While You Were In South Dakota

While You Weren't In South Dakota...

2011-07-13T23:33:00.002-04:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14142111

Should we be changing the name of this blog to "While you were in Dakota"??

While You Were In California...

2010-02-17T22:18:00.003-05:00

RIP Shannon...

Though you've gone into the light, we will remember you always and think of you often.

Torie Tabloid -- URGENT MESSAGE!

2010-02-01T17:29:00.003-05:00

I know it's been a while since there have been any Torie sightings, but I have an important report...

TORIES ARE ALL AROUND US!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8491822.stm

When rebuffed, she adds: "You are not being v. nice. You are clearly a bunch of Tories."

Keep an eye out for these clever Tories -- they are known to cleverly disguise themselves in tar and feathers.

Unconfirmed Rumor

2010-01-12T20:42:00.002-05:00

Fred Durst Is Gay

Anybody out there who could confirm this?

Political Update

2009-10-02T15:49:00.008-04:00

This pretty much speaks for itself.*

http://john.tricyber.com/kern/

*This post is in no way an endorsement for this candidate. This blog has and always will maintain a neutrality in all things political.

I know the blogs been pretty dormant, but...

2009-01-12T00:58:00.002-05:00

Ray Charles is a madman. I've recently been enjoying the southern soft soul of Ray Charles, and for the most part he's lyrically and vocally a genius, but while listening to his song understanding I noticed the following lyrics...

* Understanding is the best thing in the world ,
between a boy and a girl

boy and girl and even a woman or a man , its always
better when you realy understand

You know understanding is a mighty powerful thing ,
thats why it makes me so sad
when I see my friends wandering aroung thru the world
, never knowing the meaning of the word
understanding , so in the next few minutes, Im gonna
try to explain just exactly what it means

**Everything sounds pretty good, teach us Ray**

now wait a minute, listen , for instance , you take me
and my old lady , we gotta good thing goin
because I know If I dont work and pay the rent and the
bills and buy her fine pretty clothes to wear well ,
there are fifteen other guys just waitin round the
corner , and I dont care how much that woman loves me
, she'll gonna go out and find herself one of them who
will and thats why I believe that

**A little sexist but, whatever**

Now listen I dont want you to think that this is a
one sided affair , no no
because my old lady also understands that a man must
have respect
what I mean is , if she must play around dont let me
catch her , because what I dont see cant hurt me , you
understand? but on the other hand , If I should ever
catch her Im not gonna talk about-a
and call her a bunch of bad names like you all might
no no mh
what Im gonna do , Im gonna go down-town to the
hardware store and buy myself a double blade axe ,
come back , square off, and believe her souls gonna
belong to the good lord
because her heads gonna belong to me , and I
guarantie shelll know what I mean when Ill say

*WHAT?!?! He doesnt mind that she cheats, but if he catches he's gonna chop her head off.....MADMAN**

**Denotes my commentary, not actual lyrics**

We Won the World Series

2008-10-30T03:52:00.001-04:00

2008-10-09T13:09:00.000-04:00

i forget how to embed videos. wah wah wah. click the link.

http://consumerist.com/5060872/japan-introduces-monkey-waiters-blogger-scratches-another-business-plan-off-his-list

OCTOBER

2008-10-01T17:51:00.001-04:00

Get Scared!!!

mishik

2008-08-05T22:27:00.001-04:00

mishik i mish u

Unbelievable

2008-07-16T17:16:00.003-04:00

So i know I haven't posted in a while, but I figure this story is worth rekindling my love affair with the blog, so with no further adieu i give you my morning yesterday.....

I wake up from a 10 and a half hour night sleep at 9:00 am Tuesday morning. (This was a much needed night's sleep, since i had amassed the same amount of sleep in the previous 3 nights.) I felt very refreshed and ready to take on whatever the day had in store for me. I got my quick routine shower while listening to Rob Bass, and grabbed a banana for my walk to work.

Just an average walk, except for whatever reason everyone kept asking me if I knew where things in the area were, as if I was the king of the illadelph.

Where's the Commerce Bank?

Where's the (UPenn) admissions office? (Multiple times)

Am I closer to American Apparel or the Gap?

Is there a sit-down restaurant within walking distance to my current location?

Now normally having to turn down my jams and stop eating my banana and drinking my glass of water would put me in a very disgruntled mood, but like I said I was refreshed. After all of this I was already 3 blocks away from World Cafe Live, and I had barely started on my banana, so I returned to the routine.

As I walked down Walnut between 34th and 33rd street I saw a blue compact car pull into a spot on the front of hte block. Nothing special. But then the driver got out and he went to help the passenger out of the back seat. This struck me as odd being that a relatively beat looking car was being used to chauffer someone of notariety. Probably some lame Penn guest speaker, economist, or BS author, or historian, or something nerds would like. Nothing to impress my Rock N' Roll lifestyle.

Until the passenger steps out of the automobile. An old man seemingly from central Asian decent...maybe China, probably Mongolia, potentially even Tibet. This man is wearing only a red robe of sorts with yellow undertones, and I think to myself he looks important... Is that the dalai lama. But I figure I'm just letting pre-conceived biases get to me, and that there's no way his holiness is on our street, but I realize I've been staring at him for about 3 seconds. (don't think thats long stare at a stranger and count to 3, you'll see.) So I give him the eyebrows... ya know that ones that say "welcome, to phildealphia." since I am the king and outward representative of the city.

As I watch the news today I found out the Dalai Lama was in town and as they show an image of him on the tv I am confirmed that I did in fact give the dalai lama the eyebrows.

update on life

2008-07-07T20:04:00.001-04:00

ben franklin and thomas jefferson won a couple games of beer pong the other night until ashlee and jessica simpson beat them.

life is good.

shimmy

tops

TorieTabloid -- Post 5 (and go germany)

2008-06-27T19:27:00.003-04:00

I am currently in Ye Olde Torie Land (doing some serious recon in preparation for the coming year in Ye Olde Fake Town). Apparently Benjamin Franklin has people following me because I found a rather interesting paper lying on the bar today when I was at the pub for lunch (that's actually serious -- I guess that I really am haunted). So, in honor of Jesus, who knew how to throw down by turning water into wine, I present to you "Water or Wine" by Comrade Benjamin Franklin:

To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine -- and those who don't,
As Ben Franklin said, "In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria." In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year, we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli (E. coli) -- bacteria found in faeces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine and beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey, or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting. So, remember: water = poop, wine = health.

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit. There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as public service

So there you have it...straight from our favourite boozehound. Now, go tell it on a mountain as the famous Green Mountain Man, David Beckham did in 1568 on the eve of the great battle between the Djiboutian and the Swiss Navy.

I'd like an Aristotle of the tallest toff in the scruff, but I have to face the apples and pears later, so I will just stick with a cup of Rosie Lee.

Cheerio,
lambsblood27

p.s. Please note the Deutschland colors in preparation for the Euro Cup final on Sunday. Let's go Germany!!! Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles...UBER ALLES IN DIE WELT!!!

2008-06-23T22:18:00.001-04:00

blop a flop u stupid mop, jesus cant i get a freaking break.

peace out

MISSING IN ACTION

2008-06-06T08:39:00.001-04:00

I FLY LIKE PAPER GET HIGH LIKE PLANES

a lonely blogger

2008-06-05T11:36:00.000-04:00

i think im the only person that blogs anymore. i'm going to start a revolution. more blogging...now!!

boston trip

2008-06-02T10:58:00.002-04:00

After 9 hours of driving and listening to continuous b101 I can only recall little things that I planned on blogging about specifically referencing a backstreet boys song, shania twain, and eric clapton. They all had really good themes that i was going to associate with the back and forth driving from nj to pa numerous times. either way after learning about penguins, photo taking with chinese chefs, performing social idiot antics, creating the most amazing third eye blind video, throwing up at least 4 times (reference car sickness and food poisoning not alcohol related), forgetting my keys 3 hours into the journey back, Cripus Attucks, the creation of Johnny Mets...probably more

anyway back to class

TopsT

baddabing

2008-05-30T08:52:00.002-04:00

so apparently wawa doesn't have breakfast sandwiches before 5 am. What's up with that? How do people on the radio get their food if wawa isn't serving nice hot meals before 5 o'clock.

i'm going to die before noon today. there's no way i'm going to last.

someone save me.

shimmy and shake,

TopsyTU

yo yo yo

2008-05-28T09:23:00.001-04:00

welcome back scout!

