Saturday, June 27, 2009
everyone is being entirely unreasonable
today was draft day. i'm excited because that means the end of the incessant and RIDICULOUS rumors that have been floating around for weeks now. i'll admit, some of them are fun but i was getting really tired of hearing "heatley." ANYHOW-- i'm excited the kings chose schenn. he's a great player. but what i really liked about the whole thing was brian burke's temper tantrums. i loved the whole "Everyone is being entirely unreasonable" whining and i LOVE that the camera cut right to him when dean announced he was drafting schenn. burke looked like he hadn't slept in a while and was just sitting there shaking his head in disgust. although it wasn't quite the meltdown i was hoping for, it was still pretty good. i also loved the commentators being like "ooooh he's maaaaaaad." so i guess if burke wants the schenn boys to play together so badly, he'll just have to deal luke to us. :D
also, burke ended up drafting a player of lebanese descent... and when that happened, my dad popped his head in the room and was like "hmmm??????!!!" i swear, my dad has a radar. the second anyone says "lebanon" or "arabic" or "hummus" within 100 feet, he'll run over and want to know what's going on.
ok, so yeah. the most exciting part of the draft is finished. NOW the off-season really begins. except for free agency, there's really nothing going on for the next few months. poop.
...at least there's sf next weekend :)
edit: i just bought the tickets! scary! but i got good seats. yay.
also, thanks to my trusty buddies @ lgk, i now have a brian burke disapproval gif. this was right after schenn was selected:
last edit: you hear a lot about how swedish women are beautiful. prof tom was always talking about the swedish bikini team. but what nobody talks about is swedish guys. why am i thinking about this? watching the draft, all the swedish guys so far are so pretty! ok bye.
no, THIS is the last edit, i swear!: still watching the draft, which is being held in montreal. because of this, many of the clubs are having a french speaking staff member address the crowd in french. i swear, i cannot tell the difference between the native quebecois speakers and the native english speakers who just speak iffy french. they both sound weird and i can hardly understand either one.
also, burke ended up drafting a player of lebanese descent... and when that happened, my dad popped his head in the room and was like "hmmm??????!!!" i swear, my dad has a radar. the second anyone says "lebanon" or "arabic" or "hummus" within 100 feet, he'll run over and want to know what's going on.
ok, so yeah. the most exciting part of the draft is finished. NOW the off-season really begins. except for free agency, there's really nothing going on for the next few months. poop.
...at least there's sf next weekend :)
edit: i just bought the tickets! scary! but i got good seats. yay.
also, thanks to my trusty buddies @ lgk, i now have a brian burke disapproval gif. this was right after schenn was selected:
last edit: you hear a lot about how swedish women are beautiful. prof tom was always talking about the swedish bikini team. but what nobody talks about is swedish guys. why am i thinking about this? watching the draft, all the swedish guys so far are so pretty! ok bye.
no, THIS is the last edit, i swear!: still watching the draft, which is being held in montreal. because of this, many of the clubs are having a french speaking staff member address the crowd in french. i swear, i cannot tell the difference between the native quebecois speakers and the native english speakers who just speak iffy french. they both sound weird and i can hardly understand either one.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
yup, this is more like it
when the first transformers came out, EVERYONE tried to convince me to go see it. seriously everybody i speak to, except for katie, told me it was amazing and so entertaining and had stunning special effects. and i was like, you're all morons.
ok, maybe that's harsh, but how on earth are good special effects an important factor in judging a movie? anyhow, the movie looked like total trash. it looked like if i went, i'd be trying to stab my eyes out with my soda straw within 10 minutes of the movie starting. it looked like my idea of film hell. i can't even explain it really. the movie gave me a rage just looking at the previews and i couldn't fathom ever, EVER going to go see it and i couldn't fathom anyone ever enjoying it in the history of the universe. plus, shia leboeuf (or however the fuck you spell it)??? what a dork. NO!
so when i heard there was a transformers 2, i began bracing myself for another round of "no really, roseline, you have to go see it! i KNOW you don't like those kinds of movies but i promise this one is different! it's surprisingly good! you'll like it, i swear!" and who knows, that could still happen, but i've been relieved that the reviewers are finding this flick SO bad that they just sit there and openly mock it. mind you, i've never seen the first transformers (duh) and i won't be seeing the second one, but i really feel an almost scary hatred for the franchise (it represents all that is evil about the movie industry... which is an industry i don't particularly care about, but that is probably because of bullshit like transformers) and it makes me feel very satisfied to see these kinds of reviews.
