alkaline Trio and Finch @ The Rialto

June 5th : This Time Next Year and A Loss for Words @ The YMCA

June 7th : Broadway Calls @ The Living Room

June 13th : Third Eye Blind @ The Marquee

June 18th : The Effort @ The Living Room

June 20th : Santigold (Santogold?) @ The Rialto

June 28th : 2 Live Crew @ The Rialto

June 29th : AA Bondy @ Modified Arts

July 21st : Madball, Bane, Death Before Dishonor, Terror, Trapped Under Ice, Crime in Stereo, This is Hell (for only $10)@ The Marquee

July 25th : Off With Their Heads @ The Phix

August 4th : Mother of Mercy @ The YMCA

August 19th : Hatebreed @ The Rialto

There's a lot of good bands coming through. I'm really excited to see Alkaline Trio again, AA Bondy, and Manchester Orchestra.

Sick

I've been sick for the past three days. I have some cold or whatever the fuck it is. My throat hurt, I keep coughing, and my nose keeps running. Sometimes I cough up boogers too, which is hella gross. My dad gave me some medicine last night and it actually worked. I woke up this morning almost feeling great. My nose is still a little congested and I've only coughed a few times today. Last night was by far one of the worst nights of my life, I woke up every hour from 9pm to 3am super thirsty and with a killer headache. My whole body hurt too, I could barely walk to the kitchen to get water. I had my windtower on full blast next to my bed and the ceiling on high and I still felt so hot. The only times I have ever wished I was dead have been when I have a night like that or when I'm stuck in traffic behind a Sun Tran. Hopefully this ends soon.

I Talked to Chad: Part 2

Last summer I met Chad from New Found Glory at Chain Reaction in California at an H2O show. It was alright, mainly just said hi and bought that Gorilla Biscuits tshirt. Tonight, however, I was standing in the back of The Rialto with Sean, and Chad comes out and walks up to th fence where we are standing and asks me what color's of their split 7" I got. I told him both copies I got where blue and he said he'd get me a green one. Then he trades me blue for green and talks with Sean and I for about a half hour about hardcore, Madball, movies, and other stuff. Then he tells us to twit him on Twitter, haha. Fucking awesome night. The show it's self was kind of lame, the bands all did very well, but the crowd was horrible. Anyway. tonight ruled.

Depressed.

Last night I watched Monday night's episode of How I Met Your Mother. I think it was the last episode ever or at least a sign that the show is going to be over within the next season. It made me hella sad because I love that show so much. Monday nights without How I Met Your Mother are going to have no purpose anymore. A lot of people get sad when high school or college is over, I get sad when tv shows finish their season. South Park is over for the summer too as of two weeks ago. What the fuck am I supposed to do with myself?

No Second Chances?

I was almost positive I was going to get fired from my job today. Yesterday I blatantly did not show up at work or even call in, which apparentley is "the worst thing you can do at this job." I mentioned something to my boss that I wasn't coming in on Sunday while he was busy and he said, "ok cool." So I used that as my excuse to make him look stupid today. He asked me why I didn't come in on Sunday and I told him we talked on Saturday and he told me it was alright if I didn't come in. Instead of looking into the situation he fakes a time-off request for me for Sunday, has me sign it, then turns it into his boss and tells him he approved this time-off request but just misplaced it. I told him I would work an eight hour shift on Thursday, because I guess I felt bad. I should have been fired a million times from this place already and still to my knowledge have never even been written up. However, I feel like my clock is ticking and my employment is expiring in the near future. In a way I feel like I should take my job a little more seriously, because as much as I love to hate it, I think I would be sad if I didn't work there and had to work at some shit job for way less money. My job is easy, I really have nothing to complain about. I come in, sit around, take a few calls, listen to my iPod, read, do homework, get Starbucks, then go home. It really is the easiest job on Earth. Since I didn't get fired today and I guess got a "second chance" I think I'm going to go to Burberry next week and get some clothes, haha, since I don't have to worry about not having income now. If I still am working here during summer, which is about two weeks away, I think I am going to work full time. Summer is so slow and I need a Louis Vuitton messenger bag and Millionaire sunglasses, and like 15 hours a week isn't going to get me that and allow me to save money. I'm glad I still have a job, even if I don't like it. Instead of only giving 30%, I'm going to start giving 70% so I can work there until something better comes along instead of getting fired.