Weekend Cliff Notes

2008-05-27T17:31:00.002-04:00

A postless weekend can only mean one thing... a long action-packed weekend. Thanks to the holiday, there were 5 days and nights of fun. A weekend that revolved around its culminating return bbq, was sure to be a memorable one when rumors of mudslides and snowstorms cancelled the return from Utah. Here's the shortened versions.

Free Tix For Duran Duran

Rum

Incubus mouthing off to bouncers

Minimal Techno

McDonalds

Stick It

Sandlot

Vision Quests

Green Stripes

Islands

Rooftop Sitting

Reggae Night

Social Retardation

12 Hour Treks

Playing with dogs in Rittenhouse

Casinos

Winning Big on the Nickles ($0.35)

Beer in taco bell cups on the beach

Black & Milds

"What Legs Lisa?"

The Bump/The Mashed Potato

Skee Ball

Drinking Mudslides

Qwink

Apples To Apples

Bagles

Run The Bases

BBQ

UNCLE FRANK!

Psyching Out

Everyone Doing The Bump

Joker's Wild.

what have i become

2008-05-27T13:53:00.002-04:00

i'm not sure if i should make some kind of bulleted list to describe the Best Memorial Day Weekend Ever or if i should write some kind of sprawling narrative but i'll just start with the list and see where i end up

- THE BUUUUMP
- lion lion roar roar hunting hunting hunting hunting
- pasta party with uncle frank
- apples to apples with uncle frank
- uncle frank dancing like ellen degeneres
- beers in mcdonalds cups
- whammo
- turning into dirtbags
- 24/7 arcades
- atlantic city nickel and penny slots
- my robot soul

i guess the sprawling narrative didnt really work out WHATEVER

update from two days ago

2008-05-23T19:07:00.004-04:00

1>i need to learn to shake my hips more like lead singer from duran duran.

2>throwed off almost loves duran duran as much as viral incubus.

3>i like stupid movies (anaconda)

4>this is my personal diary

5>tesseract performs the most amazing slide/running man on steps ever

6>hawkeye scores the best tickets to shows

7>bull ruth is an alter ego that no one will ever be able to explain

8>dragon_lord has the ability to appear whenever wherever

9>windfall loves obama and hates that other stupid bitch

10>sum41 is catching a second wind

11>take it off culinary colt

-topsT

Slingshot Dakota and Iced Tea.

2008-05-23T14:21:00.003-04:00

There was a sweet free show yesterday at AKA music. The Brooklyn/Easton guy/girl drum/keyboard duo of Slingshot Dakota played a short but very sweet set upstairs at the record store. They were described to me as "Like Mates of State if they were good." Now, I love Mates Of State, so I figured these guys would be great too. The drummer played in underwear and a tshirt, and smashed the drums as if they had raped his sister. He was merciless on those skins. And the keyboardist/cutie Carly was adorable and full of energy. Fantastic band, you should check them out. Afterwards Algernon Cadwallader played, but I had to leave by that time. I thought the show would happen earlier, but it got started about an hour late, and Algernon didn't even show up until an hour and a half after they were supposed to. This sucks, because I haven't seen them in almost a year now, and I really love watching them play. Boo.

However, there is a more important point to this post. After the show I bought some amazing iced tea. Seriously, it was mind-boggling. I've been exploring the world of real tea (not nestea or lipton, or Celestial Seasonings or any of that stuff, I'm talking fresh off the bush from Sri Lanka type shit) lately, and I really love maté teas. They have a delicious dark tea flavor with a hint of chocolate and cream in the aftertaste. They're truly amazing. Not to mention all the health benefits plus their high superiority to coffee when it comes to caffeine and alertness. The tea I bought was Herbal Mist brand. It's all natural, and sweetened with cane sugar, not corn syrup o' death. So the sweetness was real, but not overpowering. The tea actually filled me up for an hour or two. I hadn't eaten much that day, and I planned on grabbing a sweet vegan chocolate banana cookie at my favorite coffeeshop, but the tea pretty much made me feel like I was full. I still bought the cookie, but I wasn't really hungry anymore. This feeling of fullness lasted a few hours until I went to the Duran Duran show, where I became hungry like a wolf.

Conclusion:

1, Listen to Slingshot Dakota if you like guy/girl, drum/piano, awesome/cute music

2, Drink Herbal Mist tea if you like delicious as hell drinks that keep you awake and nourish you. Also, if anyone sees this tea anywhere in Philly, please let me know where you found it, because I need to get it on a regular basis, and the only store I know of that carries it is at 2nd and Market.

Thank you.

Oh, thursdays.

2008-05-22T14:12:00.001-04:00

The internet rules

But sometimes I still get bored

Need more webcomics.

Victims of Conformity

2008-05-22T12:26:00.000-04:00

Celebrity Run-Ins: Topanga

2008-05-22T12:23:00.006-04:00

Sorry its taken so long to post these but enjoy...

Kirk touched her hand.

the nightmare i survived

2008-05-22T11:24:00.002-04:00

nyfanmm11 (11:18:07 AM): i was traveling with someone

nyfanmm11 (11:18:26 AM): and we had like become famous for doing something

nyfanmm11 (11:18:31 AM): and we were gonna make a lot of money

nyfanmm11 (11:18:41 AM): so we were driving across the country to go do it

nyfanmm11 (11:18:55 AM): and we joked around about ppl making threats to us

nyfanmm11 (11:19:00 AM): and i told all of them to fuck off

nyfanmm11 (11:19:17 AM): so we were driving

nyfanmm11 (11:19:30 AM): and i had a premonition i was in this other car

nyfanmm11 (11:19:33 AM): and there was a gun

nyfanmm11 (11:19:40 AM): so then i realized it was the same road as us

nyfanmm11 (11:19:47 AM): then all of a sudden we stopped

nyfanmm11 (11:20:04 AM): then i was like fuck this guy is in traffic with us tyring to kill us

friendlynigerian (11:20:14 AM): hahahahaha

nyfanmm11 (11:20:14 AM): so my friend didnt want to leave but i was like im out

nyfanmm11 (11:20:20 AM): and the guy found our car

nyfanmm11 (11:20:32 AM): and somehow put bombs in the back

nyfanmm11 (11:20:37 AM): and i was like we gotta get out

nyfanmm11 (11:20:53 AM): and then i knew the guy was in the trunk cuz i could hear his raspy voice

nyfanmm11 (11:20:59 AM): so i left

nyfanmm11 (11:21:18 AM): and then my friend came out of the car as i was walking away and was like stoppp hes fine hes cool

nyfanmm11 (11:21:26 AM): and the guy walked behind my friend

nyfanmm11 (11:21:34 AM): and then the cops shot

nyfanmm11 (11:21:36 AM): the guy

friendlynigerian (11:21:40 AM): jesus

nyfanmm11 (11:21:41 AM): cuz they saw he had a gun

nyfanmm11 (11:21:49 AM): and my friend and i survived

nyfanmm11 (11:21:56 AM): that was the hole dream

friendlynigerian (11:22:50 AM): hahahaha jesus

read at your own risk

2008-05-21T21:22:00.002-04:00

bla bla bla....bla bla bla...beware...gotcha

My Current State of Mind

2008-05-21T20:55:00.001-04:00

mish

2008-05-21T13:18:00.002-04:00

in all my years of existence. i have boiled my raging mind and spirit down to what seems to be a case of cholangiopancreatographic brain disease. it became relevant after screaming out of my musty smelling car (reference wet pants in the trunk gradually decaying from a state of unidentified liquid on the ass side) that people are right and my views are just straight up ridiculous. my existence has culminated into what seems to be an endless abyss of raging fun and spontaneous black spots that re occur randomly, typically friday night saturday night sunday night and now tuesady night. yes. i will never learn from my mistakes, why you may ask, because i enjoy my mistakes way too much to stop doing them.

i am a social idiot. this is what makes me, me.

tops.