like this
lol:
"LaBoeuf projects a pathetic, wall-eyed dorkhood, when he's not babbling like a tumor removed from Woody Allen's prostate that somehow achieved sentience."
oh, and:
"If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination."
now maybe my friends and family can get on board and maybe they won't harass me about going to see it! YAY!
ok, maybe that's harsh, but how on earth are good special effects an important factor in judging a movie? anyhow, the movie looked like total trash. it looked like if i went, i'd be trying to stab my eyes out with my soda straw within 10 minutes of the movie starting. it looked like my idea of film hell. i can't even explain it really. the movie gave me a rage just looking at the previews and i couldn't fathom ever, EVER going to go see it and i couldn't fathom anyone ever enjoying it in the history of the universe. plus, shia leboeuf (or however the fuck you spell it)??? what a dork. NO!
so when i heard there was a transformers 2, i began bracing myself for another round of "no really, roseline, you have to go see it! i KNOW you don't like those kinds of movies but i promise this one is different! it's surprisingly good! you'll like it, i swear!" and who knows, that could still happen, but i've been relieved that the reviewers are finding this flick SO bad that they just sit there and openly mock it. mind you, i've never seen the first transformers (duh) and i won't be seeing the second one, but i really feel an almost scary hatred for the franchise (it represents all that is evil about the movie industry... which is an industry i don't particularly care about, but that is probably because of bullshit like transformers) and it makes me feel very satisfied to see these kinds of reviews.
like this
lol:
"LaBoeuf projects a pathetic, wall-eyed dorkhood, when he's not babbling like a tumor removed from Woody Allen's prostate that somehow achieved sentience."
oh, and:
"If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination."
now maybe my friends and family can get on board and maybe they won't harass me about going to see it! YAY!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
YES!
the nhl network is my new boyfriend. i have been avoiding watching it because i didn't want to hear anything about the penguins winning the cup, but it turns out they're not showing endless pens celebrations! they're showing... PLAYOFF HOCKEY RERUNS!!! YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but wait, it gets better. not only are they showing reruns, they're from 2008!!!! that's just like watching new games because i so don't remember the details of the playoffs from last year. oh my. nhl network, i <3 u, bb. (right now i'm watching sharks/flames game 5... i TOTALLY forgot how intense this series was! great stuff!)
oh, also, i saw UP again and it was even better the second time. seriously, if you haven't seen it then GO!
oh, also, i saw UP again and it was even better the second time. seriously, if you haven't seen it then GO!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
saturday.
today was wonderful.
1. 5-hour energy may taste like ass, but it really works. i was falling asleep on the couch (actually, i think i did fall asleep briefly) and miguel handed me the 5-hour energy and after hacking and gagging through it, i was wide awake. like, CRACKHEAD awake. wow.
2. off the bone by the cramps is the perfect record to play disney princess uno to. it made me want to take the disney princesses to a ghoulish 60s beach party. and that made me want to go to the whaley house. maybe next weekend.
3. saw Up. it is the best movie i have seen in a very long time. touching and funny and detailed and features lots and lots of dogs. :) i definitely want to see it again.
4. discovered a good place to play pool. cheap and not too crowded and nobody paid attention to us. i hate when you go to a pool hall and everyone is checking out how everyone else is doing. i suck so hard at pool and don't like having an audience.
---
debating whether to go to san francisco this weekend or the next one. if i go this weekend, it'll cost a lot more but i'll get to go to pride. if i go the next weekend, the flight is a loooot cheaper and i'll get to be there for 4th of july. and i'm sure there are plenty of scenic places in such a hilly city to catch fireworks. hmm... what's funny is i haven't looked around at fares on other airlines. i kind of refuse to fly with anyone other than virgin america.
i still miss hockey. at least the draft is friday. either the kings will have made a huge trade by then or we're picking 5th. either way it should be good. and the last hurrah for quite a while. ... october :(
1. 5-hour energy may taste like ass, but it really works. i was falling asleep on the couch (actually, i think i did fall asleep briefly) and miguel handed me the 5-hour energy and after hacking and gagging through it, i was wide awake. like, CRACKHEAD awake. wow.
2. off the bone by the cramps is the perfect record to play disney princess uno to. it made me want to take the disney princesses to a ghoulish 60s beach party. and that made me want to go to the whaley house. maybe next weekend.
3. saw Up. it is the best movie i have seen in a very long time. touching and funny and detailed and features lots and lots of dogs. :) i definitely want to see it again.
4. discovered a good place to play pool. cheap and not too crowded and nobody paid attention to us. i hate when you go to a pool hall and everyone is checking out how everyone else is doing. i suck so hard at pool and don't like having an audience.
