The Sandlot

So i started UB back up on Monday, officially bringing my summer to a close. Twas a great summer, perhaps the best since '01 and '02. Im taking 6 classes this semester and I have to go everyday. This will seriously limit the amount of fun i can have, which will also adversly affect the quality and quantity of my updates.

Journalism- MWF 10-11am. Seems like itll be allright. Never had the teacher, dont know anyone in class. Lots of writing but thats ok, i dont mind.

Public Relations- MWF 11am-12pm. Prof seems like a bore. I know several people in class so again, wont be bad.

Comm Theory- TTH 8am-920am. Teacher seems cool as hell, I know one or two people. Im not a morning person.

Social pysch- TTH 11am-1220pm. Class will suck despite me knowing some people in it. Its pysch class.

Survey of Mass Comm- TTH 1230pm- 150pm. This class will be tits. Old asian guy for a teacher plus i know like 8 people in there. Most of the same crew i sat with last semester.

Research Methods- TTH 2pm-330pm. Wont be awful. Ive had the teacher and some of the people from mass comm are in it with me.

So thats my life in a nutshell until december 9th. Tack on 3-5 days of restaurant per week and you get no life for cam. Thats ok, i can see the light at the end of the tunnel.


NEW MUSIC

Since school is back in session the UB hub is bumping fiercely. Ive been Dl'ing cd's at a rapid pace so check the shared folder on AIM frequently. If you want me to get you something drop me a line. Recent additions include 54-40, treble charger, the macho man, our lady peace, smile empty soul, the watchmen and more.

And now your moment of zen: The Hamburgular

Here it is, the end of the odyssey. With much critical accliam i present the 10 best songs ever made.

10. Lustra- Scotty Doesn't Know
9. Coldplay- Twisted Logic
8. Radiohead- Climbing Up the Walls
7. 54-40: I Go Blind
6. Big Wreck- Blown Wide Open
5. Moist- Resurrection
4. Weezer- Only In Dreams
3. Tea Party- Psychopomp
2. Matthew Good Band- Apparitions
1. Oasis- Champagne Supernova


Honorable mention goes to the Trews- So shes leaving. Unfortunaly i only recently got into them and this song i've had on repeat for the last 2 days straight. Its definetly top 15.

Little delay on acocunt of me being out seeing Sam Roberts at the square lastnight. Great show by the way.

20. Coldplay- The Scientist
19. 54-40: Casual Viewin'
18. Coldplay- A Rush Of Blood To The Head
17. Matthew Good Band- Strange Days
Matthew Good Band- Change of Season
Matthew Good Band- Sort of a Protest Song
Matthew Good Band- Advertising on Police Cars
16. Avril Lavigne- Complicated
15. Big Wreck- That Song
14. 54-40: Golden Sun
13. Oasis- D'You Know What I Mean?
12. Matthew Good- Alert Status Red
11. Econoline Crush- Sparkle and Shine

Tomorrow we find out the top 10 greatest songs of all time.

oh yea, football sunday at 1pm at the field. Be there.

On with the show shall we. Numbers 30-21. I should have stated at the beginning that if i did this list a month from now it would probably look a little different. Meaning at the present time, i feel these are the 50 best songs. But some new song might come out next week and could find its way on this list. Anyways, to whomever left me the comment. Yes, Hey Jealousy is an awsome tune. But the shit that comes before it is better.

30. Him- Right Here In My Arms
29. Sum 41- Pieces
28. Blink 182- Dammit
27. Sum 41- In Too Deep
26. 54-40- One Gun
25. Oasis- Magic Pie
24. Matthew Good Band- Giant
23. Thornley- Come Again
22. Moist- Push
21. Jimmy Eat World- Lucky Denver Mint

New night, next 10 songs in the top 50 list according to me:

40. Tea Party- Correspondences
39. Limblifter- In/out
38. Muse- Hysteria
37. David Usher- Black Black Heart 2.0
36. Blink 182- Anthem
35. Big Wreck- Ill Advice
34. Gin Blossoms- Hey jealousy
33. Big Wreck- Ladylike
32. Coldplay- Fix You
31. Thornley- Found Another Way


I also just got the Lowest of the Low collection, another fine Canadian band, definetly worth checking out. 30-21 to come tomorrow.

I listen to a lot of music, and i listen to music pretty much every waking moment in a day. So i got to thinking, what are some of the truly great songs out there. Songs that are so catchy you could put them on repeat for days and not get tired of them. Songs that are so epic that when its over you're left in a state of awe. Songs that have been around for awhile that you always find yourself falling back on. So i comprised a list of 50 of these such songs. Songs that everyone should know and have. Today i will being to list them out in groups of 10, starting with number 50 and working up to the top 10 greatest songs of all time according to Cam.

