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Dog Crazy with a Difference
I’ve always loved dogs. I’ve been described as dog crazy; the same way some women my age are baby crazy. At social gatherings I’ve been known to awkwardly ignore the human hosts in favor of hanging out with their canine roommates. I enjoy reading about dogs, watching doggie documentaries, and talking about dogs at every opportunity. Of course, ( Read more... ) -
My Review of the Local Salvation Army, Plus, Tips for Thrift Store Shopping in General
I am personally a fan of thrifting. I love the idea of finding vintage or unique treasures on the cheap, and I've found plenty here. For example, last time I was there, I picked up a gorgeous high-waisted houndstooth pencil skirt, a lovely Talbots blouse with funky tuxedo cuffs and collar, and a slick, slim-cut blazer, but there was plenty more ( Read more... ) -
In which I rant about Warped Tour '10, Punk Rock, and "Kids Today"
Agent Orange, Angry Samoans, Anti-flag, Dickies, Discharge, FEAR, GBH, Green Jelly, Manic Hispanic, Streetlight Manifesto, Swingin Utters, the Adolescents (!), the Bouncing Souls, the Germs, the Voodoo Glow Skulls: these are just some of the incredible bands on Warped Tour who are NOT coming to Boston. We're not even getting the fucking Dropkick ( Read more... ) -
Metalocalypse is not funny.
If one more person says to me "Youtube this thing from Metalocalypse! It's so funny!" I am going to smack them upside the head. Let me make it clear, Metalocalypse will never get a laugh out of me.
The clown does coke, ooh! You can't understand the members! They say things are Brutal! Hilarious!!
Not so much. It's not funny. You just find it funny ( Read more... ) -
Halloween, fun with knives. And squash.
It has been far too long since I've posted in here, but I figured I just had to share this particular personal triumph. A friend and I got together a few days ago to carve pumpkins; something which I am usually not too thrilled about. It's not that I mind the mess or the time consuming nature of decorating orange squash, I just can't ever think of ( Read more... ) -
American Lion: The Story of Andrew Jackson in the White House (John Meacham)
Three days ago, I bought an XBox with my Christmas money. We'd owned one before, but I'd broken it. Originally it was a gift from Justin's dad, and we hadn't told him that it was gone, so he had been slowly buying us a game library at every gifting occasion, not knowing that they would go unused. But when he bought us Saints Row (which is just ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Anarchism, as I understand it.
The philosophy of anarchism (and I'm not talking about a bunch of 12 year old punks that listen to the sex pistols and want to be able to smash windows and steal stuff without consequence) relies on the same underlying assumptions about human nature that Marxism does. The two are actually very similar. They postulate that humans are naturally ( Read more... ) -
There are no words...
... to describe the unfamiliar feeling of pride and joy in my entire country and it's people. Over the past 8 years, a culture of fear, mistrust, and hatred has been created by the Bush administration to control this society. Yesterday, America showed it's true character ( Read more... ) -
Band Diary
So Justin, Drummer Chris and I got together today and jammed for a couple hours. Before this, I spent the entire post-school day looking up online guitar lessons, tabs, and other how-to's. All of this added up to some seriously significant play time for me, and led me to a new revelation about electric guitar: It's going to hurt me.
I've played ( Read more... ) -
Although Reel Big Fish told me not to...
I'm starting a band ( Read more... )