Alright, I probably should have posted this earlier, but I’m now maintaining a pair of blogs. Please note:
I Sold My Mom’s Wheelchair – the music (and the main)
This is the true heir to The Ritalin Set/Idle Days/whatever. It’s entirely music, and more importantly, entirely geeky.
The Jeff Blake Fan Club – The sports one
Also geeky, but it’s about sports, so you probably don’t care.
So yeah. Checkit.
Blogging sure ain’t for everybody. I’ve been trying with varying degrees of effort over the last year plus…I guess more if you count MySpace. There’s no way I’m counting Xanga, nuh uh.
Point is, with a few exceptions (I’ll leave it up to anyone who reads to decide what they were), I’ve kinda sucked. Either by lame content or just neglecting the process altogether, I don’t has what it takes.
For now, I’m using Tumblr for my random mind-spilling needs. I can post a lot of things quick and dirty, much in the style I intended for The Ritalin Set. So, I leave you here. I’ve sworn off a formal blog for the rest of the year. Once I make a return, I’ll announce it somewhere. Here? Maybe. I’m brainstorming new titles, but nothing’s come to me.
So with that, I bid you adieu, and happy trails.
If you’re at all familiar with my blogging, you should know this one (also, this one is mainly for when it gets re-published on Facebook I’m just gonna re-post it myself). If not, it’s simple:
1. Use iTunes to randomly select 25 songs (alright, I fudged this one)
2. Write the first line of the lyrics
3. Post for friends to guess
4. ??????
5. PROFIT!
1. “So they say you’re a troubled boy”
2. “Honey lovin’ you is the greatest thing”
3. “My my my, it’s a beautiful world, I like swimmin’ in the sea”
4. “There’s a man who leads a life of danger”
5. “I saw her today at the reception”
6. “You call me on a Monday morning”
7. “All the girls in the bathroom talkin'”
8. “Corrupt, you corrupt, bring corruption to all that you touch”
9. “She likes cars, she likes diamonds too”
10. “I’ve met someone who makes me feel seasick”
11. “Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ’bout Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism”
12. “There is something wrong and there is something right”
13. “I have run a few miles, I got blisters on my slippered feet”
14. “Juno was mad, he knew he’d been had, so he shot at the sun with a gun”
15. “Well you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a woman’s man”
16. “Well there ain’t nothin’ to this but your daughter”
17. “Baby, it’s been a long time comin'”
18. “She told him she’d rather fix her makeup”
19. “I had visions, I was in them, I was lookin’ into the mirror”
20. “I was just bony hands as cold as a winter’s cold”
21. “Sit tight, I’m gonna need you to keep time”
22. “Thought I’d cry for you forever, but I couldn’t, so I didn’t”*
23. “All this talk of getting old, it’s getting me down my love”
24. “This speech is my recital, i think it’s very vital”
25. “I was searchin’ on a one-way street”
Gold stars for anyone who gets 3, 6, 9, 16, 22, or 25.
APPEARANCE:
I am 5′4 or shorter.
I think I’m ugly sometimes. (On the occasion, I find myself saying, I look like that?)
I have many scars.
I tan easily.
I wish my hair was a different colour.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
I have a tattoo.
I am self-conscious about my appearance.
I have/I’ve had braces.
I wear/own glasses
I’d get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free, scar-free.
I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.
I have more than 2 piercings.
I have piercings in places besides my ears.
I have freckles
FAMILY/HOME LIFE:
I’ve sworn at my parents.
I’ve been kicked out of the house.
My biological parents are together.
I have a sibling less than one year old.
I want to have kids someday (still undecided on that one)
I have children.
I’ve lost a child.
EMBARRASSMENT:
I’ve accidentally slipped out an “LOL” in spoken conversation (Intentionally? Yes).
I’ve snorted while laughing.
I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.
I’ve glued my hand to something.
I’ve laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
I’ve had my pants rip in public.
HEALTH:
I was born with a disease/impairment.
I’ve had stitches.
I’ve broken a bone.
I’ve had my tonsils removed.
I’ve sat in a doctor’s office with a friend. (Emergency room, even. That was a long, long night)
I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed. (Coming soon)
I had a serious surgery.
I’ve had chicken pox.
TRAVELING:
I’ve driven over 200 miles in one day.
I’ve been on a plane.
I’ve been to Canada.