---
debating whether to go to san francisco this weekend or the next one. if i go this weekend, it'll cost a lot more but i'll get to go to pride. if i go the next weekend, the flight is a loooot cheaper and i'll get to be there for 4th of july. and i'm sure there are plenty of scenic places in such a hilly city to catch fireworks. hmm... what's funny is i haven't looked around at fares on other airlines. i kind of refuse to fly with anyone other than virgin america.
i still miss hockey. at least the draft is friday. either the kings will have made a huge trade by then or we're picking 5th. either way it should be good. and the last hurrah for quite a while. ... october :(
Thursday, June 18, 2009
got the shakes
hockey withdrawals! totally dissatisfied with the way the season ended, obviously. i'm missing my carolina and detroit stanley cup dvds (why are they both missing?! they're off hanging out together and crying about how the pens punked them both).
...AND prime ticket is doing these wednesday re-runs of classic kings games and of course fucking cox cable doesn't carry prime ticket. i seriously hate cox cable! why anyone would choose it over directv is beyond me. but that's another topic.
my main point is that i miss hockey. i go through this every off season and it's always so sad :(
...AND prime ticket is doing these wednesday re-runs of classic kings games and of course fucking cox cable doesn't carry prime ticket. i seriously hate cox cable! why anyone would choose it over directv is beyond me. but that's another topic.
my main point is that i miss hockey. i go through this every off season and it's always so sad :(
Monday, June 15, 2009
peektures
i was looking through my hundreds of photo booth pictures today, and i realized two things:
1. damn, a lot of good memories are captured there
2. 75% of my pictures are of peekers
so i chose my favorites and made a flickr album. you can look at it, if you want to.
peek and i invite you to go here
1. damn, a lot of good memories are captured there
2. 75% of my pictures are of peekers
so i chose my favorites and made a flickr album. you can look at it, if you want to.
peek and i invite you to go here
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
poop
well, i was right about the wings losing the cup. i went 14/15 in playoff predictions. if i had bet, i'd be so rich right now.
...but i wish i had been wrong :(
oh well, now 2 things happen:
1. no hockey for several months. BOO!
2. i can't even get the dvd of the finals and other select playoff games (like i have the past few years) to hold me over until next season starts, because i fucking hate the penguins. i really don't need to own any dvds that involve them, unless they're busy losing. RUDE! but it kind of sucks because now i'll have an incomplete collection.
this is the first time i've watched a team i really like lose in the finals. i started following the finals closely in the 2000-2001 season with the wings winning and the canes losing. from there, the losers were (and let's see if i can do this without looking it up): ducks, flames, no finals (stupid lockout), oilers, senators, penguins and now the wings. i think that's right. so yeah... i usually like watching the loser's reaction. because i'm mean like that. but it's toooootally different when you actually like the guys who just lost. whatever, though, the wings have had the cup twice this decade so i think they'll be ok. i'm just sad that the loss had to come at the hands of the pens. OH! btw i totally knew malkin was mvp. all my lgk buds were saying fleury, but i don't think fleury was really all that fantastic. the pens' supposed inferior defense were great and fleury got some really lucky bounces tonight. malkin, on the other hand, is a stud and i will continue to be a fan of his. fuck crosby, MALKIN is the star. and he's a lot less whiny. and he doesn't have a dirty sanchez stache.
ok so now it's time for the off season, the draft and wild speculation about crazy dean-o trades.
...but i wish i had been wrong :(
oh well, now 2 things happen:
1. no hockey for several months. BOO!
2. i can't even get the dvd of the finals and other select playoff games (like i have the past few years) to hold me over until next season starts, because i fucking hate the penguins. i really don't need to own any dvds that involve them, unless they're busy losing. RUDE! but it kind of sucks because now i'll have an incomplete collection.
this is the first time i've watched a team i really like lose in the finals. i started following the finals closely in the 2000-2001 season with the wings winning and the canes losing. from there, the losers were (and let's see if i can do this without looking it up): ducks, flames, no finals (stupid lockout), oilers, senators, penguins and now the wings. i think that's right. so yeah... i usually like watching the loser's reaction. because i'm mean like that. but it's toooootally different when you actually like the guys who just lost. whatever, though, the wings have had the cup twice this decade so i think they'll be ok. i'm just sad that the loss had to come at the hands of the pens. OH! btw i totally knew malkin was mvp. all my lgk buds were saying fleury, but i don't think fleury was really all that fantastic. the pens' supposed inferior defense were great and fleury got some really lucky bounces tonight. malkin, on the other hand, is a stud and i will continue to be a fan of his. fuck crosby, MALKIN is the star. and he's a lot less whiny. and he doesn't have a dirty sanchez stache.
ok so now it's time for the off season, the draft and wild speculation about crazy dean-o trades.
