i wrote the shittiest essay i have ever written. i also realized that my grammer is terrible. i feel like a fob.
everyone should get last.fm.
www.last.fm
i want to be a songwriter. i end up writing things while not paying attention in class that could be great songs. most likely they will end up shit, but i can dream.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Saturday, November 25, 2006
im planning a trip that will be one of the greatest trips of my life
and im hating it.
i dont even know what to do. i dont even want to book hostels. i just want to sleep at train stations and be a bum and eat grains and drink water.
bah. im gonna finish up on monday. im tired. besides, i have no money in my bank account.
mo money mo problems.
i dont even know what to do. i dont even want to book hostels. i just want to sleep at train stations and be a bum and eat grains and drink water.
bah. im gonna finish up on monday. im tired. besides, i have no money in my bank account.
mo money mo problems.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
never, ever, drink absinthe
i got challenged to drink a shot with some absinthe and vodka mixed together.
i took it.
my throat burned for a good 15 minutes. i drank as much water as i could and i managed to drink about half a litre of my chocolate soy milk.
i am sooooo tipsy. wine, screwdrivers, and that horrible shot just ruined me.
im tired too, but i dont want to fall asleep, because i think i might fall into a coma. ahaha.
HOW DOES IT FEELLLL
TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU BABYYYY
goooodnight.
*update*
i have woken up. i feel horrible. i wasnt even drunk. its not a hangover either. i think my liver hurts.
its 3pm. i wanted to make myself an omlet but two of my fucking housemates egged someones house with it. i am not happy. i wanted an omlet. they got between my breakfast and me. that aint right.
i took it.
my throat burned for a good 15 minutes. i drank as much water as i could and i managed to drink about half a litre of my chocolate soy milk.
i am sooooo tipsy. wine, screwdrivers, and that horrible shot just ruined me.
im tired too, but i dont want to fall asleep, because i think i might fall into a coma. ahaha.
HOW DOES IT FEELLLL
TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU BABYYYY
goooodnight.
*update*
i have woken up. i feel horrible. i wasnt even drunk. its not a hangover either. i think my liver hurts.
its 3pm. i wanted to make myself an omlet but two of my fucking housemates egged someones house with it. i am not happy. i wanted an omlet. they got between my breakfast and me. that aint right.
music recommendations
i decided to recommend some new music once a week, because its basically consumed my time and i want to talk about it. i probably have music on as much as i can, in my waking hours. i will list the artist and album, a mini review, standout tracks, and my ratings.
john mayer - continuum.
one of my favorite releases of 2006. while i was never a huge fan of his earlier work (but they were mighty catchy), he caught my ear ever since i heard his live tracks. then, he released the john mayer trio live album, which was heavily blues influenced and really showed what he was capable of. this album is close to the top soul album this year. soul you say? yea. soul. it doesnt matter if hes white, because his style is soulful. much more soulful than other singers this year.
standout tracks:
i dont trust myself (with loving you)
vultures
slow dancing in a burning room
im gonna find another you
rating: 9/10
amy winehouse - back to black.
another good release of 2006. the music is quite alluring and her jazzy, mature voice fits the production almost too well. the songwriting on this album is high quality. each track allows you to delve deep into her mind and soul. hearing each song allows you to visualize the experiences shes been through from a young age.
standout tracks:
you know i'm no good
me and mr jones
back to black
he can only hold her
rating: 8.5/10
robin thicke - the evolution of robin thicke.
a white boy with soul. this year, we have seen a lot of soul artists drop albums, and the white artists have made albums that are strong contenders for the title of best soul album. this is definitely a r&b/soul album, unlike amy or john, this album does have a lot of love/sex songs, but is more instrospective than most r&b ive ever heard. robin thicke doesnt have a standard one trick pony voice like justin, but explores his vocal range throughout the whole album. from prince to marvin, the influences for his music is clear. seriously though, i love this album. there was an advance bootleg version that leaked earlier last year, which has a couple tracks that didnt make the final cut. those tracks were just as good as the tracks that made the final cut. check this out. if you are a fan of good music, you wont be disappointed.
