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Also, I have one.

Survey Stolen from Topher

Best, Worst, Last, First, Today, Tomorrow, Favorites, and Current.

_______BEST______
1. Male friends: DJ, Michael, others. Christopher, of course.
2. Female friends: Regina, Jenessa.
3. Vacation: Kosovo... not really vacation at all, but the best time I ever had outside the country for sure.
4. Age: Pfft... I don't know. The summer between 7th and 8th grade was pretty stinking good... so... 13? Also, 17 has been pretty good to me for the almost 11 months I've known it.
5. Memory: South Dakota, Kosovo, Project 86 and Zao and East West concerts.

_______WORST_______
1. Time of day: Waking up.
2. Day of the week: Monday.
3. Food: Spaghetti sauce with mushrooms.
4. Memory: Jackie rejecting me and God at the same time. The God part hurt the worst.
5. Boyfriend/girlfriend: Katie, but that was entirely my fault. Oddly enough, I was just thinking about that earlier tonight.


_______LAST_______
1. Person you saw: Caitlin.
2. Talked to on the phone: Um... Dad, probably.
3. Hugged: Phil, I think. Maybe Tim E.
4. Text messaged: Topher.

_______TODAY_______
1. What are you doing now: Listening to NESkimos, talking to Topher, filling this out (a-duh).
2. Tonight: Sleeping, after I read some more of Punktown and maybe Prey.
3. Wearing: Plain black t-shirt, blue jeans, headphones.
4. What did you eat for lunch: Didn't. Ate eggs for breakfast and chinese food for dinner.
5. Better than yesterday?: Sure, why not?

_______TOMORROW_______
1. Is: Thursday.
2. Got any plans: Go to my only (and favorite) class, Music Listening, work, read, watch movies, listen to music.
3. Dislikes about tomorrow: Work, kind of. I get to listen to Velocity by Koontz, though, and work is pretty okay anyway.
4. Do you have work: No... wait, yes.

_______FAVORITES_______
1. Number: 42.
2. Song: A zillion and one. Head over to my Myspace, look at the band on there, and assume that every song all of those bands ever wrote are my favorite songs.
3. Color: Orange.
4. Season: Autumn.
5. State: Minnesota.

_______CURRENTLY_______
1. With someone: Nope.
2. Missing someone: A little.
3. Mood: Magical and fantastical.
4. Wanting: Some money.

_______RANDOM__________
1. Who was the person who posted this before you?: Topher.
2. Describe that Person: Made of win and 1337sex.

God is love and love is real, but the dead are dancing with the dead,
And whatever's charming disappears while all things lovely only hurt my head
As I gather stones from fields like pearls of water on my fingers' ends
(And I carefully wrap them up in boxes... safe from windows...)
From things that break!!

As the night-time shined like day it saw my sorry face and hair a mess
But it liked me best that way... besides, how else could I confess?
When I looked down like if to pray,
Well, I was looking down her dress... good God!
Please, catch for us the foxes in the vineyard... the little foxes.

So turn your ears, you musicians, to silence
Because they only come out when it's quiet,
Their tails brushing over your eyelids...
Oh, wake up, sleepers, and rise from the dead!
Or the fur that they shed that's gonna lay on your bed
In a delicate orange-ish cinnamon red... ah, but I don't need this!
I don't need this!
For I have my loves... I don't need this.
~"The Soviet" by mewithoutYou

No 50 States After All :(

So it turns out Sufjan won't be recording an album for each of the 50 states after all... or at least, that's what one sentence on this page says. Scroll down to the explanation for track 18, and it says "18. Sufjan Stevens is not going to write a record for each of the 50 states after all." Bummer. Hopefully he records a couple more, though, even if he doesn't get around to Minnesota. I love the concept.

On a happier (and scarier) note, there is a new Salad Fingers. It's pretty good.

On an even scarier note, see The Machinist. It's freaking sweet.