Friday, June 12, 2009
movies are too expensive
i just saw drag me to hell. contrary to what seems to be popular opinion, it isn't scary and i didn't really like it. however, it did make me think the following things:
1. i really want to watch a good horror movie. any suggestions? preferably something old and creepy and involving ghosts or ghouls from a graveyard. i don't need lots of blood and i definitely don't need lots of special effects.
2. it reminds me of a nightmare i had about an old lady. my dream would've made a much scarier movie than drag me to hell. seriously. i told my dad about it and the conclusion literally made him jump. oooooooh.....
3. just how old is alison lohman? she has looked 18 forever.
4. that justin long guy is a major, MAJOR dork. i want to beat him up and then give him a wedgie.
5. who cares how old she is, i think i've fallen in love with her. that girl is beeeeeeeeautiful!
1. i really want to watch a good horror movie. any suggestions? preferably something old and creepy and involving ghosts or ghouls from a graveyard. i don't need lots of blood and i definitely don't need lots of special effects.
2. it reminds me of a nightmare i had about an old lady. my dream would've made a much scarier movie than drag me to hell. seriously. i told my dad about it and the conclusion literally made him jump. oooooooh.....
3. just how old is alison lohman? she has looked 18 forever.
4. that justin long guy is a major, MAJOR dork. i want to beat him up and then give him a wedgie.
5. who cares how old she is, i think i've fallen in love with her. that girl is beeeeeeeeautiful!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
dude
just came across ANOTHER flickr with amazing nin shots and then the next thing in the photostream is hockey. it's too weird!!!!!
brilliant!
wrbcm2 (11:42:30 AM): yeah
wrbcm2 (11:42:39 AM): sounds like an order of balls is in order
wrbcm2 (11:42:41 AM): lol
wrbcm2 (11:42:44 AM): no offense
not offended. after all, i'm not the one you called ball-less.
wrbcm2 (11:42:39 AM): sounds like an order of balls is in order
wrbcm2 (11:42:41 AM): lol
wrbcm2 (11:42:44 AM): no offense
not offended. after all, i'm not the one you called ball-less.
here again
my eyes don't feel like they're working properly. the solid outlines of things aren't coming through, and the lights are all too bright. and it all swirls in my head and makes me feel both sleepy and high.
it's 1:30 in the morning. i'm sitting in my driveway, and it's very cold. but out here, right now, it's the closest thing to total silence i can find tonight. there is a faint trickle of water from the sewer/gutter thing across the street. and every so often, a car drives by, just up the hill. but between those moments, i can think.
my life is at a standstill.
GO! go go go go go ... for years, i had a map. and i made all the appropriate, expected mistakes. but with every passing day, every time i put it off or make the wrong decision, i feel as though i've been taken out of the cycle. everyone, everything will continue and i'll just sit here. if i never find my way back and i spend every night on this driveway, nobody will miss me.
there are some birds chirping, too. wtf, birds? shouldn't you wait until there's light out?
i wish you were here. or you'd call. or write.
i can't tell if i'm making the right choice. if i'm doing right by me. of course i'm making the "right" choice.
i think about this all the time. but because we're seldom honest, i don't know how much of it is just me. projecting. pretending. miscalculating. (my ankle really hurts, what did i do to it?)
part of the problem: i don't believe you. surely there are others. me. come on, me?
i just think you love access.
yes... functional. reliable. i guess so. just there. responsibly. just there... but, you know? i get it. part of THIS (and i do mean ALL OF THIS RIGHT HERE) forever and ever and always has been, part of it means i get it. i'll step out of the way, adjust my expression before it bothers you.
because i get it. and this wall, this cold, exist
because i get it.
they (and me), they should just move. continue along, performing. peripheral. you can merge, but make sure you go unnoticed. superficial, but substantially so. and only some of us get it.
so here we go, doing this in chapters. no, episodes. NO! ROUNDS! like boxing. we do get good ones in on each other. we're brutal.
all the chaos, and cruelty, never mattered because you never asked because you never looked because you never knew you had to because all the while the dazzler held you. you see? superficial, but substantial.