I need someone to show me the things in life that I cant find

2008-05-19T19:48:00.001-04:00

can we take roll
joe and gary's theory on paranoia the other night got me nervous
i think we should all know who everybody really is
maybe we can out joe and gary's secret texters.
if you want to contribute, post who you are in the comments

I am being overtaken by paranoia...

2008-05-19T15:45:00.007-04:00

Somebody

Fucking

With

Me!

my weekend

2008-05-18T19:49:00.002-04:00

kicking bars, black kids, cut copy, sparks, pbr's, gay bars, getting kicked out of gay bars, getting married, being from israel, social idiots, end of the world parties, mass destruction, way too much fun, nothingness, beach, pizza and music passing via car...what's going on here?!?

fucking shimmy and shake,

tops.

topsyturvy's new theme song?

2008-05-16T17:09:00.003-04:00

fantasy

2008-05-16T15:54:00.001-04:00

after watching narnia i simply live my life trying to live in a fantasy world. that is it for today...

Prepare to be brainfucked.

2008-05-15T12:57:00.001-04:00

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

the next morning

2008-05-14T07:58:00.003-04:00

i am drunk. i just drove hom,e. i dont know whats going. i have no clue what happened after the penn bar. as far as im concerned ben is 21 and that is awesome. happy birthday benny and jimmy dev texted me so im pretty sure im ok. life is good. im going to ny today. running on the beach in southampton. i will talk to all of you later ill probably be back mid nightish. call me i love you.

shimmerish and shakiesh

TOPSYMOTHERFUCKINGTURVy

p.s. post more blogs/videos about john reid

Ben Turns 21

2008-05-13T02:05:00.001-04:00

prose fails me

2008-05-12T18:11:00.004-04:00

still shuddering from a weekend
memories shattered by fun
million ton shithammer of joy
too drunk to see
dropped jmil on his head
kegstand kegstand kegstand
freaking those who freak squares
hong kong is gone
so is my soul

is this summer
my shoulder hurts

howard i can't believe you drove here
from manayunk
alwin threw up and slept on the floor
beer hockey
life as a blur
feels so good

is this summer
my shoulder hurts

summer check up

2008-05-12T17:41:00.003-04:00

so you called last night. on mother's day. you informed me of your ability to chop heads off and sweat naked with other men. i was a little shocked at this news but also intrigued all at the same time. i looked for my windsurf equipment today and i believe it's still at your shore house. yea it took me a year to realize i left it there. shame on me. its been pouring rain for like days now, i wish it would stop so i can see the sun.

prom was the shit by the way. my left leg is still cramped up from dancing. if that night has any warning of what the summer has in store for us then god bless us.

i tried playing the jurassic park theme song today on the piano...it wasn't going so hot so i came to the computer to check out what the theme song really sounded like (my version was no where near) i sang to the colt on the phone today.

tomorrow im trying to make cheese.

shimmying and shaking since 1987....

TOPSYtuRvy

Say It Loud: We're BACK and We're Proud

2008-05-09T12:16:00.004-04:00

As part of a night that can only be described as a whirlwind of realized adolescent dreams, another piece of history has reportedly been resurrected. In the hushed corners of high school electronica indie basement dance parties and on the pages of infant blogs across the web rumors have been circulating about the reemergence of the once renowned trio. After a short stint of benefit shows some three years ago the aforementioned threesome was previously thought to have permanently thrown in the towel. BUT last night amid the sweet sounds of danielle fishel's rap and the incoherent smatterings of bros the famed three felt the time had come to fill a new hunger, to quell the starvation of the repressed rhythm-deprived youth. This september the group will once again be strapping on the space boot dance shoes, recording a new laserdisc as well as breathing new life into the philly club scene. I for one cannot wait to shake my hips and cut some rugs once again.

Stardust Casino Implosion

2008-05-09T00:22:00.001-04:00

I really don't have anything to say about this other than I wish I was there and that it's one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/474724/stardust_demolition/

This is the casino that the movie 'Casino' was based off of.

I'd embed the video but it's not from youtube and I don't want to figure how to do it otherwise.

My Recent Trip to the Gay Bar

2008-05-08T18:04:00.005-04:00

Just a quick recap of last tuesday...
The night started as we went to hong kong which was closed (wtf). We ended up at some other asia town for food. Following this, we conducted what has become the usual: drinking, loud dance music, and the television on mute. After numerous attempts of getting gober to come out with us, we ventured over to say good night in person.

Unable to resist the collective charm of myself, colt, hawkeye and "alex", gober decision to put her work on pause and come. It was at this point that myself, hawkeye and colt partook in our first ever "Japanese Little League World Series". (More or Less indoor wiffleball with sake)

So we eventually made it Woody's to see the Get Physical Tour, which included dj sets by audiofly heidi and M.A.N.D.Y. The night was incredible (see above photo). A very apt description of the evening can be read below, (Taken from the tour blog),

"There’s only one club in the world where clubbers sit down on the dancefloor to pay homage to DJs.

That club is DC10 in Ibiza, but last night in Woody’s in Philadelphia it happened thanks to the Get Physical crew.

The clubbers on the dancefloor just suddenly all started crouching down in the middle of a breakdown during M.A.N.D.Y.’s set and as the beat came back in they all jumped up in the air as one.

For a Tuesday night in America, it was an amazing thing to witness, especially considering it was impromptu and totally spontaneous.

It just happened (there must have been some Circoloco fans in the audience), and that’s the amazing power of electronic music.

There’s communication through dancing, a feeling of unity.

Does that sound like hippy talk?

Perhaps.

But it was damn cool, and so far Philadelphia has been the best date of the Get Physical tour."

another year

2008-05-08T15:23:00.002-04:00

Well it's that time of year. yep. another year is in the books. On that note I would like to recap some of the more memorable moments from the 07-08 school year.

I don't know why but I feel like the first shout out needs to go to the graveyard. Inhabited by some of our fellow bloggers, this structure has been the nothing less of a bender spectacle, time after time (no pun intended cindy). The graveyard can bring out the best in people (the night it snowed and we wrote/slid on cars out in the street) it can bring out other things as well (poop, piss, bathroom sinks, demons, and ghosts). There was dancing and music raving rather non-stop.

Everyone remembers a certain thanksgiving dinner at my place which dealt with a 16 pound bird. Well most of us remember, some were too busy defacing the floor and bull ruth's face.

A green room that 3 cronies found their souls in.

A wing bowl that may damage the minds and soul of our youth but was definitely not lacking any hooters.

A champion was born, the birth of one of the greatest amateur boxing champions to ever live won his first title in South Bend this year.

Team Tupp's founding members and first ceremony ever was held.

The torch from an older crew of hoodlums was passed down in form of paper towels on 17th and asbury to the next generation.

A little christmas caroling that ended up with a van of some of the coolest cats and dogs around.

There was some lion king in there too.

We camped, we hiked.