I’ve been to Niagara Falls.
I’ve been to Japan.
I’ve celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans. (SOMEDAY DUDE, this is definitely on my mental list of places to go)
I’ve been to Europe.
I’ve been to Africa.
I’ve been to France.
EXPERIENCES:
I’ve been lost in my city.
I’ve seen a shooting star.
I’ve wished on a shooting star.
I’ve seen a meteor shower.
I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas.
I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
I’ve been to a casino. (If I were legal in two months, I’d so hit the roulette table in Oregon)
I’ve been skydiving. (On my list of things to do)
I’ve gone skinny dipping
I’ve played spin the bottle.
I’ve crashed a car. (More than a fender bender, but it was fixed in a few days)
I’ve been skiing.
I’ve been in a play.
I’ve met someone in person from the internet.
I’ve caught a snowflake on my tongue.
I’ve seen the Northern Lights.
I’ve sat on a roof top at night.
I’ve played chicken.
I’ve played a prank on someone.
I’ve ridden in a taxi.
I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Thanks to Girlfriend)
I’ve eaten sushi. (Octopus = yum)
I’ve been snowboarding.
RELATIONSHIPS:
I’m single
I’m in a relationship.
I’m available
I’m engaged
I’m married.
I’ve gone on a blind date.
I’ve been the dumpee more than the dumper. (Splitsies, though I’ve done the dirty deed the last two times)
I miss someone right now. (GF left for school just this afternoon, possibly not to be seen till Thanksgiving. Sad face.)
I have a fear of abandonment.
I’ve been divorced.
I’ve had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back. (Who hasn’t?)
I’ve told someone I loved them when I didn’t.
I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did.
I’ve kept something from a past relationship.
SEXUALITY:
I’ve had a crush on someone of the same gender.
I’ve kissed a member of the same gender.
I’ve had sex with someone of the opposite gender.
I’ve had sex with someone of the same gender.
I’ve had sex with more than one person at the same time.
I am a cuddler. (Eh, sort of)
I’ve been kissed in the rain.
I’ve had sex outdoors.
I’ve hugged a stranger.
I have kissed a stranger.
I have had sex with a stranger.
HONESTY/CRIME:
I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.
I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.
I have lied to my parents about where I am.
I am keeping a secret from the world. (First time I’ve been able to say that for a while.)
I’ve cheated while playing a game.
I’ve cheated on a test.
I’ve run a red light. (On accident, I swears.)
I’ve been suspended from school.
I’ve witnessed a crime.
I’ve been in a fist fight.
I’ve been arrested.
I’ve shoplifted (almost did a few weeks ago by accident, rofl)
DRUGS/ALCOHOL:
I’ve consumed alcohol.
I smoke cigarettes. (Only when I do the above)
I smoke pot. (It’s overrated)
I regularly drink.
I’ve taken painkillers when I didn’t need them.
I’ve done hard drugs.
I’ve been addicted to an illegal substance.
I take cough meds when I’m not sick.
I can’t swallow pills.
I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem.
MENTAL HEALTH:
I have been diagnosed with depression.
I shut others out when I’m depressed.
I take anti-depressants.
I have an eating disorder.
I’ve slept an entire day when I didn’t need it.
I’ve hurt myself on purpose.
I’m addicted to self harm.
I’ve woken up crying.
DEATH:
I’m afraid of dying. (Depends how. Drowning in a deep fryer scares me)
I hate funerals.
I’ve seen someone dying.
I have attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has committed suicide.
RANDOM:
I can sing well. (My voice isn’t the worst. It’s workable)
I’ve stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant. (Does a college cafeteria count?)
I open up to others too easily.
I watch the news.
I don’t kill bugs. (I try not to, anyway)
I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for sake of being able to rhyme.
I curse regularly. (Oh fuck yes)
I sing in the shower.
I am a morning person.
I paid for my cell phone ring tone. (Currently, I have Viva La Vida for family, a generic one for GF, and Supermassive Black Hole for the rest)
I’m a snob about grammar. (Dude, yes)
I am a sports fanatic.
I play with my hair (I’ll ruffle it a bit, I look better that way)
I have/had “x”s in my screen name.
I love being neat.
I love Spam
I’ve copied more than 30 CD’s in a day. (I think I might have back in April)
I bake well. (I’m a cook, not a baker)
My favorite colour is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue.