AND I GET THAT.
but the one i have, don't think has seen. don't know the motive. laziness? exhaustion? confusion? surely this can't be all there is. and you... well, i still don't believe you.
it's getting really cold now. it's 1:49. i work tomorrow. you haven't called. i feel like sleeping out here. if i had a tent, i would. your warmth...
right now i'm thinking about the last time. it was so, so bad.
someone just drove by and slowed to a near dead-stop when they saw me. what the hell is she doing?
what the hell ARE you doing? are you going tomorrow? how about the 20th? when are you coming? all of you need to stop. it won't matter either way. i promise that nobody will notice if i'm not there tomorrow.
hello? i'm confident that somewhere there exists evidence that
NO
"confident" is a lie. maybe though you'll exist. right now i'm feeling like the only one.
every indication to the contrary is reaching and make believing and ignoring.
glossing over.
being dutiful.
i believe you called it "trying."
i know what i want to do but i'm just going to keep trying instead.
it's 1:30 in the morning. i'm sitting in my driveway, and it's very cold. but out here, right now, it's the closest thing to total silence i can find tonight. there is a faint trickle of water from the sewer/gutter thing across the street. and every so often, a car drives by, just up the hill. but between those moments, i can think.
my life is at a standstill.
GO! go go go go go ... for years, i had a map. and i made all the appropriate, expected mistakes. but with every passing day, every time i put it off or make the wrong decision, i feel as though i've been taken out of the cycle. everyone, everything will continue and i'll just sit here. if i never find my way back and i spend every night on this driveway, nobody will miss me.
there are some birds chirping, too. wtf, birds? shouldn't you wait until there's light out?
i wish you were here. or you'd call. or write.
i can't tell if i'm making the right choice. if i'm doing right by me. of course i'm making the "right" choice.
i think about this all the time. but because we're seldom honest, i don't know how much of it is just me. projecting. pretending. miscalculating. (my ankle really hurts, what did i do to it?)
part of the problem: i don't believe you. surely there are others. me. come on, me?
i just think you love access.
yes... functional. reliable. i guess so. just there. responsibly. just there... but, you know? i get it. part of THIS (and i do mean ALL OF THIS RIGHT HERE) forever and ever and always has been, part of it means i get it. i'll step out of the way, adjust my expression before it bothers you.
because i get it. and this wall, this cold, exist
because i get it.
they (and me), they should just move. continue along, performing. peripheral. you can merge, but make sure you go unnoticed. superficial, but substantially so. and only some of us get it.
so here we go, doing this in chapters. no, episodes. NO! ROUNDS! like boxing. we do get good ones in on each other. we're brutal.
all the chaos, and cruelty, never mattered because you never asked because you never looked because you never knew you had to because all the while the dazzler held you. you see? superficial, but substantial.
AND I GET THAT.
but the one i have, don't think has seen. don't know the motive. laziness? exhaustion? confusion? surely this can't be all there is. and you... well, i still don't believe you.
it's getting really cold now. it's 1:49. i work tomorrow. you haven't called. i feel like sleeping out here. if i had a tent, i would. your warmth...
right now i'm thinking about the last time. it was so, so bad.
someone just drove by and slowed to a near dead-stop when they saw me. what the hell is she doing?
what the hell ARE you doing? are you going tomorrow? how about the 20th? when are you coming? all of you need to stop. it won't matter either way. i promise that nobody will notice if i'm not there tomorrow.
hello? i'm confident that somewhere there exists evidence that
NO
"confident" is a lie. maybe though you'll exist. right now i'm feeling like the only one.
every indication to the contrary is reaching and make believing and ignoring.
glossing over.
being dutiful.
i believe you called it "trying."
i know what i want to do but i'm just going to keep trying instead.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
please, PLEASE deja vu!
OMG TOMORROW IS GAME 6 omg omg omg omgomgowmeirwnmoerinwerolsinfdwer2. detroit is going to lose game 6. i know all about it. they're gonna looooose. but here are two reasons i really need them to win:
1. omg please don't leave it up to a game 7. please wrap it up IN pittsburgh. don't give them a chance to win it. i will cry a thousand oceans if that happens. :(
pleeeeeeeeease detroit.
2. game 7 would be on friday. i have to work friday. the closing shift. i'm seriously going to be a wreck if game 7 of the stanley cup finals is happening and i'm not watching. it's going to be TORTURE not checking the score. seriously, i won't be able to handle it.
so yeah, do it tomorrow. please do it tomorrow. like last year. win it in game 6 in detroit. i believe in the power of datsyuk!
oh, and totally unrelated:
1. omg please don't leave it up to a game 7. please wrap it up IN pittsburgh. don't give them a chance to win it. i will cry a thousand oceans if that happens. :(
pleeeeeeeeease detroit.