At the b-LUD we grilled, we colted EVERYTHING. we drank lambsblood, we danced, we laughed, we danced more, then we colted some more.

Now we get ready to head into warmer days and sweatier dance scenes around the streets of philadelphia and surrounding tri-state area. I'll see you out there

Shimmy and Shake

-TOPsyturvy

Noon has passed on this Thursday of Thursdays...

2008-05-08T13:19:00.001-04:00

Prom is in two days

You should probably be there

Or eat ass and die.

It's the first monday of May, and we all know what that means....

2008-05-06T00:24:00.002-04:00

It's time for our annual list of 14 music videos that were popular 14 years ago.

Scatman John - Scatman

Reel 2 Real - I Like to Move it

Pavement - Cut Your Hair

The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly

Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do

Lisa Loeb - Stay

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Counting Crows- Mr. Jones

Blind Melon - No Rain

Ace of Base - The Sign

Beck - Loser

Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin & Juice

All 4 One - I Swear

TLC - Waterfalls

See related weekly poll

this is great

2008-05-05T22:53:00.002-04:00

where do i go from here...maybe the train station and listen to MIA, maybe 476 up to the mountains, or 80 over to surprise boner...i could do it if i wanted to.

maybe a beer...scratch that... beer pong....ping pong, bowl and bong....what is bowl doing?!?

in first grade i threw out a picture of the Mother Mary, and told the teacher i didn't do it on purpose, she made me stay after school for detention...i hate her, funny how i remember her before any other teacher.

people in the library are stupid.

do you realize that if you worked hard in anything, studying, working out, whatever for a short amount of time, really concentrating its better than hours of pointless bs'ing shit...bullshitting shit.

what is wrong with me.

maybe because its cinco de mayo.

maybe because i have a semester left of college. maybe cuz bullruth doesn't respond to my im's.

where is dan osusky?!?

Did your mom tuck you into bed?

Everything is soft and sweet.

I long for that moment when i'm outside running, i see the sun, hear the birds, i realize i can do whatever i want, i feel like im on acid...I CAN DO ANYTHING

Goodnight all you jolly fuckers...i'm gonna go grab a beer.

summer

2008-05-05T14:17:00.001-04:00

summer 08

i cant wait

I'm in a weird way

2008-05-03T14:23:00.002-04:00

electrically charged

2008-05-02T11:49:00.002-04:00

I'm pretty sure that I'm electrically charged. I have come to this conclusion based on several different situations. 1 every time i touch my car, like every single time I set off a static charge that I can see, it's now to the point where I'm scared to close the door.

Secondly, I've gone through 2 laptop power chargers over the last 2 days, when i plug it into the wall, blue sparks come out.

The final one is that now my battery in my car is dead. It was running perfectly yesterday but now seems to be resting in peace.

The weather people are calling for thunder and lightening later, if I get hit by lightening tonight then I guess I was given all the signs to stay away.

Shimmy and Shake,

Topsytuvy

Will It Blend

2008-05-02T01:30:00.000-04:00

TopsyTurvy

2008-04-30T23:11:00.003-04:00

Now Im kind of new to this blog but I was at work today and came across a certain type of plant. The plant was called Topsy Turvy and the whole point of it was to grow tomatoes upside down so that it gets less harmful rays and tastes better in the long run... This got my mind wandering. Is your name TopsyTurvy because you are better tasting while hanging upside down because the sun's harmful rays are rough on your skin? I think i would love to test this theory...on you, Topsy Turvy using a Topsy Turvy. We could see which tastes better, the tomatoes or you!

Auditory Update 2

2008-04-30T16:25:00.009-04:00

Auditory Updates will help your ears adjust to modern society by giving you something to listen to besides memories of the sweet Utahian wilderness.

Its been a while since the last update. So here are a couple of recent albums I've been bumping recently.

First up, John Dahlback's Winners & Fools. This comes from the 22 year old Swedish native who first started recording music when he was 15. Stylistically the album stays pretty close to Swedish-house/ electro-house genres, with a couple electropop numbers in there, here or there.

*Bonus*
Heres the video for the song Blink, a house banger. The video pretty much my life has become, school and raves. The song is not on the album.

Next, up is Matmos' Supreme Balloon. I'm not quite sure if this 7 song output would be considered an album or ep as it clocks in at about 45 mins. Nevertheless, theres some solid work here from them. The album fits in somewhere in between the idm/"listening techno" and straight electronic work from the 70s. The title track, is a 24 minute long, mini opus that would rival the growing beat-driven sound scapes of Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze. The rest of the work is some of the more melodic and straight electronic work Matmos has put out.

A favorite band of mine for sometime, Ladytron, just put out their new album, Velocifero. On their last album Witching Hour they added a bit more guitar work, but here their back to electro bangers. I can't say enough about how perfect Helen Marine's vocals perfectly fit the music of the band. They'll be in philly on Thursday June 26 with Datarock (ill definitely be there).

The last ablum is Stanogold's Selftitled. She's been getting a lot of comparison's to M.I.A. but this comparison can be slightly misleading. Some of the music on Santogold's album does mirror sound similar to an M.I.A. but there is a lot more variety musically. There are alot of people remixing her tracks too. Check out hypem.com to see some the more dancey mixes people have turned out from her tracks. Great album to start off the summer time vibe.

*There are plenty of places to find these on the nets, but if you want some tracks or to sample the album, drop a line in the comments.*

forever whatever.

2008-04-30T12:15:00.001-04:00

whatever forever.

FUCK

2008-04-29T02:53:00.002-04:00

scout, bri, brian, keith van horn

i just missed your phone call. got your message though and called back and left a message of my own. good to hear you are, in fact, alive and you seem to be having fun. the banjos in the background sounded like they were rippin through the utahian winds and sending tingles to cowboys toes. go sixers, right? go flyers, eh??? see you soon brother. let us know when you get in so we can meet you at the airport.

that last sentence was pointless because you wont see this until you are already home from the airport. lol~~!!!!~~

100

2008-04-29T01:35:00.003-04:00

100

i win

?

2008-04-29T01:35:00.001-04:00

rain

2008-04-28T18:14:00.002-04:00

Today I decided to go to the gym

I was walking in the rain and thought of jim.

for some stupid reason i was trying to hide under my hood

little did i know that once i took it off it felt rather good.

I'm pretty sure i took an extra long route back to my car

I didn't realize that it really was freaking far.

I really hate that guy Jeremiah Wright

I'm pretty sure he isn't so bright.

I need to buy a new pair of sneaks

Oh SHIT, im done school in 2 weeks.

the next post will be number nighty-nine

i hope you are all doing just fine

I have 2 cases of beer

Someone come drink with me here.

Goodnight

sleep tight

Stay swervy,

TOPSYTURVY

Will's hungarian folk music-influenced youtube video of the week. (Only 3 more posts until the big one-zero-zero!)

2008-04-28T15:47:00.004-04:00

I heard about Venetian Snares from my good friend, Evan Bernard, a.k.a. Bernie, a.k.a. Evan Beardnard, a.k.a. Hungarian Evan, a.k.a. Evan. We wanted to start a musical endeavor that incorporated Bela Bartok, IDM beats, and eardrum-splitting hardcore punk. However, minus the punk, someone already did it.

Aaron Funk, the Canadian musician that goes by the name Venetian Snares wrote an entire album about his journey to Hungary. The title is "Rossz Csillag Alatt Születtem" which means "I was born under the wrong star." All song titles are in Hungarian, and it contains tons of samples of Eastern European folk music.

This next ditty is titled "Szerencsétlen" (Unlucky) and samples Bela Bartok's 4th string quartet. Enjoy, and try not to have a seizure:

If you wanna ride....

2008-04-27T12:32:00.005-04:00

Saturday night from my perspective....