I have nothing to complain about,

but I know i'll still complain.

I don't know why I'm not as upbeat as I used to be lately. It's not really bothering me, but it's just something i've noticed. I get stressed out more over little things, get bummed easier, and don't care as much about things I used to. Maybe it's just growing up or maybe I'm letting more things bother me that I used to just brush off. For example, I used to not care about going to work at 6am on Sundays. Now by Thursday I'm already in a bitter state of mind because I know I have to work at 6am on Sunday, and because of that my "nice" attitude and pma level's drop. I've been finding myself having more "Larry David" moments, where I get stuck on one little thing and put a lot of energy into being pissed off at it rather than just moving on. For example, today I came home from the mall and my sister had parked her car in the middle of the fucking driveway, so I had to make a uturn and park on the curb. It wasn't a big deal, but I made it seem like a huge deal. My mom asked me how my day was and I replied with, "great, until I came home and saw Erika's car in the middle of the driveway." Then an hour or so later I went to the grocery store with my dad and he said I seemed upset and I told him, "maybe I wouldn't be if I didn't have to park on the curb." Just shit like that, I should probably learn to not get so worked up over nothing. A lot of people have way bigger problems than me and all I seem to ever do is complain about little things.

What Happened?

I was walking around the grocery store the other day looking for stuff and a lot of the food I remember having as a kid was no longer available. Before I started eating Kashi Heart-to-Heart everyday, I loved these. Dunk-a-Roos obviously aren't cereal, but they go along with the point of this post.

I Will Stay Young. Young and Dumb Inside

Growing up can eat my dick. I think I might want to major in Psychology, I really like the subject, so it's easy for me to stay focused in class and do well. I'm not 100% sure what I want to do yet, but if I got a degree in Peychology, probably a middle or high school counselor. I don't know, it's just an idea since I'm at that age where I should be figuring that stuff out. It's been kind of stressing me out lately.

Broadway is Dark Tonight

I saw Mamma Mia! tonight with my mom, little brother and sister. The show was really good, I liked it a lot. I'm really glad my mom made me see the movie with her last summer, because up until then I thought Mamma Mia! looked horrible. After I saw the movie I instantly loved it and couldn't wait until the Broadway show came to Tucson. If you havn't seen it live yet, I definitely recommend seeing it while it's here.

I wish I lived in New York City so I could go to Broadway shows all the time, there's so many I want to see and it sucks to have to wait for them to tour. I don't know what it is about live theatre that I love so much, it's definitely 100 times better than movies in book. I was really excited to see that three good ones are coming to Tucson next season: Spamalot, Legally Blonde, and Chicago. I've wanted to see Chicago forever and unfourtanitly I missed it last time it was here. So, I'm definitely looking forward to that. I really want to see Wicked, every person I know who has seen it has had nothing but good things to say. I used to get so mad in high school when everytime we would be off for vacation kids would come back and say they went to New York or LA, or even a few went to Paris and saw it. I went to New York City about three years ago for an entire week and every single performance of Wicked was sold out. So, we saw Phantom of the Opera, which was good, but I mean, the one show we saw that week could have been Wicked. I'm sure it will come to Tucson someday, until then I can just read the book.



I hope I have about 3,000 more of these before I die.

Theme Song

I don't give a fuck about anything.
When I think about the future all I see is it bringing me pain, misery, and poverty.
I've been trying for 15 years to smile and take shit
but now it's so clear that it's all downhill from here.

I wish I could turn back the clock 8 years,
and have thought twice about the person staring back at me in the mirror.

I don't give a fuck about anything.
When I think about the future all I see is it bringing me pain, misery, and poverty.
I've been trying for 15 years to smile and take shit
but now it's so clear that it's all downhill from here.

I wish I could turn back the clock five years.
I never would have thought that you'd be standing right here.
Life's got the best of me and I just want to drop to my knees.
Scream and punch the concrete until my hands bleed.
It's all a fucking joke to me.
I wake up and work, and get fucked up and sleep,
and then wake up and work, and get fucked up all over again.