I don’t know how to shoot a gun.
I have a tattoo.
I am in love with love (I am in love with GF, “Elephant Gun” by Beirut, and Almost Famous)
I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
I laugh at my own jokes. (Bad habit)
I eat fast food weekly.
I believe in ghosts
I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.
I am really ticklish. (haha, nope)
I love white chocolate. (My mom got me into it when I was a kid, white chocolate’s so bad for you too.)
I bite my nails.
I play video games. (Just spent a week on Super Mario Galaxy, yay!)
I’m good at remembering faces.
I’m good at remembering names.
I’m good at remembering dates.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
My answers are totally honest.
The Opening Ceremonies are tonight! already went down and are being shown tonight! Beijing kicksed in stunning fashion, and to celebrate here’s a mixtape Muxtape slapped together theme-grab so I can go and watch it somewhere else. Who says you can’t blog and have a social life?
StoogeontheLoose: that the song “ironic” does not in fact contain any ironic situatuions?
I feel kinda silly at the moment, but here I am, writing a eulogy for a dog.
Goodbye, Kelly.
We knew you lately as a mangy old mutt, mostly obsessed with her food and lounging on the couch, despite mom’s yelling. You used to be a young, gorgeous, up-and-at-em kinda pup. You’re the first dog I’ve seen from start to finish, and I’ll miss you. Nikky was already established by the time I came around, and I mostly knew as the old bitch she had always kinda been. No, you used to chase neighbor dogs, be it the Millers’ dog Rudy or Loretta’s dog. You hadn’t barked with any kind of real enthusiasm in a while, though. Micah would have at it, and you might jump down and lazily yap for a few, but it wasn’t…you. Unless I had a bowl of food, it was hard to get or keep your attention anymore.
No, I’ll remember the pup who, at the age of 2, dragged a 5-year-old me, holding on to your leash for dear life, across Opal Ct. to bark at a neighbor dog. The one who Morgan and I chased around the basement with remote control cars when we were 12. The one who would growl at stupid kids who played football in our backyard, not snapping at them even though we would secretly have been cool with it.
I’ll miss you old friend. And when you get to heaven, try not to pee on the carpet.
For the sake of lulz, I must occasionally venture into the realm of guydom. It’s a pretty scary place, and I try to avoid it. But, once in a great while, you find a rare gem like this:
Hi there, I’m Gordon. I just moved to new york and would love to meet some lovely ladies to show me around. I am pretty laid back, so click yes if you are interested. Talk to you soon!
Keywords include “velvet”
As the none of you who follow me on Twitter would know already, I’ve been hard at work starting on my end-of-the-year goodies. I’ve got the reviews started (though my list is nowhere near completion, especially since a new Killers album is underway and all). I’m also going to include a Gill-esque My 2008 mix, perhaps a look at my Last.fm and iTunes play counts and whatever stuff comes to mind. Feel free to make suggestions!
And, of course, there’s the Christmas mix. I’ve already got two songs committed. Hells yeah.
In the beginning, there was punk. Soon enough, there was punk, proto-punk, post-punk, new wave, and all that other shit. Regardless of where this band or that band or Joy Division (Joy Division?!) stands, punk lives, punk thrives, and even though Warped Tour may have twisted it all around to squeeze every damn dime out of it, punk shall continue. All hail Joey Ramone.
In other words, here’s a nifty collection of punk covers.
1. Ghoti Hook – Walking On Sunshine [Katrina & the Waves]
2. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Somewhere Over the Rainbow [Judy Garland]
3. The Sex Pistols – Rock Around the Clock [Bill Haley and His Comets]
4. Green Day – My Generation [The Who]
5. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Me And Julio Down By the Schoolyard [Paul Simon]
6. Reel Big Fish – Take On Me [a-ha]
7. Goldfinger – 99 Red Balloons [Nena]
8. Misfits – Monster Mash [Bobby “Boris” Pickett]
9. Suicide Machines – What I Like About You [The Romantics]
10. Snuff – I Will Survive [Gloria Gaynor]
11. 7 Seconds – These Boots Were Made For Walkin [Nancy Sinatra]
12. Save Ferris – Come On Eileen [Dexys Midnight Runners]
13. Five Iron Frenzy – Mamma Mia [ABBA]
14. NOFX – No Woman, No Cry [Bob Marley]
15. Pennywise – Stan
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