The Phils

Hustle & Flow

Funk Parties on the Radio

Haverford

Sobriety

Hoedown

Shirtless Retard

Dunk Tank

Mummies

Ozzfest

Keg Stands

More radio dance parties

Pick up Seth at 2 45am

Start drinking in van at 3am

Underground hair/fashion shows

Igloos of plastic bottles

Freak Muthaf*#$as

Dancing

Pride

Dancing

Pride

Dancing

Pride

McDonalds Breakfast

Anoop without nuggets

40s music

Repetition of songs

what i discovered this weekend

2008-04-27T12:23:00.002-04:00

So what has my weekend taught me....

the essentials to life are....

lambsblood, gin buckets, i'm from barcelona, public/private intoxication, the 5-0, colt 45, sleep, caffeine, women, dancing, balloons, pizza, things associated with pizza, youtube videos, while you were in utah blogspot, trunks, pillows, and blankets.

Recurring feelings of loss

2008-04-26T13:54:00.003-04:00

I hate to jump the gun on my weekend update, but my shredded memories of last night are teetering dangerously on the edge of the Void. After experiencing dual Philadelphia sport victories (there's always baseball) and a halfhearted attempt at playing beer hockey, we ended up inexplicably drawn to the Oasis. Burdened only with an ever-decreasing supply of 101 proof bourbon, I traveled to a surprisingly populated basement where I was complemented as a "real drinker" by a stranger. Gary and I manned the iPod and fended off ceaseless requests by foreigners for Nickelback.

Things begin to get hazy around this time, but eyewitness accounts say a girl used the age-old pickup line "what do you study?" on me and I left the party with her. This entire time I was experiencing a nagging feeling of incompleteness. We skipped the formalities and went straight into a deep discussion about the nature of being and the state of America. Time skips forward and I find myself sitting in grass, still talking about the concept of self and existence. Eventually, we part ways and I'm standing on a street corner in the light rain waiting to cross the street. The mystery girl comes running back to me and we kiss like it's a scene in a movie. It's at this time that I realize I haven't been wearing a shirt for the last hour and some kind of hard-wired emotional self preservation reflex kicks in and tells me to go to the B-Lud. Thankfully, the bourbon ensured that memory of any insults hurled my way for being shirtless were sloughed off into the Void.

This morning the lady at the lunch truck gave me a free banana and I watched Dirty Dancing.

Sometimes, life is BETTER than a movie!

Almost Adulthood

2008-04-25T17:51:00.003-04:00

Today I finished classes for my junior year. After next week's exams ill be a senior. What the fuck.

My Last Night Was a Swirling Hurricane of Debauchery

2008-04-25T14:15:00.006-04:00

As I sit on my couch listening to Hall & Oates, I begin to recall the events that defined my last night, certainly one of the more fun experiences over the past month...

It all begins when turvy arrived at my house a little before 7pm. Being as that we are men our first step in the adventure was to stop at Chili's for some food, flyers, and margaritas. After a quality meal we left with a little buzz and a roar of excitement that the flyers had a 2-0 lead, and were assured a victory. (They lost)

Our walk down to the church was pleasant, but upon arrival we found that the line to get in was wrapping well around the whole block, so we had time to kill. Turvy went to Wawa and purchased the gatorade and juice for mixers, while I ran to Wines & Spirits and bought a bottle of Laird's Vodka mere minutes before closing. Half of this bottle was consumed in the next 45 minutes.

We finally arrive at the show, seeing good friends such as Harrison, my neighbor Jeff, and Stingray. This jubilation of a show led to the impulse buy of kazoos by both myself and turvy. These would prove to be important parts of the later night. But I digress.... The opening act was the lovely and talented Pepi Ginsburg. Very impressive and fun show. She definitely put the crowd in the mood for I'm From Barcelona. If only the Colt was there.

Colt arrives, slightly blitzed from his post dress rehearsal drinking, as the first notes of Treehouse are being played by the roughly 15-piece band. Balloons are flying all over the room, and confetti is raining from the heavens. After the first song their lead singer looked out amongst the sweating crowd and declared "SOMETIMES LIFE IS BETTER THAN A MOVIE!" Easily the best live show I have seen in the first third of 08, a relatively slow concert season. The show left us with a sense of joy, and heavy intoxication. We walked back to University City to rendezvous with The Goob, Windfall, and Barr. The Goob was MIA, so we bought some cups at the Fresh Grocer for beer pong in the oasis.

Me and turv were on a tear winning 3 games in a row, and getting massively intoxicated. This is where the night takes a swing for the legendary. The walk from the Oasis to the B Lud. DISCLAIMER**** The next paragraph is an interpretation of the night as it was explained to me later, I was at this point lost in the void and merely acting as a slave to my vodka laced beer.

Me and turv take out our kazoos and parade down Spruce Street as if it's New Years Day. Striking a sense of joy to the street, everyone joins in on the kazoo playing as if its a siren calling to a depressed city demanding that we all celebrate. The culmination of this city-wide love fest is an old man who is enthralled by our kazoo performance. We begin to circle him and serenade him as if we are two whimsical pan's attempting to summon a demon spirit from deep within his tired soul. (See caption above)

(Insert missing paragraph here)

I wake up to a beautiful day, and an incredible lunch with windfall and the beautiful ladies of 4039 Sansom Street. Life is good. I love Hall & Oates.

Once a week, after 12:00pm on Thursdays.

2008-04-24T17:22:00.003-04:00

I don't go to Penn

But I have some friends who do.

Please stop jaywalking.

Now this is some ballsy biking.

2008-04-24T16:17:00.002-04:00

I'm not sure if anyone other than username -x-windfall-x- and I will appreciate this, but this is some insane punk rock biking. OFF THE PIGS!!!!!!!!!

Http Ha-Ha's

2008-04-23T18:38:00.000-04:00

porn and barbra

2008-04-23T14:58:00.003-04:00

so what has today culminated to? a lot of crazy shit. facebook has no more rules, it thinks that you can stalk anyone, i love it and hate it. their new use of facebook aim is ridiculous. but im excited to see the new group of people who are willing to talk to me...which is probably half the world. today in ethics we're talking porn. yeah straight up dirty sex. tomorrow i'm going to see we're from barcelona. by the way i need a date for prom... i'll figure it out, i know so many of you ladies out there are waiting on my decision, i really feel like harry potter in the 4th movie. but anyway, ethics and pornography. i talked to chuck today. he's doing well. fuck the police and video radar, this is in reference to my 100 dollar speeding ticket through washington dc while on our way to overtaking william and mary, go pikachu. So i watched this movie the other day and the moral i got out of it is don't fuck over your boss, but when you do, kick it and kick it hard, and to go the extra mile whenever, wherever.

i rock out to barbra streisand.

shimmy and shake kids,

topsyturvY

ATTENTION LADIES....

2008-04-22T22:34:00.003-04:00

Look No Further!

The story of how I climbed thru your window at 4:00 AM.

2008-04-21T19:46:00.009-04:00

My most recently blog-able escapades involve another one of the incredible saturdays that I've been having as of late. As a forward it should be noted that I lost use of my phone last monday (4/14) to unknown technological issues. This has not resulted in total immersion into the void, only a brief engagement into social-voidom.