Life's got the best of me and I just want to drop to my knees.
Scream and punch the concrete until my hands bleed.
It's all a fucking joke to me.
I wake up and work, and get fucked up and sleep,
and then wake up and work, and get fucked up all over again.

Glad I Didn't Get the Supreme x Nike SB's Today!

Because these little guys drop on 4/25!



See you Saturday!

I hate you all

I've never smoked weed and never will. I'm proud of that. It's 4-20, fuck you and this day.

I'm wearing a Kangol hat..

because I'm from fuckin' Brockton. Nah, I just found it in my room.

Today started great, got stupid, then ended great. I woke up around noon, immediently went to pick up my check from work and see Adventureland with Shane. When we got to the theatre it wasn't even playing, so we just went to Chipotle for about three hours. Then I went to 7-11 to get a Mutant Berry slushie and as I was leaving my supervisor from work called to ask if I wanted to work for two hours. I said yes. Work was awful, it was a lifetime of awkward moments packed into one, two hour shift. I guess the Phillies game today was broadcasted on some secret channel that no one had ever heard of, so a bunch of Phillies fans were calling to yell at us because they couldn't watch the game. One guy from Philly told me, "you fucked up." I hung up on him a few seconds later.
After work, I came home and did absolutely nothing for a couple hours. My parents were gone and so were my brother and sister, so it was just my dog and I. Around 10 I decided the only logical thing to do would be to go to Wal-Mart and buy a dvd. I ended up getting Season 4 of The Simpsons for only like $15. On my way out I ran into my friend who I hadn't seen in a while, Corey. Oddly enough he ventured to Wal-Mart because he was bored to buy some tv on dvd as well. We went to Wing-Stop after Wal-Mart and hung out there for a bit before heading home. For the first time in my life I can say I honestly am glad I went to Wal-Mart it was good seeing Corey and eating Wing-Stop again, since I hadn't been there in forever. Not a bad day and night, I hope this weekend rules.

Things I Hate

Although today has been great, a lot of little shit happened that I hate. I decided to make a list so the world can know.

1) People walking slow. Nothing enrages me more than when I'm walking through the mall or anywhere and some slow fucking idiot is right in front of me parallel with their dumb fucking friends or family, taking up the whole aisle or whatever, and not allowing me walk to around them.

2) When people turn out in front of me and make me slow way down. Imagine you're driving along at a nice speed and some fucking idiot pulls out in front of you and causes you to slow way down until they can get up to speed. This shit really pisses me off because I basically have to slam on my brakes just because this retard couldn't wait two seconds to pull out into the road.

3) Wind. Wind is the most annoying thing ever. I absolutlely hate driving in wind and that's all I did today. I hate having to hold the wheel with two hands and being jerked around by goddamn wind. So fucking annoying.

4) When it's night and some giant vehicle is driving behind me shinning their lights in my mirrors. Wow. I cannot think of anything that makes me more beyond mad than this. Fuck trucks, fuck suv's, fuck any vehicle that's bigger than mine that drives behind me at night. This shit is so unbelievably annoying I am getting super mad just thinking about it. Even if I do the flip thing with my rear view mirror it still bugs me that their fucking lights are shinning into my car and making it light. Nothing, nothing is more irritating than this when I'm driving. Unless of course, it's fucking snowing or raining.

5) Cell phone sales people at the mall. These are the worst kind of human on this planet. I hate walking through the mall and having them try to start up stupid conversations with me so they can get me to look at their phones as if I don't have one. I don't stop and chat, I just keep walking, I'm not fucking retarded, but it annoys me that they're even there for me to ignore. Then they get all mad and say something stupid when I don't awknowledge them. My friend Shane and I were walking through the mall once and some bitch asked us, "hey what cell phone's do you boys have?" Obviously, we just kept walking and didn't even look at her. Then I hear, " you don't have to ignore me." Yes we do! That's why you're on this planet to be fucking ignored. No one likes these goddamn cell phone sales people. You'd have to be mentally retarded to stop and talk to them. If they get that offended by people ignoring them they should get another job other than the shittiest job in the world. I wore a Trash Talk shirt today with an upside down peace sign and some stupid sales man was like, "Oh hey bro is that a peace sign?" Shut the fuck up! Quit trying to make small talk with me. 98% of people already have a cell phone, why do these people even exist? They should all be put down.