standout tracks:
lost without u <---- YEAAAA I LOVE THIS SONG.
complicated
ask myself
teach u a lesson
lonely world
angels
rating:
9.5/10
more to come.
john mayer - continuum.
one of my favorite releases of 2006. while i was never a huge fan of his earlier work (but they were mighty catchy), he caught my ear ever since i heard his live tracks. then, he released the john mayer trio live album, which was heavily blues influenced and really showed what he was capable of. this album is close to the top soul album this year. soul you say? yea. soul. it doesnt matter if hes white, because his style is soulful. much more soulful than other singers this year.
standout tracks:
i dont trust myself (with loving you)
vultures
slow dancing in a burning room
im gonna find another you
rating: 9/10
amy winehouse - back to black.
another good release of 2006. the music is quite alluring and her jazzy, mature voice fits the production almost too well. the songwriting on this album is high quality. each track allows you to delve deep into her mind and soul. hearing each song allows you to visualize the experiences shes been through from a young age.
standout tracks:
you know i'm no good
me and mr jones
back to black
he can only hold her
rating: 8.5/10
robin thicke - the evolution of robin thicke.
a white boy with soul. this year, we have seen a lot of soul artists drop albums, and the white artists have made albums that are strong contenders for the title of best soul album. this is definitely a r&b/soul album, unlike amy or john, this album does have a lot of love/sex songs, but is more instrospective than most r&b ive ever heard. robin thicke doesnt have a standard one trick pony voice like justin, but explores his vocal range throughout the whole album. from prince to marvin, the influences for his music is clear. seriously though, i love this album. there was an advance bootleg version that leaked earlier last year, which has a couple tracks that didnt make the final cut. those tracks were just as good as the tracks that made the final cut. check this out. if you are a fan of good music, you wont be disappointed.
standout tracks:
lost without u <---- YEAAAA I LOVE THIS SONG.
complicated
ask myself
teach u a lesson
lonely world
angels
rating:
9.5/10
more to come.
snakes around a boat.
water seems to be the main theme of my dreams for the past 3 days.
last night, i had two dreams which took place in the same setting.
the setting: a boat parking/photography/photo print shop on a tall wooden pier, but the pier was exclusive to the shop. almost like an oilrig. it was close to the shore, but you need a boat to get to shore. from what i remember, i could see the ocean, the sun, the sky, the shore, boats, people, and sealife when i looked out into the waters. it was more beautiful than any other ocean ive seen. (well, maybe not maui). the boats were parked in this giant swimming pool in front of the shop. now, i have no idea how the boats got there or how they left, but they were there. there were also a set of spiral stairs that went down, but ill save that for later. the shop itself was massive. it was about as big as my video store. the carpet was fuzzy and tan, the walls were white, and there were boxes all over the place. i noticed an office with some people in it, but it seemed like there was only one phone in there. the employees had no customers, so they were all sitting around talking to each other. also, my boat was one of those speedboats. it was sleek and sharp and white.
the dream: i came to the shop to park my boat. i told a tall skinny acney infested white guy with an afro full of curls that i wanted to leave my boat there overnight. he told me it would cost 229 dollars, so i wrote him a check and gave it to him. while he was processing my info, i stepped outside the door and checked out the scenary. i could see coral reefs in the ocean, people swimming, plentiful fish, the sun was hitting the water in an beautiful and yet undescribeable way, and the sky was filled with fluffy white clouds. anyway. he called me back in, told me the check cleared, and i was okay to come back. he started to ask about my camera and we had (what seemed like) a 5 minute conversation about cameras, photography, and what exactly goes into the process of printing photos. after that, i take snap some pictures of the view, and leave. end of dream 1.