Friday:
Nevertheless, along with windfall, hawkeye, and cnaeus, I managed to make it up to lehigh for friday evening. Here is a brief list of things about the trip:

NO long car ride there
NO automobile break downs
NO visit to Grue Village
NO overnights in a sorority house
NO one got on the bus (or had a need to)
I did develop a strange affliction to the sound of bells

We ventured home that evening and arrived at the graveyard at approximately 3:00AM

Saturday:
After breakfast windfall, hawkeye and myself drove cnaeus' car (sans cnaeus) to sojo and went to the gym.
I split ways with them, as I was planning on going to a friend's house for a small social gathering atop her roof. Earlier in the week windfall and I recorded a mix for her as I thought it would make a birthday gift for her (i hope she likes it :) ). You can download it here. Arriving to the event provided some challenge as I had no way of contacting her from the ground below. Luckily people still have doorbells.
The evening was quite entertaining. But the most memorable moment at the house was when one of the "guests" mentioned how he recently meet a "girl" on second life and was drive to a midpoint destination, the capital to meet her the following weekend. And by recently meet her I mean he joined four days prior and liked her avatar. Internet social networking thats not grounded IRL is bizarre.
After a call to windfall from a pay-phone, g&t's in the park, and several beers I left with my friend to attend an Acid house and electro night in East Germany (Del Ave). This was on par with my previous experience at the same location (you can read about that here).

Madness:
I had known that this night might not have the same vibe that was laid out during the time I had seen daniel bell there but I certainly couldn't have predicted this. Intially, upon entering there were a total of 6 people in the main room (a door man, two djs, an unnecessary sound engineer, and two floor-standers. There may have been more as the occasional inoculated-european-lost-in-philadelphia-dance- zombie did meander in and out.)
We sat in the corner of the room which was only lit this time by the occasional sliver of moonlight the snuck in through the window and some sort of psychedelic light emanating from beneath the dj table. We drank pinters of PBR and listened to some incredible acid house and later house music about house music.

I tried again to contact windfall with no avail. And upon returning to the main room I notice that quite the crowd had built up. Then out of seemingly nowhere, a young woman showed up with not one.....not two...... not three..... but four hula hoops! And after situating three of them she fiddled around with the one until it started to shed a four colored led ophthalmic bonanza.

At this point we fully embraced the dance floor. This carried on until approximately 3:30AM. After driving my friend home, I decide I would stay at the graveyard (not realizing what time it was). I tried ringing and knocking on the door for about 15 minutes or so and then had an idea. I walked over to the ledge where I climbed up before and attempted to get grip. Well, that didn't work so well at first. Eventually I Stalloned my way up to the roof. Luckily your window was opened and I landed softly on your bed.

How did I get here

2008-04-21T18:58:00.004-04:00

The past few weeks have been a chemical haze punctuated by trips to the gym. Since starting work, I have little or no impetus to spend my weekends in any state but egregiously drunk. This situational predisposition to bacchanalian revelry has worked out well in the interest of extraordinary weekends. Notable occurances include:
- Burning Andrew Barr's shirt
- Blacked-out conversations about the future of medicine and humanity (longer than an hour)
- Extremely late nights for no reason whatsoever
- Seeing Dave Nada in a basement
- Getting weed so powerful that it invokes an involuntary drooling response when smoked
I'm sure there's a hundred other things that I've been a part of in the past weeks that are infinitely more interesting than those listed but most of my memories are lost in the Void (a complex and interesting concept outlined by my former lab partner from Sudan named Mustafa in the succinct and repeated phrase “there seems to be a void”). We once lost Chris Howard in the void and triangulated its location to somewhere near the airport, but upon searching the area from the safety of an automobile Mr. Howard could not be located and when he contacted us on his own accord he had no memory of being in the Void. As we continue to study the Void, it is becoming increasingly unclear what exactly the Void is and what it (or HE?) is capable of.

rainy bike rides

2008-04-20T15:53:00.002-04:00

What a great weekend.

Yesterday I got to hit up the phillies game, visit the graveyard, sing kelly clarkson, dance, and ultimately end the night by making rahman noodles. This morning continued the awesome string of events, as I woke up at 12 you called as i was coming out of my drunken stupor, the only thing that could have made the morning any better was a glorious bike ride around the main line, this was an excellent decision, I didn't even mind the fact that it ended up downpouring for several minutes on my ride, I think it made it that much better. I got a breakfast sandwich at the bakery and the continued on with my ride, the day has led me to the gym and now on to work.

Life is good.

Shimmy and Shake,

Topsyturvy

i never thought i could have that much fun with rum

2008-04-20T14:54:00.002-04:00

so last night was a john, tim, joe, jess night with some mishik and bob. we played quarters with bacardi superior and topped off the handle, like old times on zip zap thursdays. during the game, mishik dropped his power animal in my drink and then stuck his hand into my drink to save it, spilling it everywhere. by the end of the game, two power animals and three quarters found their way into mishik's cup and we had managed to consume 6 bags of tim's popcorn. tim blew my mind with some fucked up robot shit that i don't want to get into (gary proceeded to climb through your window at 4 in the morning. he thanks you for leaving it open.

i never thought i could have that much fun with rum.

terrible

2008-04-20T01:56:00.002-04:00

while you were in utah, tim purwin made me feel like jesus death.

Random Celebrity Facts

2008-04-18T20:20:00.001-04:00

It's a beautiful day in the 'Burg...

2008-04-18T15:31:00.003-04:00

And that could only mean one thing. Fire up the grill, fill up the baby pool, gather up all your loose change. It's time for a Colt 45 BBQ.

Thursday afternoon haiku part 3

2008-04-17T18:26:00.000-04:00

Soda spills are bad

When they stain your favorite pants.

The gift of the gods.

moon

2008-04-17T01:41:00.001-04:00

hey scout,

me and bull ruth were wondering if you're looking at the same moon we are right now thinking exactly what we're thinking.

just checking in.

that g*lll is smoking

2008-04-16T21:26:00.003-04:00

only a certain few can fully appreciate how much this link relates to me. take a quick look and maybe you too could understand what it was like to walk down to the han and hear me say the title. Those who were with me still do not know what I was actually talking about and I will not disclose this information to anyone. Good Day.

http://www.snorgtees.com/hotgrillongrillaction-p-338.html

Caffeine and the year of the POTATO

2008-04-16T14:49:00.005-04:00

This week I am dedicating to the sole ingredient that has maintained alertness and eradicated drowsiness in moments of desperate need, caffeine. It's in time of cram sessions and late night work sessions that I make this blog worthy. The only downside is you might lay awake in bed after the fact for 30+ minutes. Speaking of this downside, it might just be this week's pet peever as well.

By the way, on my last run last night at around 1:30 I got pulled over for driving with my high beams on...What the fuck is that?...First of all I turned them on turning onto a side street and the cop had nothing better to do than waste my time and give me a warning saying that we talked, do I really care for this unnecessary piece of paper regarding my drowsy conversation with a police officer at 2 in the morning.

My new favorite sandwich is the double eggplant parmesan, my new favorite attire is sandals with gym shorts and a sweatshirt. This works if it's 45 degrees in the morning or 70 degrees in the afternoon.

Today my extra credit question on one of my test was "2008 is year of what food"....thanks to our glorious new years celebrations, yours truly knew that it is clearly the year of the POTATO

shimmy and shake,

TOPsyturvy

TorieTabloid.org -- Post 4

2008-04-16T11:19:00.002-04:00

One of my spies (Johnny Beerseed) has been keeping tabs on Tories for the past few days. Here, I pass on to the world his report.

Today is one of those days were there is no exciting news; however, I have a few juicy bits about some of our founding fathers.

PATRICK HENRY was arrested last night for Riding Under the Influence (doesn't he know that they always put up cattle guards as a road block from drunken riders on Thirsty Tuesday?). He was picked up off of DOG street, swerving on his trusty steed. He failed to submit to a sobreity test and was put in the stocks until 9 am. When he was released, he had the odd scent of cabbage on him...was it the wig makers new scent, "Humiliation?" Or was it Bruton Parish Church's, "Essence of Judgement?"

In other news, THREE UNIDENTIFIED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES were spotted running away from a good ol' barreler of a party. The British soliders were unable to catch up with them due to their necessity to stay in formation. However, when they went back to the house for evidence, they found 4 barrels of meade and evidence of a possible game of shillings. Too bad those coins didnt make it to the taxing bin of King George.

