The League of Extraordinary...

You, know. I'm willing to bet that the #1 thing ever posted on any blog is "Oops, sorry that I haven't posted in while! I should do better with this thing! Aha, ha." Or something to that point.


A couple of things.


I'm so proud to say I go here to the University of North Texas. Despite it's cost and expenses, I've made a good deal of friends, strengthened many others, and am becoming successful with the whole music thing. I think. What do you think: Against The Grain (& yet, not so)


If you're like me and were born in the '80s, than we've lived in 4 decades. That's cuh-razy!


P I L O T D R I F T is soooo close to being done!!!


Oh! And I'M WITH COCO!

M U T E M A T H

I'm so, so excited to see these four on the 29th of this here October.

Even though their second LP, "Armistice", felt a little lackluster, I know them live will more than make up for it.

Oh! I can't wait!

Go check out when they're coming to a venue near you!

$14,000 worth of Education.

I'm into my second week of life here in beautiful Denton, TX at the University of North Texas. It's marvelous with a capital 'M'.

I seriously love it here; the town, massive music scene, friends old and new. Excellent.

So here's my shameless plug: go to UNT.

The Resistance a la Queen

"You and me are the same
We don't know or care who's to blame
But we know that whoever holds the reins
Nothing will change
Our cause has gone insane"

Caught in a bind of sorts. There are a whole slew of bands coming out with new albums this fall that I'm stoked about (MuteMath, David Crowder* Band, Pilotdrift), but one in particular is of course the legendary Muse. Their new album, "The Resistance", has got me all atwitter. However, in true Muse-fashion they of course have apparently rolled out the gamut on political commentary.

"And these wars, they can't be won
And these wars, they can't be won
And do you want them to go on
And on and on
Why split these states
When there can be only one?"

The problem here is, I both agree with what Mr. Bellamy is imparting and at the same time am very, very scared at the same time. Their most recent tour and subsequent track title, "The United States of Eurasia", holds much more than the what's-in-a-name cool factor.

"And must we do as we're told?
Must we do as we're told?"

So here I go: Though I agree that the wars our country has caught themselves in are looking to be a bit hopeless, I do think that a quick withdrawal would be drastically foolish.

"You and me fall in line
To be punished for unproven crimes!
And we know that there is no one we can trust;
Our ancient heroes, they are turning to dust!"

I pray that God's plan for our country does not involve a violent future with say North Korea, but sometimes, I fear the end is nigh.

"And these wars, they can't be won
Does anyone know or care how they begun?
They just promise to go on
And on and on
But soon we will see
There can be only one"

But the other thing I fear is a one world government which seems to be the central focus to this song.

"United States!
United States!
Of...

Eurasia!
... sia!
... sia!
... sia!

Eurasia!
... sia!
... sia!
... sia!

Eurasia!
... sia!
... sia!
... sia!"

I don't know, really. You make you're own assumptions if you'd like. But on a better note, the music is of course incredible and adherently Queen-ish via "Bohemian Rhapsody". Plus Bellamy has promised this album to be very orchestral with a three song suite as a closer, something that excites me to no end.

Now, Check out the song and make up your own mind!

the prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone

So apparently:

When an individual wins 8 Olympic Gold Medals in a single outing, the natural reaction of course is to get caught with crack, and then join strategic marketing forces with a smug "used-to-be-fat" guy to promote sandwiches. Awe-some.

Been watching the show, "30 Days", on FX for about twenty minutes now. Today's job to highlight is West Virginian coal mining.

Dang.

I mean, I thought I knew. But not entirely. And these people aren't ignorant. They what they do for the country; literally, powering half of America. They also know what they do to the environment; quickly destroying it, especially with mountain top blasting. Some even go as far as to be active in getting their companies to help push for alternative energies, thus putting them out of work. They know what they do to themselves; possible cave-ins, explosions, etc. at any moment AND the near absolute that the dust in the mines will develop a disease that will kill them. They also know what they do for their families; a guaranteed $60,000/year pay.

So much respect has been made in so little time.

Hayden Panettiere is a hottie. And so quickly, so many of you have lost respect for me.

...why has it been changed to "Syfy" !?!