50. Foo Fighters- Stacked Actors
49. Wide Mouth Mason- Midnight Rain
48. The Trews- Tired of Waiting
47. Paul Oakenfold- Ready Steady Go
46. Peark Jam- Yellow Ledbetter
45. Sam Roberts- Hard Road
44. Treble Charger- Red
43. Pearl Jam- Rearview Mirror
42. Oasis- Supersonic
41. The Trews- Got Myself to Blame

Above i eluded to some general things that make a song great. There are some specific things a band can incorporate into a song to make it great. The key with some of these is to not overuse them. With some of these using them once is enough for the whole cd and any more would take away the signifigance of said event. These elements are as follows:

the hand clap (more clutch in solo form)
the banjo
the piano (as backing instrument, not lead)
the harmonica
the hum/whoaa (see weezer- haunt you everyday, MGB- advertising on police cars, change of season)
the whistle (vocal, not the object)


So there you have it, 10 great songs and reasons why songs are great, both general and specific. 40-31 to come tomorrow

I'll preface this by saying I have nothing against drinking or getting drunk, as I do both. So I pose this initial question: Why do people drink and get drunk? There's no one single answer, nor is there a correct answer. There can be wrong answers I guess. I won't go into all the answers, but take a minute and you'll come up with many on your own. I'm going somewhere with this I promise, bear with me.

Now, you're average person goes out and gets drunk because they wanna have some fun and are out with a group of friends. Sometimes they drink too much and act a little out of control. Not really a huge deal. What happens though when that once in a while out of control-ness becomes the norm? What happens when a person has lost all restraint when it comes to drinking, so much so that every time they drink they're unmanageable and unbearable to be around? Normally at this point I think something should be said to that individual by his/her friends. Instead, I often see this sort of behavior encouraged or worse, ignored.

Last night I went to Canada with Moose, Rugger, Eddie and Matt Parr. I drove and didn't have a single drink. Being that it was Matt and Roogs' birthdays, they were wasted. Eddie was wasted too. Now they're all 19/20, and relatively small, so they get drunk more easily than say someone like moose, who is 23 and much larger. Nothing out of control or extraordinary happened on this outing, but I couldn't help but notice the irony. The guys, minus moose, were being slightly loud, talking shit and generally being drunk teenagers having fun. Were their actions terrible and unbearable? Not at all to me. Usually sober people hate being around drunk people for that reason. Well moose seemed very angry and displeased with the other boys' behavior that night. And I had to think to myself how it must feel to have the shoe be on the other foot. Normally its moose whose blind drunk, unmanageable and tough to be around. And trust me, his drunk is way worse than the state of the other 3 last night. So I just had to laugh to myself at his obvious disgust of the situation and pray that maybe he finally realizes that we go through the same thing everyday when he gets wasted.

I can only hope on the occasions when I am wasted that I do my best to act in a somewhat decent, non-annoying and non-out of control manner. And if in the past I have been out of line I sincerely apologize.

I also am gonna point out that you don't have to drink every night, or every time you go out. And if you feel like you can't handle that, well then I'll say ok drink if you must, but you don't have to drink so much. Its not like it makes you less cool or popular or a pussy. If anything, showing some restraint and smarts makes you more cool, not the other way around. I love it when drunks try to rationalize their drinking by saying that those who don't drink are somehow not as good as them. Such an absurd comment.

So this soapbox might make me less cool or whatever people will say but fuck it. Im tired of a lot of bullshit that occurs because of drinking. I spoke about this once before in the fashion about a year ago, foreshadowing bad things to come. Well that time is now kids.

First, a quote from BFK:

kACZyNsKI13: are you gonna light my ass on fire

Now on to business.

I've decided to create a message board. Unlike the pillow fort, I'm running the show and there wont be any hippies from geneseo on there. Its called Yes To Everything. Look for the link in the side bar. To become a member all you need to do is make a post. I'm using some free service so I don't know how good its gonna be. But it wont have ads or pop-ups like the pillow fort did, and you can make polls so its already better. So join up, and converse. It'll be fun. I may or may not give mod privelidges to 1 or 2 people, depends on the turnout, so let me know if you're interested.

Sunday is the taste of Lockport(no I wont be down there Sunday I have to stay at the restaurant). I've been busy at work prepping for that, which explains no recent updates. I also start class in 9 days. So who knows how that's gonna effect this.

Went to Amy's new apartment last night. Despite the questionable looking neighborhood, the place is very nice. It'll be good to have a port in the storm during my final year at UB in the event of bad weather or some other reason.

If anyone wants to go to the square Thursday to check out Sam Roberts with me let me know. I think I got room for 2-3 more people. It'll be a good show, they're a fine Canadian act. I have the cd in my shared folder if you're interested. It's titled "We were born in a flame".

I think that about does it. Sorry I have no drunken stories to tell you or obscure lists about what irks me. Perhaps some other time.