Lastly, GEORGE WASHINGTON was found attempting to steal Jerky from Ye Ol' Wawa. When caught by the Torries, he was questioned, at which point he said he could not tell a lie and stated that he was, in fact, guilty. With this just in time for the race for the position of general, will his Tory opponent defeat him or will he prevail still not having the teenager vote? Everyone loves a bad ass.

Well, thats all the news from this lovely city that I abide in...I hope that General Mosby hasn't been hitting any other generals on the ass anymore.

Signing off,
The best point of the three-cornered hat of TorieTabloid spies,
Johnny Beerseed

A tribute

2008-04-15T23:38:00.005-04:00

As a tribute to the namesake of this blog, I am posting some words of the beloved mountain man himself that I came across today:

creepy lodgepole forest

think alike, dont skip

telephone conversations

drunken brown sweaters

sleepy cursed drinkers

eat with your eyes

and drown your sweat

words wont freeze on refridgerators

it will never be cold enough

back to philadelphia

the construction was false

the notepad is thinning

she was grinning

and i was rising tall

the laughter was thick

and so were my dreams

vibrations were heavy

the blue was square

let it swallow shallow fishes

ill serve you several dishes

and die in a small quiet pew

endlessly molding dicks of schonkinite

(the end)

As I walk down Pattison Ave....

2008-04-15T22:55:00.004-04:00

Let's not kid ourselves living in Philadelphia can certainly have its downsides. The murders, the crack, the loss of national capital status, the lack of quality in The Roots last 2 albums, and of course the perennial losers that we call the Eagles, Sixers, Flyers, and Phillies. The 4 teams combine for 100 seasons since our last championship won by the 76ers in 1983. Yet somehow this decrepit/downtrodden city still goes by the name of "Brotherly Love." Few and far between are the times where a 'delphian can truly experience that love.

But tonight as I walked down Pattison Avenue, perhaps the greatest exchange of brotherly love took place. Mere minutes after the Phillies came from behind to win 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th, their neighbors The Flyers finished up a 6-3 routing to go up 2-1 in their playoff series. We were each walking as mobs in separate directions, but everyone was shouting at elation at the top of their lungs.

The ride home on the newly renamed Septa Death Bus matched this admiration for the city we sometimes reluctantly call home. Cheers for the only offs-season team...The iggles raged throughout the subway car, as their were games a plenty, and adults swinging from the rafters as if they were monkeys. I could only think of 5 words to describe my feelings toward my Philadelhia Bretherin......

YES I DO!!

Weekend Words

2008-04-14T21:50:00.015-04:00

Following what most will agree was the third straight bender, I'm too exhausted to write a detailed description of the events that transpired. Here is a smattering of words that should paint the (blurry) weekend picture.

- Beers
- Fling
- The Phils
- Beers
- Power Hour
- The Oasis
- Burning Shirt
- Shirtless Men
- Beers
- Records
- Beers
- Grilling
- Energy Drinks
- Kicking Things
- More Fling
- Hawaiian Shirts
- Beers
- Bull Ruth's Lost Phone
- Park Walks
- Stolen Taxicab Rides
- Loving Life

Green

2008-04-14T13:50:00.006-04:00

As the countless masses toke up the green on this holiday I just thought I'd post this link about our green planet.

http://www.earthday.net/footprint/

Enjoy the weather.
Take a bike ride.

sweet dreams

2008-04-14T03:34:00.000-04:00

good night.

oh, great. a bear with a bo staff

2008-04-14T02:16:00.000-04:00

the most dangerous mammal

torietabloid.org -- Post 3

2008-04-13T21:33:00.003-04:00

Well, apparently it was a wild weekend in Torie Land. That said...I give you the newest happenings in the CW. Who doesn't like a good dose of drama?

ALEXANDER HAMILTON got tanked at the Shield's Tavern and ended up getting a RUI (Riding Under the Influence) and charges of assault and horse-thievery. After a wild night out with the boys, Hammy decided that it was best to go home after he peed in the fireplace. The stable boy refused him to give him his horse -- somehow the complicated series of jockey impersonations did not convince the kid that Hammy was still good to ride. However, if this guy can take a bullet, he can take on a stable boy: Hammy used his silver pint mug to knock out the kid. He then hopped on a noble steed and rode (I use this term loosely) away. Too bad it wasn't his horse. The Governor's Guard caught up with him while he was riding down Duke of Gloucester St. Apparently they had set up a road block and were pulling over all men riding their horse backwards. Personally, I think that's profiling.

Alexander Hamilton wasn't the only one to get an RUI this weekend. After a Torie bartender tried to cut off PAUL REVERE at John's Pub, Paul got very pissed about the British Invasion and started riding around town, yelling that "I am tired of these mother-fucking Tories in my mother-fucking town!" A member of the Governor's Guard was able to stop him/knock him off the horse by throwing a lantern at Paul. Said the guardsman, "Well, if I recall correctly, I'm supposed to use one if by land."

Apparently, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN wasn't pleased about not getting tail with Debbie or any of his one-night stands this weekend. After getting drunk with Hammy on Saturday night, Ben was walking home and passed a pumpkin patch on the way. After finding a pumpkin that suited his "need," he cut a hole and went to town. He didn't notice one of the aforementioned Governor's guards coming up to him. After the guard yelled at him to stop and get away from the pumpkin, Ben stood up, looked at the cop, looked back to the pumpkin, then looked at the cop straight in the eye and responded, "Fuck. Is it midnight already?" He is being charged of public intoxication, adultery, and indecent exposure.

Don't do snuff.

lambsblood27

Oh to be flung/retro-pop culture revolution pt 2

2008-04-13T20:52:00.005-04:00

so we did it. we flung ourselves, some of us more than others, and none of us in any particular direction. there were stops aplenty along the path to our self-deprecating destruction... the fantasy land known to some as the oasis, the quadrangle, the deck, margaritaville, of course the b-lud, the floor. we met some interesting characters along the way as well - from afroman to luda to the better p-tulli. but after all was said and done, i could not have asked for a more perfect ending then the beautiful display of athletic ability i witnessed at 2pm this very afternoon... the broad street bullies are back. led by the fearless fisherman mr. mike richards and the iron wall netminder marty biron, the flyers put an old-fashioned philly-style beat down on the ruski-loving traitors from our nation's capital. i have not been this pumped up to watch grown men beat each other senseless in freezing conditions since our last bout of rumble in the bronx some 4 years ago. this team reminds me of a simpler time when a legion of doom was not a crappy metal band from jersey but three hard-as-nails men who could wield their sticks and throw their weight around (no homo). i put down the many cups of beer i drank this weekend in hot pursuit of another much shinier drinking implement. i look forward to another inspiring demonstration on tuesday night, skating under the south philadelphia sky.

2008-04-12T12:24:00.001-04:00

i figure everyone already knows this video
but just in case, here's the best video to ever be put on the internet

TorieTabloid.org -- Post 2

2008-04-11T15:31:00.002-04:00

Hello Torie Watchers,

Before I begin vith our latest update. I vould like to add that in addition to the elimination of the letter "x" and the "ph" spelling, I vill also be replacing "w" vith "v" and "k" or "s" will be used in place of the hard or soft "c" (That's vat she said).

I spent last veekend up in the frosty North and vat vonders I saw in the way of Torie happenings!

Vo's that? Oh, it's BEN FRANKLIN. Again, that snuffed-up boozehound is sneaking out of somebody's vindov. I vonder vo it is now! Ben, Ben, Ben...Deborah vill not be happy! And Benny Boy, you need to stop vith the snuff or you vill veigh 95 pounds and live nekst to the trash kans of Kristiana Kampbell's Tavern.