That's all for now about this.

I saw Observe and Report today, it was great. Everything that comes out of Seth Rogen's mouth is hilarious.

He's Just Not That Into You

I bought a hardcover copy of He's Just Not That Into You about two weeks ago and just finished it tonight. It was pretty good, I enjoyed it a lot. The book isn't really like the movie, there isn't a story to follow involving a few people. It's a collection of letters the author has received from women about their relationship problems and his responses. Even though the book was intended for women a lot of the situations and stories offer good advice for both men and women. It's pretty funny, and all of the stories are very entertaining. I read like 80 pages in two days. I would definitely recommend reading this book.

Other than reading this book and doing homework I havn't really been up to anything else. I had a good Easter, I woke up around 11 and went with my family to see my Aunts new home in Oro Valley. Her house was beyond nice, it sits on a cliff in the mountains. The entire back wall from side to side of her home is giant 30 foot windows that overlook the entire northside of Tucson. The view is hella nice. We then all went to my grandparents home who live down the street from her and had dinner. My aunt and uncle from Phoenix came with my two cousins. I always feel awkward about being around all of my family since 80% of them are engineers and work is all they talk about. I never really have anything to contribute to their conversations unless it's about golf, therefore, I spend most of these events sitting at my grandfather's bar in his house drinking ginger ale, eating nuts, and watching sports before we eat dinner, haha. It's not too bad. My grandparents live on a golf course too, so sometimes I go to the driving range and hit balls. I wish I could just go to a family event and actually spend most of my time there with my family but it's just weird. But, whatever, one day I'm sure it won't be awkward. I wish my cousin who lives in Chicago lived in Tucson, whenever she's at a family event it's never awkward for some reason and I actually stay in their living room the entire time. Anway, Easter went well.

Sound and Fury?

I didn't even want to go to this and I've never been. I don't know what it's like but I can only imagine how annoying it is. I've been hopeing Floorpunch would just play a show at another venue outside of Sound and Fury so I could just go to that. However, when I saw an updated line-up I decided that it's probably worth it. The bands that are in bold are the ones I'm excited to see. I still hope The Mongoloids get added so I can mosh my little heart out, if they don't play I'll probably just stand there and be depressed the whole time. Time Trials is the only new hardcore album I really care about.

Absolute Madness
Alpha & Omega
Bad Seed
Badmouth
Betrayed
Black Breath
Bracewar
Ceremony
Cold World
Colin of Arabia
Creatures
Crucified
Death Threat
Deep Sleep
Downpresser
Dry-Rot
Floorpunch
Foundation
Get the Most
Gone But Not Forgotten
Hatred Surge
Iron Age
Knife Fight
Lewd Acts
Mammoth Grinder
Mind Eraser
Mindset
Mother of Mercy
On
Psyched To Die
Reign Supreme
Retaliate
Rotting Out
Sabertooth Zombie
Shai Hulud
Shook Ones
Skin Like Iron
Take Offense
The Carrier
The Rival Mob
Title Fight
Touche Amore
Trapped Under lce
Trash Talk
Violation

$65 for eight bands! I hope it's worth it. Trash Talk, Cold World, Bracewar, and some others should be fun too. Shopping in LA and the beach should make the trip awesome as well. I wish Dangers would play, it would be cool to see them since they don't tour and it would be fun to see Down to Nothing and Pulling Teeth again. Shook Ones and Floorpunch make going totally worth it though.

I still wish I was going to Burning Fight in Chicago. Seeing Reach the Sky and Floorpunch in the same year would have been so awesome. I can't believe I didn't just come straight home and buy a ticket the night they went on sale. I remember tickets went on sale the same night as Bouncing Souls and Mongoloids in Phoenix. Sean and I didn't get home until around 3 am and I went to sleep, then when I woke up in the morning it was already sold out. Bummer. Reach the Sky were one of the first hardcore bands I ever listened to and I've loved them ever since. I remember on my 15th birthday one of the gifts my parents got me was The Transient Hearts EP, I was so stoked. Those four songs are still my favorites from Reach the Sky.

