The Sandlot

I've come to the realization that most people in life are idiots. The term idiot not limited to intelligence but a broader scope of things which i suppose all come back to intelligence.

Take my group for my public relations class. 3 guys, 3 girls. The 3 girls collectively wouldnt know their elbows from their assholes. They changed our project topic no less than 4 times and they wonder why no one knows what they're supposed to do. The 1 guy, he just goes along with the girls cause he's a kiss-ass basically. Me n jeff, well we hardly go to class but are doing better than the other 4 and they resent us for it. Fuck em. Thats why i hate group projects, especially on the college level. I mean in higschool its not bad. you see the people in your group everyday, you know where they live, odds are youre good friends with them. College though, whole new ball game. I dont have time to dick around with retards who have no common sense.

Saturday night I, (and about 10 other people) were privy to another different display of idiocy. Moose drunk. Big shock there. The other big shock, he didnt remember a damn thing the next day. Fuck him too. it boggles my mind how people can be so stupid. You have a drinking problem. I guess the next logical step is to increase the amount you drink. (obvious sarcasm) It stopped being funny about 2 years ago. People who think being an alcoholic is cool are fuckin stupid.

The bills game sunday night really got me in a foul mood. 1 yard pass on 4th and 7? come on. That put me on this path of negativity which got me thinking about my above comments. In general right now i just have utter disdain for pretty much everything.

On a lighter note, I've started listening to Michelle Branch. Shes got a nice voice and the tunes are catchy So there that is. How can you argue with this though:

At least the HIM show in Toronto(11/13) is rapidly approaching and now i get to see The Trews again in December(12/8). All of this meaning the end of the semester is in sight and i can look forward to sitting on my ass for a month plus. I haven't said or thought this in many many months, but god damn i think i need a woman in my life.

So updates have been a bit sparse. I don't know what it is but it seems as if nothing remotley interesting or exciting has been going on in the past couple weeks. Eddie and I discussed this today and we're both in agreement that the world is stuck in a boring rut as of late. So for now I'll just hit a few quick notes.

I have the Matt Good bootleg from the Infinity show in my shared folder. I'll also be getting a bunch of his other recent shows in the near future.

On the topic of music, DL the song Striptease by Hawksley Workman. Great little number that i currently cant stop listening to. They have a bunch of other good tunes too if you feel like something new.

Shawn "The Animal" Schuler just put a blog up. Yes, yes he's still alive, that was my initial reaction too. Link is in the side bar. Hes going to UB law school these days.

Played some poker last night with Tos teddy bandit and jake and later my dad. I finally played like a man, coming from way down to beat teddy in the first match and then me and jakes marathon heads up duel that lasted 2 hours with numerous lead changes.

Went to that haunted house deal up by Eastern Hills mall. Fuck that noise. 17 bucks to stumble around in the dark and run into walls. I could do that in my basement for free and have more fun. Don't go under any circumstances.

I think thats about. Some one have a party or something and end the boredom.

Basically the greatest thing ever devised.

Take a turkey, fillet it and pull all the bones out. Toss down a layer of stuffing.

Then take a duck, fillet and de-bone that and put it inside the turkey, add more stuffing.

Then fillet and de-bone a chicken and lay that bad boy in there then wrap the thing up, tie it off and bake for 9 hours.

It's essentially the manliest and most glorious meal you can ever eat. Just don't plan on doing anything for the next 2 days afterwards. That was my Sunday in a nutshell.

Went to a pre-emptive Halloween party saturday night. It was ok. Lot of people there and mostly everyone was dressed up. Highlight of the evening would be our departure. We go outside, its been raining all day. This kid's car is stuck in the grass/mud, he can't get out. I'm like yea we'll give you a push. Next thing i know we're in my car and shawn is trying to unstick my car. We make it out and as we drive off i yell out my window to the kid i told we'd help, "Fuck you cocklunch!" or something to that effect. Was it a dick move? Yea totally but i was slightly intoxicated and wearing a fucking loincloth so i didnt care at that point. Mad props to Joey with the Dick Nixon costume. So money.

1. Derek I need to borrow you for your length.*

2. Do you have sex in my house?

3. Were you masturbating?

4. Whats the lotion for?

5. Why don't you have a girlfriend?*

6. Can you see my nipples through this shirt?

7. Your dad's taking viagra.

8. I know how you like your sex.

9. I dont want to be a grandparent.*

10. Your fathers mad at me cuz i won't have sex with him.

11. Why are there kleenexs all bunched up in your garbage!!

12. Masturbation relieves stress


* these were actually said to me. The others are second hand accounts I'm sure most of us can relate to.