2. game 7 would be on friday. i have to work friday. the closing shift. i'm seriously going to be a wreck if game 7 of the stanley cup finals is happening and i'm not watching. it's going to be TORTURE not checking the score. seriously, i won't be able to handle it.
so yeah, do it tomorrow. please do it tomorrow. like last year. win it in game 6 in detroit. i believe in the power of datsyuk!
oh, and totally unrelated:
weird, perverted uncle jeordie
hardrockchick's review of the manson album included this:
"WOW: Has Manson been playing World of Warcraft? This song is fucking weird. It has Jeordie written all over it. Which means there is something sort of endearing about it, but I’m scratching my head a bit. And shaking my ass a little."
i just giggle because that was my first reaction. they let jeordie loose!!! but i don't really agree with her beyond this because i think the song deserves a lot more love. in fact, i'm going to go listen to it right now, dance in my seat, and try to guess what the fuck jeordie was on when this song happened.
(also, i don't have the album so i don't have the credits so if jeordie ISN'T responsible for this masterpiece, please don't burst my bubble)
"WOW: Has Manson been playing World of Warcraft? This song is fucking weird. It has Jeordie written all over it. Which means there is something sort of endearing about it, but I’m scratching my head a bit. And shaking my ass a little."
i just giggle because that was my first reaction. they let jeordie loose!!! but i don't really agree with her beyond this because i think the song deserves a lot more love. in fact, i'm going to go listen to it right now, dance in my seat, and try to guess what the fuck jeordie was on when this song happened.
(also, i don't have the album so i don't have the credits so if jeordie ISN'T responsible for this masterpiece, please don't burst my bubble)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
i'm not pure evil
listening to 10 miles high and decided to answer your 8 messages, in order.
1. i know.
2. probably true.
3. you don't know what i think.
4. definitely true.
5. i don't.
6. that's always nice.
7. oh boy do i know that.
8. dunno. but i am right now. duh.
1. i know.
2. probably true.
3. you don't know what i think.
4. definitely true.
5. i don't.
6. that's always nice.
7. oh boy do i know that.
8. dunno. but i am right now. duh.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
whoa. listening to the goon moon album (licker's last leg) on head phones for the first time. much better this way.
sad that i don't love the new manson album. it's REALLY hit or miss. and, more than once, there are songs with great music but i can't take the stupidity of the lyrics. oh well. although i LOVE that woooooow song. actually really like the way manson did the vocals.
sad that i don't love the new manson album. it's REALLY hit or miss. and, more than once, there are songs with great music but i can't take the stupidity of the lyrics. oh well. although i LOVE that woooooow song. actually really like the way manson did the vocals.
i'm poor
so i redeemed some credit card points to get a best buy gift card. i used that gift card to buy new headphones (cuz my ears are too small for the ones that come with the ipod) and a new cd wallet (since my old ones were stolen, boooo). i got a wallet that holds 144 cds. i think that'll be fine.
so i bought the same skullcandy ear buds i had that were stolen, but for some reason these sound like shit. they're fuzzy and bass heavy. and they were more expensive than my last ones. wtf? so i guess that means i'm going back to best buy tomorrow and switching them. this makes me sad. i have cramps and i just wanted to lay down with peek and listen to music. :(
anyhow, i decided to have a cd burning party tonight and start replacing the stuff that's gone. i'm getting really sick of the few that i have left in the car. i knew i was running low on blank cds, but i had no idea i only had 9 left! it was incredibly stressful trying to decide which ones take priority. i won't have money to buy a new stack of blanks for a few weeks at least, so i reeeeeeeally spent a lot of time deciding what i wanted. my results kind of surprised me.
the ones i burned, in order:
1. nin- the fragile (left) (the right side wasn't stolen, yay!)
2. nin- with teeth
3. marilyn manson- mechanical animals (wtf, really?)
4. tori amos- boys for pele
5. david bowie- best of (i couldn't pick a specific album)
6. madonna- ray of light (dunno why. it was irresistible for some reason).
7. velvet underground & nico
8. tori amos- scarlet's walk
9. the white stripes- get behind me satan
so hopefully i'll be happy with those decisions later on this week.
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also, the red wings are ruining my life. or maybe the pens are. or maybe the refs are. i'm not exaggerating when i say i'm scared to watch tomorrow's game. game 4 pissed me off so much, i just don't think i can handle another crapfest like that. i also don't think i can handle it if the pens actually pull this thing off. i will shut that shit OFF. >:O
which makes me wonder how bad i'm going to be when the kings are in the playoffs.