Sucks

I got all of my math homework done today and went to turn it in only to realize that it was due at 12 noon and not 12 midnight, so it's late. Online classes are fucking stupid, they're easy, but so confusing and hard to do.

I think I might be getting fired from my job soon. I called in sick today for the second time ever and my supervisor was all pissed. I legitimently felt sick though, so whatever. It's not like I didn't just want to skip work, which I did but I also felt sick. If I get fired I'm not sure what i'll do, i'll probably just take a grip of summer school classes to occupy my time. I kind of want to work at Citi again. I'm sick of white trash Afni, it's fucking stupid and everything about it annoys me. I think I'm pretty conceited when it comes to my job, but whatever, fuck every there except like 3 people.

I've been listening to Dookie by Green Day a lot lately, it's so good. One of the best concerts I ever went to was Green Day, Blink 182, and Jimmy Eat World in Phoenix when I was in like 6th grade. Too bad tours like that don't happen anymore.

i don't know what to put for a title

Yesterday I was eating at El Paso with Michael and as we were leaving I noticed my car had a flat tire! I don't know shit about cars so I had to call my good friend Travis to come put the spare tire on for me. After that I went to a shop and got it fixed and left for Phoeniz. I went to Burberry before the New Found Glory show and got two polo's since no fucking store or boutigue in Tucson sells Burberry. Then I went to the show, I got there right before Bayside which was exactly what I wanted since I had seen Set Your Goals the night before and Shai Hulud a few years back. Bayside and new Found Glory were both awesome, everyone there was fucking stupid though and kept moshing and fighting during New Found Glory. I wish hardcore kids and bro's didn't like New Found Glory and it was just weird, Drive-Thru Records kids that just stand there when they play. The show was pretty fun though and the drive home went by so quick.

Today I went to school and got pizza with my mom for dinner. I'm so pissed at my dad every week he's on another business trip in places I want to go back to so bad. Last week he went to New York City and San Fransisco back to back. I don't even know where he is this week, but fuck, I want his job.

I have to work tomorrow from noon to 8:30, I hope it doesn't suck, which I know it will, but it's more money for me.

Can't Hardly Wait!

Converge posted a video with a preview for their new album, although it's not even the full band playing it sounds great. I'm really stoked on this. It's funny because a two years or so ago I totally hated Converge and now for the past year I listen to Jane Doe the whole way through usually at least once a week. I can't wait for their new album. Here's the video.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=54278301

Worst Ever!

I saw this retarded shit tonight, It was fucking terrible. I mean, I was expecting it to be bad, but I thought it was going to be either funny or creative bad, too bad it was just regular bad. If I wouldn't have had popcorn I probably would have killed myself from being so bored. I'm glad I had to wake up at 5:30 am this morning so I was good and tired for this movie, because I definitely fell asleep to make time go by faster, haha. Just some advice, don't see this movie if you havn't already. See I Love You, Man instead!

I Love You, Man!

This movie is seriously perfect in every single way. There wasn't a moment of it I didn't absolutely love. The humor is uniquely fresh and hilarious, the acting is very real, and the story is great. If it wouldn't have been for Coraline, this would have been the best movie in 2009 so far.

After Further Review..

I went ahead and pre-ordered the new Trash Talk 7". The first song is Trash Talk gold, I really like it. I think it's stupid that you can't know the color of the vinyl or any pressing info when you buy it though. I got "version b" whatever that is. I'm going to see I Love You, Man tonight with some friends. I've been looking forward to this movie for a couple month's now, I can't wait. Paul Rudd is such an awesome actor, I really need to buy Role Models.
Today was awesome, everything went perfect. Work went by really fast and was fun because I got to sit next to alright people for once. I'm going to start working a lot of hours since I don't do shit in my free time except buy things and my boss also offered me money to do his Writing 101 and Crimenology homework, haha. I'm really excited for next week, I'll be seeing New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, and Bayside. I don't really care about Shai Hulud, I think they're boring. I'm mainly excited about the "secret show" on Tuesday though. What else..oh..Floorpunch is playing Sound and Fury this summer, so i'm going to that. I didn't even want to go at all, but they make it worth it. I wish Floorpunch was playing at another venue so I could just go to that and not waste my time/ money at S&F, but whatever, the fact they're playing close is good enough for me. Floorpunch was one of the first hardcore bands I ever listened to. I remember when my friends and I were like 15 and all of my friends only listened to Underoath and The Bled and I listened to Floorpunch and Ten Yard Fight, haha. I still loved Underoath and The Bled, but I was into Floorpunch and shit too, which I guess gave me more scene points, haha.