Batman Begins. Firstly, I'm not a huge batman fan. Never read the comics, (but then again I never read any comics) didn't watch the cartoon, and haven't seen most of the movies in the series. I saw the one with Jim Carrey, I saw the one with Arnold, and I saw the one with Tommy Lee Jones. This movie was allegedly the big blockbuster action hit of the summer. I never saw it in theatres but had heard it live up to the hype from various people. So it came out on DVD yesterday and I grabbed it. In a word, amazing. The action sequences and fights were excellent. The cinematography was breathtaking and the acting was top notch. Not only did it provide and excellent background as to the past of batman, how he became batman etc, it also set the stage nicely for future films. I only hope the can keep the same cast and director on future projects.

Lot of people fell in love with Orlando Bloom because of the Lord of the Rings but then began to dislike him because of Troy. Kingdom of Heaven only affirms that he's a top notch actor who is capable of playing whatever role is necessary for a film. Kingdom of Heaven was probably the last big epic in history that hadn't been made into a film(Alexander, Troy, Gladiator, King Arthur etc). Centered during the middle of the Crusades, Bloom travels to the Holy Land from France as heir to his fathers land and to seek redemption for his dead wife. Despite the fact the movie centers around religion, there's many a good quote to be had. The battle scenes were pretty brutal and realistic and Blooms character development is a joy to watch as he goes from a meager blacksmith to defender or Jerusalem. Again I did not see this in theatres but nabbed it on DVD last week and would recommend it to anyone.

Me with Christian(guitar) and Pat(drums) before the show.
(tailgate visible in the background)


Set List
Tripoli (Acoustic)
Near Fantastica
Hello Time Bomb
Alert Status Red
Everything Is Automatic
Suburbia
Avalanche
Oh Be Joyful
Load Me Up
Blue Skies Over Bad Lands
Weapon
Apparitions (Acoustic)

Encore
Giant
21st Century Living
Advertising On Police Cars

This marked the 8th time I have seen Matt Good in concert. I would rank it as the 4th best show. Favorite line of the night by Matt "So this is my first time playing in the states in awhile. If every friday was like this I'd be here more often." He also stated on his website that hes never heard a crowd sing along as loud as we did. And now heres some more pics that i stole off shawn from the show.

The Wadhams deep in thought with Crock lookin on.

Swiss and downtown Eddie Brown
Ruggles at the tailgate
Burt, Miz and Bf, prepping for a make out session
Mr. Bisphop looking classy.
MG doing up Tripoli to open
Bear and me.
Rich looking sexy.


So Matt Good show at Infinty lastnight. Amazing as usual. The one pic I don't have is from when shawn and I met and chatted with Pat and Christian before the show outside in the parking lot. Swell guys. Aside from Erik dying because he's a retard it was a fun day and night. Just about all of newfane made it up for the show too, which was kind of surreal. Anyways heres hoping Matt will keep coming back to the states in the future.

Its only 5 songs (4 new plus 1 remix) but god damn if it isn't amazing.
Disintegration is perhaps the most luscious and genius 7 minutes 44 seconds of music I have heard in quite a long time, if not ever. Its in the shared folder. Do yourself a favor and grab it.

BF shaving my new 'do.

I know I said its movie month or whatever but something more important came across my desk tonight. I was away message/profile surfing around 130am EST. I'd just come home from my group man date to dinner and a movie with Bf, santos, erik and ruggle baby. I was set for a little porn action cuz lori is in Cleveland, box isn't home and bob-o was still out somewheres. But then pops came home so that got put on hold till tomorrow. But I digress. I just so happened to make it down to fabio's name and looked at his profile. In there was this long winded lame ass speech which I shall copy and paste here.

Wow, here's the greatest man in the world. The man who would sell out all of his friend's because he's finally getting that piece of tail that's been longing for. Let's all wish him a big "FUCK YOU!", so that when she leaves his dumbass he can realize who stupid he was to listen to his retarded father. I guess the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree. Fuck both of you. May you live a life of loneliness and never have childen in hopes of avoiding fucking their lives up as much as you have screwed ours up.

Now I know who he's referring to and what hes talking about. Judging by that rant one would think one of his friends fucked his mom or sister or cousin or possibly his ex. But no. The piece of tail in question is one of Fabio's friend's exes. This friend lives in geneseo now. Said friend and said tail have been broken up for several months before she got with this un-named man. So, over-react much? i think so. Being a huge douche much? definetly. Heres part of a conversation i had with someone on the topic which i think accuratly sums things up quite nicely

Guy: dude
Guy: that is ultra harsh
Guy: im so in the band
Guy: lol
CAM62783: lol
CAM62783: yea fabio just fell a few more notches in my book
Guy: the long hair was bad enough
Guy: the first time i met him i thought he was selling girl scout cookies
CAM62783: the first time i met him hed just hit my car
Guy: hahaha
CAM62783: i knew right then he was an asshat
Guy: lol
Guy: asshat
Guy: instant classic
CAM62783: *blush
CAM62783: but seriously, youd think *** boned his mom or something the way hes acting
Guy: i know

Whatever happened to bros before hoes and all that jazz? I mean so your one friend is dating your other friends ex? big deal. Not like it really affects you. Nor should you be pissed off or disown the guy. In short, stop acting like a whiny ass cry baby girl. I side with the other guy on this one for a variety of reasons, most of which have been covered in this post already. And that doesnt even begin to cover the hypocrisy which runs rampant in you're entire speech and line of thought on this matter when it comes to guys selling out their friends for a girl.