the dream pt. 2: i came back the next day, around 8 or 9pm. it was really dark and my boat was the only boat left in the swimming pool/lot. i went up to the shop and met the same guy. he recognized me and told me to wait for a minute or two. so while i waited, i checked out the scenary again. this time, it was a full moon in the sky. the reflection off the water was quite beautiful. everything seemed exaggerated. the water was more detailed than before, the moon had more definition, the lights in the city were bright. basically, the whole view seemed to be glowing, glowing in the dark. it was off the hook. then the employee calls me over and tells me that they had trouble locating my key because i didnt do the paperwork properly. anyway, after a few small arguments, he finally finds my keys. i wanted to leave as fast as i could, so i grabbed them, said my goodbyes, and headed over to my boat. there wasnt a ramp or anything to get on my boat, so i had to jump in. i jumped in and approached off the port bow (upper left of the boat). i looked at the swimming pool the boat was in and noticed that there were empty cardboard boxes floating around all over. curiously, i started to try and grab as many of the boxes as i could reach, to see what was inside. i grabbed the first box, nothing. second box, nothing. however, when i grabbed the third box, there happened to be small yellow and white baby snakes. i got scared, and threw the box back in the water. as i was standing up to catch my breath, i noticed something moving underwater. it was on the ground of the pool, but it slid right past me. i creeped over to the starboard side and noticed a huge yellow snake swimming around inside the pool. it was basically this snake:
so im standing in the boat about to shit myself, because im thinking 'fuck. im dead. im dead. im so dead. that snake is gonna bite my head off and then probably swallow me whole.' then, the scene switches, and im at the spiral stairs at the shop. my housemates are there too, and the snake is now slowly crawling out of the shop and going down the spiral stairs. one of my housemates decides to pet the snake with her foot, and the snake responds gently, almost like a kitten. i swear, i heard the mothafucka purring. then the snake came up to me, looked at me for a good 5 minutes, and then HANDED me something. i looked at what he gave me, and it was very minature octopus and squids. they looked like flinstones vitamins, except they were alive. the scene the switches to my house here in wales. im in the bathroom, with these things still in my hand, except now there is some hot red pepper paste (고추장) in my other hand. i stare at the baby squids for a while, and then i drop them into the toilet. i start to flush the toilet, when one of the baby squids instantly grows about 13 inches and gets stuck inside the toilet. (it was like those sponge toys that grew in size when wet). i didnt know what to do, so i slapped the red pepper paste on my other hand onto the face of the squid.
and then i woke up to my ringtone, telling me that its 7am.
i got up, grabbed my pen and notepad, and wrote down everything i could remember. and here it is. blogged and saved.
snakes around a boat.
last night, i had two dreams which took place in the same setting.
the setting: a boat parking/photography/photo print shop on a tall wooden pier, but the pier was exclusive to the shop. almost like an oilrig. it was close to the shore, but you need a boat to get to shore. from what i remember, i could see the ocean, the sun, the sky, the shore, boats, people, and sealife when i looked out into the waters. it was more beautiful than any other ocean ive seen. (well, maybe not maui). the boats were parked in this giant swimming pool in front of the shop. now, i have no idea how the boats got there or how they left, but they were there. there were also a set of spiral stairs that went down, but ill save that for later. the shop itself was massive. it was about as big as my video store. the carpet was fuzzy and tan, the walls were white, and there were boxes all over the place. i noticed an office with some people in it, but it seemed like there was only one phone in there. the employees had no customers, so they were all sitting around talking to each other. also, my boat was one of those speedboats. it was sleek and sharp and white.
the dream: i came to the shop to park my boat. i told a tall skinny acney infested white guy with an afro full of curls that i wanted to leave my boat there overnight. he told me it would cost 229 dollars, so i wrote him a check and gave it to him. while he was processing my info, i stepped outside the door and checked out the scenary. i could see coral reefs in the ocean, people swimming, plentiful fish, the sun was hitting the water in an beautiful and yet undescribeable way, and the sky was filled with fluffy white clouds. anyway. he called me back in, told me the check cleared, and i was okay to come back. he started to ask about my camera and we had (what seemed like) a 5 minute conversation about cameras, photography, and what exactly goes into the process of printing photos. after that, i take snap some pictures of the view, and leave. end of dream 1.