New Trash Talk

Honestly, I don't think their new single, East of Eden, is that bad at all. I don't think I like it enough the pre-order the new 7" though. The other song on it, Son of a Bitch, is terrible. Musically and lyricaly, it all sounds awful. I'm not looking forward to their new full-length lp. I didn't like their self-titled lp or Plagues really, so I doubt this will be good. East of Eden did suprise me though, so maybe it has potential. Trash Talk isn't really a band I care about though, their shows were and are always a blast and Walking Disease was a decent album. They're pretty hyped for no reason at all though, they have nothing really catchy or melodic in their music, it's just fast and pissed with heavy stomp parts, sort of. Their Destroy shirts are cooler than the recent music they're produced.

I Got 99 Problems but a Bitch Ain't One!

Actually, I don't have any problems at the moment. Today was really good. I had to wake up at 5:30 a.m. to be at work by 6 a.m. I got off work at 11:00 a.m. then went to my friend Shane's house, then we went to the mall and got free Subway. I got a regular chicken breast sandwich with....wait for it...steak on the chicken! It was pretty good, even though the steak was kind of haggard. Then Shane and I saw The Reader. This movie was really, really good and I strongly recommend you see it. After we saw the movie I just came home and slept because I was beyond tired since I only got three hours of sleep last night and had to be up so early. Later at night I went to my friend Chris's house and bought Fall Out Boy's Inifinity on High and Limp Wrist's Want Us Dead EP from him. Then I went to Zia Records to see if they had Something to Write Home About on pink yet, they didn't, but they did have the new Academy Is LP, so I got that. I also remembered The Get Up Kids are playing in California in a few weeks and my awesome friend, Maria and I are going! I'm so excited to see The Get Up Kids. I think it's stupid as hell that they're repressing all of their records on the same color's as the first press, but whatever, they're so good, I can not wait to see them. I hope there's a new American Dad on tonight.

Lately,

I've been bummed out over stupid shit. I'm sick of not having a girlfriend and I'm sick of always going for girls that I knowingly know aren't for me. It seriously seems like the only girls that talk to me are girls that I don't like and girls I do like don't like me back or just want to be friends. It's kind of fucking stupid/ annoying. I can't remember the last girlfriend I had that I 100% liked. Maybe it's kind of fucked up to admit but it's true. Girls I like aren't into me and girls that are into me I somehow agree to date them even though at first I usually don't want to. It seems like being nice to girls and not acting like a fucking retard around them gets you nowhere, but if you wear Skin gear and talk about getting drunk you're in the gold zone with girls. I wish the majority girls my age weren't so stupid and just wanted to date nice dudes, hang out, and watch tv on dvd with me. What's really weird is that when I'm in an actual relationship I'm not even that happy and when I'm not I'm not happy either. The only time I'm really happy with dating is when you're sort of like "pre-dating" the girl to see if she's girlfriend material and a month or so into the actual relationship. After that it just stops being fun for me and I just want to be single again because shit starts getting all serious and I'm like oh fuck I'm still young I don't want a serious girlfriend. I probably feel this way because I havn't had a girlfriend in forever that I actually, fully liked. I know that there's cool girls out there and that it's not as bad as it seems but I wish sometimes I could just fast forward 5 years in my dating life and skip all of this stupid teenage shit.

Anyways, that was how I had been feeling lately until David told me about this.....



After seeing/ buying this girls that don't like me can eat my dick and owning this shirt makes me 100% better than them and their shitty boyfriends! Terror > Girls anyday! I'm not kidding if a girl said come on a date with me or see Terror, I would see Terror. Idgaf and I'm not even that sad anymore. Thanks David.