Watched this movie tonight. In a word, spectacular. Vince Vaughn plays the smart serial killer cowboy who befrieds Joaquin Pheonix (clay) and whacky adventures ensue. People die, theres tits and ass, Vaughn brings the lol Garofalo manages to stay out of the way and not ruin the film. I dare say this is a must see movie, though I'm sure no one has heard of it. Hell, I hadnt heard of it until recently. 9/10.

So tonight me jake n moofy watched perhaps the buddiest, yet most awsome movie ever. 1989's The Master, starring Jet Li. It also featured a dyke, a gang of mexican-asian gangsters, and a ripped, mullet sporting Michael Douglas.

In true Kung Fu form, the original chinese dialogue was dubbed over with american voice actors, adding to the buddieness. Even the english lines were dubbed over in english.

This movie featured the best, longest and most brutal death scene ever, as Michael Douglas got kicked off an 80 story building, screaming the whole way down, which they showed in its entirety, along with him hitting the street below.

Im tellin ya, they just dont make movies like this anymore.

I guess this is like the male equivelant of being caught masturbating. Which I'm sure has happened or nearly happened to a lot of us out there over the years.

Tomorrow is draft day for my fantasy football league. This marks year number 2 for me running this leauge. My other foray into fantasy occured about 3 years back when i was priveledged enough to be in the Underdog's fantasy league with Wad, Ginty, Timmy, Slumba, the Rock and a host of others. While i drafted a decent team, most of my players went down with injuries and i didnt win a damn red cent.

Now i run a leauge with a bunch of guys at work. This year Ginty and Tos have joined in the fun along with some other nerds from LP. Last year, like my UD team, most of my players got hurt and i just missed out on the playoffs and the money. This year we added 5 more guys so the pickings will be slimmer.

A lot of people tend to look down upon fantasy sports and the people who play them. To that i say, fuck you. Its a lot of fun and the winner this year can take home over 300 bucks, for doing practically nothing.

So heres to me not drafting a bunch of injury prone hacks tomorroow night.



PS. ive been workin a ton lately on account of our cook quitting so if I dont update or am not around much forgive me.
PPS. girls are evil

Need me one of these right about now.

Two nights ago I had a very bizarre dream. Being that 99% of the time I never actually remember any of my dreams i felt this to be worth enough to write down. In the 1% of the time I do have some recollection of a dream it usually involves me fighting/killing someone or many people or its a sexy dream. This however, was neither of those.

I was sitting in a class room. I knew what class it was and the teacher, but we had a sub that day. I was very tired and basically sleeping in class. The sub and this girl were arguing about something stupid and no one was paying attention. Finally having taken enough the sub yells at the girl: "Shut up you fat mouthed ugly skank!" This wakes me up and theres a collective gasp in the room. Next thing i know class is over and I'm outside in the hallway. Heres where it gets weird.

Its the middle school hallway, first floor, by the old room 119 where wed have class meetings and such. However I, and everyone else, appear at present day age. I see Toy, Ginty, Jake, and a mess of other people. Everyone is talking and theres barely any room in the hall. Then I'm over by the old tech rooms going down that ramp that leads outside and I see kids in baseball uniforms, specifically ryan feeley, god knows why him.

Suddenly I'm outside walking next to Gina, however it looks like the UB campus and we're headed off to search for our cars. We're walking and talking about something, i don't remember what, and we get to her car and she takes off and I'm standing there all alone.

Then i woke up.


So if anyone reading this took psych classes and does that whole dream analysis thing I'd love to hear what you make of all this.

Toy, let it go, no one cares, it is funny, no im not gonna take it out, its ok to laugh and be the butt of the joke for once. Dont make it a big deal.


Anyways, tonight me n shawn crusied around in my dad's Vette for a couple hours. Up in Lp some  girls waved and giggled in our direction. They werent all that bad looking for Lockport girls.

And i went out with some Russian girl on monday during the Hurricane.

Today i played in a golf tourney, shot 86, not a bad string of days.

Anal city will probably get done sunday so long as i secure the day off. My parents will be in Rochester.

ill get something more concrete sometime soon maybe.

Drunk people, while on occasion can be amusing, are generally obnoxious as fuck.
Foreign accents on hot girls are hot.
It rained more yesterday than i think i've ever seen, my car also makes a nice boat.
Old guys can still rock and get girls, take Neil from 54-40 as an example.
To quote wad: Its amazing how fucked up some people have their priorites in life.
The new HIM song, Wings Of A Butterfly, is very good.
From time to time, girls confuse the hell out of me.
Dave Genn is a guitar god. Hes got a terrible haircut though.
I've driven 250 miles in 3 days.
The Kimmel show is severely under-rated.
The Ginty is a swell individual.
Anal City wasnt that good, sorry Toy.
*Compound word deleted*... tee hee.
I miss bandit?
54-40: quickly becoming one of my top 3 favorite bands.
Cathy: lame or not, i cant decide.
Eurotrip was good.