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got a raise at work. it's nice. my hourly is actually like, decent now. it's weird to think i'm making almost double what i used to make when i started working. it's also weird to know that i could be making waaaaaay more if i actually applied myself to finding a "real" job. which i know i need to do soon. i'm getting really sick of dealing with stupid customers. and, because of the tough economic climate, we're advertising some really low rates in some unusual places and attracting a whole new customer base. and some of these fuckers are ANNOYING. i miss the rich people who didn't argue anything. they were bomb.
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last random thing. if you marinate extra firm tofu in lime juice and some soy sauce, it's reeeeeeeeeally good. stir fry with onions and broccoli and then put it over brown rice. best ever. i'ma make that for the game tomorrow.
so i bought the same skullcandy ear buds i had that were stolen, but for some reason these sound like shit. they're fuzzy and bass heavy. and they were more expensive than my last ones. wtf? so i guess that means i'm going back to best buy tomorrow and switching them. this makes me sad. i have cramps and i just wanted to lay down with peek and listen to music. :(
anyhow, i decided to have a cd burning party tonight and start replacing the stuff that's gone. i'm getting really sick of the few that i have left in the car. i knew i was running low on blank cds, but i had no idea i only had 9 left! it was incredibly stressful trying to decide which ones take priority. i won't have money to buy a new stack of blanks for a few weeks at least, so i reeeeeeeally spent a lot of time deciding what i wanted. my results kind of surprised me.
the ones i burned, in order:
1. nin- the fragile (left) (the right side wasn't stolen, yay!)
2. nin- with teeth
3. marilyn manson- mechanical animals (wtf, really?)
4. tori amos- boys for pele
5. david bowie- best of (i couldn't pick a specific album)
6. madonna- ray of light (dunno why. it was irresistible for some reason).
7. velvet underground & nico
8. tori amos- scarlet's walk
9. the white stripes- get behind me satan
so hopefully i'll be happy with those decisions later on this week.
---
also, the red wings are ruining my life. or maybe the pens are. or maybe the refs are. i'm not exaggerating when i say i'm scared to watch tomorrow's game. game 4 pissed me off so much, i just don't think i can handle another crapfest like that. i also don't think i can handle it if the pens actually pull this thing off. i will shut that shit OFF. >:O
which makes me wonder how bad i'm going to be when the kings are in the playoffs.
---
got a raise at work. it's nice. my hourly is actually like, decent now. it's weird to think i'm making almost double what i used to make when i started working. it's also weird to know that i could be making waaaaaay more if i actually applied myself to finding a "real" job. which i know i need to do soon. i'm getting really sick of dealing with stupid customers. and, because of the tough economic climate, we're advertising some really low rates in some unusual places and attracting a whole new customer base. and some of these fuckers are ANNOYING. i miss the rich people who didn't argue anything. they were bomb.
---
last random thing. if you marinate extra firm tofu in lime juice and some soy sauce, it's reeeeeeeeeally good. stir fry with onions and broccoli and then put it over brown rice. best ever. i'ma make that for the game tomorrow.
the nhl and you
i've been spending a lot of time looking around on flickr lately. thanks to trent's wonderful relaxed camera policy for this tour, people are taking some beautiful pictures. so anyhow, several times in the past few days, while looking through somebody's photostream (not a specific album), the pictures have abruptly gone from nine inch nails related to hockey related. on twitter and on the forums, i've seen several hockey icons. lots of penguins/detroit mentions. i haven't come across any soccer, basketball, baseball or football stuff. just lots of hockey.
why is this? i mean, i love it but i kind of don't get it. WHO are hockey fans? where do they come from? besides canada.
i've also heard quite a few times that hockey fans are the most affluent of all major team-sport fans. hmmm... so that made me curious to go look up hockey fan demographics.
i found one pretty good study from experian research that came out last november. it compared nhl, mls, mlb, nfl and nba.
hockey fans are the youngest, the richest, the most tech-savvy, most into gadgets and most likely to buy crap online (obviously this research was geared to advertisers).
the mean household income part went: nhl, mls, nba, mlb and then nfl. i guess that makes sense since the reverse order is the order of popularity, right? and nfl and mlb are pretty damn close. so i guess the more fans, the lower the mhhi since you're appealing to the widest variety of people.
what surprised me is that hockey fans are the youngest. why is that? this sport has been around forever and ever. there are lots of classic rivalries. but now that i think about it, there really aren't that many old people at the games. it's usually young, hip-looking people in leather jackets and frameless glasses. everyone looks mildly european. or they're in a jersey. but i always assumed that was because we were in la. but then, at a baseball game, there are craploads of old folks. hmmm...