Two Tounges

I got this little guy in the mail today. If you havn't heard of this band you need to check them out. It has Chris Conley from Saves the Day and some dude from Say Anything. The music is really good, it's pretty poppy and wonderful but in some parts it gets kind of nu-metal, but for some reason it still sounds great. I got this picture disc from Vinyl Collective, only 1,000 were pressed and this will never be pressed again so get it quick if you care.

I don't know who reads my blogs but,

if you or any of your friends like hardcore bands, mainly, Shipwreck, Champion, and Blacklisted, I'm selling three longsleeves in one auction on E-bay. It's only at a dollar something right now and ends in a little over a day. I need to get rid of these because I don't ever wear them and there's no room at all in my closet for clothes I don't wear. So please, buy these from me or atleast bid and make the current bid go up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=160320665420

This is why I am an idiot.

I went to see The Academy Is and This Providence acoustic sets tonight. I didn't even know it was all acoustic until I got there. I was pissed at first, but whatever it turned out to be great. So, I'm talking with my friend about Tegan and Sara and all of a sudden this blonde qt turns around and starts talking about Tegan and Sara with us! Then we start talking about The Get Up Kids and other good bands and she says she's from the O.C. visiting and taking a break off school. So obviously she has no friends. She likes really good music, doesn't seem shitty, and is really pretty. Then The Academy Is start to play and after their set she turns around and says, "it was nice meeting you" and I say, "yeah you too" and then I walked out the door and left. I should have got her number and that's why I am an idiot.

Lame!

The Supreme website crashed this morning because so many people were on it. Basically, I stayed up really late and woke up really early for no reason at all. I have to do it again tomorrow too, since the store reopens at 8am our time. So retarded. I'll be so mad if the hats I want sold out in the two seconds the store was open today.

Supreme: Spring 2009

Tomorrow at 11 a.m. eastern the Supreme online store opens with the Spring 2009 line. I can't wait. I seriously have been waiting for this for almost a month now, ever since I saw the preview. Here's what i'll be getting.


The navy one.


The black one.


The red one.


The black one


Depending on how much money these are, I'll get the grey one. I have a feeling they'll be over $100 though.

See you at 11:00 a.m. New York City.

My Night > Yours

Heavyweights, the new Futurama movie, and cheesecake brownie Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
1 Up!

Finally

I finally saw Frost/ Nixon tonight. It was really well done and I'm glad I got around to seeing it.

Hmm

It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off home on a Saturday night with all my doors locked up tight. I won't be thinking about you baby.

Movies I Still Need to See

1) Frost/ Nixon

2) The Reader

3) Slumdog Millionaire

4) Notorious

5) Gran Torino

6) Revolutionary Road

I've been slacking lately with movies in case you can't tell. I'm probably going to see all of these this week though. I'll just put the romantic comedies on hold and watch the serious ones.

Awkward?

Today I went to my friends 30th birthday. For the most part it was filled to the top with awkward moments. Basically, it was like Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner at your grandparents home. All of the couples and older guests sit at the "adult" table while you and all the younger and unmarried people sit at the "kids table". My friends and I were all in the living room watching tv and all of these older couples, some even had kids, came and hung out in the kitchen while we all just sat our in the living room and talked with eachother. It was just kind of awkward because in everyone's eyes we probably all looked like we were 10, when in reality we're only 10 or less years younger than them. It's not a huge age difference but still there is definitely a difference. It was just kind of awkward.

During the day I picked up my check from work and saw Confessions of a Shopoholic, it wasn't bad. I always hate going in to the visitors entrance at work to pick up my check because there's all of these people waiting for interviews, filling out applications, or waiting for their orientation. They see me walk in with my badge proving I already work there and just sort of look at me like I'm a jerk for coming into their territory. I also think it's kind of hilarious because they look at me with envious eyes when they see my badge because I have a job and they don't and I'm getting my check right in front of them. It reminds me of the Family Guy episode where Stewie and Meg are grocery shopping and Stewie asks Meg if he can have a quarter to ride the ride out front to make all of the immigrant kids jelous. Haha, I don't know, I just kind of feel like that when I have to go in to the visitors entrance to pick up my check.