So in short fabio, if you read this, heres me and a few other people wishing you the big Fuck You. Cut your hair, learn to sing and pull your head out of your ass...asshat.

Being a male comes with the stigma that it's not cool/acceptable to cry. Its frowned upon by other men, and I'd assume woman, when knowledge of man tears is uncovered. It is commonly acknowledged that there are basically only 2 times when it is sort of acceptable/understandable for a man to shed at least a tear: 1. Being hit in the testicles. Only men know how much this truly stings and how it can be tear inducing. 2. Funerals, this being in the maybe category. If you're a young kid its ok, but the older you get the less acceptable it becomes.

Now that we've got those ground rules out of the way there are times when a man may get misty. The eyes well up a little and you almost start to cry but you hold it back. Outside of our two previous examples there is a handful of times when this phenomenon occurs. Some other bodily injury/maiming aside from a kick in the junk, one of those bullshit tears of joy moments, or during a movie that pulls at every heart string and emotions you possibly could have.

One of those movies is Rudy. Unless you've lived in a cave your whole life you've seen this movie. So its understandable why a man might get a little misty during certain scenes. And with quotes like the following who can blame a guy:

Steele: RUDY! Are you ready champ?
Rudy: I've been ready for this my whole life.
Steele: Then you take us out on the field.

Fortune: You're 5 foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have nearly a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football team in the land for 2 years. And you're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself.





Another such film is one that i just watched this afternoon. Friday Night Lights. Also based on a true story and also about football. Maybe I'm a little biased here cuz i played football in highschool and we never won the big game either. But dammit if this movie didn't move me. And the half time speeches were a lot better than the ones we used to get where the coach called us all pussies.

Coach Gary Gaines: Stop reading the news clippings. You're small and you're going to be smaller every week. There ain't going to be no growth spurt between now and the first game. You're going to use your minds! You're going to play with your heart! And that is what you're going to use to win the State Championship

Coach Gary Gaines: Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didnt let them down because you told them the truth. And that truth is you did everything you could. There wasnt one more thing you could've done. Can you live in that moment as best you can, with clear eyes, and love in your heart, with joy in your heart? If you can do that gentleman - you're perfect!


Ok this one isn't a football movie, and I get shit about this one all the time. But the end of this movie when the mom comes home on Christmas morning and her and her son share that moment, well it got to me. Yea I'm talking about Home Alone, the first one. Sure this picture doesn't justify that as it was billed as a commedy but come on.

Kate McCallister: [to the Scranton Ticket Agent] This is *Christmas*. The season of perpetual hope. And I don't care if I have to get out on your runway and hitchhike. If it costs me everything I own, if I have to sell my soul to the devil himself, I am going to get home to my son.

And even though i can't find a quote or image from the end which is what got me all misty but think just a little bit and I'm sure you can remember.

Honorable mentions goes to the following films, not because I'm too lazy to detail them like i did the above three but more so because they didn't really make me all misty eyed but were still emotionally moving in that they provided that "Wow" moment at some point: Spiderman 2, Gladiator, Star Wars Episode 3, The Last Samurai, Braveheart, Troy and The Punisher.

Next time I'll hit on those movie moments that make you squirm in your seat and cause some people to look away or recoil in horror/disgust. Following that I'll do up the funniest, scariest and lamest moments ever on the silver screen. Its October movie month here at the blog.

Today santos and I had many a bloody battle. Some might say we battled for a fortnight, even though it was only about 6 hours. It started with a 28-14 victory in Tecmo Superbowl on old school nintendo. I whooped his ass in ping-pong repeatedly. Tos managed to steal a game from me, but dont let him fool you into thinking that somehow matters. From there we moved onto a game of tiger woods '06. Tos quit twice on account of losing. Next it was darts. Me n bf killed tos n erik in some cricket action. Thus making me todays big winner.

Now i want to take the time to discuss the youth of today and some of the atrocities i witnessed the last time i went out on Wednesday.

Now by no means is my generation the coolest kids to ever roam the streets. But these young fucks make us look like gods. Firstly, as ive stated many a time, NO PINK SHIRTS. To go along with that, NEVER POP YOUR COLLAR. Christ. Whats not to get. Both of these "fashion" trends are ridiculously absurd. Yet people still insist on using them.