From one spectrum to another

Yo, I ran my first 5K run today for the Guardian Ad Litem, and got second place in my age group (20-29). My final time was 23:44. Bad ass. Not bad for someone who has been lost in four major US cities drunk off his ass.

Oh, and NYC….it’s so close….can’t wait to enjoy myself at my home away from crappy home.

Oh, and yeah, I know, this post is the first since May. I’m lazy and busy. What? Yes, I am talking to myself again (hopefully not, so as to inform my Friendster friends).

So I saw this movie Tarnation last night, about a guy who basically documented his entire life, thorught the torment of abuse, mental illness, and the overall alienation that comes with being different, i suppose. So I was thinking as I was watching this mess, this glorious mess, of a movie…

I wonder if my life will be worth watching if and when I gone?

The thing is that I don’t want to consider my life boring and/or trivial. One reason I want to get out of this damn town so bad is that this place is a breeding ground for that sort of thing, not to mention countless other things that make me sick, like rednecks, racism, the religious right, and adversity to things which are "different" or "are not part of God’s plan". Jesus, yes, I get it, you don’t like certain people or their actions, but why don’t you leave them alone and stop perpetuating your group as being these fanatical zealots who will do ANYTHING to be heard or get their point across. NYC just seems like it wold be more open to, well, anything. I mean, think about this, the guy from the movie (Jonathan Caouette) lives in TX most of his life, where fucked up things are going on in his life during his formative teenage years, and in order to escape and be himself and finally be comfortable with what kind of a person he is emotionally and whatnot, where does he go? Yeah, New York City. Specifically, in Brooklyn, where the bastard lives today. Damn, I’m so jealous. Good for him. Maybe one day I’ll figure this moving equation out, and then when I finally end up where I want to be, I can visit this rant and bellow a hearty laugh of triumph, knowing that all of this frustration and stress about what I mainly think about was, in the end, worth every drop of stress.

Anyways, I figured I would get this out while it was fresh in my mind. So, the new NIN album is really good, Seinfeld and Chappelle’s Show come out in a few weeks, and I’m growing my hair out. I’m tired of looking at the mirror with this thing on my head. Might as well grow it out while I still can……although i think stress makes it grow faster. That is all.

Thought this was funny as crap………and oooooooooooo so catchy!

All Your Base Are Belong To Us!

Old school Nintendo in the hizzouse!

Yeah, yesterday I played football, as I do every Saturday. Jesus, I guess I really hate the left side of my body, because I ended up with a huge bruise on my ass, I got kicked in the kidney, got a huge scrape on my shin….all this added to my broken collarbone, dislocated shoulder, my screwed-up ankle, etc.

Maybe I should run faster. Then I wouldn’t get hurt. Oh well.

I hate my PSP. It is officially killing my freetime, what with Lumines and finally figuring out how to put video files on this thing. Curses.

So this is a current picture of me. Like what I had said before, I really haven’t changed. Just a few little improvements here and there to add to the finished product.

Ok, I’m done. Laters

So, I thought about my musical tastes and whatnot, and it got me thinking about something. These are the last few albums that I have bought:

The Chemical Brothers-Push The Button
…..Trail of Dead-Worlds Apart
LCD Soundsystem-LCD Soundsystem
Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger (ever had an album that you kicked yourself for getting rid of? well, here you go)
Garbage-Bleed Like Me
The Mars Volta-Deloused In The Comatorium, Frances The Mute, and Tremulant
QOTSA-Lullabies To Paralyze
Fiona Apple-Extraordinary Machine (this was actually burned off the internet, since her record company says that its been pushed back, although some say they said it was "commercially inaccessable"…still buying it when it comes out though)
Beck-Guero (the deluxe version)

and then there’s the albums that are coming up in the next few months that I preparing to buy….ahem, another list to peruse:

NIN
Weezer
Coldplay
The White Stripes
Dj Z-Trip
Pearl Jam
Foo Fighters
and I’m sure there’s gonna be another band that will sound too cool to pass up.

Anyway, I’m saying that to say this. My musical tastes, as well as my other likes and dislikes, haven’t really changed drastically from when i was younger. I mean, yeah, there has been some tweaking here and there, but essentially, the same bands that had a profound effect on me before have transcended time and the constant evolving of the music that i hear, although to be quite honest, i don’t listen to radio, watch MTV, or tv for that matter, and rarely know what the cool band of the moment, according to the charts, is unless i have to.

That’s it. Just wanted to get it on something that my tastes are, for lack of a better word and without getting too narcissistic, very palatable.

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