I saw Watchmen last night at 12:10 a.m. It was pretty good. I can name a few other movies I've seen recently that I enjoyed more though. However, if you have 160 minutes to kill or are into movies like that I do recommend it.

Dissapointed

Today I went to Dunkin Doughnuts with high hopes for their new waffle breakfast sandwich. I'm a big fan of the McGriddle from McDoanld's so I figured this would be great as well. NO! This waffle sandwich is seriously the worst thing ever. It has bacon, eggs, and cheese between two little Eggo waffles. I have no idea how it could possibly taste so awful but somehow it does. This is one of those things that sounds and looks 100 times better than it actually is. Don't be fooled.



Also, I filmed the video interview for my What Karl Wears blog today. It went really well and I can't wait until it's done being edited/ uploaded so the world can see it.

P.S.- I hate girls.

What Karl Wears

My other blog, whatkarlwears.blogspot.com is going pretty well. However, a lot of my fans have been asking questions. So tomorrow, What Karl Wears will feature a video interview that this magazine called Sexi Boiz did with me about the blog. If you ever had questions or anything about the What Karl Wears blog, they will be answered tomorrow. So check whatkarlwears.blogspot.com tomorrow to see the interview and of course, what I'm wearing on March 4th.

Three reasons why I am better than you!

1) I bought Good Burger.

2) I bought Heavyweights.

3) I ordered The Big Green from Borders.

I want this put to an end

When does this feeling of being bummed out over this shit end? It seriously seems like nothing at all can allow me to escape from this feeling, even Tiffany Dunks. I even know that everything is better this way and that I'm better off with things as they were. For some reason though I just can get over it. I fucking hate it. I wish I didn't care sometimes.

Steel Nation was horrible, so was the show, and a lot of the people there. I wish I would have just gone to Red Robin like every Saturday night. Some band from Texas played too, I was actually kind of excited because the singer had the same Lifetime shirt I have. They turned out to be awful, not even upbeat or fun music or GOOD music, and they covered Gorilla Biscuits and all these people pretended to like them. I can't stand that. Just because a band is old doesn't mean they're good and you have to like them to be accepted in the hardcore community. I'll admit it, I don't like old hardcore, with the exception of Jerry's Kids. I only really like newer hardcore and punk like Kid Dyanmite, Lifetime, Knapsack, and Samiam; I even like really new bands like The Mongoloids and Trapped Under Ice. I fucking love The Mongoloids. I understand that knowing the roots of hardcore and punk is important and everything if you're seriously into it, but I'll never pretend to like bands like Youth of Today and Cro-Mags because honestly, I don't. I respect them, but I don't like their music. I think it's stupid when kids pretend to be so into old hardcore bands, like wearing around Bad Brains shirts and jumping around to Black Flag covers just to make an image for themselves and try to make themselves feel more legit in the scene. No one cares, it's so annoying, and anyone with a brain can tell they have no clue what's even going on. They look like bigger tools in Bad Brains shirts then they would if they just wore Death Before Dishonor shirts.

Get Ready!

Tomorrow March First Two Thousand and Fine!

The hella requested and highly anticipated return of...

whatkarlwears.blogspot.com

No matter how bummed I am

Something always comes along to put a smile back on my face..



Oh yes, I did get every color.

And, I was able to snag some deadstock Tiffany Nike SB's last night for $230 shipped instead of the regular $700 and the dude already shipped them! So stoked.

Seems like,

"Being fucking nice will get you no where fast"
- Death Threat

Three songs,

was all I lasted at the show tonight before I got thrown out, new record.

Free Pancake Day 2009

This years Free Pancake Day was by far the most extreme ever. Travis, Todd, Corey, and I went to all five IHop's in Tucson. Travis and I also got a great idea to drink Powerade so our vomit would be different colors. The entire time was seriously the most miserable time I have ever had, I even went to the bathroom to blow my nose and goddamn tears came out of my eyes because I felt so sick. Just check out the pictures.




































We pretty much threw up an American Flag.....




I can't wait until Free Pancake Day 2010!