the dream pt. 2: i came back the next day, around 8 or 9pm. it was really dark and my boat was the only boat left in the swimming pool/lot. i went up to the shop and met the same guy. he recognized me and told me to wait for a minute or two. so while i waited, i checked out the scenary again. this time, it was a full moon in the sky. the reflection off the water was quite beautiful. everything seemed exaggerated. the water was more detailed than before, the moon had more definition, the lights in the city were bright. basically, the whole view seemed to be glowing, glowing in the dark. it was off the hook. then the employee calls me over and tells me that they had trouble locating my key because i didnt do the paperwork properly. anyway, after a few small arguments, he finally finds my keys. i wanted to leave as fast as i could, so i grabbed them, said my goodbyes, and headed over to my boat. there wasnt a ramp or anything to get on my boat, so i had to jump in. i jumped in and approached off the port bow (upper left of the boat). i looked at the swimming pool the boat was in and noticed that there were empty cardboard boxes floating around all over. curiously, i started to try and grab as many of the boxes as i could reach, to see what was inside. i grabbed the first box, nothing. second box, nothing. however, when i grabbed the third box, there happened to be small yellow and white baby snakes. i got scared, and threw the box back in the water. as i was standing up to catch my breath, i noticed something moving underwater. it was on the ground of the pool, but it slid right past me. i creeped over to the starboard side and noticed a huge yellow snake swimming around inside the pool. it was basically this snake:
so im standing in the boat about to shit myself, because im thinking 'fuck. im dead. im dead. im so dead. that snake is gonna bite my head off and then probably swallow me whole.' then, the scene switches, and im at the spiral stairs at the shop. my housemates are there too, and the snake is now slowly crawling out of the shop and going down the spiral stairs. one of my housemates decides to pet the snake with her foot, and the snake responds gently, almost like a kitten. i swear, i heard the mothafucka purring. then the snake came up to me, looked at me for a good 5 minutes, and then HANDED me something. i looked at what he gave me, and it was very minature octopus and squids. they looked like flinstones vitamins, except they were alive. the scene the switches to my house here in wales. im in the bathroom, with these things still in my hand, except now there is some hot red pepper paste (고추장) in my other hand. i stare at the baby squids for a while, and then i drop them into the toilet. i start to flush the toilet, when one of the baby squids instantly grows about 13 inches and gets stuck inside the toilet. (it was like those sponge toys that grew in size when wet). i didnt know what to do, so i slapped the red pepper paste on my other hand onto the face of the squid.
and then i woke up to my ringtone, telling me that its 7am.
i got up, grabbed my pen and notepad, and wrote down everything i could remember. and here it is. blogged and saved.
snakes around a boat.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
i need a woman.
so i think im starving these days, but the starving isnt showing. HA. for example, last night's dinner was like 8 pieces of fried tofu and a package of dried seaweed. today, all i had was a piece of toast with peanut butter (european pb is disgusting) and strawberry jam for breakfast. for lunch, i had a bottle of tap water disguised as evian. dinner was pasta, of which i laced with ground pepper and mixed herbs and *drumroll* ketchup. mmmmm right?
im having a hard time trying to plan my winter vacation. its coming up so soon, and i have yet to decide the first city i will crash at. right now, im trying to figure out a place to spend christmas at. for new years, i will be in edinburgh because they have some amazing festival every new years for a whole week. however, anything else than that, i have not planned. i would like to spend christmas in paris (because that sounds nice doesnt it?) but i feel like a loner going to paris to be all romantic with myself in a hostel bed.
do i fly around everywhere? or do i use the eurorail? WHAT DO I DO?! ive looked up advice and so far all the advice ive gotten sucks, and instead ive been reading stories about people hookin up with other backpackers during their drunken adventures. good times. hahah. i just want to cop out and fly back to cali to hang out with my friends and eat korean food and buy cds and be warm. bah. but no, i cant do that. i have a great opportunity here (one that im not taking full advantage of, ill admit that much). i mean, it costs 100+ pounds to fly to prague, and thats from the cheapest websites. freaking. actually now that i think about it, its not that expensive. i think ive just become a cheap bastard.