Give me liberty or give me...rum? Is PATRICK HENRY really taking part in the trans-Atlantic, all-Karribbean Pirate rum trade? Yes. He is. Vell, I'm more of the vodka type, myself, but I kan see how dealing vith krazy King George kan get you jonesing for a pick-me-up.

RUFUS KING vas spotted speaking vith Tories! Ve all know him as a desire-ee to sign on to that spesial artikle that is being vritten by our favorite Torie-haters, but is he aktually a turncoat? I hope not! I hate those lobsterbaks!

Vat? JOHN HANKOK signing taks forms? I'm sad to say...yes. So much for "no taksation vithout representation," you double-sided svine.

In the vords of the great General George Washington, "It's 3:45 and I'm slightly buzzed."

Lambsblood27

hello letter

2008-04-11T13:09:00.005-04:00

dear scout,

As we wander aimlessly around the streets of philadelphia or surrounding campuses, we all dwell over the adventures that we are currently experiencing. But little to our knowledge is your grand march through the desert/mountains...you might run into obstacles such as hairy women, cartoon singing snakes, nostalgic cacti, and hungry hippos. I must remind you that these roadblocks are only temporary and means to an end (Imanuel Kant). Your fight to live long and strong lives through all of us. We will not let you down, for we have gathered members around the world to fight for our cause...(virginia pretty much). Stay safe and warm, and for god's sake...DONT EAT THE YELLOW SNOW!

shimmy and shake brother,

topsyturvy

THANK YOU

2008-04-11T12:52:00.003-04:00

SO. yesterday i made my phone ring "it's a beautiful morning" and i underestimated the perfect timing of the culinary colt. who made my morning one of the best ever. not did i only wake up to the surprising tune from the rascals, but i find out i recovered my camera case which has been lost since the infamous wing bowl fiesta...BEWARE BLOGGERS...topsyturvy has his camera case back, this can only mean one thing....expect lots of pictures to come.

thank you culinary colt for making my morning in more than one way.

i love spring fling.

shimmy and shake,

topsyTURVY

philadelphia freedom...i loOoOoOve you

2008-04-11T04:23:00.003-04:00

I'd like to continue dragonlord_1942;s post about Thursday afternoons and free shows to likable bands.
Tonight, the entire block on 13th st between sansom and walnut was blocked off for the Sailor Jerry sponsored free show featuring Philadelphia's own Paint it Black.
I was expecting it to be pretty cool - a bunch of kids singing along on a sidewalk in center city. It more than exceeded my expectations. At least 300, maybe even 500 people showed up and flooded the block scaring off any normal person in sight. The corner spot, an upscale Mexican restaurant even received its very own fuck you chant, with kids screaming "fuck el vez, fuck el vez" and so on.
Definitely one of the coolest shows I've ever been to and definitely a monument in philadelphia hardcore history.
Even if you're not interested in punk/hardcore, I'd still recommend watching these two videos from tonight.

"Past Tense, Future Perfect"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TduoTksk_-c

"Pink Slip"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt9hSgIUwQc

Laughable Laws

2008-04-10T20:28:00.005-04:00

Sorry Winnie Lighner, not if you're in Pennsylvania. This week's laughable law comes straight from our very own Keystone State. It is illegal to sing in the bathtub within state borders. I have done very little research on this law, since I am not a credible writer...but I'm wondering if this law is also applicable to singing in the shower. If so, my usual Natasha Bedingfield/Prince/Hall & Oates morning sing-a-longs will most certainly be a crime against our fair state. Well I for one will be rebelling against this law and singing as I please, even if that does mean being dragged out in handcuffs...suds and all.

Thursday afternoons can only mean one thing...

2008-04-10T18:47:00.001-04:00

Free shows make me glad

Mostly because I don't pay

to see the bands, yo.

thursday afternoons

2008-04-10T16:02:00.003-04:00

After a pretty busy week, I sit here contemplating while listening to frampton, what comes next??

And if you're interested then; this weekend entails a water polo game, 2 nights of work, a little spring fling, a bar or 2, a powerpoint presentation, some studying, probably some more frampton (I'm totally listening to it the next time in the car).

There's been some things that I need to get out which I haven't had the chance to express just yet.

Pet peeves...I hate them and they bother me more than anything. Here's my latest pet peevers.

1) cars double parked...particularly when your campus parking lot is small as f*** and there's like 2 open spots in the entire lot. I'm sure you center city folk can relate.

2)facebook event invitations from DeeGottaGrill Williams....if you send me one more I'm defriending you....bottom line.

3)When you wake up in the morning, your apartment is cold, so you get ready for the day, expecting it to be cold, but then you walk outside and the sun is right in your face yelling ITS 70 DAMN DEGREES....then i sweat my ass off.

4)refilling your car gas tank/ridiculously high priced gas. what happened to the good old days when a gallon of gas costed a dollar. WTF?!?

5)empty boxes of food...if it's empty, don't get my hopes up and leave it out, if it's still in the cabinet it should be full, don't tease me.

6)socks that don't match

7)songs on your itunes that can't be located....c'mon they were there once, where'd they go?

8)low battery warnings...if it's on the computer or your cell phone, they suck

Shimmy and Shake,

TOPSYturvy

Fuck you, work week.

2008-04-10T10:42:00.006-04:00

Since I finally have some time alone in my office, I figured I might as well take a break from reading Wikipedia articles to blog something. I think I've been experiencing a tremendous shock to my lifestyle over the past two weeks--what the fuck is up with waking up at 6:45 every morning? This PROHIBITIVELY EARLY wake-time has been creeping into my evenings and forcing me to go to bed well before midnight, which is really out of the realm of my comprehension. I've been spending most of my work days dazed and staring at pages of words, my eyes desperately trying to shovel buckets of information into the smoking wreckage of my brain. I've spent most of thismorning watching videos like the one below on Youtube and its new, up-and-coming competitor VIMEO since my office is empty and I don't have to listen to sports radio or absurd racist diatribes from my boss.

I think a large part of my complete and utter exhaustion stems from the fact that I'm riding about 50 miles a week on my bike, for the most part on Kelly Drive in the afternoon. Kelly Drive in the afternoon has become a hellish place as a result of the advent of high school crew season. I wouldn't be surprised if one of these days I plow through a pack of midpubescent boys at 30mph, killing two or three of them.

I NEED SPRING FLING
NOW

Wednesday = The Weirdness

2008-04-10T00:14:00.009-04:00

I've been overcome with the weirdness today. I can't put my finger on it, but it may have started sometime after I came home from Minus The Bear... this was roughly 12:30am. Everything was normal, but it didn't feel normal. This led to what I self-diagnosed as...THE WEIRDNESS. I had it bad. I stayed up until 4:30 doing homework, and I didn't even have class today. Then I was woken up by the sound of an instant message at 9:30. I couldn't go back to sleep, for I had the weirdness...

I sat around my house all day to the humming of the frantic sounds of poster conspiracies, hospital ongoings, and nothingness... all at the same time. My audible diet was a steady repetition of M83, Joe Purdy, and Jens Lekman. This only made matters worse. I started cooking stir fry for the Goob, but I was focusing on things outside of this realm. This ended me with enough chicken, broccoli, cauliflower, and uncooked carrots for two, but enough rice and peas for the entire Southern half of Bangladesh. This mound of stir fry was the pinnacle of my affliction. The Goob and I sat and explained pleasantries and plans while I t

ried to get to the bottom of my condition.

I went to the basketball courts and let my mind wander as my game was AI-esque. I eventually became grounded in reality. I never did find the cause of this weirdness, which probably means that it will return when least expected, but for now I will rest my head and try not to dream.

adorable

2008-04-09T14:58:00.002-04:00

* Baby Puppy Dreaming *

this makes me happy