So I'm walking up to my friend's house on Portland when this guy pops out from behind a car. He says "gimme your wallet, and don't look at me". I'm about to be like "No, douchebag" but then I notice that he has a pistol in his hand so I think oh ok, I guess it's serious time, dammit. I say arright and give him my wallet, and he tells me to give him ( Read more... )

Shut up about Imus! Vonegutt's dead!

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSWBT00675720070402?src=040207_1604_TOPSTORY_global_warming_case

I imagine we all have those places which we are accustomed to seeing every day. You don't really have to think when you use them. For you in particular I would guess they are: the color and smell of your bedroom at night with the lights turned down, the doorknob anxiously awaiting key to your house or apartment, the floor opposite your toilet, your ( Read more... )

I'm in the midst of a class called 310 that production students at USC fear for their whole time in college. On the one hand you get to shoot on film (as in celluloid) for the first time and make a short movie out of it with everything that an actual film goes through (picture lock in Avid, the industry standard for editing, sound edit in ProTools ( Read more... )

Does Emo stand for Emotion?

Oh God...

To clarify, the word I created recently from my last entry was "Fanchastic". I can't even remember when I invented Ginormous, because it was so long ago, way before all of your examples (although it spread quickly because it's so awesome). Fanchastic, people. Just wait for it.

I've invented a word.

I'm so sure I invented "Ginormous", but I remain uncredited.

So this is my notarized letter to myself:

Fanchastic.

Ratatat will be releasing a second album one month from today. The eight most addicting tracks I've ever heard will soon become sixteen... I may actually BUY this cd.

Mono's over and I'm enjoying a good round of parties and get-togethers, none of which are awkward for anyone except for those exceptional people who seem to think that every social situation is distinctly and torturously more awkward than the last. This summer THUS FAR has been the summer of mono, wikipedia, music composition, writing, reading and ( Read more... )