my biggest problem here is that i cant decide WHERE i want to go. i want to go everywhere. finland, norway, italy, greece, poland, russia, hungary, czech, scotland, france, spain, portugal, ireland, etc etc etc etc. i gotta buckle down and choose like 5 countries that i want to definitely visit. my 2nd less important problem is money. these plane tickets are pricey yo. thats why im looking into the eurorail option, but the rail doesnt really get me to places as fast and as efficiently as planes do. if i take the rail, i have to take the huge risk of missing my check ins at hostels and probably obtaining an ever fatter ass due to massive hours of sitting. however, how fucking great would it be to go through europe through all of its major train systems?
blah blah blah i need to get over myself. hahaha. okay. im going to dedicate this weekend to planning all this out since i found out my cannabis paper isnt due thursday. if anyone is willing to give me advice, please do. i dont care if you havent traveled in europe, i just need some friendly words of encouragement. I NEED. I NEED GOD DAMN IT. I NEED TOO. hahahah.
hopefully tomorrow i can get a ride from liz (my housemate with a car) (who is also cool.) so i can get my grocery shoppin on. im gonna make a list of what i should buy and probably not buy whats on the list. thats just how i roll.
im becoming addicted to blogging.
take it easy.
im having a hard time trying to plan my winter vacation. its coming up so soon, and i have yet to decide the first city i will crash at. right now, im trying to figure out a place to spend christmas at. for new years, i will be in edinburgh because they have some amazing festival every new years for a whole week. however, anything else than that, i have not planned. i would like to spend christmas in paris (because that sounds nice doesnt it?) but i feel like a loner going to paris to be all romantic with myself in a hostel bed.
do i fly around everywhere? or do i use the eurorail? WHAT DO I DO?! ive looked up advice and so far all the advice ive gotten sucks, and instead ive been reading stories about people hookin up with other backpackers during their drunken adventures. good times. hahah. i just want to cop out and fly back to cali to hang out with my friends and eat korean food and buy cds and be warm. bah. but no, i cant do that. i have a great opportunity here (one that im not taking full advantage of, ill admit that much). i mean, it costs 100+ pounds to fly to prague, and thats from the cheapest websites. freaking. actually now that i think about it, its not that expensive. i think ive just become a cheap bastard.
my biggest problem here is that i cant decide WHERE i want to go. i want to go everywhere. finland, norway, italy, greece, poland, russia, hungary, czech, scotland, france, spain, portugal, ireland, etc etc etc etc. i gotta buckle down and choose like 5 countries that i want to definitely visit. my 2nd less important problem is money. these plane tickets are pricey yo. thats why im looking into the eurorail option, but the rail doesnt really get me to places as fast and as efficiently as planes do. if i take the rail, i have to take the huge risk of missing my check ins at hostels and probably obtaining an ever fatter ass due to massive hours of sitting. however, how fucking great would it be to go through europe through all of its major train systems?
blah blah blah i need to get over myself. hahaha. okay. im going to dedicate this weekend to planning all this out since i found out my cannabis paper isnt due thursday. if anyone is willing to give me advice, please do. i dont care if you havent traveled in europe, i just need some friendly words of encouragement. I NEED. I NEED GOD DAMN IT. I NEED TOO. hahahah.
hopefully tomorrow i can get a ride from liz (my housemate with a car) (who is also cool.) so i can get my grocery shoppin on. im gonna make a list of what i should buy and probably not buy whats on the list. thats just how i roll.
im becoming addicted to blogging.