Donkey Rhubarb, Pancake Lizards, and 54 Cymru Beats

For I am Wodan,
Though, some call me Hermes,
Some call me Roman Mercury,
God of cargos,
God of weather,
Hanging God of boundaries,
Hanging God of Gibbet Hill
Killing God of hidden doorways.
~"My Wall" by Sunn0)))

If I could have one superpower, do you know what it would be? Not flight, not the ability to shoot lasers out of my left eye or spaghetti out of my fingers, not even the ability walk at a slightly faster rate than the average human being. I would like to be able to look at a package of food and know exactly how much food is in it. Think about it! If I wanted to buy a bag of chips, I could look at every bag and know which one had the most chips in it, thus getting the best deal for my money. How sweet would that be? Also, I'd probably be a big hit at parties. I'd say how much, say, a pizza weighed, and then the other people there would put it on a scale and I'd be right, of course, since it is my freaking superpower, after all. I'd make bets with people and get money to buy more food with it, using my power to make sure I get the most I can. And if I ever turned to cannibalism, I could know exactly how much edible was on a person before I ate them. Same with being zombified - I could see who had the biggest brain and the most intestines before risking getting my brains blown out. Sweet.

I've got to find the princess, she's in another castle
I'm dancing with the Capulet
We're so "crazy in love"
~"The Seduction" by He Is Legend

In case you didn't know, Super Nintendo is the greatest gaming system of all time. Forget about the XBox 360 and all this new crap. Pure 16-Bit glory is where it's at. I just beat The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past tonight, and man, is that game wicked bunk. I beat BS Zelda a couple weeks ago, which was pretty sweet, even if it only took about 5 or 6 hours of gaming. Seriously, if you disagree with me, go to EmuAsylum and download the ROMs for ChronoTrigger, Earthbound, Actraiser, Super Smash TV, and Mega Man X with the two sequels (make sure you download the ROMs with (U) at the end, so you get the US version). Then, go to ArchNacho & Tortilla Godzilla's Quality ROMs and get Kirby Deluxe, Super Metroid, Contra 3, Tetris Attack, and The Legend of Zelda. Make sure you download zSNES from one of the sites so you can actually play the games (don't get SNES9x, it sucks). If you have a gamepad-type controller for your compy, make sure you use it, it will make the games even better. If you still disagree with me after playing some of those games, come to my house so I can stab you in the jaw, because you are clearly wrong.

The gathering of boys I rely on,
know exactly who they are
and I will build their protection with bloody hands.
~"Song for the Fishermen" by 36 Crazyfists

I've been getting back into electronic music again as of late. I'd forgotten how much I love some of it. Aphex Twin, Moby, and the Chemical Brothers, for instance. I was kinda burned out on IDM and Ambient and Big Beat for a while there because I listened to it so much, but some of my favorite songs are in those genres, and it's awesome to back and listen to them again. Maybe I'll make a mixtape for all of you and then upload it to Rapidshare or something. On a semi-related note, if you're at all into radio interviews with bands/musicians, you definitely need to check out Toazted. It's the interview archive for some radio station in Amsterdam, and they have a couple hundred interviews on there with a buttload of my favorite bands/artists, all in MP3 format, most lasting upwards of 15 minutes. Awesome stuff.

I am awaiting the sunrise
Gazing modestly through the coldest morning
Once it came you lied
Embracing us over autumn's proud treetops
~"To Bid You Farewell" by Opeth

A bunch of people have been asking me about 7x as of late, and honestly, I'm not sure what the deal is. I hardly see Alex anymore, and every time I do see him, I keep forgetting to ask him. Everyone should just start e-mailing him and calling him nonstop until he fixes it and/or switches servers like he's been saying he'll do for at least the last nine months. I'll start doing it too. It'll give me something to do now, since I finished the last episode of NewsRadio yesterday. I love that show. Well, I think I'muna head off. My brain hurts from taking the ACT earlier today, and my sister needs the interbutt. Curse you, dial-up connection. Anyway, good night everyone out there in interweb-land.

Open wrists talk back again
In the wounded of its skin
They'll pinprick the witness
In ritual contrition
The AM trinity fell upon asphyxia-derailed
In the rattles of...
Made its way through the tracks
Of a snail slouching whisper
A half mass commute through umbilical blisters
Spectre will lurk
Radar has gathered
Midnight nooses from boxcar cadavers
~"Roulette Dares (The Haunt of)" by The Mars Volta

Photoshop Master

Yes, yes, I am the Master of Photoshop... well, sort of. I just spent the last half hour turning this:



Into this:



That is my way of saying that I'm bored and have nothing better to do than upload the stuff I just did in Computer Art. Woohoo.