nhl fans are 20% more likely than other fans to "try to keep up with latest technology"
11% more likely to own a digital camera, 10% more likely to own an mp3 player.
i dunno... there are tons of stats. i wonder if there is a musical preference demographic study. there are probably tons.
i don't really know why i posted this other than i thought it was interesting. oh, and that it helped me come to some kind of mean conclusions that i won't share here... but it's nice to save the stats as a reference, i guess.
why is this? i mean, i love it but i kind of don't get it. WHO are hockey fans? where do they come from? besides canada.
i've also heard quite a few times that hockey fans are the most affluent of all major team-sport fans. hmmm... so that made me curious to go look up hockey fan demographics.
i found one pretty good study from experian research that came out last november. it compared nhl, mls, mlb, nfl and nba.
hockey fans are the youngest, the richest, the most tech-savvy, most into gadgets and most likely to buy crap online (obviously this research was geared to advertisers).
the mean household income part went: nhl, mls, nba, mlb and then nfl. i guess that makes sense since the reverse order is the order of popularity, right? and nfl and mlb are pretty damn close. so i guess the more fans, the lower the mhhi since you're appealing to the widest variety of people.
what surprised me is that hockey fans are the youngest. why is that? this sport has been around forever and ever. there are lots of classic rivalries. but now that i think about it, there really aren't that many old people at the games. it's usually young, hip-looking people in leather jackets and frameless glasses. everyone looks mildly european. or they're in a jersey. but i always assumed that was because we were in la. but then, at a baseball game, there are craploads of old folks. hmmm...
nhl fans are 20% more likely than other fans to "try to keep up with latest technology"
11% more likely to own a digital camera, 10% more likely to own an mp3 player.
i dunno... there are tons of stats. i wonder if there is a musical preference demographic study. there are probably tons.
i don't really know why i posted this other than i thought it was interesting. oh, and that it helped me come to some kind of mean conclusions that i won't share here... but it's nice to save the stats as a reference, i guess.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
fuck you, nhl disciplinarians
malkin should've been suspended for this game. this isn't my opinion, it's according to the rule you assholes wrote. and then magically didn't apply to the superstar. and then did you just hide the whistles so the refs couldn't call anything? annoying game tonight.
you know what's not annoying?
...dear god. what does that look like?
you know what's not annoying?
...dear god. what does that look like?
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
abdelkader3000
he looks like napoleon dynamite's dorkier brother. i'm so disappointed that someone with a cool name like abdelkader doesn't look like a mean, destructive robot.
also, osgood has a total baby-face. how old does he look to you?
meathead called it
"Hi Roseline,
Thank you so much for saying so! Thrilled to hear that you were into all aspects of the experience. Great!
Best,
Justin"
i'm so amused right now.
Thank you so much for saying so! Thrilled to hear that you were into all aspects of the experience. Great!
Best,
Justin"
i'm so amused right now.
wiggle wiggle
but seriously... the wings won game 2. they actually probably didn't deserve to win, but the fact is that they still did. they got lucky on some non-calls (including one offsides that nobody else has mentioned, so maybe i'm crazy). the pens hit a shitload of posts. and fleury let in one very, VERY bad goal.
...but the team of the old men won 2 games in a row on back to back nights. being that i picked the pens to not only win, but overwhelmingly so, you can color me shocked. and DELIGHTED. two things:
1. it's the kids making it happen. filppula, ericsson, ABDELKADER! and helm making a big splash, even without scoring goals. holy shit, this team is going to be good forever and ever. zetterberg hasn't even scored yet. neither has hossa. datsyuk isn't even playing. no problem. i knew this team had depth, i just had no idea how strongly that depth would pull through. and ericsson just had an appendectomy. oh i said that already? tough. i'm still impressed because he's just SOLID. draws a penalty, scores a goal, and plays some pretty good defense. oh, and not to mention he's really pretty, too.
2. wings haven't even played well yet. they're tired and beat up. i think after this day of rest, they'll be a lot better. now, i don't believe they'll win game 3 in pittsburgh. i think if the pens are going to win any game, it'll be that one. but i just expect to see better hockey from the wings. also, they're supposed to have datsyuk back. and maybe draper. if that happens... oh wow.
a lot of people are complaining about this series so far, and some of it is justified. yeah, tonight the officiating sucked and they missed a lot of calls. and the majority of those should've been on the wings. but the pens dodged a bullet with malkin avoiding suspension for the instigator. BUT the pens avoided lots of calls in game 1. don't forget.
ok whatever. i'm tired and rambling. all this started just because i wanted an excuse to post the wiggle wiggle gif.
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