take it easy.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
one of the most disturbing dreams ive ever had
i was some sort of lifeguard for this giant swimming pool. i would say the pool was about 10 feet deep and seemed olympic sized. i was swimming around and i noticed there were naked 1-3 year old babies swimming about. they were swimming like pros, knowing how to float and dogpaddle around their little area they occupied. i was watching them from underwater with my goggles on, just so that i could get a clear view of everything going on for a second before i came up to catch a breather. however, right as i was about to come up for a breath, i noticed that the babies stopped dogpaddling. i kept watching and glancing at all the babies, and soon enough, they started to drown. all of them. their bodies went from light and tiny to deadweight. it was as if they committed suicide, because all of them drowned without hesitation. i became horribly disturbed and starting trying to swim to each baby in order to save it. since i was still underwater, i could see about 6 babies slowly floating down towards the bottom of the pool. i tried frantically to swim to the closest baby, but the water was resisting me. the harder i would swim to save to the baby, the more the water would push me back. by the time i got about 3 feet next to the baby, i was exhausted and was desperate for air. however, i kept swimming, but then the baby dropped down even faster to the bottom of the pool. so i went for the next baby, and the next, and the next, and everytime i would get close the babies would drop to the bottom of the pool. i had to come up for air, so when i did, i looked and saw about 10 babies just floating on top of the water, all dead. i was mortified. then i put my head underwater to see if i could still rescue the babies, and when i looked into the water, there were dead babies all over the pool floor and other dead babies floating down towards the ground. i looked up from underwater to see the surface, just to see even more dead babies floating and facing me.
then i woke up.
and now i cant fall back asleep.
then i woke up.
and now i cant fall back asleep.
the macbook camera function
has turned me into a camera whore. when i want to waste time, i end up taking random pictures.
what has happened to me?!
for example:
bah. oh well.
what has happened to me?!
for example:
bah. oh well.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
No one reads this blog, so I'll just do what I want with it.
Today, I spent a grand total of 4.5 hours watching old 90's and 80's R&B videos from youtube and reminiscing about growing up with R&B. My parent's employees use to play R&B all the time during their shifts, so I picked up on a lot of it and listened to a lot.
This post. What is the point of it? I'm posting music video links because I want to. Shit, I love 90's R&B.
Janet Jackson - Anytime Anyplace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vqDHfNgtRA&mode=related&search
Usher - Nice and Slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62NLQX3Zh84
Eternal - Stay
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iNSi3Qu-9OE
Boyz II Men - End of the Road
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FdrJzImoPQ
Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cUf7J-NYQv4
Mint Condition - Pretty Brown Eyes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YCFyN4KlUDs
Brian McKnight - Anytime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRLtIhMuG0
SWV - Always On My Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tP52Q_aoNE
Mary J Blige - You Remind Me Remix ft. Greg Nice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ1tZMIf-30
Subway - This Lil' Game We Play ft. 702
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E08ax6RYQR8
TLC - Creep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzb9anFDjWo
All 4 One - I Swear
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SnYESenjoGY
Al B. Sure - Night and Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkZ7kM379mQ
I know this isn't 90's R&B, but this is probably one of my favorite videos that I've found on youtube.
Marvin Gaye w/ James Jamerson on the Bass - What's Going On / What's Happening Brother LIVE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s
Enjoy.
This post. What is the point of it? I'm posting music video links because I want to. Shit, I love 90's R&B.
Janet Jackson - Anytime Anyplace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vqDHfNgtRA&mode=related&search
Usher - Nice and Slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62NLQX3Zh84
Eternal - Stay
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iNSi3Qu-9OE
Boyz II Men - End of the Road
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FdrJzImoPQ
Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cUf7J-NYQv4
Mint Condition - Pretty Brown Eyes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YCFyN4KlUDs
Brian McKnight - Anytime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRLtIhMuG0
SWV - Always On My Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tP52Q_aoNE
Mary J Blige - You Remind Me Remix ft. Greg Nice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ1tZMIf-30
Subway - This Lil' Game We Play ft. 702
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E08ax6RYQR8
TLC - Creep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzb9anFDjWo
All 4 One - I Swear
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SnYESenjoGY
Al B. Sure - Night and Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkZ7kM379mQ
I know this isn't 90's R&B, but this is probably one of my favorite videos that I've found on youtube.
Marvin Gaye w/ James Jamerson on the Bass - What's Going On / What's Happening Brother LIVE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s
Enjoy.
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