Anime on Adult Swim is lame.

Out of all the "come-to-this-state-and-enjoy-yourself" ads, Oregon's is the worst. Sorry Redwoods, no tourist boosts for you this year.

Is that Cuz-cake?

Poor little kid with the big ears and the striped shirt you'll never be quiet enough.

It's perfect, beautiful, pretty skin. +7 Incoherency.

Glenn Close doesn't really make that good of a Vice-President. Harrison Ford, however, well...amazing President.

A one, Randy Orten, was probably born with a blank, vacant, rather dazed expression.

Huckabee, love ya to death, but your show is boring.

There's someone actually out there who named their daughter Jamaica?! And she's white?!

Don't stand in the way of Brian Shaw. You just can't mess with 49.69 seconds, man.

Who's ready for some All-Star game?

Tonight's CNBC industry spotlight: Porn.

Trust me on this: the hair-dryer, blow-dryer, curling iron...

I like what my friend Kelly Carr says: there's nothing divisive or offending on the Weather Channel.

Hi. I'm A.J. Hammer, and celebrity deaths are the best thing that ever happened to me.

I wouldn't want to be a member of the Valley Swim Club right now.

Combustion chambers!

Why does BookTV always have a delay to it?

C-SPAN pulls off the black sheet background just, oh so well. Aha.

I want a thermal camera.

If you don't see it on our lot, we'll find it for you.

Scrolling black bar.

Apparently hotels run music channels when it comes to the local "late-teen" channels. Better not tell my boss.

Yes, kids. Run to the luxury hotel with your guns drawn.

Nothing says father-son relationships like the O.C.C.

More scrolling black bars To the laft now, ya'll.

This is the first time that they're presenting item K-21681 with free shipping!!

Check your pixels.

Children have nothing to do between us and the Israelis.

I saw that last night, and said to myself, um, not sure if that's for me.

OMG. Hanging dead feet + foreplay + obscurely poor audio such that you can't know what's going on + animated chameleons = excellent entertainment. Maximum LOLZ. Ugh.

I only hope that one day you reveal unto the world who actually shot John F. Kenn- alright now.

How uh, how's your mother? / She's dead. Feisty little Nicolas Cage.

The world is so gray with a bagpipes soundtrack on KTBS 3.

Since when is TV Guide Network more interseting than half of what it's listing!?

Silly Tony Alamo.

the mid summer update.

Too long have I neglected thee my sweet beholden treasure to be seen amongst the nations! No more! No more.

There was a fire in our kitchen via the stove. Not exactly sure how it happened; might have been a short. It was a really old stove after all. So Michael was the only one home, asleep, in his room. He apparently was conked out for he ignored the fire alarm and breathed in smoke for about five minutes. He then had to proceed out his second floor window with the help of the neighbors.

So, structurally only the kitchen has seen the worst of things. However, smoke damage is a mother and absolutely everything had to go. Oh! Except for the den and basement! The computers were safe! Go to the restoration people that is too, not like, had to be thrown away.

I just hope my organ gets some good treatment.

Thus, insurance has us cooped up in a really nice hotel for the last few weeks. It's awesome, its staff is awesome, and they even feed the entire guest list on Wednesdays. Pretty cool. I keep telling myself that this is my vacation for the summer/preparation for dorm life. Though, these mini-apartment suites are probably a little more lavish then even my beloved Mozart Square Rm. 309 that I can't wait to get settled into.

Now! I've beholden an interesting aspect of the hotel's wired network last night. There's no security whatsoever. Like any LAN network, I can see any guests' computers that are connected. And many of these aren't protected by anything and the capability of like walking into their hard drives and seeing whats what is astounding. I hate to admit it, but I was so bewildered by this capability, that I found out loads about one particular guest. Even more than I should ever know, such as his name, occupation, family members, bank account numbers, even his social security number!!! Scary. I could even see his pictures, thus giving me an inside look into his family and such. I really know how violating of a thing I did, but I couldn't stop! I feel ashamed. Sigh.

Alright. Enough for now.

What lies in the shadow of the statue?

Ille qui nos omnes servabit. - “He who will protect/save us all."

Richard is my fav.